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

The Monster Protection Association is actually just an ordinary organization, not much of a stir, and the smallest in scale, but their marketing tactics are quite sophisticated.

These guys actually used the banners of Demaga and Zetton, saying that the existence of Zetton and Demaga proved that the nature of monsters is good, that humans didn't communicate with monsters properly, and that humans should reflect on this. They actually fooled quite a few people, and it quickly gained popularity.

In contrast, the Church of Salvation fared much worse. They claimed that monsters were messengers of God and that their appearance was a punishment for the sins of mankind. However, the appearance of Ultraman was a slap in the face for them, since Ultraman was more like a savior.

So these guys also tried to piggyback on Leo's cause, saying that Zetton was God's messenger and that Golzairba had fallen, which completely contradicted previous statements, causing many believers to leave.

After being targeted so many times, Leo couldn't help but laugh. In fact, there were quite a few similar small groups, but none of them were as big as these.

“However, even if the facts are right in front of them, these guys won’t believe it, right?” Fujimiya understands these people very well. After all, his girlfriend Reiko had done similar interviews. Imu nodded in agreement, “They will definitely say that we deliberately set up this to deceive them.”

"Of course we won't believe it, or rather, we can't believe it." The captain of the stringed man team has the longest experience and knows this kind of thing very well. "In fact, the top leaders of these groups know best that they are lying. They are just using this kind of method to cheat people out of their money."

These groups weren't dealt with in the past because TPC had limited resources; they were better off figuring out how to defeat the monster than dealing with these guys. Besides, the influence of these groups was ultimately limited.

However, after they managed to gain an advantage by messing with monsters like Zetton and Demaga, they had no choice but to take drastic measures. However, the specific actions had little to do with ESCG, so Leo didn't need to worry about them.

"Oh right, shouldn't the King Joe Bridge be repaired by today?" Leo suddenly remembered this matter. "Someone go to the armory to receive it; I can't leave for the time being."

The moment the question was posed, the entire command room fell silent, so quiet that the sound of Leo typing on the keyboard could be heard.

Captain Gentoo looked at Kai, who quickly shook his head. He then looked at Komon, who in turn looked at Daigo, who also shook his head. He was the least willing to go in the whole team. Fujimiya and Gamu lowered their heads and pretended not to hear or see anything.

Fujiwara Juri didn't quite understand what these grown men were exchanging glances about. They weren't really going to hang them up and dry them like salted fish at the armory, but she could only raise her hand and say, "I'll go."

"Alright, Fujiwara, this arduous task is now in your hands!" Seeing everyone looking like they'd been saved, Leo lowered his head, barely managing to suppress a laugh. His team members were certainly quite amusing.

However, I really didn't expect that at least five people in this defense team are Ultraman. I still can't make a conclusion about the identities of Fujiwara Juri and Gamu, but I have already figured out the identities of the others.

Now Leo is unsure whether these guys will be so scared that they transform on the spot and rush up to gang up on him if his identity is exposed.

"Vice-Captain, with so much metal obtained through the trade, will the entire Earth be able to have a power as strong as King Joe?" Daigo couldn't help but look forward to Kira. Although the plans of each branch were different, they were all based on the Armory King Joe as a prototype, and their combat power was about the same.

"You're being too optimistic. Salome metal is different from Pedanim alloy. Research and use take time, and manufacturing also takes time. Currently, all factories under TPC are operating at high speed, striving to achieve a complete replacement of the front-line defense force within a month."

In the past, a month would have been considered quite fast, but now a month is indeed a bit long. Each defense force is eager to get their own designed combat machines into service the very next day. Everyone is envious of King Joe's combat power.

But the most troublesome thing right now is that the Max system, which serves as the power source, takes a long time to manufacture. The Atdis was only completed today, and Dr. Yao was carried back to the physiological repair machine to lie down.

"Right now, the Flying Swallow EXJ and the latest Divine Eagle are enough."

After all, not everyone is like ESCG, constantly crashing planes. Of course, saying that is too discouraging. Leo used to be thinking of giving these guys special training, but now it seems like they're all just putting on an act.

But what could Leo say? He not only had to speak well of these guys at their armory, but he also had to help them crash their planes and get their help if they encountered any dangerous opponents in the future.

Just as they were pondering this, the door to the command room opened again, but Fujiwara Juri shouldn't be that fast. Everyone looked up and saw that it was Lina who had come looking for them, carrying a boxed lunch in her hand.

"Um... I came to see Daigo. He didn't eat lunch, so I hope I didn't bother anyone?"

Daigo went out on patrol at noon. When he came back, he had missed lunchtime but didn't feel hungry, so he decided to just eat dinner later.

“How could I possibly be disturbing you? On the contrary, you’ve come at the perfect time.” Leo stopped what he was doing, looked at Daigo, and smiled with a hint of malice.

"Daigo, I'm giving you a task. Put aside what you're doing now. I'm ordering you to represent ESCG and have a social event with Rena from the Victory Team."

Daigo and Rena blushed simultaneously. Rena glanced at Daigo with obvious anticipation, while Leo quickly gave Daigo a look that said, "I've created an opportunity for you, so why don't you seize it?"

"Yes, I understand!" Daigo immediately saluted, gave Leo a grateful look, and ran out with Rena in his hand.

This scene filled me with envy. "It's so great. We're just neighbors with the Victory Team, like living on different floors. We can visit each other anytime."

“A batch of new equipment will be delivered to Sky Base in a few days. You should go there.” Leo hadn’t forgotten about Meng. His girlfriend, Dunzi, was a technician at Sky Base. They hadn’t seen each other much since he was transferred to ESCG.

Relationships need to be maintained, and Leo knew this very well. He even considered transferring Dunzi from the Sky Base to headquarters, but then thought that it wouldn't be appropriate for that reason.

"Really?" I was quite surprised; he had just returned from his vacation not long ago.

“Of course, when have I ever lied to you?” Leo was always a model of keeping his word.

After hearing Leo's words, I typed much faster and was in a good mood.

Komon and Kai recalled that Leo seemed to be dating several times before, especially since Fujimiya said he had bumped into Leo with a very beautiful woman at the amusement park, and even earlier, Leo had asked them about women getting angry.

"So, does the vice-captain have someone he likes?" Komon asked casually.

“Yes,” Leo nodded, not denying it.

Captain Gento silently put down his coffee, Fujimiya and Gamu quietly perked up their ears, and Komon and Kai unconsciously moved their chairs closer to him. "So, the vice-captain and the other person, are they dating?"

"No, I wouldn't call it dating. It's mainly because I... have no experience with relationships and don't know what to do in this kind of situation. Besides, our jobs carry the risk of being sacrificed at any time, and I don't really want the other person to be too heartbroken for me."

Leo's words were not entirely incomprehensible. In fact, many members of the defense force held the latter view. If they confessed their feelings and embraced their loved ones today, they might only return with their clothes on tomorrow. Even if the dead cannot hear the cries of the living, how could they possibly want the other to shed more tears?

"Besides... I'm too busy with work, and even when I have a holiday, it's always interrupted by various unexpected events. The person I like isn't from the defense force, so I have too few opportunities to spend time with her. Fujimiya should understand this deeply."

It would have been better if Leo hadn't said it, because once it came up, everyone felt a little sorry for him. Leo helped arrange everyone's holidays, but his own holidays were always sporadic. Even if he had someone he liked, it was hard to develop and maintain the relationship.

Ugh, those damned Muzhen aliens! If those guys hadn't gotten involved the day before yesterday, Vice Captain Leo's matter might have been settled!

不行不行，为了副队长的感情事业，看来有必要帮一些忙才是，众人默默决定，等下次雷奥放假了就让他好好休息，那个不长眼的要是敢来，别管是什么宇宙人还是怪兽，战斗机都不开了，直接变身！冲上去揍。

"Oh right, Fujimiya, I remember..."

Leo suddenly stopped mid-sentence, his expression gradually turning serious and even frighteningly cold. Captain Gento, not understanding what was happening, asked, "What's wrong, Vice-Captain?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered that there's something very important I need to tell Dr. Dango, so I need to leave for a while."

Leo hurriedly got up and left the command room, taking out his communicator to connect with Galatron. "Can you confirm?"

"Yes, it's been confirmed. Based on the spaceship's various characteristics and Zetton's reaction, the enemy is indeed a Zettonian."

"How much in total?" Leo adjusted his mindset and greeted the passersby naturally, as if he were making a normal phone call.

"A fleet, probably the vanguard fleet, numbering eighty."

Leo was mentally prepared for the Zettonians to come, but he didn't expect them to arrive so quickly. Just two days ago, the Muzhen aliens visited Earth, and today the Zettonians followed closely behind, bringing a total of eighty spaceships. They looked very aggressive and estimated that they would enter the solar system in about two hours.

Eighty spaceships may sound like far fewer than the Naga's vanguard fleet, but the Zettons' spaceships are far more powerful than the Naga's. Miss Zetton sensed that all of these spaceships carried Zettons, and they were there to directly conquer Earth.

This is far more terrifying than the Muzhen aliens and Naga. Even if the Zettons of the Zetton aliens are much weaker than the Zettons of the Leo family, they are still Zettons. He doesn't want so many Zettons to fall on Earth. "Can we intercept them directly?"

"It's a bit difficult. The enemy fleet is constantly on the verge of collapse, and even if we use Red Steel Spark, we won't be able to inflict effective damage."

Compared to the Naga, the Zettons were much more cautious, because they had received information that this Earth held something the Baltans coveted.

Previously, it was said that Balki, Pitt aliens, and Zarab aliens had all come to Earth ahead of time, but none of them were able to return. This means that Balt must have deployed a large number of troops to guard it.

However, the Zettonians were not unprepared. They had a trump card up their sleeve and were determined to take Earth. They would prove that they, the Zettonians, understood Zetton best!

Chapter 140 The Jettons' Target

For the Zettonians, the people they hate most in all the universes are undoubtedly the Baltanians, who are competing with them for market share. But no matter how many times they try to deny it, they all admit in their hearts that the Baltanians are indeed better than them at developing the upper limit of Zetton.

Ever since the failure of the Ultra Brothers Annihilation Plan, also known as the Super Killing Plan, the Baltan aliens learned their lesson and corrected their mistakes. After summarizing and analyzing the situation, they concluded that the Zetton given to them by the Zetton aliens was wrong, or at least that the method of training Zetton was wrong.

So the Baltan aliens bought a large number of Zettons from the Zetton aliens and tried to produce and cultivate them themselves. As a result, they actually figured out a new cultivation route and cultivated Zettons with all-around barriers.

The Zettonians secretly and anonymously bought one to study. In the end, although they developed a Zetton with the same all-around barrier and even greater power than their own kind, they lost the ability to teleport and absorb light. When it invaded Earth in another universe, it was defeated by Ultraman Max.

"Sigh, if that other Zetton with great potential hadn't mysteriously disappeared back then, how could our Zetton have been overshadowed by the Baltan's Zetton?"

The Zetton vanguard officer was particularly annoyed by this. Ever since the first Zetton, the original Zetton, was defeated by Earthlings’ zero-gravity bomb, they had poured all their resources into the original Zetton’s sister, hoping to cultivate the legendary EX, or even the Hyper Zetton that only existed in theory.

Then one day, he discovered that his beloved Jaden was nowhere to be found! (Reiblood said it was just a small thing he did.)

Then the Zettonians figured it out and concluded that it must have been the Baltanians who did it. They must have stolen the Zetton and secretly trained it into an EX Zetton. Of course, the Baltanians couldn't admit it, and the two sides became sworn enemies, almost leading to a large-scale space war.

"Damn Baltans, we'll get our revenge sooner or later!" The Zetton vanguard was furious. After learning that the Baltans coveted Earth, they felt that Earth must hold a secret that could make Zetton even stronger.

As long as they can obtain this Earth and unlock this secret, the Zettonians can mass-produce powerful Zettons. After all, the Baltans are the upper limit of Zetton development, but in terms of the number of Zettons they can cultivate, it still has to be the Zettonians.

If the legendary Hyper Zetton is created, then replacing Emperor Empera and becoming the new Dark Emperor will be a piece of cake!

"Report: No trace of the Baltan aliens has been found so far!"

"Be careful, the Baltans are all a bunch of treacherous guys. Keep all fleets ready to jump at any time to avoid being surrounded by the enemy."

If the Baltan aliens truly value Earth, they couldn't possibly be completely unprepared, especially given the obvious actions of the Pedan aliens. The Baltan aliens must have prepared a contingency plan to harm us.

Meanwhile, as the Zettonian fleet cautiously advanced, Earth also detected their presence. After comparing the data and finding that their ships were exactly the same as those of the Zettonians in Ultraman, everyone was a little speechless.

"Didn't the Muzhen aliens launch a large-scale invasion just the day before yesterday?"

"Yes, that happened the day before yesterday."

"Are all these spaceships carrying Zettons?"

"Most likely, this number of fleets must not be allowed to land on Earth; the enemy must be destroyed in space."

Although more than fifty Muzhen aliens came the day before yesterday, they only had two spaceships. Their gigantic strength was nothing special. But everyone on Earth knows what the Zetton aliens are famous for. This number of fleets would make it difficult for them to even reach Earth's near-Earth orbit.

"In summary, based on the results of the high-level discussions, this time we will fight in outer space, specifically on Mars, to intercept the enemy." Captain Stringman's expression was grim.

The meeting was attended by the String People, so much so that Leo couldn't help but frown, "So far away?"

"There's no way around it. The enemy fleet is too large, and considering the monsters that might appear on Earth, the combat power we can actually deploy isn't much higher than when we were dealing with Goblin."

"Under such circumstances, choosing to rely on the Martian front to engage in a protracted battle with the enemy can ensure that Earth will not be directly attacked, and also prevent you from being isolated and helpless."

In fact, considering that it would not have any impact on Earth, the best battleground should be between Neptune and Uranus, but that would only be possible by combining the Max propulsion system with the anti-gravity system.

In other words, if they were to fight there, only ESCG and GUTS would be able to participate in the battle, and without any backup, it would be an absolute certainty of death.

Everyone realized how difficult the mission would be, but they were used to it. Leo picked up his helmet and said, "Let's go. It's afternoon now. We can get a good night's sleep after we finish this."

"There's no need to write a new will. Just use the one from last time. Anyway, I've written so many wills and never used one, so I won't need it this time either."

Seeing Leo's nonchalant attitude, everyone couldn't help but be infected by him and put down their pens. Indeed, what's the point of writing things that are not needed? It's just a habit, and this is the first thing to get used to after joining the defense team.

As the group headed towards the armory, they ran into their Victory Team comrades. They chatted and laughed as if they were going on a picnic, and then walked towards the hangar to their respective fighter jets.

The maintenance crew's technicians stared at them with resentful eyes, yet dared not close them. Even though they didn't know what had happened, the fact that ESCG and Victory Team had joined forces meant that the situation was clearly more serious than it seemed.

Leo sat in the repaired King Joe cockpit, took a deep breath, and Darkweave jumped out of the Extreme Combat Device. Leo reached out and turned off the communication.

Ampera gently rested her chin on the top of his head, her hands resting on his shoulders and in front of him. She liked this feeling; Leo's darkness wasn't so oppressive or domineering.

“You’re nervous, Leo, why?” Emperor didn’t quite understand why Leo was so uneasy. “The Zettonian fleet and their Zettons shouldn’t be a match for you.”

If it is the main fleet of the Zettonians, then it is indeed worth paying attention to. But it is only the vanguard fleet. Eighty ships. Even if each ship carries a Zetton, are the more than three hundred Galaoguma that Galatron built just for show?

"Do you remember what I told you? The longer the calm lasts, the stronger the storm that is about to come. How long ago was the last time we encountered such a formidable enemy?"

These words silenced Ampera as well. She suddenly realized that almost a week had passed, and although a lot had happened during that time, nothing had really posed a threat to Leo.

Even the powerful Maga Zetton was actually easy for Leo to deal with, but Leo had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen.

Just as Empera said, the spiritual power of the Reibloodians is very strong. Even though Leo has only been awakened for less than a month, he has a strong intuition guiding him, telling him that he should hide, avoid danger, and leave this star system or even this universe.

"The survival instinct of the Reibloodians?" Leo realized something, then shook his head. "Unfortunately, I feel more like a human."

"Ampera..."

"If you're planning to say something about sending me away, then don't say it. Darkweave has no desire to leave your side. Otherwise, I would have already found someone easier to control and returned to the Dark Universe."

Ampera spoke calmly, which was indeed her initial thought, but now... it was as if she could just leave.

"Let me make this clear first: if you dare to discard the Darkweave Cloth without my permission, the first thing I will do after returning to my half-body is to come to this universe, steal the Ultimate Darkness, and capture all of humanity to mine alongside the Zettonians."

The dark cloth beside Emperor seemed to agree, swaying twice. After absorbing some ultimate darkness, it became much more intelligent, at least it dared not offend Emperor anymore.

"A tyrant," Leo couldn't help but mutter. "No, he should be called a despot."

"I am a foolish and tyrannical ruler, interpret it however you like." Apera didn't care. If Leo dared to displease her, so what if she was a foolish and tyrannical ruler? Anyway, her reputation wasn't any better.

All preparations are complete. Even the recently completed Atdis is going to join the battle. The strength of the Zettonians is actually a bit overpowered for Earth. If only the Pedanians were coming instead.

"ESCG, all personnel ready, move out!"

"Victory Team, all personnel checked, ready to move out!"

At the same time, elite defense forces from TPC branches around the world took off, just as they had done against the Goblin moons, and were now forced to fight the Zettonians on Earth with even greater caution.

"Galatron, how are the preparations going on your end?"

"Preparations are complete as planned."

Although the Zettonian fleet was no match for the army that Galatron had created for Leo, Leo had to be more cautious. His Reibloodian intuition told him to keep some tricks up his sleeve to avoid any unforeseen events.

Galactron and Galaoguma will not make a move for the time being. As for the Zettons, Leo thinks that Eleking and the others can handle them without considering what powerful trump cards they may have. But who would dare to attack so brazenly without having some trump cards?

Meanwhile, the Zettonian fleet also noticed the commotion on Earth, but what puzzled them was that it wasn't the Baltanians who had made the move.

"The Earth's own army? Strange. Could it be that the Baltan aliens have really set their sights on this Earth? The Pet aliens and the Zarab aliens can't possibly have all of Earth's people... Oh, I get it, there must be Ultraman on this planet!"