I'm really just human

"Okay, okay, Dad will be back soon," a middle-aged man's laughter suddenly sounded from inside the pub, "Taro, have you been obedient at home these days? Of course Dad will remember the gift, and I will go buy it with Taro tomorrow..."

Xia Chuan glanced at the middle-aged man sitting alone at a table in the corner. He was wearing glasses and had a slightly old-fashioned look, but his face was filled with a happy smile during the call.

This man looked familiar to him. He had been here several times a month ago. He was even more eccentric and unsociable than him. Every time he came, he would just bury his head in his drink and not say a word.

"Is the guest back from a business trip?" The boss asked curiously when he saw the middle-aged man hang up the phone with a smile.

"Yes," the middle-aged man seemed to be in a good mood and responded, "I went to Kurogake in Nagano Prefecture for a few days. The day after tomorrow is my son's birthday, so I took a special leave."

"Jiulang Yue?" the boss asked in surprise, "I heard that an ancient relic was discovered over there. Are you from the archaeological team?"

Xia Chuan pricked up his ears calmly.

Kurogake in Nagano Prefecture. He remembered that the ruins in "Kamen Rider Kuuga" were also in this place.

I don’t know what is going on in this world.

"That's it."

The middle-aged man smiled and said nothing more, then took his luggage and prepared to leave.

It was already dark outside and there were almost no pedestrians on the road.

Seeing this, Xia Chuan subconsciously reminded: "Don't stay outside for too long at this time."

"It's okay," the middle-aged man checked his watch and found that it was indeed a little late. "This place is not far from my home. Besides, there are Kamen Riders patrolling outside. It will be fine."

The corner of Xia Chuan's eyes twitched. He felt like this guy was setting a flag. He opened his mouth but didn't say anything else.

Now is the time when a new batch of Kamen Riders are released, and it is indeed much safer outside than before.

"I'll go back too."

Seeing the middle-aged man walk out of the store, Xia Chuan lost interest in sitting there any longer. After taking a last look at the TV, he grabbed his suit jacket and stood up to pay the bill.

The stairs to the izakaya are in the alley next to it, leading directly to the second floor. There is only one resident, Natsukawa, while the owner lives behind the izakaya.

The boss's wife and daughter originally lived on the second floor, but I heard that they divorced and moved out a few years ago.

The boss didn't tell him the details, and he didn't ask.

Like the original Kamienaga Shinji, he is actually a person who doesn't like to talk to others.

"Buzz!"

As the key was inserted into the keyhole, a slight buzzing sound was heard and with keen hearing, a scream of fear was clearly heard.

It's a monster!

Someone nearby encountered a monster!

Xia Chuan's pupils dilated and he turned his head with a stiff neck. Despite his calm personality, his eyes began to tremble slightly uncontrollably. He subconsciously reached inside his suit, but grabbed nothing.

He is no longer Ultraman, and his gun was taken back after he was suspended.

Although as an elite police officer, his combat power is stronger than that of ordinary people, it doesn't seem to make much difference when facing those monsters.

To him, monsters still represent a deadly danger.

"call!"

Xia Chuan took a deep breath, and with a hesitant look on his face, he still went downstairs with his body tense.

Follow the streetlights to the end of the street.

Waves of glowing particles are rising from the ground, vaguely separating the inside and the outside into two worlds.

This is a special barrier developed for Kamen Rider battles.

It is very similar to the principle of Nexus's domain, but it does not have too many functions. It just temporarily forms a battle space to protect the external area while trapping monsters that cause trouble.

"what--!"

The barrier of the barrier had not yet been fully formed when the middle-aged man suddenly ran into Xia Chuan's sight with a scream. Just as he was about to break out of the barrier, his right leg was suddenly entangled by a green tentacle and he fell heavily to the ground with a thud.

"Kale-Kale! Eat you!"

The green monster's silhouette was fully revealed under the streetlights.

It has a green hard-shell body covered with hideous bone spurs, with tentacles on its chest to catch prey. An unknown corrosive liquid flows out from the opening and closing of its black mouthparts. The most eye-catching thing is a pair of blood-red eyes, which will make people feel creepy if they look at them for too long.

It is different from the monster image released by the Alliance.

New type of monster?!

Xia Chuan's expression suddenly changed.

The monsters that were active in the past were more like the alien beasts in the Ultra world view, but the monster now is more like a weirdo in the Knight world view.

Is it a world invasion?

"help me!"

The middle-aged man rolled and crawled away from the green-skinned monster. When he saw Xia Chuan in front of him, hope reappeared on his desperate face, and he hurriedly reached out to pass through the light curtain of the barrier.

As long as he escapes before the barrier is completely formed, he will be saved!

"Hurry up! Pull me out!"

"Kanaga!" the boss shouted from behind, "Don't mess around! You'll be dragged into this too!"

How can the battle barrier be so easy to come out?

The range may change at any time before forming, the farther away the safer.

Moreover, the middle-aged man had been entangled by the monster and there was no possibility of survival.

"Come back soon, Shen Yong!"

The boss shouted anxiously.

"You are not a Kamen Rider. You have no responsibility or obligation to save him! Don't try to be a hero!"

"I know, Boss..."

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Xia Chuan's breathing quickened as he silently watched the struggling middle-aged man. His heart was moved by the middle-aged man's desperate will to survive.

The strength of an ordinary person is far from that of a monster, but the middle-aged man managed to crawl to the edge of the barrier under the pull of the monster's tentacles.

His fingers were covered in blood, and there was an obvious trail of blood on the ground.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 3 Mr. Police

2023-04-30

"Please!" The middle-aged man looked at the motionless Xia Chuan in despair, "I can't die here! Please..."

Xia Chuan clenched his fingers tightly, and the shouts of the boss and the middle-aged man beside his ears seemed to be blocked out. His memory went back to five years ago in the continuous buzzing.

"Human lifespan is extremely short. Do you really want to sacrifice yourself to save him, Ultraman?"

"I want him to live. This is also the wish of his companions, and I hope to respond to them."

"Do you really like humans so much?"

"Buzz!"

"Ultraman..."

Xia Chuan's eyes fluctuated violently. He gritted his teeth and, ignoring his boss's shouting, quickly stepped forward and grabbed the middle-aged man who was about to be pulled back.

"pay close attention!"

"Wow!"

Almost at the moment Xia Chuan made his move, the light wave-like barrier suddenly expanded and completely solidified several meters behind him.

The barrier seemed to have regarded him as part of the monster.

No surprise at all.

The League cares more about trapping the monster than the lives of a few victims.

Xia Chuan looked directly at the green-skinned monster that continued to laugh strangely, took another deep breath, and did not fall into panic like the middle-aged man.

He didn't know if it was because the pressure from the monster was too great, but at this moment he actually sensed a trace of Ultraman's light power.

Although it was pitifully weak, Ultraman's power did not completely disappear.

There is drama...

"call!"

The green-skinned monster shifted its bloodshot eyes.

Without thinking too much, Xia Chuan crossed his arms to block reflexively, but his body was still whipped away by a green tentacle, rolling several times before crashing into the wheel of a car on the side of the road before he came to a stop.

"boom!"

Well!

Feeling the tearing pain in his arms and body, Xia Chuan groaned and raised his head with difficulty. Seeing the weirdo holding the middle-aged man by the neck and lifting him high, he hurriedly re-sensed the little bit of strength in his body.

He seemed to understand some of Ultraman's emotions.

At such times, neither the former Kamienaga Shinji nor Ultraman would sit idly by and allow humans to be killed by monsters in front of their eyes.

Even though this human had nothing to do with him.

This special feeling, this belief is the light.

It is the light that this universe lacks.

"Wow!"

Xia Chuan clenched his fingers firmly, as if he had reached into another dimension.

A cylindrical Beta magic wand appeared in the palm of his hand, but as soon as he pressed the transformation button, the faint light that had just condensed collapsed for no reason like broken glass.

Failed?

"Gululu!"

A strong feeling of suffocation came over Xia Chuan, as if he was sinking into the deep sea. The boundless pressure around him made it impossible for him to breathe. Although he still had the power of light in his body, he could not break free from the restraints no matter how he struggled.

Suddenly, a giant silver figure stood tall in Xia Chuan's vision.

There is no luminous timer unique to Ultraman on the chest, it just stands outside the invisible barrier, looking down coldly from the universe.

Sophie?

"boom--!"

A loud explosion woke Xiachuan up, and when he came to his senses, he found two strange Kamen Riders with animal features appeared on the street.

The green-skinned monster seemed to have been killed in the explosion just now, and the middle-aged man was lying one meter away in front, gasping for breath.

A Kamen Rider took out a communication device and recorded: "Mission accomplished, successfully eliminated 'Green Thorn', danger level 2, rescued two passers-by..."

"You again!" another Kamen Rider next to him said angrily, "You are so despicable. You actually deliberately stole my target!"

"Heh," the Kamen Rider in front sneered, "You're not much better. You were here from the beginning, but you didn't come to the rescue. Isn't it despicable to deliberately increase your score like this?"

"you!"

"Hey, cheer up!"

Xia Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to the middle-aged man. His eyes suddenly narrowed when he saw the huge hole in the man's abdomen along the large pool of blood.

With this kind of injury, there is basically no possibility of survival.

The middle-aged man's current condition is almost the same as his last moments of life.

"Thank you," the middle-aged man seemed to have not yet reacted, and smiled at Xia Chuan with pale lips, "You don't seem to be an ordinary person?"

"I am... a public security police officer."

Xia Chuan looked away unnaturally.

"Hold on a little longer, the ambulance will be here soon."

"ambulance?"