Am I the only one in this team who is not Ultraman?

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"Hmm, these cards should be enough for now." In the armory's rest room, Jugglus Juggler counted the cards in his hand, estimating that his strength was sufficient, but he didn't know what kind of enemies would appear next.

"Snake Warehouse, Snake Warehouse!" Old Master Ye Hu rushed over, and Jugglus hurriedly packed his things. "What's wrong?"

Grandpa Ye Hu poked his head out, his face full of excitement. "Another newcomer has arrived, personally recruited by Leo and personally tested by Gou Lümu. Except for fighter piloting and shooting, he scored over 90 points in everything. What a talent!"

When Jugglus Juggler heard Leo personally recruit him for the assessment, he could barely contain his smile. He was even happier than when he received the cards for evolving Lagras and evolving Grangon. It's estimated that even the Hipporito alien Shaura would be scared to tears if she saw this.

"What kind of person is he, and what's his name?"

"Oh, his name is Haruki Natsukawa. He's already trying out Asgaron and Armory King Joe on the simulator."

Haruki Natsukawa? Jugglus was taken aback. The name sounded so familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had heard it before. His original memories overlapped with his current ones, making many things somewhat blurry.

In the simulator, Haruki Natsukawa felt like he was dreaming. He witnessed TPC's efficiency for the first time. This morning he was just a fire safety supervisor at a factory, and this afternoon he had joined TPC.

Although he had tried to join TPC before, he was not accepted because he failed the shooting and piloting test. This time, however, the shooting test was skipped. Is Vice Captain Leo's introduction so capricious?

Haruki was unaware that this was because the requirements for combat personnel in the Armory differed from those of other defense forces. When hiring pilots for Asgaron's armory combat robots, all that was needed was the ability to fight; shooting and other such tasks could be left to the auxiliary systems.

What Haruki couldn't understand even more was that, despite it being his first time sitting in the cockpit and simulating operation, and without even understanding the instruction manual, he felt as if he could completely control Asgaron and Armory King Joe, and he really did operate them very well.

"Vice Captain Leo has a good eye for people..." Watching Haruki piloting Asgard to eliminate one enemy after another on the simulated battlefield, Goroki couldn't help but rest his chin on his hand.

Yao Hui's piloting and shooting skills in the last assessment were mediocre. However, his piloting of Asgaron and Armory King Joe gave people the feeling that "this kid must have secretly practiced behind everyone's back." Although he couldn't match Leo's abnormal reaction speed, it was still excellent.

"Where is he?" Jugglus rushed over, then glanced at Haruki's test score and was overjoyed.

As soon as Haruki finished his test and came out, Jugglus grabbed his hand. "Young man, join us!"

Looking at that face, which possessed both a devilish charm and an inexplicable handsomeness, Haruki felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity, and even subconsciously uttered a title he didn't understand himself, "...Captain?"

"Good lad, today you're one of us in the armory." Jugglus Juggler had been thinking that if he were the pilot, it would be difficult to transform later, but now that someone else had come, he was overjoyed.

Just then, an urgent message arrived, which was received by both Goroki and Jugglus. Jugglus's smile vanished instantly, and Goroki threw down the documents he was holding regarding Haruki and ran away.

“Haruki, now that you’ve learned to pilot Asgard, there’s a mission coming up.” Jugglus Juggler patted Haruki on the shoulder. “The Dark Emperor Empera is coming tomorrow. Get ready to fight him.”

"Huh? I fought the Dark Emperor? Really?" Haruki's mouth dropped open. He had no idea who Emperor was. This title was definitely not for an ordinary person. Now he understood why the first thing to do when joining the Defense Force was to write a will.

I just accepted Leo's invitation this morning... no, I just arrived. Was Vice Captain Leo being a good person?

"Achoo!" Leo, who had just arrived at the Geo Research Base to investigate data, couldn't help but sneeze. He glanced at the news in his hand: in order to deal with the invasion of Emperor Empera of the Dark Universe, Earth would enter a state of full preparedness.

Fully prepared for war... Leo shook his head. It would be almost impossible for Earth's forces to contend with the entire legion of the Dark Universe, unless the miracle of the Goblin satellite could be repeated.

If the enemy were only the Dark Emperor, that would be fine, but the number and average strength of the opponents are too high. Just now, Mephisto's mole in the Dark Universe sent a message saying that Yapool and the three newly promoted Four Heavenly Kings have already set off, most likely to test the strength of Earth, since the evil Bogaru has already fallen.

Fortunately, Leo has Galatrom on his side. Galatrom has been mass-producing troops during this period, even building ten MK2s and four hundred Galaoguma. This is the current limit. If this number of troops is not enough, it will be useless to bring more.

However, with the arrival of the newly appointed Dark Four Heavenly Kings, and judging from the seeds planted in the evil Bogaru, the Dark Emperor definitely has other intentions. This resentful half of Emperor Empera is truly insidious.

“Found it.” Leo looked at the top-secret document numbered 003 in front of him. This was TPC’s most secure database, and even Daigo couldn’t come in with him.

Leo flipped through it, then frowned.

At 3:45 p.m. on August 9, 1990, the investigation of the Friendship nuclear submarine was completed. Based on the submarine's monitoring data and the diaries of the crew, it was basically confirmed that there exists a force in the deep sea that can distort the human mind and body and turn people into ferocious fish-men.

After killing all the mutants, the last survivor chose to end his own life.

Leo continued flipping through the pages and came across a photograph of the last survivor's diary, which was filled with some distorted writing.

[Eyes, enormous eyes, the sound of war elephants———never—sleep, I must kill myself, I must leave something behind, I must destroy everything, I must warn those who come after me]

It appears that the surviving investigator suffered a mental breakdown and a split personality, and the bloodstains he left behind when he ended his life seem to have covered up some crucial information.

It couldn't be such a coincidence. Leo frowned, recalling the cognitive barrier that Renlong had mentioned earlier, "Never sleep..."

Leo pondered these words, then his breathing became heavy. He had realized something: the eye in the deep sea might never have been closed at all.

Chapter 242 Dark Faust, right?

As it turns out, researching Ultraman is not something that ordinary people can do; it's incredibly expensive. From the moment Masaki Keigo officially started his research until now, he has purchased countless expensive pieces of equipment, and his entire company has been completely acquired by Galatron.

But it can be considered as progress. He only needs to find a device that can convert him into light, and he is confident that he can become Ultraman. However, Leo refuses to admit that he is Ultraman, and Masaki Keigo cannot force him to admit it, since he is no match for Leo.

The success of the experiment can only be attributed to the data provided by Dr. Tango. TPC's research on Ultraman is truly in-depth. If we didn't know their style, Masaki Keigo would have suspected that they also wanted to research artificial Ultraman.

"But... without the most crucial light conversion device, it cannot become light, and it is uncertain whether it can transform back into a human from Ultraman."

Masaki Keigo was truly at a loss regarding this matter. He had originally considered finding an Ultraman human host to steal the opponent's transformation device, but after thinking about the battles of the past few days, he decided against it. If losing an Ultraman led to too many casualties, it would go against his original intention.

If it were the old Masaki Keigo, he probably would have done so without hesitation. However, after talking a lot with Dr. Tango recently, he realized that he had been too hasty and reckless.

"Looks like you're in some trouble." A strange voice suddenly reached Masaki Keigo's ears. Without thinking, he drew his gun and turned around, only to see Yako, who was using a projection device to disguise herself as an older woman. "You are... a Yapool?"

Ako's conversation with the Zalab aliens was public, so Ako's identity as an Apool alien wasn't a secret. It's just that her appearance was quite surprising; I really didn't expect an Apool alien to look like a human.

“That’s right, I am Yapool.” Ako nodded calmly, making no attempt to hide it, and then looked at the stone statue behind him. “I never expected that someone would actually be able to find these ruins. You even dreamed of becoming Ultraman.”

"Are you here to stop me?" Masaki Keigo frowned. If that were the case, he wasn't without ways to deal with the other party. Without enough trump cards, Masaki Keigo wouldn't dare to do these things casually.

"Do you think so?" Ako crossed her arms. "You're a smart person. If I wanted to stop you, I would have done it already. Your mechanical monster is indeed not bad, but it's not a problem for me."

Masaki Keigo's brow twitched. The underground shark Gaiozak was a mechanical monster he had created, and the excavation of the ruins had been so successful thanks to it. But he hadn't expected that Ako would discover it in advance.

"Did that mysterious person send you to help me?" Masaki Keigo put away his weapon.

“Dealing with smart people is so much easier. You should understand, my boss doesn’t want the Earth to be taken away by others.” Yako spread her hands.

"Isn't he afraid that humans will become too strong and beyond his control?" Hearing Masaki say this, Ako chuckled disdainfully, "My boss's growth rate is beyond your comprehension. Think what you will."

As she spoke, Ako tossed something to Masaki Keigo. It was a device that looked very much like the Dark Spark, except that it was painted pure white. Of course, this was not the Virtual Dark Spark, but a tool with the same function that Galatron had developed based on the Virtual Dark Spark, named Nix Spark.

The materialization of Spark Dolls is actually similar to decompression, and Ultraman's transformation from a human to a giant is a similar transformation, so this thing is actually usable.

Leo was dumbfounded when he saw this thing. He was thinking about how to get a transformation device for Masaki Keigo and was even planning to drag Daigo to a bar to get him drunk. Goodness, if everyone on Earth could get one of these wholesale and he could also give each person a Dark Spark, that would be really awesome.

"This is the light particle conversion device you've been longing for." Ako felt a sense of satisfaction seeing Masaki Keigo's surprised expression. When Galatron took this out before, she immediately knelt down before Galatron. There was no way around it; this move was too ruthless.

Now, let alone the Knicks Spark, even if Galatron brings out some other outrageous thing, it wouldn't be surprising. As for why it's called the Knicks Spark, Galatron said that it's a patent that was split in half with Leo.

However, the only problem is the Dark Spark. She was furious when she discovered that Galatron had created something exactly like the Virtual Dark Spark. This was squeezing out the value space!

"It's alright, it's alright, that's just a prop, how can it compare to you?" Leo kept reassuring Dark Spark to prevent her from causing trouble. Dark Spark valued her worth to Leo, especially since she was in competition with the Ultimate Fighting Device.

Seeing that Dark Sparks wouldn't give up no matter what, Leo was also a bit of a headache. He knew how to coax the girl at home, but how to coax this one?

Galatron seemed to sense Leo's dilemma and thought for a moment, "According to the system analysis, a kiss should be enough."

"Are you sure?" Leo looked at Galactron and nodded. After thinking for a moment, he grabbed the Dark Spark and kissed it. The latter immediately calmed down, but Galactron thought it was probably a system crash because she had experienced the same thing before.

Magabasa, who happened to be passing by and witnessed this scene, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, then quickly ran over and grabbed Leo's hand. "Leo, this really won't do. If you can't hold it in anymore, why don't you come to me? This isn't even human! I can't be worse than it!"

Seeing that Magabasa was so anxious she almost spoke, Leo slapped his forehead. This silly bird's mouth! In this family, only Leo could tolerate it. However, Galatron, who was standing behind Leo, reached out and lifted her up. "I will handle all of Leo's needs. You don't need to worry about it."

"You can't be greedy, Galatron. All four of you have to eat, but I still have to go tomorrow night... It's such a waste to skip tonight. How about I take tomorrow's leave?"

"Don't even think about it." Galatrom left with Magabassa, leaving Leo shaking his head helplessly with the Dark Spark in his hand. So this move really works. But will it work on the Ultimate Fighting Device and Darkweave Cloth?

Just then, Leo suddenly felt a chill beside him. He turned to see Ampera staring at him with a resentful look, then glanced at the Dark Spark, his resentment growing stronger. "You'd rather kiss this thing than kiss me."

"Ahem, shall we make it up now?" Leo offered, but now it was Ampera's turn to feel embarrassed. She hesitated, then lowered her head and said, "Let's talk about it tonight."

According to the girls' draw, tonight was actually a bye, but since Ampera didn't participate in the draw, she was thinking of taking Leo tonight. As for Mephisto... she'd call her next time.

"Achoo!" Mephiss, who was at the Jupiter base, rubbed his nose, wondering if his younger brother was talking about him. He then looked at Salome Alien Helotia and said, "You're really something. You stole all the Ultra Brothers' data. Aren't you afraid your hometown will explode?"

"These data were originally collected and observed by me. What's surprising is that your resources are even more substantial than those on our planet Salome."

Helotia originally came here just to take a look, but now she really wants to stay. She is a recognized genius on Salome, and geniuses often have their own pursuits. Helotia hopes to leave her name in the history of the universe, and now is the opportunity.

"You flatter me. Actually, we've only been established for less than a month." Mephiss spread his hands, saying that the Goblin civilization was truly amazing, and the culmination of the Kussia civilization was also top-notch. The combination of the two, Galatron, was a veritable monster.

"The first batch of Ultra Brothers will be completed soon. Unfortunately, items such as the Ultra Bracelet, the Ultra Crown, and Ultraman Ace's SpaceQ cannot be replicated."

"Nonsense, if you Salome aliens could create this thing, you would have become the emperors of the universe long ago."

Mephisto was truly astonished by the mechanical Ultra Brothers. Even the Salome aliens couldn't mass-produce these things, but Galatron's factory could produce a batch every day. Although it only included the first generation to Ace, what more could you ask for?

"Sigh, how do these compare to the Yapool's?" Mephisto remembered that the Yapool had also created a mechanical Ace, which was used as a target for Ace Killer.

"Don't insult people, okay?" Helotia glanced at Mephisto. "Their mechanical Ace is like it has Parkinson's disease. Even the Tantian aliens could beat it. How can it compare to mine?"

Putting everything else aside, it's only been a short time since Helotia arrived. If she had been given more time, she could have had a complete set of mechanical Tiga, mechanical Nexus, mechanical Gaia, etc. Galatron's factory was more efficient than the entire planet Salome. She wished she could stay here forever.

"The Dark Emperor is coming tomorrow, so we need to get to work in full swing tonight."

"I know, I'll get right away... Wait, what did you say?! You're going to call?!" Helotia looked at Mephiss in astonishment, wondering if she had misheard.

"Dark Emperor, the fleet is already on its way. It just arrived in this universe. The Naga were trying to ambush us, but they got a beating instead."

Mephiss spread his hands, then realized that Helotia was busy with her research and didn't know about this. Mioko and the others who had just heard the news were already starting to regret it. It felt like they hadn't had a single good day since they came to Earth. No, they hadn't even been here for a few days!

However, if you ask Mephisto, the Naga people are really something else. They were beaten by the ancient civilization 30 million years ago, by the Sphia civilization 20 million years ago, and by the Goblin civilization 10 million years ago.

Now look what's happened. They were first beaten up by Galatrom, and then they bravely went to stop the Dark Emperor's fleet. Even so, a few of them managed to escape. Mephis thought that the only difference between them and the Natanians might be that their ancestors were indeed quite wealthy, able to withstand such torment.

However, considering that the Naga dared to provoke the Emperor, could it be that the Dark Universe didn't bring many people? But the previous information clearly stated that there were three thousand warships and tens of thousands of aliens and monsters. Could it be that the Emperor couldn't wait and wanted to personally take action, so he only brought a small number of people to launch a surprise attack?

Unable to understand, and with no reply from their inside contact, Mephisto shook her head repeatedly. Helotia finally snapped out of her daze, "Aren't you afraid?"

"To say I'm not afraid at all would be untrue, but I have even more faith in the person I'm currently loyal to. For him, I'm willing to die at any time."

Mephis smiled calmly, not at all like she was just talking, while Leo just hugged Ampera and leaned against her for a while with his eyes half-closed. Of course, he hadn't eaten dinner yet, so he certainly wasn't going to sleep.

The thought of the Dark Emperor arriving tomorrow kept Leo awake at night. Judging by the speed, the Four Dark Kings would arrive soon, and he planned to go back to his team to work overtime after dinner.

Although the Ultimate Grand King's strength was comparable to that of the Dark Emperor in his armor, Leo knew that in this day and age, one must learn to overestimate the strength of one's opponent and underestimate one's own level. Only by being cautious enough and making sufficient preparations could one ensure victory.

The main reason was that many aspects of the Dark Emperor's behavior made Leo feel that he was more like a destroyer who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, rather than an emperor with his own pride and demeanor. The former would be much more difficult to deal with.

"Still worried about tomorrow?"

“It’s hard not to worry.” Leo opened his eyes. “Mephilas and the others must have encountered some problems when they suddenly chose to rebel. I’m not too worried about the new Four Heavenly Kings, but the arrival of the Dark Emperor will definitely cause a series of reactions.”

"If... if the seal in the ocean lost its effect much earlier than we thought, then what are the monsters inside the great seal waiting for?"

Suddenly, Leo felt a bit tired again. He felt like last month was just the beginning, and it wasn't until Maga Orochi that he really entered the main mission. Just today's events alone were enough to make his scalp tingle. If this matter ends smoothly, the whole family should go on vacation.

Speaking of vacations, Gu Men and his girlfriend's family should be back from their picnic by now. I wonder how their trip went.

Just as Leo was pondering this, under the cover of night on the highway, Komon, who was in charge of driving, was in a great mood. Today was the first time he had met Riko's parents, and the two elders were naturally very satisfied with him. Her younger brother also happened to be a fan of Leo and was determined to join ESCG.

"I'm so grateful to Leo today," Komon thought to himself, but then he suddenly sensed something and slammed on the brakes. Before Riko and the others could ask anything, he pulled out his weapon from his pocket. "Riko, you and your aunt and uncle stay in the car. I'll go check out the front."

"Be careful." Riko wasn't naive, and Komon gave her a weapon before getting out of the car and walking into the darkness.

They hadn't gone far when Komon took out the Evolution Trust and stared at the current Dark Giant.

My name is Dark Faust, the deepest darkness in your heart…

Before Dark Faust could finish speaking, Komon had already drawn his Evolved Short Blade without any hesitation. Nexus punched Dark Faust away. With this kind of strength, what are you pretending for?

As for Riko, Komon wasn't worried, because he had used a small Meta Domain to protect Riko's family before he left. Although he didn't know who was secretly plotting against him and trying to use Dark Faust to distract him and then attack Riko, it was clear that the other party didn't know that he could use Ultraman's abilities in his other form.

As a result, the alien beasts that received the instructions quickly sent a message to Dark Faust that they had not found Riko's family.

Seeing Komon, who had transformed into a blue-haired youth and was approaching him with hostile eyes, Dark Faust had only one thought in his mind: this time, his death was truly in vain.

Komon couldn't explain why, but he felt a deep rage towards Dark Faust, so he unleashed all his skills. Dark Faust, huh? The deepest darkness, huh? Playing dirty, huh?

Go tell my layered storm, I thought it was an alien beast.

Chapter 243 Isn't impersonating Leo just courting death?

"This is the Night Raid Team. The Dark Giant has been suspected to be destroyed. Yes, the member of the Lone Gate team and his girlfriend and her family are all safe and sound, but the Alien Beast escaped. We will pursue it."

The captain of the Night Raid team, who was in charge of leading the team, reported the general situation to Eisuke Kurama. Leo, who had just finished eating and learned that Komon had been attacked, also breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you all for your hard work. Alien Beasts are also troublesome enemies. Be careful."

"Understood, we know what to do, don't worry, Vice Captain Leo."

After hanging up the phone with Captain Hecang, he reached out and patted Komon on the shoulder. "I never expected that our long-awaited reunion would take place in this setting, Komon. Are you injured?"

"I was saved by Ultraman Nexus. Long time no see, Captain." Komon saluted Captain Wakura. When he first joined TPC as a lifeguard, the Night Raid Team was the first team he joined. Captain Wakura was also his former captain and had taken good care of him.

“We will take this matter seriously. Your girlfriend and her family will be protected. This incident is truly worrying. It seems that the enemy has begun to target those around us.”

In fact, similar incidents have happened a long time ago, such as the families of defense team members being targeted by aliens. One of the tasks of the Special Investigation Division is to ensure the safety of the families of defense team members. In the incident involving Captain Gento's family, Leo deliberately let them off the hook.

But this time, Komon's situation is different. The attacker was not an alien, but a dark Ultraman.

"You're saying the person who attacked you was a dark Ultraman?"

"Yes, he calls himself Dark Faust, but I don't think he's one of the Knicks' gang."

Komon also explained that Dark Faust met a terrible end, leaving not even ashes. Komon showed no mercy in his attack. If it had been Nix, who controlled the monster, who made the move, Komon felt he wouldn't be alive today.