Ultraman: I Really Didn't Want to Rule the World

The four children politely replied with a "hello," and the boy then turned his gaze to Hong Tu: "You're Dash's special advisor, the alien Hong Tu, right?"

Hong Tu was taken aback, not expecting that her information was also included in the scope of public disclosure, but she quickly realized what was happening and gave a gentle smile: "That's right, hello everyone, cubs."

“Tu, you can’t call children cubs, you should say children.” Sheen covered his face with one hand and put the other on Hong Tu’s shoulder.

"Ah, sorry." Hong Tu apologized immediately. He really didn't mean it; after dealing with monsters for so long, he unconsciously started calling them cubs...

The four little ones stared at him curiously for a long time before shifting their gaze to the last "person".

"Robot Ellie, and!"

When Ellie heard her name being called, she turned around and bowed to the four little ones, saying, "Nice to meet you."

He also turned his body to greet them.

"Nice to meet you." The four children bowed in return.

Hijikata looked at the boy, who recognized everyone, with some curiosity: "You seem to know a lot about dash."

"Yes, Captain Hijikata," the little boy called him captain directly, looking very proud. "When I grow up, I want to join DASH and defeat monsters with Ultraman Max!"

"Really? I'm looking forward to it." Hijikata thought highly of the child and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.

Encouraged, the little guy was full of energy and shouted loudly, "Yes!"

The atmosphere in the command room was very harmonious for a moment.

Just then, Mu Ting, who was late, walked in without even putting on a coat: "I'm sorry, I'm late."

The most awkward thing was that when he saw the children, he remembered what day it was.

Oh no! This is so embarrassing, especially in front of the children! Please, don't be so careless!

However, no matter how devastated he was, Hijikata would not let him go.

"Team Member Kiten, what time is it?"

Mu Ting turned around awkwardly and saw the children staring at him expressionlessly. His heart sank, and he immediately felt that his image was doomed!

Sure enough, the fair and impartial Ellie said it directly: "It's 10:32 now, 32 minutes late for work."

Mu Ting frantically tried to signal to Ellie with his eyes, but Ellie remained unmoved. He could only turn to the others and say, "I overslept because it wasn't my shift today."

The poor young man tried to salvage his image of being wise and capable, but the cold-blooded Ellie shattered his illusion: "Also, you've been late three times this month."

Mu Ting frantically winked at Ellie, signaling her to stop talking! She begged for a way out!

Looking at Mingtian's face, which looked like she was having a fit, Hongtu silently turned her head away, trying not to laugh out loud.

Hijikata looked at Kiten with disapproval, while Kiten finally straightened his attitude and apologized sheepishly.

To ease Mu Ting's embarrassment, and because Hong Tu had also become somewhat interested in the boy who recognized him, she decisively changed the subject: "Can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Ya Zhi."

Chapter 123 You Help DASH

Hong Tu looked at Ya Zhi: "Do you really like Max?"

Masayuki nodded emphatically: "I want to fight alongside Ultraman Max and protect the Earth!"

Hong Tu tilted her head slightly, and whether it was her imagination or not, Ya Zhi saw not her own reflection in those dark eyes, but a bright light.

Hong Tu blinked, and the boy's reflection reappeared in her eyes: "Then you have to do your best."

“Hmm.” Ya Zhi looked closely into the young man’s eyes, but there was only his own reflection in them, so he could only assume that he was seeing things.

Mu Ting sat down in the chair and secretly gave Hong Tu a thumbs up, only to have it quietly knocked away by Xi En.

"Alright, now it's time for the main attraction!" Mizuki and Kaito walked to the passageway leading from the command room to the fighter jets and extended an invitation to the children, "Let's take a ride on the Dash Airborne Carrier!"

"That's awesome!" The four little guys were instantly distracted and cheered as they entered the mothership.

Kaito and Mizuki led the four children into the mothership and piloted it to take them for a tour in the sky.

After taking the children on a flight around, the children's tour came to an end.

Although it only lasted three hours in total, the children seemed to have a lot of fun.

After a polite farewell, Kaito and Mizuki saw the four children off.

Hong Tu took a sip of the coffee in her hand, and the next moment her attention was drawn to the sudden alarm.

"This is Kaito! A monster has appeared!" Kaito's voice suddenly rang out in the command room.

Looking at the images displayed on the large screen, Hijikata gave Kaito the order: "I've confirmed it here too. You two need to protect the children's safety!"

"Understood!" Kaito and Mizuki's voices came through as the two began leading the child to a safe place.

However, the monster disappeared from the screen the next moment.

Hijikata frowned and asked Ellie, "Can you track down the monster?"

"The monster scanner could not detect it, but when the monster disappeared, an anomaly in the local gravity field was detected." The display screen in front of Ellie showed a very high-tech picture.

"Could that monster use gravity to teleport?" This was Hijikata's first reaction upon hearing about the localized gravity field.

"Muting, you and Sheen will pilot the Dash 2 to deal with the monster!"

"Understood!" The two accepted the order and immediately boarded the fighter jet.

Hong Tu calmly took a sip of coffee while looking at the monster on the screen, his expression completely composed.

Dash2 saw the monster, and Kijima's voice came through the communication channel: "We just lost face in front of the children, now we have to make up for it!"

With great momentum, Mu Ting aimed his laser at the monster and fired it.

However, the monster vanished the next moment.

On screen, the monster disappeared from its spot, and the laser fired by the plane missed its target, instead hitting a building behind it. With his superb piloting skills, Mu Ting turned the plane around and took off again. Although he was annoyed that he hadn't hit the target, he was not discouraged. Instead, he immediately searched for the monster and planned to attack it again.

"Ellie, is the pattern of the monsters' appearances still uncertain?" Hijikata asked Ellie.

Ellie looked at the computer screen: "The locations where they appear are completely random."

There's just no other way.

Hong Tu watched the big screen as Mu Ting and the other man's attacks missed again, meaning they could no longer attack indiscriminately.

“Metahiras.” Hong Tu placed the coffee cup on the table, her voice calm. “That monster hates ultra-short radio waves.”

"Ultra-short radio waves?" Hijikata looked up and saw the monster's three-lobed mouth open, its long tongue sticking out, melting and destroying a signal tower.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mu Ting launched another attack.

However, the monster was one step ahead of him and disappeared.

The distortion of the local gravity field detected by the base disappeared, and the monster did not reappear this time, but disappeared completely.

"Did they escape..." Hijikata said, but he knew perfectly well that the other party had only left temporarily. They couldn't do anything to that guy. If they still couldn't find a way to deal with the monster next time, they would just have to wait to die.

So he turned his gaze to Hong Tu: "Tu, do you know that monster?"

“Hmm,” Hong Tu nodded, sorting through the monster information given by the Dark Ring, her fingertips tracing the rim of the cup, “It’s an elusive creature that can jump freely through space.”

Do you know how to deal with it?

"That guy isn't that powerful; the only problem is his spatial teleportation ability. Next time he appears, let me go; I can catch him."

Hong Tu looked at Tu Fang, wondering whether the other party would let him out.

Hijikata hesitated for a moment, then the passage door suddenly opened, and Kijima and Shin reluctantly returned to the base.

Without saying much, Kimi asked Hijikata for permission to see the children.

Hijikata nodded: "Tu, you should come too. While you're at it, check out the scene and see if you can find the monster."

In Hijikata's mind, eliminating the monsters was naturally more important. Although he was ordered to restrict Kou-ta from going out, he could refuse if Ki-niwa was with him.

With Hong Tu in tow, Mu Ting quickly left the base and ran to Kaito, Mizuki, and the children.

Seeing that the children were safe and sound, Mu Ting was slightly relieved. Thankfully, they hadn't been frightened.

“You can rest assured now,” Mu Ting tried to reassure the children.

With a cold expression, Ya Zhi stood up and walked up to him: "But the monster escaped."

Mu Ting was taken aback, recalling the times he had attacked but had been powerless.

Indeed, the monster escaped, that was an undeniable fact, but Kijima wouldn't be defeated by this defeat, so he forced a smile, assuming the children were worried about the monster: "It did get away this time, but we'll definitely destroy it next time!"

He can guarantee it!

But Ya Zhi didn't believe him at all. When he saw that Mu Ting was late for work in the morning, he felt that Mu Ting was not worthy of being a DASH member and that Mu Ting was incapable of protecting the Earth. This time, the monster got away, which disappointed him even more, and even made DASH seem useless in his eyes.

Hong Tu clearly perceived the child's naive idea—that a failed dash could not protect the earth.

Therefore, Masayuki didn't believe Kiba's words at all: "What should we do?"

"How to do it..." This question hit the nail on the head, and Mu Ting really couldn't think of a solution for the time being.

But Hong Tu kindly came to his rescue: "Here you go. Next time the monster appears, you can tell Team Member Mu Ting where the monster is, okay?"

The young man crouched down, his pure black eyes fixed on the stubborn child before him: "You already know how to find the monster, right?"

"Huh?!" The others were startled, but Hong Tu raised her hand to stop them from saying what they were about to say.

“But dash has failed!” The boy stared back defiantly, stubbornly looking at the red tea.

“One failure doesn’t mean eternal failure. The Dash team members are human too, of course they will fail.” Hong Tu was always very patient with the cubs, especially these sparkling cubs, so he tried to persuade the child, “But they will never give up.”

Although Kimiwa is usually a bit of a jerk, he is someone who doesn't give up easily. No matter how many times he fails, he will not back down, but will regroup and fight again.

Masayuki also wants to protect humanity, right? Dash failed this time; next time, Masayuki, how about helping Dash defeat the monster?

How about we defeat the monsters using only human strength, without relying on Max or aliens like us?

Yazhi shifted his gaze to Mu Ting, who was staring at Hong Tu in surprise. After a long silence, he nodded emphatically.

Hong Tu smiled, stopping the others from asking questions, and took out a communicator: "Captain, I'd like to request to temporarily add a junior member. I've managed to recruit a key member for you guys who can find the monster."

Chapter 124 Relying on Humanity Itself