Chapter 30
The Trail of the Red Ball
"Destruction? What are you talking about?" Xiao Mian asked, looking completely bewildered.
Risa Nanase didn't answer directly, but pointed to the smudged Gaia graffiti and said softly, "It means the light has disappeared and darkness is about to descend."
"The light will disappear?" Xiao Mian looked in the direction she was pointing and scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly. But then she remembered that her graffiti had been destroyed, and her mood plummeted again.
"That's not light, it's just my doodle... My doodle got smudged, that's why the light won't disappear."
Nanase Risa ignored his explanation, squatted down, picked up the crayons that the trio had knocked to the ground, and began to carefully redraw Gaia's outline.
"Ah, I'll help too!" Seeing this, Xiaomian quickly went to Risa's side and helped her repair the damaged painting.
Although the original graffiti was completely altered, with the two working together, a new image of Gaia gradually emerged. In fact, with the addition of Nanase Risa, this new Gaia was even more vivid than the original.
Wiping the fine sweat from her brow, Komiya turned to Risa and said with a smile, "That way, Hikaru is back, right?"
Risa Nanase had been staring blankly at the graffiti, but when she met Tsutomu's smiling gaze, for some reason the corners of her mouth turned up slightly and she nodded gently.
"Um!"
Before the two could say anything more, the ground suddenly began to shake violently. Xiao Mian screamed in fright, and before he could react, Nanase Risa had already stood up quickly, grabbed his hand, and run outside.
As Xiao Mian rushed out of the secret base, he immediately saw that the construction site in the distance was now shrouded in dark clouds. Then, a huge monster suddenly descended.
As a huge Ultraman fan, he immediately recognized the monster in front of him as Reijubas.
The shock of witnessing the monster for the first time left him speechless; he was so stunned that he even forgot to run away. It wasn't until he saw the monster trudging heavily toward the residential building that he snapped back to reality.
His first thought was to rush over and help, but his legs felt like lead, and fear prevented him from taking a single step.
Just then, a dazzling light suddenly descended from the sky. Xiao Mian's eyes lit up, and she excitedly pointed at the light, shouting, "Nanase, look! Look! That's light! The light is really here! Ultraman is really here!"
Although Nanase Risa's face still showed worry, she smiled with relief after hearing Tsutomu's voice: "Yes, Hikaru is here."
Then, the unknown Ultraman engaged in a fierce battle with Reijubas. When Ultraman was hit by a fireball and struggled, Xiaomian couldn't help but clench her fists and shout loudly to cheer for Ultraman.
Finally, Ultraman seized an opening and defeated the monster in one fell swoop. Xiaomian jumped up excitedly and shouted to Nanase Risa beside him, "Did you see that? Ultraman won!"
"I saw it!" Nanase Risa was clearly much happier and responded with a smile.
Just as Xiao Mian was looking into the distance with reverence, he noticed that Ultraman had turned his head at some point, and his gaze seemed to be looking directly in his direction.
Before Xiaomian could even tell Risa about this discovery, Ultraman's body transformed into countless light particles and dissipated into the world.
As Ultraman departed, the commotion gradually subsided, and the two returned to their secret base. Just as Xiao Mian was still immersed in the immense joy of seeing Ultraman, he suddenly froze on the spot.
At some point, a new person appeared in their secret base.
And for some reason, this person seemed to smell of barbecue, a little bit fragrant.
The stranger who suddenly appeared at the secret base was none other than Yun Yu, who had just finished a battle.
During the fierce battle just now, he captured countless sounds, the most distinctive of which were the clear cheers of several children.
This is also what motivated him to get up after being hit by the fireball.
Among these tender voices, there is one that is particularly special, where a faint yet pure energy fluctuation lingers.
The moment Yun Yu defeated Reichubas, she subconsciously looked towards the source of the energy and immediately pinpointed its location: the abandoned warehouse in front of her.
After confirming that the target was correct, he immediately deactivated his transformation, his body turning into a transparent, soft ball of light. He silently passed through the streets, flew all the way into the warehouse, and finally reformed into human form, standing quietly in the secret base.
Seeing Xiao Mian's nervous look, Yun Yu didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I'm here to find the red ball."
Xiao Mian looked up, her eyes full of confusion: "Red ball?"
"Yes, I came here to find the Red Ball. That thing can summon monsters." Yun Yu's voice was steady: "The Reijubas we just saw was summoned by someone through a wish. If someone with ulterior motives gets the Red Ball, monsters will keep coming."
Upon hearing the words "summoning monsters," Xiao Mian's face instantly turned pale, and his lips trembled slightly. He gripped the hem of his clothes tightly, his voice barely audible, "They...they were borrowed by Kashimada Hiroshi and the others."
Seeing his evasive gaze and recalling the plot, Yun Yu immediately realized that this was not a "borrowing" at all, but rather that the trio had bullied Xiao Mian and forcibly taken the red ball away.
He didn't blame him at all; instead, he softened his tone and gently patted his shoulder: "I know, it's not your fault. I'll go with you later and ask them to return it, okay?"
Xiao Mian was stunned when he heard this. He had prepared himself to be scolded, but he was suddenly comforted and was clearly not quite there.
Yun Yu turned to look at the quiet Risa beside her and asked, "Do you know where they might go?"
Risa simply shook her head slightly and didn't say anything.
With the trail gone cold, Yun Yu sighed helplessly and simply sat down on the ground. Looking at Xiao Mian, she said somewhat apologetically, "It may be a bit presumptuous, but Xiao Mian, could you please help me find some clothes?"
Xiao Mian was taken aback, her face full of confusion: "Clothes? What do you need clothes for?"
Yun Yu didn't intend to hide anything and simply laid it all out: "I am the Ultraman who just fought Reichubas. I fought so fiercely that I was covered in sweat, and my clothes were completely soaked and sticking to my body, which was very uncomfortable."
This was half true. The real reason was that his chest was burned by the fireball, and his wet clothes stuck to it tightly. Every movement felt like tearing at his flesh, and the pain made it almost impossible for him to breathe.
I'll change my clothes later and take a nap here. Hopefully, I can recover from my injuries as soon as possible, and then hurry up and find the red ball to save the world.
Risa Nanase didn't answer directly, but pointed to the smudged Gaia graffiti and said softly, "It means the light has disappeared and darkness is about to descend."
"The light will disappear?" Xiao Mian looked in the direction she was pointing and scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly. But then she remembered that her graffiti had been destroyed, and her mood plummeted again.
"That's not light, it's just my doodle... My doodle got smudged, that's why the light won't disappear."
Nanase Risa ignored his explanation, squatted down, picked up the crayons that the trio had knocked to the ground, and began to carefully redraw Gaia's outline.
"Ah, I'll help too!" Seeing this, Xiaomian quickly went to Risa's side and helped her repair the damaged painting.
Although the original graffiti was completely altered, with the two working together, a new image of Gaia gradually emerged. In fact, with the addition of Nanase Risa, this new Gaia was even more vivid than the original.
Wiping the fine sweat from her brow, Komiya turned to Risa and said with a smile, "That way, Hikaru is back, right?"
Risa Nanase had been staring blankly at the graffiti, but when she met Tsutomu's smiling gaze, for some reason the corners of her mouth turned up slightly and she nodded gently.
"Um!"
Before the two could say anything more, the ground suddenly began to shake violently. Xiao Mian screamed in fright, and before he could react, Nanase Risa had already stood up quickly, grabbed his hand, and run outside.
As Xiao Mian rushed out of the secret base, he immediately saw that the construction site in the distance was now shrouded in dark clouds. Then, a huge monster suddenly descended.
As a huge Ultraman fan, he immediately recognized the monster in front of him as Reijubas.
The shock of witnessing the monster for the first time left him speechless; he was so stunned that he even forgot to run away. It wasn't until he saw the monster trudging heavily toward the residential building that he snapped back to reality.
His first thought was to rush over and help, but his legs felt like lead, and fear prevented him from taking a single step.
Just then, a dazzling light suddenly descended from the sky. Xiao Mian's eyes lit up, and she excitedly pointed at the light, shouting, "Nanase, look! Look! That's light! The light is really here! Ultraman is really here!"
Although Nanase Risa's face still showed worry, she smiled with relief after hearing Tsutomu's voice: "Yes, Hikaru is here."
Then, the unknown Ultraman engaged in a fierce battle with Reijubas. When Ultraman was hit by a fireball and struggled, Xiaomian couldn't help but clench her fists and shout loudly to cheer for Ultraman.
Finally, Ultraman seized an opening and defeated the monster in one fell swoop. Xiaomian jumped up excitedly and shouted to Nanase Risa beside him, "Did you see that? Ultraman won!"
"I saw it!" Nanase Risa was clearly much happier and responded with a smile.
Just as Xiao Mian was looking into the distance with reverence, he noticed that Ultraman had turned his head at some point, and his gaze seemed to be looking directly in his direction.
Before Xiaomian could even tell Risa about this discovery, Ultraman's body transformed into countless light particles and dissipated into the world.
As Ultraman departed, the commotion gradually subsided, and the two returned to their secret base. Just as Xiao Mian was still immersed in the immense joy of seeing Ultraman, he suddenly froze on the spot.
At some point, a new person appeared in their secret base.
And for some reason, this person seemed to smell of barbecue, a little bit fragrant.
The stranger who suddenly appeared at the secret base was none other than Yun Yu, who had just finished a battle.
During the fierce battle just now, he captured countless sounds, the most distinctive of which were the clear cheers of several children.
This is also what motivated him to get up after being hit by the fireball.
Among these tender voices, there is one that is particularly special, where a faint yet pure energy fluctuation lingers.
The moment Yun Yu defeated Reichubas, she subconsciously looked towards the source of the energy and immediately pinpointed its location: the abandoned warehouse in front of her.
After confirming that the target was correct, he immediately deactivated his transformation, his body turning into a transparent, soft ball of light. He silently passed through the streets, flew all the way into the warehouse, and finally reformed into human form, standing quietly in the secret base.
Seeing Xiao Mian's nervous look, Yun Yu didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I'm here to find the red ball."
Xiao Mian looked up, her eyes full of confusion: "Red ball?"
"Yes, I came here to find the Red Ball. That thing can summon monsters." Yun Yu's voice was steady: "The Reijubas we just saw was summoned by someone through a wish. If someone with ulterior motives gets the Red Ball, monsters will keep coming."
Upon hearing the words "summoning monsters," Xiao Mian's face instantly turned pale, and his lips trembled slightly. He gripped the hem of his clothes tightly, his voice barely audible, "They...they were borrowed by Kashimada Hiroshi and the others."
Seeing his evasive gaze and recalling the plot, Yun Yu immediately realized that this was not a "borrowing" at all, but rather that the trio had bullied Xiao Mian and forcibly taken the red ball away.
He didn't blame him at all; instead, he softened his tone and gently patted his shoulder: "I know, it's not your fault. I'll go with you later and ask them to return it, okay?"
Xiao Mian was stunned when he heard this. He had prepared himself to be scolded, but he was suddenly comforted and was clearly not quite there.
Yun Yu turned to look at the quiet Risa beside her and asked, "Do you know where they might go?"
Risa simply shook her head slightly and didn't say anything.
With the trail gone cold, Yun Yu sighed helplessly and simply sat down on the ground. Looking at Xiao Mian, she said somewhat apologetically, "It may be a bit presumptuous, but Xiao Mian, could you please help me find some clothes?"
Xiao Mian was taken aback, her face full of confusion: "Clothes? What do you need clothes for?"
Yun Yu didn't intend to hide anything and simply laid it all out: "I am the Ultraman who just fought Reichubas. I fought so fiercely that I was covered in sweat, and my clothes were completely soaked and sticking to my body, which was very uncomfortable."
This was half true. The real reason was that his chest was burned by the fireball, and his wet clothes stuck to it tightly. Every movement felt like tearing at his flesh, and the pain made it almost impossible for him to breathe.
I'll change my clothes later and take a nap here. Hopefully, I can recover from my injuries as soon as possible, and then hurry up and find the red ball to save the world.