Scientist from the Land of Light: Ultraman Carlos

Earth Defense Force, Monster Research Center.

"Fragments of Ganegac 1-19 have been collected." The biochemical research team had just finished the task of collecting monster fragments when they suddenly heard the new guy in front of them slip and fall to the ground, spilling the cans he was pushing all over the floor.

"Hey, Kaburagi, be careful." The lead staff member sighed helplessly, but didn't say anything, just led the team to the storage area: "Hurry up and follow, or I'll leave you to turn off the lights."

"Ah, sorry." Kaburagi quickly apologized, then cleaned up the sticky monster fragments himself.

Suddenly, something seized the opportunity to dart onto his face from among the fragments, then brandished its sinister tentacles and charged toward Kaburagi.

"What?! What is this thing?! It's disgusting! Wait! No!! Ah! Yamete!!!"

After a fruitless struggle, poor Kaburagi not only lost his dignity, but was also forcibly possessed by an evil alien parasite.

After adjusting to his new body for a while, Cerebro walked to the overturned sealed jar and took out the Zeta Riser he had hidden beforehand and a piece of Belial's foot skin, commonly known as a Devil Fragment.

"Senpatou kalie kalie da!" (I feel great right now!)

boom! !

Suddenly, a large hand attacked from the side, grabbing Serebolo's throat and slamming him against the wall. Immediately afterward, an extremely cold middle-aged male voice entered his mind: "Ah... but I don't feel well."

"Cough cough cough~!" With this blow, Sereblo felt like his new body was about to fall apart. Just as he was about to see who was attacking him, he suddenly felt a terrifying suffocating sensation coming from his neck. The threat of death made Sereblo feel cold in his hands and feet and his back go cold.

A murderous aura, an intensely pure murderous aura. This guy really wanted to kill him!

Realizing this, Sereblo immediately became obedient and dared not make the slightest unnecessary movement, not even daring to look at the person again.

“You’d better behave yourself, you piece of trash who enjoys destruction. If you weren’t still useful to me, you would be dead by now!” With that, the middle-aged man released Cerebro.

Cerebro regained his freedom and took a few deep breaths to release the suffocating feeling. He turned his head and saw only a figure dressed in the attire of the ancient Land of Light walking into the darkness: "Come with me... or die."

A sinister glint flashed in Cerebro's eyes, but considering the gap between them, he ultimately followed suit.

—Underpants (Advanced Transition Sound Effect)—

"Oh! Haruki, this is Mikoto-senpai! Ah! And Jugglus-senpai!! Oh my! This is Ms. Veronica, whom Jugglus-senpai mentioned!!"

I already thought it was amazing that you looked exactly like Senior Hong Kai, but I never imagined there were so many imposters. Oh, and there's also the mysterious shopkeeper who makes magic rings.

Is this what Zero & Sissi always refers to as a parallel universe counterpart? It's truly amazing!

Jugglus Juggler, his face darkening, held his coffee as he watched a tiny blue Zeta, made of energy, fly around the office, making a racket, pointing at this and looking at that, and then sending his own words through his body to give Commander Kuriyama a good talking-to.

The key is that he has to pretend he can't see this guy... As Jugglus thought about this, he saw his future life as bleak.

Ugh... so noisy, so annoying... I just want to get off work... And Zeta, you're switching channels, you know that?!

Haruki was terrified by Zeta's actions, breaking out in a cold sweat, but then he breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that only he could see and hear Zeta's voice. Thank goodness no one else could see her, otherwise…

Haruki could already picture Captain Hebikura with a dangerous smile, reaching out his sinister hand to roughly ravage his delicate Ultraman buttocks.

Ouch! That hurts so much!

"Haruki!!"

"Hmm. Huh? Ah! I'm here!" Upon hearing Jugglus call him, Haruki responded instinctively, then quickly stood up straight.

"What did Commander Kuriyama just say?"

"Uh...that! This!! Private Marseille! Please say it again!!" Haruki had no idea what he said; his attention was entirely on Zeta, and he didn't hear what was said at all.

"Hoo~! Haruka! Kaguya!" Jugglus Juggler took a deep breath, silently repeating the curse three times in his mind. This is the wicked creature he brought into this world. This is the wicked creature he brought into this world!! (╬￣皿￣) This is the wicked creature he brought into this world!!

"Yaohui, come to my office after the meeting."

"Why?!"(((;???;)))

"Huh?!"(▼ヘ▼#)

"Oh my god..." o(╥﹏╥)o

"Serves him right..." x2

Yoko and Yuka both shook their heads, showing no sympathy whatsoever for Haruki's experience.

This is all of my own doing.

"Ah, Hebikura, Haruki is just a child, so don't be too harsh on him..." Commander Kuriyama looked at the dejected Haruki and comforted him with a few words of reassurance, then cleared his throat: "Ahem! A new day, a new atmosphere. It's perfect for introducing our new member."

"Please give a round of applause to welcome our three newest members to the Armory: Nangong Bo, who, like Jiehua, is a technical advisor and earned seven doctoral degrees at the age of fourteen; Zhu Xingzhen, a new pilot who passed the test in three days and transferred to our Armory with a perfect score; and Ye Ruoshui, our cybersecurity advisor! Please welcome them all!!"

*Slap slap slap slap*!

As Commander Kuriyama introduced the situation, a sparse round of applause broke out.

"Commander Kuriyama, wasn't the new recruit test over? Why are there still new recruits?" Jugglus pulled Commander Kuriyama aside and asked in a low voice. Yuka and Yoko also perked up their ears, ready to hear the gossip.

“It’s because of what happened with Haruki a while ago that caused our budget problems… These three are sponsors I brought in… They approached me several times before because they missed the selection process back then, the same year Haruki was in… but I didn’t agree to any of them.”

Commander Kuriyama muttered something under his breath and held up three fingers.

“Now that we’re having funding problems, they’ve come back to us, offering this amount again… just asking for a test opportunity. After I went back, I carefully investigated their information, going back and forth seven times, and found no problems, so I agreed. They all got in through proper testing, so you can rest assured.”

Jugglus rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, "Isn't that obvious? Even if you went to the Space Federation to investigate Carlos's fake identity, they wouldn't find anything wrong. It would be a miracle if you could find anything." However, as the captain of the Armory, he was more concerned with something else.

Jugglus Juggler: "Yen?"

Chief Kuriyama: “Dollars!”

"Hiss~!!" Yuuka and Yoko gasped, looking at the three of them as if they were some kind of unfortunate traitor. "If you missed the Armory assessment, you can just wait for the next one. Why do you have to spend so much money to buy a chance? Is this the mindset of the rich? I really don't understand."

After introductions, the next step was getting to know each other. Jugglus Juggler and Commander Kuriyama, however, were busy planning how to spend their newly acquired budget. Meanwhile, Nangong Bo and his two companions began chatting with Yoko and her two friends. Moroboshi Makoto was cheerful and optimistic, Nangong Bo was witty and humorous, and even Ye Ruoshui possessed a charmingly naive and innocent quality, all enjoying a pleasant conversation with the three.

Aside from Zeta, who could only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

"It's Xixiu, along with Grandmaster Uncle and Senior Athena." Zeta happily floated over to greet the three of them.

Moroboshi really wanted to punch him, but thinking about the endless commotion from Zeta after he was exposed, he managed to resist the urge.

The same was true for Nangong Bo and Ye Ruoshui; in the end, no one paid any attention to him, as if they couldn't see him at all.

"Zeta...stop fooling around. Even though no one can see you, it's still very rude. And it's obviously another parallel universe counterpart. Don't make such a fuss."

Haruki, who had been listening to Zeta call out unfamiliar names all morning, was already numb. Ever since entering the armory that morning, Zeta had been saying things like Captain Hebikura was Jugglus Juggler, Yoko-senpai was Mikoto, and Yuka was Vernchi. Even he himself had become Gai Kurenai, and now three more people had arrived... It made Haruki think that all parallel universes were sharing the same model.

Actually, it wasn't just Haruki who was stunned; Zeta was stunned too. It wasn't that he hadn't seen parallel universe counterparts before; he had gone on so many missions with the Wings of Balance, so he had plenty of experience. However, this was the first time he had seen so many look-alikes in such a concentrated way, which felt somewhat magical, and he wondered if this was some kind of prank by his seniors.

"Ignoring me?" Seeing that none of the three reacted, Zeta decided to go all out to answer her question. She leaned close to Moroboshi Makoto's ear and said, "Nishi Shu, actually... the reason you were suddenly beaten up by Master Leo last time was because I accidentally smashed and ate a walnut that Master Leo had been playing with for 150 years. Then, afraid that Master Leo would find out, I followed Uncle Carlos's advice and threw it into your room..."

Moroboshi Makoto: "..." (╬￣皿￣) So it was you who did it!! I was wondering what was wrong with Grandpa Leo those days, wanting to train with me right away, turns out it all started with you!

Moroboshi was really annoyed, but she still had to keep smiling.

Nangong Bo subtly turned his face away and chatted with Shui'er and Jiehua, not daring to look at his good buddy who was smiling on the surface but was secretly cursing inside.

"What... there's no reaction at all. So it really is a parallel universe counterpart?" Zeta felt inexplicably disappointed.

So... what are you disappointed about? Didn't you get beaten up?

Yaohui thought to himself.