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“What’s so childish about that?” Meng immediately retorted. “Liking juice is only natural!”
"Oh, I almost forgot that the age gap between my dream and the vice-captain is the smallest." Komon then remembered that Leo was actually not that old, but he just usually acted too mature, so everyone had completely forgotten about him.
"But if the vice-captain's girlfriend is that mysterious Miss Ren, then what about Miss Galatron?"
"Hmm...maybe it's just that the vice-captain is too popular. After all, there are quite a few people who like the vice-captain."
Considering Leo's popularity, the number of women who like him might already exceed the number of people at TPC headquarters. It wouldn't be surprising if Renlong and Galatron were among them.
However, what Captain Gentoo hasn't mentioned is that Ms. Galatron, who drives Leo to work every day, is now the chairperson of a well-known global company. So, is his vice-captain being kept by a sugar daddy?
"Achoo!" Leo couldn't help but sneeze at home. Strange, who was talking about him behind his back? Could it be that the Dark Shadow Mage was about to do something again? But intuitively, he didn't seem to have any feeling.
"What time is it now?" Leo reached for his phone and glanced at it. "It's almost noon... That means it's been 23 hours. Ouch, my back hurts."
Leo reached out and rubbed his lower back. He glanced at Ellie beside him, who was blinking at him. Her pink eyes were alluring and full of affection, completely different from usual. Leo reached out and hugged her, gently pressing them together. "Want more?"
“That’s more than enough.” Ereshkigal’s tail swayed lightly and happily. “I’m very satisfied to have Leo all to myself for 23 hours.”
Actually, it can't be said to be exclusive, Leo thought. At first, it was Eresh who dragged Renlong along half-heartedly. Later, Renlong insisted for a few hours before going out to work. After finishing his work and returning home, Rainbow Kagachi joined in. Then, Lugiel and Empera couldn't resist either.
So strictly speaking, Ereshkigal only occupied Leo for ten hours, a full 23 hours. Leo never left the bedroom. His body could handle it, but mentally he really... Now he felt like a great sage.
Leo took Ereshkigal's tail and stuck his phone on it. Looking at the charging icon displayed on it, he thought, "Not bad. Ereshkigal's tail can adjust the current output power according to different devices. It's really useful."
"I should get up and get busy. Ellie, you should rest for a bit."
"Isn't Leo going to rest?" Ellie patted the empty space next to her and flicked her tail. Leo looked helpless. "I should get up and eat."
Of course, Ellie definitely doesn't need it. She basically didn't stop from yesterday afternoon to this morning and didn't bring any food. But if Leo continues like this, Ellie probably won't let him go today.
"Alright then." After all, she had eaten her fill this time, and Ai Lei knew when to stop. If she weren't all sticky now, she would have liked to hug Leo.
Leo took out a set of still-wearable clothes from the closet, yawned, and went out the door. Galatron was waiting at the door, holding a new set of clothes and a washcloth.
"What about the rest?"
"Renlong took Dimaga, Magabasa, Gatanothor and Seele to the amusement park. Hilarious and Cordara are in charge of adjusting the Earth's weather and ley lines today. Rainbow Kagachi is inspecting the seals in various places."
Galatron wiped Leo's face. "Leave the tidying up of the room to me. The holiday lasts until the afternoon, so you can get some rest."
"As expected of Ren, he can manage all four of them by himself." Leo sighed with admiration. Putting everything else aside, Seele and Magabassa, those two who are always on edge, are enough to give anyone a headache.
After a brief sensing, Leo could sense that the Ultimate Fighting Device was also beside Renlong, and seemed to be in a good mood.
"I never thought the Ultimate Fighting Device could eat things! I thought all the snacks inside were eaten by Sister Zetton." Watching the Ultimate Fighting Device take in a whole marshmallow and then spit out a bamboo skewer, Magabassa was like she had discovered a new continent.
The Limit Breaker has a huge interior space. Leo even assigned everyone their own room, and everyone stuffed it with tons of stuff, like all sorts of snacks, but it always seemed a little short. They thought it was for Zetton's food, but it turned out to be for the Limit Breaker. (Happy)
Renlong looked at the Limit Breaker and felt... well, it was a very subtle feeling, like looking at Leo when he was a child. And this power, is this why Renina specifically left it behind?
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What a wonderful day! For three days in a row, no overly powerful monsters have appeared, and the Earth hasn't been plunged into any near-destruction crisis. Obik naturally enjoys such a good day.
He set up his stall on a food street and waited for customers to arrive. When he heard someone lift the curtain, Obik turned around with a smile, "Welcome, are you coming... um, Lord Renlong, and that big girl who ate so much last time?"
"Hey, bald uncle, your name is... um, sorry, I forgot." Dimaga scratched her head sheepishly. She had only met Obik once, and although she had a strong impression of him, she couldn't remember his name.
“Obik,” Renlong said calmly, but his eyes held a hint of joy. “I thought I was seeing things, but it really is you. Why?”
Obik understood why Renlong was talking about. It was still broad daylight, and the light was extremely painful for Obik, a nocturnal monster, yet he had still appeared here.
“I’m not some kind of demon that dies when it sees light. Leo used to see me in the afternoon,” Obik said with a smile. “Five bowls of noodles, you mean?”
"Yes, all of them should be large bowls." After Renlong finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something, "Oh no, let's have six bowls, all of them large bowls."
"Alright, by the way, are these all your friends?" Obik could clearly sense that even Gatanothor, who looked the youngest, possessed power greater than himself.
“No, they are all my family.” Renlong’s calm face held a smile. “Very important family.”
"That's truly congratulations! It's on me today." Obik was very generous; he wasn't there to make money, he just wanted to see more smiling faces. "May I ask, when do you and Leo plan to get married?"
"It's too early. If we start thinking about these things now... Leo might be affected. His mind is already in turmoil."
"Really?" Obik looked surprised. "Since I've known him, I've never seen him in a state of turmoil. At most, he's just a little down. But then again, too many things have happened lately."
In just the month and a half since Leo joined, countless disasters have occurred around the world. Just yesterday, the TPC alone eliminated more than 300 monsters. Even Charlie, the monster seller, shook his head after seeing this number.
"The darkness has reached an uncontrollable point. Grimd, the Shadow Mage, and the River of Oblivion are already a great threat, and Gatanothor is also lurking in the shadows."
"Are you calling me?" Little Gatan looked up, but Renlong pressed the child back down. "It's okay, eat yours."
"Oh." Little Gatan then lowered his head and continued to eat the candied hawthorn, the kind where he eats it along with the skewer.
Obik was stunned. "Is this child Gatanothor?"
Although Obik was much younger than Renlong, only a few hundred years old, he had once been in charge of guarding the seals of Sukuna Oni and the demon Onijuro, so he naturally knew about the ultimate darkness and was even more aware of what kind of being Gatanothor was.
"It's only a part of it; it's what Leo and I raised together," Renlong said calmly, but Obik dared not listen to it calmly. Good heavens, Leo even raised this.
Obik's buckwheat noodles were served quickly, and then he saw Gatanothor and Seele pick up the big bowls and gulp them down in one go. If their mouths weren't too big, the two kids probably wouldn't have even spared the bowls.
"I want more." Gatanothor licked her lips; she quite liked this.
“…These two kids can eat even more than Leo did back then.” Obik laughed, then continued cooking noodles. “However, I’m only continuing in this line of work because I want to see my noodles bring genuine satisfaction to people.”
"It was just a hobby before." Renlong didn't remember when it started, but Obik really fell in love with this industry. However, he remembered clearly, "You know, Leo once said that he wanted to inherit my craft in the future."
"And putting everything else aside, Kazumi, Masao, Hayata, Go... and Sawai and Yoshioka, which one of them hasn't eaten my noodles, and which one hasn't praised them highly?"
Seeing Obik's smug look, Renlong was helpless. No one would believe him if he said that. But Obik wasn't bragging. He used to set up a stall in Xingxiu Street and was quite popular back then, but he gradually fell out of favor.
"How's business here?" Renlong asked casually while slurping her noodles. There were some things she wouldn't say, but she'd tell Leo later anyway.
"Not bad. For the past ten years, all of humanity has been on edge, unable to see any hope for the future. The appearance of Ultraman initially gave them a glimpse of light, but the various battles that erupted in the following month left people feeling lost."
"But things are much better now. There haven't been any really powerful monsters these past few days, and everyone thinks that better days are coming."
Upon hearing this, Dimaga couldn't help but mutter to himself, "But it's only been three days."
"For humans today, even just knowing that tomorrow will come safely is already a great joy."
Obik was helpless, but that was the reality. And just as he finished speaking, Renlong suddenly looked up at the sky, "What is that?"
Little Gatan also sensed something, his nose twitched, "Hmm... an unpleasant smell."
Is this little guy's perception ability a bit too amazing? Dimaga and Magabasa looked at Gatan with some surprise, then looked back at the sky, where a burning fire meteor was flying rapidly towards them.
But they could all sense that there was a very obvious life force inside the meteorite, and it wasn't weak. Magabasa wiped his mouth and said, "No way, it's only been behaving itself for three days."
"...This energy reaction is similar to my Dark Sword form." Dimaga held a bowl of noodles. "Seems like we don't need to worry too much?"
A flaming meteor fell from the sky to the ground, then transformed into a fire giant like those in mythology. He stood in the center of the city and shouted to the entire city with his telekinetic power.
"Ultraman Max, come out! I, Motalanga, have come for revenge!"
Chapter 397 Mortalanga's Abilities
Upon seeing the alien standing in the city center on the big screen and shouting, Max, who was actually Kaito, scratched his head in disbelief and muttered to himself, "What is this provocative alien, Motalanga, doing here?"
In the past, Max had fought against Motalanga while fighting alongside his human form, Toma Kaito, and judging from the latter's reaction, it's possible that it was the same person.
But Max clearly remembered that he had killed the other party, so how did the Mortalanga alien come back to life?
"What's wrong, Kaito?" Jugglus noticed that Toma Kaito's expression was a bit off. He had secretly figured out that his teammate was Ultraman Max. Even with Max's strength, he was showing signs of difficulty. The enemy must be quite extraordinary.
"Captain, I once heard a legend that the Motalanga aliens have a special virus that can steal the life force of others and convert it into their own power. If that's true..."
Although he knew his words were full of flaws, Kaito couldn't care less about that right now. The abilities of the Mortalanga aliens were extremely troublesome for living beings.
“Then the city’s residents are in danger.” Jugglus Juggler frowned; this ability was quite troublesome.
Kaito nodded in agreement, after all, he had been affected by it himself and knew best how troublesome the Motalanga alien's abilities were. Even as his true form, he couldn't say for sure that he would be completely unaffected.
Although the humans on this Earth are far stronger than the humans in any other universe he has ever seen, Max felt that something was definitely wrong with the resurrected Motalanga aliens, considering that he never played low-level games locally.
But thinking about it carefully, no matter how wrong this guy is... coming to this floor seems a bit unlucky, Max thought. Daigo and the others told him that the Knicks are probably too busy lately, but even if they are too busy, does that mean they have no attention to Earth at all?
The answer was, of course, no, because Leo was eating lunch while watching the Motalanga aliens. "Max's enemies have come knocking?"
"Judging from the energy reaction, it's on par with Dark Sword Dimaga, so it probably has some rather troublesome abilities." Galatrom glanced at it. "Is it releasing some kind of...virus?"
"A virus?" Leo frowned. He didn't know how many people this large-scale virus would kill, but he'd already said he wouldn't be involved for the time being. Tsk...
"Analysis complete. This virus infects all nerve cell synapses of an organism, causing abnormally active metabolism, putting the infected person into a state of extreme excitement, causing the target's biological clock to run at thirty times the speed, and consuming a large amount of the infected person's energy."
"At the same time, these viruses can also transfer the energy of the infected person to Motalanga, making him stronger."
Galatron's analysis was quite fast. Leo pondered for a moment, "So, does that mean it's difficult to handle?"
"It will be a bit troublesome, but... given the physical condition of the Earthlings here, there shouldn't be any major problems within a day. At most, everyone will just feel very hungry after consuming thirty times the energy."
It can only be said that the super-Earthlings are too authoritative. The virus from Mortalanga would be deadly in other civilizations, but what haven't we seen on Earth? We've had the Ultimate Darkness erupt so many times.
The spark left behind by Tiga and Nexus has allowed humanity to evolve to its current level. It won't be long before the virus from Mortalanga causes irreversible damage, and it's enough to deal with it.
"You analyzed it so quickly?" Leo wondered, since the virus seemed to have just arrived.
“Yes, I came into direct contact with the virus, which is the fastest way to analyze it. Don’t worry, these viruses are nothing compared to the Ultimate Darkness and the Specia lifeform.” Galatrom gave Leo a thumbs up, indicating that it was no problem at all.
To be reasonable,
There aren't many monsters from the Leo family that can currently make a move, but it seems that the matter can be resolved even without Leo's intervention. He has already received news of Asgaron's attack and will arrive in a minute at most. Before that, the GUTS patrol team will hold off the enemy.
However, out of caution, Leo decided to continue observing. Mortalanga didn't come to Earth by spaceship, otherwise the Delta Space Station wouldn't have failed to detect him beforehand. So how did this guy get here? That's something worth thinking about.
While Leo and Galatron were having lunch and watching the battle, Mortalanga was also thinking. Max remembered correctly that he had indeed been killed once, but the Magma alien Volugan resurrected him and sent him to test the fighting power of the Earthlings.
Volugan told him that Ultraman Max, who had killed him once, was in this place and had enhanced his power, which gave Motalanga the confidence to attack directly.
This time, Motalanga fully learned from his failures and immediately released his virus on a large scale, with even greater power than before. In the past, his virus could only accelerate the consumption of a creature's life force by ten times, but now it was thirty times faster.
No living being can survive under such a viral threat. So what if it's Ultraman Max? No human can create an antidote for his virus. He wouldn't be afraid even if ten more Ultramen came!
Seeing the EXJ and the Divine Eagle flying towards him, Mortalanga sneered disdainfully, leaving a phantom image behind before disappearing into the shadows—his usual trick.
"Hmph, ignorant humans, go ahead and attack. How long can your life force last?"
Motalanga counted down in his mind. A burning speed of thirty times would make a person's body extremely excited. Although it could also bring about an all-round improvement in physical fitness, humans simply could not withstand such energy consumption, and lifespan would be greatly reduced.
With this in mind, Motalanga smugly prepared to see how the Victory Team would handle the situation, and he even wondered which fighter jet Max was hiding in.
While Mortalanga was invading Earth, Worugan was also watching everything from afar. His resurrection and enhancement of Mortalanga were all thanks to the abilities granted to him by Modius.
Originally, he resurrected Mortalanga simply to find a pawn to test the power of Earth. After all, Modius had previously told him that Earth had many powerful enemies and should not be taken lightly.
Although he had obtained Empera's Dark Armor, Volugan felt confident that conquering Earth was a piece of cake. However, with Modius nowhere to be found, he was in no hurry to invade. He wanted to wait until Modius returned before invading Earth, so that Modius would see his value and value him even more!
But there's no rush right now; Motalanga's performance has been quite good.
What's the point of Chapter 398?
It's just that Motalanga arrived at the right time. The Victory Team happened to be patrolling nearby. Raymond's Gomora went berserk yesterday and he still hasn't woken up. He's resting in the stone coffin. Otherwise, Leo would have brought out the mechanical evolution Grangon from the third day.
EXJ separated immediately, and Shinjo piloted the Beta over Motalanga. "This is Shinjo. Target spotted. Attack?"
"The civilians have been evacuated. Probing attacks are permitted. Be careful in Shinjo. Aliens usually have some strange abilities." Munakata piloted the Alpha, feeling that the enemy couldn't possibly be just waiting for Ultraman Max to appear.
"Received." After saying that, Shinjo fired a beam of light that passed through the afterimage left by Mortalanga and landed on the street behind, causing a considerable explosion.
The power of this beam left Mortalanga stunned. He thought something was wrong. The power of Earth's defense forces' weapons seemed a bit too much compared to DASH in the next universe. This beam could seriously injure even monsters, right?
But it doesn't matter. No matter how powerful it is, it's useless if it misses. Crickets are just Earthlings...
Before Motalanga could finish his thought, the Divine Eagle in the sky turned its cannons towards him, and a Texas beam cannon shot came crashing down. "What!?"
The Texas beam cannon hit Mortalanga before he could teleport away, knocking him out of stealth and melting his entire shoulder.
What happened? The Motalanga alien touched his shoulder in disbelief, quickly recovering with the energy collected by the virus. He didn't understand how he had been discovered.
"With this level of skill, you think you can fool us?" Horii curled his lip in disdain. Did he really think his TPC Doraemon title was just based on his size advantage? Mortalanga's invisibility was a little troublesome, but finding him wasn't a problem.
"Damn Earthlings, I'll see how long you can hold out." Motalanga stood up and began to teleport to dodge the attacks. He was determined to wear these people down so that he would have enough energy to deal with Ultraman Max.
But soon, Motalanga discovered that things were quite different from what he had imagined. He thought that the members of the Victory Team would be infected by his virus and die from exhaustion in the high-speed battle, but why were they getting more and more energetic as they fought?
"Strange, why do I feel so energetic?" Shinjo was a little incredulous. From the beginning, he felt that his reaction speed, thinking speed, and physical abilities were far beyond the normal level, several times or even more than ten times better than when he was in his best condition.
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