Ultraman: Matching you with an equally matched daddy

In order to save time, Ye Rui drove the Sherlock car at a speed of 800 km/h.

Soon, they carried Saki to the front line of the battle.

After getting off the bus, I watched Machina wreak havoc on the city and fight against the Victory Team.

Saki realized that this was no longer the guardian monster that had come to greet her.

After a slight hesitation, she began to play the flute.

As the flute music began, Machina's movements suddenly slowed down, as if she were struggling against some kind of force within her body.

One of the destructive beams, originally aimed at the Flying Swallow No. 1, trembled and went astray.

As luck would have it, Shinjo, piloting the Flying Swallow No. 1, evaded the attack at that moment, twisting his fuselage so that from the outside it looked as if he had deliberately run into the destructive beam.

"Waaaaaahhhhh~"

Xincheng screamed and fainted, while Victory Flying Swallow No. 1 plummeted straight down, billowing black smoke.

Fortunately, Tiga appeared in time, carefully protecting the fighter jet and placing it on the ground in the distance.

"It has some effect, but not that much."

Saki and Daigo took their places one after another. Although the foreign aid was not as good as he had expected, Takahashi did not hesitate any longer and slapped the bracelet down.

[Matching you with an equally matched opponent...]

In this battle, you will transform into Ultraman Tiga.

[The opponent, Makina, was detected as B++, and Ultraman Tiga as B. No corrections will be made this time.]

Ultraman Tiga's phantom crashed into Takahashi.

Feng Yuan, standing to the side, held up the Lion's Eye.

A burst of light erupted as Takahashi and Leo simultaneously descended upon the battlefield.

This resulted in the formation of Tiga, Leo, and Tiga standing together.

"Listen up, Daigo, this is the battle plan that Gen and I discussed before. We'll proceed according to this plan..."

Using his telepathic abilities, Takahashi conveyed the battle plan to Daigo, and then unleashed a palm-shaped energy arrow that struck Machina.

When it looked over, it made a provocative gesture.

Machina's attention was immediately drawn to Takahashi, and she ignored the harassment from the Flying Swallow II in the sky, and strode over.

Just then, Takahashi also wanted to get closer to it. He crossed his hands in front of his forehead and instantly transformed into his powerful form, increasing his strength and defense several times over.

He and Tiga went to meet them, each grabbing one of Machina's arms, trying to stop her.

However, they still underestimated Machina's power.

After the collision, he and Tiga failed to stop Machina. Instead, they were pushed backward and crashed into several buildings before they finally managed to intercept Machina.

"Reduce the light!"

Taking this opportunity, Leo unleashed a beam of light capable of calming and shrunk the monster.

This tactic is ineffective against the Sphias because they are merely mindless offspring controlled by the Matrix.

But it worked on Machina's original consciousness. Its consciousness, which had been dazed and confused by Insphia's corruption, came to its senses, and its resistance suddenly became much stronger, as if it had been injected with a stimulant.

As for the ability to shrink monsters, it was directly resisted by Sphia and did not have the desired effect.

"Works, next one."

Takahashi, who was holding Machina tightly by the arms and trying to hold it down, clearly felt that its resistance was weakening.

Nodding, Leo released a meteor-shaped energy wave that shone on Machina.

"Deformation Beam!"

This is a special light technique that can fundamentally change the shape and properties of an object.

He once turned a monster into an apple tree.

At this moment, when it was applied to Machina, it aroused fierce resistance from the Sphia within its body.

Every time Leo changed an inch of area, Sphia would cover it and change it back, pulling back and forth.

During this process, Leo's energy was being consumed rapidly, and the red light quickly came on.

Sphia, who was possessing Machina, also became listless due to excessive consumption, and each of them showed obvious signs of weakness.

"Very good, now watch me."

Takahashi and Leo switched positions, and the two of them jointly controlled Machina.

He stepped back a few paces, released his Ultra psychic powers, and pulled the trigger of the petrification beam in the TPC ground forces.

Immediately, beams of petrifying light struck the exposed Sphia on Machina's body.

This further consumes their energy.

The Sphias hit by the petrifying ray began to turn to stone, and the nearby Sphias spread over and merged with it, and were soon turned to stone by the petrifying ray as well.

After a fierce barrage of fire, Machina was covered in petrified spots and was nearly incapacitated.

Those were one after another Sphia that merged with it.

At this point, everything turned into stone.

"The final step."

Tiga and Leo released Machina, who no longer needed control, and stood with Takahashi.

Three beams of light were simultaneously released from their hands.

"Cell Conversion Beam x2!"

"Deformation Beam!"

With the help of the light, these stones that Sphia had transformed into gradually merged with Machina and became a part of it.

When the light faded, a stylish Machina with patches of all sizes appeared in the spot.

【Guardian Monster - Machina】

Current combat strength: B++

[Legend Status: Somewhat Famous]

[Defeat Reward: 5 Star Point]

[Matchable target: Ultraman Tiga]

Current Star Power: 25.5 points

Takahashi gave Machina an appraisal.

His eyes lit up when he saw the scan results.

"I knew this would work, after all, there are plenty of monsters that have chewed up Sfield's snacks."

To take a recent example, the enhanced Golza, who was thrown into the crater of a volcano by Tiga to block it, was possessed by Sphia and successfully killed Sphia, reviving on his own.

Moreover, this aura is indistinguishable from that of the Spia chimera without careful examination.

Looking at the brand-new Machina in front of him, Takahashi nodded in satisfaction.

Saki was going to take the Machina home, but there were many Specias drifting in the universe. On the way here, the Machina got infected, but it doesn't matter, they can help save it.

Getting infected on the way out would be a huge problem.

After much deliberation, Takahashi did not choose the first two ideas, even though they could use the danger as an excuse to leave Machina and Saki on Earth.

Although Machina is no match for Power Tiga, having a stronger fighter than Composite Tiga would still be very helpful to Earth in the present day.

However, Takahashi couldn't live with himself if he did that. Saki has already suffered enough, so let her go home smoothly.

Moreover, doing so had an unexpected bonus: Machina's enhanced power, which had been reinforced by Sphia, was preserved.

Saki's journey home became much safer.

Upon regaining consciousness, Machina made a somewhat complicated gesture of gratitude to the three Os before walking towards her master, Saki.

Saki also made a gesture of thanks to the three giants.

"Thank you, Daigo, and the other two Ultramen."

Leaving behind a voice of gratitude, Machina transformed back into its spaceship form and departed with Saki.

[Defeat Machina]

[Star Power +1 points]

Current Star Power: 26.5 points

Witness Machina and Saki leave.

Suddenly, the sound of Hoshiki arriving at the tent reached Takahashi's ears.

"Does reforming or purifying a monster count as defeating it? What are the criteria for that? Has the prefix changed? Can I find a way to farm points?"

After deactivating his transformation and returning home, ignoring Fengyuan's excited voice, Takahashi realized that he might have found a bug in the bracelet.

Unlike maliciously exploiting bugs in games to affect the fairness of competition, gaining more Star Power to save more people is considered a great act of merit.

So it's a benevolent exploitation of the bug; it doesn't count as exploitation.