Chapter 281: Operation Save Tiga!
Tiga had turned into a stone statue again and then sank to the bottom of the sea. Seeing this scene, everyone felt as if a stone were pressing down on their chests.
This time, it seemed that no miracle had occurred. People had cheered for Tiga, but in the end, this guardian of humanity, the hitherto invincible Ultraman, had fallen as a stone statue.
Type-Moon/Fate World, Sixth Singularity, Sacred Round Table Domain.
"How... how could this happen?"
Mash watched the fallen Tiga, covering her mouth with an expression of disbelief. Tiga had actually lost, even though he had looked like he might be defeated before.
But no matter the process, Tiga had always been able to turn danger into safety and successfully come up with ways to defeat his enemies.
But now, Tiga had lost—not just trailing behind temporarily, but a defeat in the true sense.
This made Mash somewhat unable to accept it for a moment. At the same time, she was shocked by Gatanothor's power. Was this the enemy that had destroyed the Ultra-Ancient Civilization?
Even if those giants from back then were all present, could they defeat this enemy?
Mash didn't know, because in her view, Tiga should be one of the most powerful beings among the giants. Although she didn't know the situation with the other giants, she estimated they were not much different from Tiga.
Tiga had already shown the determination to fight to the death against Gatanothor, but even so, it had been of no use at all.
He hadn't even broken through the enemy's defense. The gap in strength was truly too despair-inducing.
"Is this the enemy that destroyed a civilization? This is truly terrifying."
Watching this situation, Da Vinci also showed a very grave expression. She naturally knew of Tiga's strength, but it was precisely because she knew how strong Tiga was that it highlighted just how terrifying Gatanothor was.
Tiga was strong enough; he was like a guardian deity for humanity, helping humans solve all kinds of enemies.
He even helped them make choices when humanity was in the greatest danger, avoiding the fate of humanity heading toward extinction.
Even such a powerful being, god-like in stature, could not be said to have had no room to fight back in front of Gatanothor, but it still gave one the feeling that darkness was swallowing the entire world.
So, the moment Tiga fell, even a genius like Da Vinci felt that the world seemed to be completely finished, with no hope left to speak of.
Even if the two Ultramen who had appeared before—Evil Tiga and that [Ultraman] who existed in the past timeline—were to appear, they probably couldn't deal with Gatanothor.
"No, there is still hope!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes, however, flashed with a different kind of light. She looked at the video very seriously and said: "It's not over yet. Tiga hasn't completely fallen, because humanity hasn't been completely wiped out."
"Don't forget, the title is 'To the One Who Bestows Brilliance'. I believe this 'To the One Who Bestows Brilliance' definitely refers to humanity, not just Daigo as an individual, but humanity as a large group."
Fujimaru Ritsuka was always full of confidence in humanity, because she herself was an ordinary human, as ordinary as could be.
She had been able to get this far only because of the help from Mash, the Doctor, Da Vinci, the members of Chaldea, and other Heroic Spirits.
Therefore, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt that Daigo might be the same; being light himself, he would eventually accept humanity's help and stand up again.
Just like her in the Grand Temple of Time, because of the help from Mash, Dr. Roman, and a host of Heroic Spirits, she had been able to reach the end and defeat Goetia, who had seemed impossible to defeat.
Detective Conan World.
"The development of this story has already exceeded my imagination."
Kudo Shinichi also showed a rather shocked expression, because he hadn't expected that Tiga would be defeated without any ability to fight back.
Anyone watching this video had a feeling that as long as Tiga was there, humanity would not lose.
Because Tiga was the guardian deity of humanity, but now the guardian deity had fallen, which was contrary to Kudo Shinichi's original expectations.
Although Gatanothor would be very powerful, he hadn't expected it to be powerful to this extent; the opponent's strength also exceeded all previous monsters.
If Tiga was a god protecting everything, then Gatanothor was an evil god destroying everything.
"Is there still hope?"
Kudo Shinichi watched Tiga, still in a fighting stance in the video, slowly sink into the sea, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Was there any way to save Tiga in the current situation?
Could it be that someone had to turn into light? Enter Tiga's body? Who could achieve this?
Turn into light? Enter the Ultraman stone statue? A human?
When these few keywords were combined, a man with a rather dark smile suddenly appeared in Kudo Shinichi's mind.
Yes, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but think of an existence he had almost forgotten: the man who had previously transformed into Evil Tiga.
Masaki Keigo, that guy who had been so infuriating before.
Although Kudo Shinichi hated this guy, now that things had come to this, he had to admit that if it were the technology developed by that guy, there might be a way to save Daigo.
"What was that technology called again?" Kudo Shinichi frowned slightly. He recalled the plot he had seen before and muttered to himself: "It's called the Light Genetic Factor Converter. Using this thing along with Daigo's spark lens, it seems one can turn into light and enter the Ultraman's body."
"Wait... Daigo's spark lens has already disappeared, but if that's the case, could it be used as pure energy?"
As a famous detective who knew a little bit about everything, Kudo Shinichi's brain could be said to work very fast.
Although this had nothing to do with a case, inferring the subsequent situation from the existing clues was a piece of cake for Kudo Shinichi.
"Besides this plan, I don't know what Daigo's current situation is."
Kudo Shinichi looked at the Tiga stone statue in the video. He sighed again and couldn't help but pray: "I hope it's using the Light Genetic Factor Converter to reawaken Tiga, and then, through the power of human technology and Ultraman's power, successfully defeat Gatanothor."
"And not that Daigo himself completely turns into light and becomes a true Ultraman to solve Gatanothor."
Kudo Shinichi was still worried about what Yurei had said: to make Tiga recover from the stone statue, Daigo had to turn into light.
This sentence, viewed at the time, seemed like nothing; it was just letting Daigo turn into light, which reawakened Tiga.
Now it seemed that since ultraman tiga had turned into a stone statue again, if Daigo was trapped inside Tiga, then for him to free himself, did he have to completely become pure light—that is, become an Ultraman—to solve the current crisis?
If that was the case, then it could also explain the meaning of the title.
But Kudo Shinichi really couldn't bear to see that situation, so he still leaned toward humans resurrecting Tiga and then teaming up with Tiga to solve Gatanothor.
The video continued to play.
After the Tiga stone statue sank to the bottom of the sea, the narrator's voice rang out at this moment.
"ultraman tiga has lost his light and has returned to the appearance of a stone statue."
"Take back the light, Tiga!"
"Will humanity face the fate of extinction, just like in the Ultra-Ancient period?"
Accompanied by this voice, the camera panned to the children who had previously been watching the battle between Tiga and Gatanothor.
They also appeared quite confused and puzzled at this moment: why had ultraman tiga been defeated, and if ultraman tiga had been defeated, what should they do?
Did this mean there was no hope, because even Tiga had fallen; who else could stop Gatanothor?
"Everything is over."
An adult male sighed. He seemed to have accepted reality, feeling that Tiga's defeat was a foregone conclusion.
"I don't believe it!!!"
But on the other side, Tomoki did not believe that Tiga would fail.
This scene was happening all over the world. Several children were holding Tiga dolls; they all felt that Tiga was not dead, that he was still alive.
But the adults and companions nearby all felt that ultraman tiga had been killed by Gatanothor and would never come back.
This was the difference between children and adults; adults were used to accepting reality, while children were unwilling to easily admit this reality.
It wasn't just the children who were unwilling to accept reality; even Super GUTS was unwilling to accept this reality. They were preparing for the operation to save Tiga.
On the Artis.
Neri looked at everyone and said: "Through the Maxima Power System developed by Dr. Yao, if we irradiate the stone statue of Ultraman with light energy, it might be useful."
Hearing Neri's words, Dr. Yao couldn't help but question: "Using physical light ion irradiation to make it work... I'm afraid it's not that simple."
Clearly, he felt it wasn't very realistic.
Rena looked at Dr. Yao very seriously and said: "We must do everything possible, otherwise... Daigo..."
Thinking of Daigo, Rena felt somewhat dejected at that moment.
It was also at this time that a male voice, quite familiar to everyone, rang out.
"You're right, we absolutely cannot give up."
However, at this moment, it seemed only Rena could hear it.
This voice belonged to the psychic who had appeared in a previous episode—Kirino Makio.
Inside the Super GUTS base, the Director continued to say: "But until now, we still haven't analyzed the mechanism of the stone statue."
They wanted to help ultraman tiga, that was true, but right now they didn't seem to have any tools in their hands that could help ultraman tiga.
"No." Neri shook his head, his voice sounding somewhat subtle: "There is someone who knows how to use light to transform the stone statue into Ultraman, but it's a pity."
Vice-Captain Munakata also understood who Neri was talking about, and he also said somewhat subtly: "Are you referring to Masaki Keigo?"
At this moment, the members of Super GUTS also remembered that they still had a scientist who had once turned into Ultraman.
On the other side, Masaki Keigo seemed to hear Gatanothor's elephant-like roar, and he couldn't help but get out of bed, looking at the dark scene outside the window.
Masaki Keigo's pupils trembled, and his voice was also full of surprise: "It's exactly the same as the dream."
Clearly, when Masaki Keigo wanted to become Ultraman, it wasn't just because of his own selfishness, or his desire to truly save humanity, but also because he had seen the same scenery as Daigo in his dreams.
That was the scenery of the Ultra-Ancient Civilization being destroyed.
On the high-altitude aircraft, Hayabusa Shin was piloting the plane at this moment, feeling shocked by everything on the ground, and just then, he heard a voice.
"Can you let me ride your plane?"
Hearing this, Hayabusa Shin subconsciously asked: "Who are you?"
Clearly, Hayabusa Shin thought his communication device had been hacked, so he subconsciously asked who the other party was.
"I am speaking directly to your mind." Kirino Makio said very calmly: "Please take me to a place."
"What did you say?"
Hayabusa Shin looked exceptionally confused.
Similarly, in the submarine, in the dolphin.
Member Shinjō and Horii appeared again. Their situation seemed to have become very bad. If the two of them still had the energy to jump around before, then now they had absolutely no mood to do so.
Member Shinjō lay on the chair, his voice sounding exceptionally helpless: "I really want to float up and see the beautiful blue sky."
At this moment, Member Shinjō didn't know what the situation was like outside, thinking that outside was still a beautiful blue sky with sunlight falling on the earth.
"Yeah." Horii nodded slightly, looking at the photo on the side, very seriously: "There must be a way."
Member Shinjō stared ahead, the image of his sister appearing in his mind, muttering: "Mayumi, are you okay?"
The scene cut again, returning to Masaki Keigo. At this moment, the door was opened, and a man wearing a Super GUTS uniform walked in.
"Masaki, someone is here to see you!"
With a sound, Mayumi, whom Member Shinjō had been muttering about, also appeared, along with Dr. Tango, who had previously betrayed Super GUTS.
At this moment, Dr. Tango was dressed similarly to Masaki Keigo; it seems he was also locked up after that incident.
Mayumi looked at the imprisoned Masaki Keigo, gathered her emotions for a moment, and said: "We want to borrow your knowledge and wisdom."
Masaki Keigo smiled. He knew that after the apocalypse arrived, the people of Super GUTS would come to him. He looked at Mayumi and couldn't help but say: "What I did was actually, actually not wrong!"
"Mr. Masaki!" Seeing Masaki Keigo like this, Dr. Tango couldn't help but persuade: "Please pull yourself together. This time is a good opportunity for you to atone for your sins."
Clearly, on the way, Dr. Tango also knew that ultraman tiga had been defeated and that the time to need Masaki Keigo's power had come.
Because both were scientists, Dr. Tango showed considerable respect for Masaki Keigo, so he didn't want Masaki Keigo to stay in this cage for the rest of his life.
Masaki Keigo stood up, looked at the darkness outside, and said to himself: "In a world shrouded in darkness, someone needs to use light to guide them."
Looking at Masaki Keigo, Mayumi said very seriously: "That person, it could never be you."
Because she knew everything Masaki Keigo had done, even now, Mayumi would not agree with what he said.
Mayumi had a straightforward personality just like her brother, Member Shinjō; she wouldn't say nice things just to get Masaki Keigo out.
"Hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha!!!!"
Masaki Keigo laughed, a laugh that made people feel quite sad. He turned around, looked at Mayumi, and said seriously: "That's right, you're right."
Beside the Artis, Rena walked out. She looked at the boundless ocean, facing the sea breeze, and couldn't help but say:
"Daigo, you're still alive, right?"
"Do you know? I have so many things I want to tell you."
"I'm going to come pick you up right away."
Under the Pacific Ocean, inside the ultraman tiga stone statue, Daigo's figure appeared. He was trapped by a diamond-shaped crystal. At this moment, he seemed to hear Rena's words and slowly opened his eyes.
Outside the video, in the Demon Slayer World, within the Demon Slayer Corps.
"Yes! It should be like this! Hope has not been lost yet!! Humans still have ways to do what they can do!!!"
Rengoku Kyojuro looked at the humans in the video who had not given up hope and were preparing to continue fighting, and he said with great excitement: "We still have hope, and a better future. Don't give up on the future!!!"
"Yes! There is still hope! There is still a future!!!"
It wasn't just Rengoku Kyojuro who was excited; even Tanjiro was the same. He looked at Daigo, who hadn't died, and the Super GUTS members who were mobilized again.
And the series of characters who had appeared before, Tanjiro felt very excited. When ultraman tiga fell, he had thought that this video might end there.
Just like the first one, Mami Tomoe, the seemingly invincible senior, who was killed directly.
ultraman tiga, who had always been invincible, finally fell into the hands of the monster that destroyed the world.
But now the video hadn't ended yet, which gave Tanjiro new hope. Yes! New hope!!!!
Therefore, whether it was Tanjiro or Rengoku Kyojuro, they were quite excited. Although ultraman tiga had fallen, humanity had not yet fallen.
This was the opposite of the Gijera flower incident; humans, under the guidance of light, successfully got rid of the Gijera flower.
Now that Ultraman had been turned into a stone statue by darkness, humans, no longer lost, began to take action to save Ultraman.
Including the people who had previously been helped by Daigo, or rather, ultraman tiga, they also began to act to rescue ultraman tiga.
"You two, calm down. The situation hasn't gotten that good yet."
Agatsuma Zenitsu looked at Tanjiro and Rengoku Kyojuro being so excited, his expression looking somewhat helpless, although he was also relatively excited.
But he always felt that things wouldn't go so smoothly. Although, no matter what, as long as Daigo was alive, there was still a chance to fight this Gatanothor.
But the problem arose again; the place where ultraman tiga turned into a stone statue was not far from Gatanothor.
Rescuing ultraman tiga at this distance, wasn't that a bit like treating Gatanothor as blind?
Agatsuma Zenitsu thought, no matter what that monster was, it was unlikely to turn a blind eye to this, so he couldn't help but think now.
In the end, would it be that Masaki Keigo who would turn himself into light again, that is, as [energy] to replenish power for ultraman tiga?
After all, Masaki Keigo had the same genes as Daigo, and he also, like Daigo, dreamed of the destruction of the Ultra-Ancient Civilization, thus launching a series of actions.
"Hmm, that's right."
Rengoku Kyojuro heard Agatsuma Zenitsu's words, nodded, and said very seriously: "It's too early to be happy now, but I believe ultraman tiga will definitely be able to resurrect, relying on the light given by the people!"
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