“Zhao Hao, have you joined any clubs?”
After getting off the train, on the way home, Yukinoshita Yukino and Zhao Hao walked side by side.
Yukinoshita Yukino was the one who spoke first.
Zhao Hao walked with his hands in his pockets, his figure tall and straight. He said, "Yukinoshita, I'm a year older than you, shouldn't you call me Zhao Hao Senpai?"
Yukinoshita Yukino, however, had a calm expression and said, "I can call others Senpai, but I'm not close to them."
"Well, but you see, I go straight home from school. It's obvious I don't have any clubs. Aren't you the same?"
Zhao Hao didn't join any clubs because he found club activities too boring.
Yukinoshita Yukino also didn't have any clubs because she had just returned from school abroad, so she didn't know any other students besides Zhao Hao. Plus, her unsmiling, aloof demeanor, which gave off a distant and cold aura, made it hard for her to connect with other students, so naturally she wouldn't join other clubs and be under the orders of others.
"Yeah, so I plan to create a club. Would you like to join?"
Yukinoshita Yukino stopped, looked at Zhao Hao seriously, and invited him.
"Create a club?"
Zhao Hao also stopped. He remembered that Yukinoshita Yukino's club was called something like the "Servant Club," right? It had a strange name.
Yukinoshita Yukino said, "Yes. I've decided to create a club whose activities are centered around extending a helping hand to those in need, accepting various requests from students at the school."
Zhao Hao was about to speak when he felt a heart-pounding tremor from the Evolve Trust.
"Sorry, I have to leave for a bit. I'll answer you when I get back."
With that, Zhao Hao walked away from Yukinoshita Yukino.
"Huh?"
Yukinoshita Yukino watched Zhao Hao's departing figure and stretched out her hand. What happened to him? He was fine just now. How come he suddenly had something to do? And he didn't receive any calls.
Even though she was confused, she didn't say anything and simply returned home with a troubled heart.
She wondered if Zhao Hao would agree to create a club with her. Yukinoshita Yukino was both hopeful and worried.
For her, the memories of her childhood had left an indelible mark. She saw Zhao Hao as a unique and special existence. She might be cold to others, but she couldn't be cold towards him.
Moreover, Zhao Hao had seen her crying and vulnerable as a child. Thinking about it now brought a blush to her cheeks.
...
Based on the location of the Kaiju vibration detected by the Evolve Trust, Zhao Hao, even though he was in a crowd, could lower his presence at will, like Kuroko from Kuroko's Basketball. With a thought, he vanished from the bustling crowd.
No one noticed Zhao Hao's disappearance. Even if you passed by him face-to-face, you wouldn't be able to notice his presence.
"Attack!"
Meanwhile, the Night Raid team was on their way to the winery, aboard their black technology chrome gold Chester fighter jets. Four of them were in three jets, attacking the giant Pedron.
Massive firepower suppressed Pedron. Blue laser cannons, laser beams, missiles—they attacked as if money were no object.
However, Pedron wasn't a fool standing there as a target. When facing the cannons, he would turn his body to dodge. For other lasers and missiles, he would use the whips on his hands to extend them and block them in front of him.
He also fired high-temperature fireballs from his mouth to counterattack.
"Quick, dodge!"
The Night Raid Captain and Kurabayashi Eifu, driving the chrome gold Chester Beta separately, shouted as they dodged several hot red fireballs.
The vice captain, Saijo Nagi, was driving the chrome gold Chester Alpha alone, while Ishizuka Mitsuhisa and Hiraki Shiori were jointly piloting the chrome gold Chester Gamma.
Just as the three jets had dodged and were about to attack again, they noticed that Pedron had used his tentacles from his mouth to grab five workers from the winery, holding them in front of him as a shield. However, the five workers had already fainted from fear.
Hiraki Shiori, seeing the Kaiju's actions, cursed angrily, "What the hell! This bastard is so despicable! Using human beings as shields?"
Now, the Night Raid team couldn't act rashly. But Pedron was free to attack.
Kurabayashi Eifu gritted his teeth and asked, "CIC, the Kaiju is using civilians as cover. What should we do next?"
Without hesitation, Kirazawa Yu came up with a plan. "We have to sacrifice them. We must eliminate the Kaiju here. Otherwise, the disaster will only escalate, and more than five people will die."
"But, if we do this, who will trust us, the Night Raid?"
"Don't worry, this is the outskirts, not the city center. There aren't many people. A special unit will handle the aftermath."
Kurabayashi Eifu was conflicted, but obeying orders was his duty.
"Are we really going to attack, Captain?"
Hiraki Shiori said unwillingly. It was five people! The purpose of their Night Raid team was to eliminate Kaiju and protect human beings. But now, they were going to personally kill those who were innocent and being used as shields by the Kaiju?
"There's no other way. Obey the orders!" Kurabayashi Eifu took a deep breath and pressed the attack button. Laser bullets fired from the jet's weapon ports.
Seeing this, the other two jets also launched their attacks. They had known that they would eventually face this kind of dilemma and had prepared themselves. They had to sacrifice a few to save the many.
They were just humans, not gods. They couldn't save everyone.
Just as the attacks were about to reach Pedron, a crimson beam of light appeared in front of him. The Night Raid team's attacks hit the beam and had no effect at all.
"What?!"
"What is that?"
"What's happening?"
The four members of the Night Raid team were momentarily stunned by the red beam.
But as the beam gradually faded, they saw the silver giant.
"Whoa, it's an Ultra Warrior!"
"Is it that silver giant?"
The reactions of the four Night Raid members varied. Hiraki Shiori and Kurabayashi Eifu were clearly relieved. Vice Captain Saijo Nagi was a little angry, while Ishizuka Mitsuhisa was quite calm.
"Whew..."
Kurabayashi Eifu let out a heavy sigh. He had almost become a murderer. It was something he had to do during his mission, but killing someone was still killing someone. His conscience would be tormented. But thankfully, the silver giant blocked their attacks.
This had prevented them from becoming murderers. Kurabayashi Eifu was grateful for the silver giant.
Nexus appeared and blocked the Night Raid team's attacks, cleverly timing it with the invulnerability period during his transformation.
Zhao Hao had expected that the Night Raid team would choose to eliminate the five people along with the Kaiju. After all, the Night Raid team wasn't like other teams in other Ultraman universes. They were too realistic and wouldn't be sentimental.