Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

"Hualin, if you miss your mother, you can say..."

come out."

His cherry blossoms are on the opposite side of the Sanzu River. They haven't seen them for a long time, and they must feel disappointed, right?

"Let's go to the cemetery to visit her."

……

TLT Japan's third base, Freedom Castle.

"You mean, the pollen of alien beasts has 'flammable' properties, just like Pedron?"

As Eisuke Wakura turned around, Mitsuhiko Ishibori pulled up the latest photos from the scene and continued his commentary.

"So we can't just eliminate it. If the large amount of pollen it contains spreads, it will be impossible to control. In the latest records, people who come into contact with the pollen will be instantly vaporized, emitting extremely high heat. You see..."

The photo refreshed, revealing a pile of withered clothes, with gloves and socks neatly tucked inside.

It's as if something turns the people wearing them into water, and then drains all that water away.

"What if the pollen spreads?" Kazuki Komon asked.

Mitsuhiko Ishibori pulled up the calculated data: "Because its density is similar to that of hydrogen, if we take into account the diffusion rate... it is very easy to cover the entire city."

During the conversation, Kira Zeyu's projection appeared in the operations room: "It seems we can only rely on the power of the Ultra Warriors."

"Ultraman..." Eisuke Wakura realized after a moment's thought, and looked at the smiling white figure: "Meta Domain?"

……

The cemetery is situated on a low hill. If you are willing to walk further up, you can find an open area with a panoramic view of a corner of the city.

The cemetery used to be very quiet, but due to the recent increase in unexpected events, there are more visitors than before.

Jun Sakuma is recovering well, and the energy transferred to Samuel to sustain his life can be compressed somewhat. Since the human host can control his body, Samuel is happy to rest in the consciousness space.

Cooking is terrifying.

Jun Sakuma himself is a self-taught cook who adds seasonings at will, and he often adds some innovations to his dishes in addition to home-style dishes.

For example, tempura noodles are cooked with strange things like Thai spicy curry sauce... To cater to the children's preferences, Jun Sakuma took it upon himself to add ketchup as well.

"It has a sweet and sour flavor! I'm sure Huali will love it!"

Samuel did as he was told, and Pear gave him a happy smile and took out milk and bread from the refrigerator.

He tasted it himself and instantly understood the concept of "a mixture of flavors".

Then, amidst Jun Sakuma's protest of "My body needs food," he flushed this pile of things that shouldn't exist in the mortal world down the drain.

Seeing that Samuel was sleeping comfortably in the consciousness space today, Jun Sakuma decided not to discuss the alien beasts with him.

...Honestly, is it really comfortable to sleep cross-legged with arms crossed and head down? Jun Sakuma didn't dare to ask. Maybe it's just some kind of weird fetish, like their habit of not turning off the lights?

As usual, Jun Sakuma brought a letter to the cemetery, which contained information about recent events, written in a style similar to a conversation with his wife.

He placed the letter under a small stone in front of the grave.

The previous letter had been battered by wind and rain and had rotted into unknown fragments. Sakuma Juntsuen read it as if it were his wife and covered it with a new cherry blossom-colored letter paper.

Huali stood to one side, muttering to herself and talking to her mother.

"Dad's cooking is finally occasionally decent, but it's still pretty strange!"

“Rina’s family agreed to let her keep a dog. We named it ‘Swift Wind’ because we said it could protect the princess. A kind older brother told us that.”

“There was an earthquake that day, and the older brother rescued us from the factory that was about to collapse.”

"But I don't remember anything before the earthquake. Rina said it wasn't an earthquake, it was a landslide—I can memorize faster than her, so I'm sure what I remember is correct!"

"I have an exam next week... I wish I didn't have one."

When the topic of exams came up, Jun Sakuma glanced at her.

Huali immediately shut up.

The father chimed in, "Hualin will do her best in the exam next week. I'll be tutoring her, so there shouldn't be any problems."

In the past, when he came to this tombstone, he often couldn't calm his emotions.

He didn't think much when he received the news of his death. When encountering a mutant beast, death was almost inevitable, and he was already mentally prepared.

He remained remarkably calm at the funeral, even taking the time to sympathize with his wife's family, who still believed that Sakura Sakuma had died in a car accident.

He remained calm when his relatives and friends comforted him, because he didn't need comforting. He believed that he was ready and could completely accept the life ahead.

Until I saw the half-eaten box of pastries left in the refrigerator.

The cool air brushed against his face. The man took out the pastries and remembered his wife pinching his ear: "I made these for Huali. How could you fight with her for them?"

He looked back blankly.

He saw the clock he had hung up himself, with his wife directing him from below.

I saw the curtains they chose together, with a potted green ivy placed underneath; the wife said it was easy to care for.

Seeing the clothes neatly packed away, his favorite tie was rolled up in a neat bun, and his wife even had the mood to roll it into a flower.

At the time, Sakura Sakuma said, "You guys always wear black suits and white shirts, it's too monotonous, but adding different colored ties makes it different - so you can't be lazy and not wear a tie, if you don't want to be seen as a salesman."

That was the atmosphere of a wife's life.

It seems like her shadow is everywhere.

Pick up

The man, who had only looked dejected when receiving the death notice, finally burst into tears.

Later, he realized he couldn't continue living like this, so he found a room and sealed everything about his wife inside.

From that moment on, the house had an extra door that would be permanently closed.

Then, the father and daughter gradually came out of it. At first, they would shed tears in front of the grave, but now they could chat about nonsense with ease, regardless of whether Sakuma Sakura liked it or not. In the end, they ended up undermining each other.

One person complained that they put too much salt in the food.

One person said, "I corrected it a long time ago, but you still haven't corrected your typos."

One person said their dad was taking snacks from them.

One person said that eating too much of that stuff would damage teeth, and that he was doing this to rid the woman of a menace.

A lot of random, rambling thoughts, but in the end, they all come down to Jun Sakuma's summary:

"We're doing well, Sakura."

"Don't worry about me over there."

Chapter Twelve: Lefreya (Bonus Chapter 6)

That night.

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

It's advisable to press your head down and do the exercises.

"What is 5 times 9? Say it again, what is it?!"

Samuel crouched in the consciousness space, listening to Jun Sakuma outside screaming that he had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.

“5乘8等于40，乘9等于49。”花梨小小的脑袋大大的疑惑。

“啊——”佐久间淳感觉自己的血管在脑门上跳踢踏：“7乘7才等于49！5乘9是45！”

“噢……”花梨低头把刚写上去的答案擦掉，“呼呼”吹开橡皮屑：“那7乘7是49，7乘8是65，7乘9是69？诶，为什么乘8乘9只加了4？”

"??!" You still know that you only added 4?

Don't try to reason with kids. They can come up with things like, "Oh, isn't the multiplication sign just the addition sign in the opposite direction? So we just add them together," which would drive a math teacher crazy and make them wonder if they ever taught their students multiplication.

Jun Sakuma sometimes thinks that it would have been better if he had woken up later, so that Samuel could have taken all the blame and the Ultra Warriors wouldn't have suffered a brain hemorrhage.

"Pfft." The guy in the consciousness space laughed out loud.

He then made Huali do a few more problems, which made the old father so angry that he drank Coke to drown his sorrows. Huali kept glancing at the can in his hand.

"What are you looking at? There's none for you!"

"Dad is bullying me."

"Pah! You're the one bullying me!"

Jun Sakuma threw the empty Coke can into the trash can, got up, and prepared to heat up some milk and snacks for Karin as a late-night treat.

Just as the milk was poured out, Samuel suddenly said seriously, "There are alien beasts."

Jun Sakuma's hand holding the box trembled, and he almost dropped it.

He glanced hesitantly at the light in Hanari's room: "Do I really have to go?"

Samuel remained silent.

“Okay, I know, I was just asking,” Jun Sakuma called out to Karin, “Take the milk from the microwave later, remember to wear gloves so you don’t burn yourself, Dad is going out for a while.”

Huali was counting on her fingers when she heard this and turned around. The white light shone on her pouting lips: "More overtime? That's so unfair. Can't they just finish their own work?"

"It's because Dad has something he hasn't finished doing."