Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

Everyone could see that his Karin had been taken away by Nanatsu, and apart from Jun Himeya, everyone else treated him like he was invisible.

“Hang the camera on a tree and take continuous shots, or take two shots from the front and back,” Jun Sakuma’s imagination ran wild: “Hanging it around my neck and starting continuous shooting wouldn’t be a bad idea! I’m bound to get lucky and get a usable shot!”

Especially the camera hanging around the neck! It's definitely a fantastic first-person perspective shot of alien creatures! Anyway...

It won't delay his ability to grow to giant size to fight the enemy; he just needs to seize the little time before transforming.

Jun Sakuma gave himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.

Samuel didn't quite understand this kind of expertise either, but Jun Sakuma thought it was possible... well, that should be fine.

……

That night.

The new tenant's room had been cleaned up, and Jun Sakuma decided to go back home to take out his personal computer and Karin's schoolbag.

I definitely can't take his work computer; who knows if it has a built-in tracking program, even though it contains a lot of his stored data... I can only copy some out and take it with me as soon as possible.

The bank card is probably unusable now. Wherever you swipe the card, TLT will come chasing after you like a fly that smells something.

Damn, it hurts.

The money to support my family!

Himeya Jun had just told him to be very careful and not to fall into the cleaners' trap.

Before Karin could finish telling him about the ghost stories of Southeast Asia, Jun Sakuma had already rushed back with a cherry blossom-colored backpack, his personal laptop, and a suitcase filled with seasonal clothes.

"Wow! It's the shining light bulb dad!" Huali clapped her hands crisply, just like a seal patting its belly.

Sakuma Jun's vision went black. "Karin, you really need to brush up on your Chinese! Learn how to use the right words to describe your father!"

Karin felt a little dejected when she saw her bulging schoolbag, but she smiled again when she saw the little Hikari and Sakuma Jun coming over together.

"You can shrink?" Karin suddenly realized, "Ah, so what I saw wasn't 'Miss Elf,' but Daddy Number Two?"

“What do you mean, ‘Second Dad’…” Jun Sakuma sighed, rubbing his forehead as she was called out by such nonsensical names. “His name is Samuel.”

"Oh~ you mean the 'Ultraman' who fights alien beasts? That's amazing, and he's so small..." Karin curiously moved her face closer, feeling the air getting warmer the closer she got to him.

"It would be like a heater to hug in winter, right?" Huali thought to herself, reaching out to poke it.

But then she thought that she shouldn't poke her father, and that shaking hands would be more polite. This father was so small... he probably couldn't be carried easily, so she reached out her right hand and stopped in front of Samuel.

Samuel paused for a moment before realizing that Karin wanted to shake his hand, so he extended his arm, which was formed from condensed light, and gently touched Karin's fingers.

Huali felt the touch from her fingertips was dry and warm, like a warm bath that wouldn't wet her. She couldn't help but move closer: "Dad, if it gets cold, can I borrow you from Dad?"

Sakuma Jun's forehead veins throbbed: Karin! Don't just call people "Dad"! Besides, it's easy to get confused if everyone calls someone "Dad"! Most importantly, what does "borrow" even mean?

Samuel said seriously, "I won't let children fight alien beasts."

Karin blinked: ?

This dad says things that are hard to understand.

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Only One's Hatred

"Fourth Base attacked by alien beasts?"

He Cang Yingfu put down the half-written report and said to the white-clad man who had suddenly appeared, "The alien beasts are used to hunting at the same time. This time, we did not receive any alarms."

"To be precise, it was an attack on non-combat units," the Son of Prometheus said in his usual calm and polite tone, his face expressionless. "The alien beasts were codenamed Grantra and Bampira. Grantra lured away Night Raid Team D, and Bampira attacked the assembled team while the medical team and scavengers were away from the base. It can emit a cry with a special wavelength. The Fourth Base did not expect the sonic attack. Although they repelled Bampira, 12 people died and 15 people lost their memories to varying degrees."

The medical team and cleaning personnel stationed at the base were not many in total. The Fourth Base, because it had the smallest jurisdiction, had almost as few people as the other bases. Such casualties meant that these two departments were basically paralyzed!

"Is it all because of the sound of the Bambira?" Kazuki Komon asked.

"That's basically it. CIC has already issued the operational guidelines. If Bampira appears, don't follow in the footsteps of the Fourth Base." Kira Zeyu saw the expressions on the faces of the members of Group A: "The Fourth Base's strength has been weakened, and the higher-ups intend to temporarily transfer manpower to other bases. Please be prepared."

“They were attacked after leaving the base, so someone must be watching their movements,” Shiori Hiraki said. “Logically, alien beasts shouldn’t be allowed to enter densely populated areas; they can only hunt on the outskirts. Who is watching them?”

“They were wiped out by Bampira when they were gathering and preparing. Let me check the assembly point…” Mitsuhiko Ishibori pulled up the data, and the population distribution near Okinoshima was displayed on the screen, in a stepped pattern with the mountainous area as the axis.

He pointed to the location where the Fourth Base personnel had been attacked: "Within the city limits, this location is considered a 'non-combat zone' in previous records. There's no problem with them gathering there; the alien beasts shouldn't be able to break in."

Kazuki Komon gripped the pen tightly, the cool shaft rubbing against his fingers, an unknown chill seeping into his skin from the air: "So, the alien beasts... have become stronger. Then, what about our city?"

"Mitsuhiko, assist CIC in recalculating the alert zone. Alien beasts are encroaching on our 'safe zone.'" Eisuke Wakura saw the urgency behind this intelligence.

It's not just the Night Raid Team that needs to adapt to the changes quickly; there seems to be a force urgently pushing the alien beasts to descend upon the city.

……

Baolucao's "nursing home".

The location of the truth investigation team.

Jun Sakuma stared blankly at the flashing things on the screen.

That thing is called a cursor. Jun Sakuma knew it, but what he didn't know was that the cursor was currently sliding to the right at a constant speed, with the left side completely blank, as if someone had pressed the space bar.

Jun Sakuma removed both hands from the keyboard to prove his innocence and carefully checked that his space bar was not being pressed down by anything or had a poor connection.

The cursor was still moving horizontally when, just as Jun Sakuma was about to force a shutdown, a line of text suddenly appeared on the left.

[It's me! Don't turn off your phone!]

...It has grown up and can now type on its own.

Remembering Junpei's mysterious words that "this is a haunted house," Jun Sakuma couldn't help but turn green and rub against Samuel.

Hikaru was dozing off, leaning against the warm, hot glass of his porcelain cup. Sakuma Jun's movements woke him up, and he looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“A ghost.” Jun Sakuma pointed at the screen.

Samuel turned his head and saw characters appearing automatically, one by one, in the document.

"It's me, senpai! Shintaro!"

Jun Sakuma instinctively tried to lean back, but he forgot that the place was rudimentary and that he was sitting on a stool, not a chair, so much so that he almost fell over.

He clung to the table and sat back down, the cursor clicking away.

...If only I could write reports this quickly.

[I've hidden your web address, don't worry. I was just creating a security door for you so that your internet browsing won't be detected by TLT's IT department!]

"Senior, you ran too fast! I was just figuring out how to save you, and you ran out on your own."

"If I don't run, am I just going to be turned into a specimen by those white-coated guinea pigs?" Jun Sakuma muttered. "If you lock me up in an isolation room, how are you going to save me?"

【I can't hear you, senior. I'll just take a few minutes of your time while I finish typing.】

"..." Jun Sakuma shut up.

[Senior, you must be worried about being discovered, right? And I've seen you constantly going in and out of the TLT database… I'll remotely install a mapping of TLT's internal working system on your computer, originally on my work computer, so when you log into the system, it will only be recognized as me logging in.]

[However, it only has a search function. If any important information is found, please let me know through this document, and I will refresh it once a day.]

Where did you learn your hacking skills? And it sounds so mystical...

[I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I didn't find out you were a suitable candidate. Your initial physical exam report showed a low R7 factor, which is strange.]

What right do you have to view my medical report?!

[Ah, let me reintroduce myself. I am Shintaro Hirata, a "visitor" who obtained a physical body through the Prometheus Project, although I am a rushed version and not quite the same as the son of Prometheus... Currently a member of the Far East Fourth Group directly under the North American Headquarters, also known as the "Overseer".]

The visitor, Jun Sakuma, knew that Shintaro Hirata was an alien. The seasoned veteran could calmly accept such trivial matters.

As for the son of Prometheus? What is that?

[The son of Prometheus, simply put, is an android. The database login password is pyr; look it up yourself if you want more details. Anyway, I was in charge of evaluating TLT-J, and luckily, I bumped into an Ultraman in my assigned area! Hahaha, I can brag about this for ages!]

[How could I let my senior be captured by those guys! We're so grateful to have met Lord Noah, and these people just want to capture him the moment they see him... It's terrifying. Ah, Lord Noah, the Ultra Warrior who helped us defeat the Alien Beasts.]

Do you have alien beasts where you live?

After the alien beast escaped, we wanted to create a robot similar to the Ultra Warrior to prevent encountering similar terrifying creatures again. However, as soon as the robot rolled off the production line, it attracted a creature that looked quite similar to Ultraman Noah, named Zagi.

Jun Sakuma clicked his tongue. The visitor's technology sounded really impressive, a replica of Ultraman?

Lord Noah chased after the alien beasts earlier. We obviously couldn't defeat Zagi; his robots were destroyed. Our only option was to destroy our home planet, hoping to use the power of the exploding core to defeat him.

Jun Sakuma was completely stunned. The visitor was so fierce? The home planet could be blown up just like that? And what is Zagi?

But Zaki didn't die; he seems to be chasing Lord Noah. We survivors, driven by our shared desire to eradicate the alien beasts, have come to this place, Earth.

[That's it, senior. You've gained the power of light, so go ahead and fight the alien beasts! I'll keep an eye on those who're holding us back. If they try to get around me, I'll send a report straight to headquarters and cut off their funding and technical support!]

It's hard to say about other branches, but the Japanese branch definitely has to rely on the North American headquarters. My report still carries weight.

[Go for it, senior! Spanning 3 light-years, we have no other desires but our one deepest hatred... to destroy the alien beast!]

Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Reality of Middle-Aged People

After receiving technical support from the monitor—or more accurately, the specialist the visitor had planted within TLT—Sakuma Jun finally gained access to TLT's database after a long absence.

It feels like coming home.

Genlai Shen, hiding behind him, hunched over and watched everything displayed on the screen. The secrets of this world, which had been tightly sealed off, were presented to him one by one, and at this moment, they were reflected on his thick glasses.

"The people at the Fourth Base have been attacked." Jun Sakuma paused on the casualty figures and pulled up the combat reports for Grantra and Bampira.

"Is this the department that specializes in fighting alien beasts?" Genra Jinzo asked. He had seen the description of Group D and found it unbelievable... that humans had to fight so many monsters that were dozens of stories high?

Jun Sakuma explained to him, "There are three similar bases in Japan, with garrisoned combat units, research institutes, and logistics facilities. They are located in relatively remote areas with a small population, so they have been targeted by the alien beasts. It seems that the alien beasts have become stronger."