(I revised the previous chapter a little and corrected the typos. I was out of it when I wrote it yesterday and had no idea what I was writing.)
Xiao Ran frowned deeply. Demons, war, Element Luan—these things reminded him of the man in the Dimensional Rift who had been scared to death, as well as certain things Princess Sarah, the Dragon Priestess, had said. At this moment, all of it connected.
"Does all of this have something to do with AmbriO?" Xiao Ran looked at Tetsuya and asked, "The war that took place in this world thousands of years ago—the demons who once waged war against the gods were the Mycenaean Gods? But why do you know all this!?"
Tetsuya gritted his teeth. "Because I am someone who came back from the dead. My true identity is indeed Kouji Kabuto's uncle, but I once died trying to stop Doctor Hell from gaining control over the Mycenaean Gods' legacy. I also traveled through time and saw some of what happened in the past, and vaguely saw the dark future brought about by Mazinger Z. To stop Mazinger Z from continuing to evolve, to stop Kouji Kabuto from becoming a component of Mazinger Z, and for the sake of this world, I have to stop Kouji Kabuto from continuing to pilot Mazinger Z, even if that means Kouji Kabuto..."
"Enough! Don't say things like that again." Xiao Ran placed a hand on Tetsuya's shoulder and said in a low voice, "No matter what happens, Kouji Kabuto is a member of the Victory Fleet. Even if he really is controlled by Mazinger Z as you say, we'll use every possible method to free him from Mazinger Z's control. This world absolutely will not reach its end in destruction before we do."
"But..."