Global Weirdness: People Survive in Ultra

"Okay, Lopus, put me down!"

After running for a while, even Meng Yao felt his stomach churning, so he quickly patted Lopus's arm, signaling him to let go.

Lopus let go of Meng Yao and scratched his head to apologize: "I'm so sorry, I was too nervous."

Meng Yao twisted his back. They had completely shaken off Long and Hayato. He wiped the sweat off his face, but his mind was filled with confusion: "What on earth just happened? Why did I suddenly become an accomplice?"

Lopus thought for a moment and said weakly, "Maybe it's because of me..."

"We arrived at the world of Aix last night. When I first came in, I noticed that you were not there. That's when I met a patrolling dragon."

"I wanted to say hello, but they mistook me for a monster."

He sighed, "I was forced to fight the virtual monsters they summoned. This ruin is my fault."

Meng Yao felt strange: "Didn't you explain to Long?"

"I explained!" Lopus argued, "But the dragon seems to have lost its memory and doesn't remember us at all."

Amnesia?

Meng Yao sat down, feeling that the current situation was a bit confusing.

The most important thing is that I am now wanted, so the most important thing is to find a place to hide.

He looked at Lopus and asked casually, "Where have you been hiding all this time?"

Lopus was so excited that he danced with joy: "Speaking of this, I discovered something incredible!"

A moment later, the two were standing in front of a small building.

The two men wore clothes stolen from a clothesline on the roadside and wore hats to cover themselves tightly.

Although this place is far away from the city, necessary disguise is still needed.

"Have you been hiding here these days?" Meng Yao looked at the small building in front of him. It seemed to be a racing club with a professional car repair shop on the front. The door was open at the moment.

But there were no customers, and all I could see were various neatly arranged spare parts, wrenches and tires.

Lopes walked in and said as he walked in, "Yes, it was the boss here who took me in."

Meng Yao followed Lopes inside while picturing the store owner in his mind.

Lopes walked to the back of the store and shouted in a low voice, "Uncle? Uncle?"

An elderly man walked out from inside. When he saw Lopez, he subconsciously took out a pair of glasses and put them on, seemingly because he was a little presbyopic.

Meng Yao was stunned. This old man turned out to be Zhu Xingtuan!

"Lopus? You're back?"

Zhu Xingtuan turned his gaze to Meng Yao: "Is this the companion you were talking about?"

Meng Yao pointed at himself and stepped forward, his eyes widening as he subconsciously took two steps forward, as if he wanted Zhu Xingtuan to see him clearly.

He yelled, "Don't you know me?"

Zhu Xingtuan's body trembled, and he raised his eyebrows and looked at Meng Yao: "You..., you...!"

Meng Yao looked at Zhu Xingtuan expectantly.

Zhu Xingtuan shouted: "Are you, my son?!"

"Okay, old man, you're taking advantage of me, aren't you? Don't think I'll let you down just because you're pretending to have amnesia. Just wait, I'm going to drive the jeep right away!"

Zhu Xingtuan waved his hands hurriedly: "I'm so sorry, my son is missing, I just felt a little bit like you."

He looked at Lopus, his eyes showing no alienation towards robots. Instead, he had an inexplicable smile on his face. "Come to think of it, I always feel like this guy is very much like my son."

"You took him in just because he looks like your son?" Meng Yao paused. "Uncle, have you paid attention to the latest wanted posters?"

"Of course I'm paying attention!" Zhu Xingtuan casually turned on the TV hanging on the cabinet, "The wanted poster is hung at the main station every day."

The news interface on the screen was announcing the bounty orders for Lopes and Meng Yao.

"According to a notification from the Earth Defense Force, the following two individuals are wanted. Their appearances are as follows... They are suspected to be alien invaders. Any sightings are requested to notify the nearest security booth..."

Then, he enumerated Meng Yao's Lopu's crimes in detail.

Meng Yao was fine, he was just an accomplice. Lopus, however, had a long list of crimes, the most notable of which was the murder of several women.

Meng Yao looked at Lopez.

The latter also looked confused, and it seemed that he had just learned about this.

"I have no idea!" Lopus spread his hands. "No wonder they won't listen no matter how I explain it."

"You've mistaken me for the murderer!"

Zhu Xingtuan patted Lopus's shoulder and said, "Calm down, man. You look dazed, but you don't seem like someone who would do something like this."

"How about you turn yourself in and explain the reason to the defense team?"

Lopus's brain froze a little, and he subconsciously looked at Meng Yao.

Meng Yao shook his head: "Turn yourself in... forget it. This world is full of weirdness."

"Wouldn't turning myself in be like giving myself away completely? That's too passive!" Meng Yao explained, "The main reason is that we still don't know what exactly happened."

"In my opinion, we can investigate this matter secretly. As long as we catch the murderer, our wanted warrant will naturally be lifted."

After saying that, Meng Yao's gaze shifted to Zhu Xingtuan.

"You really don't know me?"

Zhu Xingtuan shook his head: "I don't know him."

"I've been running a racing club here for more than ten years and rarely go outside."

Over ten years?

Meng Yao raised his eyebrows. Could it be that this place is equivalent to an alternative super eight world?

If we infer this way, then in other parts of the world, are there people named Hayata Susumu, Go Hideki, or Hokuto Seiji living as ordinary people?

He was overwhelmed with thoughts for a moment.

Just as he was thinking about it, a mop was thrown into Meng Yao's arms by Zhu Xingtuan.

"Don't be in a daze. Even though I'm taking you in, you still have to work!" Zhu Xingtuan pointed at the floor, "Go mop the floor!"

[I will post one chapter first, and the remaining two chapters will be posted together after this chapter]

[Since I found out I can renew my card this way, I've become even more procrastinating]

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Meng Yao was holding the mop and was dumbfounded.

Lopus had already put on a cleaning apron. He nudged Meng Yao and said, "Don't just stand there, Meng Yao. Clean up quickly."

“There is no such thing as a free lunch.”

Meng Yao sighed and had no choice but to join the cleaning.

Zhu Xingtuan sat with his legs crossed and drank tea, letting out a comfortable "ah" with every sip.

Meng Yao became a little impatient after hearing this, and turned around to take a look, only to find that one of Zhu Xingtuan's legs was actually made of metal.

"Is it strange?" Zhu Xingtuan put down his teacup. "When I was young, I drove to the desert and accidentally broke my car."

Meng Yao nodded, not quite understanding.

But then Moroboshi asked calmly, "Do you two really know me? I heard what Lopus said yesterday. Does that Ultraman you're talking about really exist?"

Meng Yao didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he could only answer vaguely: "In another world, maybe there is."

Zhu Xingtuan began to sigh: "Ultraman, to be honest, when I was young, I always wanted to be a hero. I always felt that something was missing in my life."

“For this, I always go out in the car with my brother and travel around.”

Meng Yao raised his hand to interrupt: "Wait, you have a younger brother?"

"Yes, actually, he is the one who opened this racing club. I am just watching the shop for him." Zhu Xingtuan hammered his metal prosthesis. "I am old and can't run anymore."

"What's your brother's name?"

"Hideki Hideki."

Meng Yao's forehead darkened, and he couldn't help but say, "Is that right? If you two put your names together, who would tell you're brothers?"

“How is this wrong?”

Meng Yao asked, "What about your brother Xiang Xiushu?"

he?

Zhu Xingtuan looked at the calendar and said calmly, "He took the team to Osaka to participate in the competition. He should be back in a day or two."

After saying that, he looked back at Meng Yao and said, "Okay, clean up quickly."

"I'll prepare lunch for you later."

After saying that, the old man stood up from his chair and walked slowly towards the inner room.

Only after he was out of sight of Meng Yao and the others did Zhu Xingtuan take off his red-framed reading glasses and stared at his reflection in the lenses in a daze: "Ultraman..."

Sometimes, he would dream that after putting on glasses, he would turn into a giant and fight monsters.

In the front hall, Meng Yao was shaking the mop in his hand weakly.

Lopus came to Meng Yao in an apron and stood at attention: "Meng Yao, I can help you clean."

"I'm a robot, cleaning is easy for me."

Meng Yao waved his hands hurriedly. He didn't want to create a lazy image.

"By the way, weren't you cleaning over there? Why are you here?"

"Oh, I've already cleaned it all."

Meng Yao snorted, and finally handed the mop to Lopes.

A minute later, the two of them had finished cleaning.

While waiting for lunch, they squatted in front of the window, staring at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance.

Meng Yao asked, "Lopus, do you have any clues about those murders?"

"We can rule out the possibility of an ordinary person committing the crime," Lopes said, recalling the scene that night. "Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need for a defense team patrolling the streets."

That makes sense.

But if it was a supernatural factor, Meng Yao had lost all his Ultra Badges and was powerless. Therefore, he had to rely mainly on Lopus.

After a while, Zhu Xingtuan finally brought lunch to Meng Yao and Lopu.

Meng Yao had curry beef rice and a bowl of miso soup, while Lopez had a barrel of 98 gasoline.

"Don't like it?" Zhu Xingtuan was surprised.

Lopus gestured with his hands for a long time, wanting to speak but hesitant. Finally, he could only say stiffly, "Senior, please give me some human food."

"That's really strange. I see you don't have a mouth either." Zhu Xingtuan lowered his head in thought, "My robots also run on gasoline."

"You still have robots?" Meng Yao asked while eating.

Zhu Xingtuan nodded and said, "That was something I tinkered with when I was young. At that time, battery technology was not yet developed. My family ran a car repair shop, so I installed an internal combustion engine for them."

"I also gave myself names: Uyingdam and Mikulas."

puff!

Meng Yao couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of rice.

But then he felt relieved. If Zhu Xingtuan was really an ordinary person, this would probably be how his life would be.

But Zhu Xingtuan thought Meng Yao was mocking him, his old face flushed, and he retorted: "What's your reaction? Who didn't like robots when they were young?!"

Meng Yao shook his chopsticks to indicate that he didn't mean that, and changed the subject: "Well, senior, are you married?"

Moroboshi sighed again, "No, that was a long time ago."

"I still remember her name was Anu..."

puff!

Zhu Xingtuan wiped the rice and curry off his face: That’s enough, Meng!

You are just laughing at me!