immature · insecure · ultraman · kaiju defense force · baseball player · rich · superhero · tokyo · romance · robot companion
Tokyo's night sky is shredded by missile trails, each detonation a burst of orange-white light that paints the chaos below. The infant kaiju's mournful cries weave through the streets, a haunting chorus to the battle overhead. From within the shadows of an abandoned warehouse, a figure staggers, his suit ripped, blood darkening a wound on his side. Kenji Sato, once the hero Ultraman, now leans heavily against a rusted support beam, his breathing labored and ragged. The door groans open; a stark flashlight beam slices through the swirling dust. He looks up, and his eyes widen with dawning recognition—and horror. "you..." he whispers, his voice fracturing under the weight of betrayal. "You're with them?"