Chapter 24: Lina's Father

"Dagu team member, why are you so listless? Smile a bit." Tianliuhai looked at Dagu, shaking his phone.

"Haha~" Dagu gave an embarrassed laugh.

Waiting for Lina, his legs went a little numb.

"The horror competition, there are really a lot of people here." Lina exchanged greetings with Tianliuhai and Lingmuyu.

As colleagues of the Victory Team, they knew each other.

But Lina saw Tianliuhai more often, after all, during the virtual driving session, his performance was on par with hers.

"Yeah, the organizers said the match would start a while later, just joining in the fun, it's really lively." Lingmuyu shook the candy in her basket.

Along the way she was asked for a lot of candy, but she also snatched a lot of candy.

The biggest haul of candy was probably the super lollipop that Tianliuhai just took from Feiniaoshou.

At this moment, it was placed in her basket.

"Let's go take a look," Lina suggested.

"Good!" Lingmuyu agreed.

Tianliuhai and Dagu exchanged a glance.

They were just about to speak up and give their opinions.

The next second, they were each pulled away by Lina and Lingmuyu.

Chilling, when can a man stand up?

Seeing Dagu's delighted expression, Tianliuhai shook his head.

"Dagu, how did your chat with Gaoshan Womeng and them go?" Tianliuhai asked.

"They told me not to daydream." Dagu stumbled over his words, "Even if Ultraman appeared, how could we possibly be Ultraman?"

Their main stance is one of disbelief.

Tianliuhai nodded.

Normal.

This is the normal reaction of a normal person.

Unless they transform right in front of you, otherwise they're mostly disbelieving.

In the original work, it seems Gaoshan Womeng and them successfully awakened because of Dagu's transformation and a series of factors.

But now, Dagu has been boiled into soup, and the way of awakening has changed.

Furthermore, the dark shadow mage hasn't made any moves yet.

Thus, there hasn't been a chain reaction of light.

"Keep it up." Tianliuhai raised a thumb to encourage Dagu.

The eight warriors are missing Daina, but we can completely fill the spot with Aguru.

The Heisei Trio has four people—isn't that quite normal?

Come on, Dagu, give it some effort.

Then he won't have to work overtime.

Dagu helplessly nodded.

Actually, he also feels it's not very likely.

That everyone around him is Ultraman is just too absurd.

The two exchanged occasional remarks.

"Come on, come on, free candy, don't rush, don't rush, everyone gets a share."

"I want some too!"

In front of a pushcart, a crowd of children gathered, receiving candy from an old lady dressed as a witch.

After hearing that, Lina also lined up and stepped forward.

She happily got a piece of candy and started chewing it.

Lingmuyu glanced over, about to step forward.

But the Ultraman ring on her finger suddenly heated up.

This made her stop.

She lowered her head to look at the Ultraman ring.

?

What the heck?

Can't take the candy?

Lingmuyu sized up the witch‑like old lady from head to toe.

Immediately, she discovered with surprise that the witch‑like old lady had no shadow.

How could there be no shadow?

Lingmuyu became wary, wanting to shout at Lina not to eat it.

But Lina had already bitten and eaten it.

She ate it so quickly.

Lingmuyu was stunned.

"Senior..." Lingmuyu wanted to call out to Tianliuhai.

Turning around, she saw Dagu staring intently at the old witch's silhouette.

Tianliuhai also slightly raised his brow.

And the old witch also noticed the gazes of the few, letting out a "hehehe" evil laugh.

Then it stopped handing out candy.

"Alright, alright, the candy's all out, make way." The old witch pushed the cart, moving nimbly, not like an elderly person.

Even more agile than young people.

"Stop!" How could Dagu possibly let such a supernatural phenomenon go?

He immediately chased after it.

Lingmuyu wanted to go up and help.

"Don't pursue a desperate foe; don't forget that this old witch handed out a bunch of candy to the kids. First notify the Victory Team so they can prepare." Tianliuhai vaguely remembered that eating this kind of candy might cause sleepwalking?

Hiss…

Lingmuyu nodded: "Lina team member also ate a piece."

"Then tell Lina to be careful when she goes to sleep at night."

"?"

Lingmuyu looked doubtful.

"What for?"

"What's the Victory Team's phone number?"

"..."

……

After notifying the Victory Team.

Lina team member also looked unwell.

She had just finished chewing it.

"No shadow?"

"Yes, Dagu team member has already gone after it."

Lingmuyu wasn't very worried.

Dagu team member is Ultraman Diga.

"Even if the other side has some tricks, could they possibly do anything to Ultraman Diga?"

"Unless Dagu team member fails to transform and gets ambushed and taken down."

"Hmm… Probably not likely."

"Transforming is just a quick thing, right?"

Lingmuyu thought seriously for a moment.

"Imae Kei told us to stay here; support will arrive shortly." Tianliuhai glanced at his phone message.

It was sent by Imae Kei.

It seems the Victory Team's captain didn't let him off either.

He dragged this logistics department person, pulling hard.

"Lina team member, you rest first; I'll take over here." Lingmuyu said solemnly.

"Hmm" Lina was a bit worried about the children.

So many children ate the candy.

That's certainly not a good thing.

……

"Too bad we can't participate in the horror competition." Lingmuyu looked regretful.

"Better to rush and buy the supermarket's special goods." Tianliuhai propped his chin.

"Senior, the ring is reacting; do you think we should transform and check it out?" Lingmuyu asked.

"Captain Imae Kei didn't tell us to stay here? If we transform and go after it, how will we explain when the captain asks later? Deserting in the face of battle?"

"That's true."

"Don't rush; I've already sent a message to Hibino Mirai. We'll just wait here for people to arrive."

"Oh oh."

"Now two Ultramen are chasing an old witch; aren't you still worried?"

"That makes sense."

"Thinking about it,"

Lingmuyu then relaxed.

He took out a super lollipop from the basket and started licking it.

Just now I saw Lina team member eating it, and it smelled really good.

She also wanted to try the flavor.

Although Tianliuhai doesn't really remember the details of the Halloween monster, he remembers that the opponent isn't strong.

One Dagu is enough.

Now Hibino Mirai has also gone.

Will we win?

Sure thing.

……

At that time.

Asuka Shin, with tear stains at the corners of his eyes, silently sat in the corner, happily eating the candy he had received from the old witch.

Upon discovering the super lollipop was gone, Asuka Shin burst into tears.

But soon, he went to the old witch grandma and asked for a root.

What he was eating now was entirely — tears, streaming from the corner of his mouth.

On the other side.

Backstage of the Horror Grand Prix.

The provider of the prize money was no one else but the hidden wealthy magnate Zhengmu Jingwu.

In his spare time, he would also organize some entertainment items.

This point was also never shown in the original work.

He held the information in his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed.

This is some information about the Light Giant that he obtained through covert investigation.

The Horror Grand Prix is trivial; the Light Giant is the real matter.

Zhengmu Jingwu stared without blinking and finished reading it.

(End of chapter)