Ultraman: He captures EyeQ at the start, a righteous and fun-loving man.

Chapter 472 Belial's Trail

White Moon left the Monster Graveyard, while Dark Lugiel remained inside.

White Moon once asked Dark Lugiel about this.

"Do you want to be resurrected? With my power, I can still bring you back to life."

Dark Lugiel shook his head and spoke.

"No... perhaps this is also an opportunity. In this quiet monster ranch, I may be able to truly think about your path with Galaxy."

"Is that so? That's fine then."

Bai Yue didn't force him, and perhaps he was also pleased that Dark Lugiel was finally willing to turn his attention to another path.

"Well then, goodbye."

Bai Yue left the Monster Ranch, and Dark Lugiel watched his retreating figure, remaining silent for a long time.

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"Regat!! Something terrible has happened, come out immediately!!"

Zero, clad in his ultimate armor, flew out of the spatial portal. He looked at the Eternal Star before him and called out loudly to Regard.

"Hmm, Zero's back. Didn't Mebius say he went to search for Belial's whereabouts? Did he find anything?"

Bai Yue lay on a lounge chair on the balcony, with Zog and Carmilla enjoying the sun with him. They naturally heard Zero's shouts, and Carmilla said with a displeased look.

"Hmph, that Zero, he's always bothering Bai Yue and me, he ruins all our time together!!"

Zog's good upbringing kept her silent, though her furrowed brow betrayed her displeasure.

Bai Yue patted their heads to comfort them.

"Alright, Zero is also working hard for the peace of the universe. Besides, he's just that kind of energetic person. In a sense, I should thank him for being so relaxed these days."

Carmilla and the others naturally understood this principle, so they were just saying it lip service.

If Bai Yue wasn't out handling business but instead going out to fool around, then they really should consider tying Bai Yue up.

After calming them down, Bai Yue transformed into Regard and leaped up to Zero's side. Upon seeing Regard, Zero pulled something out from behind his back and said...

“Regat, look, this thing has a very strong Belial aura on it, and its shape is very similar to his eyes.”

Upon seeing what Zero had taken out, Reggart's body trembled, and he quickly took it. Looking at the thing, he said in disbelief.

"This is... a fragment of a demon?!"

Zero perked up and spoke.

"So you really do recognize this thing?"

Without saying much, Regard pulled Zero along and flew into the spatial passage, heading towards the Land of Light.

"Let's talk about this in the Land of Light. Let's give this to Hikari first."

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After handing the item over to Hikari for testing, Reggart and Zero stood outside the Science and Technology Bureau. In response to Zero's question, Reggart spoke up.

"If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be a fragment of Belial's body."

"Fragments of Belial's body?!"

Zero said in surprise.

"But when Belial died, didn't we all see that his body and those strange monsters were purified and disappeared by the silver light? Where would any fragments of his body be?"

Regard shook his head and spoke.

"I don't know where these body fragments came from..."

He looked at Zero and asked.

"Zero, how did you find this fragment? Tell me."

Zero knew the seriousness of the situation and spoke up.

"In the universe of the Kingdom of Esmeralda, Princess Emerana informed the Zero Guard that the monsters in the universe had suddenly become very violent for some reason, and asked us to investigate."

"We discovered that, for some reason, those monsters that we could previously barely communicate with have suddenly become unresponsive and are attacking other intelligent life forms everywhere."

"After we defeated them, this stuff appeared inside these monsters. I saw that it had a very strong Belial aura, so I brought it here to show you."

As Zero was talking, he suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, right, these fragments of Belial's body seem to have some kind of magical effect. The Belial Legion, which I had destroyed, was actually partially revived by these fragments."

Regard stroked his chin. Everything else matched up. The Demon Shards did indeed make monsters more violent and powerful. And because Belial possessed Reiblood's power, the Demon Shards could also revive monsters.

But where did this thing come from? Normally, shouldn't it have been blown off by a beam of light during Belial's fight with Taro?

Putting aside whether Taro was bragging or not, what's more, because of my intervention, Belial was ganged up on when he was first released from prison, and he didn't fight Taro one-on-one, so where did the body fragments scraped off by the Strium Ray come from?

What's even stranger is that the disaster of the Demon Fragments didn't occur in the Land of Light universe, so why did it happen first in the Esmeralda universe?

Just as Regard was completely baffled, Hikari stepped forward and spoke.

“Regat, you’re absolutely right. These things are, without a doubt, fragments of Belial’s body.”

Zero quickly stepped forward and asked.

"How did Belial suddenly acquire so many body fragments? These fragments combined are much larger than Belial himself."

Regard also had this question in his mind, and looked at Hikari, who answered as expected.

"To be precise, these should be the product of the expansion of Belial's body fragments."

Hikari recounted the story in detail.

"If my observation is correct, these demon fragments should have originally been extremely small fragments of Belial's body, so small that they are smaller than a single cell, and even the internal genes are incomplete."

"But for some reason, these fragments suddenly began to absorb the surrounding cosmic energy, and then expanded to this extent. After being swallowed by those monsters, they were corrupted by Belial's power and thus went berserk."

While Regard was still deep in thought, Zero spoke angrily.

"So, Belial is truly disgusting. Even with incomplete genes, he can still cause trouble in space. I'm exhausted these days!!"

Listening to Zero's words, Reggart silently organized the information in his mind.

Geed's premature appearance, the sudden expansion of Belial's body fragments, and the inexplicable appearance of demon fragments—these pieces of information gradually pieced together in Regart's mind. He suddenly raised his head and spoke.

"I see!!"

Chapter 473 The Origin of the Demon Fragment

"Regat, you know?"

Hikari and Zero looked at Reggart, and Zero asked impatiently.

Rega nodded.

"Hmm, Hikari, do you remember that baby?"

Hikari nodded.

"Yes, you mean that Belial clone, right?"

Zero stroked his chin. He had heard about this before. Although the idea of ​​Belial's clone sounded rather evil, since Regard had approved of the baby, Zero was naturally willing to approve of it as well.

Rega nodded and said.

"If I'm not mistaken, Belial has now cloned a body that perfectly fits him, which means he should already be preparing for the upcoming war."

Zero clasped his hands together and said angrily.

"Even if war comes again, I'm not afraid! This young master will definitely smash that dark-skinned guy into a black hole!!"

Hikari asked.

"But, Regard, what does this demon fragment have to do with Belial's war preparations?"

Reggart began to analyze.

"There are only two places where Belial's body fragments could actually appear. One is the time when he wreaked havoc in the Esmeralda universe and was then defeated by me and Zero. This is also the most likely time.

"Of course, there is a second possibility: after Belial obtained a new body, he somehow scattered his body fragments. However, I think this possibility is very low. After all, given Belial's cautious nature, he would not so easily leave his traces behind."

Zero, who hadn't used his brain in a long time, pondered Reggart's words and suddenly spoke.

"I also believe that Belial's body fragments were revealed when he founded the Galactic Empire and was defeated by us."

“Think about it, the first universe where the Devil Fragment appeared was the one in the Kingdom of Esmeralda. Our Ultimate Zero Guard also went to other universes to look, but after searching several universes, we only found a few Devil Fragments.”

The more Zero spoke, the more believable it seemed.

"Thinking about it this way, Belial's body fragments should have first appeared in the Esmeralda universe, and then a very small number of fragments were transported to other universes by chance through stargates connecting different universes."

Rega nodded, acknowledging Zero's analysis, and said approvingly.

"That's right, Zero, you can be quite clever sometimes."

Zero proudly raised his head, then suddenly realized what was happening.

"Hey, Reggart, are you subtly implying that I'm usually stupid?"

Regard ignored Zero's words and spoke.

"So now there's only one question left: if it's a fragment of Belial's body left over from the Galactic Empire era, why would it suddenly swell into a demon fragment more than 100 years later?"

Hikari pondered this question and suddenly realized something.

"You mean it's related to that baby?"

Regard snapped his fingers.

“That’s right. That baby was a failed clone of Belial. By observing the time of the baby’s birth, we can know that Belial only recently obtained the perfect body for fighting, so the appearance of the demon fragments is a logical explanation.”

Hikari said with a worried expression.

"So, Belial's resurrection caused fragments of his past body to resonate with him, thus expanding into demonic fragments?"

Rega nodded.

"Yes, that's probably the most reasonable guess right now."