New Ultraman: Monster Training Master

At the entrance of the arcade, a group of boys, clutching their bottoms and with handprints on their faces, ran out crying.

Hoshikawa clapped his hands and turned to Hongxiang: "Come here. After my persuasion, they decided to let us have the target practice."

Hongxiang was stunned when she saw Xingchuan's methods of reforming people.

At first, the boys would resist, but that only resulted in Hoshikawa beating them even harder.

For normal children, Hoshikawa doesn't use physical methods; he mainly uses reasoning.

But for children who bully others, he has to bring out Seven Wolves.

Meanwhile, the boys' parents, upon learning that their children had been beaten, rushed to the arcade demanding an explanation from Hoshikawa.

Hoshikawa: "An explanation? What kind of explanation do you want?"

"You beat my child like this, you should at least pay for the medical expenses."

"That's right, that's right."

"If it's less than this number, we'll call the police and ask them to uphold justice."

Xingchuan finally understood: these parents weren't there to ask for an explanation; they were there to ask for money.

"No wonder the town at the foot of Naqi Mountain is called a gathering place for black market merchants. It seems that the name is really accurate. In short, they have no money, but they do have a stick."

Just as the parents were getting excited and determined to take down Hoshikawa, a police car pulled up in front of the arcade.

"Who called the police to report that someone was armed and injuring people here?"

One of the parents pointed at Hoshikawa and shouted, "It was him! He's the one who hit my child with a weapon!"

The police officer looked at Hoshikawa: "Is that so, sir?"

Just as Hoshikawa was about to speak, Masaki Keigo and Aihara Ryu's voices came from the doorway: "Wait, there might be some misunderstanding."

Masaki Keigo pulled the police aside to talk.

Hoshikawa: "What brings you all here?"

Aihara Ryu walked up to Hoshikawa and whispered, "Someone reported seeing a monster, so the captain sent us over. By the way, why are you arguing with a citizen again?"

Hoshikawa: "It's nothing, just to leave a group of kids with some childhood memories they should have."

Masaki Keigo, who was standing to the side, said something to the police, who nodded repeatedly. Then, the police shook Masaki Keigo's hand with smiles on their faces.

"Alright, alright, let's all go home. It's all a misunderstanding."

The police waved to disperse the group of parents.

"How could it be a misunderstanding? Look, there's still a handprint on my child's face."

"That's right, there's absolutely no way there could be a misunderstanding."

Police officer: "I already said it was a misunderstanding, don't you understand?"

The police told the group of parents that if they were certain that Hoshikawa had hit their child, they should go to the police station together to give a statement and then go to the hospital for a medical examination.

They must stay with them throughout this period and cannot leave.

Upon hearing this, many parents immediately shook their heads.

Their time is very precious, and it's already quite an achievement that they can find time to come to the arcade these days.

The remaining parents, persuaded by the police, also gave up on causing trouble for Xingchuan.

Hoshikawa looked at Masaki Keigo and asked, "What did you say to the police that made them so protective of me?"

Masaki Keigo: "He didn't say anything, just that he plans to build a factory here, a few hotels, and also invest in local tourist attractions."

Hoshikawa, Aihara Ryu:......

Damn rich people.

No wonder those two policemen were bowing and scraping and had smiles on their faces.

Hoshikawa hates rich people, but he also wants to be rich.

Masaki Keigo: "Alright, the trouble is over. Let's go find the person who reported it."

"Wait a minute." Xingchuan walked up to Hongxiang, took out a piece of paper, and wrote down his phone number: "Hongxiang, call me if you have any trouble, especially if someone is bullying you."

After finishing everything, the three returned to the patrol car and headed to the home of the person who reported the incident.

The person who reported the incident was a little boy named Daiyu Jiro. According to him, there was a lake at the foot of Mount Nachi, and every night two huge eyes that looked like flames would appear.

He also said that he personally witnessed a person being wrapped up like a ball and swept into the lake.

At that moment, a man appeared in the house and shouted, "Jiro, you've even called the Horror Squad to cover up your lie!"

"Do you know how busy the Horror Team is dealing with aliens and monsters?"

Daiba Jiro: "But I really saw the monster, and some people were even dragged into the lake by it."

Jiro's father didn't believe it: "You coward, you actually made excuses for wetting the bed, you've completely disgraced our family."

He turned to look at Hoshikawa and the other two, bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry, this child wet the bed last night and imagined a monster, so he called you over. I'm so sorry."

Jiro became anxious: "What I said is true, the monster is in that lake."

Ryu Aihara: "It's okay, everyone makes up an excuse when they wet the bed as a kid. But kid, you can't make jokes like that next time you wet the bed, or I'll arrest you."

Snapped--

Hoshikawa sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.

Aihara Ryu's performance remained consistent; he believed whatever his parents told him.

Hoshikawa: "Jiro, you said you saw a monster grabbing people, do you know that person?"

Jiro thought for a moment and said, "I know him. He lives at the northernmost part of town and fishes in his hut by the lake every night."

"Okay, thank you for the information." Hoshikawa returned to the car and picked up a beautiful bouquet of flowers: "Consider this your reward."

Jiro: "Really?!"

Hoshikawa: "Really."

Jiro took the flowers and happily ran upstairs.

Hoshikawa and his two companions bid farewell to Jiro's father, then returned to their patrol car and drove north of the town.

In the car, Aihara Ryu couldn't help but ask, "You asked me to stop and buy flowers on the way here, it wasn't just to give them to that child, was it?"

"Hmm." Hoshikawa nodded and took out his phone to check the Tokyo news.

On his way here, he deduced from Masaki Keigo's information that the monster in the lake was the giant frog monster [Dundell] from episode 8 of Ultraman Taro, "The Ghost Fire of the Man-Eating Swamp".

In the original story, Jiro was kicked out of his house for wetting the bed. Later, thinking that his father's 42nd birthday was in two days, he went to the swamp to find beautiful flowers as a birthday present.

It was during his search for a birthday present that he unexpectedly discovered Dundale in the swamp and witnessed its entire process of capturing humans.

The only thing that puzzled Hoshikawa was that the swamp where Dundale was located should be on the outskirts of Tokyo, but now it appeared on Mount Nachi.

It's quite amazing that Mount Nachi, which is the territory of the foxfire monster [Miegon], didn't fight the two monsters.

Soon, the three arrived at the northern part of the town.

By interviewing the surrounding residents, the three of them learned where the fisherman lived.