What? Ultraman is a lifelong character?

Chapter 586: Zero and Belia (Part )

As for why Seven chose to hide himself, Leo told Cero as much as he knew, but when Cero wanted to ask for more answers, Leo didn't say anything.
Zero's relentless questioning was met with the constant creaking sound of the armor on the other side of the screen, from his master Leo, his father's student,

When the screen in front of him was closed from Leo's side, Zero was still a little dazed. The familiar pressure brought by the binding armor that once gave him a nightmare made him feel as if he was there in an instant, returning to the time when he was once rebellious and trained by Leo brothers.

At this moment, the screen in front of Zero suddenly lit up again, and the scene of the Kingdom of Light and his uncle Ace appeared on the other side of the screen. Just when Zero was a little excited and thought that the Kingdom of Light was going to reassign him a task,
A piece of news came out that he didn't know whether it was good news or bad news.
Ace told him that he would take over Zeta's affairs now, and that Zero would stay on the battlefield with the Interstellar Alliance as a backup to prevent any accidents.

". Do you understand, Zero? I've already told the captain that I will keep an eye on what happens to Zeta later. You should just stay put for now."

"But Uncle Ace!" Zero said at a loss, "Is there nothing else I can do? For example."

"Of course." Ace interrupted Cero directly, then looked at Cero strangely, "When did the Kingdom of Light restrict your actions? Within the prescribed scope, can you do what you want?
Whether it is the Kingdom of Light or the Space Guard, they all support the subjective initiative of the Ultra Warriors. Don't you understand this the best?"

At this point, Ace even laughed, "Have you forgotten that you disobeyed orders and acted on your own several times before, and your old-fashioned father almost attacked you in Brother Zoffy's office. Wasn't it your uncle Ace who helped you stop those times?

As long as you don't make any serious mistakes, I, your uncle, can say a few good words for you, don't worry."

Ace had good intentions. He didn't know about Zero's recent mood changes, nor did he know that Zero had just had a "phone call" with Leo. He just followed his previous inertia and wanted to give Zero more room for self-operation.

However, Zero, who had just been attacked by Belia and "diagnosed" by his distant uncle Castor, and who had just learned his father's original thoughts from Master Leo, did not show the excitement that Ace thought. Instead, he said in a somewhat depressed tone,

"Uncle Ace."

"What?! Wait, Cero, are you having emotional problems? Did something happen to you?"

"It's a long story. Well, I heard someone say that when I was just born, my father and you had a quarrel because of me."

"What's wrong with you? Your master told you, right?" Ace was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that Leo must have told him what happened that year. Thinking of this, he said angrily, "Leo, this kind of thing must be told to you by Brother Seven himself, not by us uncles."

However, Ace, who was no longer a young man, quickly adjusted his mood and shook his head helplessly at Zero, "There is nothing I can do. If someone else told you, even if it was Brother Zoffy, I would have argued with him. But since it was Leo, I really can't control it. After all, the relationship between you and Leo is quite special.
We are brothers, and we have a three-generation master-disciple relationship, so I really can’t say much.”

Zero nodded. At this point, unless it was Ultra Father, there was really no one more suitable than Leo to tell him these things.

"Let me think about it. It's hard to explain what happened back then." Ace thought for a while, and finally shook his head silently. "I can only say that Brother Seven has his own ideas, and from his point of view, and even from the point of view of many people, including Brother Man, his 'selfless' choice, although it is a bit unfair to you, is fine in their eyes.

It can even be said that the conspiracy that he is your father is indeed the most ‘fair’ thing from a higher dimension.”

"However, I will never approve of the practice of completely sacrificing the 'small love' of family and kinship for the 'big love' of fairness and justice.

Love is love, this is inevitable, even if Brother Seven tries to erase the influence he may have on you, these things are not something he can erase just because he thinks he can. You should be able to realize this, Zero. "

Ace looked at Zero. He didn't want to comment on this matter. Whether his brother Seven had done what he had hoped for back then, to let Zero grow up in a way that was "fair" to himself and to the Kingdom of Light, was because the process was actually very complicated.

The complexity here is mainly due to the peculiarities of Zero's growth. He is the second real "criminal" in the Land of Light. You should know that when Zero tried to touch the Plasma Spark Tower, Tregear was still wandering and was not regarded as a "criminal" by the people of the Land of Light. When Hikari turned evil, he was not regarded as a "criminal".
In fact, if you just look at it roughly, comparing the punishment for Zero and the division for Belia for touching the Plasma Spark Tower, it actually seems that Zero gets more "favorable treatment" than Belia.

After all, Zero was only subjected to labor reform, while Belia was exiled.

But the problem is that such preferential treatment does not mean a subjective difference in treatment. Ace analyzed from his understanding of Ultra Father that this is more likely to be a reflection of Ultra Father on the subsequent events of Belia, and some improvements made to the very rare judgments of the Land of Light.
Ace felt that if the order was reversed, and Zero was the first to touch the Plasma Spark Tower and then turned evil, and Belia became the second person to touch the Plasma Spark Tower, then there would be a high probability that Belia would be subjected to labor reform and Zero would be exiled, even if Belia's sentence also included punishments such as 'knowingly breaking the law'.

But even if we infer this way, when it comes to the training and education of Ultraman Zero, Ace feels that this is indeed far from Seven's original idea, the kind of "fairness" he tried to achieve when he concealed his relationship with Ultraman Zero.
Because no one can judge what kind of judgment Ultra Father would make on Zero if the relationship was not concealed, and whether it would be a more "fair" judgment.

No one knows whether there is a possibility that, to some extent, it is precisely because Ultra Father took into account that Zero had actually lost the discipline of his "parents" that he was a little more "lenient" in his punishment of Zero.

Ace was not the kind of person who was good at this kind of thinking. After Seven decided to hide his relationship with Zero, he no longer paid much attention to this matter, because he did not have much interest in it.
He doesn't even have a girlfriend.

However, unlike the complicated process, the result of this matter is still relatively obvious in Ace's eyes. Even if we exclude the mistakes made by Zero and other messy things, it is still very obvious.
Unlike the fairness that Brother Seven tried to achieve at the beginning, in the end, Brother Seven's own apprentice Leo became the master of Seven's son Zero.

Seven, his son, and Zero became three generations of master and apprentice. Even if Seven wanted to prevent this from happening, the inheritance still appeared.

"Unlike your father, I don't think it's such a big hidden danger that our next generation is being paid attention to by us." Ace said to Zero, "It's inevitable for people to get close to each other, just like what happened to me with Zeta. I picked him up and brought him back to the Kingdom of Light, so I have to take more responsibility for him and give him more teachings. I don't think it's a big problem."

"Of course, I also understand Brother Seven's thoughts. He thinks that it is 'unfair' for us, who have certain rights in the Kingdom of Light, to give preferential treatment to those close to us. In fact, I also admit that this is probably indeed unfair."

Zero looked at Uncle Ace in the picture with some surprise. He thought that he would deny the idea proposed by his father because he valued emotions, but in fact it seemed that it was not the case. "Don't look at me like that. Unlike you, I have received a complete education in the education system of the Kingdom of Light." Ace joked to Zero and shook his head. "Even if I couldn't think of it when I was young, I can easily see now that the actions of us, the 'managers' of the Kingdom of Light, will bring some unfairness."

"So do you think so?"

"No! Just like I said just now, I picked up Zeta, told him some combat experiences that I didn't tell others, and I found some people to train him. Of course, I also know that you, Zero, also found some people to train him. These things are indeed unfair at first glance."

Ace shook his head at Zero, and then continued, "But like I said, this is inevitable. Even for us Ultramen, it is impossible to completely go against human nature and treat every choice and every event completely rationally and fairly."

"But if this is really unfair, then doesn't it mean that the Kingdom of Light is unfair?"

"So, this is actually the disagreement between your father and I." Ace looked at Cero, "He thinks we should use our personal 'will' to completely eliminate the unfairness that 'petty love' may bring, but I think we should use a more complete 'system' to prevent the unfairness that 'petty love' may bring."

"What's the method?!" Zero asked excitedly, but Ace just said calmly, "Let the people of the Kingdom of Light supervise us. This is the method I can think of."

Zero wanted to continue asking questions, but just like his master Leo refused to say more, his uncle Ace also chose to end the conversation.

"That's it. You need to think about some things yourself." Ace seemed to remember something from the past. He pondered for a while and finally sighed, "As a mature warrior, Brother Seven's education of you may have had some impact on you. You also need to deal with this yourself."

Zero opened his mouth, looked at the figure of Uncle Ace in the picture and waved his hand at him, leaving only one sentence, "Anyway, my promise remains unchanged. As long as you don't go too far, I will say good things for you."

"It's too outrageous. What else can I do that's too outrageous?"

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Shaking his head, Zero was thinking about the choice his father made when he was just born, Uncle Ace's evaluation of that choice, and the deeper thoughts behind the two of them that he had never thought about, while swiping aimlessly at the screen in front of him.

Now, he is actually very eager to find something, such as fighting, so that he can devote himself to it, or he can find some "seniors" to guide him with all his strength. Zero knows himself well, and he thinks that only in this way can he stop thinking too much.

But now it seems that both are more difficult to achieve than he thought.

In the face of war, he, who used to be the focus of everyone's attention no matter what he did, lost his position in such a cosmic revolution that affected countless civilizations.

As he grew up, the people who had guided him seemed to be busy with their own affairs now, not to mention his uncle in the parallel universe. Zero could understand the fact that the other party chose Xiao Lu between him and Xiao Lu.
But the problem is that even his master Leo is currently training himself and has no time to take care of him.

To be honest, looking at Master Leo's armor, Zero felt a little absurd.
The last person wearing that armor was himself, and the one who trained him was Master Leo. He clearly remembered that he was bound by the armor at that time, and more than once he thought about breaking free from the armor and using his fists to avenge the pain that Brother Leo had brought upon him.

But after so many years, the person wearing the armor for special training has now become Leo, whom he has called his master, and he himself even hopes that the other party can train him in his heart.
Have I grown up? Or have I never grown up?
The same thing happened to Belia, not just the Belia in his own camp, but also the Belia that Tartarus sent to the Interstellar Alliance.

Zero dared to swear that he had never concealed his movements, so theoretically, he believed that these two Belias knew of his existence.
But something very obvious happened. Belia on the other side changed his stubborn attitude and began to command the battle of the large army in a real sense.
On the battlefield, Zero could clearly feel that in the eyes of Belia, he had simply become an ordinary "super soldier".
The other side discovered me, but only saw me as a part of the whole battle, nothing more.

What was even more exaggerated than the Beria on the other side was the performance of Beria on his side. Beria on his side not only commanded the revolutionary army, but also managed a series of issues including propaganda, prisoner management, logistics, etc.

Zero knew that Belia in his camp was very busy now. That guy seemed to want to show off his talents in front of Ultra Father.
However, when Belia really showed that he didn't want to waste his time on him, Zero still felt a little uncomfortable.

You know, he took the initiative to seek help from the other party, which can basically be regarded as "bearing humiliation and bearing heavy burdens".

In Zero's eyes, his humble behavior should have won him some help, but the result was
After the other party cursed loudly, he left without looking back.

Zero knew in his heart that this was a good thing, a truly good thing. It meant that Mr. Castor, whom he should call his uncle according to seniority, had really succeeded in turning Belia into a "friend" recognized by the Kingdom of Light to a certain extent.
However, on an emotional level, Zero felt a strange sense of emptiness due to Belia's neglect of him.
The Kingdom of Light no longer needs Zero for the time being, the Absolut clan has temporarily gone into hiding, and the matter of Genezaku has been completely handed over to Zeta.
Uncle Yuais has partially taken over Zero's former management and command tasks of Zeta. Zero no longer needs to be distracted by Zeta, and he doesn't even need to calculate how much time has passed when he reversed the fourth dimension.

Even this war did not seem to need him, a hero famous in countless universes, because this was a revolutionary war belonging to countless civilizations, the people and the masses.
Moreover, the warriors from the Space Guard of the Kingdom of Light have come here from afar.

He, Zero, is an elite warrior, but it seems that he is just an elite warrior. He can help capture or defend a few or even an entire star system, but in a cosmic war, this is actually nothing.

It was very rare for Zero to get some time to himself. There was no new generation that needed him to run around to support. Everyone in Zero's guard team was doing their own things peacefully. Belia, who belonged to him, was dead, and the two Belia that suddenly appeared didn't bother to pay attention to him. His 'predecessors' also told him to keep half and half. Even the war had no place for him.
Logically speaking, Zero actually wanted such free time before. He was a rebellious and free-spirited person. He had thought countless times about going on adventures or meeting friends everywhere.

But now, he just walked away from the communicator of the outpost set up by the Kingdom of Light step by step. His steps were very slow, and beside him were those people who were hurrying on their way and giving their all for this war.

Suddenly, a voice sounded not far away, "Is there anyone available? We need to send someone to the field hospital in the rear to notify and cover their evacuation!!"

Sero was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and shouted, "I'm free!!!"

(End of this chapter)