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

"Vice Captain Leo, what are we going to do?"

“Mr. Leo, here, these are cookies my daughter baked this morning. She asked me to bring some for everyone to try.”

Gou Lumu didn't expect Leo to be so popular. He had only been in the industry for a little over half a month, so how come everyone at TPC seemed to know him?

“Aside from the defense force, I also work with all departments of TPC, so we're all fairly familiar with each other. Come and have something to eat.”

Leo shared some of the cookies he had just received with Goroki, and then led him to his dormitory. The two sat down, and Leo casually tossed his Hyper rifle onto the table. "So, what do you have on you?"

Now that there was no one else around, Leo decided to speak freely. He knew that Goroki had also discovered his problem, after all, the shock in that guy's eyes was impossible to hide.

“I should be the one saying that, Vice Captain Leo. The darkness within you…” Goroki also stared intently at Leo.

“It’s innate. But you, you weren’t like this yesterday. What happened to you?” Leo looked at Goroki’s shadow. He keenly sensed a dark power hidden in Goroki’s body, yet it seemed to be one with him.

To convince Goroki, Leo simply took out the Darkweave Cloth, a sword he had used when he transformed into Maga Flame Demon. Goroki then understood his stance, and besides Leo, he had no one else to tell him about this.

"Dark Mephisto, that's what he calls himself, a...dark Ultraman."

Since things had come to this point, Gou Lümu had no choice but to confess. In the end, he came to Leo to explain this matter and had no intention of hiding anything.

According to Goroki, he encountered a Dark Ultraman who called himself Dark Mephisto last night. The Dark Ultraman claimed to be the Dark Shadow in Goroki's heart and entered his body before Goroki could refuse.

Gou Lümu fainted on the spot. When he woke up, it was already morning. He found that there was a voice in his mind tempting him to sabotage and plan conspiracies. Fortunately, Gou Lümu had a strong enough mentality to suppress such thoughts and make preparations immediately.

Originally, Goroki intended to resign directly. He found it hard to convince others that he was possessed by a dark Ultraman, and he was even more worried that he would be completely controlled and cause unimaginable destruction, so he planned to leave his post.

But just as he was about to submit his resignation, Gou Lumu subconsciously thought of Leo again. He always felt that Leo was a very trustworthy person, so he came to find him, which led to all of this.

So whether Leo believes what he says or not doesn't really matter. Mizoroki will never allow himself to be used by the darkness and become a pawn in destroying the Earth and attacking humanity.

"You're really unlucky." Leo was a little unsure how to comment. How could someone be chosen by such a dark force at home? He also wondered about the background of this person called Mephisto and who was controlling him.

"The Special Investigation Division deals with aliens all the time, so we always need to be prepared to sacrifice ourselves. But who isn't afraid of death? That guy... he saw my fear of death."

Goro sighed. What really surprised him was that Leo, the vice-captain of the ESCG, Earth's strongest defense force, actually possessed dark power even stronger than that of Dark Mephisto. Was that true?

"So he's still talking in your head?"

"Muttering...more or less. He's tempting me to kill you and seize your dark power. I don't know what to do, so I can only choose to withdraw from the Special Investigation Division."

"What happens after that?"

"There won't be a next time. I prepared some explosives for myself to make sure I wouldn't be used in any way."

"How ruthless," Leo couldn't help but think. Goroki was planning to kill him directly to ensure he wouldn't be used by the dark forces, and he didn't even intend to leave his ashes behind.

Is there any way to deal with this? Leo really doesn't want Goroki to die like this, it would be such a pity. He is a talented person who has made many contributions to Earth.

As Leo was pondering, Zetton and Empera's voices rang out beside him. He clapped his hands and looked at the dazed Mizoroki. "There's no need for that. I should have a way to deal with the dark power within you."

"Is there a way?" Gou Lumu looked up at Leo in disbelief. "That's right. I'll hit you in a bit, but not hard. Just don't resist."

At this point, there seemed to be no other choice but to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless. The main reason was that Leo was holding the Dark Cloth, and Goroki guessed that he was the one who controlled Zetton. He then understood why Leo could become the vice-captain of ESCG and why the upper echelons' reaction to the theft of the Zildar bomb was all bark and no bite.

It can only be said that Gou Lümu is too clever; with just a piece of dark patterned cloth, he guessed a lot of things.

Leo pulled out the Ultimate Fighting Device and tapped it on Goroki's body. The Ultimate Fighting Device flashed red light, as if asking: "Brother, do you want to fight back? No fight back, huh? Then come in and talk."

Mizoroki himself did not resist, but the Dark Mephisto within him would not allow it, yet it could not win the struggle and could only watch as the Ultimate Fighting Device sucked Mizoroki in.

Dark Mephisto was easily separated from Mizoroki by Leo, so easily that even he himself was quite surprised. If Zetton hadn't spoken up, he wouldn't have known that the Limit Breaker could even capture aliens.

You're saying Earthlings are also considered extraterrestrials, right? He didn't resist, so why can't I use my combat device to capture him?

All that remained was a deep darkness, which twisted and deformed into the shape of Dark Mephistopheles. The moment he appeared, he pounced on Leo, wanting to tear him to pieces.

"You dare?" Miss Zetton appeared in front of Leo in an instant. Zetton Barrier blocked Dark Mephisto's attack, and with a teleportation, she grabbed him by the neck and disappeared from the spot.

After all, a battle couldn't take place inside TPC's headquarters. Along the way, thanks to Goroki's suppression of Mephisto's instigation, Leo sensed the location and rushed over. He was just not as skilled as Zetton at teleportation, but that didn't mean he couldn't use it.

When Leo arrived, he found that Zetton had dragged Dark Mephisto to a not-so-lush grassland. This was Australia, the site of the battle with the Five Emperors. Now, much of it had been restored. Renlong had been harmonizing the ley lines to repair the damage caused by these monster disasters.

Dark Mephisto, now back to normal size, was slammed to the ground by Zetton, leaving him stunned. He stood up, ready to fight Zetton, only to find himself surrounded by more than twenty Super Gob and Bats, eight Super Beasts, Zetton and Eleking, and Leo smiling as he looked at him with the Dark Spark.

A silence fell over the room. Dark Mephisto sensed something was wrong. Damn it, how did things turn out like this?

"Dark Ultraman is still Ultraman, as long as he works." Leo rubbed his hands together, Dark Spark was ready. He was so worried that his side wouldn't have enough manpower, but unexpectedly someone sent more laborers over.

However, Leo himself definitely wouldn't use it. Dark Mephisto should be given to Mizoroki, because according to Emperor, Dark Mephisto is indeed a manifestation of Mizoroki's inner self, and the two are the most compatible.

Emperor just couldn't understand how the power in the heart of an Earthling could combine with dark energy to create an Ultraman, and how Mizoroki even managed to suppress Mephisto. Was the power in the hearts of these Earthlings really that strong?

Anyway, Goroki was also tricked into having the Extreme Fighting Device labeled. Leo wasn't afraid that Goroki would threaten him. He had even planned to use force, but he didn't expect Goroki to be so cooperative. From now on, Goroki would be one of his own. If it's about protecting the Earth, more people mean more strength. It doesn't matter if it's dark or light, as long as it works.

Chapter 100 Gou Lümu's Promotion

Dark Mephisto is very strong, extremely strong. He was able to rush to attack Zetton and Eleking even after being bombarded by Leo's monster army for dozens of seconds, and he didn't fall even after being beaten up by the two of them with several combos.

"Take this, Electromagnetic Explosion Fist!" With electricity coiled around his fist, Eleking punched Mephisto in the chest, knocking him unable to get up. Without Gou Lümu, Mephisto was essentially brainless, fighting only on instinct.

With difficulty, Dark Mephisto raised his hand and charged up a Dark Ray Storm at Miss Zetton. Miss Zetton didn't even bother to activate her barrier; she simply raised her hand to absorb the beam and then retaliated with her Ultimate Beam. To Dark Mephisto's utter astonishment, "Damn, this works too?", the beam struck his Dark Timer.

Dark Mephisto immediately stood at attention, but his body was unsteady, and he finally fell to the ground. The invincible Mephisto had fallen.

Seeing that it was about time, Leo took out the Dark Spark and released a spark wave that directly hit Dark Mephisto. Unable to resist, he was turned into a spark puppet and fell into Leo's hands.

"Here, this is for you." Looking at the stunned Mizoru behind him, Leo created another virtual Dark Spark and handed him the Dark Mephisto Spark Doll. "From now on, protecting the Earth will depend on you."

"..." Goroki looked at the Spark Doll and the Virtual Dark Spark in his hand, then looked at Leo in disbelief, "It's done that easily?"

"Otherwise, how much effort do you think it would take?" Leo spread his hands. If it were Goroki himself transforming into Dark Mephistopheles, it would indeed take more effort, because Goroki's combat awareness and experience were absolutely top-notch, and the power of darkness depended on his heart.

Without the support of Mizoroki's heart and combat experience, Dark Mephisto is no threat and is no match for Zetton and Eleking.

"Try it out, use this spot, press it here." Leo taught Goroki how to use the Spark Doll. "You shouldn't be affected by the Spark Doll, try transforming."

Even if it's a dark Ultraman, it's still Ultraman. I've watched Ultraman since I was a child, so it's impossible for me not to want to become Ultraman.

As Leo was watching, the Dark Spark and Spark Doll in Goroki's hand suddenly began to flash, then merged together, turning into a black wand inlaid with yellow gems.

"Oh, that's interesting. So you've combined the transformation function with the power of Dark Mephisto to create a transformation device?"

Leo hadn't expected such a twist, while Goroki looked at the wand in his hand and subconsciously thought of a name, "Dark Evolver."

"Give it a try, Goroki. You have overcome your fear and will never be dominated by darkness."

Mizoroki was afraid of death, and the Dark Mephisto seized upon this fear, making it his dark side. However, when Mizoroki found Leo, he was prepared to die. At that moment, his sense of mission and responsibility helped him overcome this fear.

Without hesitation, Goroki instinctively grabbed the left and right handles of the Dark Evolver and pulled them outwards. The yellow gem in the center emitted a white vortex of light energy that enveloped him, and then Dark Mephisto emerged from it.

Although its appearance remains unchanged, the unpleasant evil aura it exuded before is much less, but it still looks like a dark Ultraman.

"How do you feel?" Leo's intuition told him that he could still control Goroki if he wanted to, and Goroki was not out of control. "Power, very powerful power is flowing through my body."

"Learn to control it. I'll tell you some things when the time is right."

It seems that there's no need for Zetton and Eleking to beat him up together, Leo thought. Dark Mephisto, transformed from Mizoru, is slightly weaker than Blaze in terms of pure strength and speed, but stronger than Tiga and Gaia.

However, once the light of Ultraman is restored to them, they will definitely become even stronger.

Leo recalled all the monsters, and Goro tried it out briefly. Dark Mephisto had now completely become his own power, and he could use it at will.

Just as Leo was about to say something to Goroki, his communicator rang, followed by Daigo's anxious voice.

"Vice Captain, emergency! A dormant volcano near Chiba Sea erupted one minute ago!"

"Chiba Sea?" Leo was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized that something was wrong. He had seen the map that Renlong had circled, and he remembered the location of most of the seals. The dead volcano in Chiba Sea was most likely sealed by the Flame Demon King Beast!

But shouldn't the seal on Flame Demon Beast be relatively stable? How could it suddenly break down? Something's wrong! There's definitely something wrong!

"I'm coming right now!" After hanging up the communication, Leo hurriedly disappeared from Goroki's sight. As for Goroki, he was told to find a place to familiarize himself with his power and then fly back. With his abilities, it was impossible for him not to be able to control his own power.

The volcano near Chiba Sea is called Mount Kirimon. It was originally an extinct volcano, but thanks to the local hot springs and coastal scenery, tourism has always been booming, and no one would have thought that an extinct volcano would erupt.

"The volcanic eruption was very large, reaching a VEI level of 5, which exceeds the theoretical maximum volcanic eruption index of Mount Kirimodake!"

"Skip staff in the area have begun assisting with the evacuation. The disaster level is currently at level three, and the number of casualties is not yet available."

ESCG received the information immediately after the volcanic eruption. Normally, this kind of thing should be handled by the GUTS team, but given that the eruption of Mount Kirimon was far larger than expected, Skip felt there was a problem and specifically contacted ESCG hoping they would step in.

"How's the situation?" Leo rushed back, glanced at the data on the big screen, and said with a serious expression, "I remember my Meng family is in the Thousand Leaf Sea, preparing to launch an attack."

Shouldn't I be the one to say that? Captain Stringman paused for a moment, then watched as everyone saluted Leo, put on his helmet, and ran toward the armory.

"ESCG is ready to attack. Repeat. ESCG is ready to attack. Channels 1, 2, and 4 are cleared. Flying Swallow No. 1 Modified, Flying Swallow EXJ, and King Bridge are ready to go."

These working dads are going to be out in force again. The technicians in the maintenance team couldn't help but clench their fists. Although it's true that losses are inevitable in battle, it's only been half a month!

In just half a month, they have repaired far more fighter jets than ever before, with 80% of those jets crashed by those ESCG "living fathers".

"Captain Hebikura, calm down! We can't kill them! If we're going to use a knife, we have to wait until they get back!"

"Grandpa Ye Hu, please don't get angry. Look on the bright side, at least we don't need to do major repairs on King George Bridge!"

"Hey you over there, put down your wrench and hammer, and whoever pulled out the rocket launcher, put it back in!"

Every time they come to the Armory, the ESCG guys are under a lot of psychological pressure. Mainly, apart from Leo, their reputation here is already pretty bad. Daigo doesn't care, though his reputation has never been good.

After greeting the maintenance crew, Leo got into the cockpit of King Joe, adjusted the equipment, and prepared for deployment. Repairing King Joe was the highest priority in the entire armory. Although it had been damaged before, it was still relatively easy to repair.

"Team Leader Daigo, Team Leader Komon," Captain Hebikura's smile was exceptionally kind, the Serpent Heart Sword in his hand gleaming coldly. "You'd better bring these fighter jets back to me safely."

"Understood, understood." Komon and Daigo, who were in charge of piloting EXJ, nodded quickly. They had already discussed it and decided that if the plane crashed, one of them would transform first to catch it, which would at least reduce the workload of the maintenance team.

“Hong Kai, and Captain Stringman.” Old Master Ye Hu’s clenched fist made a cracking sound like popping beans. “I hope your previous plane crash was just an accident.”

As for Fujimiya and Fujiwara Juri, they weren't given any trouble. After all, Fujiwara had fewer crashes and was a female crew member, so the maintenance personnel couldn't make things difficult for her. Fujimiya's piloting skills weren't particularly good to begin with, so it was already quite remarkable that she was allowed to go to the battlefield.

"Don't worry, don't worry, we're just doing an investigation this time. The chance of a battle is very low." Gento nodded quickly. In fact, he and Kai had already discussed it. If their plane crashed in the future, they would ram it into a monster and blow it up so they wouldn't need to repair it!

As for the logistics and finances? No problem, Vice Captain Leo will handle the liaison. They won't do anything to Leo!

"Achoo!" Leo couldn't help but sneeze. While preparing to launch the attack, he coordinated with SKIP and the logistics department, pulled up a map to see the situation in the entire Chiba Sea, and quickly planned an evacuation plan in his mind.

"This is ESCG Vice Captain Leo. I am now conveying the revised evacuation plan. Evacuate all residents within a 200-kilometer radius of Mount Kirimon as quickly as possible. Mobilize all transport and public vehicles and prohibit all private vehicles from passing through to avoid congestion."

"The allocation of supplies will be handled by Deputy Chief of Staff Gondo; the rest will proceed according to the original plan."

TPC certainly has evacuation plans for this situation, but Leo knows they are not enough. The eruption of Mount Kirimon will definitely cause the seal on the Fire Demon Beast to loosen. Regardless of what caused the eruption, if the Fire Demon Beast is on par with Maga Flame Demon, then the surrounding area of ​​hundreds of kilometers will not be safe.

Evacuating so many people to a distance of 200 kilometers in such a short time would have been considered a fantasy ten years ago. However, things are different now. People understand that in such situations, order is more likely to ensure their lives, and evacuation work is much easier to carry out.

People aged 14 to 30 were evacuated first, followed by women, children, and the sick, and finally the elderly. There was no fighting or scrambling, and unless the monster was already in sight, the crowd was unlikely to descend into chaos.

This wasn't even a requirement of the TPC's evacuation plan, but rather a consensus among the public. No one knows when it was formed, but it did effectively preserve manpower.

“But Vice Captain Leo, the volcanic eruption's impact area is about 60 kilometers. Would it be appropriate to directly define an evacuation zone of 200 kilometers…”

Delineating an evacuation zone over a 200-kilometer radius requires a considerable amount of manpower and resources. If this results in unnecessary waste, TPC will inevitably be attacked by some ill-intentioned individuals.

“I will take full responsibility. Just do it. It’s better to be cautious than to regret it when it’s too late.”

With Leo's power, these arrangements were all fine. He genuinely hoped that he was just worrying unnecessarily, fearing that he had underestimated the strength of the enemy.

After hanging up the call, Leo received a call from Renlong: "Leo, the seal on the Fire Demon Beast has loosened, and I suspect there's also the Water Demon Beast in addition."

"Are their seals combined?" Leo knew that the Fire Demon Beast's seal was loosening, but he didn't expect that the Water Demon Beast's seal also showed signs of loosening.

"No, but the two demon beasts, Water and Fire, are inherently connected. They were sealed together by the elemental warrior Orb back then, and it's very likely they'll break free of their seals together now."

Two Demon Beasts came at once, which gave Leo a bit of a headache. Fortunately, the combat power here has increased a lot, unlike before.

"Why didn't the Ultramen choose to fight together and defeat these guys one by one?"

"There's nothing we can do about it." Renlong sighed. "There were many warriors of light, but they lost a lot of strength in the civil war. When darkness came, only Ultraman Tiga, Gaia, and Agul were left to fight."

"But compared to the darkness, their power was not strong enough. Instead, they were surrounded and beaten. Then many warriors of light came from different times and spaces to help seal the darkness. At that time, the situation was critical, and sealing was all they could do."

Leo didn't know the specifics of the Dark War back then, but he was certain that it must have been extremely brutal. Even the Destruction Bringer could only hang in the sky, afraid to look at Earth, and only dared to come out and pick up the scraps when the war was almost over. They hadn't even defeated the extremely weak Earth forces at the time.

"Leo, be careful."

"I will."

After hanging up the phone, Leo finished adjusting King Joe's state, and Captain Stringman's voice came through the earpiece.

"ESCG, move out!"

While the ESCG was being deployed, Gamu was also assisting with the evacuation work on the Chiba coast. The eruption of the dormant volcano was unexpected. After making sure his parents were on the bus, he quickly walked up to a SKIP member in charge of directing the evacuation and showed him his identification.

"Excuse me, where is SKIP's geological exploration team located?"

“Excuse me, we…” Upon seeing the credentials in my hand, the staff member immediately stood up straight and saluted me. “The geological observation team will arrive at Mount Kirimodake in half an hour. The route is dangerous, so I’ll take you there!”