Shine, Unto Glory

Inside the Chat Group—

Deep Sea Otaku: Hohoargh, @Daigo, I saved your life, and you're not coming out to thank me? Still acting all high and mighty?

Takanashi Rikka: Boss, you're at the scene. Start a livestream.

Iron Man: What are you trying to do now? Donate heated panties?

Yatogami Tohka: Pervert! Throw Iron Man out!

[Group Livestream has been activated.]

Daigo: Thanks for the help, Brother Zong. @True Lord of Future Expectations, True Lord, is this the surprise you mentioned?

True Lord of Future Expectations: Yes.

Everyone in the group saw the full picture through the Live Broadcast Room.

Batman: How did True Lord transform into Ultraman? He even looks exactly like the Tiga Daigo transformed into.

Iron Man: Did someone hack an account online?

Daigo: I'm quite confused too. Although we look the same, I can tell that the source of our powers is different. If I am light, then True Lord's power is darkness.

True Lord of Future Expectations: Didn't I study your body last time? I also studied the power of light while I was at it, then made the Spark Lenses. In fact, I don't just have the Dark Spark Lens. I also have the Bronze Spark Lens, the Stone Statue Spark Lens, the Light Spark Lens, and a Shining Spark Lens.

Passerby Kamen Rider: Wholesale toys. [🙄]

Daigo: Uh... are Ultramen this cheap now?

Iron Man: So this is a version update.

Octopus Head: Looking at this guy Daigo is fighting, something feels strange.

Mumen Rider: In terms of appearance, he does resemble Brother Zong somewhat. They both have dense tentacles and look equally terrifying, just like the final big boss in a game.

Passerby Kamen Rider: Let me correct you. Looking at the livestream now, other than Daigo, who's trapped, which one of them doesn't look like a villain?

Dragon Maid: They have all the bearing of villains.

Deep Sea Otaku: Hoho, just watch from there, hoho. Watch us teach the guy bullying Daigo a lesson. As the King of Titans, hoho, I'll definitely protect my little brother, hoho.

Takanashi Rikka: Good luck~

Mystery, chaos, darkness, and massive amounts of nuclear radiation filled the scene.

Dark Tiga looked toward Tiga, who was hanging in midair. A violent aura radiated from his arm as purple-black demonic light gathered around it. With a flash, he appeared behind Tiga, his hand forming a blade as an incomparably sharp edge condensed around it.

He slashed swiftly, severing the pitch-black tentacles binding Tiga. They fell into the sea, kicking up sprays of water.

After landing, Tiga nodded to Dark Tiga before turning once more toward Gatanothor, the terrifying Evil God that had survived since the super-ancient era.

He assumed his opening stance again.

"Roar~" Gatanothor let out a furious bellow, an eerie gleam seeming to shine from its crimson eyes.

By instinct as an Evil God, it sensed a threat from the people before it.

Countless pitch-black tentacles lurking beneath the sea rose completely from the depths, wreathed in Black Qi like a hell of black serpents ready to devour hearts.

This time, it would not hold back. It would go all out.

Compared to the original plot, it had not needed to use its full strength against Tiga. A few tentacles and a single beam had been enough to defeat him. When facing Shining Tiga, it had not even had time to strike with all its strength before Shining Tiga killed it in a few moves.

Cthulhu looked down from the sky at the sea. The countless pitch-black tentacles made it feel provoked.

The tentacles beneath its jaw advanced like black serpents, splitting into numerous strands.

Every one of them carried incomparable power.

The two Evil Gods clashed.

Tentacles versus tentacles.

They twisted into a mass as indescribable powers influenced one another.

Gatanothor let out a furious roar, its body suddenly doubling in size as it sensed Cthulhu's power.

It was very similar to its own, as though they shared the same origin.

Cthulhu was like a Demon Lord descending from the heavens, and like a great god of misfortune in the mortal world. Its power was continuously being unleashed. After being sealed for who knew how many ages, its power normally remained sealed or even hidden, with less than one percent leaking out.

Facing Gatanothor, it released more than one percent of its power.

And tangled with it.

But Cthulhu was not the only one present.

Godzilla's thick legs stood upon the sea. Qi and nuclear power circulated continuously within its body, colliding like a double helix as a terrifying aura erupted from its entire black body.

The sickle-like, pitch-black dorsal fins on its back lit up again, radiating a high temperature that scorched space itself.

Within its chest, a blue ghostly flame seemed to be burning.

Godzilla opened its bloody maw and unleashed Atomic Breath.

The scorching, powerful Atomic Breath struck Gatanothor's conch shell, affecting it somewhat.

It scattered the power within Gatanothor.

Meanwhile, Cthulhu's tentacles continued to grow stronger. As one of the Great Old Ones, even though Cthulhu had once been sealed, it was still a supreme existence in that world.

Time could not touch it, and space could not contain it.

Cthulhu's tentacles wound around Gatanothor's, immobilizing them and instantly stripping it of its formidable weapons of battle.

With a low whisper from Cthulhu, Gatanothor seemed to fall into a trance. Seizing the opportunity, Cthulhu pulled hard. This was a contest of strength, and even more so a clash of power.

Gatanothor let out a pained wail. The intense pain brought it back to its senses, but many of its tentacles had already been forcibly torn off by Cthulhu and flung into the air.

Like a fall into hell, the living tentacles, filled with terrifying destructive power, had lost their source of strength.

With repeated splashes, they all sank to the seabed to keep Ashen One company.

"Cha!" Seeing this, Tiga wanted to gather the Zepellion Wheel once more.

But Dark Tiga blocked his way and opened his silver hand. A small ball of light containing endless radiance flowed into the blue light timer on Tiga's chest.

"What is this?" Tiga looked in confusion at the Spark Lens inside his body, which was giving off golden light. Dark Tiga had sent it in.

"The Shining Spark Lens. Transform, Daigo," Dark Tiga said.

"The Shining... Spark Lens?" Daigo felt incomparable power from it.

He gripped the Shining Spark Lens and raised it once more, as if he had done so thousands upon thousands of times. An utterly dazzling light bloomed from within Tiga's body.

It became a pillar of light that shot into the sky, dispersing the darkness.

A figure clad in extravagant gold appeared upon the sea.

His entire body was filled with shining radiance, like an immortal god who had crossed through the ages...

"Selling novels, selling novels. Sir, all I need is one recommendation vote!"

Author-kun's bare feet had been frozen purple. No one had voted all day. If no one supported Author-kun's novel, Author-kun was going to flop to death.

Readers skilled at stockpiling chapters smiled and shook their heads, because the novel was too short.

Poor Author-kun tried several times, but was politely turned down each time.

Just as he fell into despair.

A man who looked like the domineering CEO from a novel approached him. He pinned me against the wall, looked at my panicked expression as I tried to flee and resist, and revealed a wicked smile. Then he hooked my chin with one finger, leaned close, and said to me amid my despairing expression—

"Dog author, here are today's recommendation votes. Take them and spend them until you can't spend any more. You're not allowed to go home."