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Chapter 424 Why is Ke Xi'er here?
Leo realized that this world was a dream, but finding a way out of this dream was not as simple as it seemed.
Although this was the first time Leo had encountered such a bizarre ability, he was certain that since he was still relatively safe, it proved that the mastermind's abilities were not so powerful that he was helpless against them, suggesting that this ability must have some limitations.
A dream always ends, and there is always someone who dreams. Just now, the dream was in a vulnerable state, but Leo couldn't act rashly because he hadn't found the dream's weakness.
Leo's key now is to find the person who is dreaming, and to find the key to break the dream. His mental strength can resist the erosion of the dream and prevent him from being assimilated by it. However, the enemy cannot wait indefinitely for Leo to find the key to break the deadlock.
At this moment, Leo guessed that the other party was preparing to deal with him, so he kept a high level of vigilance. At the same time, he also realized that the person dreaming was most likely a screenwriter from Tsuburaya Productions, which should be the key to connecting dreams and reality.
As for why Leo was so sure? It's quite simple. Just now, when it was time to leave work, he realized that he still couldn't leave the Tsuburaya Productions company in his dream. It seems that this dreamer has been working overtime quite a bit.
However, there were too many people working overtime at Tsuburaya Productions, and Leo couldn't find out who the person connecting the dream and reality was. But one thing that was quite concerning was that the scope of this dream was much larger than Leo had imagined.
After getting off work, Leo sensed the dream's scope and realized that it wasn't limited to the entire Tsuburaya Productions company, but rather encompassed several cities and possibly even larger areas, though it didn't reach the entire planet.
But this also proves that this dream is not simply a dream of one person. One person's dream would not be of this scale, and there are probably other key elements that need to be explored.
"The fact that the entire Earth was shrouded in a dream means that the global disappearances are unrelated to this dream, which proves that this is just a conspiracy targeting me alone."
As Leo walked home, he analyzed the current intelligence. The method of pulling him into this dream was indeed clever, but it was also the other party's mistake, because dreams are ultimately related to the mind, and Leo is a Reibrand.
With Leo's mental strength, he could easily have some influence on this dream world. If he didn't want to hurt people or have any unknown consequences, he could try to force a breakthrough.
"So, the person who caused global or even the entire solar system to fall into spacetime chaos is probably not the same person who dragged me into this dream. It was just a coincidence, or perhaps some kind of exploitation or cooperation?"
Unable to understand, Leo walked along Star Street, pondering many things from the past. Perhaps it was because he realized that this was a dream, and apart from the Tsuburaya Productions company during the day, there was no one else in this world.
The streets and city were deserted. Although the colorful neon lights were still there, only Leo walked alone. Everything familiar was gone. Leo could even clearly hear his own footsteps. This was a world where he was all alone, and the loneliness was unsettling.
Leo had been alone since he was very young. He was used to going to and from school alone, playing and studying alone. Kirino Makio was a friend he had finally made, but they parted ways not long after.
Leo knew from a young age that he was different from others. At that time, all of humanity had completed its first enhancement and become capable of fighting. Leo was particularly capable of fighting, and because of his special identity, he rarely left Star City to go to other places.
This street is his home, Leo thought, but this was the first time he had ever seen the street so deserted. No one greeted him or gave him anything anymore. Obik's buckwheat noodle stall was still at the street corner, but that was a few years ago.
Leo seemed to realize something, shook his head, and decided to go home and sit down first. As he walked across the street to the gate of the courtyard, the sense of unease grew stronger. It was too quiet. He was used to hearing the noise coming from his house every time he walked here.
It's strange. It should have been this quiet for the past ten years or so. How come I feel uncomfortable after just one month of liveliness?
It's true that everyone has changed a lot. Leo walked into the courtyard. Although the streets outside were the same as they were a few years ago, this house was still the same as yesterday. The Gobniu metal floor, the shrine that had been repaired several times, and the Magabasa treehouse hanging on the ancient tree that was at least a thousand years old.
Leo could almost see Renlong sitting in front of the door watching him, Miss Zetton wiping her ring as if afraid of getting a speck of dust on it, Galatron arranging family matters, Little Gatan and Seele running towards him, and Magabassa hanging from a tree waving to him.
However, these were all just Leo's imaginations. He casually waved his hand, and the phantoms he had conjured disappeared. He went into the house to prepare a meal for himself, something he hadn't done in a long time. Although it was a dream, life still had to go on.
And aside from everything else, the refrigerator is quite well-stocked, and it automatically replenishes itself when you take something out. I just don't know if the food here can be eaten directly like the company's employee meals.
Halfway through cooking, Leo suddenly realized a problem: he no longer knew how to cook for one person; he always ended up cooking a whole potful at once. How was he going to...?
"It smells so good, Leo! What are we having for dinner tonight?"
Leo was only halfway through his thought when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him, followed by a hug. He felt a familiar sensation of someone resting their chin on his shoulder. It was Rukiel's voice... no, the tone was clearly different.
"Koshiel?!" Leo turned his head. Koshiel's head was resting on his shoulder, and the girl's breath brushed against his earlobe, accompanied by a pleasant hum. "It's me. What's up?"
"No... how did you get here!?" Leo was so startled that he almost dropped the frying pan in his hand. He had never imagined that Ke Xi'er would appear here. Could it be a dream within a dream, or is it an enemy's conspiracy?
No, this really is Koshiel. The Dark Spark in Leo's arms allows him to feel it directly because Leo's current body was originally prepared by Rugiel, which is equivalent to Dark Rugiel, and he can react to both the Dark Spark and the Galaxy Spark.
"I came to see you because I missed you." Unlike Lucia's haughtiness, Koshiel was much more lively. She simply kissed Leo on the cheek. "Hurry up and flip the pot, I'm hungry."
This girl really doesn't treat me like an outsider at all. Leo scratched his head, shook his head, and decided not to think too much about it. He would cook first and talk to Ke Xi'er later. Her appearance was unexpected and improved Leo's mood a lot.
I'd like to recommend a friend's book:
Synopsis: In the world of Sinnoh, Ryu Qianqiao unexpectedly becomes the human form of that great being and decides to inherit his power to protect the Earth.
However, the Milky Way is affected by unknown factors, with more and more monsters appearing, and aliens eyeing it covetously.
Fortunately, he possesses a power called the Villain Chat Group, which allows him to befriend villains from various worlds and gain their 'help'.
Akane Shinjo: Even though I create monsters and destroy cities, I'm a good girl.
Talulah: The Reunion Movement is fighting for the rights and lives of the Infected. Please do not misunderstand.
Belial: I was just wrong. Someone come and get me out of prison, and I'll appoint you as the Great General of the Land of Light.
Dan Kuroto: Even in other worlds, they must bow down to my divine talent!
Long Qianqiao pondered for a moment and then took out the ultimate weapon for suppressing celestial bodies.
“I brought two lives, one is me, and the other is Jaden.”
As time went by, the number of people in the group grew, and under his leadership, the villainous forces continued to expand into various worlds.
Long Qianqiao helplessly explained that he initially only wanted to find someone to save the world.
Chapter 425 So that's how it grew crookedly
Leo cooked very quickly and made a lot. When he carried a whole pot at once, Ke Xi'er's mouth dropped open. Leo, however, was quite puzzled by the old-fashioned game console she was holding.
"Isn't this my Game Boy? Where did you find it?" Leo had almost forgotten that this thing was given to him by Sakata Jiro; it was Jiro's own treasure.
“It’s your room. Aren’t all your things in there? I usually know what Lucy is particularly interested in.” Koshiel put the game console aside. “By the way, why did you do so much?”
“I’m used to it. There are so many people in my family, and we eat this much every day. This isn’t even enough. Just Gatan, Seele, and Tyrant could eat two pots of this.” Leo snapped his fingers, and the remaining dishes automatically floated out of the kitchen and were placed on the table.
Actually, the biggest eater in Leo's family is Zetton, or rather, the three Zettons. Zetton and the twin Zetton are both big eaters, while Ojir has never eaten human food since she was a child. When she can't eat anymore, she puts it into her own stomach as a monster.
The three girls usually care about their image, so they don't eat as much as they want, but they have successfully supported the entire street's food and beverage business. Leo is already controlling the portion sizes.
“That’s true, there are a lot of people in my family.” Ke Xi’er’s mouth watered at the sight of the food. After all, she was staying with Ida Masashi and couldn’t come out often, so she rarely got to eat. But she quickly remembered something. “By the way, Leo, what do you like to eat? I’ll make it for you later.”
"You can cook?" Leo remembered that Lugiel's cooking skills weren't very good, and Keshier didn't seem very skilled at it either during the team building barbecue.
"No, but I can learn. It shouldn't be too difficult. I watched when Zhenli was learning." Ke Xi'er didn't think cooking was that hard.
Leo ladled out a bowl of rice. "Don't you find it troublesome?"
"How could it be troublesome to study and work hard for someone you like?" Ke Xi'er said with a smile, making Leo a little embarrassed.
Primarily, as beings born from the Galactic Spark, Koshiel and Rukiel have virtually identical voices and even appearances, differing only in hairstyle and hair color.
But Lucy wouldn't say such straightforward sweet nothings. That girl is a pragmatist, well, as for what she's pragmatist about, don't ask.
"By the way, Cocoyar, what are you doing here? You know, even Lugiel wasn't brought into this dream with me." In the end, Leo awkwardly changed the subject. He really wasn't good at dealing with these kinds of things.
"Yeah, I only came to find you because I knew she wasn't here. Otherwise, she would have been furious if she saw me."
Although Koshiel and Lugiel are twins born of the same body, or twin lotuses, their relationship is like fire and water, and their different beliefs make them dislike each other.
In terms of ideology, Leo is actually closer to Koshiel. Lugiel is helpless, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so she is a little more lenient with Leo.
"So how did you get here?" Leo asked, picking up a rib between his fingers as he ate. He had been holding back for a while, and now that he finally had someone to talk to, he wanted to have a good chat.
“I’ll rely on the Dark Spark in your arms.” Ke Xi’er also picked up her bowl and chopsticks, her movements quick and agile as she ate. “The Galaxy Spark and the Dark Spark have a special connection, and can appear beside each other at any time without any restrictions or constraints.”
As the most powerful legendary items in the Land of Light, it's normal for the Dark Spark and the Galaxy Spark to have some special potential. In fact, it's more accurate to say that most items in the Land of Light have some magical effects.
Needless to say, the Ultra Bell and the Ultra Key are also powerful weapons, including the Ultimate Blade in the hands of Father of Ultra, which allows recognized users to unleash their full potential.
Thirty million years ago, the Dark Spark sensed the existence and eruption of Ultimate Darkness and rushed over to get a share of the spoils. The Galaxy Spark caught up with it using this trait, and even took Ultraman King with it along the way.
"So you rushed over here as soon as you sensed something was wrong on my end?"
"Yes, I rushed to this world as soon as possible, and then waited for you at home for a long time. I even took a nap in your room and watched TV for a while. I was about to go back to sleep, but when I felt you were back, I came out to check."
Ke Xi'er honestly said that she really didn't understand how she could speak so fluently even with her mouth full. Leo bit his chopsticks and asked, "When you mentioned this world, did you mean that this place isn't just a dream?"
"Of course not. You've noticed it too, haven't you? The details of this world are very realistic, but dreams are extremely vague and can't possibly have so many obvious problems."
Ke Xi'er picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork and brought it to Leo's mouth. "Someone used dreams to connect two worlds. Worlds that are too similar will gradually merge at a certain distance, but the differences will be corrected."
"That guy named Modius managed to exile you to this place by relying on one of the worlds where 'Ultraman and monsters are fake' and 'Leo doesn't exist'."
"This is the intersection where two worlds merge, and it is also a dream, but you should have noticed that this dream is not being pursued by just one person."
Ke Xi'er opened her mouth again and bit Leo's chopsticks, snatching his meatball. She enjoyed such intimate things, perhaps simply because she had wanted to do them for a long time.
Leo didn't care, after all, when Seele and Gatan weren't home, the girls at home did much more elaborate things. "Ah, this is also my dream, and a nightmare at that."
“That’s right, your nightmare, a lonely and desolate world where only you survived.” Ke Xi’er nodded. Without the powerful mental strength of Leo, a Reiblood, as support, this dream wouldn’t be so real.
So if Leo had tried to force a breakthrough at that time, he would have ended up getting seriously injured, and might even have caused fluctuations in both worlds, which would have been a real sin.
Thinking about it this way, this move was actually quite underhanded. Leo only now realized that the mastermind behind it all was called Modius. "Is there any way to break this deadlock?"
"Well, we'll have to wait outside. Your Galatron is so capable, she should be making a breakthrough soon, right? And don't you really want to spend more time alone with me?"
Koshiel looked at Leo with a somewhat aggrieved expression, as if to say, "I came all this way just for you, and you complain about me like this." This made Leo feel a little embarrassed. He suddenly realized that someone as pragmatic as Lugiel was easier to deal with.
It's really strange, where did Ke Xi'er learn all this from? What exactly did she do at Ida Mari's house...?
"Oh, 'The Temptation of Going Home' should be starting at this time, TV, TV~"
Okay, now Leo knows how she became like this.
Chapter 426 Leo is on TV?
"Renlong's mother, isn't Leo coming back tonight?" Gatanothor, who was picking at her bowl, glanced at Renlong. Although no one in the family said anything, she and Seele still sensed that something was off.
Moreover, with Leo not around, it always felt like something was missing during meals. Gatanothor felt rather uncomfortable, but Seele was fine, since she usually ate sitting in Hilbargon's lap, it was just that Leo wasn't serving her food.
"Leo has some things to attend to and needs to go out for a few days. It's quite urgent, so I didn't have time to tell you."
Renlong patted Gatanothor's head. She was currently maintaining her monster girl form instead of her human appearance so that she could sense the situation in various parts of the earth at any time. This would make it easier to find Leo in time and also to guard against possible attacks from enemies.
"Oh, okay then." Gatanothor lowered her head and continued eating, but with Leo not around, she didn't have much of an appetite and only ate half of what she usually ate.
Not only Gatanothor, but everyone else in the family had little appetite. Although they could all sense that Leo was not in any danger thanks to the Ultimate Fighting Device, they felt uneasy just not being able to see him.
Even Magabasa, who is usually carefree, has become unusually quiet. She hasn't uttered a single word in five hours. In this house, her reaction is definitely the strongest, even more obvious than that of Jeton and Renlong.
Today, Magabasa is out searching for Leo's whereabouts everywhere, and hasn't even bothered to bully other winged creatures. He can't even eat a bowl of rice now, he's so annoyed.
Little Gatan and Seele finished eating quickly and then ran to the living room to watch TV. Only then did the girls in the house dare to speak freely. Galatea spoke first.
"Now, almost everyone on Earth has lost their memory of Leo, as if he never existed. Only a few special people can remember him, but it seems that the enemy's strength is not much beyond our expectations."
"The Knicks' influence is still there. They can overshadow Leo's presence, but they can't erase the Knicks. Right now, apart from the ESCG staff, the Special Investigation Division is also investigating in secret."
“Special Investigation Division?” Empera noticed that Galatron wasn’t referring to Mizoroki, but the entire Special Investigation Division. “You mean… Chief Inspector Sawai and the others still remember Leo?”
"Both Sawai and Yoshioka have very strong light. When the mirror monster Moshi broke through the seal and appeared, it planned to use fear as a mental attack to strengthen itself. As a result, it was beaten up by Yoshioka. People with strong enough light are resistant to mental attacks."
Renlong put down his chopsticks and explained the matter. Back then, Mozhi originally intended to act arrogantly after he came out, but he ran into Director Yoshioka. As a result... his current ranking in the public's mind is even lower than Melba's.
"The problem now is that finding the key to breaking this deadlock isn't easy... Uh, Luciel, what's wrong?"
When Galatron spoke, everyone looked at Luciel. Luciel usually didn't show up except for Empera and Leo, but now that Leo wasn't around, it was easier for everyone to see her.
Luciel looked terrible, and even broke her chopsticks in her hand. "It's nothing, I just suddenly feel really uncomfortable and annoyed."
Although everyone is family, Luciel's relationship with everyone is just so-so. The only person she loves is Leo, so no one really understands why Luciel sometimes has feelings for everyone.
After discussing it for a while, everyone decided to continue looking for clues tomorrow and then go about their own business. Yako came to the living room with a lollipop in her mouth, scratching her head helplessly, thinking that this matter was really difficult.
This family could conquer the entire universe, yet this is the first time they've encountered something that leaves the whole family helpless. But... Ako glanced at Gatanothor on the sofa, blinking eagerly for the new show. Who would have thought that Gatanothor's greatest hobby is watching TV, or even Ultraman?
"What are you two looking at?" Ako asked curiously, leaning closer. "Didn't you say you were tired of Ultraman?"
"This is the latest one!" Little Gata was in a better mood now. "It's called 'Ultraman Tiga'!"
"Sister Ayako, come watch with us too. Leo watches with us when he's home." Seele patted the spot next to her. Ayako thought for a moment and nodded. Anyway, she was free, so it would be nice to relax by watching TV with the two kids for a while.
Today is the first episode of Ultraman Tiga's pilot episode. If the response is good, we plan to film half a year's worth of content in one go. The episode opens with Golza emerging from underground, and Daigo and Rena arriving in the Flying Swallow 1.
In reality, this Golza would probably have been carried away by an underground penetrating bullet before it even crawled out of the ground. But it's just a TV series, and the GUTS team in the show is just a research team, so it's normal that they don't have much combat power.
But to be honest, Ako thinks this actor really looks exactly like Daigo and Rena. She wonders where Tsuburaya Productions found this actor... wait!
Ako suddenly remembered that the name of this drama was "Ultraman Tiga". Usually, the first characters to appear are the male and female leads. Does that mean that Daigo in this script is Ultraman Tiga?!
It's fine if it's a TV series, but the problem is... Daigo really is Ultraman Tiga!
Before Ako's brain could even process what was happening, Daigo and Rena in the TV series started talking, marveling at Golza's power and pondering how to deal with this ferocious monster. Oh, and by the way, a total of 147 ferocious Golzas died today.