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Rudius had just turned the corner when he saw that his spaceship was already surrounded.
When the group saw Rudeus running towards them, they immediately opened fire on him, clearly following orders from their leader.
Rudius easily dodged it, then pulled out a triangular magnetic device and precisely threw it into the middle of the group.
"Click."
The triangular magnetic device deployed instantly, pulling in everyone nearby, creating a massive, overlapping mass.
Rudeus seized the opportunity, quickening his pace towards his spaceship. He leaped onto the top of the ship and slid into the cockpit.
Rudius, who had slid into the cockpit of the spaceship, retracted his space helmet. Simultaneously, the triangular magnetic device attracting the large group of people ceased operation, and the leader arrived.
"Stop him!"
Rudius closed the spaceship's cockpit canopy, while the group below, under their leader's command, rapidly began constructing something; soon, a fixed turret was erected.
Meanwhile, Rudeus's spaceship ignited and took off. Rudeus, noticing the commotion below, swiftly turned around, and his spaceship nearly stood upright, avoiding the turret's attack.
"Bong!"
The cannon missed Rudius's spaceship, but struck a nearby hill, instantly blasting it to pieces.
【"Ha ha ha ha!"】
Rudius burst into laughter after taking off; if he hadn't hit the spaceship during takeoff, it would have been almost impossible to hit it later.
[Then, before Rudeus could laugh for long, the underground geyser suddenly erupted. Since Rudeus's spaceship wasn't very high up, it was swept away by the geyser.]
The terrifying thrust propelled Rudeus directly from the pilot's seat, sending him crashing into the windshield. Rudeus fell from the pilot's seat, and his spaceship began to crash simultaneously.
Rudeus, clinging to the back seat, crawled towards the driver's seat, desperately stretching out his hands to grab the spaceship's control levers.
"So close."
Just moments before the spaceship was about to crash, Rudius leaped and grabbed the control lever, pulling it all the way down.
The spaceship was also vertically upright and steadily hovered in mid-air.
"With just this one move, it stood perfectly straight and stopped steadily, which far surpasses the technology of Earth."
Ryunosuke Akasaka looked at Rudeus's spaceship on the light screen and said.
"But was that fountain really that powerful? It almost shot down Rudius's spaceship."
"So, in a way, can this be considered a planet's built-in air defense weapon?"
[Then Rudeus's spaceship slowly returned to its horizontal position.]
"Haa, haa, haa."
Rudius, panting heavily, sat on the floor, still shaken.
"Rudius?"
Rudius suddenly heard someone call his name, and in a moment of reflex, he crawled back a few steps. Then he saw a red-skinned woman climb up from the lower compartment of the spaceship.
"What happened?"
"So, another alien looks just like us, only much more rosy."
Riju Ogata said, looking at the new type of alien that had appeared on the screen.
"Or perhaps, the universe is just a giant Earth."
I was speechless. How come, apart from the Chitauri, all the aliens looked exactly like humans?
"A giant Earth? That makes some sense."
Rizu Ogata felt that what Nariyuki Yuiga said seemed to make some sense.
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"Rudius isn't picky at all, is he?"
"Actually, there's not much to pick. Apart from their redder skin, they're not that different from us Earthlings."
Kitahara Iori and Imamura Kohei were also discussing Rudeus's aesthetic.
"Besides, isn't it all pretty much the same with the lights off?"
"But how do you know what's under the clothes, or what terrible thing is hidden under the pants?"
"have you seen?"
"You've seen him again?"
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The NEET, who is Rudeus's predecessor, looks at himself in the light screen.
After staying there for a while, I realized it wasn't a big deal; turning off the lights was pretty much the same thing.
And aliens can also be seen as non-human girls, right?
[“Hey, ah, um…”]
Rudius stared at the woman who had crawled out, stammering for a long time.
"Brett."
[Breit noticed Rudius's embarrassment and offered a reminder.]
"Yes, Brett."
"To be honest, I'd completely forgotten you were still here."
Brett looked completely bewildered upon hearing Rudius's words.
Rudius returned to the pilot's seat and turned on the spaceship's onboard CD player.
"Several small-scale riots have occurred in the Kree Empire today."
"Protesting the recent peace treaty signed between Emperor Kree and the Xandarian Nova Supreme."
Rudeus and Brett are resting in their lower-level cabin on the spaceship. Rudeus is watching a program, while Brett is sitting in a chair with a cup in his hand.
"The Kree Empire".
"Xandar".
L listened to two key words in the information displayed on the television program on the screen.
How close and how far are the Kree Empire and Xandar from Earth?
L suddenly asked curiously, before the screen displayed the content of "The Avengers".
There has always been a question on Earth about whether humanity is alone in the universe.
Now that Guardians of the Galaxy has been shown on the screen, L thinks we should start discussing whether Earth is safe or not.
"I don't know, but whichever it is, it's not something that Earth, a civilization that can barely explore the universe, can contend with."
Light Yagami said, "Although Earth has rockets and space stations, it is still a complete novice compared to true spacefaring civilizations."
"So, is individual strength more important, or is the overall strength of a civilization more important?"
L then asked Light Yagami a question.
"I don't know, or rather, I don't know right now."
In the past, Light Yagami could have confidently stated that the power of civilization is greater than the power of an individual.
After all, no matter how strong an individual is, how can they compare to the power of a civilization?
But now, there's Thor, the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme, Odin, the Allfather, and the one who sent Loki to attack Earth.
These are all individuals whose individual strength is currently known to be extremely high, and whose limits are not even known yet.
However, there are also a few exceptions, such as Professor X, Hayato Otosaka, and Magneto, Yuu Otosaka, who, to some extent, also possess the strength to contend with lower-level civilizations.
"However, I still believe that in most cases, civilization outweighs the individual, and the individual outweighs civilization only in a small part."
Light Yagami continued speaking.
"Really? I wonder how powerful you are as Ghost Rider."
L's sudden remark stunned Light Yagami. Light Yagami also remembered that he was Ghost Rider, but he hadn't made his appearance yet.
"Rudius, there's a phone call for you."
[Breat watched as the communicator on the table flashed, and a blue-skinned face with something red on its head lit up, calling out to Rudeus. He then reached out to connect the call for Rudeus.]
"Wait, no, don't answer!"
Rudius called out hastily, but it was too late; Brett had already pressed the answer button.
"Grelat!"
[After the call connected, the television also started playing the same program. The man on the screen shouted at Rudeus, calling him by his last name.]
Rudeus stopped walking towards the communicator, and Brett, who was answering the phone for Rudeus at the table, realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.
"Hello, Yondu."
Rudeus awkwardly greeted him, stiffly turning around to look at Yondu, who was as blue as a Smurf on TV.