Everyone's Numb (Bonus Chapter for Advancement)

As a rather mild-mannered Baltan Alien, he had never learned any of those flashy tricks; he knew nothing of things like teleportation, having only mastered the superpower of transformation.

He never imagined that one day he would be trained by someone in this heavily guarded facility on Earth.

I was clearly just an ordinary, retired Yakuza alien office worker who only wanted to live a peaceful life; why must I suffer such torment?

The Baltan Alien lay on the ground, his tears mixing with sweat on the smooth floor.

"Get up! You're down already?" The brawny Demon King pulled him up from the ground with one hand.

"You can't even beat a Crow Man, yet you're slacking off!" Zhou Hong stepped forward and delivered two Ultra-slaps. "Do you want me to be the one to collect your corpses next time?"

Under the enthusiastic invitation of harsh words and heavy fists, coupled with the fact that more and more incidents were indeed occurring on this planet.

For the sake of his own life, the Baltan Alien gritted his teeth, summoned his courage, took a deep breath to steady himself, and began training again.

A sandbag was strapped to his back, bobbing up and down with the rhythm of his body.

Nearby, the normal humans watched this completely unscientific and exaggerated training, carefully shrinking into the corners.

Now is not the time to act tough; this is the kind of thing that gets people killed!

Just as the training was in full swing, Zhou Hong's PDI rang.

As soon as Zhou Hong opened the PDI, he saw Horii's joyful face.

"Horii, is something the matter?"

Horii looked conflicted; he hesitated for a moment, not speaking, before finally saying, "Ah-Hong, could I ask you for a favor?"

Although he was an advisor to GUTS, everyone was most deeply impressed by his formidable combat prowess.

And calling at a time like this meant that Horii needed some form of armed support.

"Time, location, who is the enemy? Dead or alive?"

Horii was taken aback and waved his hands repeatedly. "It's not an enemy; I just need you to help me subdue someone."

"Please, he's a very good friend of mine. If possible, I hope you can go easy on him, Ah-Hong."

The memory of those Crow Men whose skulls had been cracked open last time was still fresh in his mind. Fearing that Zhou Hong might immediately crack Sanada Ryosuke's head open, Horii quickly added.

A smile curled at the corner of Zhou Hong's mouth, a smile full of malice. "Don't worry, I definitely won't kill him."

Horii felt absolutely no relief upon hearing that.

Horii had no other options left, so he scratched his head. "Use the PDI to track my location. Please, try to be as fast as you can."

"You guys know I'm quite handy with the GUTS Wing 1." Zhou Hong gave a thumbs-up and immediately locked onto Horii's position.

Horii felt a sense of security regarding Zhou Hong's efficiency, but every time Zhou Hong piloted the GUTS Wing 1, the logistics department would curse him out.

The Rookie Squad didn't participate in maintenance work, leaving all repairs to logistics, while for GUTS, Shinjoh and Daigo were veteran mechanics.

The logistics team didn't dare confront Zhou Hong directly, so they told Horii instead.

Because of equipment design and various modification projects, Horii often hung out with the logistics staff, and they hoped he could offer a gentle reminder.

"Go! Go! Go! Ah-Hong, use maximum speed!"

Before leaving the training room, Zhou Hong specifically instructed Hibiki Gousuke, "Captain, please trouble yourself to supervise this bunch for me."

The response was Hibiki Gousuke's booming "Oss!"

Under the expectant gazes of the logistics staff, the GUTS Wing 1 kicked up a powerful shockwave and vanished from sight in the blink of an eye.

Tears streamed down their faces instantly.

The GUTS Wing 1 pushed to Mach 5.5, and in no time at all, it arrived at Horii's location.

As soon as the GUTS Wing 1 landed vertically, Horii rushed to his side. Without a word, he grabbed Zhou Hong's arm and said anxiously, "I had Shinjoh and Yazumi help me look up the data."

"Sanada Ryosuke, that friend of mine, he stole the space cells—Evolu—and transplanted them into his own body."

"I'll explain the details of the Evolu cells to you on the way."

Horii was a nimble fatty; he walked exceptionally fast, and his mouth didn't stop as he quickly briefed Zhou Hong on the situation regarding Evolu.

It would cause a person to go mad, enhance physical strength, and death would likely follow if there were no electrical energy to sustain it.

"Ah-Hong, I hope you can knock him out before Ryosuke goes mad or transforms. I'm begging you." Horii's voice was filled with sorrow.

You simply cannot stop some people from seeking their own destruction, but since Horii had requested it, Zhou Hong naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Actually, killing him is a possibility, and there's also a chance he could end up paralyzed," Zhou Hong said truthfully. "Do you still want to do this?"

If the goal were to kill him, a simple burst of strength would suffice, but Zhou Hong understood the difficulty of knocking out a normal human.

However, heaven only knew how much force Sanada Ryosuke could withstand after being enhanced by the Evolu cells.

If the force was too weak, he wouldn't be knocked out and would instead turn into a monster.

If the force was too great, one hand-blade strike might just send his head flying off.

Horii gritted his teeth. "I'm counting on you."

"I can't just watch him throw his life away. Ah-Hong, you gauge the force yourself; after that, it's up to Ryosuke's own fate."

"I'm really sorry, this is such a bother for you." If they weren't currently jogging, Zhou Hong felt that Horii would have bowed deeply to him.

Horii could fire his weapon without hesitation when dealing with aliens like the Crow Man, but when it came to humans, he would always hesitate.

From a distance, the two of them spotted a man and a woman strolling along the deserted beach.

The man already looked like he was suffering from severe kidney deficiency.

"If I am not number one! No one will love me!" Electric sparks flickered across Sanada Ryosuke's body, his voice ringing out with unusual volume.

"Ah-Hong, that's the man!" Horii shouted anxiously.

The muscles in Zhou Hong's legs tensed in an instant, and he raised his leg high.

The beach seemed to explode as if struck by artillery fire, spraying Horii with a shower of flying sand.

In the moment the sand obscured his vision, Zhou Hong had already charged to the side of Sanada Ryosuke.

His hand-blade, carrying the terrifying momentum of a strike meant to decapitate, landed squarely on the back of his neck.

Fortunately, the head did not fly off.

Unfortunately, his eyes rolled back into his head instantly.

The electric current surged into Zhou Hong's body in a flash, causing his hair to stand straight up.

He was numb.

Physically speaking.

The woman nearby quickly stepped forward and hugged Sanada Ryosuke, "Ryosuke, look at Horii. Even though his legs are short, he's so fat, and he's always telling boring jokes—you could say he's full of flaws."

"But, even with so many flaws, everyone still loves him."

Horii was also numb.

Spiritually speaking.

As the title says, there will be two more updates tonight.