Casto didn't mean to leave Beidou for lunch, in fact, he didn't like the food provided by the TAC cafeteria, and a canteen without braised pork was not worth it for him to pack lunch himself.

The classic Japanese-style cup noodles with a pot of hot water are his working meal today, but there is actually another reason why he stays here at noon, and that is that he is waiting for someone.

As expected, just as Casto was just covering the instant noodles with materials, there was a knock at the door, Casto looked at the time, then got up and said to the door, "Here we are." ”

After thinking about it, Casto took out another cup of instant noodles and put it on the opposite side of the table, then walked to the door and brought in the people, "Captain Shui, you shouldn't have eaten, if you're hungry, just eat some instant noodles." ”

"Great, is this the new cup noodle?" Surprisingly, Susui was full of enthusiasm for the cup noodles that Casto took out, and sat down on the edge of the table, Susui looked at Casto's puzzled expression and explained,

"Oh, Mr. Casto, you may not understand, the last time I went to space, instant noodles were still in plastic bags, this thing was only promoted two years ago, for me, this is equivalent to a new earth product."

"Well, that's about the same as that. Jailed people come out and see the phone? Castor thought of an inappropriate analogy, shrugged his shoulders, sighed, and said, "Probably, but the place where I'm in prison is time." ”

"The hot water will boil for a while."

Casto pointed to the kettle, which was only big enough to make a pot of noodles, and then pointed to the bowl of noodles in front of him, "If you're so curious about this thing, you can eat my bowl first." ”

"No need, just wait." Susui said in a somewhat inexplicable tone, "It's a pleasure for me to waste time now."

Casto frowned, he looked up and down at the forced water, and found that there was a trace of helplessness and haggard in the other party's eyes, and Casto opened his mouth and asked, "What's wrong with you, Captain of the forced water?" I was surprised when I heard the news of her return from Captain Muramatsu of the Science Special Search Team, after all, your vacation seems to be very short, and it would be a blessing for us to be able to catch up. ”

"I've already requested an early return to the universe." Forced Shui picked up the cup and rubbed it back and forth, and finally shook his head and said, "Maybe the universe is more suitable for me." ”

"Huh?" Casto uncovered the information on his cup noodles, glanced at the instant noodles that had been soaked and softened, frowned, he hadn't made instant noodles for too long, and the time didn't seem to be well controlled. Are you sure? You know, even Ultraman prefers to stay on a fixed planet. ”

"As far as I know, there are very few civilizations in the universe that really like to wander in the universe for a long time, and there are only two kinds of people who stay in the spaceship for a lifetime, one is a pioneer of civilization like you, and the other is a wanderer who has no way to return to his hometown."

"Whether it's being ostracized and exiled, or if something goes wrong with my home planet, they are forced to call me a cosmic wanderer."

"Pioneers of civilization," Forced Water muttered, "Perhaps, these pioneers of civilization don't want to return to their home planet, but they can't return to their home planet. That's one of a kind, wanderers."

"Interesting point, can you tell us about it?" Casto looked at the water with interest, "I want to meet you because of Zoffie, if you are on Earth, I want to see what the people chosen by Zofie are like, but if you are not suitable, I will also tell Zoffe that you don't have to be stressed." ”

"By the way, Zoffie's words, it is the silver-white giant who once stood in front of you to protect the solar system, that guy is one of the leaders of the Ultra clan, in a sense, what he said can be regarded as the promise of the Kingdom of Light to the earth."

Forced Water was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the Ultraman named Casto in front of him would speak so bluntly, thinking about Casto's words, Forced Water's expression gradually became serious, he raised his head again and looked at Castor,

"Please, tell Mr. Zofie, I will continue to uphold the promise between us and continue to move forward in the direction of fighting side by side with the Land of Light."

Susui's expression was sad but low, he seemed to be carrying a lot of things, but he couldn't tell anyone else, and it just so happened that Casto was not human.

"We humans are all aware of the Ultra Clan's protection of the earth, and we will respond to the expectations of the Ultra Clan."

Forced Water just looked at Castor directly, and then before Casto was about to speak, Forced Water took the first step and said, "Yes, in fact, I am trying to kidnap you morally, trying to get you to help me convey my thoughts to Zoffie, though. I actually have the right to choose my own life, I know, right? ”

"I know that even if I don't do anything, Ultraman will still be a shield in front of humanity and help humanity resist the invasion and threat from the universe."

"I know that I am traveling in space, but it is not so important to you."

Qishui looked at Casto helplessly, looking a little lonely, he continued, "When I returned to Earth after six or seven years, I felt for the first time the importance of time to life, everything on Earth is changing, but I don't feel anything, as if I have been abandoned in the universe.

But as Zofie and I said when we met, it was the first time that humanity had reached the borders of the solar system on its own, and that should be something to be expected.

Looking at the kettle that had begun to evaporate a large amount of water vapor, the white mist covered his face, looking at the mist that covered his eyes, he was in a trance, as if he had returned to the time when the silver-white giant and himself first met.

He faced the boundless alien spaceship, and in despair, he saw the alien visitor standing in his way, and heard the words that he will never forget.

'Human, have you finally come here on your own?' One day, you will come with us to the days of walking side by side between the planets. Until then, we will be the shields of your world and look forward to meeting you next time. ’

"Although it is a completely different race, although it is a completely different civilization, although I did not know his name at that time, but on that day I felt it, I felt his great expectations for mankind."

"So, you want to respond to that expectation?"

"I chose to go to the universe when Muramatsu was fighting on Earth, and at that time I didn't know what the silver-white giant was doing when he came to the solar system, but then I received news from Earth, that Ultraman who was active on Earth died on Earth in order to protect Earth."

"So, you feel guilty?"

Susui nodded, he looked at Casto, "Although we have been fighting side by side with you for so many years, in fact, we don't know what happened all this, we don't know where the hometown of the Ultra clan is, and we don't know why you chose to protect humanity so desperately. ”

"But we can see that you will also die because of the battle, and you will also be injured because of the battle, and the pain will also occur in you."

"Well, I know my choice is a bit ridiculous." Suzumi gave Casto a helpless look, "But as someone who has met that silver-white giant, I hope to be able to tell him and you with my sacrifice and persistence that we humans can live up to your expectations." ”

Casto looked deeply at the man in front of him and said silently, "You just want to prove to us the determination of humanity, even if you understand that you are going to completely abandon everything you have on Earth, your friends, family, lovers, and brothers, for decades?" ”

"Yes!"

"You know that we don't care about this, but you still hope that your martyr posture can make us have a little more respect and attention for human beings, even if it is only six or seven years later, you have already begun to feel the sudden estrangement between human society and you?"

"Yes!"

"Obviously, you can return to Earth, there are actually people on Earth who can rotate with you, just like the reorganization of special forces on Earth, the scientific special search team you led has already reached the time when it can end its mission, but you would rather return to Earth to re-register and change the aircraft than retire?"

"Yes!"

"Because you know that you are the only person on earth who has communicated with Zoffie, and you hope that if Zofie comes to Earth again one day, you will be able to prove to him that you are fulfilling the promise made between you, and you are afraid that if you give up, then it will affect Zofie's expectations of humanity?"

Forced water opened his mouth, this time he didn't speak, just nodded silently, and then picked up the cup noodles, turned around and walked towards the door, "Then please Mr. Casto, thank you for the cup noodles, I hope that the day you leave the earth, we can say goodbye to the universe again." ”

The corners of Casto's mouth twitched as he looked at the heavy but dashing back of the forced water, and the fact that he was relying on a sacrifice to morally kidnap them was obviously a little unexpected.

Originally, Castor, who was just planning to meet with the water because of curiosity, felt a trace of helplessness, after all, he was not a local, although he could give some guidance to Beidou and Ace, but he just gave Beidou a choice, but the current situation is obviously not so simple.

After thinking for a while, Casto suddenly had a smile on his face, if he can't solve it himself, then, leave it to the person.

A few minutes later, Zofie, who was far away in the Land of Light, received a message from the Solar System Quantum Satellite, and looked at Casto in a somewhat unfamiliar face posture suspiciously, Zofie asked suspiciously, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Forced water told me that he was going to stay in the universe for the rest of his life as a way to show the human spirit, to show you his insistence on the agreement between you, and at the same time morally kidnap us."

Zofie was stunned for a moment, and then turned his head, Casor was sure that Zofie had just a moment, as if he wanted to say something that was not so civilized in the Land of Light, and Casto, who saw this scene, got up with great interest and locked the door of the room, and put the virtual screen composed of light particles in front of him directly to the maximum.

In the universe where I live, all the giants of light on the earth are changed by humans, and in the end, everyone is just a human with differences.

But it's different here, humans and Ultraman here are essentially two civilizations with a big difference, and Casto wants to know how Zofie will behave in response to such human behavior.

"It seems that you are a little dissatisfied with the way that guy forced the water to sacrifice his life, Zoffie!"

"Satisfied? Do you think I really only met him once? ”

Zoffie looked at Casto, who seemed to be eating some kind of food on the screen, and sighed deeply, "Have you forgotten Casto, when we sent Ace to Earth, I and the father of Ultra once took the Ultra brothers to Earth."

"When I first saw Suzui, I didn't know much about the situation on Earth, so I didn't know what it meant for him to stay in the universe and patrol at sub-light speeds, but when I saw him again, I realized,

I tried to tell him that the Ultra knew enough about humanity that he wouldn't have to spend a lifetime proving a pact between civilizations."

Speaking of this, Casto noticed that Zoffie's expression was a little strange, only to see Zofie suppress his emotions and say calmly, "Do you know what that guy said after seeing me?" ”

"The first generation, Severn and Jack, since the first Ultraman appeared on Earth, Ultra warriors have still made great sacrifices for humanity on Earth, and humans have not been able to repay this sacrifice, but if it is just an agreement that cannot be done, he will not be able to face Ultraman who protects humanity on Earth."

From Zofie's words, Casto read a hint of a collapse of reason, and Zofie continued, "I soon left the solar system with the father of Otter, you know, I have a lot of work, I can only persuade him once, but I didn't give up, but chose to leave this matter to the other brothers. ”

"The First, Severn and Jack, I think they have a deeper understanding of humanity as people who have fought on Earth, and I think they will be able to successfully persuade him to return to Earth."

"In fact, when they heard my description, they all made a promise that they were moved by the act of being forced to water, whether it was his insistence on staying in the universe, or the agreement between me and him."

At this point, Zofie paused, and Casto swallowed the noodles in his mouth, knowing that things would not be that simple.

And sure enough, as Castor expected, Zofie's next words made Casto have a little more strange emotions about the appearance of forced water today.

"It's a bit out of my style to say that, but it's the human I've chosen."

"That guy succeeded, and single-handedly persuaded the first, Severn, and Jack that they couldn't stop him from staying in the universe while feeling the belief in the water."

"In other words, it should be their side of Hayata, Tuanhexiang, that made them understand the forced water, and even Jack's guy turned into the township and personally came to the side of the forced water to encourage him and let him persevere"

Casto was glad that he had just finished eating the noodles, after all, what could make Zofie feel speechless was indeed more outrageous than he imagined.

Zaffie looked at Casto very helplessly, "Forcing the water to kidnap me?" It wasn't his turn at all, and after the first generation of them returned to the Land of Light, they came straight to the door and kidnapped me morally. ”

"If it's them, they really love humanity."

Zofie's fingers trembled slightly on the screen, apparently suppressing his urge to beat his younger brothers.

"Jack won't say anything, after he and the man called the township became one, the earth was originally his homeland, and he came to me and tried to convey to me how much sacrifice the water had made for me, which I understand."

"It's the same with the first generation, I was able to meet the forced water at that time, because of his defeat on the earth, and he, as one of the parties to the matter, naturally couldn't ignore the matter of the forced water, so he also came to tell me, and the forced water wanted to tell me that he was holding on to our original promise, and I can understand."

"The only thing I don't understand is Severn! What the hell does that guy have to do with this? He hadn't gone to Earth when he was forced to go to the sky, and he was also mimicking on Earth, why the hell did that guy run over and look at me with a strange look, and accuse me of influencing human civilization and influencing a human called Forced Water?!!! ”

Casto saw that Zofie didn't hold back his anger, and he finally couldn't hold it back, and laughed out loud.

It may be a little strange for other Ultramans to go against the big brother and the superiors for the sake of an unrelated human being, but if it is Saiwen who does this, it is indeed very reasonable! ~

"Still laughing! Originally, I had a headache for this matter, and now that guy actually conveyed it to me again through you, who else is next, Ace? Shikari? Or Torrecchia??? ”

Zoffie looked at Casto, who was laughing wildly, angry and helpless, "Can you let that guy go back to Earth and stay, I know his determination." ”

Casto waved his hand apologetically at Zoffie on the screen, trying to suppress his smile, "Okay, okay, I admit it, I may have been calculated, that guy who forced the water, it should be on purpose, but the reason why you are so angry is actually not because of us, right?" ”

Zofie was stunned for a moment, then turned his head away, leaving only the chest with the twinkling Ultra Medal on the screen.

"You don't know how to respond to this, human emotion, do you?"

Zofie didn't speak, Casto took a sip of instant noodle soup, and then lay down on the back of the chair, "Everyone knows, including Susui himself, even if he doesn't do anything, we Otter are willing to continue to protect the earth."

"Even if we meet those who are untrustworthy, those who are insidious and evil, and those who fail us, we will still protect the planet."

"Forced water understands that he now, the current human being, can't actually do much, such as working with us to protect the universe."

"Just like you can't understand what Forced Water is doing, he can't really understand what the Ultra Clan's behavior is to protect civilization and life in the universe."

Zofie said coldly, "This is our duty. ”

"However, this is a duty that we ourselves have imposed on ourselves."

"Casto's statement of yours will make me reconsider whether it was the right decision for you to be sent to Ambera, no one in the Land of Light would say such a thing."

"But Zofie, you know, I'm telling the truth, if we hadn't imposed such an idea on ourselves, just thinking about the Ultra Star and thinking about the Land of Light, we might have sent the Ultra Star to a space where no one was there and lived our own peaceful life."

Zofie's face still didn't appear on the screen, but when he spoke, Casto could feel the inner peace of the leader of the younger generation of this Land of Light through his undulating chest, "Of course I know, just find a different dimension, not even just another dimension, but a more harmonious parallel universe." ”

"But you didn't do that, the Kingdom of Light chose to do what you could, to do something that not many people in the universe understand"

"And then Forced Water is now trying to do something similar."

"When he realized that he couldn't really give back to the Ultra Clan, he made a decision that at the very least, he would protect the agreement between you."

Zofie's chest rose and fell even more visibly, and the Ultra Star on his chest shone with a silvery white glow under the ubiquitous light of the Land of Light, Casto continued,

"You should subconsciously realize that the reason why the water made this decision and told you is the same reason that the Nation of Light maintains the peace of the universe and tries to bring this idea to the whole universe, and that is to do what you can to repay the kindness of the universe."

"Actually, you can think about it." Casto said to Zofie seriously, "You should also see that Earth is indeed a planet that can be a partner of the Land of Light. ”

"Human beings are complex, and they are not the kindest people in the universe, but they are not the most evil ones either."

"Humanity is a civilization with wonderful art, but it is also a civilization that can kill each other."

"The upper limit of such a civilization is very high, but the lower limit, perhaps, is also very high."

"Forced Water and those captains on the earth are likely to realize this, and they are afraid that one day the lower limit of humanity will make the Ultra clan abandon the earth and make humanity completely destroyed."

"I don't think that's going to happen." Zofie said in a deep voice.

"Maybe, but human beings don't think so, human civilization will move in a better direction step by step, which is what we hope, but they themselves can't see this."

"That's why, we're going to protect them." Zofie's face didn't know when it was back on the screen again.

"We want to protect them, not just to protect them from being harmed by the invaders of the universe, but to show them the good side, with our own actions."

"What if we guided humanity in a different way? Like, try to be from a civilizational point of view? ”

"Interference in internal affairs!" Zofie was stunned for a moment, and then quickly vetoed, "Impossible!" It is impossible for the Nation of Light to actively interfere in the internal affairs of the Earth."

"We've done enough on Earth, and even our actions on Earth have violated the rules of the Nation of Light in a sense, and we can't interfere in the internal affairs of other civilizations."

"On the other hand, we are not interfering in the internal affairs of other civilizations, but guiding our allies, what do you think? Have we made some insignificant reforms and guidance, but made the world a better place? ”

"Does it make a difference?"

"I don't know, I'm just saying it casually, or can you think of any better way to convince yourself?"

Zoffie looked at Casto in silence, he seemed to understand how this guy had made Ambera and his empire make so many reforms.

Communication was cut off, and Casto looked at the pitch-black screen and laughed silently.

He believes that Ultraman cannot really intervene in the human world on a large scale, but he also hopes that Ultraman can make this human civilization better.

It sounds like a difficult thing, but is this something he is going to do?

Not.

He just said what he wanted, and the person who wanted to fulfill his wish in the future was Castor, who was picked up by Belial and returned to the Land of Light, who messed around in his own world.

Looking at the few remaining cups of noodles in front of him, Castor whispered, "I'm here to make a wish for the cups, isn't it too much?" ”

(End of chapter)