"Young Miss, are you really not going to leave that place at all?"

Hayasaka Ai persisted, even moving closer.

"Yes... just a tiny bit!"

Kaguya finally gave in, blushing and turning her head away, urging urgently:

"Hey, you'd better turn around and look where you're going! Honestly, I can't do anything with you!"

Hayasaka Ai let out a series of light laughs and looked ahead again.

After being teased by Hayasaka Ai, Kaguya Shinomiya stopped looking at the surrounding street scene.

She sighed softly, looking down as she played with her fingers, which had regained their slender length.

Once this journey reaches its end, she will once again transform into the unapproachable eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, possessing the power of life and death and countless assets.

It was a nice place, but it lacked the childish bickering, everyday warmth, and homey feeling of that coffee shop.

"Let's just consider it... a very short and beautiful dream."

Kaguya Shinomiya looked at her blurry reflection in the glass window and said softly to herself.

She closed her eyes and drifted into a brief sleep amidst the lingering aroma of coffee.

In the coffee shop.

The wind chimes rang again.

"Oh, I'm sorry, sir, we're closed today. If you'd like coffee, please come back tomorrow... Oh?"

Duan Zilian looked up from behind the bar and found that the people who came in were not students or office workers, but several burly men in blue overalls pushing professional toolboxes.

A look of confusion crossed his eyes.

"Hello, are you Mr. Duan? We have been asked by Miss Shinomiya to repair the damaged water supply system and the water pump in the backyard of your store."

"The young lady specifically instructed that all units must be replaced with the latest model within one hour."

The lead repairman said with a smile.

……

Chapter 70 Ultraman Tiga wishes all teachers and students of Soubu High School a safe and successful journey.

"Look, isn't that the Victory Swallow?"

In the afternoon, Duan Zilian, who was diligently wiping the glass outside the coffee shop, stopped what she was doing.

From a distance, a deafening roar of engines, like the sound of tearing the sky apart, grew louder overhead.

He subconsciously looked up, and the rag in his hand slipped down to his wrist.

Above the azure sky, a yellow fighter jet drew a graceful arc.

The fuselage, resembling a swallow spreading its wings, reflects a dazzling luster in the sunlight.

The fighter jet was extremely fast, leaving a few afterimages in the field of vision before disappearing into the depths of the clouds, leaving only a long trail of flame in the sky.

"Ah, that's great... The Victory Swallow has finally begun."

Duan Zilian gazed at the disappearing trail, a rare hint of relief appearing in her eyes.

"Now that humans have these kinds of creatures, fighting monsters should be much easier for me, right?"

As he was marveling at this, a glance out of the corner of his eye revealed Hong Kai sprawled on a sofa in the store.

He covered his face with the newspaper and was fast asleep, even letting out a loud snore.

The emotion on Duan Zilian's face froze instantly.

He pushed open the shop door, brandishing a suds-covered rag and yelling:

"Hey! Kaisan! Stop slacking off! The TPC fighters outside have already taken off, and you're still sleeping?! Get up and get back to fighting!"

"Okay, okay... I was dreaming about fighting monsters, be quiet..."

Hong Kai mumbled as he rolled over, continuing his internal fantasy.

Duan Zilian rolled her eyes helplessly and slapped the rag back onto the glass.

……

Above Chiba.

"Headquarters, this is Lina. The aircraft attitude is stable, all aerodynamic data are normal, and power output is stable. This test flight is about to end. Requesting permission to return to base."

Lina, dressed in a neat and tidy white GUTS team uniform, steadily controlled the joystick in her hands.

"Received. Thank you for your hard work, Lina."

A mature and intellectual female voice came from the communicator.

After the call ended, Lina breathed a long sigh of relief.

Piloted by her, the Flying Swallow No. 1 glided through the clouds of Chiba City with a lifelike grace.

"Great, Ultraman Tiga."

Lina murmured softly, her gaze hardening.

"From now on, I will finally be able to truly lend you a helping hand."

Last night, after she took her exhausted and unconscious father to the underground shelter, he woke up as if he had amnesia.

"It felt like I had a very, very long dream, but I forgot it all as soon as I woke up."

My father rubbed his temples, looking completely bewildered.

Until Lina tentatively asked:

"Dad, do you remember that Ultraman from last night? What's your relationship with him?"

Lina clearly remembers that Hayata remained silent for a long time at that time.

He looked out the window at the bright moonlight, and the wrinkles around his eyes softened, revealing a smile that he himself was unaware of.

"I do not remember."

Hayata answered softly.

"However, I think... we should be friends, old friends from a long, long time ago."

Just as Lina was lost in her memories, a request suddenly popped up in the public channel.

Once the call connected, Daigo's energetic voice came through.

"Hi, Lina! How's your test flight going?"

"all the best."

Lina's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile.

"What about you?"

"I'm currently in the wasteland test section of Inner Mongolia, and I've just finished the power test of the Victory Flying Swallow II Texas Cannon!" Daigo's voice was filled with undisguised excitement.

"You have no idea how powerful it is! I think if we had encountered that alien again last night, this cannon would have blown it to smithereens!"

"Daigo, don't get too cocky."

Lina laughed as she poured cold water on the situation, then snorted.

"Besides, don't think you can change the subject by going to test new weapons. I still remember you inviting me to see the super cute dolphins at the Ocean Park! I heard it from Dad. You have to pay this price."

"Hahaha... We were summoned to headquarters early this morning by Director Sawai to carry out a mission!"

Daigo gave a guilty-sounding dry laugh on the other end of the communication line.

"Next time! Next time for sure!"

Daigo awkwardly cut off the communication.

He piloted the massive second aircraft back over the wasteland.

Suddenly, Daigo caught a glimpse of a blinding flash of lightning in the distant sky.

"what?"

Daigo looked closely, but there was nothing there except a vast expanse of blue sky.

"Is it my imagination...?"

Daigo rubbed his eyes, not paying much attention, gripped the control stick again, and drove towards headquarters.

……

And so, three days later, the unexpectedly fulfilling Golden Week finally came to an end.

……

early morning.

"Duan Jun! Be careful on the road! Don't be late! You got up really late today!"

"Don't worry, Mirai-san!"

The sound moved from near to far.

Duan Zilian rode his bicycle, which he had lost and then found again, and pedaled the pedals frantically.

The morning breeze whistled past his ears, ruffling the stray hairs on his forehead.

Feeling this long-lost freedom, Duan Zilian had only one word in her heart:

Cool!

Recalling his experiences over the past two nights, he couldn't help but shudder.

Over the past two days, Kai has been unusually excited because he obtained the first generation's card.

He euphemistically called it "consolidating his physique after gaining power," and then added two more sets of special training for him that night.

Especially the jeep chase, which Hong Kai suggested at least ten times, was rejected by Duan Zilian every time with a fierce determination.

Until last night.

Hong Kai rarely showed such an elder's demeanor, and patted his shoulder earnestly:

"Get some rest early tonight, you have to go to school tomorrow. The battles at school are also a mark of youth!"

At that moment, Duan Zilian finally felt a sense of warmth from this wanderer, like that of a senior.

The bicycle whizzed past that familiar bike shop.

Grandpa Hayata was standing at the door, holding a wrench and chatting with a few elementary school students carrying their schoolbags.

"Hi! Good morning, store manager!"

Duan Zilian rang the bicycle bell and greeted everyone loudly.

"Oh, lo! It's you, young man."

Hayata straightened up and waved cheerfully.

"How's it going? Is the bicycle easy to handle?"

"It's really great! I'm treating it like my girlfriend now!"

Duan Zilian's voice and figure quickly disappeared at the end of the downhill road.

"Treating her as a girlfriend... isn't that a bit of an overstatement?"

Hayata Susumu stood there with the wrench in hand, watching the departing figure, and shook his head with a smile.

As she approached the school gate, Duan Zilian spotted a familiar figure on the sidewalk.

"Hey, Azusagawa! How have you been these past few days?"

Duan Zilian braked and skidded, stopping precisely beside the other person, and then slapped them hard on the back.

"Oh...it's Louis XVI."

Sakuta Azusagawa lazily turned his head.

"Why are you so energetic today? Did you finally get your neck back on the guillotine?"

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