Intrigue Junction

Intrigue Junction (策略ジャンクション Sakuryaku Jankushon) is the fifty-first chapter of ULTRAMAN by Eichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi.
== Synopsis ==
Seeing Shinjiro's massive improvement, Dan requests upgrades on his suit. Adad tells Red on Jack's whereabouts. Shinjiro nearly gets into an argument with Endo while going out with Rena. 
== Plot ==
Dan is reading a third Supplemental Weapons Draft in the medical section of the SSSP-J HQ when Edo comes in. He just returned from a meeting with the Council branch and debriefed them on everything that happened, except for Seiji. To mask his existence is to make everything more simple. Dan asks how Shinjiro is doing. Edo replies they have conducted several tests on him but did not find any anomalies. Yet, he removed the limiter on his own and fired the Spacium Beam out of destroyed Spacium Blades. Edo is certain that Shinjiro's Ultraman Factor is stronger than Shin's. In reaction, Dan requests to speed up the process of supplementing weapons onto his Ultraman Suit and tells Edo not to come empty-handed if visiting a patient.
Shinjiro is going out with Rena again. She gives him a ticket for a concert early next month as thanks for calling Ultraman last time. Although Shinjiro does not feel he deserves such a gift. Then, Endo barges in on them. In the Alien City, Red is binge-drinking at a bar when Adad arrives. He tells Red Jack might have made it away with Yapool. Red angrily smashes a table, furious at Jack's betrayal. However, Red knows Jack would not take Yapool for personal reasons and wants to get his hands on his technology instead. Adad has no leads so far and blows up a small portion of the city to create one.
Rena introduces Shinjiro to Endo and exposes his ability to call Ultraman and the SSSP HQ in the Ultraman Memorial, much to Shinjiro's and Endo's dismay. Endo starts interrogating him about how he knows this, being only a museum worker. Endo suspects Shinjiro of being part of the SSSP, who created the Ultraman imitators. He was saved by Ultraman once, which is how he knows an imposter cannot protect the planet. Shinjiro gets agitated at his words and claims Endo does not know anything. He stands up and says he is Ultraman right in Endo's face...
== Appearances ==
=== Ultramen ===
* Shinjiro Hayata
* Shin Hayata (Mentioned)
* Dan Moroboshi
* Jack
* Seiji Hokuto (Mentioned)
=== Kaiju ===
* Edo
* Ace Killer
* Red
* Agent Adad
* Yapool (Mentioned)
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Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga)
Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga) Chapters