Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 262 Glacier Memory

"call--!"

A strange thing happened in Tokyo: overnight, the entire building in the shopping district was frozen, and early in the morning, a large number of office workers gathered downstairs.

"What happened?"

"Of all the times, we're going to be late!"

"Who cares about being late at a time like this? Nobody can get in anyway."

"Yes, yes, thankfully no one was hurt, thank God."

"Make way!"

Hiroko Asami arrived at the scene still in her professional attire. After leading her team to seal off a frozen building, she turned her gaze to the other side, where a smart-looking short-haired policewoman stood.

"Hiraki-senpai, is he a hybrid of the Inui type?"

"It's probably true, but the destructive power is far too great. Is it the Glacier Memory?"

The short-haired policewoman looked up thoughtfully at the towering building that resembled a giant icicle, then suddenly let out a soft exclamation and looked towards the rooftop of a nearby high-rise building, where she could see Xia Chuan standing on the edge of the rooftop in the distance.

"call!"

The frozen building under the sunlight continuously emitted cold air, and Xia Chuan's breath instantly turned into ice crystals in the air.

It's an amazing freezing power; ordinary memory shouldn't be able to achieve this level.

No matter how much power the Earth is used, the user is still just an ordinary person, and the Gaia Memory stores very little data.

It's impossible for something named "Glacier" to actually have the effect of a glacier.

The previous lava dopant also seemed to have undergone some kind of modification.

Only aliens would have that kind of ability, right?

Xia Chuan glanced down at Asami Hiroko on the ground and also noticed the short-haired policewoman looking in their direction.

"Is this the senior that Hiroko was talking about?"

Special Crime Response Team.

It's one thing for Hiroko Asami to be of a lower level than a knight, but this short-haired policewoman doesn't seem to have a knight system.

At least there was absolutely no information in Skynet.

It seems that even after joining the new team, Hiroko is still in charge of intelligence work.

"Beep beep beep!"

Xia Chuan's phone suddenly rang, and as soon as he answered, he heard Asami Hiroko's surprised shout.

"It really is you, Kaminari! What are you doing in a place like that?"

"Oh? He's Shinji Kaminaga?"

The short-haired policewoman squinted as she observed.

"Even the once-heroic Ultraman has fallen. This world is truly heartless."

"Hiraki-senpai is overthinking it," Hiroko Asami explained. "Kaminaga is already a Kamen Rider..."

"That's ironic, isn't it? Everyone has forgotten about Ultraman."

The short-haired policewoman murmured something, then quickly smiled again and took the phone from Hiroko Asami's hand.

"Kaminaga, right? Don't worry, Hiroko is safe. I won't let her take any risks."

"What are you saying, senior?"

Asami Hiroko's mouth went dry, and she glared as she tried to snatch her phone back, when suddenly the crowd around her erupted in a commotion.

"Be careful!"

The short-haired policewoman cried out in alarm and pulled Hiroko Asami away.

As the ice under the direct sunlight began to melt, the body of a middle-aged man with a large belly, which had seemed to be hanging on the roof, suddenly fell vertically. The frozen body crashed into the ground and shattered into countless ice shards.

"Bang--!"

The loud noise startled everyone, but fortunately, it was discovered in time and no one was injured.

Hiroko Asami was still in a daze, and after catching her breath several times, she stared intently at the spot where the ice corpse had fallen.

It was only a few steps away from where she had just been standing.

If the short-haired policewoman hadn't pulled her back, the consequences would have been unimaginable; at the very least, she would have been seriously injured.

"Hiraki-senpai..."

"Something's happened." The short-haired policewoman looked around at the crowd with a serious expression.

Whether or not someone died is a different matter.

Moreover, there is a high possibility that the situation could escalate.

"What happened? Didn't they say there were no casualties?" Hiroko Asami managed to find a driver's license among the rubble to prove her identity.

"It's the company president!"

A reporter in the crowd suddenly stepped back in terror, staring at the driver's license photo with bloodshot eyes. He recognized the victim first, and his fearful posture caused the surrounding office workers to move away.

"That warning was right, Ishibori is really back! I'm next!"

"Calm down!"

The short-haired policewoman pressed down on the reporter's shoulder.

"Explain yourself clearly, what exactly did you mean by what you were just muttering?"

"Someone's trying to kill me!" The reporter, seemingly provoked by something, cried out as if clinging to the short-haired policewoman and her group as her last hope, "It really has nothing to do with me! It was all the boss's doing!"

"Don't worry," Hiroko Asami assured, "Hiraki-senpai is an expert in special crimes, he won't let anything happen to you. Tell me what happened first."

"Actually, it's nothing serious. I was just joking."

The reporter suddenly stiffened and took a step back. He glanced at Natsukawa, who was heading towards the scene, chuckled a few times, and disappeared into the crowd without looking back. He didn't even give Hiroko Asami time to react before he vanished.

"What on earth is this guy doing?"

Hiroko Asami bit her lower lip in annoyance.

"Don't you trust us? You were terrified just a moment ago."

"Leave him alone for now, just let the support team keep an eye on him."

The short-haired policewoman seemed to have her attention completely focused on Xia Chuan, and took the initiative to shake hands with him.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Shiori Hiraki. Like Hiroko, I've joined the Special Crime Response Team."

"Is this group just you two?" Xia Chuan asked curiously.

"Of course not," the short-haired policewoman laughed. "A world like this naturally needs riders as the main force. I heard that Kamen Rider W was originally planned, but it seems there was a problem, and there's still no news."

"W is unlikely to appear anytime soon."

Xia Chuan stared at the short-haired policewoman for a moment, then raised his hand and took out the Gale Memory.

"Call me if you need anything; I guess I'm practically a W now."

"That would be perfect," the short-haired policewoman smiled. "Mr. Kaminaga is already a Level 5 Knight, so he might be even more suitable than W."

Xia Chuan walked past the short-haired policewoman to examine the scattered ice crystal debris on the ground.

He truly died without a complete corpse.

The clandestine spread of the Gaia Memory is definitely related to the Alliance's conglomerate, X.

Such things are unlikely to stop before the copy is connected.

However, for humanity, the Gaia Memory is not a beacon of hope.

Gaining superhuman strength is merely a facade; behind it lies a path to despair.

Calling it a demonic memory wouldn't be a problem.

Because very few people can ignore the side effects of memory erosion.

……

"Whoosh!"

Underground passage.

The reporter, panting heavily, fled while leaning against the wall, glancing back frequently as if some terrifying being was chasing him.

"It's that guy! I saw Ishibori die with my own eyes; there's no way he could come back to life. That guy was just using Ishibori's name!"

"call!"

The surrounding temperature dropped imperceptibly, and the reporter, who was about to walk out of the passage, froze again, trembling as he looked at the icy monster blocking the exit.

guessed wrong?

"you……"

"Something's wrong, Hiroko-senpai!" Kazumi Takahashi rushed back to the scene of the building and found Hiroko Asami, who was evacuating the crowd. "That person was also attacked by the dopant!"

"What?"

The short-haired policewoman happened to be walking out of the building when she heard this and frowned, asking a question.

"Weren't you keeping an eye on things?"

"We were watching," Kazumi Takahashi sobbed weakly. "We rushed to the tunnel, but by the time we found him, it was too late. The reporter was frozen solid; the slightest touch and he crumbled to pieces..."

"It seems he wasn't lying," the short-haired policewoman pondered. "They were indeed being targeted by the hybrids. Let's check their identities first; it could be a revenge killing."

"Where's the dopant? Haven't we found any trace of it?" Natsukawa interjected. "They moved so quickly; they should be at the scene of the incident by now."

"That's the strangest thing. The dopant doesn't seem to be there, even though our people have been monitoring it the whole time."

Kazumi Takahashi said with distress.

"Everyone has an alibi."

She actually fell asleep...

(End of this chapter)