Chapter 920: NO. 43: Cause and Effect

NO. 43: Cause and Effect

"Although I had already prepared myself mentally, but is this body perhaps too weak?"

The words spoken when leaving sounded cool, but actually carrying them out was quite laborious.

After all, even though Aomo had tried possessing the Inner Sea Admiral in last night's experiment, he had only moved for a few minutes to reduce the other's mental and physical burden, then chose to disengage, never actually attempting strenuous exercise.

Although I could roughly guess that the deadbeat who could be filmed on TV with a potbelly probably isn't in great shape.

It also let him, after possessing the body, not follow his usual aggressive approach with Miss Lian, but instead move his body as little as possible to dodge every falling object and find a sliver of life amid the building's collapse.

To be honest, it's a bit mentally taxing.

Using sheer will to drive the body to lock onto those falling stones, mentally calculating their landing points, then piecing together a path—this didn't even require a Garatelon card; Aomo alone could handle this crisis response.

Processing with the Inner Sea Admiral's brain even caused a brief dizziness, as if the brain were oxygen‑deprived.

At the same time, he didn't expect that a mere few‑minute princess carry would make both his arms and legs feel noticeably sore and numb.

What the hell! This body isn't cut out for the gym—this stamina barely survives even intense activity before and after!

He bluntly disparaged the original owner's body, which he was proud of for having trained two months, and facing the seventy‑meter‑tall monster, Aomo didn't run out of breath.

After all…

Worst case, just boost it with magic!

During PE class, everyone secretly uses it to cheat, lowering stamina consumption and boosting sports grades—as long as you aren't caught it isn't cheating; Aomo didn't need to cheat, but he still often practiced it when facing his foster father's combat training back then.

Of course… this body simply can't squeeze out any magic power; after a slight effort, he found the maneuver rather unrewarding.

Not to mention squeezing out magic, just circulating magic through this body is difficult……

Thus, as he took off amid the chain‑explosion triggered by the monster's beam, he let out the opening exclamation.

As for the monster card……

A guy with a character song called 'Ultrase Theory'/'Ultraman Theory'—when you hit play, the lyrics are the positive‑energy lines: 'You must do something within three minutes,' 'No matter how desperate, as long as hope becomes light it's fine,' and 'The reason for your admiration is that I will surely save you with my hot‑blooded theory.'

He's the type who will actively start pulling the 'Tiga Alliance' into action.

Besides, he's a high‑schooler who looks quiet with glasses, but is actually a hot‑blooded idiot brimming with curiosity.

Subjecting this kind of guy to the extreme intensity of a monster card's soul‑mapping……

Aomo felt somewhat torn.

He agonized for a full 2S.

Then he drew a Beta Magic Blade in one hand, and in the other hand he already had a card depicting a black‑silhouetted figure.

Even the card's surface is hot‑stamped with gold‑flake sparkle, showing the Beast King's impoverished way of entertainment.

Ultraman Theory, right?

While the song 'Itsudatte Mune no Kodō no Taimā'/'No matter when, the heartbeat timer' still rang in his ears, Aomo slapped down that hastily obtained card that hadn't yet been recorded for voice identification.

Give it a try—whether or not it's Ultraman, there really is a giant with a timer.

By the way, turn on a recording device.

By the way, what was the transformation line again?

"Dyeing the future, pitch‑black darkness."

As usual, lacking passion in his tone, the Beta Magic Blade turned into a flash of red light that pierced the card.

Endless black mist poured from that tiny card, slanting outward to pierce heaven and earth, forming a fearsome giant clad in armor, with a blue crystal on his chest.

From the moment it appeared, it swung a dark‑silver right fist fiercely at the monster.

"O‑O, Ultraman!?"

Although it was a questioning tone, the sound that actually echoed in the city could also be picked up by the dark giant's hearing, which is no worse than an Ultraman warrior's.

Likewise, the second purple giant that followed immediately confirmed itself by speaking directly.

"Is it you? Aomo Lindun?"

Fully armored as well, but compared to Dark Tiga, the Tiga Knight is slimmer, more elongated, and more futuristic, just barely arriving on the scene.

"You're at least six minutes late."

Aomo said coldly: "If it weren't for me, the boy known as the Inner Sea Admiral would already be dead here."

Together with Miss Nomura Lian…… he didn't say that out loud, because the romance between the Inner Sea Admiral and Miss Nomura hadn't been made public to their respective families and friends.

But what he concealed wasn't just that; he also hid the fact that the monster's appearance was probably connected to him.

Having just escaped the world inside the Junk computer, a monster suddenly rampaged here within seconds, and it deliberately chased after seeing the Inner Sea Admiral—he realized this, which is why he claimed he would lure it away as much as possible, letting Miss Lian flee on her own.

The genuine Inner Sea Admiral would normally rely on hot blood to perform this typical otaku‑shelter maneuver, but Aomo noticed it from the start.

So why could the Inner Sea Admiral attract that monster?

Is it because he already had some history with Shinjō Akane?

It's not impossible that this is personal revenge, but having just seen the black‑haired Shinjō Akane, Aomo suspects a worse scenario—namely, that he himself had come into contact with the Inner Sea Admiral.

What becomes a trace might not be a magic‑release marker, but some underlying data layer that the monster's controller—or the monster itself—can detect.

If that's the case, then it's his own fault that harmed the Inner Sea Admiral.

——

"Ah… oh no, I think I've really messed up little snake……"

In the Boundary Gate District, at the Lindun Office, fingers flying over the keyboard, his gaze also scanning the decoding auxiliary device beside him as Shinjō Akane continuously did, he suddenly said:

It also drew the attention of the Horse Girl and Monster Girl nearby.

"What do you mean?"

Ailisuzhi, likewise focused on the screen, asked, while beside her the Kin'kyo Bridge Maiden, clearly lacking expertise, had already turned her head to look.

"Although Kailifu brought me back, I should probably heighten my guard now, or maybe I'll get in the way of little snake over there."

Shinjō Akane replied.

"He won't be discovered by another 'me', right? My side shows that side suddenly has a large proliferation of monster data."

"It doesn't matter, anyway the trouble started like this because of himself; if it weren't for his out-of-control provocation with the Evil Ash Jettun, we could have easily scored a first-strike kill on the opponent."

"Believing in Aomo's stress resistance, Ailisuzhi completely disregards the guinea pig's difficulty increase: 'If the difficulty rises because you've further raised it, then it can only be called karma.'"

"Huh? Is that how it should be calculated?"

"Although she's quite familiar with Xin Tiao Xi, Clara, who isn't very familiar with the circle of Xin Tiao Xi, Ailisuzhi, and others, feels a difference in thought."

"Yeah, isn't it because the guinea pig raised the difficulty that we're thinking of ways to deal with it!"

"Ailisuzhi is a clever girl who can easily rid herself of responsibility for her own self-initiated actions; by comparison, Clara, who just sits there going '!!!', is like a clueless monster girl."

"Because the guinea pig raised the difficulty, we're working overtime like this, and then Xi's earlier discovery also added difficulty for him! This is karma! Clara!"

"???"

"Quiet down, let me finish editing this obstructive program!" Xi glared at the screen with a displeased face.

"With my program, occupying my world, not even letting go of the monsters I created!"

"Or using it to threaten the little snake?!"

"Suzi! How's the monster data model construction provided by the badgers going?"

"80%, steady progress."

"Good! This way, we'll be able to go back soon and give her and Kailifu a good scolding!"