Chapter 55: The Withered Flower

readx;?early one morning

As the sky slowly brightened, a flying machine filled with white light appeared in a mountain col. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I saw that it suddenly released a strong white light from the inside, shining into the surface below, and after a while, in a violent vibration, a huge object was shrunk by the white light and sucked into the aircraft. After doing all this, the flying machine did not stop at all, and rushed straight into the sky......

TPC Base Entrance

After finishing his conversation with Tsumino Makino, he was given an order to take a temporary "vacation". Aoba changed his uniform and put on civilian clothes and came to the entrance of the base with his head down, and at this moment, Aoba found that the two people who looked like father and son were slowly approaching at the entrance of the base.

Aoba, whose left arm was still bandaged and hung from his chest with a suspender, looked suspiciously at the man holding a small child at the entrance not far away, standing in front of him.

"Yes, it's me. Are you looking for me? ”。 Aoba nodded.

"Xiao Wang."

The man took the little boy's hand and screamed softly. It was actually his son who showed Aoba that was really looking for him.

"Hi~"

The little boy answered, broke free from his father's hand, reached out to Aoba, and pulled him to the back of the guardhouse.

"Kid, do you have anything to do with me?"

Aoba looked at Gu Zi suspiciously, took the little backpack down, and asked the little boy who was rummaging for something.

"Whoa! Big brother, this is yours, right? ”

The little boy pulled out an object from his backpack and handed it to Aoba. It's the spark of darkness that Aoba thought was missing!

"It's ......"

Aoba was surprised to take the dark spark handed over by the little boy, and asked in a trembling tone, "Little brother, how did this end up in your hands?" ”

"Hee-hee~ Big brother, thank you for saving my mother. I'll definitely join in the future and fight with Ultraman! ”

The little boy didn't answer, but said seriously. Then he whispered to Aoba: "This thing is the secret of the big brother!" ”

"Ah~ but...... Now it's a secret for the two of us! ”

Aoba put the dark spark into the backpack next to him, and touched the little boy's head with a smile.

"Big brother, then I'll go first. Also, my name is Dahewang! Taiga picked up his backpack and waved at Aoba, turning around and running towards his father.

Looking at the two fathers and sons who were slowly moving away and the big river that turned back and waved from time to time, Aoba also waved with a smile.

"Secret ......"

Until he couldn't see the figure of Ogawa Wang's father and son, Aoba unconsciously stretched out his right hand to his left chest and muttered softly.

……

Command room

"Captain! I made a big discovery! Nakajima, who ran back to the command room excitedly, looked at the somewhat empty command room and asked Captain Hibi, "Why is there no one?!" ”

"That's right, I just received a report that a huge cave with an anomaly appeared in the col area of the X6 area. Kazura Koda has already rushed over to investigate; Asuka and Mai, who are patrolling the Alpha, will also go to join Koda; As for Aoba......" Captain Kibi, who was sitting in the communication seat, paused and continued: "Aoba, he got the order of 'vacation', and it was directly ordered from above......"

"'Vacation'? It was ordered directly from above......" Nakajima said with some confusion: "Is there any special reason?" Captain. ”

"Ahem~ nothing."

Captain Kibi coughed lightly and waved his hand, took off the communicator on his head, rubbed his temples, and asked Nakajima, "Na~ What is the major discovery you just said?" Now let's talk about it! ”

"Oh~ that's right." Nakajima connected his laptop to the home screen and explained, "Through experimentation, we found that the strange stone is constantly sending some kind of message to the outside of the earth! ”

"What?!"

Captain Hibi slowed down in surprise, and then asked, "Can you decipher it?" ”

"I'm afraid it won't work for the time being......" Nakajima sighed, shaking his head and giving his answer.

"Yes...... Captain Kibi thought for a moment and patted Nakajima's shoulder and encouraged, "Nakajima, keep up the good work." I had a hunch that something was going to happen, and it was the rock! ”

"Understood!"

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After receiving the order to "take a vacation", Aoba, who left the TPC base, did not return to his residence in Tokyo. Instead, I took a taxi to my hometown in the countryside.

After paying, Aoba looked at the green fields, and his originally gloomy mood finally improved a lot.

Taking out the key to the old mansion and opening the door, Aoba picked up his backpack and walked in.

"It's been a long time since I've been back."

Looking at the lush trees in the courtyard, the familiar and unfamiliar picture in front of him made Aoba laugh to himself.

Also, since that incident, I left my hometown with my parents and sister to live in Tokyo, and I was in a coma for a few years before. Except for the parents who regularly invite someone to clean the old house, there is basically no one at other times.

Perhaps, it is also a good choice to quit your job and live in the countryside away from the hustle and bustle of the city......

"Huh?!"

Just as he was about to walk into the house, Aoba suddenly felt as if someone was peeping at him!

"Delusion? Maybe I've been too tired lately. ”

Aoba, who didn't notice anything abnormal, didn't see it, shortly after he walked into the house. A man in a peculiar blue robe was standing outside the courtyard wall with interest......

Command room

[Dididi~]

"This is the command room, please speak!"

Captain Hibi, who was temporarily acting as a communicator, spoke directly after connecting the communication.

[Captain, a special plasma reaction has been found here.] ]

Koda's voice came from inside the communicator.

"Plasma reaction? Is it a UFO? ”

[The plasma reaction is waning, but whatever used to be.] It's all gone now......]

[Alas~ There are so many flowers here!] But it's a pity that it's withered. ]

Mai's voice came, and Captain Kibi switched the screen to find that Mai had picked up a few withered flowers at the moment. And not far away, the ground was covered with the same flowers as Mai's hand, and it seemed to have been thrown out of that big hole!

"Koda, the TPC research team will be coming to take over soon. Come back when they arrive. "Captain Hibi wanted the team to go and investigate, but his superiors had to obey the order.

[Understood!] ]

Just when Koda was about to gather his teammates after receiving instructions, he suddenly found that there was no flying bird!

"Where's the bird? Where did Asuka go? ”

"I don't know." Kaishi shook his head.

"I see, that guy is probably running away to be lazy again!"

……

Inside the woods

Asuka, who was thought to be lazy by his teammates, was looking at the mysterious person in front of him with a solemn face at the moment.

"You don't need to be nervous, we have no ill will." The mysterious man said in a calm tone.

"How can I believe what the sneaky people say?" The mysterious man's words did not dispel Asuka's vigilance, after all, it was the guy of unknown origin in front of him who suddenly attacked him before!

"I just wanted to see what you're capable of. Dinah? Altman. ”

"What!?"

"We're here to get your help."

"You guys?"

"Yes." The mysterious man nodded and continued: "If there is a chance to change history, it can also save many people and even save the demise of a civilization. Become a savior! Will you say yes? ”。

"If that's the case, of course I'm obliged. However......" Asuka rarely calmed down, looked at the mysterious man and asked, "If you want help, you have to tell me your details!" Also, who are you? ”

"Our words ......," the mysterious man sighed softly when he heard this, raised his head and looked up at the sky, and muttered:

"Let's look for someone from other lands......"

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ps: Because I can't help but dig a hole in silence again recently (mdzz), when I came back to code Owen, I found that my mind was full of chaos. So......