Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 213 Self-Defense Forces

A hospital in the capital.

Two patients were wheeled into the same operating room. The operating lights were turned on, and Kino Kaoru, fully dressed, moved her fingers around the medical staff, preparing to perform the operation, when two surgeons suddenly burst in.

"Wait a minute, Dr. Kino! You're not planning to operate on two patients at the same time, are you?"

"Is there a problem?"

Kaoru Kino paused slightly and turned around.

Several years ago, he lost his right hand in a mountain accident while climbing with his younger brother. After being rescued, he had to have his brother's frozen hand transplanted into him.

Although the connection was eventually successful, the medical association ruled that he could not continue surgery because of this incident and revoked his medical license.

He could only rely on his genius medical skills to work as an underground doctor, accepting commissions from various hospitals to perform some very difficult surgeries.

This time, he had been commissioned by two hospitals at the same time, and in order to save time, he scheduled the surgeries together.

"It's impossible to perform surgeries of this difficulty simultaneously," the hospital's doctor said solemnly. "If that's the case, our surgeries will be canceled..."

"Are you going to abandon the patient?"

Kaoru Kino raised her scalpel hands and looked back at the two patients on the operating table.

"As you probably know, I'm the only one who can save them now."

"But...at least let us participate in assisting with the surgery..."

"You'll only be a burden, get out!"

Ignoring the two doctors, Kaoru Kino lightly gripped her right hand fingers and picked up the scalpel, her thoughts lingering on her younger brother.

The surgery went very smoothly, and even with two surgeries performed simultaneously, there were no mistakes.

The genius doctor's top-notch surgery amazed everyone, and the two doctors even subconsciously held their breath.

However, just as they were about to finish, the sound of footsteps outside suddenly broke the harmony.

Mizuki Shiro led his team in and stormed in, violently opening the operating room door despite attempts to stop them.

"Come with us, Mr. Kino!"

"etc!"

Kaoru Kino's fingers moved steadily; she only frowned slightly before continuing the surgery.

"Let me finish first."

……

Self-Defense Forces base.

The crew of Tianliang were terrified as they were escorted by soldiers, especially after entering the underground research base, where their fear could no longer be suppressed.

"Hey, what are you doing? What right do you have to arrest us!"

"Calm down."

Kaoru Kino, still in his surgical gown, looked around at the cold-faced, armed soldiers in a deep voice, finally fixing his gaze on the female officer, Shiro Mizuki, and Ryuji Shiki who was accompanying him.

The specifics are still unknown, but it's definitely not a good thing.

It turns out that it wasn't just the Metropolitan Police Department that had been pursuing them; the Self-Defense Forces were also behind them.

He just couldn't understand what these people were trying to do.

"Ugh—!"

A low growl and scream suddenly came from deep within the research institute, and everyone's expression changed again.

It seems that someone is suffering horrific torment.

"What happened?"

"I want to go home! Let me go back..."

The boy cried out and rushed out from the crowd, but before he could run a few steps, he was shot in the head from behind.

"Bang!"

The gunshot startled everyone, who stared blankly as the boy fell to the ground, his blood pooling out. Even Shiro Mizuki's expression darkened.

Si Long Er looked at the female officer beside him in shock who had suddenly fired her gun: "What are you doing? Why did you kill him?!"

"We don't need this kind of guy," the female officer chuckled, lowering her gun. "Even if he successfully awakens at this level, it'll just be a waste of time. Drag him out."

"yes!"

Two soldiers shouldered their rifles and disposed of the body. The rest of the crew of the Dawn Ship lowered their heads, no longer daring to utter a sound, and silently followed the escorting soldiers deeper into the enemy territory.

"Do you even understand what you're doing?" Si Long Er remained at the scene, his face grim. "This boy..."

"What's so surprising?" The female officer looked at her with disdain. "Didn't you kill someone yourself? You don't need to play the good guy here, you murderer, Section Chief Silong?"

"I……"

"Don't worry, G3-X is completely outdated compared to G4. We'll take care of Shinji Kaminaga for you."

Ignoring the silent Si Long Er, the female officer smiled, turned around, and walked straight to the monitoring room, looking with satisfaction at the several superpowered individuals who were under control in the underground space.

"The experiment went smoothly. Inject reagent number 3."

"What are you going to do with that group of people?"

"Of course, we should awaken them first, then select superhumans suitable to synchronize with G4. Just imagine, what if G4 could predict enemy attacks?"

The female officer's gaze was fervent.

"Not just precognition, G4 will combine all his superpowers to become even more powerful! He'll become a god-like being!"

"god?"

Shiro Mizuki looked slightly dazed, while the long-haired young man behind the scenes smiled and curled the corners of his mouth.

Humans are just humans.

Too naive; they know nothing about the power of the gods.

The slightest temptation is enough to completely sway one's self-control.

"However, let's continue our research, and then I will become the ruler of this world."

The long-haired boy focused his mind and raised his arm forward. At the same time, dark power marks appeared on the back of Mizushiro's hand. All the passengers of the Dawn Ship in the research institute fainted and entered an awakening state ahead of schedule.

Even the superpowered individuals who were undergoing the experiment began to show abnormalities, with the red lights on their special wristbands flashing incessantly.

"What's going on?" the female officer exclaimed, snapping back to reality.

"The reaction value is increasing; it's starting to awaken!"

"Get it under control immediately!"

……

Outside the Self-Defense Forces base.

Xia Chuan turned off his constantly ringing cell phone, looked through the grass and trees towards the patrolling soldiers coming and going at the base entrance, and suddenly a commotion arose when a transport truck was being inspected.

A group of figures swiftly knocked out the patrolling soldiers and infiltrated the area.

It was Kondo Isami and Minami Kotaro's group.

Xia Chuan gazed toward the military base where the alarm was sounding.

They've finally started taking action.

He was worried that if this dragged on any longer, he would be forced to leave the instance.

"Whoosh!"

As the Kuuga belt coalesced and the air distorted, the Omnipotent Red Phantom gradually overlapped with Natsukawa's figure, instantly completing the transformation.

At the same time, a similar sense of oppression as before, downstairs at the detective agency, suddenly struck.

The image of the long-haired boy flashed through Xia Chuan's mind.

He has grown quite a bit taller and is almost an adult now; he also seems to be much stronger.

He didn't know how powerful the Black God was, but this guy certainly put a lot of pressure on him.

A sense of deadly threat that I haven't felt in a long time.

"Buzz—!"

"There are a lot of rats today."

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling windows of a high-rise building, a long-haired boy looked down at the ground with his hands behind his back. The next moment, he vanished in a flash, teleporting away.

"Whoosh!"

"Still can't get in touch."

At the Metropolitan Police Department, Sumiko Ozawa puts down her phone, puzzled.

"Why is Kaminaga suddenly acting all mysterious? Hikawa, what do you think? Hikawa?"

"what?"

Bingchuan Cheng suddenly realized what was happening.

"I think Mr. Kaminaga is right. This murder is very likely a copycat crime..."

"What are you talking about? I didn't ask you about a murder case. Anyone with a brain knows it was murder."

Sumiko Ozawa shook her head helplessly and was about to return to the research lab when her cell phone suddenly rang.

"This is Ozawa from the G3 department..."

"It's me, Officer Ozawa," the female officer chuckled. "I'm Risa Fukada. May I meet you? We Self-Defense Forces have some good news for you... Oh, and by the way, you'd better bring the G3 system with you."

(End of this chapter)