Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

The two arrived at a restaurant by the bay and randomly found a table to sit down.

"What would you like to drink? It's on me," Sanada Ryosuke asked Shen Yun.

"Cola, please. Iced." Shen Yun didn't stand on ceremony.

He doesn't like drinking alcohol because it numbs his nerves.

"Horii, what about you?" Sanada Ryosuke asked, looking at the panting Horii.

"Me too." Horii plopped down next to the table, wiped the sweat from his brow, and replied.

Ryosuke Sanada nodded, called over a waiter, and ordered three iced cola.

Then, the three of them stared at each other, neither of them saying a word, and an eerie silence fell over the table.

Soon, the restaurant waiter placed three glasses of iced cola on the table, breaking the eerie atmosphere.

"Please enjoy your meal, gentlemen."

"Thank you," Shen Yun said politely.

He looked at Sanada Ryosuke, his gaze complex, and asked:

"You've had a transplant."

Although it is a question, the sentence sounds like a statement of fact.

"Yes, I had the transplant." Ryosuke Sanada nodded, readily admitting it.

Shen Yun understands Ebloon cells better than he does, so there's no point in denying it in front of him.

When he saw Shen Yun, he knew that his secret had been exposed.

The Ebloon cells that had left him helpless were completely at Shen Yun's mercy, as if they had no secrets and could be easily manipulated by him.

The perfect improvement plan he craved was discarded and destroyed like trash in his hands.

He could even extend the principle of enhancing the human body through Ebron cells to develop gene-enhancing drugs, which would allow humans to evolve at the genetic level.

Such a gap is simply despair-inducing.

"Why?" Shen Yun asked, puzzled.

I'll tell you, but not now.

"..."

Horii glanced at Shen Yun, then at Sanada Ryosuke, scratching his head in frustration.

What kind of riddle are these two talking about?

Can you please stop being a riddle teller?

Riddler, get out of TPC!

After a brief exchange, the two fell silent again.

The three of them silently drank their iced cola through straws, and no one spoke.

The atmosphere became strange again.

Horii, somewhat uneasy, broke the awkward atmosphere by speaking up, asking dryly:

"Ryosuke, what are you doing here?"

"Something happened, so I came here to rest and recuperate." Sanada Ryosuke smiled and brushed the issue aside lightly.

He looked at Horii and asked with a smile, "Horii, I heard you're doing quite well with GUTS?"

"Not at all, it's just so-so," Horii said modestly.

After saying that, as if suddenly remembering something, she asked, "By the way, I heard you're the research director at the Space Development Center, right?"

"Actually, compared to doing research, I'd much rather join the Victory Team and be active on the front lines," Sanada Ryosuke said, looking at Horii with a complex expression.

Although he never revealed it, he knew it very well.

He was jealous of Hori, jealous that Hori was able to join the Victory Team.

"A lot of things depend on luck..." Horii comforted Sanada Ryosuke, even using himself as an example: "Someone as clumsy as me actually made it into the GUTS team, while you weren't accepted."

"You got in based on your abilities. You have the unique inspiration of an inventor, and you also have a cheerful personality that can improve the team atmosphere." Sanada Ryosuke smiled and listed Horii's strengths one by one.

It's clear that he knows Horii very well.

How can someone who doesn't understand their friend possibly list all of their friend's good qualities?

People who can be friends with Horii are generally not bad people.

Before Sanada Ryosuke could finish speaking, he suddenly clutched his chest and let out a painful groan.

Upon seeing this, Horii's expression changed drastically. He quickly helped Sanada Ryosuke up and asked, "What happened to you?!"

"I'm fine, it's just an old ailment, I'll be fine after a rest. Could you please take me back to the hotel?" Sanada Ryosuke said, clutching his chest and forcing a smile as he looked at Horii.

"I understand." Horii didn't think much of it and quickly helped Sanada Ryosuke walk towards the hotel.

Shen Yun didn't follow. He knew that Horii would definitely come back to find him in order to find out the truth.

"Competitive spirit..." Shen Yun held his cup, gazing at the rolling waves in the distance, feeling a little uneasy.

He believed that destroying the Ebron cells would bring in a harmless gene-enhancing drug and prevent the tragedy from happening.

But he underestimated the obsession in the human heart.

In the end, Ryosuke Sanada still chose this path.

Being overly competitive is not a good thing; it often leads people astray.

After paying for the drinks, Shen Yun got up and left the seaside hotel, driving back to the base.

Back at the base, Shen Yun retrieved a document from his research institute.

"I never thought this Abolone cell inhibitor would come in handy."

Inhibitors are not the antidote for Ebloon cells.

It can only suppress the activity of Abolon cells, allowing the host of Abolon cells to temporarily return to normal and delaying side effects.

The duration of inhibition of this inhibitor depends on the host cell condition of the abolone cell.

He didn't have much time and had to prepare it as soon as possible.

……

Horii, supporting Sanada Ryosuke, walked down the seventh-floor corridor. Seeing Sanada Ryosuke's pained expression, he couldn't help but say:

I think you should go see a doctor.

Ryosuke Sanada clutched his chest, his expression pained, as if he were in too much pain to speak.

Seeing his friend's pained expression, Horii didn't press the matter further.

Instead, he was determined to ask Shen Yun later what exactly had happened to Ryosuke.

Through their conversation, Horii felt that Shen Yun must know something.

As Horii was pondering, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared in his line of sight.

Horii froze the moment he saw the other person.

"You are... Sayaka?"

"Ryosuke!" Sayaka, seeing Ryosuke's pained expression, ignored Horii and went straight to him, saying with concern, "Your attack has started again! You should go to the hospital for a checkup!"

"My affairs are none of your business!" Sanada Ryosuke refused their kindness, forced himself to stand up, staggered to the door, took out his key, opened the door, and barged in.

Horii and Sayaka exchanged a glance, both feeling helpless, and could only leave together.

"Running into Ryosuke was unexpected enough, but to run into Sayaka as well is such a coincidence," Horii said, starting a conversation.

"This is no coincidence. Actually, I came here with Ryosuke," Sayaka said.

"What happened?" Horii asked.

"That was three months ago. One day, Ryosuke suddenly came to see me. At first, he was perfectly healthy, but then he gradually started acting very strangely," Sayaka said briefly.

"Like just now?"

"Yes." Sayaka nodded and continued, "He said he wanted to come here to recuperate, but I was worried, so I came to check on him."

"I see." Horii said thoughtfully.

Could it be that Dr. Shen also came for this matter?

Perhaps Dr. Shen knows something.

After saying goodbye to Sayaka, Horii returned to the restaurant where they had been staying without stopping.

Horii looked around and found that Shen Yun was missing, so he quickly called over a waiter to inquire.

"That customer paid and left," the waiter replied.

"Gone? I understand." Horii nodded and left the restaurant, then took out his PDI and contacted Shen Yun.

"Dr. Shen, did you know what happened to Ryosuke from the very beginning?"