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Ling didn't find it strange that Nan Xizi would find out about her flaws. Since she had helped Nan Xizi before, Ling had no intention of hiding her identity. It was only a matter of time before she was discovered, but she didn't expect it to happen so soon.
It can be seen that Nan Xizi is a very careful girl. If it was the careless Beidou, he probably wouldn't have realized it before Nan Xizi said her guess? You can tell by looking at his surprised look at this moment.
The bravery of Hokuto Seiji and the delicacy of Minami Yuko, this is why Ace chose two human bodies at the same time.
"This... So, Xiaolingye, you are really Ultraman Gaia?" Beidou scratched his head, still a little unbelieving.
Lingye nodded, stretched out her hand to her chest, and gathered the light in her body in her palm. The light was very soft and not dazzling. After all, Lingye already knew the identity of the other party Ace, so it was proper etiquette to tell the other party her identity. On the battlefield fighting against aliens and super beasts, they were comrades worthy of trust.
"This is the light of Gaia, the light from which this planet was born."
"The light from the birth of the earth?" Although Beidou and Minami Yuko had guessed the meaning of the name Gaia when they heard Kaji Yoichi mention it before, they still couldn't hide their surprise at this moment.
"Because the Earth doesn't want its children to be harmed. Humans and all life born on this planet are the children of the Earth. Gaia wants to protect them, so she gave the light of hope to me."
Although Ace's human body, Hokuto Seiji is still a human born and raised on Earth. Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel warm. He joined the TAC team to protect the Earth and humans, and it turns out that this planet loves them too.
"Lingye, two months ago..."
"Yes, I was on the plane that was attacked by the Ultra Beasts two months ago. I died in the crash. It was Gaia who gave me life."
Beidou understood. He used to be a truck driver. He was attacked and died by the Ultra Beast Brauchon while delivering bread to the children in an orphanage. It was also Ultraman Ace who gave him life, so he was not surprised by Lingye's words. Instead, he suddenly realized something.
No wonder she was able to survive such a disaster. It seems that TAC team's suspicion is not unreasonable. Oshima Rei was indeed possessed, but it was not an evil alien, but Ultraman.
"Has the demon star Koala been completely destroyed?" Ling also asked. Previously, Ultraman Ace had gone to escort Maria II. Now that Hokuto Seiji and Minami Yuko are back, the mission should have been completed.
The light from the planet's explosion has just reached the earth, but Ling still wants to confirm it, after all, this is related to the safety of the earth itself.
"It has been completely shattered. Because it is relatively close to the orbit of Mars, some of the meteorites formed by the broken stars will be captured by the gravity of Mars. In the past ten years, the probability of Mars encountering a meteor shower is very high. If there is life on Mars, this would probably be a major disaster, but it would not have much impact on the star itself, because most of the fragments will become a new meteorite belt in the solar system under the gravity of the sun."
Meteor belts are not uncommon in space, and they are still 800 million kilometers away from the Earth. The possibility of an impact on the Earth at such a distance is almost negligible. Even if there is an extremely small probability that an impact really occurs, it will be at least tens of thousands of years later.
The super beasts and aliens were killed, the demon star was also destroyed, and this crisis was completely over.
"What are you going to do next? Are you going to join the TAC team?" Beidou asked.
"Can I join the TAC team?"
"Eh..."
TAC is an elite force under the Defense Force and has strict requirements for personnel selection. However, in theory, as a member of the TAC team, Beidou has the right to make recommendations and then enter the team headquarters for assessment - just like him and Nan Xizi two months ago.
Knowing the girl's identity as Ultraman Gaia, Beidou subconsciously invited her to join the TAC team. However, he changed his mind and realized that the girl was less than ten years old. Even if he shamelessly recommended her, she would never pass the team's assessment no matter how outstanding she was.
Ultraman's identity cannot be revealed. This is a very important matter of principle.
The identity of Ultraman's human body is a secret. Before leaving the Land of Light, the Captain of the Space Guard (Ultra Father) specifically tells every Ultra Warrior who comes to Earth. Once the identity is leaked, it means that the mission on Earth is over and they must return to the Land of Light.
This is not only to protect Ultraman, but also to protect humanity - this is the conclusion the Kingdom of Light has come to after dealing with countless civilizations over tens of thousands of years.
Ultraman saves the earth every time there is a crisis, which of course makes him loved, but once people know for sure that Ultraman lives next to them, the xenophobia of humans towards those who are not of their kind is inevitable, and the ending may not be good.
On the other hand, when people clearly know that Ultraman is around, it is easy for them to develop a sense of dependence, which is harmful rather than beneficial to human beings.
Therefore, it is impossible for Lingye to join the TAC team, at least for now.
"I'm living in Chiba recently. This is my home phone number. You can contact me if you have any questions." Ling also gave a number.
It's not a cell phone number, but a home phone number, because in 1972, not to mention cell phones, even 'big brother' phones hadn't come out yet, so Lingye, who had long been accustomed to carrying a cell phone with her, was somewhat uncomfortable.
Chiba City is not far from Tokyo, only less than 50 kilometers away, and it only takes half an hour to drive if the road conditions are good. Considering that Lingye's villa is in the suburbs of Chiba, it only takes 40 minutes by car.
After defeating the Metrons and the Ultra Beasts, the Yabo people finally had a few days of peace and quiet. It was a rare vacation for the TAC team, but Ling didn't feel like she was on vacation, or rather, quite the opposite.
"Should I go to school?"
Being woken up by Jianye early in the morning, Lingye encountered something unexpected yet natural. At the age of nine and a half, of course she should go to school. The reason why it was unexpected was that Lingye herself subconsciously ignored it.
"Miss, you have been absent from school for two months. Although there were special circumstances before, if you don't go again, the school will force you to suspend your studies and repeat the next year."
That means repeating a grade, which Ling certainly cannot accept.
Lingye's previous elementary school was Tomoeda Elementary School in Tomoeda-cho, Tokyo. This is an aristocratic school, and most of the students are children of wealthy people. Although Lingye lives in Chiba now, it won't take too long if there is a special car to pick him up every day.
In fact, many of the students attending Tomoeda Elementary School do not live in Tokyo.
No student likes going to school, and Lingye is no exception. However, for her, who is already a high school student, repeating elementary school should be very easy in terms of schoolwork. Moreover, there is Gaia. Lingye has long discovered that after receiving the light of Gaia, her body has improved a lot in terms of strength, agility, thinking speed, and memory.
This was Lingye's first time going to school in two months, and it was also her first time coming to Tomoeda Elementary School.
The school adopts European architectural style, with two five-story teaching buildings, outdoor stadiums, and indoor gymnasiums. In terms of hardware facilities, it is sufficient to be used as a high school. However, there are not many students in the school. There are only two classes in each grade, and each class has only 30 students. The remaining classrooms are used as activity rooms for music, home economics, and various clubs, and there is even an audio-visual room similar to a movie theater.
There is a large garden surrounding the teaching building, making the school particularly quiet.
[The sun is shining in the sky, the flowers are smiling at me, the birds are saying: Good morning, good morning, why are you carrying a bag of explosives? I am going to blow up the school, the teacher doesn't know, I run as soon as the string is pulled, and when I look back, the school is gone.]
I still remember that this was the song I liked to sing when I was in school. Now Ling does have the ability to blow up the school, but she no longer has the mood to do so. An ordinary life is the happiest.
"Lingya!"
After saying goodbye to Jianye and entering the school gate, before she even reached the teaching building, Ling heard a surprised voice calling her name.
"Tomoyo!"
"I knew you'd be fine!"
This is Reiya's classmate and best friend, Daidoji Tomoyo, the daughter of Daidoji Group, a leading clothing company in Tokyo. The girl has fair skin and long black hair that reaches her waist. It can be seen that she and Reiya have a very good relationship. When she saw Reiya coming to school in good health, she happily grabbed Reiya's hand and jumped around Reiya for several laps to vent her excitement.
Lingye was also happy to see Tomoyo, as these were the memories and emotions that came from her body.
Chapter 12 Super Beasts in Photos
"Look here, smile!"
Click!
The footage was captured by the camera.
Ling, who was secretly photographed, had a somewhat stiff expression, but the photographer, Tomoyo Daidoji, didn't care at all. Instead, he showed a smug smile.
Photography is Tomoyo Daidoji's biggest hobby, but she is more interested in taking photos of her good friend Reiya Oshima. Click, click, one photo after another.
Cameras of this era all use film, so there is naturally no such thing as taking a picture before confirming the effect. The result can only be known after it is developed.
"This is the newest camera I just bought. It can capture Reiya's cute looks. Don't be shy. Reiya is the cutest. She looks good no matter how you take her."
"Is it okay to bring a camera to school like this? The teacher will confiscate it if he sees it, right?" Ling also made an excuse to change the subject.
Elementary schools in Tokyo are generally very strict and do not allow students to bring valuable items such as cameras to school. If they are found out and their items are confiscated, it is a minor matter and may even affect the student's grade in the exam.
"It's okay. I joined the photography club, so the teacher won't scold me even if he sees me."
"But even so, you can't take pictures during class!"
"Okay." Tomoyo thought about it and finally put down the camera.
This made Ling feel relieved. It wasn't that she hated having her photo taken, but a sudden flash of light made her feel uncomfortable, as if she was being watched by the paparazzi all the time.
The next few days were calm, perhaps because there was an Ultraman on Earth for no apparent reason, which made the Yabo people feel uncertain and indecisive.
However, Ling also inadvertently discovered something strange.
That night, she was writing a diary (school homework) in her bedroom before going to bed. When she opened the drawer of her desk, she unexpectedly discovered that one of the 'Ultra Medals' inside had changed.
That was the medal of Ultraman Jack who left before Ace came to Earth. It was originally made of pure plastic, but for some reason the material changed and became something like crystal. The moment her fingers touched it, the light of Gaia involuntarily appeared between her fingers, and a few lines of text appeared.
It was not a text that she saw visually, but a stream of information that was directly transmitted to her brain:
【Jack Medal
Energy reserve: 0/172 (recovery of 0.002 per second, temporarily blocked)
Sealed, unlocking degree: 55/100 (55%)]
It was a very short paragraph of text, but it surprised Lingye. This was definitely not the function of the toy itself.
It can stimulate the Light of Gaia to react, so this medal is the real Ultra Medal? But why? She still remembered what the uncle said, that it was a toy he bought for his child. How could it be the real Ultra Medal brought from her own world?
If Ling had read more novels in her previous life, she might have known that this is called the End Orphanage card 'time travel cheat'.
She looked at the remaining thirty or so coins in the drawer, which were still in the form of plastic. She didn't know if this one was special or if the others were the same.
But she was sure that when she played with it in the hospital before, the medal was still an ordinary piece of plastic. Why did it change?
If there was any change, was it because she killed the monster?
I don't understand, but this shouldn't be a bad thing.
The next day was Monday, the beginning of a new school day.
In class, we randomly checked whether the diaries of the homework were completed. Those who didn't complete them were punished to go to the podium. Those who just wrote one line perfunctorily were also punished to copy the text.
Life in school is always peaceful, and one might even forget that this is a world infested with monsters.
The only thing that made Ling unhappy was probably that the boy in the back seat always liked to pull her hair. However, Gaia didn't need to intervene in this matter, he could just raise his hand and report to the teacher.
Peace and tranquility. This tranquility is the result of the selfless sacrifices of generations of giants of light and countless unknown people.
"Speaking of which, yesterday was a day off, so my mom and I went hiking in the Tokyo Hills," Tomoyo pulled out a photo after class, "Reiya, look, this is what I took when we were hiking yesterday!"
Ling also took the photo and thought it was a photo of Chiyo and her family's outing, but when she saw the picture clearly, she was surprised. There was no Chiyo in the photo, nor her family. There was a huge creature under the blue sky and white clouds, which was definitely not an ordinary Earth species.
"This is a super beast!"
A creature almost as tall as a hill, this is not a product of the earth.
"Yes, then the TAC team's plane came, and the Ultra Beast disappeared after the attack, and I took the opportunity to take a picture." Tomoyo said, feeling a little proud of himself for having captured the picture in time.
Was there a super beast yesterday? She really didn't notice it.
If such a monster appeared in the city in her past world, there would have been alarms and news everywhere, but the Earth here had probably gotten used to it in the past six years. Since it didn't cause any damage, it was considered nothing.
Beidou didn't contact her, probably because he and Nan Xizi thought they could handle it.
The photo shows a strange creature with a pair of triangular wings, a bit like a penguin and a bit like a bird.
Not only that, looking at this photo, Ling also had a strange feeling. I couldn't quite explain it, but I just felt uncomfortable, as if a monster was about to jump out of the photo.
"Tomoyo, can you give me this photo?"
Although she couldn't explain why, Ling subconsciously thought that this photo should not be circulated outside.
"Ling is also interested in super beasts? If you want this one, I'll give it to you. I have film at home and can make prints."
For Tomoyo Daidoji, preserving photos of super beasts is probably the same as taking photos of rare animals in the zoo.
There were not many classes in the afternoon at the elementary school, so they ended quickly. Because she lived in Chiba and couldn't walk home with Tomoyo, when Reiya walked out of the school gate, Jianye was already waiting for her by the private car.