Takuhai Ishibashi happened to be buying groceries there too. He saw Zhao Hao and greeted him. Zhao Hao was practically the only person he could talk to at school. After all, their circles were so small. Those with abilities naturally made friends with others who had abilities so they could have something to talk about.
The two exchanged greetings before parting ways. After all, there wasn't much to say between two grown men.
Zhao Hao left the supermarket after buying his groceries. Back home, he stored them in the refrigerator and turned on his computer to check the recent news.
Actually, during the time he was receiving training from the Evolving Trust, the Kaiju had already started acting. But for now, the Kaiju were only a group of ordinary liquid Kaiju, the Peddlers.
This type of Kaiju is usually small, at most five or six meters tall. The world's secret forces, the Night Raid Squad, could easily handle them.
Two years ago, Zhao Hao used his computer to hack into the TLT-J branch and gained a superficial understanding of the TLT organization.
Terrestrial Liberation Trust, abbreviated as "TLT", is a secret international organization established by the world's governments. It's a secret special defense military organization that operates in secrecy.
Its primary goal is to discover, investigate, research, and eliminate the mysterious space creatures, the Kaiju.
TLT has a Japan branch, "TLT-J", and the Night Raid Squad is a subordinate organization of TLT-J. Their mission is to secretly eliminate Kaiju.
Although he had watched the TV series in his previous life, he didn't remember the details very clearly. When he hacked into the TLT-J, he only glanced at it briefly and only saw the personnel list and information of the Japan branch before being discovered.
Zhao Hao decisively destroyed all his computer equipment. He chose a dilapidated building without surveillance for his hacking operation, just in case.
He booked a hotel room near the building a few days before he hacked into the TLT-J. He used a telescope to observe the dilapidated building. As expected, less than ten minutes after he left, a business van drove in and a group of fully armed people got out and investigated. They searched for half an hour but found nothing and then left.
Zhao Hao couldn't help but marvel at their vigilance. After all, they were a world organization. Although it was just a branch, it was extremely secretive. Even a hacker expert wouldn't be able to get in.
Only Zhao Hao, who had been a skilled hacker in his previous life, could get in for a while. He had to prepare in advance and have various backup plans. Otherwise, he would be caught by their counterintelligence in a matter of minutes.
Zhao Hao looked at the news. These days, there were missing persons reports everywhere, like missing workers at a beer factory. Although they were eventually classified as accidental deaths, Zhao Hao knew what had happened. It was the work of Kaiju.
Kaiju can consume humans and use their fear to evolve independently and become stronger. They feed on the fear that humans hold, with the characteristics of hunting and multiplying.
Eating humans is not only to satisfy their appetite but also to devour the darkness, hatred, fear, and other negative emotions in human hearts. They turn these negative emotions into their own power.
This means that the Kaiju's power doesn't stay the same. They become stronger by absorbing human fear.
This is why the TLT organization has to erase the memories of humans. Otherwise, if the whole human race were to feel fear, the Kaiju would absorb this fear, becoming increasingly strong and eventually beyond their control, leading to the destruction of the world by humans themselves.
Time passed minute by minute. As the sun began to set, the Evolving Trust on Zhao Hao's body suddenly released a wave.
Zhao Hao took a look. This flashing frequency meant that it had detected a Kaiju's vibration wave.
Zhao Hao narrowed his eyes and instantly vanished from his room.
As the Nexus Adaptor, Zhao Hao naturally possessed some superpowers even in his human form, such as telepathy, telekinesis, limited range detection, and high-speed movement.
Meanwhile, at the TLT-J base under a huge reservoir in the Kanto region of Japan, known as Fortress Liberty, was located in the deep mountains of the Kanto region of Japan. It appeared to be a normal dam, but inside, it contained all sorts of sophisticated high-tech equipment.
The dam was surrounded by a tight security system, with special personnel patrolling the area, making it impossible for ordinary people to get close.
The base itself was secretly hidden 500 meters below the dam in the lakebed. There were hundreds of staff working inside the base.
The dam wall concealed three launching points for the Chromatic Chester fighters, which would only open when they launched.
In a small room within Fortress Liberty, the Combat Information Center (CIC), various computers were lined up. A young man in white clothing, who looked to be in his late teens, calmly tapped away on the keyboard.
“Kaiju vibration wave, confirmed. Fifth zone, coordinates, 416!”
After reporting, he put his elbows on the table with his fingers intertwined in front of his mouth. At that moment, a special vibration wave indicator appeared next to the Kaiju vibration wave on the computer monitor, rapidly approaching. However, this vibration wave was different from the Kaiju's.
Kiyora Ze Yuu raised his eyebrows, his expression serious. “There's another vibration wave, and this one has the same frequency as that man from before. Could it be?”
He said, with a slow smile spreading across his lips. Interesting!
At the Night Raid Squad's office, the four members of the Night Raid Squad rushed to their equipment cabinets to put on their special armor after hearing the alarm.
They grabbed the weapons lining the walls and went to the corresponding elevators. These elevators would take them from deep underground, 500 meters down, to the dam in a short amount of time, where they could then enter their fighters.
The captain, Kura Eifu, looked at the three other team members to his left, the vice captain, Saijo Nagi, the member, Ishiori Mitsuhiko, and Hiraki Shiori, then shouted, “Out!” The voice-activated elevators immediately took them up quickly.