Crow Man: Invading Earth, It's Easy (1/2)

Infiltrating Earth, capturing a batch of humans, and leaving the planet before the Earthlings even notice—it's supposed to be simple.

Why did I run into such a powerful enemy the moment I started the operation?

This is just too difficult! (Angrily throws things)

Tiga rapidly breached the Command Room, but there were no Boss Crow Men inside, only a box containing humans.

It seemed this wasn't the command center, but merely a holding cell for hostages.

"Meddlesome." A hoarse voice rang out, and as Tiga turned, he saw a Boss Crow Man with blood-red eyes.

The Boss Crow Man's crimson gaze made Xiao Bai shiver, causing him to instantly hide behind some discarded metal.

Having already cleared out the perimeter, Zhou Hong stepped out from another corner.

Tiga slowly set down the box in his hand and charged toward the Boss Crow Man.

Unlike the fragile Crow Men who went down in a single punch, this one was different; compared to its kin, it possessed absolute dominance.

Their exchange of claws and heavy blows left Tiga slightly at a disadvantage, and his combat technique was only marginally inferior to Tiga's, yet the Power Type Tiga couldn't secure a win for the time being.

Unable to crush the opponent, the two remained locked in a struggle, searching for each other's weak points.

The Boss Crow Man narrowed his large eyes, his trembling hands held defensively in front of him, all his focus centered on Tiga.

Suddenly, a beam of light pierced through the dark space.

The light bloomed with radiance upon the Boss Crow Man's forehead.

The Boss Crow Man's blood-red eyes widened instantly, staring in disbelief at Zhou Hong, who was spinning his gun before holstering it.

"Talk about martial virtue with a guy like you? Hand-to-hand combat? Please, don't think that just because I've been brawling all the way here that I only know how to brawl. This thing is quite handy."

Before Zhou Hong could finish his sentence, the blood-eyed Boss Crow Man had already collapsed backward.

He didn't even get the chance to start his spaceship.

Tiga hadn't expected his entangled enemy to be taken out like this, and he stood there in a daze for a moment.

On the other side, the GUTS members who breached the room were met with a group of Crow Men who had met particularly gruesome ends.

"This is too miserable; half their heads are gone," Shinjoh remarked. "If Rena were here, she'd probably be screaming."

Ignoring Shinjoh's commentary, Horii focused on his work. "Stop complaining and start searching. I didn't expect Ah Hong to have fought his way here from the other side."

A hint of joy crossed Munakata's brow. "We were planning a strategic retreat, but looking at this, it doesn't look like we need one anymore."

He wanted it all. (Clenches fist)

The group moved quickly, scanning their surroundings vigilantly, but they didn't find a single straggler.

"As expected of Ah Hong, terrifyingly strong," Munakata sighed, looking at the Crow Men hanging on the walls.

After seeing the scene, Shinjoh decided he wouldn't dare spar with Zhou Hong in the future, fearing that if Zhou Hong got careless during training, he might just beat him to death.

Zhou Hong, having finished off the last Crow Man, let out a long, hot breath. The frustration of being beaten up every day dissipated with that exhale, and his mood instantly improved.

After handing Zhou Hong an Ultra Clean, Daigo exited his Tiga form, his face flushed; the "thrilling" battle had clearly sent his heart racing.

In this fight, he had truly felt the power of his muscles.

"The commander and the others should be here soon. They're so slow."

"Before they arrive, let me go see which unlucky bastards were captured over there." Zhou Hong casually wiped away some blood and picked up a suit left behind to put on.

Even with his muscles relaxed, his frame was far too large for the suit, so he could only drape it over his shoulders.

With the jacket draped like that, he looked even less like a "good guy."

As soon as he picked up the box and looked inside, Zhou Hong's expression turned bizarre.

Uncle Li, who claimed to have once slashed aliens, was lying in the box like a dead pig, along with those weakling alien subordinates.

The smell of alcohol still clung to them; it was clear that after getting off work, they had followed the typical Japanese custom of going out for drinks, only to be packed up and taken away by the Crow Men.

Then, because their stench was too strong, the Crow Men had deemed them unappetizing and simply tossed them aside.

It was all quite strange. Zhou Hong could understand these aliens being unable to beat the Kyrieloid, but getting captured by such pathetic Crow Men?

That was completely unexpected.

It looked like he would have to include them in his next training session to avoid them embarrassing themselves out there.

Just then, the three GUTS members and Hibiki Gousuke followed the trail to this location.

"Yo, Commander, you're slow. The battle is already over." Zhou Hong handed over the box.

For Zhou Hong, who wasn't his subordinate but was such an outstanding warrior, Munakata felt a twinge of envy.

"Are these the hostages inside?" Munakata took the box cautiously and gently. "They've all turned into little people."

"Horii, about how long until you can turn these people back to normal?" Zhou Hong asked. "There are a few in there that I know."

"Don't worry, they'll be fine."

"I've already analyzed the Shrink Ray Gun; it won't take long for me to build a device to reverse it."

Horii patted his sturdy chest, declaring that growing larger was nothing—it was all completely useless!

No matter how many times it happened, Zhou Hong always found it absurd; aliens would travel from so far away with advanced black technology, only to be taken down by Horii's inventions in a few moves.

In the entire team, aside from Daigo, this guy was the most outrageous; he was comparable to Doraemon, pulling all sorts of black technology out of his pockets at a moment's notice.

"If you can, please hurry it up," Zhou Hong said, feeling somewhat uncomfortable as he shifted his body.

He looked as if he would punch his boss if he dared to say no.

"I'll go full throttle and resolve this at the fastest speed possible," Horii straightened his back, just like a recruit facing his drill instructor during training.

"By the way, if this is the Crow Men's lair, their spaceship might be here too."

"Although I might not be able to fully crack it, things like star maps should still be preserved."

Munakata's eyes lit up; he suddenly felt a sense of kinship toward these aliens who had traveled so far to Earth only to lose their lives.

"I will contact the Command Room immediately and have headquarters dispatch a support unit to take over this place."

The group didn't chat much longer and walked side by side toward the outer edge of the ruins.

Hidden behind the discarded metal, Xiao Bai watched those six muscular humans walking amidst the corpses scattered everywhere.

He couldn't help but shiver a few more times.

Young Master Ah Yan, I have brought shame upon the monster community.

The character design image was truly too strange, so I deleted it; I'll just have to see if some master artist has the time to make one for me later... finding one myself is truly a headache.