Ultraman Blaze

At night, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse, and the forest was shrouded in cold air.

Under the moonlight, Gu Yihui dragged his injured body and stood on a small hill. The top of the hill was flat and open, and the deep pit in the distance could be seen clearly at a glance.

After staring for a few breaths, Gu Yihui looked at the figure who was ready to move in the direction of the deep pit with a cold and indifferent expression.

The next second, he took off his watch, threw it on the ground along with his uniform jacket, then turned and disappeared into the dark shadows of the woods...

After Xiangyu rushed to the hillside, he did not see any trace of Gu Yihui. However, when he called the other party's watch, an electric bell suddenly rang in the darkness in the distance.

Ding ding dong——

Ding ding dong——

The ringing of the bell sounded particularly creepy in the dark woods, as if it were something out of a horror movie.

At first, Xiangyu thought he was hallucinating, but it was not until the second ring sounded that he frowned and walked slowly and cautiously towards the direction of the ring.

As the sound became clearer, Xiangyu's expression became more solemn, and he became more and more certain of Gu Yihui's location behind the woods.

Seeing that the location of the sound had not changed, Xiangyu rushed over hurriedly. However, the scene he saw after passing through the woods surprised him.

At the end of the woods, there was an open plain, from which one could clearly see the entire appearance of the deep pit in the distance.

But...Gu Yihui was not here. He left a SKaRD uniform jacket and communication form on the ground.

Xiangyu's heart trembled. He walked forward and picked up the clothes and the watch on the clothes with a complicated expression.

"Gu Yihui..."

The search team conducted a comprehensive search in the town and surrounding areas, but still failed to find Gu Yihui.

After this incident, Xiangyu instantly lost interest in taking a vacation. After hastily bidding farewell to Yan Qi, he returned to the base with Luo Bingyang and Bei Miao.

When the news reached the base, the team members were more or less affected, and the atmosphere in the base was very depressing during the past few days.

In the dim base, Xiangyu sat in his seat. For several days, he had been thinking about questions like these.

"Gu Yihui ran away?"

"Why did he run?"

"why?"

"..."

When I think of the uniform and watch that Gu Yihui deliberately left in the woods that night, it tells Xiangyu that he left, left SKaRD...

Ding ding dong——

An electric bell suddenly rang, and the slight vibration of the watch interrupted Xiangyu's thoughts. He glanced at the screen with dark eyes and found that it was a call from Yan Qi.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Xiangyu answered the phone and said, "Hello."

—Is Gu Yihui back?

"No." Xiangyu paused and told Yan Qi the worst prediction, "He may not come back."

There was silence for a few seconds on the other side of the watch, and then Yan Qi's comforting voice came:

-Okay, don’t think too much about it. Maybe he encountered something and will come back on his own after a while.

"hope so."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Xiangyu fell silent again.

After a moment, he slowly stood up and left the command room.

Moon surface base, observatory——

Xiangyu leaned on the railing, gazing at the earth in the distance, lost in thought.

The appearance of the blue planet is so beautiful no matter from which direction in the universe you look at it, like a blue gem wrapped in darkness.

"team leader."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Xiangyu. Looking back, Luo Bingyang had already walked to his side.

"What are you looking at here?"

"Look at the stars." Xiangyu said casually.

"Ha ha…"

Luo Bingyang was amused by Xiangyu's words, but the smile on his face froze in just three seconds.

There was a half-breath of silence in the air, and Yuzuru Xiangyu asked: "Luo Bingyang, when did Gu Yihui change?"

"he?

"We haven't talked much in a day, who knows." Luo Bingyang said, slowly lowering his head, his eyes gradually deepening, "Maybe he hasn't recovered from the Venus operation yet."

During the Venus Operation seven months ago, it was Gu Yihui who brought Xiangyu out of the ruins. He only found out about this later.

I don’t know if it was Xiangyu’s injury that caused Gu Yihui’s abnormality, but one thing is certain, since that incident, Gu Yihui has become more withdrawn and speaks less...

"I should have come back earlier." Xiangyu's tone was full of self-blame.

If he had not taken that vacation and returned to the base earlier, perhaps Gu Yihui would not have left.

Luo Bingyang patted Xiangyu on the shoulder and comforted him: "Captain, this is not your fault."

"You've done enough for this team."

"Is it much?"

Xiangyu secretly questioned himself, looked up at the sparsely scattered stars in the universe, and smiled bitterly: "I don't think I have fulfilled the duties of a captain."

"Don't think so. At least as our captain, we have been doing well over the past year. Tut has also been training his flying skills well under your guidance."

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly fell into a deadlock.

After hearing Luo Bingyang's consolation, Xiangyu actually smiled. He shook his head and asked, "Let me ask you something."

"What?" Luo Bingyang said, a little confused.

"You haven't found a girlfriend yet?"

"At the moment... not yet." Luo Bingyang scratched his head embarrassedly and asked, "Why are you asking me this?"

Xiangyu narrowed his eyes, patted his shoulder mysteriously, and said, "It's okay, just ask."

After saying that, Xiangyu turned around and went back.

Luo Bingyang, who was standing by, looked at Xiangyu blankly. He didn't understand what he meant for a moment and asked in confusion, "What do you want to say?"

When he reacted, he found that Xiangyu had already walked far away, so he hurriedly chased after him: "Hey? Why did you leave? Don't play dumb with me, tell me..."

Luo Bingyang caught up with Xiangyu and the two walked side by side.

Xiangyu smiled, half-squinting his eyes and said, "Nothing, just asking if you have a girlfriend."

But Luo Bingyang seemed to have misunderstood Xiangyu's meaning. He rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "Tsk, isn't it just finding a beautiful girlfriend?"

"Captain, don't be so cocky. The one I find next time will definitely be better than yours!"

"Uh……"

Xiangyu's mouth twitched slightly, and he was speechless for a moment. He held his forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said to himself: "Okay, whatever you say is what it is."

"What's so great about a girlfriend?"

Luo Bingyang suddenly grabbed Xiangyu and pulled him towards the virtual training room.

"Come on, let's go compete in flying. No one is as fast as you in finding a girlfriend, so I don't believe that my flying skills can't be better than yours!"

"Just come."

The two of them excitedly went to the virtual training room for flight training. However, the results showed that Xiangyu's score was more than 500% higher than Luo Bingyang's, and he still topped the flight performance list...