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

Masao Asami, also the husband of Grandma Asami, was a former Air Force colonel in the former defense force. He later transferred to the aerospace sector and went missing during a space exploration mission.

Asami Agatha's only son, Asami Kawa, died in the battle against Golza ten years ago, and Leo didn't even have a chance to see him.

"Yoshioka was once very worried that your existence would become a threat to humanity and the earth, but in the end we all believed in Kazumi, believed in the guardian of the ley lines, and believed in you."

"Even if I'm not Ultraman, but an alien who controls monsters?" Leo couldn't help but ask.

Director Sawai put down the proposal written by Leo and looked at Leo with kind and loving eyes. "Vice Captain Leo, having grown up on this land, do you love this planet?"

“Of course.” Leo nodded. He joined ESCG not only to protect everything that Grandma Asami left behind, but also to protect the land where he grew up.

"Then you're an Earthling." Director Sawai's smile softened, then relaxed. "Let's discuss your plan. Is this so-called monster merchant trustworthy?"

"This guy has a pretty good reputation, and he's trustworthy as a business partner. I'm just worried that this plan will be opposed by most people."

"There's no need to worry too much about that. Some friends from outer space helped us when TPC was first established, and some of the higher-ups are aware of it. I will explain this to them in another way."

Director Sawai's words brought a sigh of relief to Leo. So that's how it is. It seems that the top officers are all in the know: Director Sawai, Chief Yoshioka, Staff Officer Nanbara, and... well, there should be quite a few. The branch leaders probably know as well as well.

"Like Mefilas?" Leo thought of a certain self-proclaimed gentleman but always somewhat unreliable older sister next door.

"There are also the Standelians. They are the second aliens to make contact with us after Mefilas. Redel once told us that the power within you is so great that even he cannot measure it, but your heart is very pure."

Raeder was also someone that the old woman had taken in, and Leo had even met him, though Raeder was disguised as an ordinary human at the time.

"The idea behind this plan is good. You can take it back and write it in more detail. We will discuss it at the highest level meeting later. You can come too."

"Okay, then I'll go back first."

Since it was a hastily written plan, it definitely needs to be revised. Leo also plans to visit his teammates at the medical department.

After all, as the deputy captain, he hadn't visited everyone properly even once since they were hospitalized. Last time, he hurriedly brought some snacks to everyone and then rushed back to the command room to continue writing reports. He didn't even know how badly everyone was injured.

"Sigh, I've really failed in my duty as the vice-captain."

Leo felt increasingly uneasy. Everyone had risked their lives to protect Earth, but he, as the vice-captain, hadn't been able to visit them properly at the medical department. He decided that if they had a holiday next time, they should all go out for barbecue together, and he would treat them.

Upon arriving at the medical department, Leo's first visit was to Fujiwara Juri, who had been injured the previous night. When he arrived, the man was still reading a book, and a small bandage could be seen wrapped around his shoulder.

"Fujiwara, how's your injury?"

"Vice Captain, what brings you here? Oh, my injury is nothing serious. The doctor said I'll be able to fight again in three or four days."

"Recovering from your injuries is the priority. Don't worry about the combat, I'm here." Leo patted his chest, but subconsciously glanced at the wound on Fujiwara's shoulder. How should I put it... this location, well, generally speaking, you wouldn't get injured here during a plane crash yesterday, right?

Realizing that Leo seemed to care a lot about his injury, Fujiwara Juri quickly waved her hand to indicate that she was fine.

"Ahem, Vice Captain, why don't you go check on Fujimiya and the others? I'm fine here. Here's your work injury compensation form. I'll rest in a bit."

As it turned out, Leo's decision to have Fujiwara Juri fill out the workers' compensation form in advance was very prescient.

Seeing that Fujiwara seemed to be preparing to rest, Leo didn't linger any longer. He took the work injury compensation form that Fujiwara had given him and went to the ward of Fujimiya and the others. Daigo and Komon had already changed into their uniforms and were moving around, while Captain Gento and Kai were having their casts removed.

"Vice-Captain, you're here." Captain Stringman was a little surprised to see Leo. "I heard you went on a mission alone. Are you alright?"

"It's alright, but there was a slight mishap. Zetton appeared, defeated Garula, and then disappeared. I thought Ultraman would be the one to appear."

Leo said half-jokingly that it was indeed Ultraman's style to suddenly appear, defeat the monster, and then disappear. However, after Leo finished speaking, he noticed that everyone's expressions were not so good, and they felt quite ashamed.

"No, what are you all looking guilty about?"

"It's nothing, it's just that we're all lying in the hospital, and it's really bad to let the vice-captain go out alone."

Komon felt terrible. As an Ultra Warrior, he was lying in the back, while the vice-captain, who was just an ordinary Earthling, had to go out and fight even if he was alone. This wouldn't do!

"Yeah, Vice-Captain, it must have been really tough for you." Daigo's words made Leo nod in agreement. Then, looking at Captain Gento, who was deep in thought, he almost burst into tears. "Yeah, reports are so hard to write, Captain. Please don't hurt your hand next time, okay?"

Captain Stringman's face immediately darkened. No, we just wanted to ask if we could skip this topic. Do you know how I felt after hearing that TPC had installed anti-slip carpets in all the restrooms?

"But that's good now, all of us have been discharged from the hospital, so the vice-captain won't be under so much pressure." Hong Kai laughed heartily, stretching his muscles. Hmm, he's recovered very well.

“My injuries and Fujimiya’s injuries are not serious, we’ll be fine soon… Ouch.” I was only halfway through my sleep-talking when I couldn’t help but gasp because of the sharp pain. Leo shook his head, “The most important thing for you two right now is to heal your injuries, don’t think about anything else.”

As he spoke, Leo couldn't help but glance at the injuries of Imu and Fujimiya. When he came earlier, he had glanced at their medical reports and there was something he couldn't quite understand, something that felt very wrong.

Something's not right. Nine out of ten things are wrong. Burns can be explained, since Astromuses can breathe fire, but would a plane crash cause whip marks?

Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help but cover his ears again. The screams he heard when I dreamt of Fujimiya crashing almost gave him tinnitus, but it was later attributed to a hallucination caused by Astromus.

Could it be that these two... that's unlikely? Leo has everyone's files, and Gamu and Fujimiya are proper locals with clean past records. How could they possibly be Ultraman? These two haven't been involved in any traffic accidents with any mysterious luminous entities before.

It's like waking up one day and your roommate telling you that she's actually a monster... Oh, I forgot, Ms. Renlong really is one.

No, no, my brain can't keep up. I can't rush this. I need to write a report, carefully consider the deal with that cosmic monster merchant, write King Joe's combat plan, and most importantly, figure out why Miss Zetton is having such a big emotional fluctuation... Sigh, am I really just a vice-captain?

"Ah, the command center, I miss it." Hong Kai sat in the chair and turned around after returning to the command center. "The disinfectant smell in the medical department was just too strong."

"I just did a count, and there were a total of 38 monster events worldwide this morning, which is already equivalent to the number of events in the past two weeks."

Leo sat at the control panel, took a sip of tea, and tallied the number of sorties the defense force had made that day. Komon looked at him with some confusion, "Vice-Captain, when did you become so proficient with computers?"

"I just learned it these past two days. I can't do anything about it since Meng and Fujimiya aren't here, so I have to learn how to use it myself."

For a moment, everyone was at a loss for words. ESCG's computers are the most advanced available. In emergencies, it even requires Fujimiya and Gamu to operate them together. You think you can learn it just by studying?

"By the way, Daigo," Leo waved to Daigo, "I have a question for you."

"What's wrong, Vice Captain?" Daigo subconsciously touched his chest, wondering if he had given himself away somewhere.

"Yeah, I have a friend who has a very close female friend... It seems like things have gotten a little out of hand with them lately."

Leo's voice wasn't loud, but when he finished speaking, apart from Daigo, Captain Gento, Gai, and Komon all looked over, their eyes filled with a desire for gossip.

Daigo, true to his reputation as a sunny, cheerful, and good-natured man throughout TPC, simply smiled and nodded. "Specifically?"

"I don't know the specifics, but the girl has suddenly become a bit irritable and restless lately, and doesn't want to communicate with my friend."

"Oh, Daigo understood instantly. Captain Gento and the others also showed knowing expressions. Before Daigo could even speak, Komon came over with a serious face, "Vice-Captain, let me tell you, the academic name for this situation is 'inability to control one's emotions, leading to emotional breakdown'."

"Can you speak human language, member of the Lone Gate team?"

"We generally call this state jealousy. There are usually only two reasons for this: mainly because of a man, and possibly partly because of a woman."

Komon patted Leo on the shoulder, who looked puzzled. "Jealous?"

It wasn't that Leo didn't understand what jealousy meant; it was just that he couldn't think of any reason why Miss Jeton would be jealous. Gu Men could tell at a glance that this was a piece of fine sandalwood.

"Vice-captain, what's your impression of that female friend?" Captain Gento, who had been through similar experiences, also chimed in.

“Considerate, gentle, reliable, and extremely strong,” Leo answered without hesitation. Miss Zetton perfectly matched her description.

Although he didn't know what the last part, "extremely powerful," meant, Komon thought for a moment and asked, "So... does your friend have another outstanding and beautiful woman by his side?"

"Yes." Leo's first thought was Ren, after all, Ren was indeed good-looking, and had just helped him resolve a large number of reports today.

“That’s right.” Daigo nodded. “It’s normal for a woman to be jealous when she finds that her boyfriend has another outstanding and beautiful woman by his side, and that the two seem to have a good relationship.”

Leo understood now, but not completely, because he wasn't Zetton's boyfriend, and on the other hand, Miss Zetton was the one who came later, so if anyone should be jealous, it should be Renlong who was jealous.

Oh no, he's not Renlong's boyfriend either, so of course Renlong isn't jealous.

But is Zetton's anxiety and irritability due to fear that Renlong threatens her position? No, it's probably more than that.

Demacia, who had overheard all of this inside the fighting device, wanted to curse. Was the Reiblood alien so single because there was only one person in the entire race? No, that's why there was only one person in the entire race!

However, Dimaga couldn't utter the curse. She glanced at Zetton, who was still huddled in the corner, seemingly lost in thought. She felt that if she really cursed, she would definitely be beaten up by Zetton, who was in a depressed mood at the moment.

However, Dimaga also realized that Miss Zetton might also be a bit of a blockhead.

Sure enough, Leo still needed to talk to Jeton himself. He sighed and decided to resolve the matter today.

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Chapter 30 The logistics department's "living fathers" are about to be mobilized again.

Compared to the morning when monsters were popping up everywhere in the K region, even driving down K region property prices by 80%, the afternoon was much more peaceful. Leo was even able to finally take a half-hour nap, which made Daigo and the others feel increasingly uneasy.

"Sigh, I'm awake now, back to writing the proposal... Oh right, Captain, who's going to be the driver for King Joe from now on?" Leo, who had just climbed up from the control panel, suddenly remembered this.

Gento then remembered that there was still something to arrange, after all, he had been hospitalized on the first day of ESCG's establishment. "Let's leave the pilot's job to Red Kai, his fighting skills are the best."

"Me, drive King Joe?" Hong Kai pointed at himself, then quickly shook his head. "No, no, I'm terrible at mechanical driving."

While this is true, the main reason Kai chose to refuse was that he was worried that he wouldn't be able to transform if he piloted King Joe. After all, if a plane crashes, you can say you've switched to ground combat, but if King Joe crashes, that's hard to explain. Someone will definitely come looking for you immediately.

Daigo and Komon shared the same concerns. King Joe was, after all, an important weapon, so its internal security measures had to be in place. Who knew how many cameras might be pointed at people?

"Then it seems I'll pilot King Joe." Leo scratched his head. Fujiwara Juri's flying skills were excellent, so it would be better to let her reduce the workload of the armory. Leo himself didn't object.

Anyway, Leo doesn't always need to personally control Zetton in battle, which is where the advantage of the Fighting Device lies.

"Hey, Vice Captain, why did you bring a language translation machine with you?" Komon noticed that there was a state-of-the-art language translation machine next to Leo's position.

"Um, well..." Leo really hadn't figured out how to explain this. He couldn't exactly say he was using it to surf the internet, could he? Ah, I've got it!

"I think Ultraman should have their own language, so I'm going to see if I can understand what they're saying. If they know each other, they might even know their human hosts..."

Leo was only halfway through his sentence when Daigo and the others were already sweating profusely. Good heavens, they hadn't expected such a move. Leo also noticed that everyone's expressions weren't very good, so he quickly waved his hand.

"Ah, of course, I just hope to communicate with them better. You don't need to look so grim. Since Ultraman is considered our ally, I certainly won't treat them as enemies."

The reason for having Zetton take action earlier was simply to sever ties, making it easier for Leo to get on good terms with the enemy and gather intelligence.

Regardless, Leo's words did serve as a reminder to Daigo and the others that they must never reveal their human forms in the future.

I was thinking that since we're all Ultraman, we could chat next time we meet, see who our human hosts are, have a meal together, and discuss how to protect the Earth. But now it seems that won't work. Speaking of which, we should thank Zetton for beating us up back then. As for speaking with Ultraman telepathy? I've never learned that.

At least he managed to fool people into thinking he could connect to extraterrestrial, or rather, extraterrestrial networks. After all, he couldn't tell too many people about making deals with extraterrestrials, at least not right now.

"However, so many monsters appeared in one morning, but the afternoon was surprisingly peaceful." Hong Kai couldn't help but sigh.

"I'd rather they come in the afternoon than work overtime all night again." Leo still felt a bit sleepy. The first time he entered his awakened state, it was alright, but the second time he felt it was quite a mental burden.

"Thank you for your hard work, Vice Captain. Why don't you go back to the dorm and get some sleep?"

"No, I haven't finished writing this plan yet. Sigh, in order to write a combat plan that is suitable for the modification of King Joe, I have to read through the information on the mechanical intruders that have appeared before and also catch up on some related learning materials."

Leo's eyes revealed a sense of helplessness, while Daigo and the others only had admiration in their eyes. Leo's educational background was the lowest among them, but judging from the current situation, this guy's learning speed was simply inhuman.

"You've really worked hard, Vice-Captain," Gento couldn't help but remark. "Thankfully, there are no monsters around now..."

As soon as Captain Stringman finished speaking, the dedicated line started ringing. Leo, Daigo, and the others couldn't help but look at their captain. That mouth of his... is pretty sharp.

Leo sighed, picked up the phone while still operating the controls, and held it between his head and shoulder. "This is ESCG, how can I help you?"

"This is SRC! Something terrible has happened! Vice Captain Leo, it's an emergency!"

SRC, short for Private Scientific Research Agency, was later formally incorporated into TPC and is responsible for post-monster disaster recovery work, such as recovering Lebek spaceships and the wreckage of King Joe.

"I'm listening. Don't rush, tell me slowly. What's so urgent? Another monster has appeared?"

"No, it's... the corpses of Golza, Melba, and other monsters that were wiped out in various places this afternoon, as well as Garula that you defeated, are all gone!"

"What did you say is missing?!" Leo nearly slammed the computer in the command center down, even doubting if he'd heard correctly. "Are you sure?"

"Yes! According to the staff at the scene, the ground suddenly collapsed, and we evacuated immediately because we were worried about the danger. But the monster disappeared in just a few minutes!"

Leo suddenly had a bad feeling. Quite a few monsters had been killed this morning.