Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

"Huh?" The group turned their heads and saw Vice Captain Kobayashi Keita leading a middle-aged woman in.

"Ah! Yes, yes..." Yonahara Sora opened his mouth, feeling that the middle-aged woman looked very familiar, but he just couldn't remember her name.

"Hello, sister-in-law!" Yamashita Rikudou greeted her with a bow and casually pulled the burly man and Yuan Kong down with him.

The middle-aged woman is Hasegawa Hayato's wife, named Mie. While she usually remains calm in the face of a critically ill patient, she appears flustered, only calming down slightly when she sees Nahara Sora and the others.

After Kobayashi Keita explained the situation, everyone immediately put on their gear and drove the rescue vehicle out with a roar.

Hasegawa Hayato has gone missing.

Today was the day his daughter and her classmates went on a field trip. Hasegawa Hayato planned to drive her there in the morning to meet up with her classmates, but he didn't see the father and daughter until the afternoon.

The school teacher called Mrs. Hasegawa, who was completely confused and very worried. She took leave from the hospital early and went home. When she couldn't find her husband and daughter, she immediately called the police.

The number of missing persons cases has been too high lately, and the police force is short-handed. This is a good opportunity to ask the rescue team for support.

With their captain missing, Hasegawa's squad naturally had no choice but to step in.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, we will definitely bring the captain and your daughter back safely!" He waved to Yuan Kong and closed the car door.

Mie Hasegawa forced a smile as she watched the red rescue vehicle drive out the gate.

According to the information provided by the police, they were supposed to meet with professionals in Greentown to assist in the search for the missing persons. Following the directions, they arrived at a quiet park. There, they met two young men who were also tasked with searching for missing persons.

A young woman who looked somewhat familiar waved to them.

"Hey, it looks like that cool female member from GUYS!" Sugiyama Mao's eyes lit up.

The young man in the black suit clapped his hands: "Alright, the Kanto Disaster Relief Team's support has arrived. I'm Kiri from the police force, and this is GUYS member, Kazama Marina. She was specially invited to help with the search because of her perfect pitch."

Marina Kazama stared at the group of people in their rescue team uniforms for a moment, then, amidst their puzzled looks, she suddenly realized something and nodded: "According to the investigation, there's always a mysterious sound of the sea when people go missing. I'll be able to pick up that sound."

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"Oh! Leave the rest to us," Yu Yuankong gave a thumbs up: "Search and rescue, we're professionals!"

“Let’s continue,” Tong Li said.

Having heard that reinforcements were arriving, they temporarily halted their search efforts to await the arrival of the rescue team members. Now that they have joined forces, they are naturally resuming their work.

Marina Kazama focused her attention and slowly picked up the faintest sounds one by one, while the Hasegawa team followed closely behind her.

"That person... is a bit strange."

Samuel's voice rang directly in his mind. Estend turned his head and saw Samuel staring at the young police officer in a black suit named Tong Li.

“They are aliens,” Samuel continued, “but no hostility was detected.”

Estend tugged at Samuel, and when the other turned to look at him, he mouthed, "Observe—"

Samuel nodded and continued to observe the strange alien's movements. If it made any dangerous moves, he would beat it to a pulp.

The group bypassed the sculpture area of ​​the park, walked through the bustling area of ​​the neighboring residential area, and finally reached a relatively quiet and secluded spot.

The city's noise fades away, leaving only the sound of shoes hitting the grass, and the occasional chirping of birds.

To be honest, the tranquility made me feel a little lethargic.

Yohara Sora began to wonder if it was a bit too strange for her and her teammates to be taking such a serious stroll in the park.

Where did the captain go? Even if he's missing, it's not like he hasn't made a phone call. If he's been kidnapped, he should have a GPS tracker on him. Why didn't Keita Kobayashi mention that at all?

Is the location communicator broken?

...Their location was removed, and then they killed them?

That old-school police officer captain might actually be the kidnapper who killed the hostage.

Yu Nayuan quickly extinguished his chaotic thoughts.

Marina Kazama, who was walking in front, suddenly turned to her right.

"over there!"

Everyone tensed up and followed Marina Kazama as she ran to the right.

They hadn't run far when they reached a bridge. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Kazama Marina and Officer Kiri ran to the middle of the bridge and then vanished into thin air.

A few steps away from them, Yuan Kong saw this supernatural scene and opened his mouth wide. However, because he was running too fast, he couldn't stop in time. He had only managed to utter half a word when he rushed into the transparent vortex, taking the remaining half of the "ah" with him into the distorted space.

Keita Kobayashi was running ahead of Sora Yonahara. He tried to stop, but Sora Yonahara bumped into his back from behind, causing him to stumble and fall into the whirlpool.

Rikuto Yamashita reached out to grab the idiot who had uttered half a word, but instead of catching him, he was dragged inside with the guy.

Estend and Samuel, naturally fearless, plunged into the vortex without a second thought upon noticing the anomaly.

Mao Sugiyama, who was running at the back, managed to stop in time because she was far enough away, avoiding the fate of that idiot. However, the disappearance of her teammates one after another was too strange, and she could only pant heavily and look in fear at the seemingly normal scene in front of her.

"Hey...where did you guys go?" Her voice trembled so badly that even she felt sorry for herself.

Looking around, everything seemed perfectly normal; there wasn't a single thing amiss. In the distance, you could even see a few pedestrians walking on the sidewalk.

The bridge in front of her was still an ordinary surface, the air was fresh and the road was clean, but she knew that ahead lay a strange and unknown place.

"Gulp." Sugiyama Mao swallowed hard, feeling as if something was gripping her whole body, especially her heart, which felt like it was hanging in mid-air, and her feet had nowhere to go.

"Ugh... Captain, everyone..." She steeled herself, closed her eyes, and rushed forward: "Please, please, nothing bad happens!"

Chapter Forty-Eight: People Under the Moon

"Everyone...please be alright!"

As Sugiyama Mao shouted this, she passed through the distorted, transparent vortex, and then with a "thud," she slammed the guy who had just been helped up back to the ground.

"Hey?"

Mao Sugiyama blinked her round eyes and found herself in a vast wilderness. The moon was eerily large, and in its light, a narrow country road stretched into the distance, where a small village was nestled.

It felt soft and yielding beneath me.

She twisted her knee, then suddenly realized something and quickly stepped aside and stood up.

Keita Kobayashi got up with a dark face and glared at Sora Hara.

"Why are you glaring at me? I wasn't the one who bumped into you the second time," muttered one of the guys who had bumped into him.

Mao Sugiyama smiled sheepishly.

Everyone was brought to this place by that twisted vortex. Tong Li glanced at the poster pasted on the street lamp: "1999, 7 years ago?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Nayuan, who had just been oblivious to the changes in the scenery, suddenly got goosebumps: "No way? Is this a scene from a supernatural movie?"

He stepped forward to check the poster.

The others looked around blankly.

Yu Yuankong touched the poster in disbelief, as if trying to confirm whether it was real or fake.

The outdated color scheme and the completely unmodern art style were so similar to the promotional posters he saw when he was a child that he couldn't help but recall those old, overused songs from his childhood.

He slapped his forehead with a "smack," looking like it was the end of the world: "What kind of hellhole is this? We're rescue professionals!"

"I'm not a ghost-exorcising professional! Ah... the communications are down too, and the GPS... isn't working? What's going on?"

"Could you explain further?"

A voice devoid of any emotion.

Everyone turned to look at the source of the attack, and saw Samuel staring at “Officer” Tong Li.

Tong Li's face was cold and stern at this moment. He showed no signs of the novelty, confusion, or even fear of entering another world, only a calm and knowing demeanor. Even the most oblivious person could notice his abnormality.

Kirito stepped forward, but Kazama Marina immediately blocked his path, drawing her Turaiga gun. Yohara Sora and Yamashita Rikuto, in perfect unison, slightly spread their arms, shielding the two technicians, Sugiyama Mao and Estend, behind them. Kobayashi Keita clenched his fists.

Tong Li seemed oblivious to their tense demeanor, and slowly recounted, "This was seven years ago, a time before this area was converted into a residential area... It was Kuronom who did it."

"Cronom?" Marina Kazama raised her gun and pointed it at his forehead. The name of this suspected monster did not affect the stability of her grip on the gun.

"The time monster Chronom captures living beings and uses their memories to travel back in time... Chronom is the monster that destroyed my home planet. It causes time and memories to become chaotic. If we don't find the missing people soon, they will be trapped somewhere in this time forever."

"Wait, monsters?! And you just said 'mother planet'?" Yonahara Sora felt his jaw stiffen: "Aliens?!"

"Officer" Tong Li met his gaze: "Although I don't know why Chrome is on Earth, does that mean people who aren't from Earth can't be trusted?"

He was stuck in the void, his mind filled with monsters, the destruction of his home planet, time chaos, and eternal disappearance... Every word made him want to ask clearly, and every word could not be ignored. He uttered two "uhs" sounds, and was so overwhelmed by these words that he didn't know what to ask first.

The others were speechless for a moment.

Estend stood at the very back, but at that moment, his desire to see the expressions on the faces of his teammates, with whom he had spent so much time, was incredibly strong.

Samuel lowered his head slightly and closed his eyes, extending his senses to the distance, searching for the presence of Hasegawa Hayato and the monster.

There was silence.

"no!"

It was Mao Sugiyama's voice: "I believe in Mebius! I believe in Hikari! And I believe in Samuel! Although they are aliens like you, they protected many people at the feet of monsters... Ah, anyway, although I don't know you well, if what you say is true, I am willing to believe you for the time being... Don't try anything funny."

"No, you..."

Marina Kazama pursed her lips and slowly lowered the Turaiga spear. Seeing this, Keita Kobayashi and the other two relaxed their tense bodies, intending to continue listening to what the alien had to say.

"you……"

Estend looked at Sugiyama Mao.

Samuel's eyes were still closed, but you could see his eyeballs moving under his eyelids.