Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

"Mayumi, do you know when this urban legend about the crow people started circulating?" Shen Yun put down his chopsticks, looked at Mayumi, and asked.

"It's been recently. I heard that some people have seen crow-men wandering the streets at night, and with people mysteriously disappearing lately, this urban legend has suddenly started circulating," Mayumi said after thinking for a moment.

"Mysterious disappearance?"

"Yes, I heard they all disappeared suddenly on their way home at night. Even the police couldn't find any clues," Mayumi said enthusiastically.

"Shouldn't the police report this to TPC and let Victory Team handle it?"

"Huh? But missing persons cases aren't the responsibility of TPC," Mayumi said in surprise.

"..."

"Oh, I see..." Shen Yun rubbed his temples helplessly. It was his fault.

He shouldn't have brought the common sense from the Mebius world into the Ultraman Tiga world.

The world of Mebius is different from the peaceful world of Ultraman Tiga; Mebius inherits the worldview of Showa Ultraman.

In other words, humanity in the world of Mebius suffered from alien invasion for at least 40 years.

Humans in that world are taught how to handle unusual events starting from elementary school.

Every child should memorize the Earth Defense Force's phone number.

If you encounter any unusual events, call the Earth Defense Force immediately and then leave the scene immediately.

If you are trapped, try to stay where you are and wait for the defense team to rescue you.

Or find a safe place to hide, etc. These are self-rescue measures when encountering danger.

At the same time, there are some things that the police cannot handle.

For example, cases of mysterious human disappearances or strange noises are handed over to the defense force for investigation and handling.

As for why these people know so much?

This can only be described as a bloody lesson learned from our predecessors.

The people of the Ultraman Tiga world clearly had never experienced the agonizing ordeal of being continuously invaded by aliens for many years.

Furthermore, the existence of aliens has been kept secret by the human leadership, unlike in the world of Ultraman Mebius where it is widely known.

Therefore, the people in the world of Ultraman Tiga do not have a high level of awareness of the dangers of aliens and unusual phenomena.

However, on the other hand, the aliens in the Ultraman Tiga world are actually quite weak.

At least for the aliens in the Mebius world, the aliens in the Tiga world were far too weak.

For example, the only thing that is truly remarkable about the Lebik aliens is their shrinking ray guns.

Shen Yun was quite interested in the shrinking ray gun of the Lebik aliens.

He was very curious about how the shrinking ray gun worked—how exactly did it shrink humans?

Moreover, he remembered that the Lebik aliens had a spaceship in an abandoned factory.

There should be some records in there.

However, the most important thing now is to subtly inform the Victory Team about the Lebik aliens.

After finishing his late-night snack and putting the plate back, Shen Yun immediately contacted Jujian Hui.

After the call connected, Shen Yun went straight to the point and asked, "Captain Kijima, are you aware of the recent cases of missing citizens?"

"A missing person case? Dr. Shen, such matters are not within the jurisdiction of our GUTS team," Megumi asked doubtfully.

"I know, but in the recent cases of missing citizens, they all mysteriously disappeared at night without any clues. I feel that this is somewhat unusual and needs to be investigated carefully," Shen Yun said.

"Does Dr. Shen mean it could be a monster?" Megumi's expression turned serious.

"I can't be sure. 'Tokusatsu: Starting with Ultraman Tiga' has received rave reviews and overwhelmingly positive feedback! But I hope you can investigate it."

"I understand." Megumi nodded, hung up the call, then turned to look at Nozomi and said:

"Yorui, investigate the recent disappearances."

"Understood!" Ye Rui nodded and immediately began investigating the recent missing persons cases.

Not long after, the phone in the command room suddenly rang.

"Hello, this is the command center." Lina answered the phone that had called into the command center.

"Okay, I understand." Lina looked at Shinjo, who was watching Noriyuki investigate the unusual disappearance case, and called out:

"New City team member, there's a kid named Shinichi looking for you."

"Huh? Shinichi." Upon hearing this, Shinjo's face immediately showed a helpless expression.

"Oh dear! Honestly, they actually called headquarters looking for me!"

"Do you know him?" Megumi asked with a smile.

"Yeah, he's my little cousin. He says he wants to be a member of the GUTS team when he grows up. But he's only in third grade now," Shinjo laughed.

The intermediary smiled gently.

"New City Team Member!"

"Ah, I'm sorry." Shinjo apologized, took the phone, and asked irritably, "Shinichi, what's wrong with you? How could you call headquarters?"

"uncle!"

Hearing Shinichi's address, Shinjo said rather helplessly, "Please don't call me uncle! Even though there's a big age difference, I'm still your cousin!"

Shinjo's words immediately made everyone on the Victory Team laugh.

"What, crow people?" Shinjo exclaimed in surprise.

Xincheng's words immediately attracted the attention of others, who turned their gazes to him.

Shinichi continued, "I saw it with my own eyes! I saw a man with a crow's head suck someone away!"

"They sucked people away?" Upon hearing this, Shinjo immediately recalled the unusual missing citizen cases Shen Yun had mentioned earlier, and said seriously, "Shinichi, explain yourself clearly!"

"Take a look at the main screen," Ye Rui suddenly said.

Everyone turned their attention to the main screen in the command room. Ye Rui immediately projected the missing persons cases he had investigated onto the screen and said:

"Several citizens have gone missing in the past week. Six cases in total from the East District, Central South District, and Central District!"

Upon seeing this, Shinjo quickly asked, "Shinichi, where are you?"

"Uncle, that crow-man has appeared again! I'm going to follow him!"

"Hey! Shinichi!" Shinjo's expression changed. He was about to speak to dissuade him, but the busy tone in his ear indicated that the other party had already hung up the phone.

"What's wrong?" asked Megumi Kijima.

"That brat, he wants to follow the Crow People like the GUTS members!" Shinjo was furious.

These kids these days are really bold. Not only did they hang up on him, but they also didn't tell him the location of the Crow People.

What should I do if I encounter danger?

He turned to look at Ye Rui and asked, "Ye Rui, where did the call come from?"

Ye Rui traced the phone signal and found the source of the call.

He looked up at the new town and replied, "B2 area, inside East Park."

"Okay." Shinjo nodded and turned to take action.

"Wait a minute!" Megumi called out to Shinjo, then turned to Daigo and said:

"Daigo, you go with Shinjo. Also, bring the Spark Lens."

"I understand!" Daigo nodded, immediately got up, and left the command room with Shinjo. Then they drove the Sherlock car towards the B2 area.