[Zero's Story]
Looking across the Worlds they had travelled to, Zero himself was also beginning to get exhausted.
They had been travelling across the Universe, already having run across 3 Galaxies.
It was also now that Yuhao was beginning to understand, those damn God Kings were too weak! He was only a First Class God yet he could run around the entire Galaxy.
Although not a normal one, he was still essentially atmost a normal God King level yet those God Kings were stuck in God Realms while he was here running around the Galaxy.
Ignoring that, Zero and the others were currently on an uninhabited Planet that had a quite comfortable atmosphere so they were resting for a while.
"Ah....That hits the spot!" Shin exclaimed as he drank a bottle of coke, courtesy of Lu Mingfei who stored these in his System space...yes, he sent these as a gift to himself, using it as an alternate storage tool.
They all didn't know whether to call him a genius or be speechless.
"... Only three galaxies....how many Galaxies exist across this Universe..." Yuhao sighed.
"If I'm not wrong, atleast 3 Trillion, right?" Taichi chimed in, making Zero and Mingfei almost break their necks at how fast they turned..
"... Monsters are usually rare across the Universe, even one Galaxy might not have 3-4 Monsters usually." Otori Gen sighed, making them all nod then froze, doing a double take.
"Master Leo?!" Shin exclaimed, "It's Master Gen to you." He replied, "Oh...right, you were merged into Lu Mingfei's body temporarily by the Old Man, right?"
"Be respectful of the King!" Otori Gen chided, "Was it or not?" Zero, as disrespectful as always.
Actually, has he gotten a bit more irritable....Leo sighed as he realised, it was probably all these children, not just Zero.
After all, in their knowledge, they were sent here to capture the Fallen System, so, all these casualties, they must have took it upon themselves, atleast the four of those here that were influenced quite a bit by Hope, Courage or Ultraman.
"I think you children don't realise it yet." Gen began, "The Universe is vast, not even the Land of Light, no matter how much we try can solve all tragedies."
"Across the Universe, many die... whether due to natural disasters or monsters or even themselves...."
"But they don't give up, do they? We'll keep moving forward whether for oneself or others....that is the greatest cause on can know, moving onwards."
"Many civilizations may have suffered these monster attacks." He admitted, "Many would have perished."
"But, many will find a way out, moving forward in this disaster to a brighter light."
"Because....Hope is what gives people perseverance, Perseverance is what allows one to see Hope and keep going."
"The worlds aren't as fragile as you think."
His words plunged them into silence, they knew Master Gen was right, yet they all felt unwilling, people die, they know that, they accept that.
What they can't accept is people dying because of their mistakes or inaction...even though they know there's nothing they could do, they still feel guilt.
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Otori Gen himself knew these children couldn't easily get past this hurdle, after all, even many Ultra Cubs are the same.... Zero's an exception.
Hm? What exactly did Zero do in the Land of Light before his exile?
The Most Talented of a Generation, Battle Maniac.
Zero was raised as an Orphan, not knowing who his Parents were yet people kept telling him, his parents were alive, just busy.
....That was what he couldn't tolerate, in the Land of Light, Zero's condition was truly a first of the first.
Ultraseven had basically told 80 who taught young children and Mebius who was now an instructor after returning from Earth to be incomparably strict with Zero.
And Mebius and 80 naturally weren't that strict, leading to Ultraseven personally making appearances randomly to scold or instruct Zero back then.
Now, what would you feel if a random senior Ultra who you admire basically comes to you and scolds you randomly and your trusted Teachers are unable to do anything because this Ultra is also a High Ranking Official?
You naturally develop indifference and grievance, after all, Mebius and 80 knew he was Ultraseven's son, everyone over a certain age knew it.... But Zero himself didn't.
Now, that eventually led to a rebellious personality that goes, they told me not to do it? I'll do it anyways to spite them!
It was to a certain limit, Zero sneaking into Plasma Spark Tower was also tactically allowed by them to test Zero's heart after he seemed to be pursuing power frantically without reason.
Then, Zero....went to touch the Plasma Spark, leading to him getting directly arrested by Ultraseven and sent to Juvenile Detention on K76...
The issue was, Leo later learnt from Ultraman King that it was actually the Plasma Spark begging for Zero to go and help it, not Zero actually wanting power completely.
Meaning, they hadn't listened to any reason since Ultraseven directly threw Zero to Juvenile.... basically Zero, an innocent but rebellious kid who wanted to unconsciously help the Spark got exiled.
And with that guy's rebellious personality, he naturally refused to explain or back down, feeling grievance and not speaking out.
Even now, Leo himself feels awkward when he speaks of it, which is also a reason why Leo and Astra didn't complain much when he broke apart the Tector Gear and beat them up.
After all, that was his own growth and power.
You couldn't ask a youth exiled to train for nearly a thousand years to not feel grievance, do you?
How old was Zero back then? 4800 Years old? Converted to human years, he was around 16 years old then!
Living in constant isolation not due to his unique Colour Scheme but due to his Father's actions, always being criticised, being exiled for trying to help someone....
Leo suddenly broke into cold sweat, Holy Shit! They almost made someone worse than Belial appear in the Land of Light.
Seven! You damn Babarue! You almost ruined a great talent of the Land of Light!