Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

Forget it, such words are not suitable for me to say right now. Of course, I can't give up the chance to save people, but for now... let me wait and see what choice Torregia will make.

I have to complain about how slow everyone in the Land of Light's growth is. So much time has passed, and they're still in elementary school! Taro-senpai and Tregear haven't made much progress at all. Looks like I'll have to fast-forward through this part of the story...

483 (1w) The Friendship Between Taro and Toregia

Having received no response from Genjiro, Tregear sighed regretfully and returned home somewhat dejectedly. Finally, as if having made up his mind, he fell asleep.

Then, the next day, at Ultra Elementary School, Taro and Tregear, who had just finished class, were called over by their teacher, Florabella.

Do you know why I called you here?

Without any preamble, the usually gentle Flora teacher was unusually serious. Upon seeing this, Tregear immediately realized that his trip to the "graveyard" with Taro yesterday had been discovered.

“We know, Ms. Florabella.”

Seeing the distressed expressions on Taro and Tregear's faces, Flora's expression softened, and she said softly:

"That's where heroes rest in peace, a place for contemplating peace. You can't just barge in thinking you're having fun, understand?"

"Yeah." X2

The two little ones nodded obediently, and a slight smile finally appeared on Ms. Florabella's face. However, the matter was not over yet, and the teacher continued:

"So who came up with this idea?"

"it's me."

Tregear didn't hesitate and said directly that this was what he had thought about yesterday. In any case, as a future Ultra Warrior, he should be honest with his friends and take responsibility. This was something he had learned from his unseen friend.

"It was me. I was the one who initially invited Taro. If you want to criticize someone, criticize me."

On the other side, Taro glanced at Tregear who had stepped forward, and quickly followed suit, saying:

"I...I was wrong too. I could have stopped Toregia, but instead of stopping him, I encouraged him to continue exploring deeper into the area. If there's to be punishment, please include me! We...we really didn't know it was such an important place. I'm sorry!"

Looking at the two young Ultra Warriors who were willing to admit their mistakes, Ms. Florabella smiled and said:

"It's very important to be able to honestly admit your mistakes. You should all pay attention to this in the future. Okay, this matter is over. Go have fun."

And so, Taro and Tregear finished their office tour. Afterward, the two little guys strolled dejectedly in the square where the Plasma Spark Tower stood. Suddenly, Taro stopped abruptly, turned around, and said to Tregear.

"Will you play with me tomorrow too?"

"Eh?"

Torregia was momentarily stunned. He hadn't expected Taro to ask such a question at this moment, but there seemed to be no reason to hesitate. Torregia nodded and said softly:

"of course."

"Great! Now we're friends!"

Upon hearing this reply, Taro flew up with joy, and Taro's silhouette was deeply etched into Tregear's mind as he faced the backlight of the plasma spark.

"See you tomorrow, Toregia! Bye-bye!!"

After saying that, Taro flew away full of energy.

Torregia, remaining where he was, whispered:

“Taro..…”

After that incident, nothing noteworthy happened in Tregear and Taro's lives. Since that day, Tregear and Taro have regarded each other as best friends and worked hard to grow together from Ultra Elementary School. Gen Subaru also began to accelerate the jump of time, only stopping from time to time to answer some technical questions for Tregear.

However, as Tregear grew older, he came up with a suitable reason for Subaru's occasional disappearances—

Aside from the unstable contact, there's also the possibility that the unseen friend is in their own world, going on a mission or tackling some technical challenge.

After all, in Tregear's mind, this unseen friend was an extremely powerful figure. Almost none of the problems he had encountered since childhood had caused him any trouble. Basically, as soon as he asked a question, Tregear would start writing down the solution. Such a person must hold an important position in Tregear's Land of Light.

And so, over the long years, Tregear and Taro rose from the mid-level to the high-level in the [Cosmic Intelligence Center]. However, with this growth, Tregear's thinking underwent a slight change... or rather, his curiosity grew even stronger. Tregear began to spend most of his time each day in the Ultra Library, trying to answer his questions—

Why is the Land of Light the guardian of light, and why is Alien Empera considered an adversary of Ultraman from the Land of Light? Why would Alien Empera attack? And what is the dark energy that Alien Empera obtained?

Such curiosity is relatively rare in the Land of Light. After Genji noticed that Tregear had begun to think about this, he immediately marked the current point in time where he discovered it. If problems arose because of this doubt in the future, he could simply return to this point in time and intervene.

After all, even with his cheerful friend Taro by his side, Subaru felt that Tregear's curiosity about "light and darkness" hadn't diminished much; in fact, his thoughts had become even deeper.

In the Land of Light, there is no night, no darkness, and no evil people.

Terror, loneliness, nothingness, darkness—what are these?

Toregia could only learn these things in the library.

And why am I attracted to this kind of thing?

Toregia himself didn't quite understand this.

But sometimes, when Tregear looks back, he realizes that the only person who can pull him out of this mental labyrinth is Taro. To Tregear, Taro seems to be the very symbol of the Land of Light.

Taylor said that it is not good to always look at the negative side of things. He said that there is nothing that cannot be done by gathering the wisdom of all people in the M78 Nebula. However, although we cannot fall into darkness or look directly into darkness, darkness still exists there.

This question still caused Tregear to fall into deep thought from time to time. One day, Taro came to Tregear's side while he was deep in thought. For some reason, Taro was very excited, but Tregear didn't pay much attention to it. Tregear knew that with Taro's arrival, he could temporarily escape from that mental labyrinth.

"Why are you so gloomy? Let's go on an adventure!"

Ok? !

Okay, this is something we still need to pay attention to. Suddenly going on adventures like this is just too reckless.

"Oh dear, I have my report due soon..."

"You're so smart, you'll finish writing right away. Overworking isn't good for your health. They say there are unknown giant creatures on Planet Tiga! Let's go see them!"

To be honest, after getting used to places like the library in the Land of Light... no, in the Land of Light itself, Tregear really doesn't like going out much. Staying in one place is quite nice. Plus, this sudden departure is really hard for Tregear to adjust to. Going on adventures requires prior preparation, right? He needs to prepare some things...

However, Taro directly picked up what Tregear had written on the blank paper, intending to put it aside and forcibly drag Tregear out. But as Taro moved, Tregear suddenly panicked for no reason and hurriedly reached out to take it back.

"do not do that."

Just as Taro and Tregear were arguing... or rather, playfully fighting, a few scraps of paper fell out of Tregear's manuscript.

At first, Torregia didn't realize what it was, but after realizing what it was, Torregia panicked.

"Um, that...that's..."

Tregear, who was frantically talking, hurriedly tried to gather up his notes, but Taro, now in a playful mood, also wanted to see what it was and reached out to grab it. The two of them ended up 'wrestling' together.

"What's going on, Toregia? Aren't we good friends? Let me see!"

In the end, Taro of the Red Clan emerged victorious and, grinning, began to loudly read the message Toregia had written on the slip of paper:

The night is long and we often gaze at each other.

The starlight never entered my eyes

Son of the Sun by my side

Dispel my endless fear and sorrow

May you and I share the beauty of the moon.

"Don't read it aloud!"

"Is this a poem? You're quite talented at writing poetry. It's a good poem."

Torregia: "......."

And so, after all that commotion, Tregear was still 'dragged' to the library by Taro and headed to Planet Tiga, where their adventure began.

The sunlight on this planet is extremely similar to the light of a plasma spark, allowing Ultraman to stay active here for extended periods. It's clear that Taro did his research before embarking on this adventure; otherwise, he wouldn't have come here without any preparation.

Torregia briefly observed the surface of the planet. Several sharp cliffs stood out, with a vast tropical rainforest at their foot. Countless caves had been carved into the cliffs, the origin and time of which were unknown. However, according to Taro, numerous inhabitants claimed to have seen unidentified giant life forms within these caves.

The planet's native inhabitants believe that ancient monsters are sealed within the caves, and no one can approach them. The natives call the legendary monster "Gaggje," and it is precisely because of the legend of Gaggje that Taro, who loves adventure, has aroused his curiosity.

"Temperature 150°C, humidity 92%, wind direction south-southwest."

Torregia sat in the cockpit of the small spaceship, communicating with Taro. The complex appearance of the cave was scanned by the spaceship with neutrinos and displayed on the control panel for analysis. At the same time, Torregia also acted as a guide for Taro using the instruments in the small spaceship.

To be honest, Gen Subaru was quite surprised. He didn't expect Taro and Tregear to arrive in something like this. After all, in Gen Subaru's mind, Ultra Warriors were all tough guys who could cross the universe with their bare hands. But now... Gen Subaru finally understood how those Ultra Warriors who hadn't yet grown up went out on adventures or carried out missions.

Come to think of it, I'd forgotten that the Land of Light is a technologically advanced nation, almost overshadowed by the Ultra Brothers' exceptional individual abilities.

"Did you find anything, Taro?"

Suddenly, the sound of Toregia rang out, and he realized that Taro was standing in front of a side path in the cave, where he had stopped moving.

"Ah, it's nothing. It's just that so far, we've only seen some native creatures here, some that look like crabs and some that look like bats. They're all very timid and docile... Oh?"

While talking to Tregear, Taro casually chose a direction and continued forward. Then, Taro noticed a fork in the road.

There's another fork in the road here.

Taro took a closer look and discovered that it was a small passage that only allowed one person to pass at a time. Without thinking much about it, Taro ran straight in, which made Genji frown. It has to be said that Taro-senpai was indeed a bit reckless at this stage.

Torregia felt the same way; he was very concerned about the noise coming from the display panel and reminded Taro:

"The soil here has a magnetic field. The scan results aren't good. You need to be careful."

Taro's voice came through the communicator:

"It's alright, what else is here... Wow, Toregia, there's a huge dome-shaped space here, and the ground under my feet is covered in very soft pink clay, hey... what's that!? Wow—!"

The moment Taro screamed, all the data related to Taro displayed on Toregia's panel vanished.

"Taro?... Taro!"