Natsuki walked along the river embankment carrying a travel bag and looked up to see a modern town ahead.
"Reached?"
Not in a hurry to enter the city, Xia Shu closed his eyes slightly to sense.
Compared with other areas, the special fluctuations in the previous town are indeed more intense.
In particular, the energy aura belonging to the King of Ultras is the strongest here.
This is Hoshiyama City, the city where Asakura Riku first lived in my impression.
Natsuki opened her eyes, picked up her backpack and continued walking.
The universe that the old man merged into has not changed much compared to a few years ago, let alone the earth.
The monsters and aliens are hiding, but on the surface they are still quite peaceful.
The time point for his return is just before the official start of the plot, but the specific time of occurrence is unknown. It may take a few days, or it may take several months. There are no signs yet.
After he didn't meet his apprentice at his original residence, he left a letter and looked for him along the way like a traveler.
Perhaps it is because there is too little TV content. After traveling in person, I discovered that this place is very different from the earth in other time and space. It is like the place he is in now is like Japan but not Japan. The government does not have a high sense of presence, and there is no trace of the US military.
It just falls under the jurisdiction of Asia region.
Of course, most of the Earths in Ultra Spacetime have this characteristic, because as we enter the cosmic era, the international coalition will have more and more say.
But the special thing about this earth is that it is under the jurisdiction of the Planetary Alliance. The boundaries between countries are unprecedentedly low. Internal wars have almost disappeared, and the remaining minor frictions rarely resort to force.
Natsuki shook his head and walked straight into the town.
No matter what the careerists think, this state is not bad for ordinary people. At least so far, the Planetary Alliance has done well.
When he was on Planet O-50, he also came into contact with the Planetary Alliance in that universe. He had a good impression of this type of organization. It generally maintained peace in the universe, at least not like the Tiga space-time, where people wanted to eliminate it because of the existence of the chain of suspicion.
All civilizations except our own.
Judging from his experience, the core members of the Planetary Alliance basically grew up from a weak stage and suffered hardships to advanced civilizations, so they protect and guide lower civilizations like the Earth to avoid the formation of a chain of cosmic suspicion.
…
Galaxy Supermarket, where Asakura Riku works.
The first floor is a small convenience store with several rows of shelves filled with snacks, and a freezer for ice cream at the door.
The interior area is small and the furnishings are very old. Many things are old. Even the TV is an antique. If you don't look at the screen, you would think it is a black and white TV.
The second and third floors are all housing. Asakura Riku and his alien companions live in the "Nebula Villa" on the second floor. It has the same old style and does not look like a place where young people live.
"Store manager, I went out to buy something and will be back soon."
After Asakura Riku saw the store, he spoke to the store manager and ran out of the supermarket happily.
As a senior tokusatsu fan, Asakura Riku has loved watching "The Flash" since he was a child, and he still watches the previous episodes from time to time.
It can be said that he is a die-hard fan of The Flash.
He would never miss it every time the Flash peripherals were released. After hearing that there would be a stage performance this time, he couldn't sit still and wanted to fly directly to the venue.
Unfortunately, I seemed to have bad luck today. I rushed to the scene only to find that the protagonist of The Flash was not here at all, and not to mention the performance, I couldn't even see the Flash holster.
"Trying this trick again."
Asakura Riku looked at the improvised simple stage in depression, and lined up with other fans to buy peripherals.
This is not the first time I have been scammed, but when I saw the new Flash peripherals, I couldn’t help but buy them.
This ** businessman!
"Hey! Could you please tell me what to do?!"
Suddenly, a burst of shouting and cursing came from outside the square.
After buying the merchandise, Asakura Riku squeezed out of the crowd and vaguely saw a few gangsters outside the square surrounding a girl carrying a schoolbag.
It looks familiar.
Asakura Lu looked unhappy.
He likes Flash Man and has always dreamed of becoming a hero. He is also in the middle school age, and he can't stand this kind of gangster. If he encounters him, he will take care of him no matter what.
But before Asakura could run over, a backpacker figure suddenly appeared in his field of vision.
It was a young man in his twenties, wearing casual sportswear, with no expression on his face. He looked like he was passing by, but he stopped when he passed by the gangsters.
this person……
Asakura Lu felt the blood in his body was agitated for no reason, and his eyes were confused.
"You brat!" The gangster glanced at Xia Shu's unfamiliar face fiercely, "Do you want to meddle in other people's business?"
Natsuki ignored the gangsters and just cast his gaze on the chest of the middle school girl who was surrounded by fear and lowered her head.
"Wow!"
A glowing energy ball reflected in Natsuki's perspective.
It's the same light ball that flew out of the bird's feathers and came out of Ye's body.
If you guessed correctly, this group of light should be the special energy Litru Star that resides in the living body and can activate the Ultra Capsule.
This is the first time I discovered it along the way.
It seems that as the host's mood changes, an energy aura like a pillar of light will appear, which is impossible to ignore.
"Hey!" The gangster pushed Xia Shu angrily, "I'm talking to you! I'm mute..."
"boom!"
Natsuki reached out and grabbed the gangster's wrist, and gently pulled it upwards. Suddenly, the gangster's whole arm twisted and screamed loudly.
"It hurts, it hurts! Let go!"
"asshole!"
Several other gangsters saw this and surrounded him angrily.
Natsuki shook off the gangsters around him, and his eyes only fell on one of them.
"Wow!"
As his eyes flashed again, the image of the other person in his eyes suddenly changed, and his head was replaced by an alien shadow.
Mimicry?
It seems that aliens are eyeing this female student's Litru Star.
The other person doesn't look like an AIB, he's probably some kind of stowaway.
"Bang bang bang!"
Natsuki's figure moved slightly, and before he could take any action, several gangsters flew out one after another. They either covered their mouths or noses with a continuous muffled sound, and they all fell to the ground at the same time, wailing in pain, and lost their ability to fight in one blow.
Only the alien mimic's eyes flashed and he slowed down, becoming the only "survivor".
"Okay, so awesome!"
Asakura Riku stared blankly at Natsuki's back, not even reacting when the lucky bag fell from his hand.
His dynamic vision is much stronger than that of ordinary people, so he can clearly see that Natsuki completed all the attacks in an instant. Because it was too fast, it looked like there was no movement.
Seeing Natsuki carrying a backpack and beating the remaining gangster back to his original form as an alien, Riku Asakura's vision was in a trance. For a moment, he seemed to see the Flash appearing in reality and fighting monsters. He completely saw Natsuki as if he were on TV.
Riku Asakura's ears rang with the classic lines of Flash Man. When he came to his senses, he realized that Natsuki, who had taken care of the aliens, had left the scene.
Oops, I forgot to sign...
"Brother Xiao Lu!"
The female student's voice brought Riku Asakura out of his thoughts, and it was only then that he discovered that the girl being bullied was the niece of the manager of Galaxy Supermarket.
"Ellie, are you okay?" Asakura Lu asked in shock.
…
Hoshiyama City and the surrounding areas belong to a large metropolitan area, which is very similar to Tokyo, or it is Tokyo on a parallel earth. It is the political and cultural center of this island country, with developed commerce, but there are also ordinary small towns.
After Natsuki dealt with the gangsters and the mimic aliens, he spent almost a day setting up a cake shop on the shopping street near the residential area.
Max failed to open a cake shop in time and space, but he can make up for it this time.