Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

"The truth is that it was just a pleasant surprise."

"The essence of unity is a unique form of identity and trust."

"You should understand that when our Land of Light first evolved into the Ultra race, although we didn't actively go out to save various worlds all over the universe like we did after the Great Ultra War, the difference is that it was 'all over the universe,' not that we didn't."

"At that time, although the Land of Light's external activities were not so extensive, many Ultra Warriors had been helping various planets and races. In the very early days, our Land of Light did not have the reputation it has today. Others did not know the Land of Light, let alone what the people of the Land of Light were like."

"Before we built a recognized reputation through hundreds of thousands of years of consistent action, our earliest actions were easily misinterpreted as a conspiracy to interfere in various civilizations and planets and establish cosmic hegemony."

"So, how should we have proven ourselves back then?"

At that moment, Mebius suddenly realized something: "Could it be... that we are of one mind and body?"

"Yes."

Instructor Kasa explained the truth behind the emergence of the technique "One Mind, One Body": "The so-called One Mind, One Body, was first developed not because of any power, not because of any convenience, and not even to save people who died in front of them."

"In the beginning, the people of the Land of Light developed the One Heart One Body technique in order to prove their feelings to others. Once they are one heart one body, the Ultra Warriors can completely and utterly show everything about themselves to their human host, transcending all evidence, words, and expressions."

"That demonstration is something that no matter how powerful a person is, they cannot fake. It is the initial trust, and it is precisely because of this that the One Heart One Body technique has become an essential skill for every Ultra Warrior, almost something they are born with."

"This is the true essence of unity of purpose, Mebius."

Instructor Kasa's voice still echoed in my ears.

Zero was extremely grateful that he hadn't been distracted or skipped class, and thankful that he remembered every lesson from Instructor Kasa.

If it were Instructor Kasa, he would definitely do that—

"—Let us be of one mind, Kazuki Komon!"

Chapter 44 Zero Without Limits, Pseudo-Ultraman Shattered

"One heart and one body?"

The meaning seems vaguely discernible from the word's literal interpretation, but because I haven't experienced it firsthand, I'm unsure what it is.

But the only thing he knew was that no matter what these monsters called Ultraman said, he absolutely could not agree to it again. Once he believed them or followed them, all he would get in the end was deeper despair and being toyed with!

"Get out of my way! What new tricks are you trying to pull this time? This 'one mind, one body' nonsense? Get out of my way! I will never cooperate with you!"

Komon gritted his teeth and hurled his gun, now out of ammunition, at Zero as if it were a melee weapon.

His reaction was expected. Zero grabbed Komon's hands tightly, and as they locked eyes, Zero became domineering: "Sorry, this time I'm not asking for your opinion, I'm just informing you in advance!"

After saying that, he suddenly transformed into a beam of light and poured all of his energy into Komon Kazuki's body.

"Ughh ...

The screams of the lone gate were horrific, as if the person had been subjected to a thousand cuts and a thousand slices of torture.

But the wail abruptly stopped.

He thought he was about to suffer some kind of torture and instinctively cried out. But when Zero entered his body, it didn't hurt at all; instead, it was filled with a warm feeling.

That warmth was comparable to, or even more wonderful than, the warmth a baby feels before birth.

"No, this is all a trap, a conspiracy, I must not fall for it!"

Gu Men suddenly realized that this was a sugar-coated bullet, and he had to wake up!

Zero's voice came through: "Don't resist. Although the One Heart and One Body can assimilate my mind and memories to you, if you resist too much, the assimilation process will be slow and will take more time."

Don't resist? That means resist with all your might! Doing everything the opposite of Ultraman is definitely the right thing to do!

Even if Zero hadn't said anything, Komon would have done it anyway, and he's been doing it from the very beginning.

Finally, the light faded, and the human figure disappeared from where Kazuki Komon had stood. In its place stood Ultraman Zero, who was only a little over three meters tall!

"Are you determined to oppose me, Kazuki Komon? You've even managed to stay under four meters tall after achieving Unity of Mind?"

He laughed in exasperation. The result of forcing the mind to merge into one body was that even after growing to a gigantic size, it was still less than four meters tall. Such a disharmony between the height and the mind-to-body concept was unprecedented in the hundreds of thousands of years of history since the Land of Light evolved.

"You're the ones who insisted on messing with us!"

"Tsk, whatever, the fight's already started. If you insist on resisting me, then take a look at that fake Ultraman, Komon Ikki!"

Zero's reminder shifted the resistance of the isolated gate from within to without. (Micro-fun)

The fake Ultraman on the opposite side was surprised when he saw Zero appear, but when he saw Zero's behavior after becoming one with a human, he burst into a ferocious laugh.

"Are you trying to make me laugh, Zero? You deliberately made yourself so weak, willing to sacrifice yourself like this just to play your hero game? But I won't hold back, I'll show you the tenfold difference between us!"

A ferocious shriek erupted, and the pseudo-Ou first generation directly expanded its size in the city center, growing from a few meters to tens of meters.

It clearly knows that Zero is not the fake Othello, but it still deliberately says so, repeatedly provoking humanity's already negative perception of Zero, which has long since lost all trust in him.

"This is disgusting!" Zero was furious. "Hey, how you want to resist me is another matter, but just watch closely. That guy has clearly become bloodthirsty. Even if he kills the two of us, he will continue to bully others."

"Whether you think I'm some kind of conspiracy theorist or that I'm staging this, at least I'll actually kill that guy and won't give him another chance to fake his death. That should be what you want, right?"

"The choice is yours: fight alongside me, or die with me and let that disgusting guy trample on everyone else. It's your choice, Komon Kazuki!"

Zero was truly magnanimous. He said he would let Komon choose and then he really stopped controlling him. Instead, he unilaterally handed over all the authority to Komon, which caused Komon to be caught off guard at first. He even stumbled and almost fell over.

At this critical moment, the grinning pseudo-Ou first generation had already stepped over, his fifty-meter-tall foot stomping down, and Komon reflexively raised his hands to support himself.

However, due to the difference in size, just like Zog's true form trampled Gaia, it easily forced the three-meter-tall Zero to bear excessive pressure, piercing through the concrete and being trampled into the ground.

Zero remained silent.

Gu Men's thoughts were in turmoil. Should he fight? Should he fight? Fight with the body of an evil Ultraman... The horrific scene of Ultraman Zero deceiving everyone and then rising from his coffin to devour all the worshippers was still vivid in his mind.

What if, because of my battle, some people start to believe in Ultraman as a monster again?

No, compared to that...

When you can fight, you should definitely fight!

As long as I use the power of this new Zero to fight to the death with the alien beasts and other Ultramen, at least I won't become an accomplice who directly harms others.

hum!

The ground trembled, and the grinning fake Ultraman suddenly stopped. Its two eyes, which were no longer those of a real Ultraman warrior but instead darted around like fish eyes, began to reveal unease.

The area beneath its feet began to vibrate and rumble, an echoing sound.

"fighting!"

An echo from Kazuki Komon!

"I want to... fight... Aa ...

boom!

The 50-meter-tall pseudo-Ultraman was overturned, but Zero's height and size remained unchanged at just over three meters. Komon Kazuki wouldn't allow his size to increase further.

He feared that if he accelerated the process of becoming one with Ultraman, he would be completely possessed, controlled by Ultraman, and become an evil sinner.

Fortunately, Ultraman Zero, who is over three meters tall, seems to be enough!

The pseudo-Ou First Generation twisted his neck 180 degrees, turning his head back and then twisting it back again, looking incredibly bizarre. His laughter was maniacal. "Hehehe, you think you can defeat me like this? Do you want to train for another 20,000 years? Chirp chirp chirp!"

Seeing that Komon had made his choice, Zero finally came back online, full of vigor, because he had finally found his direction: "To defeat you, it won't take 20,000 years, two minutes is too long!"

"Then let's give it a try."

Rumble!

The fake Ultraman appeared even more frenzied, crawling on all fours. Everyone in the city, including the driver and passengers who were the survivors, could no longer suppress their emotions and fled in all directions with immense fear, afraid of being caught up in this dog-eat-dog battle, which was clearly another one of Ultraman's self-directed and self-acted battles.

"Drink up!"

Komon shouted. He didn't understand the fighting style of the Ultra Warriors, but the fake Ultra Warriors had used the Specium Ray, the Eight-Point Light Wheel, the Ultra Guillotine, punches and kicks, teleportation clones and other moves when they were disguised.

Since all the Ultraman can do it, there's no reason why the new Zero shouldn't be able to.

Bring out all your tricks!

As the strongest genius in the entire Land of Light, a talent that appears only once every million years, Zero's progress is so rapid that it's almost unbelievable. He has truly mastered all kinds of techniques, making them seem like instincts.

Even though the control is now in Komon's hands, when Komon wants to use various moves, these moves, which are so skillful that they seem like instincts, are immediately used one by one!

All sorts of guillotines, eight-point beams, and other weapons appeared around Zero, who was thrown away by Komon in a mere half-second. Then, various Specium Rays, Emerium Rays, Metallium Rays, Strium Rays, and other beams were all fired out at once.

It operates without any gaps, completely against the wind, continuously, consuming even more energy than a major energy consumer.

Unless it's in the Land of Light, practically no one would fight like that; it's too extravagant.

However, we can't do anything else like this, since it's only a little over three meters away.

While Ultra Warriors, even those only a few meters in size, can defeat some weaker monsters, it's clear that this doesn't include the pseudo-Ultraman, who is comparable to the original Ultraman.

To defeat the fake first generation of Ultraman with just that little height, he'd really have to fight an unconventional battle.

Fortunately, Zero is now receiving energy from various powerful figures in the main universe. His energy is so abundant that he could fight a thousand more battles like this without any problem!

"You damn thing... Ouch, ugh!"

The fake Ultraman became increasingly impatient. Even though Zero, who was over three meters tall, had all his moves significantly reduced in power, it was still impossible for him not to break through its defenses. Each of his finishing moves blew off a part of its outer skin, revealing its internal organs beneath the Ultraman's appearance.

Zero's eyes narrowed as he carefully observed the truth beneath the fake Ultraman's skin.

It was some extremely dense dark energy, plus something like the flesh and blood of an alien beast—no, perhaps it was the flesh and blood of an alien beast—and a bit of technological gears, and a burst of, or perhaps two bursts of, power that he couldn't tell what it was at all.

Several things were disgusting just to look at, far more nauseating than the internal organs of ordinary creatures. They wriggled and fused together, forming these pseudo-Ora monsters.

How exactly did they manage to do that?

Despite being undeniably filled with darkness and evil within, as long as it doesn't reveal its true nature, it can be indistinguishable from a real Ultra Warrior in appearance, temperament, and the power it displays.

Who exactly has the ability to manufacture these things?

Zero was astonished, but to Kazuki Komon and the fleeing citizens, the scene was perfectly normal.

If a monster as bizarre and disgusting as Ultraman didn't have this appearance inside its body, could it possibly be filled with warm radiance and light?

There's nothing more to say, only killing is the answer!

Even though its power was greatly reduced, with enough ultimate moves, the pseudo-Ultraman, who should have been able to have a one-sided crushing advantage, was already a bloody mess before he even charged in front of Zero, and even had one of his hands cut off.

It fell to the ground and writhed and crawled like a parasite.

And then, this is the move!