“Can't be seen by others?”
Zhao Hao looked at Sakurajima Mai, meeting her gaze. He chuckled lightly and said, “I believe that the world is vast and full of wonders. Although I haven't encountered anything like that, there are too many mysterious things in this world. It's not hard to accept that some people can't be seen.”
After all, Zhao Hao himself was a reborn time traveler, an Ultraman. Even if he were to say that there were people in this world with superpowers, he would believe it. And Sakurajima Mai, well, you know what I mean.
Seeing that Zhao Hao wasn't joking, Sakurajima Mai's gaze softened as she looked at him.
Because her current situation was exactly as she had said, Sakurajima Mai had discovered that after school, or during her days off, there were times when she suddenly couldn't be seen by others. Even if she spoke to someone, touched them, they wouldn't notice her, as if she were in a different time and space.
When she first discovered this phenomenon, even with Sakurajima Mai's strong character and her experience as a child star allowing her to remain unfazed by fame and fortune, she panicked a little when her body started showing this problem. Luckily, it didn't last very long.
But as the days passed, her body continued to experience this problem intermittently, especially in recent days. It was happening every day, and the duration was increasing.
She didn't dare tell anyone about her problem because no one would believe her. They would just think she was making things up. Plus, it wasn't a disease, so there was no scientific way to treat it.
This problem had always been buried in her heart, and now, being able to confide in someone for the first time and have it acknowledged, Sakurajima Mai felt a little happy inside.
“Yo, you two are saying it's nothing, but you're eating face to face.”
At that moment, a male student sat down beside Zhao Hao, throwing his lunchbox on the table. A girl sat down next to Sakurajima Mai.
The tables in the cafeteria could generally seat four people. The ones who just sat down were Usui Takumi and his girlfriend.
“It's just eating face to face, what's the big deal? It's you two who are showing off your love for all to see, don't you think you should be more discreet?”
Zhao Hao looked at the two of them with a speechless expression. As the most famous person in the whole school, Usui Takumi having a girlfriend was a major event that shook the entire school.
Plus, these two were always showing off their affection. Who wouldn't get a stomach ache from all the lovey-dovey stuff?
Usui Takumi smiled at his girlfriend, the two of them gazing into each other's eyes with affection. He said, “We're a couple, there's nothing to hide. We're naturally going to be together, right?”
Usui Takumi’s girlfriend nodded. “Yes, we have to stay together every break, even for a second we don't want to be apart.”
“You're in the honeymoon phase, aren't you? You're so lovey-dovey, is there a baby on the way?”
As she spoke, Sakurajima Mai looked back and forth between the two of them, finally focusing her gaze on the stomach of Usui Takumi's girlfriend.
“Pfft… Cough!”
Usui Takumi and his girlfriend almost choked on their food. This Sakurajima Mai really had a way with words.
The girl laughed awkwardly and said, “Sakurajima-san, you're thinking too much. We haven't gone that far yet.”
Usui Takumi's girlfriend couldn't believe that Sakurajima Mai could say such explosive words with a straight face.
Zhao Hao raised an eyebrow and teased, “So, it seems like you, Usui Takumi, aren't up to par. It's been a few months, and you two are still just holding hands and kissing. Shame on you.”
Usui Takumi twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a speechless expression, “I mean, you're making dating sound too simple. Once you get a girlfriend, you'll know the real deal. If you find a girlfriend and get things done on the same day, I'll admire you. I'll even call you ‘big brother’.”
Zhao Hao didn't say anything. He didn't know when he would find a girlfriend, so he decided to drop the topic.
After finishing their meal, they went their separate ways. In the afternoon, classes continued, and they were dismissed around three o'clock. Students were free to participate in club activities.
Clubs were diverse, from serious ones to frivolous ones, including the Eating Club, the Superpower Club, the Bug Catching Club, the Sleeping Club, and other less popular ones. There were also very popular clubs like the basketball, tennis, kendo, archery, and judo clubs.
Ninety-five percent of the students in the school would join a club. It was one of the biggest joys of high school life. Only a small portion of students who had special circumstances at home, or those who were genuinely not interested in clubs, wouldn't join.
Zhao Hao was one of them. He wasn't interested in any club. He viewed club activities as mere child's play, not of any use to him.
He might as well go straight home. Students scattered as they left the school gate.
Zhao Hao walked along a one-way street with his hands in his pockets. There was a girl in front of him, with long silver hair. Her uniform was the same as his, so she must be from the same school. She must also be someone who didn't participate in club activities.
“Dong dong…”
The Evolution Trust, which was hidden in the inner pocket of Zhao Hao's coat, suddenly vibrated. Zhao Hao stopped and was about to check it when, a hundred meters in front of him, space visibly distorted. Then, a huge, ugly figure stood in the city.
The figure had a black and white body, with black color on its head, abdomen and back. Its head had silver-gray horns resembling those of a bull, and its face had five-sided, trapezoid-like protrusions on both sides, with a yellow, glowing organ in the middle. It also had two glowing organs on both sides of its chest.
This sudden appearance of a monster stunned everyone who saw it for two seconds. Then, instinctively, they felt fear for the large, ugly creature and screamed and fled in all directions.
“Jetton!”
Zhao Hao looked at the monster that had suddenly appeared in front of him with serious eyes. It was no doubt that this monster had also come through a space rift. And this time, unlike the Kirieloid people who had appeared in the wilderness last night, it was directly in a human city.
Now, not only would the TLT people have a headache, but Zhao Hao also felt that he was facing a task even more difficult than hell.
If the tv series's Hayata Jun was a difficult level, his was completely a hell level. Not only did he have to deal with monsters from other worlds, but these monsters also appeared in the city, causing fear among humans. This fear would be absorbed by the Bioroids, strengthening them, making them even more difficult to eliminate.
What else could it be if not a hell level?
Meanwhile, in the TLT's command center, Kira-Sawai Yu's pupils contracted, and he stood up immediately.
“The vibration wave of the monster is different from that of the Bioroids! It’s appeared in the city!”
He swallowed hard. It was a giant creature. If they were to damage it, it would surely cause fear throughout the city, even the entire world. This fear would be continuously absorbed by the Bioroids, making them stronger and even more difficult to eliminate.
“The spatial rift that appeared last night allowed monsters from other worlds to come to our planet. It’s a rare event that happens once in a hundred years, but how long has it been? It happened again! This is troublesome.”
Kira-Sawai Yu’s precognitive abilities had completely failed to anticipate this. It was completely out of his control.