Dusk, secluded beach.

The waves came and quietly retreated.

A few plantain trees, a few rows of casual seating.

The sea breeze blows.

Horii and a man sat across from each other.

The man was tall, with a thin face, a bright eye, and a handsome man, but for some reason, his face was an abnormal gray.

Horii didn't think much of it, he thought it was because of the evening light.

The little fat man in Horii looked happy.

He took a big sip of Coke with ice and said, "Ryosuke, it's been a long time, I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

The man named Ryosuke took a sip of black tea and said as if unintentionally, "Horii, I heard that you did a good job in the victory team. ”

At the mention of the Victory Team, there was a hint of gloom in his eyes, as if he remembered some bad memories.

The palm holding the white porcelain teacup was unconsciously forced, and it was a little white.

The little fat man smiled: "Where, where, so-so." ”

Horii's smile was very weak, and he said modest words, but the smile on his face still showed his pride.

However, the little fat man's smile is not annoying, because there is no malice in his smile.

It's just that what his friend Ryosuke will think, only he knows.

Horii lowered his head, looked at it sneakily, and said, "And every day at work, the big demon king named Tiga is watching, it's terrifying." ”

"By the way, are you the head of research at the Space Development Center?"

Ryosuke said, "Actually, I would like to be a member of the victory team and be active on the front line more than being a research director. ”

His tone was very relaxed, but the hope and regret in his eyes could not be concealed and was very strong.

Horii couldn't see the situation clearly, and said stupidly: "There are some things that luck is a part. ”

He pointed to himself and said, "Look, a clumsy person like me actually entered the victory team, and you are so good, but you were not admitted." ”

Poof.

Ryosuke seemed to hear the sound of a sword being stabbed in the heart.

He looked at Horii carefully, trying to make sure that the old classmate he knew had become treacherous.

After careful observation, Ryosuke thought that if it weren't for Horii becoming so scheming that the castle government could even fool himself, then he would still be the same as before, unable to hide his stupidity.

He laughed self-deprecatingly: "Don't say that, you are a winning team that entered by strength, you have the inspiration of a genius inventor, and a cheerful personality that regulates the atmosphere of the team......"

Horii waved his hand: "Haha, what you said is too exaggerated. ”

"Ahh Ryosuke suddenly screamed in pain, he grabbed his left arm hard, it was very painful, and the sweat on his face was the size of a bean.

Horii looked at his friend suddenly being so painful, and said anxiously, "Ryosuke, what's the matter with you?" ”

Ryosuke endured the pain: "I'm fine, I'll go back to the hotel to rest first." ”

Horii hurriedly went over to help.

Ryosuke pushed Horii away, staggered back, and shouted, "Get out!" I'll go myself. ”

Leaving Horii with a heavy back, he staggered away.

"Ryosuke......" Horii stretched out his hand and stared at Ryosuke's departure, and suddenly felt that his old friend was a little strange.

Horii shook his head and came back to his senses.

He frowned and touched his hands a few times over his body.

Then I found a small instrument in my pocket that had been vibrating.

"What's going on?"

Horii is not here for a leisure vacation today, he is here for work and has a task on him.

Late last night, a monster suddenly appeared in this area.

The Victory team quickly detected an abnormally strong energy fluctuation.

At that time, Sha Ji rubbed his hands and said that this time, she was going to make a move.

Since she joined the "Bullying Little Monster Alliance", she hasn't done it yet.

The strength of Shaji's physical fitness is about three times that of earthlings, which is already much stronger than ordinary people, and it is certainly not enough to see compared to monsters.

However, she is a person with bodyguards, just fight monsters and let the bodyguards take action.

As a result, just passed.

I saw a monster standing out from the crowd in the middle of the tower.

The monster flickered and vanished into thin air.

Sha Ji rubbed his eyes and said angrily, "What's the matter (・o・), why is the monster gone?" ”

Horii, who was piloting the fighter, smiled wryly and said, "I don't know." ”

After that, they patrolled the sky for a while, but found nothing, and had to return to the base disappointed.

……

After calling up the data and monitoring analysis of the area at that time, it was found that the monster appeared completely out of thin air, and then disappeared abruptly, which was like a prank caused by a projector.

But the huge deep footprints left on the road and the cars that were trampled on showed that all this was real.

"Could it be that this monster has the ability to transfer space?" Horii had to analyze it like this.

Megumi glanced at Zao Wou-ki, who was sitting far away, without saying a word, and was distracted, and sighed in his heart.

Is this the one who claims to rule the earth? Bah.

"Tomorrow you go to the place where the monster appeared to investigate, maybe you can find something, unless the monster really appeared there randomly, otherwise that place should have something to do with the monster." Megumi said in the middle.

Horii nodded: "Received, I'll use the recorder to record the energy fluctuations when the monster appears, if the monster is still active in that area tomorrow, I will definitely be able to find him." ”

Zao Wou-Ki sat quietly at a round table, wandering out of the world.

He was wondering how many monsters he would have to defeat before the world could be taken back by the goddess.

Zao Wou-Ki's right hand was not idle, he was playing with "toys", and whenever a small round ball in the shape of a stone rolled from the other side of the table, he didn't even look at it, and while thinking about the problem, he flexed and stretched his index finger and bounced back.

On the other side of the round table sat Sha Ji, who was very happy and engaged in this little game.

Seeing the "glass ball" that was plucked back, Sha Ji caught it again and bounced it back.

There is no hurry, no hurry, the cycle repeats, and there are rules.

Two people have been playing this boring game for a long time.

Pebbles rolled around on the table, and suddenly opened two slits, revealing two earthy yellow eyes.

There is helplessness in his eyes.

"It's too hard for me."

……

So, that's why Horii is here today.

Now, the same energy fluctuations are detected on the instrument.

Horii was shocked, and the monster appeared?

But when he raised his eyes, the sky was cloudless, the sea was calm, and there were several couples chatting leisurely over coffee.

Monsters are nowhere to be seen in the tall buildings farther away.

Everything is so quiet and peaceful, where did the monster come from?

But on the display screen of the instrument, there is clearly a red point of light flickering on and off, and it is still moving forward.

Instrument broken?

Horii turned to the detected direction and inspected the sky and the earth several times, but did not see anything unusual

I only saw Ryosuke's figure that was about to disappear, and after a while, I couldn't see it.

"Drip."

The instrument stopped working, indicating that there was no sign of monster activity within its detectable range.

Horii suddenly thought of something, and the device reacted, which happened when Ryosuke suddenly seemed in pain.

At that time, he was worried about what happened to Ryosuke, so he didn't check it.

Horii's eyes were solemn, and he had a bold idea that he didn't want to accept.

He connected to the channel: "Headquarters, I'm Horii. ”

"HQ received, Horii, did you find anything?" The voice of the new city came from there.

"I want to ...... Please investigate the recent situation of Ryosuke Sanada, a researcher at the Space Development Center. ”

Xincheng was stunned for a moment: "Horii, aren't you investigating the traces of monsters?" ”

"You don't care about it yet, this matter is very important, please."

Xincheng listened to Horii's serious voice, thoughtfully, he had never seen Horii so serious.

"Okay, I got it."

Hanging up the communication, Horii sighed, leaned back in his chair weakly, his thoughts were flying, and he returned to his college days, and Ryosuke was full of spirit, and he was always the most dazzling existence among his classmates.

At this moment, Horii is like a melancholy little prince.

"Horijing?!" A female voice interrupted Horii's memories.

A gentle woman looked at him in surprise and surprise.

Horii's eyes widened: "Sayaka! ”

The two of them said in unison, "Why are you here?" ”

Horii thinks it's a little ridiculous, what's going on today? actually met two good friends who had been separated from him for a long time at the same time.

Not to mention, one of them is also the goddess of his college days, the object of his crush.

(That's right, it's Ryosuke.) Funny life-saving (=・ω・=))

……