Elf: Rewriting the script, starting with Black Stocking Hanako

Officer Jenny frowned slightly, but nodded nonetheless.

"I'm Officer Jenny, and who are you?"

"Oh, it's an honor to meet you." The old man chuckled and took a step forward. "My surname is Oshima, Shigeru Oshima. This is my wife, Yumi."

The woman named Yumi bowed slightly, her movements very elegant.

"Miss Officer Jenny is incredibly brave; her reputation in this area is legendary," Shigeru Oshima continued, speaking slowly, as if processing information bit by bit. "We've wanted to visit you for a long time, but haven't had the chance..."

"Mr. Oshima," Officer Jenny interrupted him, her tone serious, "I have urgent business to attend to right now. If it's not important, please make way."

"Huh?" Shigeru Oshima paused for a moment, as if he hadn't quite grasped the situation.

He blinked, opened his mouth, then closed it again.

Then he turned to look at his wife, looking completely bewildered.

Yumi sighed and gently patted her husband's arm.

Then he stepped forward and gave Officer Jenny an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Officer Jenny, my husband is getting old, and his mind is a bit slow."

Her voice was very pleasant, soft and gentle, with a magnetic quality unique to mature women.

"We've come here to ask you about someone."

"Who?" Officer Jenny asked.

"Our son." Yumi's eyes darkened slightly. "His name is Tatsuro Oshima."

Officer Jenny's brow furrowed even more.

"My husband brought him to the reserve last time, and he got lost," Yumi continued, her voice trembling slightly. "We've been sending people to search this area, and a while ago, the search and rescue team said they occasionally saw figures resembling Taro in this area."

She paused, then took a deep breath.

"But recently, it seems this area has been placed under martial law. Search and rescue teams can't just wander around here, so we have to search on our own."

As she spoke, Yumi took out a stack of documents from her small bag.

"This is proof from the alliance and the government. We have registered our identities, explained the reasons, and all the procedures are complete."

Officer Jenny took the document and quickly flipped through it.

The supporting documents were very official, bearing the seals of the Union Police Department and the local government.

Officer Jenny returned the documents to Yumi, her expression softening slightly.

"We've been patrolling this area recently and have indeed uncovered some clues."

"What clue?" Oshima Shigeru suddenly perked up, his eyes lighting up.

"There have been reports of a humanoid creature being seen mixed with a herd of marsupials," Officer Jenny said. "Initial assessment suggests it may be a human child."

Oshima Shigeru's body trembled violently.

"A herd of marsupials? My son is with a herd of marsupials?!"

His voice suddenly rose eight octaves, and his expression changed from dull to excited.

"I've heard from my son!"

"Mr. Oshima, please calm down." Officer Jenny raised her hand to stop him. "I need to deal with the marsupial herd's riot now; there might be poachers there. I'll check the details with you when I get back."

After saying that, she turned around and started walking towards the SUV.

"Wait!" Shigeru Oshima shouted, then suddenly realized, "The Kangaskhan herd? You're going to the Kangaskhan herd?"

"Yes." Officer Jenny replied without turning her head.

"Then my son...is my son there too?" Oshima Shigeru's voice trembled.

At that moment, Yumi suddenly spoke, her voice trembling slightly.

"Honey, Officer Jenny said she's going to the marsupial herd to stop the poachers... If Darren is really with the marsupial herd, then what is he doing now...?"

She didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was already quite clear.

Shigeru Oshima's expression changed instantly.

From dullness to shock, from shock to panic, and from panic to resolute determination.

"Quick!" he suddenly shouted, his voice so loud it startled Yumi beside him. "Quick, quick, quick!"

He turned and ran towards the helicopter, his short legs moving incredibly fast.

"Let's hurry and follow them! We're going to help Miss Officer Jenny! To fight the poachers! To protect my son!"

Yumi quickly caught up and caught her husband, who was about to trip over the tree roots.

"Honey, slow down! Don't fall!"

"It's too late! My son is in danger!"

As he ran, Shigeru Oshima turned back and shouted to Officer Jenny, "Officer Jenny! Wait for us! We're going to help too!"

Officer Jenny stopped, looked back at him, and sighed.

"Then please be careful!"

After saying that, she opened the car door and jumped into the driver's seat.

Jiang Chuan got into the car.

"Fasten your seatbelts." Officer Jenny started the car and floored the accelerator.

The SUV roared off.

Behind them, the helicopter restarted its engine, and the propellers began to spin.

Shigeru Oshima and Yumi were helped onto the plane by their assistants.

Before the cabin door was even properly closed, the helicopter wobbled and rose up, following behind the SUV.

Jiang Chuan glanced at himself in the rearview mirror and shook his head.

"That old man's head really isn't working very well."

...............

The car bumped along through the forest.

Officer Jenny gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, her knuckles turning white.

Her profile appeared particularly serious in the dim light of the watch face.

The car drove for another ten minutes or so.

A rumbling sound came from ahead.

It wasn't a helicopter; it was the sound of some kind of machinery operating, mixed with the roar of a marsupial.

Officer Jenny's face darkened.

"arrive."

She slammed on the brakes, and the SUV slid a short distance on the muddy ground before coming to a stop behind a grove of trees.

The two people jumped out of the car and crouched down to feel their way forward.

As they passed through a thicket of bushes, the sight before them made Officer Jenny gasp.

On the open ground, a giant mechanical marsupial was rampaging.

The machine was three stories high and covered in a silver-gray metal shell.

The two enormous mechanical arms have sharp claws at their tips, capable of snapping a tree as thick as a bowl in half with each swing.

The mechanical kangaroo's belly is hollow, and the cockpit inside can be seen through the glass.

Three figures were inside, operating various buttons and levers.

Beneath the mechanical marsupial, more than twenty real marsupials were running, crashing, and roaring wildly.

Their eyes were filled with fear and anger.

Fist-sized stones crumble into powder under their fists.

But the mechanical kangaroo was too big; when the kangaroo's attack hit it, it only left a shallow dent.

The mechanical kangaroo opened its huge mechanical claws and grabbed a kangaroo's hind leg.

The marsupial struggled desperately, but couldn't break free.

With a flick of its mechanical claw, the Kangaskhan was thrown into a huge iron cage next to it.

There were already seven or eight marsupials in the cage, huddled together, emitting mournful cries.

"That's..." Officer Jenny's eyes widened, "A poacher?"

"It's Team Rocket." Jiang Chuan stared at the red "R" mark on the belly of the robot Kangaskhan.

These three guys actually managed to build such a huge machine this time.

"We have to stop them," Officer Jenny said, and was about to rush out.

"Wait." Jiang Chuan grabbed her wrist.

"What's wrong?" she asked, her voice a little weak.

"Let's observe first," Jiang Chuan said. "That machine is not simple; rushing in recklessly will only lead to trouble."

"But the kangaroos..."

"I know." Jiang Chuan released her wrist.

"What should we do then?" she asked.

Jiang Chuan did not answer immediately, but instead carefully observed the mechanical kangaroo.

There are obvious gaps at the joints when the machine is moving.

That's a weakness.

However, it only works when attacked at close range.

"I..." Jiang Chuan had just opened his mouth when suddenly, a whooshing sound came from above.

A boomerang spun and flew over, striking the mechanical kangaroo on the head with pinpoint accuracy.

The sound of metal clashing echoed throughout the open space.

The mechanical kangaroo tilted its head slightly, but was unharmed.

"Who?" Musashi shouted from the cockpit.

From the bushes, a small figure swung out, carried by vines.

It was a child.

He was about ten years old, barefoot, and wearing only a pair of tattered shorts.

His whole body was tanned dark, and his hair was long and messy, hanging on his head like a bird's nest.

But his eyes were bright, like two black gems, full of wild light.

He grabbed the vine with one hand and pulled out a stone with the other, throwing it at the robotic pannier.

The stone hit the machine's casing with a "thud" and then bounced away.

Not at all.

But the child was not giving up, so he took out a boomerang from his waist and threw it again.

The boomerang spun and hit the same spot with pinpoint accuracy.

It still didn't work.

"It's Darren?" Officer Jenny's eyes widened. "That kid who hangs out with the marsupial herd?"

Jiang Chuan stared at the wild child swinging on the vines, his eyes narrowed.

Judging from his appearance and age, he does indeed look very similar to Tatsuro Oshima in the photo.

But the child is in a completely wild state right now.

They moved as nimbly as monkeys and had eyes as sharp as wild beasts.

He was protecting the marsupial herd.

In his way.

Although the attack was completely ineffective, he did not give up.

Once, twice, three times.

The boomerangs kept hitting the mechanical kangaroo, making a clanging sound.

Inside the cockpit, Kojiro waved his hand impatiently.

"Where did this brat come from? He's so annoying!"

Musashi glanced at Tatsuro, who was dangling from the vines, and snorted disdainfully.

"He's just a brat, ignore him, keep catching the Kangaskhan!"

"But he keeps throwing things at us, meow." Meow looked out the window. "It's not very useful, but it's really annoying, meow."

"Then take him down," Musashi said coldly.

Kojiro nodded and operated the robotic panther to lift a huge mechanical arm.

The mechanical claw opened and reached out to grab Taron.

Darren reacted quickly.

He loosened his grip on the vines, somersaulted in the air, and dodged the first claw.

But Kojiro immediately followed up with a second claw strike.

This time, Taro didn't dodge.

The mechanical claw snapped onto the vine and yanked it hard.

The vine broke.

Darren lost his balance and fell from mid-air.

"ah………"

He let out a scream and flailed his arms wildly in the air, but couldn't grab anything.

Below is a drop of more than ten meters; if you fall, you'll break several bones even if you don't die.

Just then, the sound of the helicopter rotor suddenly became very loud.

A helicopter emerged from above the trees and hovered over the clearing.

The hatch opened, and Shigeru Oshima leaned halfway out.

He spotted Taro falling immediately.

Although her hair was long and her skin was dark, her face and her eyes were striking.

He is his son.

It's Tatsuro Oshima.

"Tatsuro!" Shigeru Oshima screamed at the top of his lungs, then turned and shouted into the cabin, "Land! Land now!"

"It's too late!" Yumi leaned out, her face pale.

It looked like Taro was about to fall to the ground.

Shigeru Oshima gritted his teeth and suddenly did something that no one expected.

He jumped straight out of the helicopter.

"Husband!" Yumi screamed.

Shigeru Oshima's body plummeted through the air, his suit fluttering in the wind.

His eyes were fixed on Dalang, and his hands were outstretched.

"Don't be afraid, son! Daddy's coming to catch you!"

But no matter how fast Oshima Shigeru moves, his short legs can't outrun gravity.

Taro's body plummeted rapidly through the air, his hair standing on end in the wind.

"It's all over, it's all over, it's all over..." These were the only two words in Oshima Shigeru's mind.

At this critical moment.

Jiang Chuan raised his right hand.

A glint of dark blue light flashed in his eyes.

The light was very faint; you wouldn't notice it unless you looked closely.

But Officer Jenny noticed.

She was right next to Jiang Chuan, less than half a meter away from him.

She clearly saw the two clusters of blue flame-like light in Jiang Chuan's eyes.

Then, something strange happened.

Darren's descent suddenly slowed down.

It was as if an invisible hand was supporting his body.

That kind of slowness isn't like slow motion in a movie; it's a real deceleration that defies the laws of physics.

Taro, who should have fallen to the ground with a "thud," now drifted down slowly and gently like a feather.

Shigeru Oshima spread his arms wide, his face showing a look of resignation to his fate.

A muffled "bang" was heard.

Darren hit the old man squarely.

The two people were stacked on top of each other on the ground.

"Ouch..." Shigeru Oshima cried out, but his voice was strong, indicating that he was not seriously injured.

Darren rolled off him and sat on the ground, looking completely bewildered.

He blinked, looked at his hands, and then at the ground.

It's over ten meters high.

How come it doesn't hurt at all?

In the distance, on the helicopter, Yumi was completely dumbfounded.

Her hands, which were gripping the cabin door, were trembling.

It wasn't out of fear, it was out of shock.

She could see it clearly.

Talang's falling speed suddenly slowed down when he was still two or three meters from the ground.

That is definitely not a natural phenomenon.

She turned her head to look in Jiang Chuan's direction.

Although she was dozens of meters away, she still saw the young man raise his hand.

And there was that fleeting blue light in his eyes.

Yumi's pupils suddenly contracted.

superpower?

That seemingly ordinary young man actually has superpowers?

Her heart suddenly started racing.

It wasn't out of fear, but rather a kind of inexplicable fluttering in my heart.

That power... that power that can reverse the laws of physics...

"Land! Land now!" she shouted to the pilot.

The helicopter descended slowly.

On the ground, Shigeru Oshima got up and dusted himself off.

He looked down at Dalang sitting on the ground, then looked up at the tree branches overhead.

The tree branch was at least three stories high off the ground.

"Huh?" The old man scratched his head, looking bewildered. "Did I even receive all of these?"

He blinked and looked back at the distance behind him.

"It looked that different just now?"

He gestured, indicating a difference of about two or three meters.

Following a normal parabola trajectory, there was no way he could have caught his son.

"Looks like the power of great fatherly love has kicked in!" Shigeru Oshima suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted excitedly.

"How great is fatherly love! How great!"

He spread his arms and roared to the sky.

"This is the power of fatherly love!"

Yumi jumped out of the helicopter and ran over quickly.

She glanced at her husband, who was still acting erratically, and sighed.

Then her gaze fell on Jiang Chuan.

The young man was lowering his hand, and the blue light in his eyes had disappeared.

Yumi stared at his profile for several seconds.

"Honey." Yumi walked over and gently tugged at Oshima Shigeru's sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Oshima Shigeru was still agitated.

"Stop shouting." Yumi whispered, "It's good that Taro is alright."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shigeru Oshima crouched down and hugged Tatsuro tightly. "Son! Daddy has finally found you!"

Darlang was being held so tightly he could barely breathe and struggled a couple of times.

His eyes still held that wild wariness, but there was no aggression.

Perhaps it was because of blood ties, or perhaps the old man's embrace reminded him of something.

In short, he didn't push it away.