Ultraman grunts? Call me Space Policeman outside!

He truly couldn't fathom how Hayata Susumu had raised Shinjiro, who completely lacked the sunshine and confidence a seventeen-year-old should have.

"Just accept it when I tell you to."

"Their idol doesn't need these two tickets."

"If you accept someone's kindness, then reciprocate their kindness. It's that simple. Just go to the scene and cheer them on."

"I see you really like this idol, don't you?" Natsuki tried to straighten out Shinjiro's stubbornness.

Upon hearing this, Shinjiro immediately lost face.

"I...I like what..." Shinjiro's face became awkward again.

Although Rena is very beautiful, as for what she likes... they've only just officially met, he's just...

“Oh right, this isn’t called liking someone. In human terms, it’s called lust at first sight.” Xia Shu ruthlessly exposed his little scheme.

"I...no, how...?"

"Lust at first sight... how could that be? Uh... anyway, I don't think that word should be used to describe it." For some reason, when facing Mr. Natsuki, Shinjiro always felt that he couldn't hide anything from him.

A seventeen-year-old boy's mind is limited to that little bit of stuff.

However... when the other person risked their life to cheer him on, he truly felt a warmth in his heart.

"There's nothing shameful about it. Whatever you really think, just accept your own heart."

“Learning to be a frank person will make things much easier,” Xia Shu said with a smile, patting him on the back.

"There's more."

"One of the cases that Morohoshi and I are investigating is related to her."

Shinjiro was somewhat surprised to hear that the case was related to Rena Sayama.

How could an idol possibly get involved in a case related to aliens?

"In that series of murders, all the victims had one thing in common."

"They all posted defamatory comments about Rena Sayama on forums related to her. What's that word again... yeah, haters."

Natsuki watched as the car carrying Rena Sayama drove away, and then stood at the entrance of the Museum of Light and said something.

"Were all those killed haters?"

Shinjiro followed Natsuki's gaze and wondered if Rena-san was the murderer!

This is outrageous.

"What are you thinking?"

"In a sense, she is also one of the victims."

"Although we haven't identified the specific culprit yet, the other party is most likely an extreme die-hard fan of Reina Sayama." Looking at Shinjiro's shocked expression, Natsuki could easily guess what the kid was thinking.

"Then...the concert in a few days..." Shinjiro looked down at the ticket in his hand and suddenly realized something.

"At this critical juncture, there is a high probability that something unexpected will happen to the concert."

"If the situation is serious, it may... ruin her idol career."

Hearing Natsuki say that...

Shinjiro looked at the ticket in his hand with mixed feelings. Then he tightened his grip, causing the ticket to wrinkle slightly, and said with a firm gaze.

"I will absolutely not let that happen!"

Chapter 393 Bait

The next day, at night.

"Endo-senpai, do we... really have to do this?"

"What are you afraid of? We're police officers."

"After you've set up the bait, I'll stay here myself. You need to leave quickly."

In a neighborhood with unfinished buildings, in an abandoned apartment building slated for demolition, Detective Endo and Detective Kurata sat in a simple room, talking to each other on a laptop.

They are now certain that the real culprit behind the serial murders specifically targeted Rena Sayama's haters.

This is a true case of hitting someone across the internet.

In that case, to lure out their target, they need to disguise themselves and post comments attacking Reina Sayama on the forum.

They are white pieces, but they disguise themselves as black pieces. Now they are actually mixed pieces.

"But I really feel a bit resistant to maliciously insulting a teenage girl in the prime of her life." Kurata sat in front of his laptop, looking at the open input box, feeling somewhat hesitant.

He's a policeman, and if he could, he really wouldn't want to be a scoundrel.

"If I could do it myself, would I need to call you over?" Endo Yosuke said, arms crossed, as he supervised the battle.

For someone who dotes on his daughter so much to send her abusive messages must be something he can't get over.

Ultimately, this is an incident related to aliens, and he had also incorporated too much of his personal feelings into the case. If he hadn't been unable to bring himself to do it, he wouldn't have called Kurata over, as this matter carried considerable risk.

"All right..."

"But since I'm already here, I'll stay with Endo-senpai until the very end."

"Recently... there's been a lot of buzz about aliens." Kurata scratched his head, and finally typed out words that wouldn't pass censorship.

These past two days, whenever I open any social media app, the top trending topics are all about Ultraman or aliens, with some people even claiming they've seen aliens before.

A large number of streamers even used this as an opportunity to create accounts and fabricate various conspiracy theories about aliens, and there were even guys claiming to be Ultraman himself... The internet was in complete chaos, and there were also many calls for Ultraman to take over the Metropolitan Police Department...

"It's done. Now, all we have to do is wait." Endo Yosuke looked at the message sent to the forum, touched the pistol at his waist, and said with a determined look.

Based on their previous eyewitness account, the murderer was a short guy who only knew how to run away. Kurata should be fine staying here; the two armed detectives were confident they could subdue him.

"Kurata...you really know how to insult people." He looked at the message that attacked his daughter and suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"This... wasn't this what you asked me to do, Endo-senpai?" Kurata gasped as he looked at the other person's gloomy expression. Why was the senpai so concerned about this idol?

"It's not that I blame you, it's just... I'm getting more and more eager to catch that bastard." Endo Yosuke, the father, was burning with anger.

......

The underground of the Kurt team's base.

"I can think of this method."

"These two criminal police officers are quite courageous."

Ed looked at the two detectives they were monitoring and spoke in a slow, deep voice.

After they broke into the scene that the Kurt team had taken over, they began to monitor the two detectives.

“Cases involving aliens are no child’s play.”

"Let's get rid of these two guys as soon as possible," said Dan Moroboshi, looking at the screen in front of him with a serious expression.

This matter has absolutely nothing to do with the Metropolitan Police Department.

Letting those two guys stay there might just cause more casualties.

"No, we can take advantage of them."

“Maybe we can use this opportunity to catch the real culprit.” Ed said, his tone still devoid of any emotion, as he looked at the two detectives who were already waiting for their target to appear.

Since someone volunteered to act as bait, they saved themselves a lot of trouble.

"That really sounds unpleasant."

“If we need bait, I’d rather go,” Natsuki said, frowning as she heard Ed’s words.

Using ordinary people as bait is not in line with his usual style.

“I agree,” Dan Moroboshi echoed.

He'd talked back to his boss before, but since Natsuki arrived, it seemed to have become more common.

This guy argues with his boss even more often than I do.

"Aren't you used to this kind of thing?"

"All right..."

"You two go to the scene now, ensure their safety, and take action immediately once the target appears." Ed wasn't annoyed by the rebuttal, but after a moment's thought, he finally made a slight compromise.

He hadn't originally intended for the two police officers to sacrifice themselves, but their way of expressing themselves was indeed somewhat out of sync with Earthlings.

Since they have the intention to actively protect the bait, that's a good thing.

However... what he didn't expect was...

As he spent more and more time with him, he realized that Mr. Natsuki... seemed to care a lot about humanity.

After receiving the mission, Moroboshi Dan and Natsuki nodded and turned to leave.

"This is a good opportunity to test the armor's performance."

The training for adapting Moroboshi Dan to the new armor has been completed, and he can now participate in combat wearing this version of the armor.

"Your armor... I hope it will catch my eye," Natsuki said with a smile.

......

A series of heavy footsteps sounded, followed by the crisp sound of a door being broken open.

Endo and Kurata, who were feeling drowsy, instantly woke up.

At the same time, he reached for the pistol at his waist.

"They're here...!"

They pointed their guns toward the door and said with a hint of nervousness.

Soon, the bedroom door in front of them was also violently broken open.

A figure wearing simple armor walked in. Although it had a human-like appearance, there was no boundary between its neck and head, making it look like a shrimp. Its face had no mouth or nose, and only scales and multiple pairs of eyes could be seen. Its arms were also similar to shrimp pincers.

"Endo-senpai... um, was the guy we were chasing earlier... really this big?" Kurata realized something was wrong and quickly asked Endo.

He remembered that the aliens they had hunted before were only about one meter tall.