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

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Sigh, these battles have been getting more and more troublesome lately. Goroki is wondering if he should transfer to the combat department. After all, he can't get to the front line in time from the Special Investigation Division, and he always arrives at the battle a step later than the other Ultramen.

Although given his current combat strength, Goroki doesn't need to rush there immediately, he's usually not needed in the first stage, and he'll arrive by the second stage.

Just as Goroki was exercising and thinking, a member of the Special Investigation Division suddenly ran up to him and said, "Captain, I have some terrible news."

"Our inside source just reported that the LTL leadership believes Vice Captain Leo may be colluding with aliens, and has secretly dispatched a small team to take control of Vice Captain Leo at the emergency meeting to be held later."

Upon hearing this news, Gou Lümu looked at his subordinate with some surprise, "Is the news reliable?"

"It has been verified through some special methods and is basically reliable."

What's going on? Gorogi couldn't understand how Leo, with his way of doing things, could be accused and arrested? As for colluding with aliens, the whole Earth is doing business with Chariga right now, so what's there to say?

"Who gave the order?"

"I don't know, but the person who can bypass the process and give orders directly must be of a high level. What should we do?"

"..." Gou Lumu pondered for a moment, "No matter who gave the order, first take control of that squad, then bring a team with me. Today's meeting is likely to go wrong."

Although the specifics are still unclear, Goroki doesn't believe that Leo would betray human interests. If Leo really wanted to take over Earth, he would have plenty of opportunities to do so, and there would be no need for him to cooperate with any aliens.

This was clearly a setup. It's estimated that Leo touched on someone's core interests. Is there something wrong with LTL's upper management? Has he been infiltrated? Gou Lumu took out his communicator and sent a message to Leo, and quickly received a response.

"...Attaché Saijo?"

Of course, Mizoroki knew Military Attaché Saijo. It was Military Attaché Saijo who had transferred him from the Night Raid Team to the Special Investigation Division. Saijo was also the stepfather of Saijo, the vice-captain of the Night Raid Team, and the chief of staff of the LTL.

Considering the other party's background as a former member of the defense force, it doesn't seem so hard to understand. But to have someone capture Leo? Ha, they really dare to do that.

Meanwhile, back at headquarters, Leo casually twirled the electronic pen in his hand, pondering what was wrong.

"Strike first, huh?" Leo put away his communicator and pondered for a moment. Saijo was certainly decisive in his actions, but he couldn't possibly be unaware that attacking Leo would alert Director Sawai.

Unless... he's certain that even if Director Sawai finds out, he won't be able to intervene?

"My dream, does Director Sawai have any schedules this afternoon?"

"Ah, let me see... Yes, the director is going to Australia this afternoon for a secret meeting, but the content of the meeting is confidential. Doesn't the deputy captain know?"

"There are too many things to look at, and the director's meeting schedule isn't on my work list. I also need to prepare materials for an urgent meeting later."

Leo put away what he was holding and thought for a while. "Since the director has such a schedule, security must be in place. Captain Stringman and Red Kai, you two are responsible for piloting the fighter jets to protect the director's safety."

Although I don't know why Leo suddenly made this arrangement, since the security force around Director Sawai is not weak, there's nothing more to say if the vice captain has made this arrangement. Let's pack our things and leave.

"Gu Men, let's go to the meeting."

"Huh, me?" Komon pointed at himself incredulously. This kind of meeting had nothing to do with him. Leo shrugged and said, "Just consider it a whim of mine."

Anyway, there doesn't seem to be anything else going on today. Well, we'll talk about it this afternoon. Besides, this isn't a proper meeting, it's just fishing, it'll only take a few minutes at most.

As Leo led Komon to the conference room, Saijo was also making preparations. He estimated the time and planned to launch an attack when Director Sawai encountered an unexpected incident, claiming that Leo had colluded with aliens to murder the director in order to gain further power.

Of course, the corresponding evidence for framing him had already been prepared, and it would be delivered to Leo's dormitory by Dr. Otomo's assistant, Yamazaki.

At that point, Leo will be completely unable to defend himself. After all, the director's incident is a major event for the entire TPC. Even if it is Leo, he will be detained if he is suspected, and what happens after that will not be up to him.

There was no other way. Military officer Saijo originally didn't intend to use this method because it had too many flaws, and he hadn't had time to discuss it with the other former defense troops. It was a decision made by him alone.

But presumably, the others will understand what to do as soon as they take action, so Saijo is not worried. Moreover, he has his own trump card, which is the power of Dark Mephisto.

The Dark Mephisto that the Dark Shadow Mage saw talking to Yamazaki's assistant in the middle of the night was actually Saijo Takeshi, but how he became Dark Mephisto is another story.

"Reporting to the Military Attaché, Director Sawai's private plane has taken off, but... Captain Gento and Kai from ESCG are following behind."

"It doesn't matter. The real threat is Komon Kazuki. We don't need to worry about the others. What about Mizoroki's movements?"

Saijo Takeshi knew that Komon was Ultraman Nexus, and he even knew that Mizoroki had become Dark Mephisto before him, and that he was a traitor... a traitor? No, no... Mizoroki was a traitor!

Without Saijo Takeshi's knowledge, darkness had already invaded his consciousness. He thought he could control this power like Mizoroki, but how could that be possible?

"Gou Lümu didn't do anything special; he just suddenly received a mission and left."

Well, that's good. Goroki is one of the few people who can threaten me. With him gone, it will be easier for Saijo to get things done.

The so-called emergency meetings are also divided into different levels. The emergency meetings convened by Director Sawai are global emergency meetings, those convened by the branch manager are branch meetings, and those convened by Leo are generally emergency meetings of the entire defense force.

However, given Leo's actual power, in addition to the various defense forces including the armory, unconventional combat teams such as SKIP, SRC, and LTL also need to participate.

As the chief of staff of LTL, Saijo, who happened to be at TPC headquarters (actually to control the situation as soon as possible), was of course required to participate in the meeting. In fact, his position was higher than that of Leo, who was the vice-captain.

"It's really frustrating," Saijo said, suppressing his dissatisfaction as he watched Leo and Komon walking towards him from a distance. Fifteen years ago, he was a young major general in the defense force, but he lost his promising future when the old defense force was disbanded.

It was during that time that his personality changed drastically and he divorced his wife. His son, Masaki Keigo, was awarded to his ex-wife. Later, in order to return to the stage, he chose to remarry a relatively famous scientist at the time and had a stepdaughter, Saijo Nagi. It was also around that time that Golza appeared.

As a result, Military Attaché Saijo returned to LTL and served as Chief of Staff for many years, which is a very high position and an affirmation of Saijo's abilities.

But Military Attaché Saijo was still dissatisfied. He shouldn't have been just a chief of staff, and he shouldn't have been overshadowed by a young man whose position was lower than his and whose seniority was far less than his. If Sawai hadn't established TPC, his current status would be at least equal to or even higher than that of Director Yoshioka!

Thinking of this, the dark power surging in Saijo's heart was as hot as magma. Not to mention Komon and Leo, even passersby felt a chill around him.

“Officer Saijo, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Leo smiled and extended his hand.

Although he was very unhappy, Military Attaché Saijo still shook hands with Leo with a gentle expression. "Leo, the vice-captain of ESCG, I've heard a lot about you. Your work must be very hard."

"It's alright. After all, we only need to deal with the enemies that appear outside. Unlike you LTL, you also have to face many dark forces that intend to infiltrate our ranks."

Leo's words sounded somewhat sarcastic. Saijo suspected that Leo had discovered his problem, but he also felt that it was unlikely that he had given himself away.

Upon entering the conference room, Captain Megumi Iruma of the Victory Team, Captain Shunichi Maki of the Silver Star Vanguard Team, and Captain Hebikura of the Armory, who had been newly assigned to the combat department, were already waiting. The captains of the other departments participated in the meeting via remote projection.

As the strongest combat division of TPC besides headquarters, Sky Base has the most people, with the captains of Lightning Team, Cool Dragon Team, Falcon Team and Hercules, as well as Commander Ishimuro and Staff Officer Chiba, occupying more than half of the seats.

In addition, there's the Tenglong team from the Asian branch, the White Eagles from the American branch, the Royal Glory from Europe, the Horned Rhinoceros from the African branch, and the Kangaroo from Australia. Oh, and the Icefield White Bear from the Siberian branch. Leo hasn't really cooperated with them much yet, because they mainly focus on land warfare.

Good afternoon, everyone. Hope I didn't disturb your lunch?

"...Just about to go to sleep." The White Eagle captain yawned; it was late at night there. "This is the first time someone has called an emergency meeting of the defense force. What's going on?"

At the first defense team meeting, everyone was quite curious about what Leo had to say, because the previous meetings had all involved extremely troublesome opponents. As a result, the Asian branch's defense team had already entered combat preparation, and the meetings were being held in fighter jets.

"As you all probably know, TPC has been committed to establishing friendly relations with the space sector since its inception. This has not been easy, but we have made considerable progress recently, as you should know, Captain Saijo."

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Military Officer Saijo nodded in agreement, "In the near future, the Adran planet and the Krunny planet, represented by the Standel aliens, both have plans to form an alliance with Earth."

It seems I was overthinking things. Leo probably didn't notice anything wrong with him. Saijo thought to himself, and then he noticed that his stepdaughter, Saijo Nagi, was also there. She must be attending the meeting in place of the Night Raid Squad leader.

Although Saijo Nagi's gaze was somewhat cold, Saijo Takeshi didn't care. His second marriage had little affection to begin with, and he had at least fulfilled his obligations to this daughter.

Just as Galatron said, this man is not only a bad father to Masaki Keigo, Leo thought to himself, and continued, "After the last war with the Natanians, our Earth has made a name for itself throughout the universe."

"Aside from the universe that has been confirmed to have the Land of Light, no aliens in our local universe should dare to cause trouble, but that doesn't mean we can let our guard down."

"Right now, our main enemies are Softia, the Destruction Bringer, Zagi, and those monsters that were probably sealed away by the Ultramen in the ancient times. We are not afraid of external enemies, but some of them that have infiltrated our ranks are a real threat."

As soon as Leo finished speaking, Saijo suddenly had a bad feeling. He noticed that everyone's eyes had turned to him, with Saijo Nagi being the first to be looked at.

Before he could say anything, Jugglus's Serpent Heart Sword was already at his neck, his smile laced with malice. "Officer Saijo, aren't you going to explain?"

"Captain Hebikura, what are you doing? I am the Chief of Staff of LTL, how dare you bring a sword to the meeting?!" Military Officer Saijo couldn't understand why everyone suspected him when Leo hadn't even said who it was.

In fact, this is not surprising at all. Apart from the Siberian branch, all the defense teams present had a life-and-death bond with each other, and they would not doubt their own people, nor would they doubt Leo, who had given his life several times.

The only person present who wasn't a member of the defense force was Military Attaché Saijo. Initially, no one suspected it was him, but since Saijo Nagi was the first to take the lead, it became highly suspicious.

"Vice Captain Leo, am I violating the rules by carrying a knife?" Jugglus Juggler looked at Leo with a smile. The latter pondered for a moment, then placed the Hyper gun in his hand on the table, letting his actions speak for themselves.

"This is the first time we've held an emergency meeting of the defense force. We have no experience and there's nothing we can do. This will not happen again."

Leo rested his chin on his hand, looking at the ashen-faced military officer Saijo. "You hid it well, but your intentions were too obvious, and you couldn't hide the murderous intent in your eyes."

"I don't understand what you're talking about, Vice Captain Leo. Everything needs to be based on evidence."

No sooner had Military Attaché Saijo finished speaking than Mizoroki and his men burst into the room, their eyes fixed on him. "Military Attaché Saijo, your assistant has already explained everything!"

"Damn it!" Dark energy erupted from Saijo's body in an instant, forcing Jugglus Juggler, Leo and the others to dodge. He just couldn't understand why his plan had never gone smoothly from beginning to end.

I only decided to take action this morning, how did I get exposed this afternoon? No, I can't fight here, it will affect that person's plans!

Without any hesitation, Military Attaché Saijo transformed into a streak of black light, piercing through layers of solid walls and disappearing from the conference room. Saijo Nagi stood up abruptly, regretting that she wasn't there; otherwise, she would have opened fire without hesitation.

"That was a really decisive run." Leo clapped his hands. Although he didn't expect to catch anyone, he thought the fight would be quite difficult.

But it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if the person wasn't caught. So many people here have seen Saijo, the former military officer of the Defense Force, colluding with foreign enemies. So it's only natural to investigate the entire former Defense Force, right?

Chapter 271 The Self-Discipline of Gadi

Since taking office, Sawai Soichiro has served as the director of TPC for over a decade and has seen countless situations, big and small. Yet today, he still feels inevitably nervous about what is about to happen.

"Can't you relax?" Yoshioka, a longtime friend, placed a cup of hot tea next to Director Sawai, and understood his thoughts best.

"How long have we been preparing for this day?" Director Sawai asked rhetorically. Director Yoshioka pondered for a moment and then sat down next to him. "Twenty-three years, eight months, and nine days."

From the youthful ambition to change the world, twenty-three years have passed, which makes one sigh. But upon closer reflection, it's only been twenty-three years, not a long time. It's just that so much has happened in these ten years.

"Yes, twenty-three years... We have finally taken this step. From today onwards, humanity on Earth will no longer be alone in the universe."

As he spoke, Director Sawai seemed to remember something, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards even wider. "I can also proudly tell him, 'Look, we Earthlings have finally ventured out of the universe.'"

"Your alien friend whom nobody knows about?" Director Yoshioka was particularly curious about this, as no one else knew that Director Sawai had always had a mysterious friend.

So mysterious that even Yoshioka, a close friend of many years, only knew of such a person's existence, but didn't know what the other person looked like or what their name was. He didn't know how the two had come into contact, but he never doubted that it was Director Sawai's hallucination.

“Yes, perhaps he’s watching us too, expecting something.” Director Sawai put down his teacup and picked up the meeting schedule again. Speaking of which, this meeting is being held on Monster Island, so we can also take the opportunity to see that incredible little Gaddi.

Just then, the sudden alarm made Director Sawai raise an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

The assistant in charge of security rushed over immediately, shouting, "A monster has appeared, and it's flying towards us!"

At the same time, Captain Stringman and Kai, who had been called by Leo to provide escort, were also suddenly drawn to the reaction of the fighter jet's computer. "Captain, this is a Beast Vibration Wave!"

"An alien beast?" Captain Stringman was somewhat surprised. Leo's judgment was indeed accurate. But even if it was just Melba, that would be one thing. Why was it an alien beast?

"I'll leave the piloting of the fighter jet to you, Hong Kai. I'll handle it."

Considering that the repairmen at the armory, especially Captain Hebikura, are itching to beat up everyone at ESCG except for Leo, it's better to leave someone to fly the plane this time.

Meanwhile, the insect-type alien beast Baigbazun was rushing toward its target, Director Sawai's private plane. It had received instructions from Military Attaché Saijo to specifically attack Director Sawai's private plane.

This mission was quite simple for Baigbazun. Although Director Sawai's private plane would certainly have someone protecting it, it was not a shameful monster like Melba. As an alien beast separated from the mother, the beams from Flying Swallow No. 1 and No. 2 could not really hurt it.

"Report! Target monster spotted, insect-type. Requesting permission to fire!"

"Received, permission to fire freely."

When Baigbazun was halfway through its flight, it saw two missiles flying directly towards it, hitting it squarely in the face, and then... Baigbazun crashed.

Yes, as an insect-type alien beast, Baigbazun has excellent defense, which is why it was chosen to carry out the mission. However, the problem is that Officer Saijo did not know that Baigbazun is not resistant to cold.

In order to deal with the equally numerous Gadi, the Earth Defense Force usually carries solid cryogenic bombs, since the barrier of ordinary Gadi becomes extremely fragile at low temperatures. So, the unlucky Baigbazun suffered a loss right away and fell directly from the sky.

Moreover, it was particularly unfortunate because it had come after Director Sawai's private plane. It just so happened that this place was near Australia. Captain Genjin had just transformed into Ultraman Blaze and was about to take down Baigbazun when several Gazorts shot out from the sky.

The group of Gazot, chanting words of friendship and camaraderie, burst into flames and rammed headfirst into Baigbazun, who had just stood up, followed by a violent explosion.

The alien beast Baigbazun perished, with a lifespan of two minutes and thirty seconds. He died without a complete body. The cause of death was the Gazot bomb.

"Do I really need to transform?" Gento couldn't help but think. He suddenly understood why Orb liked to self-destruct; it was a really useful move.

On the other hand, although they had heard about it many times, this was the first time that Director Sawai and Director Yoshioka had seen Gazot's fighting style, and they were quite surprised.

"No wonder people say that the Australian branch is the safest place right now, and many people have immigrated here specifically. There is some truth to that."

"These allies are more reliable than we thought."

Director Sawai and Director Yoshioka exchanged a knowing smile. Meanwhile, representatives from several other planets were quietly arriving at the meeting center of the Australian branch.

The most important of them are Raeder, the representative of Standel, and Shaki, the princess of the planet Adran. The latter arrived in Machina, but this time she did not crash into Gadi's barrier.

Little Gadi has been in a great mood lately because Leo does come to see her occasionally. For example, last night Leo specifically thanked her for the egg. Unfortunately, that little guy (King Grand) next to Leo is too annoying. She just wants to rub against Leo, but he won't let her!

Of course, Gadi kept it a complete secret that Leo would secretly come to see her. She could tell at a glance that Leo was different from other humans, just as she was different from other Gadi.

However, Xiao Ga didn't have any complaints about humans. She thought humans were quite nice, providing her with food and shelter. Her only request was that they not dig too deep, and they didn't really care about her barriers.

The staff on Monster Island were also quite surprised by Gaddi's change. After all, everyone knew about the child's social anxiety. Even Haruno Musashi, who was recognized as the most approachable person on the island, could only say that he could keep the child from being scared away.

However, Leo's visit alone was enough to make this little guy remember him fondly. He not only had his eggs delivered to Leo, but he also came out every day to sunbathe and exercise. However, no one really understood what he meant by the saying, "I am not yet mature, but I will change when I grow up."

Little Gadi was also training hard today. The first thing she did after getting up was to practice her barrier skills. After all, Leo said that only by becoming strong enough could she become his partner, and from now on, the Monster Islands would be under her protection.

"Hmm, the strength decreases if it exceeds 400 kilometers. Is it because I'm still too young?" Xiao Ga muttered. In the past, she had been so frightened by the barriers that she would just throw them away and run down the hole. Of course, the range of the barriers she created with all her might was much larger.

But 400 kilometers is her limit. Expanding it further would double the barrier's range, but its strength would only be slightly stronger than a typical Gadi barrier, enough to stop something like Melba.

"No, if the barrier is strong enough, there's no way to take Leo back!" Xiao Ga quickly shook her head, but then she thought it might not be impossible. If her barrier was strong enough that no one could get in, she wouldn't have to worry about someone taking Leo away, right?

However, a monster like myself who only knows how to hide behind the barrier is definitely not enough to impress Leo. Sigh, I still need to work harder and eat after I finish training!