Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

There was none of the laughter and joy, the natural ease, and the happiness of liking the same things that we had shared at Hibiki Yuta's house earlier.

Akane Shinjo curled up in a ball and muttered under her breath, "I stopped liking Ultraman a long time ago. That fake, childish stuff that only deceives people. Only a fool would like it or believe in it."

Her face grew increasingly gloomy, overflowing with the most sincere resentment, washing away all her cuteness, leaving only her final, utterly unvarnished curse-like words.

"Ultraman and all that stuff should just die!!"

……

"Ultraman and all that stuff, just die! Oh ho ho ho~~"

The pretentious and artificial dialogue rang out at the entrance of Otto Elementary School, eliciting gasps from the students.

Commander Black Star tilted his black hat to the side, raised his cane (purely for adding a touch of style) with his left hand, flicked his cape behind him, and the large glass ball in his right palm flashed. Noba, which was in sync with his thoughts, transformed from the size of a teru teru bozu into its fifty-meter-tall form, baring its teeth and claws at the Ultra Elementary School students.

"Wa ...

The children's eyes blinked, and they clapped enthusiastically, showing their genuine support. Surrounded by their gazes and hearing them shout "So cool! So cool!", Commander Black Star coughed lightly, swung his cane around, forced a serious expression, and randomly selected a primary school student, feigning solemnity:

"Next up is the battle royale. Anyone caught by Noba is a loser. It's one thing to be unable to defeat the monster, but to be caught by it is unacceptable. Such a kid is not fit to join the Space Garrison!"

"Now, begin!"

As the whistle blew, Noba charged out, and the children screamed and used all their skills, like chicks being targeted by an eagle, scrambling and rolling around, so innocent and adorable.

Looking at them, Commander Black Star couldn't help but smile, until Kasa's voice rang out.

"Looks like you're settling in quite well here?"

Chapter 46 Kassa: I have the responsibility of a hawk!

Commander Black Star jolted, instinctively jumping back, trembling, almost kneeling down: "No, please!"

"Huh?" Kasa was completely baffled and had no idea what he was begging for.

"I'm not happy at all with the kids! It's all an act! Being surrounded by these little devils chattering every day is really annoying, it's the most terrible torture for me, so please don't transfer me away from here, so I can never be with the kids again, please!"

Commander Black Star spoke rapidly, almost like clicking his tongue, quickly finishing his sentence before looking at Kasa with unease.

Kassa: "..."

He really wanted to ask Commander Black Star, "Isn't your misunderstanding of us Ultraman a bit too much?"

Ultraman is simple-minded, not stupid or naive. Whether you're happy with kids or not, you can tell just by looking at them. How can you be swayed by a few words?

“If you don’t want to be separated from the children, just say so. There’s no need to make up this kind of lie.” Kasa said speechlessly, “I didn’t sentence you specifically to torture you. It’s a good thing that you can be influenced by the children. How could I transfer you away from here just because I see that you are not tormented when you are with the children?”

"Ahem..." Commander Black Star awkwardly took off his hat, touched his bald head, and was at a loss for words, not knowing how to answer. "Sorry, sorry."

Although he has been in the Land of Light for several years, to the point that he is sometimes quite dazed and has almost forgotten his past, he still has his core values ​​when it matters, and he does not hesitate to speculate about other people's thoughts and actions with the utmost malice.

Kasa shook his head slightly. "Come with me. I have something I want to tell you."

"Alright, alright, as long as you don't kick me out of the Land of Light, everything is negotiable." Commander Black Star rubbed his hands together, still somewhat fearful, revealing his bottom line.

The two walked together, and Kasa did not rush to ask questions at the beginning. Instead, he flipped through the diary of Commander Black Star that the Security Bureau had sent him.

Commander Black Star, that's his real name. Three years ago, he was hired by the Baltan Allied Forces to infiltrate the Land of Light in an attempt to search for and steal life solidification technology. He was caught on the spot and was eventually sentenced to imprisonment for one-tenth of his lifespan.

During his sentence, he can only stay in the Land of Light, and he is required to spend at least one hour every day at Ultra Elementary School to spend time with the children.

His itinerary is recorded daily by the Security Bureau to determine whether he is genuinely repenting.

According to records, during the first month, Commander Black Star was completely unable to adapt to this life. He also had frequent nightmares and felt very confused when he woke up from them. He couldn't find his goal, was aimless, and was very uncooperative. He really only saw himself as a prisoner and did not think about repentance.

Until one day, due to excessive insomnia, he unknowingly fell asleep at Ultra Elementary School during the day. When he woke up, he found that the children were all quietly surrounding him. Some made him a lap pillow, some held his hands, and some gently sang well-known lullabies from the universe.

At that time, Commander Black Star did have nightmares, but for the first time, he was not awakened by them and instead had a peaceful sleep.

Since that day, he has changed. He began to try to cooperate actively, was willing to accept others, and was willing to tell the children about his past experiences. Now, his way of getting along with the children has become the way Kasa just saw.

Furthermore, according to the information that the Land of Light has obtained over the past three years, although Commander Black Star has been hired before and has committed some petty theft offenses, he has never done anything like massacre and is not inherently malicious.

Besides this information, Kasa was also thinking about other things... namely, the race of the Black Star Commander.

Commander Black Star was born on Black, a special planet.

On Black, there are two kinds of creatures that coexist: one is a disc-shaped creature that is more powerful than many monsters, and the other is the Black people.

The Black aliens themselves do not possess the ability to grow to enormous size and are physically weak, but they are equipped with a glass sphere that allows them to control a disc-shaped creature. In other words, each Black alien has their own disc-shaped creature.

But one day, things changed.

Some people have discovered that if they were the only Black alien left, the only glass ball left, they would be able to control all the disc creatures on the entire Black planet and become an overlord that cannot be ignored in the entire universe.

Thus began the war, with the people of Black Star killing each other and engaging in internal strife.

Commander Black Star simply couldn't bear the bloodshed, so he took Noba and fled their homeland, wandering the world as mercenaries.

Kasa said, "You should know that there is only one person left on Black now, and that is your brother, Commander Black."

"Although that's how things are, I've long since severed all ties with him." Commander Black Star hurriedly tried to distance himself, thinking this was a political review, fearing he'd be expelled from the Land of Light because of this relationship.

“I know that ever since you two Blacks were left, he has been sending disc creatures to hunt you down, afraid that you will go back one day and take his place,” Kassa reassured him. “I’m telling you this just to let you know that you should be prepared, because if nothing unexpected happens, you probably won’t see him again.”

To reiterate, Kassadin is a hawk, a hawk widely recognized in the Land of Light, known for his decisive and ruthless actions. I'm not kidding.

There are still people whose nature is redeemable; he is willing to teach, to forgive, and to give them a chance.

But for those darknesses that have fallen too deep, for those aggressors who have committed so many evils that no one is qualified to make them repent on behalf of the victims, no one is qualified to reflect on their actions, he had only one word for them.

kill.

If Volugan must be killed, then Commander Black must also be killed.

We didn't kill them before because we couldn't find them, but now that the address is clear, there's no need to say anything more.

"what?"

Commander Black Star was taken aback.

He knew what this meant. His brother was different from him; he was brutal and cold-blooded and had committed many crimes before. It would be normal for him to be destroyed by the Land of Light one day. In this way, he would be free and no longer have to live in fear.

Moreover, he knew that his brother would never turn back, and that even if persuaded, he would continue to walk in the darkness.

That's clearly how it is.

but……

Commander Black Star's throat bobbed, unable to resist wanting to say something.

Chapter 47 Elite Student Squad, War!

Kasa looked at the Black Star Commander, waiting for him to finish speaking.

His plan for this trip was to wipe them all out in one fell swoop. After defeating Volugan, he would also kill Commander Black, so as not to waste time by going out twice.

The reason for informing Commander Black Star is that the other party is, after all, related by blood. Although he is being hunted down by his brother, he may still cherish old feelings and therefore hate the murderer who killed his brother. If there is such a tendency, then letting Commander Black Star know in advance means that there is no one else to hate. Any hostility should be directed at him, Kasa.

If Commander Black Star wanted to plead for his brother, he wouldn't allow it or agree to it, so he also hoped that such words would never come out.

"I……"

Commander Black Star stammered, trembling, hesitant to speak, but finally mustered his courage and asked, "Can I come along too?"

"Hmm?" Kassa tilted his head in confusion.

"I want to end this!" Commander Black Star clenched his fist. "I've been hunted for so many years, and I've always been running away. I can't beat him, and I've never wanted to fight him. But if it ends like this, so muddled and confused, I can hardly accept it!"

"Please! I know I wasn't exactly a good person before, and I probably can't put your mind at ease, but I really don't have any other intentions. I just want to put an end to that man with my own hands. I want to fight him one last time and take him down with my own hands!"

Commander Black Star's gaze was filled with tender affection as he looked gently at the Ultra children playing with Noba not far away. His slightly hunched back straightened without him even realizing it.

"When I was little, only Noba was always with me. Later, when there was turmoil on Black, it was still with me."

“I always felt that this was how my life would be, and that only Noba would like me and care about me, so I always gave up on myself, didn’t even have a goal, and became obsessed with drinking coffee. In order to have money to drink coffee every day, I even became a mercenary and stole things for others.”

"But that's not right... I can still have a future. Maybe I can still live a decent life, right?"

"Look at them, Ultraman Kasa, look at those kids, these cubs from the Land of Light. They know what I've done, they know the scum I've committed, and they know I almost let the Baltan aliens succeed in their goal of stealing your most crucial technology!"

"But they comforted me. None of them hated me. They said that it might be because of my childhood environment, because when a person is surrounded by darkness, it is more difficult for him to walk towards the light."

“I know that’s how you people of the Land of Light are. You like kindness and you like to think about others. Maybe if the person who came to steal the life solidification technology wasn’t me, but someone else who didn’t deserve to die, those children would still warm each other like the sun. So I’m not special—but I don’t care about that, because the person here right now is me!”

Commander Black Star's eyes gleamed brightly.

He was bald, looked like an old man, and was quite颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it conveys a sense of listlessness, apathy, and lack of ambition). He wasn't handsome and looked pathetic compared to his brothers. Moreover, he hadn't achieved anything in all these years; he was a failure.

But none of that matters anymore.

He has a dream now.

“I want to promote the coffee I love, open a coffee shop—yes, a global chain coffee shop—and sell coffee that I grow myself, so that these kids can also try it. With Noba, that’s what it means to live.”

"But I want to open this shop with dignity, so that I can stand tall in front of these children!"

"I don't want them to see news of Blackians or Disc Creatures causing trouble in the universe after they join the Space Garrison. I would be very unwilling to accept that. As for me, my race, me and Noba, we may not have been so good in the past, but in the future, I hope that Noba and I will be seen as innocent in the eyes of these children!"

When a person talks about their future plans, unless they are dealing with their estate, they are always passionate, hopeful, and their eyes are shining.

The current Black Star Commander is just that kind of person.

Black is a barren planet. People who come from there don't value family or friendship; they only care about profit and power. Nine out of ten are ruthless space pirates.

Black Star turns people into ghosts.

The Land of Light pulls the demon back from hell and allows him to be reborn as a human.

Commander Black Star's gaze was resolute: "I'm counting on you, Ultraman Kassapa!"

“You’re wrong about something,” Kasa said softly, without giving a direct answer. “Right now, you’re a special person to those kids.”

"...Eh?" The feeling of excitement was the happiness that Commander Black Star was experiencing at this moment.

Normally, Kasa would be happy to have in-depth conversations with the reformed Black Star Commander. He knew that sacrificing one's own brother for the greater good was no easy task. Even though the other party had been hunting him down, once his brother died, the Black Star Commander's race would be reduced to a single person.

The children of the Land of Light should become new family and support for these virtuous people.

Unfortunately, he didn't have much time right now and could only hurriedly offer a heads-up: "If you can't beat Commander Blake, then I won't just stand by and watch you get killed by him. This won't be a fair fight; killing him is the most important thing."

When faced with evil, the Land of Light is not always pedantic, and it has a number of times it has fought against overwhelming odds.

Justice is a higher priority than fairness. Some invaders have the bloody lives of all people on several or even dozens of planets in their hands, and they do not deserve fairness.

Commander Black Star nodded hastily: "I understand. If I can't do it, I will definitely not hinder you."

"Go say goodbye to the children, and take Noba with you." Kasa hurried along. He needed to hurry and couldn't let the future of L77 being destroyed by Volugan repeat itself. He had already contacted several students at the Ultra Training Ground and arranged to meet at Ultra Port.