What?Altman is tenured?

Chapter 440 Dagu and Bateman
The setting of the sun does not mean that a quiet moment has arrived for the city. On the contrary, darkness is like a protective color. As the sun sets and the moon rises, the filth that was originally illuminated by the sun has no escape. Dirty things slowly emerged, as if for them, the moon was their sun.

On a wasteland in the mountain forest, a figure was walking back and forth in the grass, as if he was determining something.

"Mr. Casto! Come back with me quickly!" Dagu looked at Casto who was lowering his head and seemed to be studying something. He was very anxious, but he had no choice but to understand that Mr. Casto would not Listen to him, although he looks much gentler than Brother Masaki Keigo, in fact Dagu knows that, like Brother Masaki Keigo, Mr. Casto also has his own ideas,
Except for Captain Megumi and Director Sawai, it is difficult for others to change. Thinking of this, Dagu was a little speechless. He didn’t know whether it was good luck or bad luck. Among so many people looking for Casto, he was the first to find it. Casto location.

Not long after Castor disappeared from his room, the TPC began a search. People from the police station began to call in surveillance from various places, and the Victory Team also began to patrol a large area.
Theoretically, if Casto or a person with superpowers wanted to avoid patrols, it would be difficult for the TPC to find them in the short term. However, Dagu's plane had just flown over the suburbs when he felt a strange feeling. energy of,

And when he came down, he immediately spotted Mr. Casto.
The only problem is that in this place, for some reason, the signal is not very good.

Dagu looked down at the PDI that kept making a 'sizzling' sound, and said even more helplessly, "That shouldn't be the case. In order to ensure communication, the victory team's PDI has a variety of built-in communication modes. In addition to the most common signal tower, what else is there?" With satellite phone and telegraph modes, it’s theoretically impossible not to be able to send out any information at all.”

As he spoke, Daguya lowered his head and looked at the ground to try to find what Mr. Casto was looking for. After a while, he shook his head. He found nothing except grass, rubble and cement on the ground. Fragments?

Dagu seemed to realize something. He lowered his body, carefully peeled away the soil on the ground, grabbed a handful and looked at it in the moonlight. Then he frowned and his eyes began to shine. Following the light, he saw that it was covered with weeds. Under the ground, and at this look, his eyes suddenly became even more unbelievable,
He turned his head and scanned the ground nearby. Three seconds later, he blinked again. As the light disappeared from his eyes, he also asked in surprise, "How is this possible?! Under the soil here Why is there a foundation?”

Dagu didn't believe in evil, and his eyes glowed again and he scanned the surroundings, but he found nothing, and this made his eyes filled with disbelief. You must know that there were no buildings around, not even a trace of modernization. No,

But underground in this grassland, there are foundations at regular intervals, complete underground water facilities, and even various underground pipelines that look like commercial ones.
Dagu looked at Mr. Casto, who was pacing back and forth on the grass without saying a word, and asked with great confusion, "Mr. Casto, did you find something? Can you tell me what happened here?" Why does it feel like."

Before he finished speaking, Castor seemed to have finally confirmed something and raised his head. However, the moment Dagu and Castor looked at each other, Dagu suddenly had a strange feeling. He trembled subconsciously, and then suddenly whispered in confusion, "What's going on? Why do I suddenly feel a sense of fear?"

"I remember you've learned a lot."

Suddenly, Casto's voice came to Dagu's ears. For some reason, Dagu felt that Mr. Casto's voice was a little low and hoarse today, but he didn't think much about it and nodded, "Yes. Yes, Brother Masaki and other members of the Victory Team have taught me a lot. Compared with when I first joined the Victory Team, I have improved a lot in all aspects now."

As if it was an illusion, Da Gu felt that when he finished speaking, he saw a hint of envy in Mr. Casto's eyes, and before he could react, Casto had already turned around and said with That deep voice said,

"Victory Team and Masaki Keigo are indeed very good. You can learn from them. This is an improvement for you, but it is not enough. You need to learn more from people other than them. They need to learn something they haven’t mastered yet.”

Dagu wanted to ask what exactly these things Casto was referring to, but once again, without giving him a chance, Mr. Casto walked straight towards the forest and disappeared in just a few steps. into the darkness.

How did you do it? Dagu followed quickly, and he had a feeling that if he didn't follow now, Mr. Casto would be able to get rid of him completely in a few seconds at most.

Although there is no road to walk on, this mountain road is not too steep. For Dagu, who has experienced a lot of training, even if he has lost the power of light, he can easily walk on this mountain road for a day and a night. ,
However, the further he walked, the more confused Dagu's expression became, because that feeling appeared again, that feeling that something was wrong, as if he had discovered something underground in the wasteland. He felt There is also a problem in this forest,
Once again, his eyes were shining, trying to find something invisible to the naked eye, but to his disappointment, this time he found nothing.

"Power is such a thing. How easy it is for people to become arrogant. Even you, Da Gu,
If you feel something is abnormal, what you should do is look at it with your heart, rather than using your superpowers. "

Dagu heard Casto's deep voice again in his ears. He was stunned for a moment. He raised his head and looked forward. Only then did he notice that Mr. Casto, who had been walking forward, had stopped at some point. He stopped walking and was looking at himself not far away.

"Power makes people arrogant. What do you mean? Did I use perspective?" Feeling the gaze coming from not far away, Dagu took a deep breath, calmed down, 'turned off' his perspective, and reset it. He looked at the surrounding mountains and forests with his eyes, trying to find where the strange discomfort he felt came from.

Look carefully?

Suddenly, Dagu seemed to have thought of something. He slowly raised his head, and then kept scanning the surroundings, as if he was checking something. After just a few breaths, he lowered his head again and looked at Castor.

"There is a problem with the natural environment here. Whether it is vegetation, animals, or even the entire ecosystem. The animals here have not even formed the ecological chain of a normal mountain forest. The tallest trees are only more than ten years old. It seems... in more than ten years. Years ago, someone once set fire to the entire mountain forest."

Castor nodded without saying a word and walked in a certain direction again. Dagu walked up quickly, but the look on his face was even more confused, "Is it a fire? But it shouldn't be, even if it's a fire, it's impossible. Completely destroy the ecosystem here. Wait!?"

Suddenly, a somewhat absurd idea flashed through Dagu's mind, and he suddenly thought of the overgrown wasteland not far away. There were facilities underground, but there was nothing on the ground.
"It's like someone plowed everything up here with little tactical atomic bombs."

Dagu opened PDI. He really wanted to contact the headquarters. He needed to know what happened here, but he was very happy. For some reason, communication still couldn't work here.

Casto had no intention of answering Dagu. He kept walking forward, and Dagu followed him. He looked at the trees that kept sweeping back around him, and suddenly felt uncertain. He was not sure what he was doing. Is it 'forward' or 'circling'?
It would have been difficult to find a reference point in the mountain forest, but the trees here are all similar, so it is difficult to find a place that can be remembered at a glance.

I don't know how long I walked like this. Finally, when Dagu felt a headache, suddenly there was a rustling sound not far away.

Dagu took a closer look, and saw a man with a flashlight coming out of nowhere. He stood under the moonlight and looked at the two of them. Dagu's eyes lit up and he felt the other person's breath. After confirming that the other person was an Earthling, he then He carefully identified the other party's clothes and asked, "Are you from the police station?"

The light of the flashlight swept across Dagu and Casto, and seemed to notice the uniforms on the two men. The other party turned down the light of the flashlight and moved it to the side, and then said in great surprise, "It's Casto, the consultant of the victory team." Sir and team member Mr. Dagu? I am a member of the police department and I am on a search mission. It is the search issued by the superiors."

Dagu glanced at Casto with his peripheral vision, trying to find something on the other person's face, but Casto, who was clearly beside him a second ago, suddenly stood in the darkness at this moment, completely unable to see clearly. With an expression on his face, Dagu sighed. He turned around and looked at the man who suddenly appeared. Just as he was about to step forward, Castor's previous words suddenly echoed in his ears,

'If you feel something abnormal, what you should do is look with your heart, not use your superpowers'

Subconsciously, Dagu narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person, recalling what had just happened in his mind. Then, he stood there and said to the man holding the flashlight, "No, let's not talk about Yoshioka from the police station. Will the director order someone to search for someone in the mountains? Even if he did, you wouldn’t be able to identify Mr. Casto so quickly."

"Director Yoshioka did not specifically order to find someone, but he did send out Mr. Casto's photo." The man said very seriously, "And I didn't recognize Mr. Casto. I just did it because of your uniform." , I asked subconsciously, as members of the police department, although we are not as elite as the people in your victory team, we have also been trained.
Even though we only took a cursory glance at the photo, we were still able to remember the appearance very closely."

"Everything you say seems true, but that's the problem, because if you can fully explain why you know Mr. Casto, then you can't fully explain why you can call me by my name. ." Dagu said as he began to adjust the attack mode of the Victory Hypa Gun.
"Although our victory team usually does not involve normal human-related battles, if you don't tell the truth, then I will have to use anesthesia mode to let you sleep for a while."

Seeing Da Gu pull out his gun so decisively, Casto, who was not far away, was stunned for a moment and nodded subconsciously. At the same time, the man holding the flashlight was also disturbed by Da Gu's sudden action of pulling out his gun. He was stunned, slowly raised his hands and took a few steps back. As he stepped back, he said helplessly, "In the absence of supernatural events, the Victory Team is not qualified to interfere with the tasks of the police station. Let's do this. Take a step back and wait until we get back to the base, okay? You should have noticed that our communication equipment can no longer contact the base."

"What was your original job?"

"We are patrolling this mountainous area, but I can't tell you more. If you want to know, just go back and ask your superiors." The man scanned the direction of Casto with a flashlight, and then said, "Of course, I believe it." With Mr. Casto's qualifications, he should know what this place is about, after all, he should have been involved in this back then."

Dagu subconsciously wanted to ask Mr. Casto what happened here, but his throat just moved but he quickly held back. He believed that Mr. Casto would tell him all this if he needed it.
In comparison, he still felt that the man in front of him was more suspicious. He had something to do with this mountain forest, and he appeared here by such a coincidence. Everything seemed so abnormal.

Just when Dagu was confronting the other party, Castor didn't know when he left the place where the other party's flashlight had previously been. He stood in the darkness. No one could see his eyes clearly. The light of the flashlight seemed to be Intentionally or unintentionally, he was swaying back and forth in the forest, as if he was planning to lock in Castor's position.

Dagu noticed the opponent's action of holding the flashlight and gritted his teeth. He began to tighten the muscles of his calf. While estimating the current distance, he simulated in his mind the fastest way to knock down the opponent.

All of this was very hidden. Theoretically, the activities of the muscles should have been completely covered up by Dagu's Victory Team uniform. But at the moment when Dagu's muscles tensed up and entered the state, the man opposite seemed to notice something and opened his mouth. His eyes became sharp as if he was planning to do something,
Just when Dagu and the other party were about to explode, their ears suddenly heard the sound of rustling leaves being trampled. By the time the two of them reacted, Castor had already appeared in front of their eyes. middle,

"Don't be too anxious. You all probably need more information."

Dagu turned his head in surprise. He heard the meaning of Castor's words. Just when he was about to take action, the man opposite with the flashlight seemed to be planning to do something as well.
However, these were not the things that surprised him. What really surprised him was that he did not notice at all when Mr. Castor walked out of the darkness between them.

There was no use of any superpowers. Dagu was sure that Mr. Castor's walking just now was not using any superpowers, but simply relying on human feet.

But this made Dagu even more puzzled and even frightened. He didn't understand how Mr. Castor did it, how he could travel back and forth in the darkness relying solely on the human body.

Dagu didn't even realize how many times Mr. Casto's position had changed. It was as if Mr. Casto suddenly learned some way to integrate himself into the dark shadow.

The man opposite with a flashlight seemed to be slightly better than Da Gu. He seemed to have seen a little more about Castor's movement in the dark than Da Gu, but although he was not as surprised as Da Gu, his face was full of surprise. Still full of vigilance,

He nodded and suddenly pointed the flashlight in one direction. It was a place with slightly fewer trees and looked like an open space. He walked straight towards that place. Casto followed. Dagu hesitated. After a moment, he also followed.

Although it is not big, it is more or less empty. The three of them stand here, they can see each other's faces, and even see each other's expressions clearly. Dagu is not sure whether this is a good thing, but he still said, "I don't know if you are from the police department, but I want to know why you are here at night."

"I'm not lying to you. I did come here to patrol, but the reasons for patrolling are more complicated. I can't tell you why I patrol here. I can only tell you that I also noticed that there is a problem with the signal here, so We just started patrolling here.”

The man holding the flashlight sighed, then shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that I would meet you here. I originally planned to see if I could find the reason for the signal interference, and then go back to report to the headquarters. "

"As for member Dagu, you ask me why I know you. Isn't it strange? The people in the Victory Team are quite famous, especially you Dagu. You are a member of the Victory Team who came out of the transportation team. Your reputation is There are a lot of us who aspire to be on the winning team. You are our role model and we all hope to be on the winning team like you."

"First of all, I'm sure I'm not that famous in TPC." Regarding this person's words, Dagu gave his own evaluation, "Secondly, even if I really have such a reputation, your words still make no sense. ,
I have not read all the specific enforcement regulations of the police station, but I am sure of one thing, that is, if this place really needs someone to patrol alone, and the confidentiality regulations are so high.
When a problem occurs, you should not go into the mountainous area to look for abnormal phenomena as soon as possible, but you should immediately find a way to seek help from the headquarters and base."

Dagu's gun was already pointed at the opposite side, "Besides, as a place that is highly confidential and requires dedicated personnel to be stationed, is the police station even prepared with wired telephones?"

"The wireline phone has been cut off. Isn't this difficult to understand?" The other party seemed a little annoyed by Dagu's words and kept looking at Casto. "Mr. Casto, either way, let's leave here together. I will report your situation to the headquarters, and you will explain to Dagu what happened here. By the way, we will wait for someone to check why the signal here is lost."

As he spoke, the man stretched out his hand and put his arm around Casto's shoulder. Dagu looked at Casto who didn't move at all, stretched out his hand and grabbed the other man's arm, then pointed the gun at the other man and shouted, "Don't move! Put your hands up and get out of here with me!"

The man opposite looked at his arm held by Dagu, glanced at Casto, and then at Dagu, then sighed silently, a flash of fire flashed in his eyes, and said in pain, "Relax, I I don’t mean any harm, I just want to know where the things are hidden.”

Listening to the other party's voice, Dagu suddenly fell into a trance. He felt a very familiar feeling, as if he had encountered a similar situation before.
Suddenly, Castor's voice sounded, "Have you Kirialodians elected a new prophet?"

Dagu was stunned for a moment, and then violently broke away from the opponent's arm. He finally realized what the familiar feeling just now was. It only appeared when facing the mental interference of the Kirialodians. Consciousness trance state,
Moreover, I don’t know whether the other party has developed a new ability, or whether the Kirialodians already have this ability. Dagu frowned with some uncertainty as he recalled the scene just now, and when he came into contact with the other party At that moment, he felt as if his consciousness had been invaded.

"Prophet?! Don't compare me to that kind of guy! Call me hunter!!" The man seemed a little irritated by Castor's title. He turned his head to look at Castor and said with a dissatisfied look on his face, "Unlike the people of the old era, we are a perfect combination of humans and Kirialodians. We are new humans and new Kirialodians. We are gay people. We want to overthrow the TPC and establish a A whole new world.”

Dagu was stunned by the amount of information in the other party's words, and the man who claimed to be a hunter seized this moment and stretched out his hand towards Casto. As his hand came into contact with Casto, he A smile appeared on his face, "Let me see where the Zilda gas hidden by you is."

"Mr. Casto, be careful. Once that guy comes into contact with someone, he will..." Before Dagu could finish his words, he suddenly stopped because he saw a very strange scene.
The picture of Mr. Castor being controlled did not appear in his mind. On the contrary, as the other party came into contact with Mr. Castor, in an instant, this self-proclaimed hunter, self-proclaimed new human, self-proclaimed gay man, Fear was suddenly written on his face.

"What are you!? So dark, so dark!!!"

The hunter let go of Castor's hand, the expression on his face was full of fear. He subconsciously stepped back, and the flashlight in his hand fell to the ground, "Who the hell are you!?"

He assumed a fighting stance. From head to toe, his body began to change rapidly, and a phantom appeared on his body. It originally required countless Kirialodians to merge to appear. It belonged to Kirialod. The fighting stance of the Rieloid people,
But just when he was about to transform, there was a sudden 'bang' sound, and the flashlight on the ground was shattered by an unknown attack. The light suddenly disappeared in the open space, and everything around him was suddenly shrouded in darkness.

The change in light made Dagu subconsciously close his eyes. In fact, he could see things in the dark, but his instinctive reaction still made him need to close his eyes to adjust his eyes to the change in light. There was a 'bang' sound when Dagu opened his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he saw a scene that shocked him,
The hunter was already lying on the ground, and Mr. Casto did not know when he had returned to the darkness, as if he had done nothing.

"What the hell are you!?"

"I am Bateman!"

(End of this chapter)