"Did Zero and that boy transform after all?" Ultraman stepped forward to ask Ultraseven.
"What else would they do..." Ultraseven replied in a strained voice.
Taro said anxiously, "Let's go ahead first, or Zero really won't be able to hold on!"
"No. Wait until Ace, Mebius, and the others return before you go." Father of Ultra glanced at their positions and decided to wait a little longer.
The situation was critical. If they used the Ultra Brothers' usual method of pinpointing a universe's location and traveling through a Star Gate, or went to provide support using the Fixed-Point Universe Transport Device modeled after the Paraghi Shield, reaching the EVA universe out on the fringes would take at least a day.
If the Ultra Brothers pooled their energy to travel between universes, they could shorten that time somewhat.
The Ultra Brothers had all returned to the M78 Universe by now. With faster-than-light flight, they could still reach the Land of Light relatively quickly.
If X had been there, they would have had him use his replica Paraghi Shield to take the other Ultra Warriors to provide support long ago. Unfortunately, they could not contact him at the moment. Help from so far away could not resolve the immediate crisis.
Ultraseven and Leo walked out of Guard headquarters, deeply worried, and gazed up at the sky.
After a long while, Leo sighed.
"That kid really takes after you..."
Ultraseven lowered his head in dejection. "I don't even know whether I should feel proud or sad..."
"If only we'd investigated that world more thoroughly back then..."
Then Ultraseven removed his Head Blade and rubbed it back and forth with his cape.
"That fellow named Gendo Ikari... I'm going to give him a good..."
Leo kept cracking his knuckles.
"Anyone who could come up