Chihaya Aine is a member of the team Zero

"Xiao Deng, just wear it like this for now. We still have to take a group photo together later~" Nagasaki Suyo knew clearly how to make Takamatsu Deng stop talking about changing clothes.

"Is that so? I understand." As expected, after hearing that he would be taking photos with everyone later, Takamatsu Deng no longer mentioned changing clothes.

Shiina Riki also nodded repeatedly to show her approval of not allowing Takamatsu Deng to change clothes.

"Then it's Riki-chan's turn next." Nagasaki Motoyo's voice awakened Shiina Riki, who was still immersed in Takamatsu Deng's new clothes.

"Huh?" Shiina Riki didn't expect that he would be the next one.

But when he saw Takamatsu Deng's expectant eyes, Shiina Riki didn't want to disappoint the little penguin at all, so he sighed and quickly walked into the locker room.

Shiina Riki opened the dressing room door wearing a black top, the deep color accentuating her magnificent eyes. The delicate puff cuffs added a touch of playfulness, while the slim fit emphasized her graceful figure. Paired with a pair of retro jeans, her overall look exuded a sharp and sharp aura.

"Hey, this girl is pretty cool." Chihaya Aine pretended to be the gangster who teased the heroine in the dramas she usually watched. She walked up and lifted Shiina Riki's chin with a finger.

Shiina Riki didn't say anything, but just shook off Chihaya Aine's fingers on his chin and gave her a cold look, letting her experience it herself.

"Very good, very good, this is the expression." Nagasaki Suyo naturally would not miss this opportunity, and took pictures of Shiina Riki who was making a cold and arrogant expression.

"Very handsome, Li Xi." Takamatsu Deng, who was not far away, also praised.

Takamatsu Deng's praise almost ruined Shiina Riki's cold expression.

"Okay, it's Lena-chan's turn next." Nagasaki Motoyo put down the phone that had finished filming, turned around and gave Chihaya Aine a wink.

After receiving the signal from Nagasaki Suyo, Chihaya Aine understood what she meant and ran to Kaname Rakuna, whispering something in her ear.

After listening to Chihaya Aine's whispers, Kaname Rakuna walked into the locker room with a happy face and cheerful steps.

"What kind of magic potion did you give the stray cat?" Shiina Riki crossed his arms and looked at Chihaya Aine.

"Hehe, I just told her that as long as she cooperates with the rehearsal, I will buy her two matcha parfaits next time we go to Ring for rehearsal." Chihaya Aine raised her hand and made a V sign, looking like her plan had worked out.

"You have to pay attention to the amount when feeding stray cats. Eating too much matcha parfait in one day is not good for the body." Shiina Ritsuki sighed and held her forehead. She just felt that Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Motoyo were too indulgent to the child.

Chihaya Aine and Shiina Tatsuki had just finished discussing their cat-raising experiences when the locker room door opened. Kaname Rakuna was dressed in a fresh, sporty style. The loose fit of her green sweatshirt exuded a casual elegance. She paired it with black sweatpants featuring a unique side stripe design. A pair of white sneakers accentuated her sunny demeanor. A black baseball cap further enhanced her look.

When Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Motoyo came to their senses, they were already taking a big photo.

"Matcha parfait?" After confirming that Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Motoyo had finished filming, Kaname Rakuna made a sound that she wanted to eat the matcha parfait.

"Let's eat the matcha parfait next time we go to Ring for rehearsal. For now, use this to fill it up." Shiina Riki took out a matcha-flavored candy from somewhere and stuffed it into Kaname Runa's mouth.

After having matcha flavored candy stuffed into her mouth, Kaname Rakuna lay down on the sofa beside her with a look of enjoyment on her face.

"Then only Soyorin is left." Chihaya Aine shook the phone in her hand.

"I'll be back soon." Nagasaki Suyo didn't hesitate and stood up and walked towards the locker room.

Nagasaki Suyo chose a classic black dress, dignified and elegant. Made of high-quality silk with a subtle sheen, it exudes a sense of elegance. The dress's tailoring perfectly complements her figure. The red gemstone brooch at the neckline is the finishing touch to the overall look, showcasing her elegant temperament to the fullest.

"Wow, at first glance I thought it was some noble lady hiding in the dressing room~" After Chihaya Aine exclaimed in admiration, she couldn't help but say some weird words.

"It's very beautiful! Sushi-chan~" Takamatsu Deng also praised sincerely.

Although she was a little annoyed in her heart because Chihaya Aion called her a lady, Nagasaki Suyo still let Chihaya Aion finish the shooting without changing her expression.

After Chihaya Aine finished taking a solo photo of Nagasaki Motoyo, Nagasaki Motoyo gathered everyone present to stand together and prepare to take a "family photo" of the new band.

Chihaya Aine placed her phone on the phone holder, set the timer for photography, and then jogged over to the group of people who had already taken their positions.

"3, 2, 1, eggplant!"

With the sound of a shutter click, a certain moment of Chihaya Aine, Nagasaki Motoyo, Takamatsu Touma, Shiina Tatsuki and Kaname Rana was permanently frozen in time.

"Ah! Why am I the only one who is blurry?" Chihaya Aine picked up her phone and saw that she was almost blurry into a ball of white light.

"Let's retake it!" Chihaya Aine planned to set the timer to five seconds this time to allow more time for adjustment.

However, this proposal was not recognized by others, and everyone dispersed tacitly after taking this group photo.

"Well, luckily Soyorin said that these photos should not be uploaded until the band name is decided and the SNS is created, which means I still have a chance to make amends." Chihaya Ai was lying on her bed, thinking about the conversation when she left Nagasaki Suyo's family not long ago.

Chihaya Aine held up the tablet in her hand, and when she saw her own blurry figure, she rolled back and forth on the bed.

"Puchi, isn't this a well-filmed shot? The expressions of all five of you are very distinctive." In the space of consciousness, Zero couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw Chihaya Aine's forehead, which was so blurred that it seemed to be glowing.

"o(￣ヘ￣o＃), if you keep saying that, I'm going to complain to Mr. Seven the next time I see Ichiri-chan!" Chihaya Aine has never been afraid when it comes to verbal battles with Zero, not to mention that she now has the ultimate killer move of complaining to the parents.

"Well, it's not a good idea to ask my dad for such a small matter." Zero felt a little hesitant.

"Hehe, that's hard to say." Chihaya Aine tapped her pretty cheek with her right index finger, looking like she was troubled about whether to report Ultraman Zero to Seven.

While watching videos and arguing with Zero, Chihaya Aine soon fell asleep.

After Chihaya Aine fell asleep, Zero first used telekinesis to place the tablet computer on the table, then covered Chihaya Aine with a quilt, and finally, of course, turned off the lights.

"Good night Aine, you've worked hard today." Zero whispered.

"Ding ding ding, ding ding ding!"

Chihaya Aine grabbed the noisy phone next to her ear, opened her sleepy eyes, and tried to see clearly through her twitching eyelids to find out who was disturbing her sleep so early in the morning.

"soyorin"

The moment she saw the note, Chihaya Aine pressed the answer button.

"What's wrong, Soyorin? You're calling me so early in the morning." Chihaya Aine's tone was full of laziness, as if she hadn't gotten enough sleep.

"Don't sleep, Aine-chan, turn on the morning TV news." Nagasaki Suyo's tone was full of anxiety.

"This morning's TV interview, right? Don't be anxious, Soyorin, let me see what's going on first." While Chihaya Aine was comforting Nagasaki Soyo, Zero had already flown over controlling the tablet.

Chihaya Aine unlocked the phone, opened the website, and searched for TV news in one go.

"In the 21st century, our lives have changed a lot. Will the earth also change dramatically?" The voice of the news anchor came from the tablet.

However, the news footage showed scenes of Ultraman Zero fighting various monsters and aliens. The clear picture quality and occasional close-up shots made Chihaya Aine and Ultraman Zero wonder if someone was filming at a very close distance at the scene.

"Is it really a friend of mankind? Unveil the mystery of the giants for you!!" Chihaya Aine read out the headline that appeared in the news word by word.

"What kind of a stupid title is this?" Chihaya Aine felt furious.

"Just continue watching, Aine." Zero was the relatively calm one.

"The successive appearances of monsters and the arrival of giants may serve as a wake-up call to humans who have become overly addicted to peace."

"That giant that suddenly appeared before us, what is its true identity? Is it protecting humanity, or is this just an internal struggle among them?"

"Is this giant a friend of ours? Is it possible that he could pose a threat to us?"

"To answer this question, we invited Mitsuo Itabashi, an expert in this field, to the scene."

Itabashi Mitsuo is a young man with a mysterious temperament

Even in a brightly lit environment like the director's room, half of Itabashi Mitsuo's face seemed to be hidden in the darkness.

"Hello, Mr. Itabashi Mitsuo."

"Hello, host."

"Excuse me, Mitsuo Itabashi, how did you come across this giant who first appeared at the airport?"

"Calling him a giant all the time is a bit too unrecognizable. Why don't we just call him Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Zero." As soon as Mitsuo Itabashi opened his mouth, Chihaya Aine and Ultraman Zero felt that he was extraordinary.

"Zero? Does that mean number 0?"

"To be honest, I think Ultraman Zero possesses power and way of thinking that is incomparable to us humans. As for where it came from, we need to ask a guy who likes to introduce himself." Mitsuo Itabashi suddenly turned his face to the camera, his eyes staring straight ahead.

Volume 1: Chapter 96: The Kirieloid

Chihaya Aine and Zero could feel the evil aura coming from Mitsuo Itabashi through the screen. Coupled with the other party's provocative eyes, Chihaya Aine and Zero were able to confirm that the other party was coming for them.

As for the little golden man Absolut Tartarus hiding in the dark, he also had a feeling that he was being exploited.

"Who is plotting against me in secret?" However, for Absolut Tartarus, the little golden man who cannot watch TV, this question may take a long time to be answered.

"I have noticed before that some media believe that the giant named Zero fights those monsters and aliens in order to protect mankind, but what I want to say today is that there is another point of view." Mitsuo Itabashi's entire face was completely hidden in the darkness.

"Perhaps we humans are just caught up in the battle between Ultraman Zero and those monsters and aliens. Rather than saying that Ultraman Zero is the savior, it is better to say that the source of the supernatural disasters that we humans have suffered from his appearance until now is precisely this giant." Mitsuo Itabashi said sinisterly.

"Thank you for taking the time to accept our interview today. Your opinions, which are different from those of the mainstream media, are really eye-opening for me. I didn't expect there is such a way of looking at things." The host smiled and bowed slightly to Itabashi Mitsuo to express his gratitude.

Just as Mitsuo Itabashi nodded slightly and was about to get up from the sofa to leave, the host's figure on TV changed drastically. His hair, which had been meticulously groomed just now, was now scattered casually in front of him, and the makeup carefully created by a professional makeup artist had turned into a hideous face like a devil.

Blue electric light surged on the clothes of the host's fans, and then the host suddenly flew into the air in a strange posture.

"I tell you, the earth will be reborn soon, and the sacred fire will burn away all filth." As the host made the terrifying prediction while suspended in the air, the blue lightning on his body kept flashing dazzling light.

"The Kyrieloids will rule the Earth, and I will prove it to you right now!" After another blue arc of electricity splashed, the host who was suspended in the air fell heavily to the floor of the studio like a puppet with its strings cut.

Fortunately, the host, who was like a puppet, was not suspended too high, and did not suffer much damage even after losing control and falling to the ground.

Upon seeing this, the staff in the studio quickly surrounded the host, hoping to confirm his safety.

"Are you okay?!"

"Miss Zhongshan? Miss Zhongshan!!!"

"An ambulance! Quick! Call an ambulance!!!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! An ambulance! Hurry!!!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Hurry! Hurry!!!"

The entire studio was in chaos because of this sudden change. As for Mitsuo Itabashi, he had already taken the opportunity to leave the studio and disappeared without a trace.

"Someone used remote control to attach something like a soul to the host, and made the host say those words like a puppet." In the space of consciousness, Zero had already seen through the other party's method.

"I didn't expect to wake up to face such a despicable guy. This guy is trying to smear us by creating topics and controlling the host. He wants to make us the public enemy of the world." Chihaya Aine has never thought about what would happen if she and Zero were misunderstood by the whole world one day.

"It's okay, Aine. His words alone are not enough to determine our existence. It would be a different matter if he used LIVE to sing out these slanderous words." While comforting Chihaya Aine, Zero also made a little joke, hoping that this would make Chihaya Aine feel more relaxed.

"That's true... I don't want a song that is meant to smear us to be sung in this era of girl bands..." Chihaya Aine thought about the scene and suddenly felt a chill all over her body. She rubbed her arms, which were covered with goose bumps, with both hands.

"If I'm not mistaken, the enemy's true identity is Mitsuo Itabashi who participated in the interview. We just need to find him and many problems can be solved." Zero recalled the evil aura that he could feel from Mitsuo Itabashi through the TV just now.

"As for this matter, we'll have to leave it to Soyorin. After all, she's the richest person in our team. There has to be a Gotham vigilante in a team, right?" Chihaya Aine knew clearly that she couldn't let the enemies behind Itabashi Mitsuo continue to carry out their evil plans. After all, in this world she lived in, there were no senior Ultra Warriors to endorse her, and public opinion could easily be led by the other side.

Chihaya Aion immediately called Nagasaki Soyo. Nagasaki Soyo, who was anxiously waiting for Chihaya Aion on the other end of the phone after watching the news video, picked up the phone on the table and pressed the answer button the moment she saw the screen light up to show who the caller was.

"Hello, is this Soyorin?" Although she had an urgent matter and needed Nagasaki Soyo's help, Chihaya Aine still greeted her honestly first.

"Aine-chan, have you finished watching the news video?" Nagasaki Motoyo felt that the situation was urgent and she had no time to be friendly with Chihaya Aine. The most important thing was to get straight to the point and solve the problem.

"Don't worry, Soyorin, Zero and I already have some ideas. Could you please check the address of Mitsuo Itabashi who was interviewed on the morning news program?" Chihaya Aine first assured Nagasaki Soyo, and then told her what she wanted Nagasaki Soyo to do for her.

"Is this Mitsuo Itabashi's address? I've already checked it and I'll send it to you right away." When Nagasaki Suyo saw the morning news, she had already arranged the necessary intelligence search.

"OK, I've received the address."

"For the sake of efficiency, let's split up into two groups. Soyorin, go gather everyone first. With the enemy in the dark and me in the light, I'm a little worried about everyone's safety."

"I understand. I have sent someone to pick everyone up." Nagasaki Suyo thought that if everything went well, the others should have already gotten in the car and were on the way to her large flat.

"As for me, in order to avoid any further complications, I will first go and meet this Banqiao Guangxiong and see what he is up to.

"Chihaya Aine knew clearly that this matter was all about speed.

"I understand, Aine-chan, you must be careful." Nagasaki Suyo knew very well that what she should do at this time was to allow Chihaya Aine to go to Itabashi Jinxiong's location without any worries, but Nagasaki Suyo still couldn't help but worry about Chihaya Aine's safety.

"Hehe, Soyorin, don't worry. When Zero and I are together, we are the strongest." Chihaya Aine hung up the phone after saying that. She closed and opened her eyes, and her beautiful gray eyes had become extremely sharp.

After changing her clothes in the blink of an eye, Chihaya Aine, under the cover of Zero, flashed back and forth in the steel jungle of the modern city like some superhero.

When Chihaya Aine was rushing to Mitsuo Itabashi's residence, a building somewhere in Tokyo suddenly exploded and then completely disappeared in flames.

"Is this what the mastermind just said on the news program: the sacred fire will burn all filth away?" Nagasaki Suyo looked at the first-hand intelligence she received. She did not expect that the enemy hiding behind the scenes would start the second step of the plan so quickly.

"You must come back safely, Aine-chan." Nagasaki Motoyo put down the information in her hand and silently prayed in her heart for Chihaya Aine who was deep in the enemy's position alone.

"I didn't expect that Mitsuo Itabashi looked so respectable when he appeared on TV shows, but he chose to hide in Adachi Ward."

Among Tokyo's 23 wards, Arakawa Ward, Itabashi Ward, Katsushika Ward and several other areas are ranked second to last in terms of development, and Adachi Ward is of course the well-deserved last one.

Adachi Ward gives people the impression of being poor, cheap, dirty and messy.

According to the information collected by Nagasaki Suyo, Mitsuo Itabashi is currently living in a single-family house in Adachi Ward.

In Neon, the price of a single-family house is generally much lower than that of a studio apartment. This is why there's a joke that "poor people live in villas, rich people live in apartments." Furthermore, Adachi Ward is still a suburban area of ​​Tokyo, making it perhaps more suitable for the free movement of an unknown entity like Itabashi Mitsuo.

Chihaya Aine soon arrived in front of the single-family building that was her destination this time. As expected, the surrounding environment showed the true nature of Adachi Ward. Garbage was everywhere on the narrow road, and even the street lights on the side looked old and dilapidated.

The houses in this area are all single-family, and the distance between each house is quite far.

The two-story house where Itabashi Mitsuo lived was quite impressive, not outdated. It also had a rather large courtyard, which had clearly been neglected for a long time and looked a bit deserted.