Chapter 326: with translation of chapter title

NO. 88: How could this not also be a kind of fate?

"Little Snake, do you have any other tokusatsu works over there?"

"…You definitely wouldn't want to watch that."

"It's not that extreme; just ask your friend Bi Ze, and while you're at it, properly 'thank' him for the resources he found."

"Bi Ze… Indeed, maybe we should have him come over as a guest."

Aomo stared blankly, eyes down on his coffee cup; the black liquid reflected his nonchalant brows and eyes, slightly softening his usual sharpness.

After all, it's quite peaceful, at least for now.

Several days have passed since that merchant was imprisoned in shackles and then broke out at lightning speed.

Everything is calm and tranquil.

There were no sudden monster attacks, no exhibition invitations—only steady training supervision and knowledge recharge.

As for sharing information with Rudolf and the chat-screen monitoring of Gui Yuan Zhi Tang, there was temporarily nothing noteworthy.

Life, usually, is just life itself, without such dense, sweeping ups and downs.

The hands that once wielded crazy, obsessive power also tap out papers, sketch test questions, and drag video progress bars—

——Primal Beginning truly relied on the thesis defense!

Aomo had originally prepared snacks to reward himself during his free time, intending to eat while watching.

After finishing watching Ultraman Orb TV, he naturally moved on to the Primal Beginning series……

——He started frowning from the second episode, speeding up the playback!

He already felt something was off before even reaching the seventh episode's most famous scene.

As the plot of the royal planet Ganun increased, he had already begun dragging the progress bar, his brows nearly locking together.

By the seventh episode, he hesitated whether to turn it off first, but thinking that turning it off might make him even less likely to open it later, he sighed.

He watched from night until four in the morning.

He wanted to catch up on sleep, but couldn't fall asleep.

Your brain will ask if you really want to sleep.

Even your unconsciously clenched fists remind you whether you truly want to sleep.

Your heart will repeatedly question whether the so‑called new monsters and alien intel here are really worth wasting your precious sleep and good mood.

Especially showing up the next day with dark circles, your absent‑minded state somewhat affects cooking and training quality.

Looking back on that night‑time persistence, it can be said to be Aomo's most regretted decision this year.

One can only lament that people are indeed irrational late at night.

Like posting emo thoughts you suddenly feel compelled to share, only to rush to delete them the next day——night truly has that magic, its hyper‑active spirit and mind making countless energy cultivators value it greatly.

By the time Aomo came to, it was already evening of the next day.

He found it hard to look directly at Mr. Kai's entry in his contacts, really wanting to ask something to clarify the facts and the story's discrepancies.

But in the end he held back.

Moreover, Jie De can be watched, and Zeta can be reviewed to heal the mind.

His opinion of the former might not be high, but after seeing that kind of thing, watching Jie De also moves him deeply.

He was also glad he had kept an eye out while watching Primal Beginning, choosing a time when everyone was busy.

Like when watching other series, several girls in the room had come over to watch together at times.

But only with Primal Beginning, before it played, Aomo felt as if a premonition warned him, recalling the subtle attitude Bi Ze had mentioned.

He carefully thought it through, then cautiously chose to air it at around ten p. m., a rather late time.

Although Chazuo came by and knocked on the door midway.

While delivering coffee, they were also curious what he was doing, but Aomo just brushed them off, not giving them a chance to replicate how he had watched the TV episode.

What was the development when watching the TV episode itself?

It was pulling over a chair to watch together.

Moreover, it seemingly attracted Suzi, Bourbon, and even Xin Tiao's attention, as if calling friends over.

Thus it naturally developed into a group viewing activity.

It mixed in 'laypeople's typical tokusatsu merchandise‑plug complaints and suit‑rubbing' (mainly Suzi), and the insiders' explanations (mainly Xin Tiao; Aomo isn't the type who likes chatting while watching).

It was lively indeed, and cannot be said to lack fun.

Like Chazuo and Bourbon also joining in to ask and discuss plot developments, they would focus seriously on episodes involving mystery and technology, while Suzi's eyes would light up intensely at countless tokusatsu toys and monsters.

One can't help wondering if she's testing the drug on herself.

For Aomo, over the past decade he's been used to watching TV and videos alone, at most with a lot of live‑stream danmaku happening simultaneously; more directly, that means going to Kailifu's chat‑room channel.

The two guys, full‑blown black‑evil‑force‑styled, chatting while watching the synchronized network screen, also count as watching something together.

But that was still contact through the network‑skin suit.

Then one day it suddenly became the feeling of several people sitting beside him, all watching Ultraman together——

——That was naturally hard to get used to.

But it was merely a matter of not being used to it.

This certainly isn't a bad thing; rather, it's unexpectedly pleasant, after all you must admit the tokusatsu circle is inherently small, and narrowing it down to Ultraman—having someone to watch with is already nice, let alone several girls.

Although he had once thought about horse‑girls watching tokusatsu, that was merely a passing idea when he saw the Wei Guang Fei Ju materials.

That petite horse‑girl is a genuine tokusatsu fan, a die‑hard fan of the 'Carrot Hero' from a sentai‑type series starring a retired horse‑girl, and even when coincidentally interviewed upon entering junior high, she frankly said she also wanted to become a hero.

For a junior‑high student, such a statement isn't strange.

If she could keep this up for several years, that would be enough to leave a deep impression.

Thus, as part of the information, Aomo recorded it in his database and even etched it into his memory.

And now...

He seemed to have unintentionally dragged his three subordinate horse girls into the tokusatsu pit, but perhaps after school starts he might gain more friends; thinking that, he didn't reject their frequent visits when he watched Jie De and Zeta.

However, this also cannot go unmentioned: when he thought the so-called Tsuburaya Productions of that other world was gradually improving—after finishing watching Zeta, he felt extremely satisfied and proceeded to watch Tregear and Deke in chronological order.

Then, then he reverted to that lax demeanor he had at the start.

This also affected several other girls.

It feels… like he was schemed against by Bi Ze.

But considering the resource gift pack's internal video ordering, it actually placed Zeta last, and Tregear and Original Beginning etc. were even specially marked with warnings, but he didn't pay much attention; now this situation can only be said to be his own oversight.

Of course, is it possible that Bi Ze guessed that he would strictly follow the timeline and therefore deliberately arranged it this way?

Even if the other party is an alien infant, based on their mutual understanding of each other's personalities, scheming like this isn't difficult… Aomo thought this, projecting himself onto others.

Then he lamented that he hadn't expected that, while he was still scheming against others and calculating his next move, he would suffer a utter defeat in such a place.

This time he really got taught a lesson!

What a coincidence—indeed, these past few days, it's not just Aomo who has been humiliated.

Also Zhouri Ningjing.

When she returned from her friend's place yesterday, her just-debuted appearance was even more dazed than Aomo after staying up all night watching Original Beginning.

Not to mention the hypnotic state in the small pamphlet.

The examination of the spiritual body is personally handled by Chazuo of the Spirit Summoning Studies.

After taking charge, seeing his sister's subtle expression, he concluded that she had not been affected by any source energy.

This also caused Aomo's entire expression to become horrified.

The coffee effect of that traveler, Muhai Xingzi, actually could go even further than before?

Or perhaps adjust the visiting order of the Muhai Detective Office.

(End of chapter)