"Let's see exactly what kind of powerhouse Ultraman Tiga is."
The player rubbed his hands together, picked up the game controller, and prepared for battle.
Yuzhou didn't even know that his opponent intended to ambush him. Even if he did, he wouldn't care.
As the battle began, Yuzhou controlled Tiga and launched a flying kick directly at the opponent.
Bang! The monster on the computer screen collapsed with a thud, but quickly got back up.
However, once it stood, Tiga's form shifted into a silver-and-red hue, and he charged forward with a punch.
The player controlling the monster also swung a punch at Tiga.
Bang!
The monster flew across the screen again, its health bar reduced by more than half.
Taking advantage of the monster being down again, Yuzhou fired a Delacium Stream, swiftly ending the battle.
Boom!
The defeated monster exploded on the screen, transforming into light particles that Tiga absorbed.
The player attempting to ambush Yuzhou was stunned.
Just three rounds, and the game was already over?
This Tiga Ultraman character was unbelievably strong.
"Guys, my ambush failed… I got counter-killed…"
The player quickly typed this on the keyboard and posted it to the forum, attaching a screenshot of the monster exploding.
"OP got so lucky! I've been camping for ages and never found him!"
"How long did the OP last? I was wiped out in two rounds."
"Same here! I lasted one round and got crushed!"
"You guys are all stronger than me. I got blasted by Ultraman Tiga right at the start!"
"Same here!"
"Me too!"
"Me as well!"
…
The post instantly drew countless comments.
Reading through the replies, the player picked a few notable ones:
"I lasted three rounds."
As soon as this comment appeared, more responses flooded in.
"OP is amazing!"
"First time I've seen someone last three rounds against Tiga!"
"Incredible!"
"Yeah, OP is too strong. No one else has lasted three rounds against Tiga!"
"Record broken!"
"I'm going to try too. I'll last four rounds for sure!"
…
"???"
The player's mind was blown.
He hadn't expected Ultraman Tiga to be so difficult to deal with.
He hadn't expected that he actually lost relatively decently.
He hadn't expected that lasting three rounds would set the record.
As the saying goes, one stone stirs up a thousand waves—the forum exploded. Players everywhere began challenging Ultraman Tiga.
Everyone wanted to last four rounds, five rounds, or even longer.
Some high-level players even started a forum event:
Anyone who could last three minutes under Tiga's hands—regardless of rounds—would receive a set of powerful monster data.
This made players even more eager to challenge Tiga.
However, in the game, Ultraman Tiga was rare and difficult to encounter.
Yuzhou looked at the match screen, quietly waiting, completely unaware of the storm he had caused on the forum.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
"Come in."
In the Crystal Palace, only a few people were familiar to Yuzhou, so anyone knocking had to be known.
The door opened, and the visitor made Yuzhou pause for a moment.
Black top hat, black suit, black umbrella—entirely clad in black.
"Charija?" Yuzhou asked, puzzled. "What brings you here?"
"Heh heh heh…"
Charija chuckled and approached Yuzhou, glancing at the computer screen.
"Knew it had to be you, kid!"
Charija pointed at Ultraman Tiga on the screen.
"Eh?" Yuzhou was again confused. "How do you know it's me? The match system wouldn't let you know, right?"
"Don't say it—now you're famous!"
Charija was obsessed with this game and occasionally browsed the forums.
He was mainly looking for monster data, so seeing Ultraman Tiga in the game immediately made him think of Yuzhou.
"Famous?"
Yuzhou picked up the controller again, looking at Charija as he spoke.
"You're the first Ultraman in this monster fighting game, and you've gone viral on the forums."
Charija explained.
"Oh… I see."
Yuzhou didn't think much of it. He was just playing casually—fame meant nothing.
As long as the game company didn't ban his account, he was fine.
He had been playing for a while and hadn't been banned, so the company didn't seem strict.
"So, you came just for this?"
Yuzhou attacked the opponent on the screen while asking.
"No." Charija chuckled. "There's a forum event. If you can survive three minutes against him, you get a set of powerful monster data."
Boom!
On the computer screen, the opponent's monster exploded, showing a survival time of exactly 2 minutes and 29 seconds.
Part of that time was spent idling while talking to Charija.
Even with this brief idle time, the opponent hadn't managed to chip away at Tiga's health.
"No!!!!"
The opponent was one of the players trying to ambush Yuzhou.
At first, seeing Tiga remain inactive, the player guessed Yuzhou had gone idle.
He thought he could take advantage and try to defeat him.
But reality was cruel—the player's monster couldn't even scratch Tiga's health bar.
Yet he didn't give up. The forum event only required surviving three minutes against Tiga.
Since defeating Tiga was impossible, he relied on Yuzhou idling to last the required time.
Waiting quietly, in the last ten seconds, Tiga moved again—clearly returning from idle.
To the player's shock, in just nine seconds, his monster was completely destroyed!
Seeing the time displayed, the player buried his head in his hands and cried.
2 minutes 59 seconds!
Just one second short of three minutes!
One second away from forum glory, from becoming a forum celebrity, and claiming the event reward!
He wept bitterly.
…
"I came here to ask you to go easy on me, to let me last three minutes."
Charija stood beside Yuzhou and explained the purpose of his visit.
Yuzhou shook his head with a smile—Charija really was obsessed with this game. Truly unexpected.
"But your monster, after devouring a Kun, isn't already strong enough?"
Yuzhou asked Charija suddenly.
"Huh? How do you know that?"
Charija was dumbfounded. How could Yuzhou know about that?
"Because that Kun was mine."
"I let you 'release it into the sea.'"