Chapter 1109: NO．14：But what if he calls friends to join?

NO. 14: But what if he calls his friends over?

"Huh?"

This was originally a sentence overflowing with resentment, which would surprise even the spirit-medium top student, and even sensitive horse girls would glance over—but this temporary trainer isn't even as sharp as the little girl under his command.

"Are you saying you have no plans outside of work during your break? Or are you saying you came to play with a rice bath?"

Honestly, even if it's the latter, what does "coming to play with a rice bath" even mean?

Are you as socially tragic as the rice bath?

Aren't there still Zero and Justice?

Oumu still remembers Zero even mentioning in online chats that he brought the ghost snake, sank them, and met with Asakura.

In a sense, it counts as paying respects at the dock.

As monster controllers, when you come here, you first need to get to know the local Ultramen, familiarize yourselves with their faces to avoid misunderstandings.

This time, I'll introduce you to Jade; next time, I'll grab you and have a meal with Lipia, or you can go call Oumu—your section chief and Lipia are already close, and they're even better at getting along with him than we are—this is according to what Chen relayed as Zero's original words.

Saying this sounds somewhat like a Yakuza arranging offerings, Oumu hopes Zero won't turn back and get sliced too badly by Seventh Uncle.

As for getting that perpetually expressionless, facially paralyzed boy to relay this so personally styled passage...

At the time, Oumu hadn't even had a chance to complain about this subtle effect, when several staff members first asked him why he gets along so well with Lipia...

Wha...

Okay, okay?

Oumu truly doesn't feel he and Lipia are close in any particular way.

He just feels that fighting and spending time together with other Ultramen is frequent, whereas here they rarely communicate day-to-day, so it's really not accurate to say they're "that close."

Saying he and Lipia have a good relationship is less accurate than saying he and Xiao Lu do.

At least Xiao Lu really does often seek him out; as a colleague and junior, they frequently run into each other at the same workstation, and she always uses honorifics with him.

Clearly, in age, she is the older one.

Every time she addresses him with honorifics, he gets a subtle feeling like seeing Youta treat Peng as a senior.

This is the charm moment of East Asian-style education.

A full-fledged Galactic Empire Crown Prince, shaped by this education into being overly earnest and polite toward everyone, rather slow in social interactions, belonging to an early-type male protagonist common in light novels from the East.

Placed in today's Jiemen District social version, it's already somewhat outdated.

Easily consumed and discarded by landmine-type or yandere-like chaotic little girls.

But once you remember this kid is an Ultraman, it doesn't matter anymore.

Although in Ultraman TV, human-form Ultramen missing their mark is normal, and plot-necessitated weakening is expected, but this isn't TV—there's no invisible big hand suppressing everyone's performance.

Xiao Lu can fully display the superiority of the Belial factor.

By the way, Oumu will draw a tube of your blood for the gacha machine to increase the Belial component in your next pull.

Hmm, next pull.

Omer still hasn't opened the drawers to this day, and the blood of Gil Lang (the little boy/nuclear bomb essence/Godzilla) obtained from Miss Xiaomei remains sealed in the laboratory's cryogenic display cabinet.

Because he's still waiting for news from Rhodes Island.

Although the Monster Affairs Office already has plenty of diverse monster data—like the 'Katu' he manually selected initially, many of which contain non-Ultraman IP elements, such as a certain national-level giant turtle and biological weapons from that giant turtle IP—

the Office's monster data still doesn't spread wide enough.

Not even as wide as what Rhodes Island has!!

Over there, they've stuffed in Final Fantasy, Blue Fantasy, Godzilla IP series, plus all sorts of messy Fog-related materials.

Oumu really looks forward to this card pool expansion—when it happens, he'll use specific interval materials to lock the card pool, effectively allowing manual switching between multiple card pools!

What?

Will sunken ships also become more diverse?

Don't say such unlucky things—just wait until my Xiao Lin (Liki) Master arrives, and poof—ghosts and demons vanish, teeth chatter!!

It's true.

Oumu's final resort for his card-drawing plan: if too many sunken ships accumulate, he'll summon Xiao Liki, grab her hand, and yank the lever—no mercy for that broken machine.

But for now, none of this has started yet.

Oumu estimates that Rhine Life is still filtering, organizing, and integrating the test data from this round—probably taking another one or two days, and even if the tech passes, some procedures might still cause a delay.

So, be patient! (in Aatrox tone)

Although these past few days have felt like time drags—one day feels like a week—but it's only one or two days.

Although already eager for Godzilla cards, Ifrit cards, Bahamut cards, and similar pools—

but!

but!

One or two days only!

Oumu gritted his teeth and just waited it out.

By comparison, Belial cards are actually not his favorite.

Although he used Belial cards most skillfully in Heaven's Gate City—so much so that even the Monster King was startled—the design of the Humpback Strong Neck King really gets stale after a while.

It's undeniable the design itself has merit, but overuse harms the viewing experience—unless it's for forms like Tyrant Belial or Arc Belial, which appear only once or twice and still feel fresh.

And—

Although not going all-out, when strength cards are within reach, you still have to pull.

No matter how the artwork looks, strength is also a kind of beauty.

Belial Ultraman himself is inherently strong—no doubt—and in his own series, he's demonstrated multiple fixed combinations, belonging to the Ghouls of the monster world, capable of universal fusion with Maga-Orochi as dual pillars.

Full in both value and functionality—aside from aesthetic fatigue from over-reprinting, there are no real drawbacks.

Even the difficult shipping rate—became a minor issue after the Saint Heir appeared beside Aomo.

However, at present, this Saint Heir still does not know what this respected senior in front of him is thinking; hearing his somewhat resentful remarks, he instead feels a bit embarrassed about his own thoughts:

"Well, I suppose I have them all—Miyu wants to play with Bourbon classmate, and I also want to ask Aomo-san for advice on training matters."

"Aren't there also Wangpai and Qianming?"

"Uh... those two..."

Just thinking about those two, each with their own enthusiasm, liveliness, and fantastically beautiful older-sister demeanor, not to mention being benchmarks in horse racing with astonishing achievements, this imperial crown prince who is older than Aomo yet far worse with the opposite sex, ends up scratching his head even more awkwardly.

"I, I and Miyu are both under considerable pressure…… and it's not easy to ask them for help."

"So asking me is fine then?"

"No no no, that's not what I meant."

This is just a greenhorn boy—once teased, he flusters as if being lectured. Aomo deeply understands the vast gap between people, yet struggles to comprehend how this Ultraman warrior, who has fought monsters countless times and even blasted his own father, could behave so awkwardly in this regard, like a naive boy.

He also wonders a bit about what Miyu classmate and he are like in private, but upon reflection…… it feels likely to be that sort of mutual-praising interaction between a little boy and a little girl.

That's really hard to endure.

So he then waved his hand:

"Alright, let me think—you came at just the right time. Have you read the manga? Read the novels? Can you do text proofreading?"

"Huh?"

"Help me proofread the manuscript I'm currently writing," he said, looking at the other's dazed expression, speaking in a calm, matter-of-fact tone as if it were utterly natural, "We can work and chat at the same time—this also saves time."

It also skips the step of paying for an AI proofreading service.

Although Shu Zi Lao Shi will likely proofread it again later, this procedure is still necessary, so he doesn't actually completely resist the other's coming.