Embracing Zhuang Zhuang

It is not without reason that Ultraman Ace is known as the "Director of the Meat Processing Plant."

As long as a Choju falls into his hands, not a single one remains intact.

Everything ends up in pieces; he provides heads when you need heads, and kidneys when you need kidneys.

All of this is thanks to his Ultra Guillotine, a technique so lethal that even the Land of Light classifies it as a forbidden art, only to be used with explicit authorization.

However, because obtaining permission every single time is far too troublesome, Ace found a shortcut, deriving countless variations of the guillotine technique from this single skill.

Vertical Guillotine, Horizontal Guillotine, Circular Guillotine, and so on.

He is truly a master at slicing meat.

It is worth noting that these variations, which suffer no loss in power, are not classified as forbidden arts.

Opening his slightly dazed eyes, Zhou Hong felt a sense of numbness; how many times had he been sliced by Ace in the Space of Light now?

The cold current stirred by the autumn wind drilled incessantly through the gaps in the window, making Zhou Hong shiver, sweeping away the terrible memories and instantly restoring his focus.

He slowly hugged his own sturdy frame.

If there were cigarettes here, Zhou Hong would surely light one to recount the miserable experiences of these past few days.

Battles with Joneus resulted in nothing more than physical pain, and training with Nexus meant enduring a few light beams, but training with Ace meant seeing his own magnificent body being carved up every now and then.

For some reason, he just couldn't master the cutting techniques Ace taught him hand-in-hand; progress was agonizingly slow.

Because the wrestling with Joneus had boosted his combat skills at an exaggerated rate, the burly Joneus suggested that Jostar experience Ace's techniques with his own flesh and blood.

In any case, Jostar did not think Joneus, who proposed this idea, was a "good" Ultra.

Yet, Jostar gritted his teeth and agreed to let Ace take action during their sparring sessions.

Since one cannot die in the Space of Light, Ace unleashed the same intensity and techniques he used against Choju, with constant combat and cutting beams intersecting, leaving all sorts of wounds on Jostar's muscular body.

It was truly a blow to his spirit.

Regardless, Ace's guillotine techniques were simply not skills that could be memorized by the body, though minor tricks like the Ultra Slash were deeply ingrained after Ace's constant "scraping" of his skin.

Perhaps it was because the guillotines were too fast—so fast that his body couldn't even react.

Moreover, the memory of Ace holding the Ultra Slash in both hands and hacking away at him was not a pleasant one.

My mind went completely blank.

Although the combat with Joneus could barely alleviate his inner frustration, it was nowhere near enough to vent it all.

As Jostar grew stronger, Joneus gradually increased his own power, leaving Jostar almost constantly suppressed.

With slightly bloodshot eyes, Zhou Hong performed pressure training near the ocean by the headquarters, but the deep sea could not suppress his agitation, nor could the calm water wash away those terrible memories; Zhou Hong kicked his legs and swam toward the light source above.

The cold seawater gradually turned warm, a comfort so addictive it felt like soaking in a hot spring, but he eventually surfaced.

After letting out a long sigh at the cold autumn wind, Zhou Hong slowly swam back to the base.

As he prepared for the next round of training according to his daily routine, Hibiki Gousuke leaned in.

"Has anything happened lately?" Hibiki Gousuke, who frequently moved around the base, was undoubtedly a great informant.

"Nanase Kikan of the Delta was attacked by aliens while returning to Earth; this happened last night, and GUTS has already departed." Hibiki Gousuke sighed, "I hope he is safe."

Although the existence of aliens had long been confirmed, this was the first time an alien invasion had been explicitly identified regarding an attack on Nanase Kikan.

Ligatron was a robot, not an alien.

Zhou Hong's ears instantly perked up, "I seem to have heard a familiar surname."

"What, do you know Nanase Kikan, Ah Hong?" Hibiki Gousuke stopped his exercise and asked curiously.

He doesn't know me, but I know him; I suppose that counts as knowing him.

Holding this thought, Zhou Hong nodded and then said, "Captain, I'd like to take a day off; I'm going to help too."

Involving himself in such matters, Hibiki Gousuke found it hard to refuse; he nodded to approve Zhou Hong's leave request, then added, "I'll come along to help as well."

Zhou Hong wanted to refuse, but seeing Hibiki Gousuke's stern face, he knew it would be useless, so he could only nod stiffly in agreement.

The other three in the training room rushed over to offer help, only to be locked in by Hibiki Gousuke with the excuse, "You haven't even finished your basic training; are you going there to be a burden?"

Inside the brand-new GUTS Wing 1, clutching the Hyper Gun borrowed from GUTS, Zhou Hong let out a long sigh.

Captain, you brought this upon yourself.

GUTS Wing 1 left a sonic boom, and it wasn't until it had flown far away that a "whoosh" sound echoed back.

Upon arriving at the crash site of Nanase Kikan's plane, Hibiki Gousuke stumbled as he stepped out of the GUTS Wing 1, and Zhou Hong, having anticipated this, reached out to steady him.

Hibiki Gousuke's old face flushed, and he waved a hand, "Don't worry about me, go and help."

Zhou Hong nodded and ran like a cheetah, darting through the forest at high speed; within moments, Hibiki Gousuke couldn't even see his shadow.

Zhou Hong had no intention of interfering in the story between Daigo and his father-in-law; once he was out of Hibiki Gousuke's sight, he stopped and leaned against a large tree, silently waiting for that scum of an alien to grow to giant size.

He activated his Ultra Vision to observe the actions of the GUTS team.

The malicious Alien Reicuran—a truly detestable type of alien that abandoned its own family and used the cause of their deaths to launch an invasion.

Zhou Hong felt it was only fitting to use this piece of trash to test the skills he had just learned.

Because it was Rena's father, GUTS acted with even greater urgency, exerting every ounce of their strength to rescue Nanase Makoto in no time at all.

When a sixty-meter-tall alien stood up in a jungle where the tallest trees reached only a dozen meters, Zhou Hong straightened his posture.

Lava-like patterns flowed across his body as Zhou Hong's frame gradually expanded, and within moments, Jostar stood directly opposite the Alien Reicuran.

The distance between them was not great, which caused the Alien Reicuran's gaze to drift slowly upward along those massive, muscular limbs until it locked eyes with a pair of gaze-filled, "kindly" eyes.

What is this thing! Are Ultra Warriors supposed to be this muscular? This look in his eyes is nothing like those other Ultra Warriors!

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