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

The deployment of the Cool Dragon team can be seen as filling the gaps in ESCG's strength. Although ESCG's combat results since its establishment have not been very impressive, it also depends on the situation.

If it were just Melba alone, any two of them could easily take him down. Daigo and Komon are seniors after all, and their experience isn't just for show. It's just that the matches in ESCG seem to be relatively high-level.

"Sigh, when will the renovation of King Bridge finally be completed?" Leo sighed. The command post couldn't be left empty, and he was responsible for coordinating and commanding all the defense forces in place of the stringman.

However, if King Joe were upgraded, then even a single person could launch an attack mission, further enhancing the military strength of the defense force. Unfortunately, there's only one King Joe... Hmm, right?!

Leo suddenly remembered that he had posted a thread on the Dark Universe forum before, and he didn't know if anyone had replied. He planned to take the Lebik alien's spaceship and exchange it for some good stuff, or even the Metron if necessary.

I was just too busy yesterday and didn't even remember about it.

Leo quickly took out his communicator and language translator. After turning them on, he discovered that there were actually quite a few people replying to his post.

[Not a dog, nor a hybrid]: Pedan Star Metal? That stuff is not easy to obtain. The Pedan Star people are always worried that others will steal their Golden Bridge technology, and they have been mass-producing new Black Golden Bridges for years.

【Emperor Kono Bald Alien】: Brother, tell me what you can trade for it. By the way, what do you need Pedan metal for?

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: I happen to have some metal from Planet Pedan on hand. I don't have a spaceship engine, but I do have the core of a mechanical monster.

Bard aliens? I don't remember them. Leo took out his computer and searched for them, then realized, they were the ones in Seven whose heads looked like butts.

As for the last one, Leo thought for a moment and first searched for this Mr. Cha's reputation and public image. Hmm, it was actually quite good, at least in his treatment of customers. He was indeed a businessman.

Leo casually replied to the post by the Bald alien with "I'm busy conquering Earth," changed his ID, and then clicked into the private chat page of that person, "[AAA Monster Wholesaler Mr. Cha]," and curiously sent a "Are you there?" message.

[Mr. Cha from AAA Monster Wholesale]: Friends, we are here, always ready to serve our customers. This is a fundamental principle of being a businessman.

【My Zetton is the best in the universe】: Just asking, do you sell the Pedan metal you have? I have a Metron alien spaceship.

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: Metron's spaceship? That's fine, but even at the new customer price, the metal I give you will only be enough to build a third of King Joe at most.

【My Jetton is the best in the universe】: Wow, Pedan metal is so expensive?

[Mr. Cha from AAA Monster Wholesale]: That's right. The main reason is that the Pedanians started drastically reducing Pedan metal exports a long time ago. I heard that someone told them that their planet would be destroyed in the future, so they prepared for war in advance.

My Jaden is the best in the world: Oh, I see. Then can't it be cheaper?

[Mr. Cha from AAA Monster Wholesale]: No, sir, this is already the lowest price. Otherwise, what can you offer in exchange? Do you have any local specialties that you have abundant?

Special products? Does Earth's seawater count? Leo scratched his head, thinking that there really wasn't much special product that Earth could offer in exchange.

"A monster has appeared in the sky above the K area of ​​K City, confirmed to be Melba."

"A monster has appeared underground in the K district of Q City. It is suspected to be Golza. Requesting assistance."

Another monster has appeared, but did these monsters plan this together? Why are they targeting a different city, K region, and wreaking havoc on it today?

Wait, a monster? Leo's eyes were fixed on the screen, staring intently at the label behind the three letters AAA, and then he quickly typed and sent it.

【My Zetton is the best in the universe】: If we're talking about the most abundant local specialties here, would monsters count?

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: ? ? ?

On a black market planet in the dark universe, the famous monster collector and merchant Charija was deep in thought: what kind of planet could be worthy of associating "monsters" with "abundant specialties"?

With this question in mind, Chariga glanced at Leo's ID again, then sent a message while continuing to negotiate the price with the Zettonian in front of him.

[Mr. Cha from AAA Monster Wholesale]: Is this customer from Planet Batter or Planet Zetton?

【My Jaden is the best in the universe】: No, it doesn't count.

Upon seeing this answer, Charlie immediately understood: well, Earthlings, or at least people who live on Earth.

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesale]: It seems you live on Earth.

This answer left Leo completely bewildered. Wait, what does this mean? It just means I'm from Earth. So, monsters are mostly found on Earth, aside from Zetton and Baltan, right?

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: What specific monsters are there? If possible, I'd like to take a look. If it's one I haven't collected before, we can discuss it.

Leo pondered for a moment, then downloaded a small portion of the monster encyclopedia from the TPC database and forwarded it to Charlie.

[Mr. Cha, the Wholesaler of AAA Monsters]: …………

"WTF!" Charlie couldn't help but blurt out a swear word he had learned on Earth, causing the surrounding aliens to subconsciously look over, wondering what could possibly make this well-known industry bigwig swear.

The Zettonian, who had just finalized the price with Charlie, curiously peeked over and caught a glimpse of Leo's ID. His face instantly turned bright red. "Damn it, Baltanian, you have no shame!"

After saying that, the Zettonian left the money and took the various materials given to him by Chariga and left. He was going back to Zetton Star. This time, he was determined to cultivate the most powerful Zetton, the legendary Hyper Zetton, which was above EX level and close to the legend!

The Zettonians couldn't help but clench their fists at the thought of it. Back then, their Zetton planet had two Zettons whose potential was judged to be at the Hyper level, but who would have thought that one of them would perish on Earth.

The other one, however, disappeared one day after I had been raising it.

If those two Zettons were still alive, would the Zettonians have had their business and reputation stolen by the Baltanians?

Charlie didn't care about all that.

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: My dear customer, we're brothers from today onwards. Just tell me what you need. I can give you all the Pedan metal I have. Can you catch some monsters for me?

【My Zetton is the best in the universe】: Okay, but wait for my notification before you come. I need to think about it. Besides, I can't store monsters; I have to catch them on the spot.

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: It's alright, freshly caught ones are the freshest. You live on that newly discovered Earth, right? If I were to get there, ten hours would be enough Earth time!

【My Jaden is the best in the universe】: How did you know?

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: Because I have a collection of almost all the monsters from Earth in the universe, but I haven't seen any of the ones here. Earth is the only place with so many monsters.

So that's the reason. Leo's expression faltered a little. Seriously, are there really that many monsters on Earth...?

"A monster has appeared in District K of City D. It has been confirmed as a Garula. Level 3 alert! Level 3 alert!"

Well, there's no reason to doubt that. Even though he was all alone, Leo put on his helmet and prepared to go out. Garula was different from other monsters. Although it was classified as an ancient monster like Golza and Melba, its super strong body surface defense could even ignore the Texas Beam Cannon, putting it on par with Silvergon.

Previously, this guy's kin appeared in Europe, and the European branch of the Royal Glory Defense Force only managed to eliminate them at the cost of the entire team's lives. Therefore, Leo had to take action.

He had originally planned to discuss the trade matter with Director Sawai, since, according to Ren, both Director Sawai and Director Yoshioka knew his identity and didn't restrict his actions much, even encouraging him to do so.

There are quite a few monsters today, so it seems we'll have to wait until we get back to deal with them.

Chapter 28 Jaden's heart was in turmoil like a raging sea.

"I wonder when the renovation of King Joe will be completed. Our current combat strength may not be enough to deal with the situation in the future."

After piloting Unit 2 to attempt an attack on Garula, Leo realized that conventional methods were indeed ineffective against this thing. Armor-piercing rounds would bounce off, which could hardly be called failing to penetrate enemy armor; it was practically like scraping a scathing finger.

There's no other way but to try having Dimaga play. Miss Zetton must be tired from appearing too many times.

(Let me do it!)

Zetton's voice suddenly filled Leo's mind, carrying an unusual irritability and urgency. Leo even hesitated for a moment, but after thinking about it, he released Zetton.

[Mr. Cha from AAA Monster Wholesale]: Customer, are you there?

Leo, who happened to be charging the Victory Flying Swallow II while casually browsing the Dark Universe Forum, replied, "What's up?"

【Mr. Cha from AAA Monster Wholesale】: Guest, you may not be very familiar with the Dark Universe forum, so there are some things you may not be clear about. That is, your ID is likely to cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.

【My Zetton is the best in the universe】: Really? I thought everyone's IDs were just random. Don't some people just use their race names as their names?

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: Those who can be addressed by their race are usually representative figures of their respective planets. Other people's names have more or less personal characteristics. Your name would make both Baltan and Zetton aliens furious.

【My Zetton is the best in the universe】: Really? Do these two races care about this that much?

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesaler]: Yes, brothers, yes, it's a long story.

Zetton was originally a unique monster of the Zetton planet. Ordinary Zettons possess power far exceeding that of ordinary monsters, not to mention their abilities such as teleportation, Zetton Barrier, and a trillion-degree fireball. As a special product of the Zettonians, it was extremely popular. Moreover, Zettons have great potential for training and modification.

In particular, Zetton also had the achievement of defeating Ultraman. Although it was defeated by the latest technology of mankind at that time, it did not diminish its outstanding performance. As a result, it was selected by Balt, who was thinking about the "Ultraman Brothers Annihilation Plan" at the time, and was trained according to the plan given by the Zetton aliens.

As everyone knows, after figuring out the Zetton aliens' training plan, the Baltan aliens obtained a Zetton that, while having higher stats than the original, lacked both barriers and light beams, and had a teleportation cooldown that was longer than Ultraman's active time.

So the Baltan aliens had to modify the Zetton II themselves, adding some remote-controlled devices, such as electric shocks and rockets, before being blown up by Jack in a two-on-one fight.

Since then, the Baltan aliens have stopped trusting the Zetton aliens' Zetton training program. They first bought many Zettons from the Zetton aliens, then began to look for their own training program and modification plan, and then... they took away 60% of the Zetton aliens' market share.

[Mr. Cha, AAA Monster Wholesale]: Since then, the Zettonians and the Baltanians have been at odds, but the only thing is that both sides insist that the Zettons they have raised are the most powerful in the universe.

So what Chariga meant was that Leo's ID was somewhat eye-catching and attracted a lot of hatred.

But Leo really thought his Miss Zetton was the strongest in the universe. He just didn't know why Zetton seemed particularly irritable now, which made him a little worried.

Leo's original idea was to find an opportunity to fire a shot at Garula's neck, which was its most vulnerable spot. The Texas Cannon would be enough to kill it. However, since Miss Zetton volunteered for the mission, Leo naturally did not stop her.

Frustration, unease, and displeasure filled Zetton's heart. She raised her hand and punched Garula away again, then walked slowly to him and unleashed another barrage of punches.

The more Jeton thought about Leo and Ren having breakfast together in the morning, the more annoyed and irritated she became. But what bothered her even more was the fact that she herself felt annoyed about it.

Normally, Zetton would only pursue efficiency, killing the enemy in the shortest time and in the most effective way, because she is a weapon. Just as those Zettonians once told her, a weapon needs the power to ensure that it can kill the enemy.

[Zetton, with such great potential, they actually used this method to train it? The Zettonians must have lost their minds!]

[That's fine, though. He's still in his infancy, so you'll grow up as his weapon. But be careful, or you'll be abandoned if you can't keep up with his growth.]

If a weapon is useless, it is only natural to discard it. Zetton had no complaints about this, which is why she chose to train Dimaga, whose potential was no less than her own, as Leo's second monster.

Even from the day she was awakened by Leo, she was prepared to be abandoned. There was no reason or complaint, because the cosmic dinosaur, the strongest weapon Zetton, did not need such emotions.

But now, Zetton realizes that she is experiencing a different kind of emotion, especially when she recalls how close Ren and Leo were, and especially when Ren says that even if she and all the Ultramen together couldn't defeat the future enemy, she feels inexplicably uncomfortable.

When Leo said that their current strength was insufficient to deal with the future situation, she suddenly became anxious. Especially now, she could still feel the worry from Leo. Was he worried that her strength was not enough?

Zetton's inability to defeat the enemy quickly and effectively wasn't simply a matter of venting; Garula was a monster Zetton couldn't defeat with a single combo. It was too resilient, which made Zetton uneasy amidst his frustration.

Leo's growth rate was too fast. He joined ESCG and in just a few days, he went from a newbie to a commander who could mobilize all the defense forces and provide the best solutions.

Without much guidance from Zetton, he awakened his Reionics form on his own. According to the knowledge passed down by the Battle Nergist, 99% of Reionics never reach this level in their entire lives, and there is no sign of them being influenced by instinct.

The reason why the Balgi aliens and Metron bow down to Leo is because their bloodline carries the memory of their ancient ancestors being ruled by Reiblood. Leo and Reiblood are so similar, no, it would be strange if they weren't.

But does this mean that her weapon is not powerful enough, or that her usefulness to Leo is beginning to diminish?

Although Zetton herself said that Leo did not regard them as weapons, and she believed it herself, she was still... very scared when she realized that she might not be able to keep up with Leo.

Weapons shouldn't have so many emotions; they should always remain rational and use the most efficient and convenient methods to defeat the enemy. But right now, Zetton's heart is in turmoil like a raging sea.

Fear? Leo never thought he could feel such an emotion from Zetton. In his memory, Zetton was always powerful and invincible, and was even currently beating Garula. How could it feel fear?

"Jerton, come back first!"

Leo used his Battle Device to recall Zetton. Zetton was in a bad state, so he fired a shot into Garula's neck and successfully took him down.

After doing all this, Leo looked at his fighting device and found that no image appeared, which made him uneasy.

"Zetton, Zetton, are you alright? Dimaga, how is Zetton doing?"

There was no response. Zetton blocked the inside and outside of the fighting device and even cut off his telepathic communication with him. Leo could have directly spied on him, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do so. He could still sense Dimaga's worry and doubt. Zetton should not be injured.

What exactly happened? What was Jaden thinking?

Leo put the combat device back in his pocket, piloted Unit 2 back to base, sighed, and patted his face.

"It was my oversight... I should have learned more about and communicated with Zetton and Dimaga."

Chapter 29 Leo: Something's Nine-Ten Points Off (4K)

At the TPC underground armory, Captain Hebikura, who was in charge of the armory, was so excited that he almost shed tears. Looking at Unit 2, which had returned intact, he felt extremely gratified.

"Thank God, I'm finally... back alive."

When Leo rushed over and said, "I will be piloting Unit 2 into battle," Hebikura was devastated. After Unit 1, which Fujiwara Juri had crashed, was towed back the night before, he realized that something was wrong.

Why do these ESCG guys always crash their planes every time they go on a mission? Counting the ones left here by the Lightning Team, how many planes have there been? Repairing fighter jets isn't like repairing household appliances; their armory is practically running on wheels.

As expected, these defense force fighters are all idiots, completely oblivious to the hardships their support staff endure.

So when they saw Unit 2 return intact, Hebikura and Yehu were very moved. However, he noticed that Leo looked very serious, as if he had something on his mind. Unfortunately, before he could ask, Leo left, saying that he had something to discuss with Director Sawai.

As the director of TPC, an object of worship for almost everyone on Earth, it is not an easy thing to meet Director Sawai privately. However, ESCG is a defense force directly managed by Director Sawai, so Leo only needs to apply to meet this director.

“That’s right, just like you know.” Looking at the proposal that Leo had just hastily finished writing, Director Sawai gestured for him to sit down and nodded in acknowledgment of his guess. “Yoshioka and I did know about you a long time ago.”

"Even the original intention of establishing ESCG was to enable you to better utilize your strengths, which is why I selected so many elites from various defense teams to help you."

As expected, it was still a bit unbelievable to hear Director Sawai admit it. Leo was sitting opposite Director Sawai, and the space trade plan that the other party had written was written by him when he flew back, and it was a bit messy.

“Me, Yoshioka, Masao, and Kazumi, the four of us have been good friends for a long time. Masao is a very upright person, but unfortunately he and Kawawa left one after another, leaving Kazumi all alone.”