Great, we're doomed now!

On the tablet, Obik suddenly lifted the lid of the pot, peered into the pitch-black pot, and was then horrified.

Immediately, the special monitoring signal—the [Holy Grail Mark]—that bound the maid to Ye Shou completely disappeared!

It wasn't a faint connection, nor was it affected by interference; it was a complete and abrupt disconnection!

The mark did not fade or disappear; it seemed that the soul still existed somewhere, but it was too "distant" to be any different from not existing at all.

"!"

Liuli's pupils suddenly contracted, and her heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

The others in the meeting room were still chattering away, explaining the details of the terms, but their voices were instantly pulled away and became indistinct in her ears.

She stood up abruptly, her movement so fast that she knocked over the chair behind her, making a screeching sound.

The meeting room fell silent instantly, and everyone stared at her in astonishment.

"Ms. Rurikawa?" the president asked cautiously.

Liuli didn't look at him, nor did she tidy up the documents scattered on the table. Her usually calm eyes were now churning with unprecedented anxiety.

Without uttering a word, the maid quickly went through the situation in her mind. Before the Tsuburaya representative could speak, she turned sharply and practically stormed out of the meeting room. The sound of her high heels clicking on the floor echoed in the empty corridor, followed by a large group of subordinates rushing out, their hurried pace unsettling.

"Inquire with the special operations team whether anything has happened to Lord Ye Shou."

A moment later, his subordinates panicked: "...Lord Kuze has suddenly vanished into thin air."

"A vague statement. I need to know exactly what happened!"

The technical department retrieved all surveillance footage around the Tsuburaya building and conducted a thorough investigation, instructing Lucy to go all out... immediately!

Notify the action team: High alert level! Seal off the surrounding three-kilometer radius!

Although the incident happened suddenly, she keenly realized that something was wrong with Obik. Ye Shou had been around the building, participating in the capture of the Cosmic Demon, so something must have happened during the process that caused the communication to be lost.

Therefore, the video footage of Ye Shou before his disappearance is very important.

The order was quickly passed down. While making arrangements, Liuli kept trying to restart the mark, connect to Ye Shou's signal, or dial his encrypted communicator, but all her attempts went unanswered, making her increasingly uneasy.

When Obik's face appeared on the projection, the great monster looked dejected.

"I...I've been very careful, but the enemy is too strong—"

"Where is he?" Liuli interrupted him abruptly, her voice tense. "Where is Lord Ye Shou?"

“I called but no one answered… Okay, he must have disappeared with the aliens!” Obik held his head in frustration. “That guy used some weird spell, and then… and then he just vanished.”

Obik didn't have much intelligence, and Liuli couldn't find much useful information. At this time, she had arrived at Ye Shou's ambush site and called over the staff stationed there to inquire about the situation at the time.

The staff said there was a bright light at the time, and they vaguely saw Ye Shou being sucked into some kind of vortex, but they couldn't see what happened.

Lucy's investigation report has also been sent over:

The entourage did have a video recording, which was partially damaged by the sudden strong magnetic field, but Lucy managed to salvage some of the data and is currently working on its restoration.

"Search!"

She shouted at her rapidly assembling subordinates, "Search outwards from here! Use every means at your disposal!"

Life detectors, energy residue analysis, trace identification... Quick!

The well-trained men immediately dispersed, and various equipment was set up.

However, as time passed, the feedback was very disappointing—there was no trace of Ye Shou, not even a trace of fighting or struggle.

A perfectly healthy person just vanished like that, as if they had been erased from thin air!

Liuli stood in the middle of the open space, the evening breeze ruffling her hair, but unable to dispel the chill in her heart. A myriad of terrible possibilities flashed through her mind, each one making her heart clench.

"Lord Rurikawa, we've found it! A communication just sent from the Network Technology Department captured an unusual scene at the target time!"

Liuli snatched the terminal; a somewhat blurry video was playing on the screen.

In the scene, Ye Shou is still in the distance, looking down and studying an open black box.

Suddenly, an unnatural, spiraling beam of light shot out from the box, brief but clearly visible. Ye Shou seemed to be afraid of something, and his expression changed instantly.

The next second, before he could make any further move, the spiral of light flashed again—

He and the box vanished without a trace in the surveillance footage, like chalk marks that had been erased.

The scene freezes on an empty path.

Liuli stared intently at the screen, repeatedly replaying the scene of Ye Shou looking up in shock before disappearing. She didn't know what he had seen, but she was certain it was a special ability to directly manipulate time or space.

"Immediately seal off the area, notify the laboratory, and bring in all available space physics experts. I need to know what happened."

After a pause, a thought flashed through Liuli's mind, and she remembered something Ye Shou had once said: if an unexpected situation arises and there is no time to prepare—

"Where is Dr. Horii? Bring him here, give him ample resources, and make sure we find out what's going on!"

……

"Hmm, it looks like a closed time tunnel."

Horii wandered around the spot where Ye Shou disappeared with his instrument, occasionally reaching out to touch things randomly, but nothing unusual happened.

"A time tunnel?" Liuli gasped for breath.

"Yes, a time reversal phenomenon occurred here, and it left a 'hole,' but this hole is hidden outside our dimension, and normal physical activities cannot affect it."

Horii nodded: "It can only be triggered by a special energy wave."

"Can it be calculated?" Liuli asked anxiously. "Will Lord Ye Shou be in danger on the other side? Specifically, when did it rewind to?"

"This... I don't know either."

Horii opened his mouth and muttered to himself. He felt that the maid was asking too many questions. He had only been studying for a short time, and it was too much to ask her to understand everything at once.

But considering Ruri's identity and the future project funding, Horii felt he could be more understanding of her.

After all, it's only natural that someone important to us has had an accident!

So he thought for a moment and said seriously, "We can't determine the specific band yet, but I can design a machine to simulate various waveforms and try to trigger it."

"Exhaustive search?" Liuli frowned. "Is there a faster way?"

"This..." Horii pursed his lips, feeling that even a big spender shouldn't be so disrespectful to science.

“Miss, you must understand, I am also very worried about Mr. Kuze’s safety, but science is a very rigorous field—”

"Your research will no longer require an application; all research funds will be allocated by the group and used for designated purposes only."

"A miracle could actually happen."

Horii immediately changed his tune: "But it might be dangerous, and as a scientist, I don't recommend it."

"How to do it?"

Liuli didn't hesitate at all. As long as she could find Ye Shou, she would be willing to commit murder and arson.

"We can assume that Mr. Kuze's biomagnetic field meets the criteria for triggering a spacetime tunnel. Now we need an object with a similar magnetic field or a close connection to his to act as a signal transceiver, amplify its waveform, and see if the spacetime tunnel reacts."

Horii frowned: "The problem is that we can't just look for these kinds of objects in everyday clothes. As for what exactly we should use..."

"I."

"……Um?"

"I'll be the guinea pig."

The maid said confidently and with a dignified air, "If it's a biomagnetic field referring to life energy... I can give it a try!"

Her relationship with Ye Shou was very close, especially in bed. In order to recover her strength, she had conducted Ripple Synchronization many times. If Horii's method had a chance of success, then she would undoubtedly be the most suitable test subject.

"...We don't know what will happen when the time tunnel is activated, it's very dangerous!" Horii said in shock.

"You have to be prepared to pay the price, otherwise you can't get anything done." Liuli's eyes were resolute. Although she was an elegant and beautiful girl, her willpower was no less than that of a real man.

At the same time, she was also praying silently in her heart:

As long as everything goes smoothly and Lord Ye Shou returns safely, she will abandon all jealousy from now on, share her time with others, and wholeheartedly manage the "household" for Lord Ye Shou, striving to help the Jiu family prosper.

Even if Lord Ye Shou wanted to bring Chika and Lucy along for a foursome, she would do everything in her power to make that happen for him.

Buzz!

On the open ground sealed off by various instruments, spiraling, multicolored rays of light extended from the void, forming a huge vortex of light. The powerful energy fluctuations caused various alarms to sound incessantly.

Immediately afterward, a shockwave swept across the surroundings, overturning everything around her. The maid instinctively raised her hand, and the ripples on her suit's power suit allowed her to stand firmly in place, though her hair was forcibly blown up.

"Uh, what is this?!"

The maid barely opened her eyes and saw a figure emerge from the tunnel, instantly feeling as if the whole world had regained its light.

The next moment, the spiritual connection to the Holy Grail Mark was restored, making the maid so excited that she almost burst into tears.

"Lord Ye...Lord Ye Shou!"

"Liuli?"

Ye Shou had just stood still when he heard the maid's voice, then raised his hand and glanced at the time machine that was smoking.

"...What time is it now?"

"Now it is..."

The maid skipped over cheerfully, eager to check if Ye Shou was real or fake—

Suddenly, Liuli's expression changed.

...The prayer just now was just a draft. I wonder if we could revise the specific details?

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PS: Apply two modification patches.

First, let's start with the name of the first generation, which we'll call "Man," or "Ultraman," meaning "Man of the Ultraman race."

The previous name, Libia, was scrapped and deleted. The main reason was that Zoffy from Star of Light also had the same name, so people assumed Libia was similar. However, after searching online, I found out that the name Libia was just something the developers randomly came up with. It has absolutely no practical meaning and was intentionally designed to confuse the audience…

This guy is really something; he always speaks up whenever I try to show him some respect!

Secondly, regarding the fusion of Ultraman and humans, the author wrote that only races similar to humans could fuse with Ultraman, which is a bit of a stereotype and has been revised.

This shows a lack of attention to detail in the chef's work; we will pay attention to that in the future.