Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 296 Dungeon Knight

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Tokyo.

The RX team was temporarily placed in a hotel near the Metropolitan Police Department. Under the cover of night, the city streets, where lights and darkness intertwined, created an eerie feeling of being spied on amidst the passing traffic.

"Is this the dungeon world?"

Sakurai Keikazu, who was entering the dungeon for the first time, swallowed hard by the floor-to-ceiling window. The cold wind blowing in from the small window next to him made him feel a little uneasy.

The air in this world seems to be filled with a strange atmosphere.

The occasional echoes of sirens on the ground did not create a sense of security, but rather added to the feeling of terror.

"Completely different from monster dungeons, it's practically a real world."

"This is the real world."

Kondo Isami snorted and pushed up his glasses.

Entering this instance was indeed not very comfortable.

It's just a Grongi, it shouldn't be considered dangerous. He's a level 5 knight with a lance, and the undead creatures of his kind are much stronger than Grongis.

Neither Michiko Gasai nor Goto spoke afterward; they simply learned about the dungeon's situation online.

On the surface, it looks much the same as Tokyo more than 20 years ago, except for some place names and personal names.

"It seems the Grongi's game has progressed to the Ge Group," Kondo Isami said, glancing at the news and secretly letting out a sigh of relief. "Just a Level 4 monster, thank goodness."

"What's so great about it?" Master Wakana raised an eyebrow in displeasure. "Judging by past experience is too one-sided. Besides, it was almost all of them, Kuuga, who wiped out the Gurongi of the Ge Group. Underestimating the enemy so rashly, how have you survived until now?"

"I……"

"Alright, everyone, let's get moving. We just received news from the Metropolitan Police Department that a new group of Grongi has begun operations."

Kotaro Minami remained remarkably calm, neither letting his guard down nor becoming overly tense.

Since it's a dungeon that's already been cleared, the second run is just much more troublesome.

His trip to the dungeon was basically just him acting as a bodyguard.

The main focus afterward will be on finding new time-space instances.

After Kondo Isami and the others left the hotel, Minami Kotaro turned his gaze to the window and couldn't help but think of the first clear of the dungeon.

The player who cleared the Time-Space Dungeon for the first time should be able to choose to continue playing the dungeon, a fact he, as someone who cleared the Black Dungeon, was well aware of.

If the associated dungeon RX hadn't been so dangerous, he originally planned to open it directly.

There are currently three known players who have cleared the game: besides Natsukawa, there are only him and Shinji Kaminaga.

Unfortunately, Kaminari used a trick to clear the game, and it's said that he could only transform into half of W, without gaining access to the dungeon, which caused the dungeon entrance to close automatically after he cleared the game.

Furthermore, due to the issue of dopants in this world, the Alliance doesn't seem to have considered opening the W instance.

The current Kuuga instance is different. Apart from the final Daguba and the trio whose strength surpasses that of the Grongi, the other Grongi are not particularly dangerous.

Most importantly, these guys strictly follow the rituals. The stronger they are, the more they adhere to the rules, and those who break the rules will be dealt with internally.

It's practically the perfect newbie dungeon for knights to grow.

"Why not choose to open it up?" Minami Kotaro asked, looking puzzled.

To date, Xia Chuan has closed the passage after each dungeon is cleared.

It feels like we're fighting against an alliance.

……

Metropolitan Police Department.

Upon returning to Tokyo, Kaoru Ichijo immediately reported to his superiors, but they seemed unwilling to handle the matter, simply dumping the investigation on him and leaving him to deal with it himself.

"Officer Ichijo!" A young officer followed him into the underground parking lot. "Are you going to see those Kamen Riders? Can I come along?"

"No, I have other things to do..."

Suppressing her distress, she opened the car door and suddenly discovered that an empty belt had appeared on the seat.

Wasn't this thing integrated into the fifth generation's body?

wrong……

With his back to the young police officer who kept asking questions, Kaoru Ichijo's expression suddenly changed.

It was something from the stone coffin... that followed him to Tokyo!

When?

As her expression changed, Kaoru instinctively reached for her belt to meet the higher-ups, but quickly froze.

If the belt had its own consciousness, or was even a living thing, moving around freely would be too dangerous.

It's best to investigate first.

"What's wrong, Officer?" the young officer asked, puzzled. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh," Kaoru Ichijo said, snapping out of her daze and covering her belt as she addressed the young officer, "Could you get me a briefcase?"

"Oh? Okay, okay."

"Thank you for your help."

After the young officer left, Ichijo Kaoru's expression turned serious again, and he looked at the belt in the car, feeling quite troubled.

There's actually a second belt.

So it seems that what he saw at Shinano University was not an illusion.

After thinking for a moment, Kaoru picked up the car's walkie-talkie and made a call.

"Godai, I am Ichijo. Let's find a place to meet. I need to talk to you."

"Beep! Patrol officers in Suginami Ward, please be aware of unidentified life activity..."

"A police officer!"

The young policeman returned with a briefcase and anxiously called out over the loudspeaker.

"Something's happened in Suginami Ward! Lots of people have been suddenly shredded to pieces! We..."

"Thanks! I'll be right there!"

Ignoring the young policeman, Kaoru took the suitcase, got into the car, and drove backwards toward the exit.

Yusuke Godai's motorcycle signal is in Suginami Ward, which is conveniently on his way.

"Huh?" The young policeman stood there, stunned. "What do I do now?"

"Go find Officer Sugita."

With a troubled expression, Ichijo kept glancing at the passenger seat belt on the way to Suginami Ward.

He wouldn't act rashly before meeting the Five Dynasties, but there were some things he couldn't understand.

Why did the belt come to Tokyo with him?

Do they really possess life?

It seems to be different from the belt I initially chose for the fifth generation.

Even if it possesses some kind of will, it is still too incredible to be able to act autonomously.

"Is it for those unidentified life forms?" Kaoru thought of the cursed blood-red words on the surface of the sarcophagus.

"Ugh—!"

A park in Suginami Ward.

The flashing sirens illuminated the scene, and the crowd blocked outside the cordon could vaguely see the cruel and bloody body parts, amidst a commotion.

When Kaoru Ichijo arrived by car, she did not find Yusuke Godai, but instead saw the police officers talking to Keikazu Sakurai.

"Kamen Rider?"

After glancing at Sakurai Keikazu, who looked exactly like the one in the notification photo, Ichijo Kaoru turned his gaze to the body covered with a white sheet by the forensic personnel.

Even after witnessing countless scenes of Gurongi killing, he still couldn't help but frown.

"The body was cut into pieces in a very short time," an officer at the scene explained to Kaoru Ichijo. "After piecing it together, we found that the wrist was missing, just like the previous cases. This guy seems to be a hunter who likes to take souvenirs after killing people."

Kaoru Ichijo didn't say anything, but Sakurai Keikazu, who was standing next to him, turned pale and suddenly ran to the edge of the bushes and vomited violently.

For a moment, it felt as if countless mouths were speaking in Sakurai Keikaku's ears, some crying and some laughing.

"vomit!"

Sakurai Keikazu felt dizzy, his eyes filled with fear, as if the horrific scenes of the past were resurfacing, and he witnessed his comrades being turned into bloody pieces in front of him.

Too much comfort made him forget his past nightmares, but those things never really disappeared.

Are you alright?

Kaoru handed over a bottle of mineral water, expressing her understanding of Sakurai Kagekazu's reaction.

Before becoming Kuuga, Godai Yusuke was just an ordinary person.

Kamen Riders are human too; they're not that mysterious.

Take your time, you'll get used to it.

"Thank you."

Sakurai Keikazu's expression improved slightly, and he smiled wryly as he looked at Ichijo Kaoru, who was leaving with a suitcase.

I was actually comforted by the police in the dungeon.

However, calling it a copy is a bit too realistic, isn't it?

I even felt a sense of familiarity about this policeman.

(End of this chapter)