Ultraman: I Really Didn't Want to Rule the World

Chapter 115 Kaito's Birthday Party

The conversation between Hongtu and Max ended there.

Max didn't ask who he was, what his purpose was, or when he planned to leave Earth; he simply forbade him from interfering in the development of Earth's civilization. Of course, Hong Tu wouldn't do the same, as he wasn't particularly interested in such matters.

Afterwards, the group returned to the base and reported the situation to their respective superiors. Hong Tu also experienced what it was like to report to his superiors.

"Is it because we want to protect the planet that we have to destroy civilizations?" Hijikata concluded, summarizing this information.

“Without civilization, I wouldn’t exist,” Ellie said.

"Just an arrogant guy on the verge of depravity," Hong Tu commented, taking a sip of coffee.

The others didn't fully understand what he meant, but assumed he was saying that those people's actions were extreme, and they all nodded in agreement.

The door to the command room suddenly opened, and Mizuki walked in, leaning on her cane. She looked deeply at Ichidou and Hongtu before walking up to Tsuchimiya and saying, "Captain, I'm sorry. It's all my fault that Earth has fallen into such a crisis."

Hijikata didn't blame her too much: "You should have reported it immediately when you found him. It was indeed your fault that this happened."

But I don't think your judgment is entirely wrong. You want to trust people from the universe, just as we are willing to trust Tu.

Hong Tu, who was inexplicably called out, looked up and smiled at the two of them.

"Although this ending was unfortunate, you must not lose your willingness to believe in others. You will always meet others like Tu, who are willing to live in peace with us."

Ruixi smiled again, while Hongtu quietly leaned closer to Muting beside her: "Your captain is indeed very open-minded."

……

The following days became more leisurely, except that Hong Tu was constantly pestered by people asking about his various abilities.

Hong Tu only slightly revealed a small part of his not-so-powerful abilities, and managed to get through it.

To be honest, he kind of misses the days when he used to work all over the world...

The feeling of being spied on him earlier also bothered him greatly. The thing that was spying on him was full of malice. To be honest, he had just arrived in this world and shouldn't have any enemies yet.

Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that other "of the same kind" wanted to eat it. And it's also strange that he didn't notice.

Surprisingly, after all this time, the other party hasn't made any move.

That's strange. But it doesn't matter, the other party will eventually slip up. Besides, it's not certain who will get the upper hand.

The young man, holding his coffee, had just sat down in his chair when someone moved closer to him.

"Tu!" Mu Ting approached him mysteriously.

"What's wrong?" Hong Tu was slightly taken aback. When she looked up, she saw that it wasn't just Mu Ting standing beside her. Apart from Kaito, everyone else had gathered around, even Ellie was standing next to him. "What's going on...?"

"Kaito's birthday is coming up, and we're planning to throw him a birthday party!" Huai En said with a smile. Suddenly remembering that Hong Tu wasn't from Earth and probably didn't know what a birthday party was, he quickly explained, "A birthday is the day Kaito was born, which we humans celebrate every year."

The others nodded in agreement, even Ellie. The little robot's lights were on, and it seemed quite happy.

Hong Tu looked as if she had just realized something: "Then how should we celebrate?"

"We're planning to surprise him!" Hijikata said, arms crossed. "Shall we bring Tu along too?"

Hong Tu readily agreed and joined their ranks.

After their discussion, the birthday celebration plan was as follows: Hong Tu was assigned to decorate the command room, setting up the ribbons and other decorations. Everyone except Sheen and Ruixi was also assigned this task. As for Ruixi, she took it upon herself to make the cake, and Sheen was assigned to supervise her…

Hong Tu, who was actually a great cook, took a ribbon and stuck it on the edge of the table: "Is that so?"

"Wow, that's amazing! You finished so quickly!" Mu Ting looked at himself, still sticking on tape, while Hong Tu had already finished sticking it on!

Hong Tu smiled and said, "It seems quite simple."

With everyone working together, they successfully set everything up in just two hours, and now they were just waiting for Kaito.

Hijikata had already notified Kaito to come to the command center as soon as possible, and had Ellie turn off the lights in the command center to cut off Kaito's communications.

When Kaito reached the stairwell, he found himself surrounded by darkness, and the eerie silence of the corridor made him uneasy. He then realized he couldn't contact his teammates...

"Captain? Mizuki? Everyone, please respond!" But his communicator still showed an unreachable signal. "What on earth is going on..."

Kaito was a little panicked, but he finally made a decision and entered the command room: "Captain, Mizuki? Kiba? Shin? Ellie..."

Just then, a flashlight shone on two faces, startling Kaito so much that he pressed his back against the door. When he turned around, there were two more terrifying faces, but what was even more terrifying were the two strange, eerie red lights in the darkness!

Poor Kaito, his heart almost stopped beating, and he barely managed to scream.

Seeing that he was frightened, the lights in the command room were turned on, and what appeared in front of him was a command room decorated with various ribbons. Everyone was holding a confetti cannon and spraying confetti at him.

"Happy birthday!"

Kaito clutched his heart, finally realizing what had happened: "Captain, please stop scaring me!"

Ruixi brought out the cake, and Muting and Xien gathered around the table: "Happy Birthday!"

"Thank you so much, everyone!" After the initial shock came the surprise. Kaito hadn't expected everyone to celebrate his birthday and even prepare a cake. His heart pounded even harder after learning that the cake was made by Mizuki.

Everyone started cutting the cake amidst shouts and cheers, but unexpectedly, something unexpected happened.

An alarm sounded, and everyone quickly got to work.

Ellie looked down at the computer screen and saw: "Earth monitoring satellite Gallia has detected an approaching meteorite, which is about 30 meters in diameter."

"Can you estimate the crash site?" Hijikata took off his triangular hat and walked to her side.

"The crash site is in the JT303 area," Ellie reported.

Dr. Yoshinaga immediately thought of the situation in that area: "That's the city center!"

There was no time to celebrate the birthday. Apart from Hong Tu, Ellie, and Yoshiyoshi, who were still not moving, the others took their planes to intercept the meteorite.

After deflecting the meteorite to a location far from the city, it was shattered, and dash brought the meteorite fragments back to the base's research lab.

The three men with red tea took this opportunity to tidy up all the ribbons and other decorations, covered the cake with a dome, and restored the command room to its original state.

When the others returned, looking exhausted, they sat down and immediately felt a pang of hunger. Mu Ting's eyes, already gleaming with a hint of green, were fixed on the cake over there...

"I feel so hungry now that I've finished the mission..." she said, walking towards the cake.

"No way!" Mizuki stopped him. "Kaito's birthday party isn't over yet!" She made the cake herself; how could she let him eat it first!

Seeing that Kiba was raising his hand as if he was afraid of him, Kaito quickly smoothed things over, saying, "It's okay, it's okay, let's eat together when Professor Yoshinaga and Team Member Shin come back."

To be honest, Mizuki's expression at that moment was a little scary.

Hijikata noticed that Kurenai was staring intently in one direction, as if she were looking through the wall at something beyond.

"What's wrong?"

"You brought the meteorite back to base?" Hong Tu answered irrelevantly, but he had already stood up. "It seems that the things inside have escaped."

Chapter 116 Eaten

Before the others could react to what he meant, they heard the alarm.

Yoshinaga and Shin appeared on the screen, but both of them were covering their necks and looked weak.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Extraterrestrial life forms may be lurking inside meteorites."

"It attacked our necks!" Sheen barely managed to say this before the two of them fell backward, out of the screen's view.

"Sheen, Professor!" Hijikata exclaimed in surprise. This alien life form might be poisonous!

Everyone rushed out of the command room, except for Hong Tu and Ellie who remained in place.

"Ellie, look for that thing." Hong Tu walked to Ellie's side. He knew that something was moving rapidly within the base, attacking the base personnel and gradually growing stronger, but he needed to know what it was.

Ellie nodded and began to pull up the surveillance footage from each area. Finally, she found the monster that had flashed by in one of the surveillance cameras in area D.

She quickly froze the image and saw the insect-like alien life form.

When she looked up again, she found that Hong Tu, who had been standing next to her, had disappeared without a trace. Ellie blinked in confusion and then reported the situation to Hijikata.

Hong Tu walked through the passage, where many people had already collapsed, but Hong Tu did not stop. His goal was the thing that had run out.

Some medical staff helped these people walk toward the medical department, brushing past Hong Tu, but it seemed that no one could notice his presence.

A dark ring flickered behind his waist, poised to strike.

"Are you sure it's that thing?" Hong Tu asked softly, avoiding the two people.

The rings flickered, emitting a faint tremor.

"Do perfect life forms really exist?"

"..."

"Evolution... That's quite a powerful trait. Absorbing the energy of other organisms to evolve faster, adapt to a planet's environment as quickly as possible, and reproduce... It sounds just like the Zerg in the movies."

"???"

"Speaking of which, that thing itself looks a lot like the Zerg."

The young man stopped and saw three people coming around the corner. Ruixi and Muting were carrying a person who had been attacked by insects and were rushing to the medical center.

The three of them didn't notice him, but Mu Ting spotted the insect that was quietly following them.

He lowered the man's arm from his shoulder, turned around, drew his two guns, and said to Ruixi without turning his head, "Hurry up, get him to the medical center."

After saying that, he ran back to the corner they had come from without looking back.

"Team member Muting!" Mizuki called out, and then heard Muting's scream. Her expression immediately turned grief-stricken, as if she had just experienced the death of a teammate. With tears in her eyes, she resolutely helped him and rushed to the medical center.

Hong Tu: "..."

It was just that his physical energy was absorbed, so what's with this life-or-death separation...?

Hong Tu bypassed Rui Xi, scurried past Mu Ting who was struggling to sit up from the ground, and chased after the alien life form. Although his pace appeared unhurried, he appeared ten meters away in an instant, gradually catching up with the thing.

A black energy blast exploded in mid-air, forcing a three-meter-tall, insect-like alien life form to reveal itself.

A faint black mist gradually appeared around Hong Tu, swirling around him. Compared to the three-meter-tall monster in front of him, it seemed more like a super boss.

Dallas.