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

He's not the kind of person who initially portrays himself as kind to deceive people's feelings, only to abandon that "good person" persona at crucial moments. He's definitely not!

Although it's hard to pinpoint exactly what aspect of Uncle Casa's personality made his decision so quick and firm, Hibiki Yuta knew that Uncle Casa was probably acting out of necessity.

All the words of condemnation, all the questions, could no longer be typed or sent.

But if we can't even question Uncle Kasa, what else can we do but watch Miko and the world over there be destroyed?

The same situation also happened to Hachiman Hikigaya in Soubu High School.

"hateful!"

Ignoring the fact that he might look like a madman in the eyes of Yukino Yukinoshita and Yui Yuigahama, Hachiman Hikigaya gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the Service Club table.

What should I do now?

Unlike the two passionate high school students, back in Gotham, Bruce was already rapidly typing on his computer while watching the chat group, working on perfecting his understanding of Kasa's profile.

In Yotsuya Miko's pitch-black world...

Yotsuya Miko herself thought that her meeting with Kasa would be awkward. After all, although she didn't harbor any resentment, objectively speaking, there might be a wall between her and Uncle Kasa.

But she was wrong.

When Kasa arrived, he simply turned his head and looked around. After a moment, as if he had understood something, he turned back to her, looked at her gently, extended his hand, and said softly, "We finally meet. Jianzi, you have really suffered a lot."

In an instant, Jianzi felt her tear ducts burst open. She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't stop.

This shouldn't be happening; it's not like this.

She should have become very strong by now. Just now she was able to comfort her younger brother and Xiaohua and the others. How could she have become so weak and cried?

The more you try to wipe away your tears, the worse you look when you cry.

Kasana, who had extended his hand to shake hands with her as an equal, raised it up kindly and touched Miko's head, stroking it gently and silently.

"I, I... Waaaaaah!"

From soft sobs to loud wailing, under this gentle caress, Yotsuya Miko finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.

Yes, such changes, such a world, are hard for even adults to bear. How can a powerless high school student endure it?

It was just a last resort.

But, given the circumstances, it's already a testament to her strength!

"Jianzi, we're back...?"

Carrying a large pile of headbands and colorful flags, Xiaohua, Michiru, and Yulia returned to find Miko crying. They were shocked and thought she had been bullied by someone. They immediately rushed over in anger.

But their steps stopped before they could even charge forward.

Kasa looked at the girls and saw the headbands and colorful flags they were holding, bearing inspiring words such as "Resilience," "Persistence," "Belief," and "Keep Going."

Those headbands and colorful flags were all made by Jianzi and the people starting yesterday before the world had even turned completely dark.

It's something she wants to use to encourage everyone to persevere, to be optimistic and positive, and to avoid internal strife.

The adults who felt it was meaningful to do this yesterday have all disappeared. They have been defeated by the darkness, the suffocating air, and the evil spirits surrounding them in the distance, and have given up.

But Zi and her friends continued.

They're all good kids.

However, some burdens should not be placed on children who should be carefree, even if they have reached the age where they could become heroes, they are still children who are still in school.

Kasa asked in confusion, "Where are your parents?"

"Mom stayed home with Dad."

Yotsuya Miko wiped away her tears, her voice slightly choked as she answered.

“Dad is a bound spirit. Many evil spirits kill other evil spirits. Dad can’t leave the house. Although he has a dog to keep him company, I don’t know if he will be eaten by a more powerful evil spirit that passes by. Mom wants to stay with Dad, so I gave the crystal that Hachiman lent me to Mom.”

My mother misses my father more than anyone else.

Since the evil spirits have all become worse, the father's benevolent spirit has also become more materialized, and was seen by the younger brother and mother.

This time, even if it meant death, Yotsuya's mother wanted to live and die with her husband. She knew her daughter had some secrets, so she wasn't worried about her daughter and son's safety this time.

It's time to reunite with my husband who died in a car accident. It's time to do what a married couple should do: even if we die, we should die together. Yes, how can birds of a feather abandon each other?

The mother acted as if nothing was wrong because her daughter and son still needed care.

But now, if the end of the world really comes, then there's no need to care about these things anymore.

It's not that Yotsuya's mother doesn't value her daughter and son; it's just that she's already made a choice once, and the last time it hurt her children more. This time, she hopes to focus more on her husband.

“Michiru’s older sister, Yulia’s parents, and Hana’s parents were all assigned to different shelters… Because time was so tight, in just a few days everyone had to be together. To ensure everyone’s safety, this situation was inevitable for the sake of efficiency.”

Despite this situation, Yotsuya Miko was still relieved that at least her friends were still with her, so the crystal belonging to Yuta on her body could protect Hana and Kyosuke.

"Is that so..."

Kasa murmured softly.

Kyosuke Yotsuya looked at him, even forgetting that Ultraman, which had become one of his and his sister's pillars of support, was playing on his laptop. He couldn't help but move closer and asked in confusion, "Big brother, what are you thinking about?"

Yes, he is the older brother.

Although Kasa has a reliable, mature air about him, he also gives off a youthful vibe. These seemingly contradictory qualities coexist harmoniously within him.

With the young Yotsuya Kyosuke, one can better feel his youth—a youth that is like that of a child, still innocent, still naive, still believing in things that probably only children would believe.

Kasa squatted down, looked Kyosuke in the eye, and spoke to him as an equal, saying earnestly, "I'm thinking there are still some things I can do."

"What's that?"

Kyosuke Yotsuya asked again.

This time, however, Kassadin did not answer him directly, but instead gave his answer through his actions.

From the pile of things Xiao Hua brought, he picked out a silver-white headband with the word "Persistence" written in large ink on it.

Kasa tied the somewhat silly-looking headband around his head, then picked up a huge colorful flag with a giant smiley face painted on it and the words, "Smiling is definitely more attractive than crying!"

He held the colorful flag high, and the childish drawings and words suddenly became very conspicuous in this pitch-black world that barely emitted any light from electricity.

Yotsuya Miko knew it was an illusion, but looking at Kasa's straight back, she really felt that all the noise, the commotion, the chaos and arguments seemed to have suddenly frozen, as if none of it mattered anymore!

Chapter 72 Why does your Ultraman look just like Emperor?

Humans are very similar to sheep.

When faced with a wolf pack, sheep do not think of fighting back; they simply scatter in panic.

The same applies to humans. When a change occurs with a wide enough scope, if there is no leader with sufficient prestige and experience to take charge of everything, people will fall into mental anxiety and panic, become aimless, unable to find what they should be doing, and gradually sink into depravity.

Unfortunately, the world of Miko is precisely lacking in this kind of leader who can convince people and bring them together.

This world is too mediocre; it lacks both scientific geniuses with the ability to achieve groundbreaking technological breakthroughs and leaders with charismatic personalities who can gain worldwide recognition.

Perhaps Yotsuya Miko has the potential to grow into someone like that in the future, but right now she's just a braver and stronger high school student.

Her willingness to stand up and appeal doesn't guarantee she can successfully inspire people.

She knew this herself, so she was pessimistic from the start, thinking that even failure was better than doing nothing.

Now, she no longer needs to bear this burden. All she needs to do is follow behind the "leader," watching with wide eyes and disbelief as the "leader's" team grows stronger and stronger in a short period of time, until it subdues everyone in the entire shelter.

What Kassa did was very simple.

He tied on a headband, raised colorful flags, and then approached the tens of thousands of people here who were least willing to sink into despair, who were decadent but simply didn't know what to do. He gave them a direction and became a guiding light.

These fallen people already knew about today's desperate rescue operation by exorcists from around the world, but no one had any expectations for it.

Among so many people in the world, there must be some who, like Jianzi, have been tormented by evil spirits and sought out exorcists. After the changes that occurred around the world, these people shared their experiences.

That's why people know that so-called exorcists are only at the level where they might have to pay with their lives even to exorcise weak evil spirits.

These exorcists were, of course, doomed to fail in this operation, even though the United Nations declared that they had obtained a near-invincible treasure and were full of confidence.

But the apocalypse is real, something everyone experiences firsthand, while hope? Hope is elusive and unattainable.

People in the everyday world don't have that kind of tenacious will. Regardless of age or gender, they have all been nearly broken by what they have experienced in the past few days.

But Kassa only had one thing to tell them.

"I believe in them, I believe in their efforts, and I believe they can save the world."

So, tens of thousands of people chose to believe, and hope shone in their eyes.

It's that simple.

In human history, have there ever been leaders who were born to be kings?

Even without any achievements or fame, he naturally possesses an charismatic power just by standing there, capable of leading those around him to be inspired by his presence.

Maybe yes, maybe no.

The tens of thousands of people in these shelters may not know if they existed in history, but at least they know now that they do exist, right here and now.

Nobody knew Kasa, and Kasa had no military rank or official seal to speak of, no achievements or resume to boast about.

But none of that matters anymore.

He appeared, he approached people, he preached perseverance and trust, and then things were done.

His charisma was captivating, and everyone thought, if even someone like him believed it, what reason did they have not to believe that humanity could win this time?

In less than an hour, Kasa, whom he had never met before, had become the center of attention, surrounded by everyone present, including all the police officers and self-defense force members stationed there.

They all believed that Kasa was the kind of person who only existed in history books.

Only Kassa himself knew that he did not possess any natural leadership qualities; it was merely a small aura shaped by his millennia of experience.

Not to mention that he himself shares the current second-in-command position with Zoffy in the Land of Light.

Even when he was on field missions, he had a few times managed to rise to one of the highest ranks among the native inhabitants of the planets he was protecting.

Although, generally speaking, Ultra Warriors are too simple-minded, so even though they have made great achievements in hiding as human beings on many planets, they are rarely promoted to administrators, and they don't want to be. After all, if they become commanders, they will have even less reason to sneak out and transform.

However, Kasa is, after all, the only hawk in the current Land of Light. Compared to the other Space Garrison warriors, his mind is still a bit more muddled. Therefore, when going on field missions, he always ends up with a higher position among the natives.

Of course, other factors may also have an impact occasionally.

Just like when he became one of the highest-ranking officials on a certain planet, the reason he was unanimously approved was not only because his military achievements were too extraordinary, but more importantly because those people said they could not tell whether he was a dove or a hawk. In the end, they determined that he was a rather peculiar pure-blooded neutral and could be chosen to act as a mediator between the two sides to avoid extreme situations in the management.

In any case, among all the Ultra Warriors, Kasa has held high positions the most times and has extensive leadership experience with different races and political systems.