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"So, only the vice-captain of our team isn't Ultraman?" I still couldn't understand. As a scientist, he felt that this was simply too unscientific.
“The vice-captain might not be wrong. Don’t you guys forget? He was almost chosen by Ultraman Max to be the human host,” Kai added, and everyone immediately agreed.
“But when Ultraman Max appears, the vice-captain is usually there too.” Daigo’s words silenced everyone again.
Fujimiya pondered for a moment, "Could it be that the vice-captain is Dark Mephisto?"
"Putting aside his methods against the enemy, the vice-captain doesn't seem like a dark Ultraman at all, does he?" Komon thought about it and felt it was unlikely.
After discussing it for a day, the group concluded that Leo might just be an ordinary person with slightly above-average physical abilities. They didn't even remember Leo's last name; in fact, many people were overlooking this point.
Hearing the noise at the door, everyone immediately fell silent. Leo pushed the door open and entered, looking at them. "What's going on?"
“Five minutes ago, a gas station called the police, saying they were attacked by a small monster. It’s a brand new monster that can turn into liquid. Skip wants us to come.”
"Then attack immediately!" Leo slammed his hand on the table, and Captain Stringman and the others immediately stood up. "Understood!"
Chapter 230 This unlucky kid!
Over the past month, everyone has gotten used to the appearance of all sorts of strange new monsters on Earth, some of which have appeared in TV dramas before, and others that we've never heard of before.
Although the monster that appeared this time was not very big, only two or three meters tall, it showed great aggression towards humans and even attacked a small gas station. Fortunately, the gas station employees and drivers ran fast enough.
When Leo and his team arrived, SKIP had already cordoned off the area. The regional manager saluted Leo and said, "Sorry, we're too late. The target has already escaped."
"Any clues?" Leo didn't say anything. The other person was already very fast, it's just that this location is a bit close to the sea.
“We questioned the survivors, and they said that the monster transformed from a liquid-like form. We also discovered that the ethanol in the gasoline exposed at the gas station was gone.”
This meant that the monster was very likely feeding on ethanol, or at least collecting it. Leo immediately realized this. "Where is there any alcohol nearby?"
“There’s a brewery 30 kilometers away. I just notified them to shut it down and evacuate the staff. But… it’s a bit difficult. After all, it’s peak tourist season, and they might not listen to us.”
"Seize it directly, and I'll take responsibility for anything that happens." Leo made the decision with surprising speed, but the sense of reassurance he gave was indescribable. The regional SKIP manager immediately felt more confident, saluted, and then went to make another call.
Not far away, Captain Stringman and his group were watching the surveillance footage of the scene. This newly appeared monster was different from the ones before, giving people a more bizarre and twisted feeling. If you had to say, it was very similar to the alien Ruganoga.
After noticing that Komon's expression was off, Captain Gento glanced at Leo, who had already snatched the phone and was directly confronting the manufacturer, then looked at Komon again. "Any clues?"
“I recognize this monster, or more accurately, this alien beast. It’s called Pedron. It feeds on alcohol and gasoline and can grow to enormous sizes by fusing small individuals together.” Komon’s face was grim. He had an instinctive psychological aversion to monsters like Pedron.
"An alien beast?" Captain Stringman was somewhat confused; this seemed to be yet another monster he had never heard of before.
"Yes, a monster that feeds on human fear. In order to instill fear in people, they prey on humans and can also assimilate with the surrounding plants and animals to achieve evolution. They can multiply as long as there is a tiny cell... It's very troublesome."
Just from Komon's description, one can sense that this monster might be even more difficult to deal with than super monsters or cosmic monsters. The fact that it can multiply even with just a few cells left is already quite troublesome, considering that even moving a monster would cause some skin to fall off its feet.
"I'm suddenly very glad that we fought against Softia before. Headquarters had studied Ultraman Nexus's beam in advance and was able to eliminate monsters at the molecular level."
Everyone shares this sentiment to some extent. Fortunately, these alien beasts didn't appear too early; after all, not every ability they possess can break down enemies to the molecular level.
"It's really strange, why would a monster suddenly appear?" Everyone was puzzled, but considering that there had been enough of the strange things that happened last month, the appearance of a monster wasn't so surprising.
Thanks at least to Dr. Tango's research, humans are not in such a passive position regarding alien beasts.
Leo glanced at the Stringman Captain and the others, who seemed to be muttering to themselves. He had been busy shutting down the distillery temporarily and asking about the survivors. After glancing at the surveillance footage, he walked towards the Stringman Captain and the others.
"There are too few clues. At present, it is certain that the other party has a need for ethanol, and may feed on human fear or other negative energy."
"Ah, Vice Captain, how did you know?"
Captain Gentoo and the others looked at Leo with some disbelief. They had just come up with this idea, and it was Komon who suggested it.
“I watched the surveillance footage. The monster could have killed its target directly, but it chose to appear in front of people instead. It did this several times, which seemed more like it was trying to intimidate them.”
These things are not hard to see by watching the surveillance footage, but Captain Henman and his team were focused on other things.
“This monster is completely different from the super beasts, cosmic monsters, and Specia synthetic beasts we’ve encountered before. I suggest naming it Alien Beast, what do you think?” Komon quickly raised his hand.
“Yes, this kind of monster is indeed one we’ve never encountered before. We need to treat it differently. The monster may be heading towards the brewery 30 kilometers away. Let’s go there as soon as possible.”
The group immediately boarded the newly acquired fighter jet and headed towards the brewery. Leo pondered, judging from Komon's reaction, he probably knew about this monster. It was very likely that Nexus had come to Earth chasing after the Maga Serpent's egg, just as Orb had come after the alien beast.
However, in the end, it was just Leo's own speculation. Renlong could not be said to be unaware of the whole story of the Dark War. The only person who knew everything was probably that Evil King.
“It’s actually a disgusting thing like an alien beast, tsk…” Empera muttered as he crawled out of the dark cloth and looked at Leo. “Things are getting complicated.”
"I've only heard of alien beasts before. They're also known as the cancer of the universe. They feed on the fear of living beings. Alien beast cells can combine with any substance to become monsters, and even if only a few cells remain, they will still proliferate."
Hearing Emperor Empera say this, Leo suddenly felt very fortunate that he had supported Dr. Dango in prioritizing the research on Nexus's beam, and that the research had been successful. Otherwise, while ESCG would be manageable, other places would have a real problem dealing with this thing.
"Since you have encountered alien beasts here, it means there must be a mother entity."
"That thing in the sea?" Leo immediately thought of the mysterious luminous object that had been hiding in the sea and hadn't been discovered yet, and this place happened to be near the sea.
"Most likely." Empera nodded, agreeing that the mother of the alien beasts was probably hiding in the sea.
But it happened to be in the sea. Leo rubbed his temples. Well, hopefully it wasn't in the deep sea, otherwise it would be troublesome. If it was in the near sea, it would be best to pull it out in one go. Why would a female alien beast put her offspring on land to absorb human fear?
Leo had a feeling that things weren't that simple, but for now, he needed to find a way to capture this alien beast and figure out what was going on. The shrinking ray gun given to him by the Lebik people would be just what he needed.
Thinking of this, Leo contacted Galatron again. It seemed that the main problem with the alien beasts was that they were difficult to kill, and he wondered if Galatron had any solutions either.
"Alien beasts?" Galatron, who was about to report the situation to Leo, did not expect that Leo would encounter such a thing. "It is mentioned in the records of Planet Kusia that a powerful civilization from another universe once detonated its own planet in order to completely eliminate alien beasts."
"Is it really that troublesome?" Leo raised an eyebrow, feeling that the appearance of the alien beasts was an unstable variable.
"For a powerful enough civilization, there must be some hidden reason why alien beasts are truly impossible to deal with. I will figure out a way later. Leo, don't worry, just try to catch a few alien beasts for me."
"Galatron is so reliable," Leo couldn't help but sigh. Without Galatron, he wouldn't be where he is today. His whole family depends on Galatron to make a living. Catching alien beasts isn't difficult either; the Dark Spark and the Ultimate Fighting Device are already ready.
"By the way, Leo, my detector has located the evil Bogaru and the Antirull aliens. They're currently on Uranus. The Antirull aliens even visited my website."
"It's pretty much as we expected, they arrived quite quickly." Leo thought to himself that it was indeed due today.
"But now there's a problem... their routes overlap a lot with those of the Natanians, so it feels like they could easily run into each other."
After Galatron finished speaking, Leo fell silent. He began to think about where the problem was. Last time, the Reicuran aliens came just in time for Ruganoga to break the seal. This time, the Natan aliens came and ran into the evil Bogaru. Are these aliens' lives really that tragic?
Antiruth also wanted to understand the situation on Earth before taking action. System 882 had a very flexible approach to providing information to different people. Depending on the person, she would search for different content and fabricate some messages that were a mix of truth and falsehood.
For example, when Antiru searched for Ultraman, he saw news that Ultraman Max was defeated by Golza, Lagras, and Grangon working together. Of course, it didn't say that it was Lava Golza, nor did it say that Lagras and Grangon were enhanced versions.
However, Antiru was quite cautious. He searched through a lot of information and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing several Ultramen die in their battle with Maga Orochi. It seemed that the environment on Earth was more severe than he had imagined.
"Your Excellency Evil Bogaru, I have a general understanding of the situation on Earth. It seems that the Land of Light has indeed secretly sent many people to protect this Earth, but many have already been lost."
"In my opinion, the ultimate darkness that Emperor Abela is looking for is indeed here, just as the Dark Shadow Mage said. The information is correct."
Yes, the reason why the evil Bogaru and the Antirulians came to Earth was actually largely due to information provided to them by the Dark Shadow Mage. Antiru believes that the rumors circulating in the Dark Universe are also being secretly pushed by that guy.
"I only need to take one look to know this kind of thing. That Earth... Ah, what powerful force." The evil Bogaru couldn't help but lick his lips. As a higher-dimensional being, he could sense the powerful force contained within the Earth.
If he could devour this power, the Alien Empera? Ha, nothing but a chicken or a dog. At that time, the Dark Universe and even the Land of Light would be in his mouth!
In this way, ruling the entire universe and becoming a legendary being will no longer be a dream. However, we must act quickly to prevent the old guys like the King of Ultra from noticing the commotion and coming to stop us.
However, judging from the fact that the Land of Light only sent a few Ultramen, they probably haven't realized how powerful the hidden forces are on Earth yet. Even the old King of Ultra is getting old and his eyesight is failing, and he hasn't noticed anything amiss.
Max, Tiga, Nexus... Ha, these are all guys whose names I've never even heard of. They're probably juniors from the Land of Light. It seems the Land of Light has run out of soldiers to send these newbies to Earth.
"Just to be on the safe side, should we spend a little more time observing the Earth's condition?"
"There's not much time left. The Alien Empera will probably be here soon. I don't want to fight that madman."
When the evil Bogaru recalled that he had just broken the seal, he had heard that Ampera was in poor condition and injured, and thought he would take this opportunity to defeat and devour Ampera. But who would have thought that he would get a beating after going there and almost die there.
Ampera didn't get weaker at all; on the contrary, he was much stronger than before. If it weren't for the evil Bogaru seizing the opportunity to strike the wound on his right side, neither he nor Antiru would have been able to escape.
Actually, the evil Bogaru didn't like Antiruy very much either. If this guy wasn't still useful, he would have swallowed him whole long ago. Don't talk about Antiruy saving him from the seal. Why not talk about why he was sealed in the first place? It was because Antiruy tricked him into joining the Dark Universe.
Tsk, it's infuriating to think about it. But back then, if the evil Bogaru really wanted to fight, he might not have been a match for Ampera. During the many years he was sealed away, he had been accumulating power, but the power he accumulated could not last long. He had to use it at the crucial moment.
So keeping the Antirulls around was to get rid of some unnecessary trouble. What the Antirulls and the evil Bogaru didn't know was that at this very moment, the Natanian fleet was also heading towards Earth.
After receiving intelligence from Earth following the success of their plan to eliminate the strongest assassin on Natan, the Natanians concluded that the Earthlings were no match for them. They believed that Natan had a fleet of eight hundred warships, while the Earthlings had at most a dozen or so.
What the Natanians didn't know was that Earth did indeed only have a dozen or so spaceships, but those were all newly completed Prometheus ships, and Earth didn't even plan to send more.
The Sky Base Lightning Team and the Cool Dragon Team, along with a defense team drawn from each branch, joined forces with the Victory Team's Atdis and the Prometheus 001, also known as the computer demon Desfasa, to meet the enemy.
This is already giving the Natanians a lot of face. If it weren't for the concern that Sphia would come to steal things again, there would have been no need to even send out the defense force. After all, space is not Earth, where the Desfasa and Atdis can fire at will.
In addition, to show respect for the first space battle, PC borrowed TPC ace pilot Amuro Ray from the Musical Instruments Base to pilot the Desfaza. Coincidentally, the Desfaza was still in white paint, and Amuro expressed his willingness to participate in the battle.
Anyway, after hearing Galatron's story, Leo, who never believed in any god except his own Lady Renlong, silently made the sign of the cross for the Natan aliens. Those unlucky kids.
Chapter 231 What does it mean that Noah and Zaki are both here?
"Target code confirmed, Alien Beast 001, Pedron. It can transform into a liquid state for movement. Its only known attack method is that it uses tentacles to hunt. Direct elimination is permitted."
Leo reported Pedron's information to headquarters, and the group was almost there. However, when Leo saw the brewery, he couldn't help but frown because he saw flames and thick black smoke, and people were being evacuated.
But this was obviously much slower than originally planned. Some people seemed to be unable to understand human language, and wouldn't shed tears until they saw the coffin. Leo was truly speechless.
"Me, the captain, Komon, and Daigo are in charge of investigating the monster's whereabouts. Me, Yume, Fujimiya, and Kai, you go to the ground to evacuate the crowd. Fujiwara, use freeze bombs to put out the fire."
Since such a big mess has been caused, it's pretty much certain that Pedron is here. Oh, Pedron was given the name by Komon. Leo fully respects his expert naming rights. He now understands why Nexus's beam has the effect of breaking down molecules.
"The person in charge of this company is doomed." Imu whispered to Fujimiya. By now, everyone had pretty much figured out what kind of personality their vice-captain had.
"They deserve it." Fujimiya was also disgusted by this kind of thing. Everyone quickly started to act according to Leo's plan. Among them, Leo, the strongest, and Captain Gento investigated separately, while Daigo and Komon looked after each other along the way.
As Fujiwara Juri extinguished the factory fire using a freezing bomb, Leo and the others began their operation. While walking, Leo received a call from Galatron, who told him something that surprised him greatly.
"...So the owner of this brewery bought insurance from our family?" Leo was taken aback. No, how could there be such a connection?
"Yes, I just bought it yesterday, and today happens to be the effective date." Galatron didn't expect such a coincidence. If the owner of this company had bought it today, Galatron wouldn't have to pay a single penny even if the entire factory were demolished today.
Because monster insurance has regulations; it only takes effect 24 hours after purchase to prevent people from seeing a monster and thinking they've seen money, or even doing something inappropriate.
"So I also need to prevent this winery from being demolished, right?" Leo scratched his head helplessly. "What about Zetton? Have her come over."
"Okay." Galatron put down the communicator and looked at Zetton, who was still thinking about how to become stronger. "Leo wants you to come over."
"Hmm!?" Miss Zetton, or rather, Ms. Zetton, glanced at Galatron. "What happened to Leo?"
When Leo was mentioned, Galactron noticed that Zetton's energy reaction had suddenly become stronger. Although they had considered this possibility before, they hadn't expected Zetton to have such a noticeable energy reaction.
It seems that, just as Reiblood said, emotion is the key to becoming stronger. Then Galatron has a plan. Let's come up with a few solutions first.
Zetton didn't care about anything else and teleported away. Leo was the most important person in the world, and no one could stop her from getting to Leo's side if he needed her.
On the other side, Leo, who had just hung up the phone, also began his search. He immediately frowned because he sensed that there was clearly more than one living being around him, and none of them were human.
It seems the so-called alien beast splits very quickly. Leo took out his weapon, leaped up to dodge the attack of the small Pedron, and directly shrank his gun to cover one of them. Apella thoughtfully cut off the circuits of all the group chat cameras for Leo.
Then, his powerful psychic energy suppressed all the smaller Pedrons around him. Even though the Emperor was not at his peak, he could still do this easily with the help of the Dark Cloth and Leo's power.
“When these alien beasts appear, they are accompanied by a certain wavelength. We can use this to find them in the future.” Empera leaned gently against Leo’s back. “Things are a bit tricky. We can’t let them gradually expand their influence.”
“They feed on fear…” Leo walked up to Pedron, and these small monsters were still baring their teeth and claws at him. “However, you’ve come to the wrong place.”
Ampera understood and wiped out all the small Pedrons, even crushing each cell into powder. He watched as the bodies of these alien beasts turned into blue fluorescence and dissipated into the air after they died.
They feed on fear, but they just happened to come to this Earth. For Earthlings who have been ravaged by monsters for so many years, there's nothing to be afraid of about alien beasts anymore. Just beat them up if you want.
"Leo!" Miss Zetton pounced on Leo's back and clung to him, startling Emperor, who shrank back into the dark fabric. Zetton pressed her chest against Leo's head, her chin resting on his. "What do you need me to do?"
"Be prepared for battle, but the main thing is not to cause too much damage. This factory has insurance with us, and the compensation we've given them is enough for our family's food expenses for a month."
"Then I'm going to activate Meta Domain now, be careful." After kissing Leo on the cheek, Miss Zetton vanished from Leo's sight in a flash.
Ampera emerged from the dark fabric with some displeasure. She had thought it was someone else, but before she could even complain, she looked in one direction and asked, "Is there someone else over there?"
In the factory's warehouse, a man who looked a bit older than Leo was gripping a steel pipe and staring at the Pedrons in front of him. He was the factory's fire chief and had rushed here the moment the fire broke out, but he never expected to encounter these monsters.
As the man sized him up, the smaller Pedrons were also observing him. They couldn't understand why, despite facing such a life-or-death threat, this human showed little fear and even considered retaliating.
Just now at that gas station, these humans seemed to have no idea what fear was, and they ran away incredibly fast; even Pedron's tentacles couldn't catch them.
Beware of the Pedrons' swift attack! The man turned to dodge, then leaped up and slammed the tentacle down with the steel pipe in his hand. The immense force even caused the Pedrons to retract their tentacles in pain. At the same time, Leo's voice rang out.
"Get down!" The man immediately lay down, and several laser beams hit Pedron's body directly, forcing them to flee.
Leo didn't rush to chase after him, but instead helped the man up. "Who are you? Why aren't you taking refuge?"
“I… I’m Natsukawa Haruki, and I’m the fire safety manager here. Are you Leo, the deputy captain of ESCG?”
“It’s me. Leave this to me. You go and take refuge.” Leo was somewhat surprised. The light emanating from this person, who didn’t look much older than himself, was exceptionally bright and warm. His level of awakening was very high, already comparable to many members of the defense team.
"Thank you for your help."
Watching Natsukawa Haruki leave, Leo silently memorized the name. It would be a shame not to recruit such a talent into the defense force. Captain Hebikura at the armory had complained that they didn't have many people who could serve as combatants, and now they had one.
"Hmm, why does my nose feel a little itchy? Who's talking about me behind my back?"
Near the coast of Chiba Sea, Jugglus Juggler touched his nose, wondering if Gai was muttering his name behind his back. Gai probably didn't know that he had regained his memories, and even the Dark Ring was now in his possession.