Without wasting any time, Yu Zhou directly asked the sales staff at the housing department to show him all the best apartments with top-quality environments.
In the end, he picked a seaside residence.
That wasn't strange — this district of Xiashi City was close to the ocean, so of course there were sea-view apartments.
He bought the property in full, completed all the paperwork swiftly, and even entrusted the staff to handle furnishing and installation for every room, saying he planned to move in the next day.
Naturally, the saleswoman was delighted to serve such a young and wealthy man.
She even looked at the girl beside him — Camearra — with a bit of envy.
Why was she the one following around this handsome, rich guy?
Just as Yu Zhou walked out of the sales office, his phone began to vibrate violently with notification alerts.
When he opened it — there it was again.
Another monster attack.
In this world, the internet was incredibly fast.
The moment a monster appeared anywhere, it would immediately hit the online news.
Yu Zhou had already set up custom alerts to notify him of anything related to monsters.
So, the instant he checked his phone, he knew something had happened.
"Monsters showing up every few days like this… It's really exhausting."
He sighed helplessly.
In this real world, monsters appeared far more frequently than in other worlds he'd been to.
There was barely a day or two between each attack.
Worse, they didn't even appear one at a time — there were multiple monsters, scattered all over the world.
It was enough to drive him crazy.
"I'll be back soon," Yu Zhou said, climbing into his car.
He glanced at Camearra, gave a brief instruction, then pulled out his Sparklence.
In the next moment, he transformed into a beam of radiant white light that shot across the sky.
As he flew west, the white light suddenly shifted into purple, and his speed increased dramatically.
France.
The people of the country were enjoying peaceful, normal lives — until a massive creature burst through the ground.
It was Gomora — a prehistoric monster that looked like a towering dinosaur.
A beast like this, suddenly awakened in the heart of a modern metropolis…
The destruction it brought to unprepared humans was unimaginable.
"C-can I surrender, Mister Monster?!"
Some people even foolishly tried to talk to it.
But Gomora wasn't interested in conversation.
Though it wasn't as tall as the hundred-meter skyscrapers around it, each of its heavy strikes sent tremors through the ground.
Buildings crumbled, and roads split under its crushing steps.
Just as Gomora was smashing another tower, a blue beam of light exploded above its head.
An intense chill filled the air — the freezing aura spread rapidly, encasing Gomora's entire body in solid ice.
"It's Tiga!"
"Ultraman Tiga!"
"That's the Giant of Light from the East, isn't it?!"
People screamed, some in awe, some in disbelief.
Many had seen Tiga on the news — but they had thought Ultraman and monsters were just TV fiction.
Until now.
They finally realized the horrifying truth:
The monsters from the shows… were real.
When Yu Zhou — as Ultraman Tiga — arrived on scene, he immediately unleashed a Freezing Beam.
The attack hit Gomora squarely in the head, freezing the creature solid.
Success.
Gomora became an enormous ice sculpture, motionless and harmless.
Then Tiga raised his arm again.
A Lampart Bomb burst from his hand, smashing into the frozen monster.
The ice statue exploded into shards — Gomora shattered into countless pieces that scattered across the streets.
Job done.
Mission complete.
Satisfied with his speed this time, Tiga turned and flew back into the sky — he hadn't even set foot on French soil before it was over.
On the ground, people stood staring at the falling frost in stunned silence, slowly realizing what had just happened.
"Oh… so a monster attacked."
"Oh… surrender didn't work."
"Oh… Ultraman Tiga appeared."
"Oh… and now the monster's gone."
From the moment Gomora appeared to the moment it was destroyed, barely ten minutes had passed —
and Tiga's actual fight lasted only one.
"I saw God!"
Some frightened French citizens, saved from certain death, began to worship Tiga in their hearts.
He had rescued them — the Giant of Light who saved humanity from despair.
Soon, France's growing Ultraman fandom reached an explosive new level.
Yu Zhou, however, had no idea what these foreign nations were thinking.
After finishing off Gomora, he transformed back into light and soared into the sky, returning straight to his car.
"All done?"
Camearra, seated in the passenger seat, looked over and asked.
"Yeah. All taken care of."
Yu Zhou nodded.
This time, it seemed that only France had been attacked — no other monster reports came from elsewhere.
Of course, it was also possible that other countries were secretly handling their own battles and keeping quiet about it.
After all, researching monsters was a sensitive topic best kept hidden.
Some people online were even suggesting,
"Maybe we should collect fragments from Ultraman to study how he turns into light!"
Yu Zhou found those comments hilarious.
"If it were really that easy to become light, I'd recruit a whole team to share the workload,"
he muttered to himself.
Then, frowning slightly as he drove home, he murmured:
"Strange… Why haven't other monsters appeared lately? Don't tell me they've all been wiped out?"
He shook his head — no way.
Creatures like Gomora had thick hides and enormous vitality.
Destroying them all at once was impossible without heavy losses.
Late that night.
Once again, in the bathroom.
Yu Zhou had just finished relieving himself when he turned — and there she was.
The little girl in the red dress, standing quietly behind him.
He had told her multiple times that boys and girls shouldn't be entering such private spaces together,
but she just never seemed to learn.
"Why didn't you show up in my dreams tonight?"
he asked flatly.
"Because I'm afraid you'll try something weird,"
the girl said innocently,
"After all, you control the dream."
Yu Zhou froze.
Why did that make him sound like some kind of perverted uncle?
"H-hey, kid! What are you even thinking?!"
"I'm not that old — I'm barely in my twenties!"
"Just kidding,"
the girl giggled.
Her tone was livelier than before — unlike the emotionless chatter she used to have.
Now, Yu Zhou could actually sense genuine feeling in her words.
If before she was like an AI, now she seemed like a real, living person.
"Anyway," Yu Zhou said, waving a hand, "let's talk business. I want to ask about the monsters. Do they appear following any kind of pattern? Location, time, number—anything?"
"No pattern,"
the girl shook her head.
"Everything's random."
"That's… troublesome,"
Yu Zhou sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"What's troublesome?"
she tilted her head.
"I can't always arrive in time when a monster appears — that's the problem."
Indeed, every time he reached a site, half the city would already be in ruins.
And this world didn't have defence teams like other Ultraman worlds —
just ordinary fighter jets that could barely scratch a kaiju.
"I see…"
The red-dressed girl put a finger to her lips, thinking for a moment.
Then she stretched out the red orb she always carried and handed it to Yu Zhou.
"Huh?"
Yu Zhou blinked, taking it, utterly confused.
The last time he'd touched that red sphere was when he'd tried — and failed — to make a wish.
Now she was handing it over herself?
"Alright then! Let's try this again!"
he raised it high above his head.
"I wish for the strongest light! Infinite energy! The power to activate Shining Mode instantly!"
Nothing happened.
Instead—
Knock knock knock!
"You brat! What are you shouting about in the bathroom this late at night?!"
his mother's voice came from outside.
"Nothing, Mom! Go to sleep!"
Yu Zhou shouted back hurriedly.
"Then stop staying in there so long every night!"
she muttered, walking away.
Yu Zhou exhaled in relief—
until he heard her mumbling again down the hall.
"Wait a second… I swear I heard a girl's voice too…"
"Could it be… that Yu Zhou and that girl Mi are… in there together?"
"Ah, these youngsters today… always chasing excitement!"
She sighed in motherly regret as she walked off.
After all, she thought, maybe she shouldn't have interrupted — what if she scared him and ruined her chance at a future grandchild?
Yu Zhou, meanwhile, was left speechless.
His wish hadn't come true — only his mother's misunderstanding had.
"So… what's the red orb for, then?"
he asked the little girl, baffled.
"To hug,"
she smiled.
"It feels nice."
"Right… fine."
Yu Zhou sighed, hugging it briefly before handing it back.
"Happy now?"
"So? Did it feel good?"
she asked eagerly.
"Uh… sure,"
Yu Zhou said, seeing the sparkle in her eyes.
And then — suddenly — a strange sensation hit him.
It was as if his mind had connected to the entire world.
No — more precisely, he had connected to the little girl.
It felt just like… making a phone call.
"What the heck is this?"
"From now on," the girl explained with a smile,
"Whenever a monster appears anywhere in the world, I'll notify you directly."
So that's what it was — a telepathic link.
Yu Zhou was stunned by how capable this mysterious girl actually was.
Before he could ask more, she vanished — gone from the bathroom.
Back in his bedroom, Yu Zhou lay down beside Camearra.
Just as he reached to hold her, she blocked his hand midair.
"Who were you talking to in the bathroom just now?"
Camearra's tone was calm — but icy.
"Just… someone who tells me when to save the world."
He gave a vague answer, carefully avoiding key details.
"Who? What's her name?"
Camearra pressed, her voice sharper now.
Yu Zhou could almost smell the jealousy in the air — thick and acidic.
If he told the truth, he'd be a dead man.
"Fine," she said at last, narrowing her eyes.
"Since your scent hasn't changed, I'll let it slide… this time."
Yu Zhou just smiled helplessly.
He had nothing to hide — but trying to explain would only make things worse.
So, he pulled her close again and drifted off to sleep.
In the dream.
The little girl appeared once more.
But this time… she had grown up.
She now looked like a beautiful young woman, full of life and charm.
She stepped toward him slowly, smiling.
"So, it turns out you've had quite a few thoughts about me, haven't you?"
"Y-you're misunderstanding!"
Yu Zhou panicked.
But this was his dream — shaped by his subconscious.
Did that mean… this was what he really wanted?
"Wake up, wake up!"
he slapped his own cheeks.
"Better stop this before I actually turn into a perverted uncle!"
Fighting back the weird thoughts flooding his mind, he looked at her again — now a full-grown young lady in red.
"Didn't we just meet in the bathroom? What are you doing here again?"
he muttered.
The dream shifted —
and once again, he found himself back in the bathroom.