Chapter 691: line with translation of chapter title

NO. 60: Ha, another Morrison.

「Well, then, your office's certification is now considered registered; please continue to look after us, Office Chief Lindun。」

「Don't be polite, Mr. Philis; I might be the one bothering you all then。」

「As long as we don't violate principles, bothering each other actually improves relations; in fact, quite a few young people in the office greatly admire your deeds。」

"... About Hei'an?"

「Yes, because of a certain defector, the younger generations of recent years have been more torn over the energy opposition between light and darkness; despite having data from Mr. Gugura and Mr. Teregija, Miss Karamira for reference, as well as past records of Bei li ya and Tuo lei ji ya, and Mr. Jie De's guidance…」

「The number of Ultramen who actually master Hei'an power is still small; most rely on the technical support of Juanzhang Xikali。」

The Land of Light's sole designated archivist, UltramanFilis/Ultraman Philis, sighed.

An old acquaintance of Ultraman Taiga, while in the Land of Light he was the sole staff member of the archives department, managing old relics from past civilizations.

When the Land of Light established friendly relations with the Holy Terra Federation and set up the office, he was among the first personnel dispatched to organize the data.

At first he was rather resistant.

After all, he was the Land of Light's only archivist.

Although most of those ancient civilizations' relics aren't dangerous, and even if no one watches them there's no problem—at most it's just a bit of trouble to look for them—but he had also grown accustomed to staying there.

People tend to grow attached to long‑familiar objects, and Ultramen are no exception; moreover, many commemorative items related to predecessors are also placed under his management, which adds an extra sense of responsibility.

But since the Land of Light has only him handling the archives, the tension of dispatching external liaison clerical work can be imagined.

Naturally, there are plenty of clerical positions for planetary observers; the first‑generation, Seven, and Max Ultramen are all of this type, and the Land of Light has always produced many such observers.

As for the traditional clerical work needed to run an office from scratch…

This left them a bit short‑handed.

The Land of Light undoubtedly attached great importance to this civil exchange; even Ultraman's Father came in person to give him ideological work, and one of his few friends, Ultraman Taiga, as always cheerfully congratulated him on obtaining the business trip quota.

He hardly had a chance to say that he actually didn't want to go.

Of course, there's not much to say about it, since he ultimately became one of the first dispatched personnel, responsible for recording all conditions of the office's operations, and also for organizing information concerning the Land of Light's exchange with the Star Alliance.

This is much busier than his previous work.

Before, he merely looked after various antiques; truly needing manual handling of files was rare, but here, although the technological level hasn't regressed, the volume of information to manage has greatly increased, and even visitors come in an endless stream.

The Land of Light's archives room usually sees no visitors, except that Ultraman Taiga occasionally drops by to chat about recent affairs, 'dump some trash'.

Having nothing to do with the occasional shrinks isn't a problem either, since Ultraman Taiga once confronted such a dreadful senior as Tuo lei ji ya, and Philis has also grown accustomed to offering brotherly advice.

Regarding good and evil, regarding darkness and light—since he hasn't truly traveled the universe much, he doesn't really understand them either; but the old items left by his predecessors, and the stories in those pre‑civilization relics, always give him some inspiration.

Moreover, being an archivist also gives him a different feeling—whether it's Ultraman Jie De coming to 'recognize his roots and return to his clan', or Gugura. Gugura and bounty hunter Yige nisi coming to the Land of Light to register procedures, all pass through his hands.

Counting the present Aomo Lindun, he has thus met four people who wield Hei'an power (Ultraman).

More than the defecting dark Ultramen of the Land of Light (x).

Precisely for that reason, he can't help but glance at the untransformed Orb—Red Kai.

The saying 'Orb has found this world's Gugura' has been spreading in the office for months, but because the person involved gave an uncertain answer and there was an expectation to 'continue observing', no one has disturbed that 'Gugura's' situation.

Philis has recently been too busy to pay attention to gossip, but he has also heard a few fragments.

At that time he only felt that life in the universe was as vast as a sea of smoke, and the chance of finding an alternate version of an acquaintance was so low as to be basically impossible.

But now it's hard to say.

At first glance his eyes fell on the other's pair—those were familiar eyes, lacking in Jie De but like Yige nisi and Gugura, a sharp gaze observing something.

But that steady radiance guarding something—something Yige nisi lacks, while both Jie De and Gugura possess.

Even though his whole body is covered and entwined with snake‑like winding black flames, one can still confirm within it the existence of a pallid luminous trace, hanging in the center like a crescent‑moon pattern.

Under the pressure of darkness, it still extends outward in faint, thread‑like light, indeed closely resembling the height of the man who appeared together with Tong ze ta and Mr. Yaohui.

The only difference is—his moonlight spreads wider, the luminous trail almost covering his whole body.

Yet his form shrouded in black flames is also more ferocious, often shifting, which makes him again somewhat hard to discern.

The singular darkness and halo ought to be strong proof, but the entity symbolizing the foundation often changes, revealing different contours as the conversation proceeds.

All are ferocious, all are violent, all are twisted…

…This person…

…Rather than saying he is a monster tamer, it's more like he himself is a kind of monster…

Philis's heart involuntarily rose to this conclusion, when he heard the monster‑like youth ask:

"Isn't doing this enough? Why insist on mastering darkness within oneself?"

And this question pulled Philis into embarrassment: "Um… actually, quite a few young Ultramen find darkness quite attractive…"

"It's hard to imagine that the Land of Light's education should be a deep hatred and utter rejection of darkness."

"But recently, quite a few visitors who master darkness have come, especially Mr. Yige nisi's data on Dark Teregija… You should know, the Land of Light's archives already contain not a few dark giants, or rather data on dark Ultramen."

"Of course, that is exactly my goal."

"Eh?"

"I have a power‑extraction device with a dark ring at its core, using Juanzhang Xikali's open‑source technology; although it can harmlessly condense monster cards and such, the card album is somewhat limited——" Aomo rubbed his fingers, making a somewhat market‑like gesture.

In other words, the card pool is a bit small; although even a Demon King Beast was recently pulled out—damn it—it only happened once.

Probably thanks to Ha si ta.

Aomo felt that regardless of what could be drawn, stuffing in more data was ultimately good, belonging to expanding the card pool.

In the future, what could be drawn wouldn't just be monsters; it might even be dark Ultraman cards—who knows, maybe we'll get an SSR of Bei li ya's gang!

——Sai lei bu luo spat. jpg

"Ah, is that so…"

"Yes, that's exactly it." Regardless of whether the other understood, Aomo nodded.

Originally this was just a side topic; the conversation should have been: "So those young Ultramen just want to master darkness because of their chuunibyo, right?"

Also there is a combat power need, after all, Zeta's Delta Heaven Claw form also makes many young people very envious.

……

Aomo fell silent upon hearing that.

That gaze was so deep and dark that it made Feilis feel a little creeped out.

"What, what's wrong?" Mr. Lindon

"Borrowing everything will only make you all weaker and weaker." Aomo said softly.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough." Hong Kai, who had picked up a ramune out of boredom, couldn't help but cough a long string.

"You should drink less soda, it's bad for your teeth." Aomo gave him a sideways glance.

He then glared at Aomo, then lifted his eyes to the pink-haired girl walking past on the upper monitor, and smiled again, as if he were about to pick up a steel rod and swing it at someone's back again.

"It's about time we left, huh? Your assistant has been alone in the monster archives for a while; aren't you going to keep her company?"

He added: "After all, today is Qixi, right?"

"You, an O50 person, still celebrate Qixi?"

"Discriminate against me? I've been on Earth for hundreds of years."

"And how many people have you celebrated Qixi with?"

……