Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

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But in the end, the white fox turned into a ray of light and disappeared. At the same time, Ida Iryu could not hold back his tears and cried softly in despair. For a samurai, he had forgotten when he last cried, but the pain he felt today would still be remembered and felt heartbroken even hundreds of years later.

Daigo, carrying the still unconscious Rena on his back, stood silently beside Iida Ryuu, along with Yumeko and Haruna. At that moment, the darkness in the forest finally gave way to the dawn of hope...

Soon, police and TPC employees filled the village, and the injured villagers were sent to hospitals in the city. Although dozens of other villagers were still missing, the police continued their search.

No harmful radio waves were detected near the village or the forest.

On the PDI display screen, Nori's voice came from headquarters. After re-establishing contact, the Victory Team began an extremely swift operation, joining forces with other departments to surround the area in order to better concentrate on handling the aftermath and prevent any escapees.

"receive."

Upon hearing the result from Noriyuki, Daigo responded and ended the communication. Afterwards, Commander Munakata walked to Horii's side, patted him on the shoulder, and asked softly:

"How about it?"

"Hmm—we didn't find anything."

Horii scratched his head, fiddling with the instruments in his hands. But numbers, like math—if you don't know them, you simply don't know them—are honestly undeniable. Although Daigo and Rena had reported the general outline of the incident, so much scientific investigation had yielded no results. Ugh, this is going to be a difficult report to write later…

Suddenly Horii heard a sound, looked up and saw that TPC's public relations director was surrounded by the media and at a loss.

Well, if there's really no other way, I'll just use the one I wrote about in the last report, Sukuna Oni, to get by.

Thinking of this, Horii couldn't help but sigh.

Some things simply cannot be explained by science, and we can only use the word "strange event" to gloss over them.

"Oh dear, that's not the question Uncle asked."

Meanwhile, the burly Shinjo member was also scratching his head in frustration. Shinjo, who was in charge of questioning the eyewitnesses, was now being bombarded with questions by Haruna sitting opposite him. The young girl kept asking all sorts of questions, from "How can I become a member of GUTS?" to "What should we be learning now?"

"But because of this incident, I haven't even had a chance to ask the GUTS team members any questions!"

Haruna grumbled angrily. The usually reserved Haruna seemed to have become more confident after this incident.

I was born to be a GUTS player.

This belief took deep root in her young heart.

Xincheng felt rather helpless, thinking to himself.

It seems I can't get any further questions without explaining it to this little kid.

"Let me tell you, to become a member of GUTS, you first need to join TPC."

Haruna's eyes lit up when Shinjo finally answered her question, while Yumeko watched them from afar and couldn't help but sigh. Unlike Haruna, Yumeko seemed to have completely lost her confidence after this incident.

Joining GUTS means experiencing the same terrifying things every day and night at work.

As Yumeko thought about this, a chill ran down her spine. Just then, Ms. Misato came to her side.

"Matsushita-kun, you're really enthusiastic now!"

Misato chuckled softly.

"Fukudari-kun, you want to be a GUTS member someday, right? You can't lose to her!"

As she spoke, Misato placed her bandaged hand on Yumeko's shoulder. Yumeko saw her teacher's hand and thought about how Misato had done everything in her power to protect them. In truth, Misato, like Yumeko, considered this academy her home. And everyone in the academy was like family to Misato. Therefore, Misato was willing to risk her life to protect everyone.

A thought suddenly popped into Yumeko's little head.

"Miri-sensei, I..."

Yumeko spoke somewhat timidly.

"...I want to be like you."

Misato seemed somewhat surprised after hearing this.

"I want to protect our school like you."

After hearing this, Misato chuckled softly again.

"Koga-kun said the same thing just now."

"is it?"

"When you two grow up and become employees of this academy, you'll definitely be just like me and Mr. Katayama!"

Yumeko felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing those words.

"Teacher, you're not going to marry Mr. Katayama, are you?"

Seeing Yumeko ask such a question with such a serious expression, Misato could no longer hold back and started laughing uncontrollably, clutching her stomach.

In the forest, right in the center of the stage, stood a simple stone tombstone. Kamimura clasped his hands together, bowed to the tombstone, and then turned to face Daigo and Rena.

"It seems that the fox gave Haruna the hairpin that he obtained from Lord Ida Iryu. It was for her safety."

Dagu nodded.

What exactly happened between Ida Iryu and the fox remains unknown, but in the end, it seems to have been a tragedy for Ida Iryu.

"Then, I'll take my leave first."

With that, Uemura picked up his luggage.

"Is Iida Iryu...is he alright?"

Uemura responded to Daigo's question with a wry smile.

"He'll definitely be fine. If another monster appears in this world, he'll probably come back to possess me again."

Then, Uemura adopted a desolate tone and spoke.

"It's just that he probably doesn't want to talk to anyone right now. Everyone has times when they want to be alone. Don't they?"

Daigo nodded in agreement.

"What are your plans next?"

Uemura smiled and replied:

"This can be considered a kind of fate. I want to travel around more and investigate the legends of monsters in various places."

"Oh...."

"Perhaps in the future, I will write a storybook about Lord Iida Ryu... Hehe, of course, I'll have to get his permission."

"That's right."

Finally, Uemura said "Goodbye" and left Daigo and Rena.

"That's incredible..."

Lina said.

"Yes."

Daigo agreed, and the two of them watched Kamimura leave until his figure disappeared into the dense forest.

"By the way, there's something I'd like to ask you."

Lina said to Daigo:

"After I was possessed by an evil spirit and lost consciousness, I felt like I heard you talking to me."

"what!?"

Daigo's eyes widened in shock. He hadn't expected that Rena had actually heard his words. For a moment, he looked at Rena in a flustered manner and whispered:

What...did I...say to you?

"this...."

His question made Lina blush.

Daigo was also a little embarrassed, unsure of where to look.

At that moment, Lina whispered.

"Could you repeat that?"

Daigo was even more embarrassed and didn't know what to do, so he could only pretend to look at the scenery.

Just as Lina was about to continue speaking, the PDI hanging from her waist suddenly beeped.

Lina: What a spoilsport!

Although she was very dissatisfied, Lina had to prioritize her work and quickly opened PDI.

"Lina, you've been frightened."

The person appearing on the PDI screen is the intermediary team leader.