With a pull of the trigger, a dark-green spatial gate opened behind him.
Kaburagi—possessed by Celebro—turned calmly and walked straight into it.
A Dark Card appeared in his hand. He slid it into the Z Riser.
"Kaburagi. Access granted."
Three medals materialized in his palm.
"Belial."
"Ancient Monster."
"Skeleton Monster."
One by one, he inserted them.
The Z Riser scanned across the medals.
"Belial."
"Gomora."
"Red King."
Energy data flooded the system.
Kaburagi tilted his head, his voice low and satisfied.
"I feel… excellent."
He raised the Z Riser and pulled the trigger.
Outside the abandoned commercial district, crimson lightning tore open the sky.
Bathed in blood-red light, a prehistoric giant beast emerged between the buildings, baring its fangs as it roared.
A Belial Fusion Beast—
Skull Gomora.
Its massive foot slammed into the ground, cracking the earth. The shockwave caused the already-ruined buildings to sway violently, on the verge of collapse.
"Outside!" Juggler reacted instantly, sprinting toward the exit.
Yuzhou and Belial grabbed Riku and followed.
The moment they emerged, they saw it—
A dinosaur-like monster with crimson horns rampaging through the ruins, tearing buildings apart with reckless abandon.
"He dares to use my father's power?!"
Riku's anger exploded. He was ready to transform on the spot.
"That bastard," Belial sneered coldly.
"Does he think borrowing my dark power makes him invincible?"
Belial raised his hand and fired a beam of light straight into the sky.
"Kei. Handle it."
"Kei?"
Yuzhou paused, then followed the trajectory of the light.
A wormhole opened in the air.
From it stepped a man in a black leather coat, floating calmly above the battlefield.
"…Fukuide Kei."
Yuzhou's eyes narrowed.
So even Fukuide Kei had been pulled into this Earth.
And that meant—
—he still carried Dark Belial's power.
High above the city.
Fukuide Kei looked down at the rampaging Skull Gomora with clear displeasure.
"You dare defile Lord Belial's power," he said coldly.
"Seeking death."
With anger burning in his eyes, he produced two Monster Capsules.
Red light flared in his pupils.
He activated the first capsule and inserted it into the Gene Reader on his waist.
"Gomora."
Then the second.
"Red King."
A crimson Geed Riser appeared in his hand. He brought it close to the Gene Reader, injecting the monster data.
Two glowing gene chains lit up.
Data collected.
"Fusion Rise!"
He pulled the trigger.
Darkness surged over his body as his form twisted into Belial's silhouette.
The Z Riser projected the phantoms of Gomora and Red King, which then merged directly into Belial's eyes.
"Gomora! Red King!"
"Ultraman Belial!"
"Skull Gomora!"
With a thunderous crash, another Skull Gomora descended to the ground—
—landing directly in front of Kaburagi's Skull Gomora.
STORAGE Headquarters
The first appearance of Skull Gomora had already thrown the command room into chaos.
But Captain Hebikura wasn't present, and STORAGE couldn't deploy without authorization.
Yuka was about to call him when the monitor displayed a second Skull Gomora.
"…Why are there two identical monsters?!"
Yoko stared at the screen in disbelief.
"Captain! Captain! A kaiju has appeared—requesting permission to sortie!"
Yuka shouted into the communicator.
"…No need," came Hebikura's calm reply.
"Observe for now."
"What?!"
Yuka, Yoko, and Haruki all froze.
A kaiju incident—and no deployment?
Had the captain lost his mind?!
"Captain," Yuka suddenly said, thinking fast, "aren't you in that area? The robot memory data you asked me to analyse earlier contained information from that district."
"…Yeah," Juggler admitted at last.
"…Send Haruki to rendezvous with me. You two stay on standby."
After a brief pause, he added the order.
Haruki was Ultraman now. Seeing more wouldn't hurt.
If his identity got exposed—so be it.
"Roger!"
Haruki grabbed his weapon and rushed out.
Back at the battlefield.
"Skull Gomora versus Skull Gomora," Yuzhou muttered lazily.
"Let's see which one's stronger."
Since no one else was moving, he had no intention of intervening.
Fukuide Kei had plenty of combat experience. Celebro wouldn't be a serious problem for him.
Kaburagi stared at the identical monster before him, momentarily stunned.
But Celebro's madness lasted only an instant.
With a feral roar, his Skull Gomora charged.
Fukuide Kei didn't retreat. He swung his massive fists forward.
BOOM—!
The collision shook the ground itself.
Kaburagi was clearly the novice. In the first exchange, he was forced several steps back.
Snarling, Kaburagi slammed his foot into the earth.
Magma erupted.
Massive molten boulders launched like artillery shells toward Fukuide Kei.
Fukuide Kei met them head-on, smashing each one apart with his claws.
Crimson lightning crackled in his jaws.
A blood-red beam erupted—
—and struck Kaburagi dead-on.
BOOOOM!!!
Explosions engulfed the battlefield.
Inside the smoke, Kaburagi calmly inserted new medals.
"Belial."
"Interdimensional Alien."
"Space Monster."
"Belial."
"Ace Killer."
"Eleking."
Energy surged.
From the inferno emerged a new fusion beast—
Belial Fusion Beast: Thunder Killer.
"…Boring," Fukuide Kei scoffed.
He calmly drew two more Monster Capsules.
The battle was far from over.