Chapter 139
The Monsters Unite
Chapter 139 The Monsters Unite
Megumi paused for a moment.
In the command room of TPC Far East headquarters, she quickly pulled up the top-secret files on monsters and aliens compiled by Staff Officer Caul.
Because Kaul had given the entire Victory Team a lot of extra lessons beforehand, Megumi was very familiar with most of the life forms that had been active in the ancient times or were notorious in the universe. However, when it came to this cute type, "If it's Durban, then that means..." Megumi's gaze fell on the screen.
In the projection of the archives, Durban is labeled as a gentle life form, harmless to humans, and possessing the ability to calm and neutralize violent emotions.
But more importantly, immediately following Durban in the file is another extremely dangerous name: the otherworldly demon, Enermina.
"Lina, listen, don't let your guard down," Megumi instructed Lina, not wanting to lose another team member.
"Durban itself is not harmful, but its existence often attracts extremely vicious extradimensional demons. The electromagnetic wave anomaly that Ye Rui just detected is very likely a precursor to the appearance of an extradimensional demon. Before Staff Officer Kaul and New City arrive, be careful to stay hidden and take Durban to a safe place."
"Understood, Captain," Lina glanced down at Durban, who was still looking at her innocently with his big eyes, bent down, and said in a gentle tone, "Durban, it's not safe here right now. Come with me, okay?"
Durban blinked, understood Lina's words, and obediently stretched out his chubby little hand, grabbed the edge of Lina's uniform, and followed her to the quieter backstage passage of the amusement park.
However, before Lina could walk more than ten meters, a sudden burst of white mist appeared in front of her.
Lina stopped in her tracks, her right hand instinctively resting on the grip of the Hyper gun at her waist, her eyes fixed on the white mist, ready to fire at any moment.
"Who?!"
A figure slowly emerged from the white mist. He was dressed in mummy clothes, with his hands hanging naturally at his sides, looking very much like a mummy, incredibly realistic.
"Daigo?!" The moment Rena saw who it was, her tense nerves instantly relaxed, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.
She stepped forward: "Where have you been? I couldn't reach you at all. I heard from the command center that your PDI had completely disappeared, it really scared me to death!"
Daigo did not answer immediately.
He slowly raised his head, revealing a standard smile on his handsome face.
Under the glow of the pumpkin lanterns in the amusement park, his eyes appeared somewhat vacant, and his pupils did not even focus naturally when Lina approached, making him look a little eerie, as if he were becoming human for the first time.
"Sorry... Lina." Daigo's voice sounded a little dry and even echoed, as if he had his own sound effects.
"Just now... when we were chasing that witch, we got lost, and PDI seems to have... fallen into an alley."
Lina didn't think much of it. She patted Daigo on the shoulder, saying with a hint of reproach but also full of concern, "You, who were usually so clever during special training, how come you can't even walk properly today? Oh, look, I've spotted someone!"
Lina turned to the side, revealing Durban, who was hiding behind her and cautiously peeking out.
However, upon seeing Durban, Daigo's body showed some fear, and the small horns on both sides glowed slightly. This was a bodily instinct that Durban exhibited when encountering other beings from different dimensions.
"Oh...it's a monster."
His tone showed no surprise, no curiosity, and not even the professional vigilance expected of a GUTS member facing a new species. He simply mechanically repeated his actions, raising his hand and waving it perfunctorily in mid-air.
"Hello... little monster."
The moment Durban saw Daigo, he shrank back, even covering his big eyes with his chubby little hands in fear. He already knew that his kinsmen might have come to capture him, but he couldn't speak and couldn't tell the older sister next to him.
At this moment, in Durban's senses, the "human" before him had no warmth at all. Instead, it exuded a stench that it found utterly repulsive, a stench pieced together from death energy from another dimension. It was completely fake, and even smelled like rotten pumpkin.
"Durban? What's wrong with you?" Lina noticed Durban's unusual behavior and turned to look at Daigo with some confusion. "Daigo, are you... carrying something strange? Durban seems afraid of you."
"Is there?"
Daigo was still smiling. He stiffly adjusted his posture, and a very slight "crack" sound came from his shoulder joint.
"Perhaps... the scent on my body hasn't dissipated yet. When I was entangled with the witch earlier, some of it got tangled up on me."
Lina frowned slightly.
As a teammate she had worked with for a long time, she finally sensed that something was wrong.
Normally, Daigo is gentle by nature, but he would never use such a tone and attitude that is almost like reciting a text when facing her, especially when he is with her.
Moreover, the way he looked at me today... it felt like he was looking through a filter. But he wasn't like this just now. Could it be...?
Just as Lina was filled with doubt and was about to reach out to check Daigo's temperature, the roar of an engine suddenly came from the street behind her.
The Drum patrol car, in a drifting manner that was extremely unsafe for driving, came to a stop in the open space outside the passage.
The car door was violently pushed open in an instant.
"Lina! We're here!"
Shinjo's excited voice came first. He was dressed as Frankenstein's monster for Halloween and jumped out of the passenger seat in a rather comical manner.
Next to emerge from the driver's seat was Staff Officer Caul, dressed in a black Dracula trench coat, with a rather unpleasant expression.
Kaul casually closed the car door, instantly spotting Lina standing there, and... Daigo standing next to Lina with a smile on his face.
"The light on Daigo's body... has disappeared." Kaul snorted coldly. What a clumsy method.
If it were the usual Daigo, as the human form of Ultraman Tiga, even without transforming, the light dormant within him would absolutely not escape Koul's keen perception, after all, Daigo's light is as dazzling as the sun in the sky.
But now, the body standing there looked to him like a rotten pumpkin standing up and talking, which seemed very eerie.
"Advisor! Daigo has been found!" Shinjo, who was running at the front, was completely unaware of anything unusual.
He looked at Daigo, who was standing there unharmed, patted his thigh, walked over casually, and put his arm around Daigo's shoulder.