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

"It's okay today. I have very reliable teammates. If I didn't come to your parent-teacher conference, they would be very angry."

Putting everything else aside, at least Captain Leo's gaze will be unbearable for him. Leo has worked countless overtime hours to get him to come.

"Then don't forget about Mom either." Jun Hiruma emphasized this point, so that Captain Gento wouldn't forget that today was also his and his wife's wedding anniversary.

"I know, I know. I picked out a necklace for your mother, but are you sure you're okay eating by yourself tonight?"

"It's okay, I'm staying at a classmate's house tonight. We've arranged to study together."

Looking at his son's prepared smile, Captain Stringman was momentarily unsure whether his child's precociousness was a good thing or not. It should be a good thing, otherwise he would definitely have a lot of complaints about being such an incompetent father.

"Ah, good morning, Mari-san!" Jun Hiruma waved to a classmate, and Gento looked over and found that she looked very familiar.

The name "Ida Marie" flashed through Gento's mind. She was the little girl who had recently reported Skip and prevented Astromus from causing large-scale destruction. Leo had mentioned her in his report. He never expected that she would be in the same class as his son.

"Good morning, Hiruma-kun. Oh, and who is this?" Ida Mari glanced at Captain Gento, then at Hiruma Jun, who smiled brightly. "He's my dad!"

"Ah, Captain Gento from ESCG, I saw him in the news!" Mali immediately remembered, after all, she had dealt with people from ESCG before, but she didn't expect that Captain Gento would also be glowing all over, that's really amazing.

Recently, more and more people have been emitting light, some large and some small, but none of them can compare to the intensity of the light emanating from Daigo, whom I saw before, and the light emanating from Captain Gento in front of me. They are so intense that it is difficult to even see them clearly.

"Yes, my dad is amazing." Chun has always been proud of his father's work; he has a great father.

"I'm so envious." Ida Mari's parents are both busy office workers, so they can't find the time to come.

Chun felt a great sense of pride in his father. Although they hadn't spoken much as classmates, he was now talking non-stop, clearly showing his excitement at having Xianren personally attend his parent-teacher conference.

As they walked and chatted, Ida Marie suddenly asked Gento, "Uncle Gento, where does your team's vice-captain, that big brother Leo, live?"

"Leo's house? Why do you want to know that?"

"I want to thank him. Before... I never had the chance, and I didn't even know where he lived."

More than a month ago, in the accident, Ida Marie knew that if it weren't for her, the old man could have escaped completely, but in order to protect her, the old man passed away.

In the moment before she lost consciousness, Ida Mari saw an unprecedented, profound and sorrowful darkness. She thought that Leo must have lost someone very important to her. However, she fell into a coma at that time and didn't even have time to send a bouquet of flowers to the old man at the funeral. Afterwards, she never found out where the old man lived, and her parents had no idea either.

Captain Gento thought it was about Astromuses, so he didn't answer immediately. He couldn't just tell others about this kind of thing, but Ida Mari was just a child... He should ask the vice-captain for his opinion.

Just then, Gento's communicator suddenly rang, and he instinctively picked it up and turned it on.

"This is the String People."

"The base where the third warehouse stores the remains of Goblin has been attacked by a large number of Sphias!"

"This is Leo. Received. The GUTS team has already set off on their way. Captain Gento, you can relax and take your vacation."

It wasn't surprising that Sphia would attack the warehouse where Goblin was stored, but Leo didn't expect so many to come. Fortunately, the third warehouse was just a trap to lure Sphia, containing only a few small Goblins.

Although we don't know what Sphia's intentions are, this guy has been dedicated to causing trouble for Earth, so it would be best to capture him and study him. Besides, there's one thing that Leo has always been concerned about.

"Sphia stole Dinozoru's corpse back then, but it seems they didn't use it on the Five Emperors. What were they planning to do? They should have intelligence, but it's uncertain whether it's the Hive's consciousness..."

Since failing to capture Sphia, Dr. Dango and Dr. Otomo have been extremely regretful. They worked through the night to develop a force field device that could trap Sphia. Now, Dr. Otomo has already sent a message to Leo, asking him to help capture Sphia.

As for Dr. Tango, Leo personally brought him to Director Sawai, where he was probably explaining and reporting his findings. Leo gave him a chance, and the rest was up to him to seize the opportunity.

On the other side, in TPC Warehouse 3, Darmbil, at the junction of Sphia and the earth, quickly cleared away the automatic defense system around the warehouse with the help of the Sphia sphere in the sky. Then, he excitedly smashed open the top of the warehouse ceiling, preparing to merge with Goblin and the Goblin stored there, and give the Earthlings a big job.

Then, as soon as they rushed in, they saw that the indicator lights on the Goblin's head were flashing. Before Sphia could react, it charged straight at them.

The next moment, the Victory Team members, who had just arrived at the scene, saw a huge pillar of fire shoot into the sky, engulfing many of the Specia. The power of this fire seemed to be much greater than that of the bombs that had been planted beforehand.

"Report to Vice Captain Leo: Goblin, which was stored in the third warehouse as bait, has acted autonomously and blown up Sphia."

"Really? That's strange." Leo pretended he knew nothing, but in fact, he had Galactron do it last night.

The third warehouse was a trap to capture Sphia, but if Goblin inside were to be fused with Sphia into a powerful monster, it would be troublesome. Therefore, Leo had Galactron secretly tamper with Goblin's system in the warehouse so that once Sphia was discovered, they could rush up and destroy them.

But looking at it this way, Sphia really does look like a marshmallow. Should I grab some and feed it to Zetton? No, I can't let my Zetton get sick.

Sphia was furious after being hit in the face with the blast. Damn it, when has she ever been treated like this since her debut!

Then, a whole bunch of the remaining Sphias started their traditional routine: eating dirt, eating dirt like crazy, and incidentally nibbling on the leftover scraps from Goblin's blast, thus fusing into seven or eight new Sphias Fusion Beasts.

Leo's scalp tingled at the sight. This thing called Sphia could create monsters out of anything. If it could turn air into monsters, that would be defying the heavens. But judging from the number of them, this battle shouldn't be too difficult.

"Enemy tentatively codenamed Neodarambill, Victory Team, Operation commence!"

"Armaments King Joe, Operation Begins."

As soon as Leo landed in his armored King Joe, the first thing he did was fire an eye ray at Neo Darambir, which was unsurprisingly blocked by the subspace barrier.

As expected, all the Spyar chimeras have this kind of subspace barrier. In that case, we can only see who has the stronger fist.

"King Joe, melee mode!"

King Joe's right-hand cannon barrel retracted and shortened to facilitate close combat. Leo directly piloted it and collided with a Neo-Darrenbill. The collision generated intense sparks, but it was clear that Neo-Darrenbill's head was no match for King Joe's iron.

The Armored King Joe had a greater output force, knocking its opponent back several steps. Neo Darambill was dizzy, and by the time he came to his senses, Leo had already shoved the King Joe's short-barreled cannon into its chest.

"At this distance, you won't be able to deploy the subspace barrier, right?"

Leo pulled the trigger, blasting one of the Neo-Darambils away with a single shot, and then followed up with a series of punches to subdue the two Neo-Darambils that were charging at him.

However, it must be said that King Joe is indeed very effective against single monsters, but it struggles against a large number of monsters, because its most effective attack, the Max Cannon, is a bit tricky against monsters like Neo Dalembi that have barriers.

Fortunately, King Joe was tough and strong enough that the opponent's attacks couldn't break through his defenses. However, Leo's experience told him that whenever he felt the battle was relatively easy, the enemy would always come up with something new.

Just then, I heard my dream's voice through Leo's earpiece again, "Vice Captain, a wormhole has appeared above your position. It's the source of destruction that has been summoned!"

Well, although it was a bit unexpected, it also made sense. It's just that the Destruction Summoning Entity wasn't very active before, and Leo didn't expect it to be the one to cause trouble.

Leo shook off the two Neo-Darambiles that were entangled around him, and piloted King Joe to fire a simplified version of the Max Cannon directly at the wormhole opened by the Destroyer, lest the guy throw some strange monsters onto Earth again.

Unexpectedly, the shot hit the wormhole entrance of the Destruction Summoner and was strangely distorted, as if the energy was being absorbed.

"Vice-Captain! The Annihilation Bringer has absorbed the energy of the Max Cannon using a wormhole!"

"No way, aren't these guys progressing a little too fast?" Leo had a bad feeling. It seemed that the Annihilation Bringer had learned from the previous two attacks by the Delta Space Station's cannons and had even come up with a countermeasure for this situation.

Moreover, since it had absorbed the energy of the Max Cannon, who knew what would become of this wormhole? So Leo simply summoned Dimaga and asked her to help deal with Neo-Darlandiel.

Despite the fact that Demaga always seems to get beaten up by Zetton and Galactron, she is actually quite strong. Her only weakness is that she lacks ranged attack methods, only having the Iron Ray. Oh, and like Groudon, she can't fly.

"Boss, you seem to be thinking about something really rude," Dimaga complained, sparks flying as he rubbed the blades of his sword together. He glanced up at the now-silent wormhole in the sky, then charged toward the group of Neodaranbills.

Actually, if Leo had called out Dimaga at the beginning, the battle would have been much simpler. However, the problem was that if Dimaga and Zetton appeared right after he landed, it would easily arouse suspicion. He also wanted to test King Joe's combat strength in this kind of group battle.

But now it seems things might be getting a bit complicated.

Unable to obtain Goblin's metal as a material to strengthen himself, the Neodaranbill synthesized by Sphia was basically helpless against Dimaga.

Subspace Barrier? Sorry, Fighting-type attacks with armor penetration don't work on that; Ranged Attack? It doesn't seem as good as Zetton's Fireball or Galactron's Spark Beam.

Dimaga's fight against Neo and Rumble was no different from that of a leek, and with Leo piloting King Joe to coordinate, it was even more of a rampage. He was used to being beaten up by Zetton, so it was rare for him to have the chance to beat up others.

After cutting off the opponent's horn, Dimaga used his close-range molten iron ray to take care of the remaining Neo-Darambiles, but Leo noticed that some of them seemed to explode a little too quickly.

Something was wrong. Without hesitation, Leo fired directly at the ground, and Dimaga also unleashed his molten iron beam at the spot where the enemy had just exploded.

Sure enough, some of Neodarambir's remains burrowed into the ground. The vitality of these creatures, like the Specia, is truly tenacious. The key is that they even knew to deliberately explode to escape, showing that they are not unintelligent.

It's unclear whether any remaining Sphias escaped to deeper underground, making a pursuit difficult. More importantly...

"No movement." Leo recalled Dimaga and looked up at the wormhole visible to the naked eye in the sky. If the Destruction Summoner had sent out its opponent directly, that would have been fine, but the opponent's prolonged inaction was even more unsettling and oppressive.

After waiting for a while, Leo still didn't see any movement from the Destruction Summoning Entity. It felt like the other side had deliberately opened a wormhole to say: "I was just messing with you."

"Vice Captain Leo, what should we do?" came the inquiry from the Victory Team. Leo thought for a moment, "You guys stay here and wait for now. I'm going back to headquarters. Be careful."

To prepare for the battle, Leo needs to go back and devise a new strategy. He also needs to repair some of the damage to King Joe, even though it doesn't actually affect its combat capabilities, he still needs to be on guard.

Moreover, news just came from Komon and Kai that the fallen meteorite has been recovered and is suspected to be a man-made object. Since the laser cutting system at the Geo base couldn't handle it, it had to be moved back to headquarters.

"A lot happened today," Leo's intuition told him that things were probably going to get complicated again.

Meanwhile, Captain Stringman, standing at the door of his child's classroom, also saw the wormhole in the distant sky thanks to his superhuman eyesight as a human. Seeing that the enemy had not yet appeared, he realized that the other party must be preparing a bigger conspiracy.

Over the past two weeks, with the Five Emperors, Maga the Balrog, and Maga the Grand King, as well as the Goblin Legion that appeared the day before yesterday, he has an increasingly strong intuition and growing unease.

"Dad." Jun Hiruma gently took her father's hand. The parent-teacher conference was about to begin. While the other children were taking their parents to their seats, Jun gave them a bright smile. "You go ahead."

Although I don't know what my father saw, I could tell from the look in his eyes that he must be worried, and perhaps something very important had happened.

"It's just for a moment, it's alright." Captain Gento wanted to comfort him, but Jun Hiruma shook his head, leaving him speechless.

"My dad's job is to protect everyone. I'm proud of him. He's the coolest dad ever. If he couldn't protect others in time because he was with me, I would feel really guilty."

His son was far too precocious, so precocious that he felt proud yet also guilty. All he could do was squat down, hug his son Chun, and stroke his hair.

"I'm sorry, Jun, please also apologize to your mother and give this to her for me."

He took out an exquisite box from his pocket. It was originally a gift for his wife's wedding anniversary, but now it seemed he would never have the chance to give it to her in person.

People are always like this, it's hard to be perfect or complete. Xianren feels that he is not a good father, and he is also somewhat unqualified as a husband.

Watching Gento's departing figure, Jun wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and shouted loudly at her father's back, "Dad, you are the most responsible father in the world!"

Captain Stringman paused for a moment, then became even more determined.

Chapter 81 You Lian: It's my bad timing.

"Based on our analysis, the enemy's wormholes are slowly expanding at a rate imperceptible to the naked eye. The most likely analysis is that the enemy is planning a large-scale invasion."

Inside the ESCG command center, the combat analysis was proceeding as usual. Due to the urgency of the situation, Daigo, who was on leave, was called back, and of course, Rena also had to rejoin the team.

Only a day or two has passed since the last incident with Goblin, and it seems that something big is about to happen again. However, everyone feels that it is not surprising, or rather, they have some vague expectations.

"The Destruction Invitation Body: We don't even know what the enemy looks like, so we can only try to think of all the possibilities."

Leo handed Daigo a piece of cake, which he had brought back from the cafeteria when he returned. After all, he felt bad that his promised vacation had been canceled, even if it was due to unforeseen circumstances.

Leo didn't notify Gento, since this was the first time in so many years that Gento had attended his child's parent-teacher conference and the first time he had time to properly celebrate his wedding anniversary with his wife.

For the defense force, such opportunities are so rare that every second must be cherished.

"The first possibility is that the enemy is accumulating strength, and for this they need to gradually expand that wormhole."

"What about the second possibility?" Komon looked at Leo. When Leo was thinking seriously, his eyes showed no emotion or thoughts, only a deep, dark blackness, like the bottom of the ocean.

"The second possibility is that the enemy is waiting for us to gather our strength, either to inflict a heavy blow on us in one fell swoop, or..."

Fujiwara Juri continued Leo's thought, "A feint to the east while attacking in the west."

Once TPC's key defensive forces have been mobilized there, it will be a huge problem for this side no matter where the enemy suddenly changes its target and attacks.

Ultimately, it's because they lack initiative and can only passively deal with enemy attacks. Leo suspects that the Third Warehouse's fishing of Sphia was discovered by the Destruction Summoning Entity, which is why it appeared at that time to attract him to attack in King Joe.

"The only thing that's certain is that this time the entity summoned by the destruction of the root is serious about fighting us."

The previous two deployments of the Super Gob were mostly to test the strength of Earth's defenses. In short, this battle is expected to be very difficult as well.

"How is the situation?" Captain Stringman walked into the command room, his combat uniform, which he had just changed into, was still a little disheveled.

His sudden appearance surprised everyone, but Leo was not surprised at all. Just as Gento was about to return to the team, he received the notification to return to Unit 1.

"Captain Stringman, why are you back?" Hong Kai frowned. Clearly, everyone hoped that Stringman could cherish this hard-won, heartwarming moment even more.

"You call me captain, and as captain, how can I be absent at such a crucial time?" Captain Gento straightened his clothes. "How is the situation?"

"The enemy may be mobilizing forces or observing our movements. It's uncertain whether they will launch a direct attack or a feint, but it's certain that it will be very troublesome."

It's tricky, but when you think about it, there haven't been many things that weren't tricky in the past two weeks. If it weren't for those physiological repair machines, probably most of the ESCG patients would still be lying in the intensive care unit or in a hospital bed right now.

"Considering the possibility of a feint attack, what are the possible targets of the enemy's attack?"

"If any one of these three places—headquarters, the Geo research base, and the recent high-purity energy power generation center—is hit, it will be very difficult for us to bear the consequences."

However, if we need to mobilize forces to deal with potential enemy attacks, it will be impossible to make adequate defensive preparations in all three locations.

"What about your plan?" Although he had a plan in mind, Gento still wanted to ask Leo for his opinion.

"The headquarters and the high-purity energy power plant must be well protected. Take advantage of this time to transfer the important items of the Geo research base to the headquarters for temporary storage."

This idea coincides with that of the people at TPC. The importance of the TPC headquarters is self-evident, and the high-purity energy power plant is related to the lives of tens of millions of people and the operation of many important cities.

In comparison, although the Geo research base is also a very important facility, it can only be temporarily abandoned.

"Let's proceed with this plan for now, and prepare for a fierce battle. By the way, what is this thing?"

Stringman looked at a large stone placed on the workbench in my dream. It looked like a stone, but something didn't seem quite right.

"It was a meteorite recovered by Hong Kai and Komon. It was surprisingly light, and the two of them could easily carry it back. No biological signals were detected inside, but there was a metallic reaction."