"You performed very well. If you work harder in academic subjects, it won't be a problem for you to become a member of the new generation of Earth Defense Force."

Gu Chen naturally placed his big hand on Shiratori Kenichi's head and gave him high praise.

"By the way, Kenichi, what are you doing here?"

Seeing that Gu Chen had spoken what he was about to say first, Higashi Kotaro turned to ask why Kenichi Shiratori appeared here.

After all, this is not the way Kenichi Shiratori takes home from school.

"A festival for Hachiman-sama is being held here, and Takeo's father is going to perform a puppet show here."

As Shiratori Kenichi said this, he also looked at his classmate Takeo, who had been hiding aside and just walked out cautiously after the incident was over.

"Kenichi, I didn't stand up with you just now. You won't laugh at me for being a coward, right?"

At this time, after seeing Kenichi Shiratori's gaze, Takeo trotted over and then lowered his head with some guilt.

He witnessed what happened just now together with Kenichi Shiratori, but he did not have the courage to join Kenichi Shiratori in fighting against the three middle school thugs. After all, he was only an elementary school student, and he would only get beaten if he rushed forward.

As it turned out, if Gu Chen had not intervened, Kenichi Shiratori would have really been beaten up by those three middle school thugs.

"That kind of thing doesn't matter. Besides, I only mustered up the courage after seeing Ultraman Taro's mask."

Kenichi Shiratori did not blame Takeo for not standing up with him to be beaten. Instead, he smiled handsomely and comforted Takeo.

"That's great. I also want to be as brave as you."

Hearing this, Takeo looked at Shiratori Kenichi with envy.

"As long as you work hard, one day you will be as brave as Kenichi."

Seeing this, Dong Kotaro also imitated Gu Chen and put his big hand on Takeo's head.

"Oh, oh, Kotaro-nii, do you want to come with us to watch Hachiman-sama's festival?"

At this time, Kenichi Shiratori suddenly had an idea and invited Higashi Kotaro and Gu Chen.

Dong Kotaro was stunned when he heard this, then he grinned: "No, we..."

"Then go and have a look."

Before Higashi Kotaro could finish his words, Gu Chen suddenly interrupted him and accepted Shiratori Kenichi's invitation.

"Eh? But Counselor, don't we still have to patrol?"

Dong Guangtaro was startled, then looked at Gu Chen in confusion.

"So let's go patrol the festival next. After all, it's where the children gather, so it's necessary to patrol to ensure safety."

Gu Chen explained with a smile.

This explanation was reasonable and legal, and Dong Guangtaro could not find any reason to refute it. Moreover, he rarely refuted what Gu Chen said.

Immediately, Kenichi Shiratori happily led everyone along the stairs beside the mountain path to the venue where Lord Hachiman's festival was held.

In the square in front of a temple, a large number of people are interweaving, and the sidewalks are filled with various stalls. The air is filled with the aroma of snacks, the shouts of vendors and the laughter of children.

"Here, here. Dad said he would play the puppet show over here."

When they arrived at the festival venue, the leader changed from Shiratori Kenichi to Takeo.

After a while, he led everyone to a stall.

At this time, the place was already surrounded by many children, sucking on grilled squids in their hands, staring with wide eyes at Takeo's father performing shadow puppet shows for them.

"Next, regarding this poor girl who became a living sacrifice..."

Takeo's father did not notice the arrival of Takeo and others, and continued to tell the children the story he made up about the giant centipede monster in a vivid way.

"father!"

Seeing this, Takeo immediately ran up quickly.

"Oh, you two are here, let's eat squid."

When Takeo's father heard Takeo's voice, his story was immediately interrupted. He then took out two grilled squids from the box on the back seat of the bicycle and handed them to Shiratori Kenichi and Takeo.

"Well, I'll continue..."

After entertaining Kenichi Shiratori, Takeo's father continued to tell his story.

Gu Chen and Dong Guangtaro stood at the edge of the crowd and listened to Takeo's father telling stories with the children.

Dong Kotaro was watching with great interest, while Gu Chen looked up and down Takeo's father several times with an inquiring gaze.

The original plot explains that the story told by Takeo's father was made up by himself, but it is exactly the same as the past of the monster that is about to appear.

So whether this is a coincidence or Takeo's father has an unknown identity remains to be investigated.

But after Gu Chen's observation, this was more like a wonderful coincidence.

At this moment, the originally clear and bright sky suddenly darkened at an extremely fast speed.

This sudden change immediately caused chaos among the people at the festival.

But soon, the darkness that shrouded the sky dissipated, and the sun shone on the earth again.

"consultant!"

While people were discussing the strange sight just now, Higashi Kotaro immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Well, organize the evacuation immediately and notify the headquarters to inquire about the situation!"

Gu Chen nodded and immediately began to give orders.

"Everyone, an abnormal phenomenon has occurred on Mount Hachiman. For your safety, please evacuate in an orderly manner."

Soon, following the actions of Gu Chen and Dong Guangtaro, the people at the festival quickly evacuated down the mountain, and no chaos occurred.

Just as the crowd was about to evacuate, the ground began to shake, and the centipede monster Mkadanda woke up from its long sleep underground and appeared in the sunlight. "Sure enough, there is a monster, Advisor, I'll go first!"

Looking at the Mkadanda breaking out of the ground, Higashi Kotaro's eyes flashed, and after pulling out the ZAT gun hanging on his waist, he took the initiative to charge towards the monster.

He was seen running while attacking Mkadanda with the ZAT gun in his hand. After attracting its attention, he began to run towards a sparsely populated direction.

Gu Chen stood where he was, and did not rush forward to fight with Dong Guangtaro. Instead, he raised his head and observed Mkadanda.

From what we can perceive, Mkadanda is not affected by the dark aura and is just a normal Earth monster.

This awakening from long sleep should be due to the triggering of the test mechanism set by the Earth's will for mankind.

This is undoubtedly an opportunity for Gu Chen.

When he was in the MAT team, whenever Gu Chen wanted to take action or let the Ultra Warriors destroy the monsters, he would receive a reminder from the Will of the Earth, telling him that doing so would increase the difficulty of the test for humanity.

But now that the Earth's will cannot be contacted and the Earth is invaded by darkness, if Taro is allowed to destroy the Earth's monsters, will the long-dormant Earth's will come back online and restore contact with him?