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The ones who went to investigate were Nanhara and Kotaro because they both had curry last night.
I don't like the smell of garlic or curry. When I smelled curry in the command room early in the morning, Captain Asahina found an excuse to kick the two out.
However, the results of the investigation were not simple.
"You said you saw a monster?" Asahina asked Kotaro who was reporting.
"Yes, I saw it, in the mist."
"What about Namwon?"
Naruto shook his head.
"I didn't see anything. Maybe Kotaro saw it wrongly? There is indeed thick fog there, and people often mistake their own shadows in the fog for monsters."
"Ah, this is troublesome." Asahina paced back and forth. "Two people went to investigate together, one said he saw a monster, and the other said he didn't. This is too weird. And both of you ate curry, who should I believe?"
What does this have to do with curry?
"So Kotaro, did you see the monster clearly?"
Kotaro shook his head, he really didn't see it clearly.
"If you ask me, Kotaro got knocked out by the head. He's been boxing every day these past few days, so he must have gotten hurt."
"What, Kotaro, are you still practicing boxing?" This was the first time Asahina heard of it.
"Yes, I want to be a boxing champion. But it has nothing to do with this!"
And he was not beaten because of boxing, but because of the Ultra Warriors conjured up by Gaia. He had to fight with those three Ultra Warriors every day during this period.
Compared to the boxers in the ring, the beatings of those three really hurt. Brother Jack was the same. He actually used Specium Ray on him. That is, the Giant of Light is very resistant to Specium Ray. Ordinary monsters would have exploded long ago.
It hurts.
They said that whoever could hold out for one minute would win, but he had never held out for more than 30 seconds.
"Kotaro, since you said you saw a monster, what did it look like?"
What did he look like? Kotaro thought about it carefully.
"There are horns on the head. Two horns. No, it seems to be three."
"Is it two or three?"
Nanyuan didn't see anything, he said unhappily, thinking Kotaro was talking nonsense.
"Three, yes, three corners."
"Three corners? I guess you saw Ultraman Taro, haha."
"What?" Kotaro stared angrily. He really saw a monster.
"Then how about this, Kotaro, you drive the Super Swallow to the scene and search again. Um, didn't I give you a cell phone? Record the video and you'll know if there's a monster or not, right?"
A cell phone? Yes, it seems that there is such a thing. Kotaro joined the team late and has not used it yet. But it doesn't seem to be complicated.
Chapter 340 Believe in Yourself
Kotaro pilots the Super Swallow over the quarry where the accident occurred.
This is one of ZAT's main models. Recently, with the approval of the top management, it has been equipped with powerful weapons including lasers and rockets. It is now comparable to TAC's Airo.
The aircraft is equipped with an internal combustion engine and can fly in the vacuum environment of outer space.
The quarry is located in a ravine, surrounded by mountains with very complex terrain. The work shed is built halfway up the mountain, with the Tama River flowing below.
This is a river more than 100 kilometers long that originates in Yamanashi Prefecture, flows through Kanagawa, and flows into Tokyo.
Finally it flows out to the mouth of Tokyo Bay.
Because of quarrying, the surrounding hills are bare, and even if you want to hide, there is no way to hide any living thing.
However, the plane circled in the air several times, and Kotaro did not find any suspicious signs.
The morning fog had dissipated, revealing the river beach in full view. There were no signs of any large creatures passing through, nor any signs of any monsters leaving by digging through the ground.
So, he really saw it wrong this morning?
Nanyuan said before that he had just joined ZAT and was not familiar with it, so everything looked like a monster. Kotaro was still not convinced and thought he really saw a monster.
So, I am really too sensitive?
Kotaro was not very confident, maybe he was wrong. When he was in the Kingdom of Light, his father would give him clear instructions no matter what he did. During training, his father would tell him where the enemies were and what he needed to face.
But there was no such thing here, and he needed to make his own judgment. He had never made such a judgment before.
Maybe ask Gaia?
As soon as this idea came up, Kotaro rejected it. He couldn't explain why, but he didn't want to appear too stupid in front of the girl.
"Kotaro, this is the headquarters. Please report the current situation."
The communicator contains scheduled calls from correspondent Moriyama.
"I'm Kotaro. Everything is normal at the moment. No trace of monsters has been found."
Moriyama's voice on the other side paused for a while, about six or seven seconds, before she continued speaking.
"Headquarters received, Kotaro, the captain said to come back if there's no problem."
"……receive"
Kotaro's voice was a little dull.
Although he couldn't hear what anyone else at the headquarters was saying except Moriyama's voice, he always felt that his colleagues were laughing at him.
They all say there are no monsters, only their own will.
Like a fool.
Kotaro leveled the cockpit, set the course, and relaxed his body on the back of the seat. He was a little tired, not physically, but mentally. He really thought he could find the monster.
The aircraft automatically cruised back to the base.
At a certain moment, Kotaro wondered if it would have been better if he had not gotten off Captain Hyakunoki's cruise ship?
So is he, and so is Taro.
Taro, who came from the Land of Light, thought he could stand on his own and came to Earth with great ambition, but in fact he couldn't.
He even began to doubt whether he was really capable of taking over the responsibility of protecting the earth from his brothers.
He thought he was ready, but he just 'thought'.
Such doubts reached their peak when I went to Oshima's house again in the afternoon and was tortured by three Ultra Warriors in the secret realm, which made me doubt my life.
Sitting on the shore, Kotaro refused to get up again.
Lost again.
I was defeated without any chance to fight back, and there was no place on my body that didn't hurt. There was no reason, no excuse, it was simply because I couldn't win.
Brother Jack is very strong, of course he knows that.
But the stronger one was the warrior Ling also called Nexus. The other party didn't even use any skills, and defeated him with just physical skills.
As for the blue warrior, Taro had thought he was the weakest of the three because he rarely took action in previous battles and always stood with his hands folded on his shoulders, only attacking Taro when he showed a flaw.
But it wasn't! In today's naval battle, in the vast ocean, the warrior named Aguru made Taro truly experience what despair was.
The secret place of the battlefield today was the endless sea, with only an isolated island in the middle.
The entire battle took place in the water, and Taro was unable to launch a few decent counterattacks until he was cornered and surrendered once again.
He returned to his human form and sat quietly on the beach without saying a word.
"What's wrong? You're worried about something."
"Bastard, bastard, bastard!" Kotaro suddenly shouted. Of course, he was not scolding Lingya, he was scolding himself.
"You think I'm useless, don't you? Just a waste of time."
"what are you saying?"
"I can never win. I can never last even half a minute. After so many days, I haven't made any progress. You are disappointed, right?"
Seeing Kotaro giving up on himself, Ling reflected for five seconds and wondered if she had pushed him too hard.
She sat down next to Kotaro.
“You feel like you’re not making any progress?”
"Isn't it?" Kotaro really wanted to be praised, but he knew he had no reason to be praised.
His father always said that he had the best talent among the Ultra Brothers. But that was totally wrong! He couldn't catch up with his brothers.
"Then you are really stupid."
Criticized mercilessly.
"If you can't even see your own progress, what else can you be but an idiot?"
"what?"
Ling didn't say anything else.
She picked up a shell from the beach, it was purple and very beautiful. She put the shell into her skirt pocket. The secret place was very beautiful, there was only the sea between heaven and earth, the sky was blue, the sea was also blue, the world was so vast that she felt so small.
She knew Kotaro was waiting for her to speak, but she just leisurely enjoyed the scenery.
Kotaro was a little anxious, but gradually, he stopped being anxious.
"Look, isn't this a good idea? You're just too impatient. No one is asking you to be stronger than your brothers, you're the only one pushing yourself."
"Didn't you notice that in the first battle, it was only Jack who took action, while Aguru and Nexus were just putting pressure on you from the side, and you lasted less than half a minute. But now, three Ultra Warriors are fighting you at the same time, and you lasted the same amount of time."
Kotaro really didn't notice this.
"Jack is your brother. What makes you think you can easily surpass him? Nexus, I don't know much about his experience, but he always fights alone in his own world and never falls no matter what kind of enemy he encounters. It would be unfair if you, who don't even have much combat experience, could easily defeat such a person!"
"As for Aguru, he is the power of the ocean on this planet, and his power is similar to that of Gaia. Do you think he is weak?"
"Don't be so arrogant, Taro. You can't win from the beginning. Mother of Ultra asked me to take care of you and train you, but I can't do that. I don't have that much combat experience. I might not even be able to beat you."
This is the truth.
Of course, when Ling claims that he cannot beat Taro, he is referring to Gaia's normal form. If it evolves to V2 or even Supreme, there is no comparison, after all, Taro is not an enemy.