Volume One, Chapter 92: Titus

It has been so long, Tiga.

So it really is you, Titas! This is wonderful!

Of course it is. We can fight side by side again.

Yuuki stared at the keychain that had suddenly appeared before him, his mind struggling to keep pace.

Still, he was no fool, and he could make out the general situation.

This stranger knew Tiga.

Hearing the two of them chatter on and on, Yuuki hurriedly cut in. “Wait a second, now is not the time for a reunion. There’s still an enemy right in front of us.”

“You’re right.” Titas laughed heartily. “In that case, I shall grant you the power of the Sage Titas.”

“I understand!” Yuuki nodded and immediately took the keychain in his hand.

At once, he felt an inexhaustible force surge through his body, so overwhelming that he wanted nothing more than to unleash it at once.

As Yuuki activated the spark, his appearance instantly transformed into that of an entirely new Ultraman warrior.

The moment he emerged, he began flexing his muscles on the spot, and even in the dead of night he shone as though coated in olive oil.

“I am Ultraman Titas!”

As the words fell, Titas threw out a Sage’s Fist.

In the very next instant, the Galactron that had been beating Tiga mercilessly and driving him to tears was smashed through its axe and severely wounded.

That sheer force even sent it reeling back several hundred meters before it stumbled and crashed hard to the ground.

“Amazing!” Yuuki was stunned.

Just one punch, and it could accomplish all that!

“Of course.” Tiga said proudly, “Titas is a warrior from U40. The Ultramen of that planet are all born with tremendous strength, and incredibly powerful at that!”

“Then why are you... so weak?”

At that, Tiga immediately bristled. “What do you mean I’m weak? I’m only injured and haven’t fully recovered yet.”

“All right...” Yuuki said no more and focused on the battle.

Titas charged like a raging bull, slamming the just-risen Galactron back through the air. The thick steel armor on its chest caved inward, crackling with sparks.

“Let’s finish this in one go. Use the Geed Bracelet!”

“Understood.” Yuuki did not dare delay, and immediately summoned the Geed Bracelet as Titas instructed.

“Geed Bracelet, begin connection!”

Titas clenched both fists, gathered a huge energy sphere against his chest, and hurled it out with a punch.

“Impact Burst Ball!”

The energy sphere flew straight ahead, struck Galactron in the chest, and then exploded suddenly into a column of fire that shot up to the heavens.

As before, another light ring drifted out and fell into Yuuki’s hand.

“So the power of an Ultraman warrior is hidden within this thing. How strange.” Titas was also somewhat surprised, but did not dwell on it.

Just then, Rika’s voice came through Yuuki’s microphone. “This is bad! Another satellite has gone out of control and is about to fall!”

“What!” Yuuki’s expression changed dramatically, and he shot a vicious glare toward the direction of the president.

He truly had no words. A president like that would be better off dead.

“It’s fine, leave it to me.” Titas said lightly.

With his strength, stopping an artificial satellite was child’s play.

As Titas flew upward and prepared to leave, Torizaki also slipped the eyes of Trolegia over his face.

“Sorry, but game time is not over yet.”

...

Titas soared upward and quickly passed through the stratosphere, reaching outer space.

There, he suddenly heard a familiar and bizarre laugh.

“Trolegia!”

Titas jumped in alarm and looked down, and sure enough, there he was.

“Hahaha,” Trolegia said with a smile. “It has been a long time. Do you still remember the pain from that day?”

“Hmph!” Titas snorted coldly. “Get lost. I have no time for you.”

Oh? So this brat has not been seen for a few years, and he’s gotten this arrogant?

Trolegia was taken aback for a moment.

He had seen arrogance before, but never quite this much.

In that case, let me see what backing your arrogance rests upon.

Trolegia extended one finger and casually fired off a light bullet.

Titas hastily dodged and shouted with growing impatience, “I said I’m busy right now!”

Trolegia: “...”

Damn it, if you’re afraid to fight, then just say so. Why make such a scene?

You act like you’re something special.

Trolegia suddenly began to wonder if he had perhaps gone too far back then, and ended up making this muscle-bound fool, already simple-minded to begin with, even stupider.

Titas said he would not pay him any mind, and truly did not, flying straight ahead.

Then he smashed the satellite Yuuki had mentioned with one punch.

Clap, clap, clap—

Trolegia applauded while praising him, “That was a fine punch. It has a certain sage-like bearing to it.”

“Hmph!” Titas said coldly. “Now I have time. Do you still want to fight?”

“Of course.” Trolegia curled a finger and teased him, “Come at me with a Sage’s Fist.”

Hearing this, Yuuki instantly looked at him as though he were an idiot.

He had personally witnessed Titas’s power just now.

One punch from that would leave you alive, if at all, with half your life gone.

This Ultraman had defeated Tiga, but Titas was far stronger. Was he trying to kill himself?

Such an outrageous request was also something Titas had never encountered before.

But with a precedent already set, he did not dare act rashly.

After all, the other’s power far exceeded his own.

“Then here I come!” Titas roared and lunged forward.

Trolegia neither dodged nor flinched, simply hovering there in place.

Boom—

Titas’s Sage’s Fist landed squarely and crashed hard into Trolegia’s face.

Seeing this, Yuuki’s eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.

“How is this possible!”

Titas’s attack had had no effect!

Trolegia slowly turned around and laughed softly. “My, my, was your Sage’s Fist not supposed to smash everything to pieces?”

“...” Titas said nothing, but his embarrassment was already so great it might as well have swallowed him whole.

Still, for the sake of his dignity, he steadied himself and raised a hand to point at Trolegia.

“I accept your challenge!”