Innocent (Chapter)

Innocent (無垢 Muku) is the forty-sixth chapter of ULTRAMAN by Eichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi. 
== Synopsis ==
Even with Seiji, the Ultramen are still overpowered. But then, reinforcements arrive. 
== Plot ==
Seiji and Yuko sat near the ocean. Yuko expressed her desire to go to school like Seiji. But she was an alien, and the people of Earth were not ready yet to accept aliens. Seiji said he was her friend, which made Yuko shed tears out of joy. Because she was so kind and pretty, Seiji thinks she too can go to school and be friends with humans.
Seiji snaps out of his flashback, still hearing Ace Killer's taunts and threats to kill the crucified Ultramen. He lowers his head and grips a tree branch below him. Then, he launches a colossal Spacium Guillotine that cuts through Ace Killer's grunts and severs Alien Nepenthes' tendrils holding Shinjiro and Dan. Seiji then dashes towards Ace Killer in the air after using Alien Woovelve's face as a stepping stone. Ace Killer narrowly dodges the guillotine and fires a few shots upside down. Seiji lands and immediately swings another guillotine. Ace Killer dodges it, but Seiji still punches him in the helmet. While that battle is going on, Shinjiro and Dan are free from the tendrils. Although those tendrils can regenerate, they still caused Nepenthes great pain when severed. It greatly angers him, and he shoots his tendrils at Shinjiro. The latter rolls aside and grabs Dan's Spacium Sword. He draws it and prepares to fight.
Ace Killer asks how Seiji survived the airline incident he caused. Subsequently, he rapidly severs Seiji's left arm and blasts him in his torso. Seiji hits the ground, and Ace Killer wonders who saved him from the incident. Then, he realizes the research family he was supposed to eliminate is still alive. His grunts surround Seiji and, after a command from Ace Killer, engulf Seiji in a barrage of gunfire. Hearing Seiji's distress, Shinjiro cuts through a wave of tendrils but is still smacked by a thicker one. Ace Killer tells his grunts to hold fire and observes the result: Seiji's Ultraman Suit is riddled with bullet holes, and the left part of his face is exposed. Ace Killer is thoroughly surprised Seiji is still alive after all that damage. Then, a bright searchlight from a carrier helicopter illuminates them all. SSSP reinforcements have arrived. Jack, now in an armored suit, storms in with Red from the ground and takes out a grunt. He launches Red into the air, whose right arm reverts to its original size and flattens Alien Woovelve. Ace Killer realizes the situation has become more complicated when another Ultraman lands behind him: it is Shin, in a brand new Ultraman Suit...
== Appearances ==
=== Ultramen ===
* Shinjiro Hayata
* Shin Hayata
* Dan Moroboshi
* Jack
* Seiji Hokuto
=== Kaiju ===
* Yuko Minami (Flashback)
* Ace Killer
* Alien Nepenthes
* Alien Woovelve
* Red
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Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga)
Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga) Chapters