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To avoid raising any suspicions, Asuka was also sent to the hospital for an examination, even though she insisted she was fine.
As soon as he returned to the hospital, Zero eagerly possessed Shinji again.
Shinji, who had awakened from his dream, peppered Zero with questions after his return. Although it gave Zero a bit of a headache, these were his own glorious exploits, after all, so he answered them one by one.
"That was the third time I got mixed up with Belial."
"After that... there were several more times. I've lost count."
Shinji told Zero about dreaming of Noa.
Zero was a little surprised. "Oh, you saw that part too?"
"What... is Noa? Is he a god?"
Zero rested his chin in one hand. "Noa really is a god."
"Legend has it that he was the first light in the universe, an Ultra Warrior who once existed only in legends."
"But thousands of years ago, he helped the Land of Light and our universe overcome a truly terrifying crisis. My father witnessed Noa's divine presence firsthand."
"When I was cornered in that other universe, I received his help too."
Shinji asked, "So your Palaj Bracelet was a gift from a god, Zero?"
Zero folded his arms. "Technically speaking, yes."
"But if it hadn't been for everyone's light back then, Noa wouldn't have appeared to help me."
The matter of Noa left Shinji somewhat confused. By all rights, Zero, standing before him, already counted as a god in this world, yet he hardly acted like one. He was very much like a human.
But Noa had exuded an entirely different presence from Zero, and from the way Zero described him, Noa was essentially an Ultraman in