Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 38 Fear

A week later.

Kanto Hospital.

Natsukawa and Asami Hiroko bring gifts to the hospital to visit the injured Fujiwara Saiji and Murai Ryota.

"Don't worry, Master Kaminaga, we're all fine."

In the hospital ward, Fujiwara Saiji jumped out of bed in a carefree manner, but soon bent over, clutching his chest and abdomen.

"Don't push yourself. The doctor said it will take you at least a month to recover."

Xia Chuan put down the gift and turned his gaze to Murai Ryota, who was smiling in the next hospital bed.

In fact, Murai's injuries were far more serious than Fujiwara's, but because of the fusion with the spirit stone, Murai's physical recovery ability far exceeded that of humans, and he was basically recovered in just one week.

Judging from this, the two of them can be discharged from the hospital together tomorrow.

"No! I don't want to die!"

"Achi!"

Suddenly, a series of cries and screams came from the corridor outside, creating a chaotic scene.

"You won't die, Zhi!"

Xia Chuan slightly opened the ward door and saw a boy who looked like a high school student passing by with his whole family, accompanied by the serious-looking detective Kudo.

"It's already the third day."

Hiroko Asami sighed and walked to Natsukawa's side, as if she knew Natsukawa's doubts and took the initiative to explain.

"Starting the day before yesterday, second-year high school students at a high school in Mitaka City have been dying one after another. The first day, 24 died, the second day, 22 died, and today... The higher-ups suspect it's related to the Gurongi, so they sent me here to investigate."

"Is this one too?" Xia Chuan asked, watching the crying boy's retreating figure.

"It should be, but today I was transferred to Kanto Hospital for examination, and neither the X-ray nor the MRI showed any abnormalities, just like the previous victims."

Asami Hiroko sighed.

"Some Gurongi committed their crimes in such a secretive way that it is said that the murdered students all met a young man four days before, and then all of them died exactly four days later."

The manner of death was also very bizarre; it's said that a hook-shaped needle suddenly appeared in his brain, causing a brain hemorrhage that led to a cerebral embolism and death.

"Matter transformation?" Xia Chuan thought of a porcupine-shaped Gurongi.

That's how they killed people.

First, a difficult-to-detect substance is injected into the victim's brain. After four days of incubation, this substance transforms into hook-like needles that damage the host's brain tissue.

Enjoy the 4 days of terror and screams of your prey...

"By the way, about last time, the higher-ups said they really appreciated your suggestion."

Asami Hiroko followed Natsukawa out of the ward, talking as they walked.

"Are you interested in joining the support team? The commander highly values ​​your analytical skills and thinks you could come and serve as an analyst."

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you commanders. I really enjoy the job of a knight instructor, and those suggestions were made because I'm quite familiar with Ryota Murai."

Xia Chuan watched as the boy was taken back to his ward.

Unfortunately, he couldn't see anything unusual either.

There is no way to remove the special substance lurking in the boy's brain, nor can we prevent it from turning into hook-shaped needles.

The boy had already been sentenced to death the moment he encountered the porcupine Gurongi four days earlier.

"It's almost time!"

The boy clung tightly to his family's arms on the hospital bed, his whole body trembling as if he hadn't slept for days.

"Four days have passed, and I'll be like everyone else..."

"Don't be nervous, Zhi, it's all over now. Didn't the doctor check you out?"

"I'm next to die!"

"Calm down, we can't lose to that guy!"

Xia Chuan stopped in front of the ward, and soon saw a family member rush out frantically.

"Nurse! Quickly, get a doctor!"

"She's bleeding!"

"Achi!"

The boy's voice abruptly stopped in the ward, and he collapsed stiffly into his family's arms.

Hiroko Asami couldn't bear to turn her head away.

"I'm going to the dissection room first."

"Um."

Xia Chuan nodded slightly.

He didn't react much to the boy's death, but he wasn't completely calm either. He only turned and left after the boy's body was hastily taken away.

The invasion of the Knight World was largely man-made.

Although he hadn't found any information about the Knights Challenge yet, he had already sensed the presence of ambitious individuals within it.

The start of the Kamen Rider era was not entirely to deal with the aftermath of the monster incident.

This so-called "opportunity" may trigger a crisis even greater than the monster incident.

This is especially true for ordinary people.

"Snapped!"

A frivolous snap of fingers echoed through the hallway, clashing sharply with the mournful cries coming from the other side.

Xia Chuan followed the gaze to a young man with single eyelids and dark lips leaning against the corridor.

Dressed in a black hip-hop style outfit, with medium-length to tousled hair, she casually bites her thumbnail and snaps her fingers with a slight smile.

"Snapped!"

"It's best not to do this kind of thing in the hospital."

Xia Chuan frowned slightly.

Recently, there have been many imitators of the Gurongi. Although the young man in front of me has no tattoos, his features are similar to those of the Gurongi, and his every move is particularly disgusting and repulsive.

He is also included.

"Please be mindful; someone has died, so you can't gloat..."

"I'm just too happy. The more they suffer, the happier I am."

The young man grinned and turned to Xia Chuan, his gaze full of aggression.

"Humans, now is my time to enjoy myself. You'd better not get in my way, or I won't mind having another target."

"A real Gurongi?"

Xia Chuan narrowed his eyes and looked the young man over again.

He could see a lot in the young man's eyes.

Isn't it human?

No matter how much these guys study, it's hard for them to change their mindset; they severely lack humanity.

In particular, the Gurongi, who are not good at hiding and disguising themselves, are easy to distinguish.

But this guy is really arrogant; he actually followed us all the way to the hospital.

Faced with the young man's dangerous gaze, Xia Chuan's eyes also turned cold. Just as the young man was about to snap his fingers again, Xia Chuan swiftly grabbed the young man's wrist.

"Um?"

The young man's smile vanished, and his expression changed drastically the next moment.

"Who are you……"

"Bang!"

As if sensing something, Hiroko Asami turned to look at the corridor of the ward. She frowned in confusion when she couldn't find Natsukawa, and then fell into deep worry.

Kaminaga has always preferred to act alone when he was with the Furious team. His reclusive personality is also somewhat impulsive, and the calmer he appears, the more worrying he is.

"Could he be going to find the Grongi? I wonder if he's even gotten the Knight System yet..."

Ignoring the dissection room, Hiroko Asami hurriedly took out her phone to make a call.

"Don't do anything reckless, Kaminaga, you're not a combatant."

"Beep beep beep!"

Downstairs at the hospital, Xia Chuan glanced at the departing young man with dark lips and casually answered a phone call.

"Kaminaga, where are you?" Hiroko Asami asked, suppressing her unease.

"Downstairs at the hospital."

Xia Chuan's gaze locked onto the young man with dark lips.

"I'm about to go back for a bit, is there something you need?"

"Uh, no, it's just..." Hiroko Asami stammered, "Don't take what happened just now too seriously. With the Alliance here, we and Kuuga will definitely stop that Gurongi."

"I know, be careful."

Xia Chuan hung up the phone and headed straight in the direction the dark-lipped youth had fled.

Grongi of the Grongi class cannot be easily eliminated in the city, but this porcupine Grongi is not a particularly big problem. It can be dealt with using an Ascended Azure Dragon or an Ascended Titan. The explosive power should be far lower than the previous two Grongi.

(End of this chapter)