Anime Crossover: My Part-Time Job as a Giant of Light While Studying Abroad in Chiba

"To be honest, Duan Zilian, you really have terrible luck."

Hiratsuka Shizuka stared straight ahead, her tone slightly teasing.

"As an international student, I was trampled by monsters in Chiba shortly after arriving in Japan, and when I finally went to Tokyo, I encountered an unprecedented disaster."

"There's nothing I can do. Maybe my birth chart clashes with this land."

Duan Zilian shrugged and shamelessly retorted.

"However, if all this trouble can be exchanged for Teacher Jing taking me for a drive, I think it's not bad."

"Don't try to use your tricks on me like you do with little girls. You're just a smooth talker."

Hiratsuka Shizuka chuckled softly as the Aston Martin slowly came to a stop at an intersection.

On the roadside, two slick-looking men were talking in hushed tones, their expressions mysterious.

"Have you heard? The underground bookmakers have recently acquired a new batch of [monsters]."

"That's great! Let's go buy some in a few days..."

"Buying monsters?! You can even buy and sell these kinds of things now?"

Duan Zilian's heart jolted, and she sat up straight instantly.

"Judging from your expression, don't you know what 'monster' means?"

Seeing the nervous look on Dan Zilian's face, Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't help but tease her.

"Isn't this what I thought?"

Duan Zilian tentatively raised her pincers, then pretended to flap her wings a couple of times, and finally even imitated a monster's roar a few times.

"Pfft... Hahaha!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was amused by his comical actions and waved her hands repeatedly.

"No, this is just a kind of slang used in the Chiba underground community."

She patiently explained, "Deep in the old town of Chiba, there are some entertainment venues that use monsters and Ultraman as gimmicks to gamble and make money."

"I heard that the winners there can get some top-secret information about the monsters, so the code name is 'Buy the Monster'."

"There are actually places like this?" Duan Zilian raised an eyebrow.

"And the biggest underground casino there is owned by one of our school's teachers, can you guess who it is?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka lowered her voice, her tone tinged with amusement.

"Forget it, I only know a few of the many teachers at school, how could I possibly guess that this kind of refined scoundrel?"

Duan Zilian waved her hand, showing a resistant expression.

"Haha, maybe it's one of the people you know."

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't care and drove the car around another intersection.

"To be honest, when the semester first started, I found your personality of finding everything troublesome quite troublesome."

Hiratsuka Shizuka looked ahead, her tone becoming much gentler.

"However, it seems that your personality is actually an advantage in today's chaotic world."

"Although you seem lazy and afraid of trouble, you are more willing to step up than anyone else when things really happen. Overall, you are much more mature than your peers."

Hiratsuka Shizuka said with some emotion, "Thinking about it, you came to school all by yourself, and you adapted to all of this so quietly. You must have suffered a lot, right?"

"I'm just a little kitten whose edges have been worn down by life, it's nothing serious."

Duan Zilian waved her hand, indicating to Teacher Jing that she was giving her too much credit.

Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed and casually said, "But sometimes being too mature isn't a good thing."

"Adolescence is all about experiencing the silly things that are unique to teenagers, like falling in love and blushing. That's what youth is all about, isn't it?"

"What do you mean?" Duan Zilian pricked up her ears alertly.

“For example…” Hiratsuka Shizuka’s lips curled into a mischievous smile.

"Yukino Yukinoshita from our class seems to be getting quite close to you lately."

Before Duanzi Lian could respond, Hiratsuka Shizuka said with a smile.

"And that one from Shuchiin... Kaguya Shinomiya."

"Hey, hey, hey... Teacher Jing, we were discussing serious social issues, how did you suddenly bring this up!"

Duan Zilian looked ashamed and flustered after hearing this, and immediately raised her hand to protest.

"You're blushing, that's rare. It's more real this way!"

Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Hiratsuka Shizuka let out a mischievous, joyful laugh.

"So, how about it? Faced with this chaotic situation, do you want me to consult a relationship advisor for you?"

"Shut up, Ms. Jing, you should worry about yourself first. Get yourself married off first!"

"You're really not cute at all!" Hiratsuka Shizuka laughed and punched Tanzi Rei's shoulder.

Then, as if remembering something, her tone became casual:

"Speaking of which, you've been enrolled for so long and I still don't have your parents' contact information."

"Such a huge monster disaster has happened in Japan recently, and your family didn't even call your advisor to ask about it."

"If your parents knew how capable you are here, would they be happy or angry?"

Hiratsuka smiled and turned her head to the side, only to find that the boy in the passenger seat seemed to be in a daze.

“…Duan Zilian?” Hiratsuka Shizuka’s heart tightened, and she called out softly.

"Ah... um? Oh, nothing. I was just thinking about what to eat tonight, I got distracted, haha."

Duan Zilian suddenly snapped out of her daze and quickly waved to say hello.

He hid the complex emotions in his eyes perfectly, but Hiratsuka Shizuka saw them.

"Hmm..." Seeing Duan Zilian's deliberately concealed smile, Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't ask any more questions.

"That's why I said you're not cute at all... Hold on tight, Duan Zilian!"

The next second, Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly shouted, and the red Aston Martin sprang into action.

"Wait a minute! Teacher, what are you doing?! This is still the main street!!"

"I promised to take you for a drive, so it has to be a little thrilling! Let's take a spin on the highway where I got overtaken last night!"

"No!!!"

…………

"Boom!"

As afternoon approached, on the outskirts of Kyoto, two motorcycles were engaged in a high-speed, low-speed chase on a training track.

Hayasaka Ai contacted Marina, who readily agreed to her request for a ride and took her to this private training ground.

"Don't worry, it's a day off today, and my technicians are happy to have me bring you here."

"And he went to his repair shop today; there's no one else here but you and me."

Thus, Marina took the lead, with Hayasaka Ai close behind.

Although the roar of the engine was exhilarating, Marina still noticed something was amiss through the rearview mirror.

"Today's Hasaka... the cornering lines are so messy." Marina frowned.

She noticed that when Hayasaka Ai entered the straightaway, her bike was swaying slightly, as if the rider's mind was not on the track at all.

"Hasaka! You can't improve if you don't concentrate fully on the track!"

Marina slowed down the accelerator a little and shouted a reminder.

"Okay... I understand."

Under her helmet, Hayasaka Ai shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off the distracting thoughts in her mind.

Her mind was indeed in turmoil.

This morning, as she was pushing her motorcycle and preparing to leave through the side door, she happened to bump into the second young master, Si Gong Yunying.

The man stood under the eaves and glanced at her with a cold look, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Forget all that crap! I'm a race car driver now!

Hayasaka Ai gritted her teeth, her eyes fixed on the massive hairpin bend that was about to appear ahead.

The two entered the bend almost simultaneously, with Hayasaka Ai mimicking Marina's movements, lowering her center of gravity and rubbing her knees to get through the bend.

As Marina was bending over the corner, she suddenly heard a sound like liquid vaporizing behind her, which immediately made her feel uneasy.

as predicted.

"Buzz—Sizzle!!!"

While leaning into a corner, Hayasaka Ai suddenly felt the rear wheels lose traction, and the entire car began to skid violently.

She was startled and quickly regained her balance, but then the death sway that motorcyclists fear most suddenly appeared.

The motorcycle began to sway violently from side to side. Hayasaka Ai tried desperately to steady the handlebars, but she couldn't control it.

Just then, Marina, who was in front, seized the opportunity and used the rear wheel of her motorcycle to directly ram the RC213V-S, forcibly stabilizing its body.

"Zzzzzzzzzzz—!!!"

The two motorcycles slid to the side of the road amidst blinding sparks.

…………

"What happened... how could such a mistake happen? Did I get distracted again?"

Hayasaka Ai slumped on the grass by the roadside, looking at her still trembling hands.

"Are you alright? That was really dangerous."

Marina strode over and handed her a can of chilled drink.

Hayasaka Ai guiltily accepted the soda, glancing at Marina's scratched black motorcycle.

"I'm sorry... Senior Qi Chuan, I was the one who asked you to train me, but I got distracted at the crucial moment and didn't drive well..."

"No, although you were indeed a bit distracted, the loss of control just now was definitely not a technical problem."

Marina interrupted her with a confident look, then looked at Hayasaka's Honda RC213V-S.

"I just heard the sound of liquid dripping onto the exhaust pipe and vaporizing while I was going around the corner."

"Huh?" Hayasaka Ai looked up with a puzzled expression.

"There seems to be something wrong with your motorcycle. Come on, I'll take you to Brother Xiang's repair shop."

Chapter 249 The Lightning Man of the Ionosphere

Chiba Prefecture, Boso Peninsula.

"The TPC survey report for Dagu New Town is out."

The double doors of the TPC headquarters slid open automatically to both sides, and Horii hurriedly walked in, carrying several reports.

Daigo and Shinjo, who were originally slumped in their chairs taking a nap, immediately turned their attention to them.

"This morning, headquarters sent two unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to re-fly over the airspace where you encountered electromagnetic interference yesterday."

Horii distributed the data to each team member present, pointing to several band charts on it.

"Although nothing was detected at first, problems arose when the drone ascended to the vicinity of the ionosphere."

"Based on the investigation of radar signals, there is always a small patch of unusual high-frequency electromagnetic activity over Chiba, and it is constantly moving and does not stay in one place."

"So, there really are monsters lurking in the sky, right?"

Daigo immediately pressed for details, the eerie crying sound replaying in his mind once again.

"It's not certain yet, but considering the sound of the baby crying you mentioned, it's very likely some kind of atmospheric creature, or... a lightning person."

"The Flash? What's that? I do know about The Flash."