"Uncle," Midorikawa Mai blinked her eyes and asked, as if she hadn't heard anything, "What's on your mind? You don't seem too happy."
"Whether I'm worried or not is two different things," Xia Shu said with a dark face, "Don't change the subject, call me brother."
"But you are dad's friend," Xiao Mai said matter-of-factly, "I call dad's friends uncle and aunt."
"We are just work friends..."
Natsuki retorted,
Suddenly, the scene of the victorious team fighting the monster flashed through his mind.
The Feiyan has been modified into a combat type, and its fuselage continuously fires laser cannons at the monsters.
That monster is...
Natsuki closed her eyes and continued sensing.
Composite monster Ligardron,
It was originally a light that had no emotion or entity and wandered in the universe. While searching for energy, it absorbed the Jupiter 3 spacecraft of the Space Development Center.
Also absorbed and fused were the three crew members on the ship.
The monster is shaped by the fear of the crew, and is controlled by the crew's knowledge and abilities.
So after that,
Only Ligardron will come to Earth to continue absorbing energy.
This monster is very similar to the Sphia Synthetic Beast in "Dina", but it's different.
Because unlike the unknown luminous body that merged with Jeepta 3, the Sphia light group actually exists as an entity and has self-awareness.
"Are you feeling unwell, uncle?" Xiao Mai came closer and asked.
"No, I just have something to do."
Natsuki opened her eyes again.
After absorbing the high-purity energy from the Space Development Center, the monster flew into the clouds like a rocket and disappeared in his induction.
Life form of light...
Speaking of light,
The most representative one may be Ultraman,
But there are a wide range of light life forms in the universe.
Monsters are actually the physical form of a life form of light.
There is also the dark giant, which should also be a life form of light, so it is said that light and darkness are originally one.
Is the light that assimilated the Jeep 3 astronauts essentially the same as the light Asuka Shin encountered later in "Dyna"?
Natsuki thought for a moment.
"Diga" TV 2 years ago, that is, in 2005,
Asuka Shin's father, Asuka Kazuma, as a test pilot of an experimental fighter plane, disappeared in a ray of light together with the fighter plane.
The legend of "the pilot who disappeared into the light" was left behind.
The light Asuka Shin encounters in the universe may be Asuka Kazuma...
perhaps,
These are just different outcomes for the same encounter.
Whether it is a monster or an Ultraman is entirely determined by the human heart.
I have the impression that several astronauts on Jeep Ta 3 eventually turned into living beings of light and flew into the universe.
If he merges with those light life forms...
Xia Shu's face moved slightly.
There is a high probability that he will become a monster, right?
one way or another,
You still have to go and see it for yourself.
He just watched the Ultraman series as an ordinary viewer,
Our understanding of this real Ultraman world is actually quite limited...
…
night falls,
Takano worked overtime and never came home, so Natsuki could only help take care of little Mai to sleep first.
fine,
Although Xiao Mai refused to change the name she called him, she was not a naughty child either.
"It looks very similar to Xiaoxiang."
Natsuki quietly exited Xiao Mai's bedroom, lay down on the sofa in the living room, and stared at the night sky outside in trance.
Time really goes too fast,
Compared to this universe, human lifespan is so short.
He can only race against time as much as possible through time travel...
Xia Shu silently checked the information on the divine light mirror.
Race: human
Life level: D (Cosmic Man)
Lifespan: 200 years (Earth Standard Time)
Permissions: Time travel, absorption
Evolution materials: Unknown Giant of the Ruin Star, Zaas, Leo, Tree of Life, Dark Spark
Equal order:
Level 4,
The beginning of evolution, super adaptability (to adapt to various life planet environments in the universe), super vitality, super jumping, super hearing, super vision,
Since the last time I upgraded to level 4, no new abilities have appeared.
How to take the road to level 4?
Natsuki closed her eyes slightly.
He felt that the light gene in his body was strengthening at an extremely slow speed.
If this continues, it may take hundreds or thousands of years to naturally advance to level 5...
Completely different from before.
Before level 4,
Even if he doesn't transform through special light particles, the evolution speed of his body is still obvious.
"Click!"
The sound of the door opening came from the entrance.
Xia Shu turned around and looked,
Takano was bathing in the moonlight while carrying a handbag.
"Sorry, something delayed me again today,"
Takano entered the house tiredly, took off his shoes and said to Natsuki,
"You must have heard that a monster appeared over there at the Space Development Center."
"It has been announced on TV."
Xia Shu started to speak but stopped.
Takano seems to be a little too devoted to his work,
If this happened often before, why did you bring little Mai to Tokyo?
For such a young child, life is obviously better in his hometown.
"I originally wanted Mai's mother to come with me," Takano seemed to understand Natsuki's thoughts and explained, "But Mai's mother is pregnant, so she can only recuperate in her hometown first... Doesn't it cause trouble for you?"
"It's nothing, I'm usually fine anyway." Xia Shu said nonchalantly.
That's fine. If he takes care of little Mai, he won't owe any favors.
A debt of gratitude is the most difficult thing in the world to repay...
"I don't know when the monster will appear next," Gao Ye pulled off the tie that bound his neck and said, "Gao Shu, do you have any opinions?"
"We should come back after we have completely absorbed the high-purity energy from the Space Development Center."
Xia Shu said casually.
He has no prophecy ability, so how can he know when the monster will appear?
but……
Natsuki thought of a person in this world with superpowers who had the ability to predict and telepathize.
If it is that person,
It is possible to know when the monster appears and where it appears.
"Tomorrow I will take you to meet a senior," Takano said suddenly. "He is always well informed and his manuscripts are very in-depth. Maybe you can cooperate."
"Tomorrow?" Xia Shu was stunned for a moment.
He had just planned to look for the superpower person tomorrow.
"Mr. Takano, can you help me check a person's information?"
"Huh?" Takano looked at Natsuki in confusion.
"It's a superpower named Kirino Makoto. I want to meet him." Natsuki said directly.
"It turns out it's him," Takano said suddenly. "I remember that there was a controversy because of him before, but later it seemed that he was proven to be a liar... Do you think he really is a person with super powers?"
"We'll know when we meet."
Natsuki returned to her room to rest.
the next day,
As usual, Takano was going to drive little Mai to school.
Natsuki followed out of the door and suddenly sensed a strange energy fluctuation in the house next door.
"Mr. Takano, the house over there is..."
"It's Granny Akiyama next door. Because she has been hospitalized, the house has been empty for a long time,"
Takano got into the car and said,
"She has a daughter who is an astronaut and seems to be working at the Space Development Center..."
"Could it be the astronauts from Jeep No. 3?" Natsuki asked, looking at the house where the energy response had disappeared.
"I don't know about this," Takano said blankly, "If so, it's really pitiful. I heard that Jeep lost contact with it when it went to Jupiter for exploration on the 3rd. It has been several months."
Natsuki looked away.
The energy reaction just now seemed to be the astronauts of Jeepney 3 using the energy of the monster to materialize their consciousness.
It seems that the daughter of Granny Akiyama is one of the three astronauts.