Ultraman: Invincible from Saving Tiga.

Chapter 652 Has Master Changed His Nature?

The atmosphere inside the research room was tense.

Despite facing more than a dozen gun barrels pointed at him, the man remained calm and unhurriedly finished the last mouthful of noodle soup.

"call……"

He put down the bowl, clasped his hands together, and nodded slightly in the direction where there was no one.

"thanks for treatment."

Then, he picked up a hat from the table and looked at the astonished crowd.

The armed men reacted instantly, immediately sending several of them to point their guns at the mysterious man who had suddenly appeared.

"Who are you?!" the armed captain shouted sternly.

The next second, the man moved.

His movements were not fast, even somewhat languid; it was just a simple acceleration forward.

But to others, all they saw was a fleeting afterimage.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
Four muffled strikes rang out almost simultaneously.

The four armed men who had just turned their guns around were swiftly and cleanly shot down before they even had time to react, instantly losing their fighting ability.

Yuka stared, her eyes wide with amazement.

"Okay, so awesome!"

The man stopped, picked up the hat, carefully dusted it off, and then slowly put it on his head.

He turned around, looked at Yuka, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips.

"Hong Kai".

He introduced himself, "Just a retired wanderer. Now, well, I guess I'm the owner of a fried noodle shop, and I just happened to be passing by."

Yuka: "..."

Looking at the three empty instant noodle bowls stacked on the table, she couldn't help but complain, "Just passing by? You think you can eat three bowls of instant noodles while just passing by? You must have quite a appetite."

Hong Kai's smile froze for a moment.

Looking at the girl's sharp tongue, he felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

"The way you talk..."

He scratched his head. "You must have learned it from that guy, right? Absolutely!"

As soon as Hong Kai finished speaking, a series of hurried footsteps and shouts came from outside the laboratory.

Clearly, the guards outside had also noticed the unusual situation.

"Listen up, those inside! Lay down your weapons and surrender immediately!"

The armed captain's face turned ashen; he hadn't expected this seemingly harmless man to be such a tough nut to crack. He signaled to his men to remain vigilant while simultaneously calling for backup via communicator.

Yuka looked at the man in front of her who called himself Hong Kai. Although she was full of doubts, her intuition told her that this person was not an enemy.

"Um... Mr. Hong Kai?"

She asked in a low voice, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I already said, I was just passing by."

Hong Kai pulled down his hat brim, his tone relaxed, "As for why I'm here... well, I just followed the scent."

Yuuka's lips twitched, deciding to give up trying to communicate with this guy whose mind was only focused on eating. (Fun fact: Gai Kurenai is the human form who loves Earth food the most among all the Ultra Forms, second only to Kotaro Higashi. After all, he doesn't have as many episodes as Taro, but he's eating in every single one of them.)

Hong Kai ignored her and turned his gaze to the door. His eyes, which always carried a hint of nonchalance, flashed with a sharpness at this moment.

"It seems you've run into a little trouble," he murmured.

next moment.

This time, he was even faster than before.

Everyone only saw a blur before their eyes, and Hong Kai's figure disappeared from the spot.

Immediately afterwards, a series of muffled thuds and exclamations came from outside the door, then quickly fell silent.

When Hong Kai reappeared, he was already standing at the door of the laboratory, as if he had never left.

Outside in the corridor, a dozen armed men were lying sprawled on the ground.

The remaining armed men in the lab watched this scene, cold sweat beading on their foreheads. Their hands, gripping their guns, began to tremble uncontrollably. The man before them was simply not someone they could handle.

"Shall we continue?" Hong Kai turned around and asked with a smile.

The smile remained gentle, but to the armed captain, it was more oppressive than any threat.

He swallowed hard, and finally slowly lowered the gun in his hand.

"Retreat...retreat!"

At a single command, the remaining armed men, as if granted a pardon, scrambled to carry their unconscious comrades away from the scene in a disheveled state.

In the blink of an eye, the once tense laboratory was now empty except for Hong Kai and Yuka.

Looking at the mess on the ground, and then at the nonchalant Hong Kai, it took Jiehua a long time to find her voice again.

"You...what the hell..."

“I already said, my name is Hong Kai.”

Hong Kai walked up to her and extended his hand. "Let's get to know each other again, Ms. Ota Yuka. I'm here on someone's behalf to check things out."

"Entrusted by someone?" Jiehua looked at him with suspicion.

"Yes, an old friend I haven't seen in a long time."

As Hong Kai spoke, his gaze unconsciously drifted to the window, his expression becoming somewhat complicated.

Yuka seemed to have thought of something and tentatively asked, "Is it... the captain?"

Based on her intuition, she felt that this man had a similar aura to the captain.

"what?"

Hong Kai laughed out loud as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Him? Don't be ridiculous. How could I possibly not be able to catch up with him?"

Although he said that, his tone carried a familiarity that he himself was unaware of.

at this time.

On the distant battlefield ruins.

Just as Jugglus was about to say goodbye to Lin Yu, he suddenly felt something and turned to look in the direction of the city.

A meaningful smile slowly crept onto his face, which always carried a hint of wickedness.

"Oh? You're here."

He turned to Lin Yu, who was about to open the spatial gate, and said, "Master, don't rush off."

Lin Yu stopped what he was doing and raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"

"I have some good news to tell you."

Jugglus's tone was full of schadenfreude, "Kai is here, right here at the Armory base."

He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of "Hong Kai," his eyes full of urging, "Go watch the show!"

In his view, given his master's penchant for conscripting men—no, for "recruiting outstanding talents"—there was absolutely no way he would let go of a top-tier henchman like Hong Kai.

Moreover, there are many intricate connections between these two people.

Jugglus Juggler couldn't wait to see what kind of sparks would fly when the naive and somewhat foolish Gai met his unconventional master.

However, Lin Yu's reaction completely exceeded his expectations.

"Oh, it's Hong Kai."

Lin Yu simply gave a nonchalant reply, then waved his hand, "Okay. You guys have fun, I'm leaving."

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to step into the opened portal.

The smile on Jugglus Juggler's face froze instantly.

"Huh? Are you leaving?"

He stood there, stunned, his face full of astonishment.

This...this isn't right!
This is definitely not the master I know!
According to the normal script, shouldn't the master's eyes light up, and he say, "Oh? We have new labor force again?", and then rush over with great interest to trick Kai into joining his "Tiga Salvation Light Cult"?

Why... did he just leave like that this time?

Could it be that during this past period, Master's temperament underwent a significant change?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
(End of this chapter)