Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

"happy holidays."

Kinoshita Kei scratched his head: "So what traditional festival is it? I don't remember any festival on this day."

He rode his beloved electric scooter home, completely bewildered.

At this moment, they are still "the café owner's grandson" and "regular customers." Hitomi Onodera believes that she has met someone special on her journey; Kei Kinoshita believes that she has met a mysterious girl who is probably connected to the story of Uranus.

They all kept their most important things to themselves, but Hitomi Onodera couldn't help but reveal a little bit of her feelings, wanting to share them with some special passersby.

On this festival alone, without lantern markets or fireworks, she memorized the starry sky and the shadows of streetlights as she rode her electric scooter, as if there were truly dazzling clouds and mist within them.

Chapter Forty-Nine: The Falling Meteorite

When Kinoshita Kei returned home at night, the moonlight was bright and the Milky Way was perfect, which Aiba Yu thought was ideal for training.

As the frost faded and the night wind carried away the frost, a dead dog lay sprawled on the ground. The peace singer threw down her microphone, turned into a muscular hero, and stuffed the dead dog back into its den.

"He lasted one song longer than this afternoon," Aiba Yu said, as usual, taking him for treatment to slowly heal his fatigue and injuries. "As for Onodera..."

“Aren’t you a good child who loves the Earth? So many travel notebooks,” the muscular man lowered his voice so as not to wake Kinoshita Kei, his deep voice like a thunder god tiptoeing to learn ballet in the clouds: “The ‘friend’ she’s talking about may be Uranus. They have a festival to thank him. Uranus’s choice was not wrong.”

"We haven't figured out the source of the alien energy Gobu carries yet. Onodera Hitomi isn't acting aggressively right now, but when she appears on this Earth, there's bound to be a spacetime distortion. Didn't you notice?"

The scar on the muscular man's face twitched: "Sometimes... because I can't talk to any of the kids..."

Aiba Yu stared at him.

“Just take a nap,” the muscular man said, holding up a finger as thick as a rolling pin. “It’s good for your health, good for your well-being.”

“In other words, nothing was found,” Aiba Yu said. “I’ve spent the last few days investigating the metal lifeform tissue samples from the Geo base, and they contain similar energy to that carried by Gob.”

"They're all things that the root cause of destruction has brought about, so it's perfectly normal."

"So far, all the monster incidents have occurred around Tokyo. Among the monsters that have come out of hibernation, Gil is underground in Tokyo, and Bokuragu's destination after coming ashore is nearby Chiba Prefecture."

The muscular man finally understood what he meant. He glanced at the cardboard lantern that Kinoshita Kei had placed on the table and said, "You suspect..."

“Passing through the spacetime turbulence is not a simple matter. Onodera Hitomi’s physical condition is just that of an ordinary person. There are no other energy fluctuations on her. So who sent her here? The person who sent her here could not have just wanted her to travel around.”

Pito felt that the magma brain of the highly qualified and intelligent successful planet was a bit malfunctioning: "But she did write five large volumes of travelogues... When Gob came, the house she rented was right next to it and was almost trampled to pieces. When Mezad appeared, she was stuck in the sand. If you hadn't gone to save her, she would have died of suffocation like the other citizens. The other monsters like to run to Tokyo probably because they want to find Gaia."

“It’s rare to be this unlucky,” Aiba Yu believed his prediction: “When we get back to the base, we can use Kei’s access to trace Onodera Hitomi’s movements and find out something from where she came from.”

……

Day two.

When Kinoshita Kei opened his eyes, it was still dark outside the window. He immediately sensed a feeling of happiness: "It's still early, I can still sleep."

He shrank deeper into the blankets, wanting to take another nap—no classes, no work, just sleeping soundly, that would be so great!

He turned over, trying to tuck the corner of the blanket into his arms, but suddenly touched something cool, slippery, and sticky.

"Hmm?" He closed his eyes and reached out with his other hand, smelling a familiar seafood scent...

The blanket was flung off with a whoosh, and a lively, wriggling salted fish was grabbed by the tail and thrown off the bed: "You dead salted fish! You dog Earth! You've ruined my newly dried blanket again! Die!"

The salted fish rolled around a few times, but instead of thrashing about as usual, it huddled against the wall, tears streaming down its face: "Waaah, Mom just wanted to see if you were sleeping soundly, if you were okay, and if you were hurt by any bad things from outside."

"Meow~" The fat cat with the "snowy top" scratched at the board outside the room, and Aiba Yu had just slammed the door shut.

Kinoshita Kei instantly understood everything: "I can't believe you! You were clearly scared by that cat and ran around like that!"

"I can't help it, I'm just scared, waaaaah..." Pito seems to be even more compatible with salted fish.

Aiba Yu ignored the salted fish, he

He walked to the bedside and looked down at Kinoshita Kei, casting a shadow over the young man who was still trying to fight against the seal of the blanket.

"...Fellow villager, I'm scared by what you're doing. It's still dark. Can you let me take a nap?"

“It’s eight o’clock in the morning,” Aiba Yu said.

"What?!" Kinoshita Kei grabbed the alarm clock, checked the time, and looked out the window in disbelief.

"Boom!" A rumble of thunder swept across the sky, and lightning flashed intermittently beneath the low-lying clouds.

"The weather forecast clearly said it would be sunny!" Kinoshita Kei said with heartache, trying to wipe the salty water off the blanket with a tissue, but no matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain. The smell of salty fish had seeped into his very core: "In this weather, I can't even dry it. You dead salty fish, you have the nerve to cry but you have the nerve to come and wash my blanket!"

“You probably don’t have time to worry about the blankets.” As he spoke, Aiba Yu tossed over a palm-sized, two-centimeter-thick object.

That was the internal communication device for the Geo base, and it also had some office computer functions. The basic architecture was based on XIG's communication device, but for cost reasons, they gave up the advantage of being small and made it into a brick.

Mass-produced goods are all about being cheap and durable.

Its screen was flashing, held in Aiba Yu's hand, illuminating his face from below, creating a scene reminiscent of a dark movie.

Kinoshita Kei took the communicator, entered the unlock password, and the pop-up page was filled with the face of Team Leader Fukui: "Your vacation location is still in Tokyo? Perfect timing, head towards Sanyagi Street in the direction of Seishi Park, a meteorite was discovered there."

"The geological research team has already gone there. Don't delay, go and investigate its origin."

Then came Nakai Ryoya's reminder: "The stone diggers are taking our jobs! Hurry up, hurry up! We can arrive late, but we need to leave first!"

"Does a normal meteorite require the GUARD?" Kinoshita Kei quickly got up and put on his clothes: "Based on my extensive experience watching movies, this rock might just pop out a... a monster!"

……

The location where the meteorite fell.

A cordon was set up around the area. Gao Shanwomeng was notified and was already communicating with members of the geological research team.

He walked to the edge of the pit and looked at the innermost layer of soil that had been instantly compacted: "This meteorite isn't big, but if it cut into the atmosphere from outer space, how come our surveillance didn't detect it?"

"It's not just a problem of the monitoring system not providing early warnings," another rumble of thunder sounded in the sky. The members of the geological research team, umbrellas tucked under their arms, recounted the doubts they had just gathered:

"Its angle of fall was too straight. Even I, a layman in astronomy, could see it. When the astronomy research team arrives, let them examine the trajectory and determine which passing celestial body the debris came from."

He looked up at the dense, oppressive clouds that seemed to suffocate the city: "It's like they just fell right off our heads..."

Chapter 50 Tokyo Bay Torrential Rain

"The gas is toxic everywhere. I don't think I can hold on any longer. Do you hear me? I'm giving you my last signal: please leave this place."

"Where can we go? There's nowhere left to go. Mother abandoned us; she has found new love. I buried the seed deep in the ground, hoping it will survive."

"It wouldn't survive. Without us as its mother, there are countless possibilities that it would perish."

"Do you have a better idea?"

"……No."

“Yes, we are the abandoned old things, rotten wood and leaves. When we die, we will give up space, give up resources, give up everything they want. We also plundered the ‘love’ of the previous mother in the same way. Now it’s our turn. Why don’t you take another deep breath? You might be able to taste the breath of the new era.”

"New Era?"

"It is when we die that new life sprouts."

……

[Dear citizens, welcome to KCB Live Studio: The rainy weather lingering over Tokyo is not just ordinary showers and thunderstorms. Satellite cloud images show that an unprecedented storm is rapidly forming in Tokyo Bay! We have invited Professor Ken Yamake from Jonan University's meteorology department to discuss this. Professor Yamake, could you please tell us how this storm formed, what its expected impact is, and how citizens should prepare?]

[You're asking a lot of questions at once... I prefer to call this storm a super typhoon. Its formation requires a large amount of warm, moist air to create a low-pressure center. Generally speaking, this type of typhoon forms in the ocean near the equator.]

However, in the cloud map, it forms directly in Tokyo Bay.

[That's right, Tokyo Bay itself doesn't have the conditions for a super typhoon to form quickly... You mean a monster? You'd have to ask the guard. Winds in the Tokyo area are currently at Force 8 and are expected to rise further. Traveling is dangerous; please stay home as much as possible, tap your windows shut, and avoid lingering near doors or windows.]

The scene of the meteorite impact.

After seeing the meteorite itself and obtaining preliminary data from the geological research team, Gao Shangai dreamed of driving the FighterEx above the clouds to observe the formation of the storm. Clearly, compared to the meteorite, this sudden storm was more worrying.

Takayama Gamu and his beloved fighter jet flew through the clouds to greet the sun overhead, while Kinoshita Kei and the geological research team members who had arrived earlier were soaked to the bone under the dark clouds.

When he went out, it was just thundering, but now it had turned into a raging storm with strong winds and torrential rain. Kinoshita Kei wiped the rainwater that was desperately streaming down his forehead and into his eyes, and quickly climbed out of the crater and onto the side where...

The makeshift rain shelter set up by the staff.

The awning swayed precariously in the wind, the ropes and pegs rattling against each other, making a series of teeth-grinding sounds, as continuous as the torrential rain.

Even hiding under the awning didn't help much; the wind was howling, and it was raining heavily outside and moderately inside. Kinoshita Kei pulled out his communicator, thankful that GUARD had been willing to give this cheap, mass-produced device a waterproof feature.

“Team leader, the angle at which that meteorite fell is very strange,” Kinoshita Kei verbally reported to his superior. “If there really was a celestial body passing by, its location should be over Tokyo, but at this time and latitude and longitude… there isn’t even a satellite here, and the GUARD Sky Survey system hasn’t observed any related events, so it’s probably not some outer space ‘meteorite’.”

"Have you done a preliminary analysis of the 'meteorite' composition?" Team leader Fukui frowned behind the screen, glancing out from time to time. Nakai Ryoya stood behind him, seemingly operating some kind of equipment. His face was not visible, only his arms were raised and moved from side to side.

"The metal content is very high, including titanium, copper, iron, and some compounds that haven't been identified yet. They need to be analyzed in the lab," Kinoshita Kei lowered his voice. "The dismantling of the rock will be handled by the geological research team. Besides, I think... it's more like a man-made object than a 'meteorite'."

After he finished speaking, an ambulance sped past on the road outside the cordon with its siren blaring. Kinoshita Kei was briefly drawn to the sharp sound, but quickly regained his composure and concluded, "If we only consider the location, the 'meteorite' originated right at the center of this typhoon right above us... Team leader, I suggest that the incident data be transferred to XIG at Ariel Base as soon as possible."

……

"Musar, hurry, there are some over there too!"

On the seabed of Tokyo Bay, above the Geo base, an alarm about an unusual heat source sent fish scattering within a hundred meters, while shellfish fanned their shells to escape or compressed the water flow to get away, each displaying their unique abilities.

Aiba Yu, carrying a salted fish, walked through the anemone bushes.

Calling it a "sea anemone" is a bit of an exaggeration, but if it's not, Aiba Yu can't find a similar creature to describe it—the salted fish says it's another child like Bokuragu. Aiba Yu cleared out the ones closest to the base, but they kept popping up as soon as he cleared them out, and there was even a tendency for them to multiply the more he cleared them.

He focused his energy into his eyes, trying to see what lay beneath the "sea anemones," but he only penetrated a few meters into the seabed; below that, all that remained was a dark fog.

"This will never end." Aiba Yu threw the salted fish aside in response to its protests, and Samuel appeared in the same spot.

He grabbed the tentacles of those "sea anemones" that had mutated to be almost as tough as vines, and pulled them outward with all his might. As long as it didn't affect the outer structure of the Geo base, he didn't mind turning this seabed upside down.

This really caused a huge uproar.

Just as the seabed was rising and Samuel thought he had found the source of this strange "sea anemone," the silt suddenly seemed to be pushed aside by some enormous creature. Samuel thought of the scene of Kinoshita Kei getting up and kicking off the blankets that morning. This seabed silt was the blankets of that enormous creature, and it came crashing down on him.