11. Dan Moroboshi Meets Delusion Seven

After the evacuation notice was issued, the villagers of Snow Village immediately retreated toward the distance.

The leader of a local biker gang, hearing the announcement, looked displeased. "What a drag."

They drove their motorcycles into the flow of evacuees, acting with extreme arrogance and refusing to slow down despite the crowd ahead. "Get out of the way if you don't want to get hit!"

Seeing these five local thugs running rampant, the villagers could only swallow their anger and clear a path for them.

This made the five bikers feel even more emboldened. "They're afraid of the monsters, and they're afraid of us too. That's right—we are monsters too, monsters with human bodies!"

"Boss, look, it's that little monster!" One of them, looking to the right, spotted Xiao Xue, who was also evacuating with a Ultraseven toy in her pocket.

"Hmph, that mongrel. I bet this time the two monsters were summoned by her too. Come on, let's have some fun!" The leader drove his motorcycle straight toward her.

Hearing the nightmarish sound of the engine, Xiao Xue panicked and dodged to the side. "Why? Why won't you leave me alone even at a time like this?"

"The monsters you brought ruined our mood, so naturally, we have to settle the score with you." The group laughed loudly, and one of them knocked Xiao Xue to the ground with his motorcycle.

Everyone else was busy running for their lives and no one would step in, making the thugs even more unscrupulous.

A surge of immense pain from her right shoulder made Xiao Xue nearly lose consciousness.

*Whoosh...* A cold wind blew, and the "Witch" appeared!

Upon seeing the scene before it, the Witch let out a furious roar and charged toward the five bikers.

"Boss, what do we do? That Witch seems to be here for her. It can't really be her mother, can it?" Faced with the massive monster, some of them began to panic.

"Hmph, as long as we have her in our hands, the Witch won't dare to strike." The leader grabbed Xiao Xue by the ankle. "Little girl, you look so badly hurt—you won't be able to run now that the monster is here. Why don't I give you a ride?"

With that, he restarted his motorcycle, intending to drag Xiao Xue across the ground!

"ROAR!" Seeing this, the Witch became even more enraged, but seemingly fearful of harming the girl, it dared not attack directly and only gave chase.

Elsewhere, the four members of the Science Patrol, who were attacking Sadola and Tutton with lasers, turned pale upon hearing the news that a Witch had appeared in Snow Village.

Compared to three monsters joining forces in the snowy mountains to confront them, this current situation was even more terrifying—monsters appearing in different locations, leaving them unable to be in two places at once.

"It’s all that guy's fault! He messed everything up, and now it's out of control!" Yamanaka shouted in anger.

"Enough, both of you. We need to work together to get through this crisis!" Dan Moroboshi commanded.

In his view, Qi Ming's approach was correct, but Nagi Saijo and her team were not wrong either. It was simply that the two sides didn't see eye to eye, and the interference from the magnetic fog caused the team to become disjointed; two minor problems had combined into a major one.

"Return to defend Snow Village! Prioritize protecting the civilians there!" Following Dan Moroboshi's order, the two Ultra Hawks abandoned their attack on Sadola and Tutton and headed back.

However, Sadola and Tutton were clearly unwilling to let the two Hawks go and pursued them relentlessly.

"They call the monster down the mountain a 'Witch'?" Qi Ming was somewhat surprised to hear this.

In his memory, whether it was the Witch from *Ultraman* or the Witch from *Ultraman Ace*, both were manifestations of parents trying to protect their children.

...

*Whoosh!* The two Ultra Hawks returned to Snow Village, and upon spotting the Witch, immediately fired their green Sharp-Edge Cannons, striking it in the back.

In pain, the Witch let out a mournful cry. The bikers laughed heartily. "See that, Xiao Xue? The Science Patrol is going to blow your mother to pieces!"

"We didn't do anything wrong! Why are you treating us like this?" At that moment, Xiao Xue's heart was filled with resentment.

The Ultraseven toy in her pocket began to glow with a blue-and-white light, floating into the air and rapidly growing in size.

"Ultraseven" appeared before everyone's eyes.

"How is this possible!" The bikers were dumbfounded, having witnessed the toy growing in the blink of an eye.

"Ultraseven, I give you my life. Please, destroy those bikers." These were the last words of the traumatized Xiao Xue before she lost consciousness.

The next moment, "Ultraseven" kept his hands extended forward, zombie-like, and lunged toward the five bikers with murderous intent.

"Oh no, he's coming for us!"

"Using the little monster as a hostage doesn't seem to work anymore—run!"

The bikers panicked and scattered in all directions.

"Ultraseven has appeared! He must be here to deal with the monsters!" Seeing Seven appear, Yamanaka felt a sudden surge of joy.

However, Dan Moroboshi in the command room stared at the screen, his face filled with shock.

Hearing the news, Qi Ming was also stunned. He pulled out his PDI communicator. "Captain?"

Dan Moroboshi: "I'm here."

It seemed it wasn't the real one.

"Wait, something's wrong. Ultraseven isn't attacking the Witch; he seems to be chasing the five people on motorcycles," Fuji Akiko noted, feeling that something was amiss.

Seven, chasing motorcycles.

With those two keywords combined, Qi Ming immediately understood. It appeared to be the "Delusion Seven" manifested by negative energy.

"Seven is still chasing me, damn it!" The five bikers were desperate as they saw the Ultra in relentless pursuit.

"Damn it! Let's drive into the crowded areas. If this Seven knocks over a building or steps on ordinary people, the Science Patrol will naturally come to settle the score with him!" the leader shouted.

The others, who didn't care about dragging innocent people into their mess, acted immediately to save their own skins.

The Delusion Seven moved with great stiffness, walking in a straight line and making no attempt to avoid buildings. It trampled over the villagers' homes, charging toward the bikers.

"My house!"

"Don't come over here! Help!"

The fleeing crowds were panicked; they hadn't expected that even far from the snowy mountains, danger would still be lurking.

"My god, Ultraseven is causing a catastrophe!" The members of the Science Patrol were in disbelief.

"It might not be the real Seven. Hasn't there been an alien before that created a mechanical Seven that looked just like him?" Qi Ming's voice came through the communicator.

"Qi Ming!" Dan Moroboshi shouted.

"I'm here." Qi Ming's calm voice provided a sense of relief.

"ROAR!" On the other side, wild beastly roars echoed through the encroaching magnetic fog.

Sadola and Gudon, having followed the two Ultra Hawks, had arrived. Together with the Delusion Seven and the Witch, they had surrounded the fleeing villagers!

Nagi Saijo: "It's a four-fold attack!"

Seeing the Delusion Seven's foot about to crush the fleeing crowd, Qi Ming tapped a button, and the core of his wrist-mounted device rose. "I have no choice but to stop him first."

He rotated the dial, and the silhouette of Seven appeared on the screen.

"Under the same conditions, there's no reason I should perform worse than anyone else."

He pressed his hand onto the dial, pushing the core down.

A silver-white light shot into the sky as the Ultraseven that Qi Ming had transformed into appeared.

He opened with a shoulder tackle, sending the Delusion Seven flying to the side.

Yamanaka: "Look, another Ultraseven!"

Kishida: "Who is the real Seven?"

In the command room, Dan Moroboshi's expression turned complex as he heard this.