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"How is that possible?! It's just a video! Why is this light affecting me?!"
He recoiled like a snake being burned alive, scrambling into the darkest corner of the shadows. His eyes were wide with raw, instinctive terror of the light.
"Lord Muzan! Help! Save me—!"
Inside the Infinite Castle, screams of agony echoed one after another.
In that instant, Muzan sensed something horrifying—every single Lower Rank demon among the Twelve Kizuki had suddenly vanished from his perception the moment the light erupted.
"How could this happen?!"
Muzan was utterly shaken. He couldn't comprehend it. This light from another world… was actually capable of inflicting devastating damage on the demons he had personally created.
"Lord Muzan…"
Bang!
The demon responsible for teleportation—Nakime—staggered into the room.
Her flesh was rotting and peeling away, her body trembling as she collapsed before Muzan, her face twisted in pain and weakness.
But what terrified Muzan the most was this:
The wounds on her body weren't healing.
A demon's regenerative ability was supposed to be one of the strongest laws in existence.
Yet this light… it was burning away the very source of a demon's being.
What exactly was it?
Meanwhile, at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters—
"What… is this?"
Gyomei Himejima, the Stone Hashira, froze in place.
In the endless darkness he had always perceived, a blazing light suddenly appeared.
He stood there like a statue.
"Hey… what's wrong?"
Sanemi Shinazugawa noticed something off about him and immediately asked.
Slowly, Gyomei turned his head.
He could see Sanemi's face.
He could see the surroundings.
For the first time in his life, he was seeing the world's colors.
"So… this is what you all look like."
The man whose face was almost always filled with sorrow finally showed a genuine smile.
So this… is what it feels like to see.
It's wonderful.
"What did you say? Wait… Gyomei, your—"
Sanemi froze in shock.
Because he could clearly see it now.
In the eyes that had been blind for years, there was suddenly a spark of life… of miracle.
"I can see."
Gyomei replied softly, his gaze returning to the glowing screen.
That light…
It was so bright.
So warm.
For the first time in his life, Gyomei felt what it meant to be healed by light.
"Everyone! Something huge just happened!"
A maid suddenly rushed in, nearly tripping over herself, her face bursting with uncontrollable joy.
"What happened?!"
Sanemi turned around sharply.
"The Master! The curse marks on the Master's body—they're all gone!"
The entire room exploded with shock.
Inside the video—
Ultraman Dyna shone like a rising sun, radiating overwhelming light.
His hand pressed firmly against the enormous head of Zetton.
At that moment, the video's background music suddenly erupted into an intense battle anthem.
The fight theme ignited like wildfire.
"CHA—!!"
With a deep roar, Dyna unleashed a tidal wave of power that blasted Zetton's massive iron-like body away.
The monster was thrown back violently.
Zero stared at the resurrected Giant of Light in the sky.
Every Ultra cell in his body trembled with excitement.
"You're finally back!! Dyna!"
Bathed in light, Zero surged with renewed life.
Like someone reborn in flames, he broke free of all restraints and shot into the sky.
He rushed straight into the fight and joined Dyna, grabbing hold of Zetton's head.
Their eyes met.
They didn't need words.
Both Ultras unleashed blazing golden beams from their palms at the same time.
"SSSSSHHHHH—!!!"
The intense light burned against Zetton's steel-like skull, releasing clouds of white steam and sparks.
"CHA—!!!"
A roaring surge of Ultra power slammed into Zetton like a colossal tsunami.
The mountain-sized monster was blasted backward and crashed violently onto the scorched earth.
Dyna hovered in the air and immediately locked onto the fallen Ultraman Cosmos.
Without hesitation, he gathered a soft but powerful pale green light at his fingertips.
Buzz—
The healing light flowed into Cosmos's body.
The energy timer on Cosmos's chest flared back to life, blazing brilliantly.
Cosmos instantly revived.
He regained consciousness and stared up in confusion at the two towering figures in the sky.
Then Zetton's furious roar from the ground snapped him back to reality.
Without hesitation, he shot into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, he reached Dyna and Zero.
The three giants stood side by side.
"Charge! Cosmos! Zero! Time to beat the hell out of that thing!"
Inside Dyna, the human Asuka Shin roared with unstoppable determination.
The next second—
The three Ultramen streaked through the sky like meteors, diving straight toward the super monster struggling to stand.
Team fight.
Round two begins.
The camera suddenly pulled far back.
From that distant perspective, the three Ultramen—who should have looked like titans—now appeared unbelievably small compared to Zetton.
Like grains of sand about to collide with a massive planet.
A suffocating, apocalyptic pressure crossed the dimensional barrier and slammed into every viewer watching the video.
Naruto World
"W-What the hell is that?!"
Naruto was completely stunned.
His eyes bulged wide as saucers and his voice trembled.
"How are they supposed to beat something that big…?"
He swallowed hard.
Beside him, Jiraiya had lost his usual playful grin.
His expression was deadly serious.
Compared to the monstrous horrors from the depths of the universe, the ninja world's proud power system suddenly felt unbelievably fragile.
And yet…
Those Ultramen still chose to face it.
What kind of iron will did they possess to challenge such an unimaginable disaster?
Sasuke's usually calm face had turned pale.
He couldn't even imagine what level of strength someone would need to stand against something like that.
Ultraman power… can really reach this level?
For the first time, the belief he had always held about pursuing strength wavered.
"That monster's absurd. The pressure it gives off is even greater than the tailed beasts."
Jiraiya fell silent.
He had traveled the ninja world for decades and thought he had seen everything.
But now he realized—
Compared to the horrors lurking in the depths of the universe…
His so-called broad knowledge was nothing but a frog at the bottom of a well.
And strangely enough, when he watched the Ultramen charging forward without hesitation…
Something heroic stirred deep inside his chest.
One Piece World — Marine Headquarters
"What fearless courage… what heroism!"
Fleet Admiral Sengoku stared at the screen, deeply moved.
He couldn't believe the kind of enemies the Ultramen faced on a regular basis.
He had clearly seen Cosmos get knocked down earlier.
Yet the moment he revived, he immediately flew back into battle against an enemy he knew he couldn't defeat alone.
Even Sengoku, a hardened man in his fifties, felt his eyes grow slightly moist.
"This is the spirit the Marines must have!"
"Are pirates scary?! No!"
"Even the so-called strongest man in the world—Whitebeard! Is he scary?! Still no!!"
His blood was boiling.
For a moment, he completely cast aside the fear and caution he normally felt toward Whitebeard.
If they retreated just because the enemy was strong—
What right did they have to call themselves the Navy of Justice?
Far away, on the endless ocean—
"Gurarararara!!"
Whitebeard's booming laughter echoed across the deck.
Under Dyna's light, the old and new wounds across his body had miraculously healed.
It felt like youth had been injected into his veins.
He felt ten years younger.
His strength was even returning to its peak.
"Old man! Are you serious?!"
Ace's eyes shone with excitement.
Before him stood the towering figure known as the strongest man in the world—
Edward Newgate.
A living legend of the seas.
"Gurararara! My sons!"
Whitebeard laughed heartily.
"Your old man will keep charging forward with you!"
"We'll push deeper into the Grand Line! Straight to the end of the sea!"
For the first time in years, he felt completely free.
The physical chains.
The mental fatigue.
All gone.
He could hardly wait to announce it to the world—
Whitebeard had returned.
And nothing could stop him.
Meanwhile, back on the battlefield—
Cosmos charged in first.
He locked onto the wound on Zetton's head that Zero and Dyna had created earlier and fired an extremely concentrated beam.
BOOM!
Zetton screamed in pain.
Rage.
Fury.
It had never imagined that these tiny Giants of Light could repeatedly injure it.
"ZETTOOOON—!!"
The monster roared.
The armor plates on its back opened, launching countless blazing fireballs toward Cosmos.
At the same time, Zetton raised its two terrifying scythe-like claws, trying to repeat its earlier attack and cut the Ultraman down.
But this time—
Things were different.
Cosmos wasn't fighting alone anymore.
"CHA!!!"
Zero roared.
The twin blade-like Ice Sluggers on his head shot out like silver lightning, screaming through the air toward Zetton's claws.
BANG!
BANG!
Ultraman power came from belief.
When their resolve and courage burned at their peak, their strength reached unimaginable heights.
Earlier, Zero's attacks had barely scratched Zetton's claws.
But now—
The twin blades tore through the air and carved two massive, terrifying gashes into the monster's scythe arms.
Sparks exploded like steel clashing against diamonds.
Zetton howled and its massive body trembled violently.
But it wasn't over.
With a thought from Zero, the blades spun through the air and returned like living weapons.
They slashed down again—directly into the wounds.
BOOM!
This time, Zetton couldn't withstand the relentless assault.
Its claws—
Shattered.
The gigantic scythe limbs crashed to the ground, blasting dust into the sky.
At the same moment, Dyna flashed to Zetton's flank like a phantom.
He locked onto the monster's head.
His arms crossed.
All the energy in his body gathered instantly.
A blazing blue beam—
The Solgent Ray—
erupted forward.
The beam struck Zetton directly.
Its dozens of armor plates melted and vaporized instantly in the blue light.
Zetton screamed louder than ever before.
The ground tore apart beneath its writhing body.
Dust filled the sky.
The world turned dark and gray.
Then—
From its mouth burst an incredibly destructive stream of superheated energy.
BOOM!!!
The earth melted.
Mountains collapsed.
The sky itself seemed torn open by the heat.
The devastating blast shot straight toward the three Ultramen.
But Zetton had made a fatal miscalculation.
Despite its size, its attacks were far too slow for them.
The three Giants of Light easily dodged in midair.
The beam missed them completely, continuing on to devastate the distant land.
High above, the Alien Bat finally lost his composure.
His furious voice boomed across the sky.
"Ultraman warriors! Why do you keep ruining my plans?!"
"Why do you insist on protecting these weak, worthless humans?!"
"Humans are the most insignificant and useless creatures in the universe!!"
Zero let out a cold, mocking laugh.
"....."