[Ultraman] Swapping Bodies with My Nemesis Zero

When Shi Sheng Xia Mo was reborn into the world of Ultraman, she got handed a living hell of a script:

Be Belial's daughter.

Assassinate his nemesis, Zero.

Shi Sheng Xia Mo: "...Kill who?"

The Land of Light Ultraman who hit his peak right at his debut, Ultraman Zero?

Just thinking about it made her want to laugh.

But Belial was serious.

Shi Sheng Xia Mo: "Then you have to give me some powers, at least, right?"

So the great novelist Fushii K gave her a bracelet that could both protect her and kill people.

Shi Sheng Xia Mo wiped away a tear. "Great, great, I'm finally not an ordinary person anymore."

-

After a huge battle, Belial got taken out again.

She woke up in a hospital in the Land of Light and found her own body lying in the bed next to hers.

She and Zero had switched bodies?!

"I don't want this ugly body!"

"Hey! Who are you calling ugly?!"

Shi Sheng Xia Mo froze. She hadn't said anything just now, so how did Ultraman Zero know she'd insulted him in her mind?

Coincidence? It had to be.

-

The Land of Light's headlines exploded.

"Shocking! Zero and an Unknown Girl Die Together!"

"Scandalous! Defense Force Captures High-Definition Footage of the Two Getting Tangled Up!"

The picture showed a hologram of her dragging Zero toward the Spark Tower.

Zero grabbed her in a rage. "The whole Land of Light thinks we're dying together now!"

[Then do something and switch us back! I can't kill you until we're back in our own bodies.]

Zero was shocked. "What? You...!!!!"

Shi Sheng Xia Mo: "What did I do? Oh my god, Zero's killing people!!!"

Everyone in the Ultimate Zero Guard rushed over and finally managed to hold Zero back.

*

To switch their bodies back, the two of them set off on a journey through time and space.

Shi Sheng Xia Mo, who only wanted to lie flat forever, went from awkwardly fighting in Zero's body to facing each battle with a numb, expressionless face.

The heartbreak along the way is too much to talk about. It would only make me cry.

Zero was speechless. "Do you want to take a look at me?"

He gestured at the magical-girl dress he was wearing.

The bracelet's powers were way too overpowered. Not only did it summon all kinds of random things every day, it also let him hear what was going through her mind.

Shi Sheng Xia Mo: [Hmph, still better than all those muscles of yours, right? I hate men who lift weights without knowing when to stop. Cute, pretty dresses are much nicer to look at. Though... squeezing those muscles does feel pretty reassuring.]

Zero: I'll endure this.

*

Along the way, she used Zero's body to deal with the alien princess who was in love with him.

Zero used her body to deal with her suitors.

The princess was successfully pacified, but the suitor was gone.

Shi Sheng Xia Mo was furious. She'd rather die than suffer such humiliation!

She challenged Zero to a one-on-one fight.

Zero remained perfectly calm and refused to fight. "What's so great about that guy? If that one's gone, there'll be another!"

"Where's this 'another' coming from?! He's the only one I've got!"

"...Fine, I'll make it up to you."

Shi Sheng Xia Mo was speechless. "How are you going to make it up to me? Those guys in the Ultimate Zero Guard? No thanks."

"...Then I'll make it up to you by giving you myself! How about that?"

Shi Sheng Xia Mo froze. Just as Zero thought he'd finally comforted her, she burst into tears.

"That's even worse! The guys in the guard are better than you!"

Zero was so furious he nearly spat blood.

Reader's guide: The story will begin when the preorder reaches 700.

* Pairing: Zero. A sweet, comedic space romp. Human-alien romance, with almost no screen time for human hosts. Like my Zeta novel, it will include watch-along scenes.

* Any OOC is my fault. My writing is elementary-school level, and this story is full of my own headcanons.

* Belial will survive.

Blurb written in 2025.

Theme: Save the world through different methods by putting yourself in someone else's shoes