Tread, tread, tread...

The sound of steady, powerful footsteps rang out from the empty hallway, bringing a little change to the silence.

Kibi Tsuyosuke stood outside the iron door of the detention cell with a complicated face, looking at the young man leaning against the wall with blank eyes, and in a trance it seemed that a long time had passed since their last cooperation, and in fact it had only been a few months.

"You're here after all." I don't know how long it took, but Ito-kun was the first to speak.

Now he is very different from when he met Zhu Xingzhen, his sunken eyes and thin face all indicate his physical and mental exhaustion.

But as soon as he speaks, he can always make people feel the confidence in his heart, and it can also make people ignore his bad image now, as he was as high-spirited as he was at the beginning.

"You don't seem to want me to come?" Captain Hibi raised his eyebrows and replied with some strange eyes.

"No, I just feel a little sad." Ito's sunken eyes looked at Captain Kibi, who was standing straight outside the door, paused, and smiled, "You're here to ask me how to deal with Asmantis, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Fukami asked you to come?" Ito's smile was somewhat intriguing.

"The superintendent just agreed to my request." Captain Kibi did not deceive Ito, and Director Fukami did just agree to his request.

"In other words, you're asking me on a personal basis?" Ito was not surprised to hear this, and tried to sit up straight, and asked with a smile.

"Yes, from what I know about you during this time, I don't believe that you will betray humanity, so..."Captain Kibi took a deep breath, then bowed to Ito, and said in a very sincere tone, "Please tell us what to do with Asmantis." ”

"What do you know about me?" Ito was noncommittal, "It's just that kind of superficial hypocrisy, and you want to believe that I won't betray humanity?" ”

"......" Captain Hibi did not speak, but maintained a bowing posture.

"Heh, if I say that I orchestrated the Asmontis incident from beginning to end, do you still think that I will not betray humanity?" Ito's tone was very joking, "I was also the one who persuaded many of the top management of TPC to agree to the proposal. ”

“？！” Captain Kibi looked up sharply, his fierce gaze staring at Ito in the detention room, his expression full of disbelief.

"What a terrible look, the captain of SUPER-GUTS is really imposing." I don't know whether it was admiration or sarcasm, Ito seemed very satisfied with Captain Kibi's expression after knowing the inside story, "But one thing you guessed correctly, from beginning to end, I really didn't intend to betray humanity." ”

"So, what is all this for??" Captain Xibi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then there was a burst of doubt, "If the global implementation plan of the 'ideal country' mentioned by Asmontis is implemented, you should not be able to see how terrible the consequences will be!" ”

"Terrible consequences? Hmph," Ito sneered, "After all, he is just a mortal, he can only see the immediate gains and losses, but he can't see the long-term value." ”

"Mortal?" Captain Kibi keenly captures the key to Ito's words.

"Have you ever known Asmantis firsthand?" Ito ignored Captain Kibi's question, and said to himself, "You only know that Asmantis's 'Ideal Realm' plan will cause people to become strongly dependent on them, and thus their status will be reversed to control humanity, but you have not deeply understood the efforts I have put into this project. ”

"The most valuable thing about Asmontis is not the 'Ideal Country', but the Crystal City itself!" Ito said with some fanaticism, "As long as you have a brief understanding, you will know that Crystal City can not only accommodate the spiritual life of Asmantis, but the most important thing is that its independent space can also accommodate other creatures, such as... Mankind. ”

"Accommodating humans?" Captain Kibi still didn't understand what Ito meant.

"That's right!" Ito didn't mind, but patiently explained to Captain Xibi: "Even if there are any extinct changes on the earth in the future, as long as the crystal city still exists, I can take a considerable amount of humans and materials, and then I can find a suitable planet to redevelop." As long as Asmontis does not like to fight the racial nature of the people, the crystal city can completely complement the human race, and if the crystal city is controlled, the elite of all aspects can be selected from all the human beings, even if the total population has declined, but under my leadership, the development of civilization will definitely be able to move forward rapidly, and who can say that the 'ideal country' can only harm human beings? ”

Ito's words were a bit shocking, at least Captain Kibi was shocked into a cold sweat by the cruelty hidden in these words.

What does it mean to take a 'sizable' amount of people and goods with an extinction catastrophe on Earth? What does it mean that even if the total population is 'somewhat' down?? With billions of people in the world, how much can a crystalline city hold? Ito's simple words, if he really wants to implement it in the future, how many people will die?!

"Ridiculous!!" Captain Kibi, who understood the deep meaning, shouted angrily, and stared at Ito, who looked crazy, "Let's not talk about the possibility of the extinction of the earth, as far as you say leading human civilization forward, do you think you can become a god!?" ”

"Hehe, if I can't, then Ultraman can?" Captain Kibi's cheers calmed Ito from his frenzy, but instead of getting angry, he asked with a smile on his face, "What can they do to advance human civilization other than fighting?" And as long as I control Crystal City properly, I can fulfill all the wishes of the people, which is no different from the gods, right? In the final analysis, the so-called gods are nothing more than things created by human beings out of emptiness. ”

"At least Ultraman is still fighting for his life to protect humanity!" Captain Xibi was furious in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "And you, but you are just for your personal fantasy, gradually pushing mankind into the abyss!" ”

“... Dream? Ito was silent for a while, his eyes looked at Captain Kibi with anger on his face, and suddenly laughed, laughing a little nervously, "You say I'm just fantasizing?? Haha-"

"What's so funny about that?" Frowning at Ito, who was lying on the bed and smiling, Captain Kibi asked.

"Ha~ It's nothing, it's just that I haven't felt so emotionally for a long time." Ito, who had been laughing for a while, wiped his eyes, wiped away the tears that came out of his laughter, and returned his expression to the calm he had at the beginning, "You once argued with Gondo staff about Zhuxing's choice to crash Alfas Perio in order to save the two children, and you said this. ”

"Huh?" Captain Xibi, who was obviously a little unable to keep up with the jump in thinking, was stunned for a moment.

"You say, if you can't protect even a few, what qualifications do you have to protect even more." Ito asked with a faint expression, "Do you still think this way?" ”

"That's advice I took to heart when I became a member of TPC, and it's the same now." Although I don't know how Ito, who was not present at the time, knew, Captain Kibi answered very seriously.

"Then it seems that we can't talk about going together." Ito's expression was inexplicably relaxed, "Because my values are completely different from yours, I still prefer Gondo Counselor to your remarks, although he is just a short-sighted guy in my opinion." ”

"You mean, you're not going to tell us what to do with Asmantis." Captain Hibi's face was a little ugly and anxious.

"Of course not," Ito smiled again, "on the contrary, I'll wait for you to come over and leave the solution against Asmontis to you." ”

"What??" Captain Xibi was stunned again, he found that he had no idea what the young man in front of him was thinking.

"I'll tell you the way, but," Ito said softly as he lay down again, staring at the ceiling in distraction, "and what will happen depends on your choice." ”

The last sentence was very soft, and I don't know if Ito said it to Captain Kibi or to himself...

----------------- Divide-Cut-Line-------------------

Tokyo, downtown square.

As a result of the Tokyo Popularization Trial Program, Asmontis has scattered some crystals over Tokyo, so that people can connect their spirits to the crystallized city in their sleep and experience the satisfaction of the 'ideal country', and the experimental port in the downtown plaza is not as crowded as before.

But there are still a lot of people who want to enter the Crystal City through the towering mirror puppets. After all, the effect in sleep is far less real than in person.

"Jiro, can we squeeze in so many people?" A young man in a turban glanced at the crowd and asked his companion in annoyance.

"Don't worry, my brother is a combat officer of the police department, and it is his turn to be on duty today, and I told him last night." Some fat teenagers beside the turban boy were quite complacent, waved his hand and said, "As long as you follow me later, my brother will let us in." ”

"Awesome, Jiro, it's all up to you this time~" Seeing the fat boy's face smug, the turban boy also held him at the right time, and then frowned and looked at the companion who was cowering behind him, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's wrong Hasegawa, if it weren't for Jiro, we wouldn't have been able to enter Crystal City this time, but you took the initiative to ask to come along, so you didn't say anything?" ”

“... Yes, yes! Thank you very much..."The boy known as Hasegawa was taken aback, and after reacting, he thanked the fat boy with some nervousness.

"Forget it, they're all classmates~" The fat boy pouted, if it weren't for Hasegawa's good grades, many places where he needed to use the knowledge in his head, he wouldn't be too lazy to bring Hasegawa, not to mention the timidity, it was dull and dull, and it was not interesting at all.

Hearing this, Hasegawa just bowed his head and followed his two companions, and he also knew that his two companions did not like him.

Not only them, but due to the obstruction of their parents, the peers around them don't seem to treat them very well since they were young, so Hasegawa, who is eager to make friends, will take the initiative to ask to follow the fat boy and them to Crystal City to experience the 'ideal country' experiment.

Actually, he wasn't interested in this experiment at first, but since he experienced it in his dream, he felt that it would be good if he could make a lot of friends in the 'ideal country' where all his wishes could be realized.

Thinking about it, Hasegawa unconsciously had a shallow smile on his face.

"Hey, are you going to Crystal City?"

Hasegawa was smiling, and suddenly felt that his shoulder was being pulled, and he was immediately nervous, and subconsciously turned around and bowed his head to apologize: "Ten, I'm very sorry!" ”

"Huh, huh? I—I'm okay..."Hasegawa's reaction also startled Asuka.

That's right, the person who pulled Hasegawa was Asuka.

Originally, he just saw that this young man was incompatible with his companions, and he walked in the direction of the mirror magic puppet, seeing that this young man had an honest face, and pulled him in line with the idea of dissuading him from sinking into Mirror City, but he was taken aback by this young man's reaction.

"No, no, I'm asking if you're going to enter Mirror City?" Asuka, who reacted, blushed and quickly asked again.

"Yes, yes..." Hasegawa also knew that his conditioned reflex was embarrassed, and his head involuntarily lowered lower, but he only responded resignedly.

"Hey, I said..."Hearing Hasegawa's voice, I wondered if this kid had caused him some trouble, and the fat boy just turned around and saw Asuka... TO BE PRECISE, HE SAW THE SUPER-GUTS UNIFORM ON HIS BODY AND SHRANK HIS NECK, AND WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, HE GLANCED AT HIS COMPANION NEXT TO HIM, AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND WALKED AWAY WITH THE KNOWING TURBAN BOY.

"You guys!" Asuka also saw the movements of the two of them, and just wanted to call them out, but as soon as he spoke, the two teenagers ran faster, and ran away in three or two, and Asuka had no choice but to give up.

"Huh?!" Hasegawa also found out at this time that his companion was walking away, and he was in a hurry to catch up, but he was stopped by Asuka.

"I said, that 'ideal country' is not a good place, and it is better not to go to that kind of place." Asuka said very seriously to Hasegawa, who was stopped by him, but he didn't notice the anxiety in Hasegawa's eyes.

"Please, please let me pass... Please! Seeing that his companions were about to run away, Hasegawa's tears were about to come out, but he didn't dare to say anything more because of his cowardly personality.

"Why don't you understand, that Crystal City..."Seeing that the young man in front of him still wanted to go to Crystal City, Asuka frowned suddenly, and when he was about to say something more, Hasegawa couldn't help it.

"Please let me pass..."Hasegawa lowered his head and tried to quickly bypass Asuka, but Asuka hurriedly stretched out his hand to block his way, and was about to continue to dissuade him, but was pushed away by Hasegawa, who had always been silent.

"Why are you all trying to stop me from making friends!!" Hasegawa, who suddenly erupted, roared loudly: "You too, so are your parents!" I just want to make some friends! I don't want to spend all day just focusing on homework and books!! I just want to go to Crystal City and make friends! Many, many friends!! ”

"I've had enough!" Hasegawa's eyes were red, and the tears left by sadness or fear sprinkled all over his immature face, and he shouted hoarsely in his throat, "It's okay to Dinah!" SUPER-GUTS IS ALSO GOOD! Don't get in my way!! ”

"I..."

Asuka was speechless by these words, and Hasegawa looked at Asuka with a wince, as if he had used up all his life's courage, and saw that he had not yet reacted, and immediately turned around and ran in the direction where his companion had left.

“... Feed!! Asuka who came back to his senses looked anxious, and wanted to catch up with Hasegawa, but was pulled by Mai Midorikawa behind him.

"Asuka, don't embarrass that kid anymore." Mai, who seemed to understand something from Hasegawa's hoarse shout just now, whispered to persuade the unwilling Asuka, "And don't forget our mission this time!" ”

The word mission completely dispelled the idea of Asuka wanting to catch up, but it only made him feel even more angry.

"Let's go!" Asuka stared at the mirror puppet in the center of the square, and said angrily, "I really want to see what kind of magic this crystallized city has that can make everyone so addicted!" ”

After saying that, Asuka strode forward without looking back, leaving only Mai Midorikawa and Zhuxingzhen, who had been silent, standing in place, looking at the magnificent figure of the mirror puppet glowing with pure brilliance in the sun.

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(The long-lost update is sent ~)