Chapter 283 The One Who Gives Glory
The mission to rescue ultraman tiga began. The people who had appeared before were now gathered together, starting to rescue the petrified ultraman tiga.
Even Captain Iruma Megumi, who rarely participated in battles, boarded a fighter jet at this moment and began to fight against Gatanothor to save ultraman tiga.
Accompanied by a rather passionate BGM, everyone was looking forward to what would happen next.
Naruto World, Akatsuki Organization.
"In a sense, I feel a bit fired up."
Deidara looked at the members of Super GUTS starting to act in the video, and he smiled, "Although this isn't a 'burning' series famous scene, when Super GUTS and humans started to act, I inexplicably felt fired up."
Yes, this feeling was very strange. Not only Deidara, but even Sasori said very calmly, "That's right. All this time, it has always been ultraman tiga protecting humanity."
"Now that this guardian deity has fallen, humanity hasn't been afraid, but instead started a rescue operation. Although this scene is somewhat similar to the Shinobi Allied Forces."
"Although similar, the connotation within makes me feel it's not quite the same. Although it's strange to say it like that, that's how I feel."
Seeing Super GUTS and others taking action made Sasori think of the future Shinobi Allied Forces, who also united to fight against Uchiha Madara.
It was also fighting against an unimaginably powerful enemy, but the feeling was just very different.
"Hmm."
Itachi nodded slightly, his tone very calm, "After all, before this, the humans in the video were relying on ultraman tiga to defeat one strong enemy after another. In this process, we saw various dark sides and bright sides of humanity."
"Especially in the Gijera incident, humanity finally overcame desire and successfully destroyed the Gijera flower."
"As for the Infinite Tsukuyomi world... I cannot offer an evaluation, because judging from the fragments, not a single person broke free from that illusion world."
Pain also calmly picked up Uchiha Itachi's words, saying indifferently: "And after ultraman tiga fell, humanity did not feel despair, but instead actively began to take action. As for the Shinobi Allied Forces? Hah!"
"They only united temporarily because of a powerful external enemy. After this incident ends, who knows if they will remain united?"
Pain did not want to discuss the so-called Shinobi Allied Forces, because he felt that this organization was something established by the Five Great Ninja Villages solely for their own safety.
It could not withstand the test of time; perhaps in the future, once internal conflicts arose, this so-called Shinobi Allied Forces would begin killing each other again.
After all, Pain knew the deep-seated flaws of the Five Great Ninja Villages better than anyone, which was why he wanted to become a god and change the world through force.
Even after seeing the endings of Obito and Uchiha Madara, Pain, or rather Nagato, did not change his mind.
On the contrary, he felt his thoughts were correct; yes, it had to be this way to truly change the world in a meaningful sense.
So-called world peace is fundamentally impossible without the support of violence.
"Therefore, I admire the humans in the video." Konan also sighed slightly: "After a powerful existence akin to a god fell, they did not despair, but instead actively began rescue operations, even if only bottomless despair awaited them in the end."
"They did not give up, but instead actively began to take action. The [Light] shared by ultraman tiga... no, it should be said, the [Light] shared by Daigo, allowed all of humanity to stand up."
In this operation, most of the people involved were those who had come into contact with Daigo; among them were several who had once been antagonistic toward him.
For example, Masaki Keigo and Kirino Makio; these two could be considered to hold significant weight in this rescue operation.
They had once opposed ultraman tiga, or rather Daigo, but now, for Daigo's sake, they had begun to move forward regardless of the consequences.
"Hmph, compared to these, I am more concerned about the ending." Kakuzu was indifferent to all this; he only wanted to see how it would end.
Would Gatanothor win in the end, or would ultraman tiga, representing the side of humanity, successfully dispel the darkness and bring light to the world?
In the One-Punch Man World, at Saitama's home.
"Wow, espers, I'm so envious."
Looking at the Super GUTS team beginning their operation in the video, Saitama couldn't help but exclaim: "This ability is very convenient no matter how you look at it. If I had this ability, some daily activities would be very convenient."
"..."
Tatsumaki and Genos fell into a slight silence upon hearing Saitama's words. One, a cyborg, and the other, the world's strongest esper, both fell into silence.
Because when Saitama said he envied espers, a subtle feeling quietly flashed through the hearts of both Tatsumaki and Genos.
After all, Saitama was already an extremely powerful existence himself; he had no need to envy espers, because many espers could never possess power as terrifying as his.
"Don't you think so?"
Seeing the silent Tatsumaki and Genos, Saitama asked with some confusion: "This kind of telepathic communication feels so cool."
Tatsumaki looked at Saitama, speechless: "This kind of telepathic communication isn't very difficult. I can do it now; it's not hard at all."
"But if you want to learn, I can patiently teach you."
Saying this, Tatsumaki's eyes suddenly brightened slightly. Yes, since she couldn't beat this Bald Guy, why not become his [teacher]?
After all this time, Tatsumaki also wanted to see what kind of astonishing performance this guy would show if he learned psychic powers.
"No, no, this feels too difficult."
Saitama waved his hand, declining Tatsumaki's proposal. He felt that he should just forget about learning psychic powers; it was a bit too difficult for him.
Even now, Saitama felt that if he couldn't fly, then in his eyes, espers were like Tatsumaki—flying, diving, and capable of anything.
He was just an ordinary person who was a little bit strong.
"However, can the Super GUTS' plan be successfully realized this time?"
Genos was curious whether the Super GUTS' rescue plan this time could successfully awaken ultraman tiga.
"Well, I feel like it probably won't work." Saitama looked at the Super GUTS team on the screen with some helplessness, saying: "After all, that evil god Gatanothor is guarding there; how could it possibly let the Super GUTS succeed?"
"It is clearly an existence with high intelligence. As long as it isn't an idiot, it won't let the Super GUTS' plan succeed."
"Unless... it still wants to fight ultraman tiga one more time, otherwise, I personally feel this plan is unlikely to succeed."
This was the most common conjecture; Saitama felt that this plan was eight or nine times out of ten going to fail.
Because the Super GUTS' actions right now were no different from breaking into someone's house and blatantly starting to steal things.
Any normal person wouldn't let them succeed.
"I think so too." Tatsumaki agreed with Saitama's thoughts; she also felt it was unlikely. If this monster had run far away, then this plan would be highly likely to succeed.
But now, this monster was clearly staying in place, unmoving. It could destroy all civilization on the surface just by relying on its minions, and the only person who could stop it had already been petrified and sealed.
Therefore, as long as it guarded ultraman tiga, it was only a matter of time before this planet completely turned into darkness.
"However." Saitama changed the subject. He looked at the Super GUTS members in the video and smiled: "Although it feels like it won't work, they give me a feeling that they [can do it]. Perhaps they really will succeed."
"Letting Ultraman recover from the stone statue, and then continue fighting this Ruler of Darkness."
Saitama believed in human potential; the more impossible something was, the more likely it was to happen to humans.
Previous videos had proven how dazzling the light that humans could burst forth with in adversity was.
The video continued to play.
Accompanied by intense BGM, the Super GUTS members set off. They quickly arrived above the Pacific Ocean and saw the Ruler of Darkness in the distance, the evil god—Gatanothor.
"I see it!" Rena, piloting the fighter jet, looked at Gatanothor ahead and said: "That is the Ruler of Darkness!"
Neri also hurriedly said: "Mr. Masaki, we are almost there."
At this moment, inside the Photo-Genetic Converter device, the half-naked Masaki Keigo was also operating the machine.
Previously, Captain Iruma Megumi hadn't spoken; there really wasn't a seat for anyone in this device.
Even so, Masaki Keigo operated the machine with a solemn expression, preparing for the upcoming rescue operation.
"Beta machine, prepare to launch."
Captain Iruma Megumi's voice sounded over the communication device.
"Understood." Rena nodded, indicating she understood.
Vice-Captain Munakata, sitting in the back row, said in a rather serious tone: "Captain, I really want to go in your place."
On the other side, Captain Iruma Megumi smiled: "Always staying in the command room, I occasionally want to go to the front line too."
Hearing this, Hayabusa Shin specifically [reminded] her: "Don't get in the way."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fighter jet split into two, becoming the Alpha and Beta units. Hayabusa Shin piloted one fighter jet and charged toward Gatanothor, saying very seriously: "Watch me take you down."
"Swish, swish, swish—!!!"
Several beams of light shot out, attacking Gatanothor.
"Roar—!!!"
Accompanied by flashing sparks, Gatanothor let out a roar that was clearly quite puzzled. Because ultraman tiga had already failed, why did these humans still dare to attack it?
Subsequently, a Zoigar suddenly descended. Captain Iruma Megumi and Hayabusa Shin piloted their fighter jets, fighting the Zoigar while interfering with Gatanothor.
Both were elite-level pilots, and at this moment, they actually managed to hold off the Zoigar.
This caused Neri, who was in the fighter jet nearby, to hurriedly say: "Preparing to drop the Maxima Energy Box."
On the fighter jet, the Maxima Energy Box containing the Photo-Genetic Converter was about to be dropped.
Vice-Captain Munakata watched the Maxima Energy Box about to be dropped and said very seriously: "Masaki, I'm counting on you!"
The next moment, the Maxima Energy Box landed in the water. Inside, Masaki Keigo hurriedly picked up a respirator, while the violent shaking made his expression look quite unpleasant.
Performing such precise operations in such a cramped space, with the entire space accompanying violent shaking, Masaki Keigo was, in a sense, torturing his own mind and body.
The battle in the sky was still ongoing. Countless attacks fell scattered onto the Zoigar, but most of the attacks were dodged by it, causing no substantial damage to it.
"Hayabusa." Captain Iruma Megumi looked at the Zoigar ahead and said: "Aim for its wing area."
"Thank you for the guidance."
Hayabusa Shin indicated he understood. He then opened fire behind the Zoigar, successfully destroying one of the Zoigar's wings.
The Zoigar, having lost a wing, landed on the sea surface. Just as it intended to struggle to get up, Captain Iruma Megumi and Hayabusa Shin opened fire together.
Countless attacks landed on the Zoigar's massive body, causing it to die on the spot.
This caused the people outside the video to widen their eyes. What was going on? The Zoigar was killed by the combined efforts of Hayabusa Shin and Captain Iruma Megumi?!
Was this Zoigar too weak, or were Captain Iruma Megumi and Hayabusa Shin too strong?
Regardless, this scene was truly shocking. The Zoigar was actually defeated by the two of them; one had to remember that the Zoigar was the existence that had previously beaten ultraman tiga until his timer flashed.
It seemed that humanity was not lacking in elites after all.
On the other side, in the sea, the partners-in-misfortune, Member Shinjō and Horii, appeared. At this moment, they saw a device land in front of them, not far from the dolphin, and looked extremely surprised.
Horii looked at the device ahead and said with great surprise: "It's here, something really came."
"So this wasn't a dream." Member Shinjō was also very surprised; he had thought it was just their hallucination earlier.
After their brief surprise, Kirino Makio's voice sounded again, saying: "There is a man named Masaki inside that machine; he will use manual operation."
"You, the dolphin, adjust your angle so that the light emitted from the energy box shines toward ultraman tiga."
After giving instructions, the perspective shifted to the coast. Kirino Makio stood there, blowing in the sea breeze, and said somewhat sentimentally: "Daigo, you are the only one who cannot hear my voice."
"But I believe you are still alive. You must become light once again!"
Although Kirino Makio had not communicated with Daigo, he believed—he believed that ultraman tiga would not just fade away like this, and Daigo would not fall like this.
Therefore, he took the initiative to stand up, using the fastest possible time to assemble a team to rescue ultraman tiga, and used his own abilities to give them orders.
This was something only he could do. Now, everything was proceeding according to his plan, so he believed that Daigo could definitely be resurrected; he would become light once again and save this world.
Under the sea, the dolphin used its machine to grab the Maxima Energy Box, then moved toward the direction the mysterious male voice had mentioned.
"I see the ultraman tiga stone statue." At this moment, Member Shinjō saw the ultraman tiga stone statue.
"..."
Horii nodded slightly, his attention appearing very focused. He said calmly: "Member Shinjō, move a little closer to the right."
"Hum—!!!"
The machine moved slightly, and the light aperture was aimed at the timer on ultraman tiga's chest.
"Good." Horii looked at this scene and said very seriously: "Keep this angle and don't move."
At this moment, time seemed to have stopped.
The dolphin was motionless, and there was no other sound within the ocean.
Everything was ready.
Inside the Maxima Energy Box, Masaki Keigo was wearing a respirator. He stared at the data on the screen ahead, then revealed a quite [surprised/joyful] expression.
"This is it!!!" Masaki Keigo revealed an excited smile. He looked at the screen and said: "This is the waveform!!! You must wake up! ultraman tiga!!!"
Accompanied by these words, Masaki Keigo pressed the button, and the intense BGM sounded again.
White light appeared. This white light, akin to salvation, shone steadily onto ultraman tiga's timer.
At this moment, everyone watching the video got goosebumps. Was this the light that belonged to humanity?!
In order to save ultraman tiga, they brought out their own [Light]!!!
"Great!!!"
Seeing this scene, Horii and Member Shinjō appeared exceptionally excited.
The white light illuminated everything around, and Daigo inside the crystal woke up once again.
At the same time... above the ocean, Gatanothor was not blind. It let out a cry like an elephant, seeing the blinding white light emerging from the seabed.
On the fighter jet, Rena looked at this white light and prayed: "Daigo, wake up quickly, rely on the light we gave you."
Inside the crystal, Daigo slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the surrounding light, as if realizing something.
"Roar—!!!"
It was also at this moment that Gatanothor seemed to go berserk. It looked at the light ahead, appearing exceptionally violent, as if it had been stimulated by something.
"Oh no!" Vice-Captain Munakata saw Gatanothor's movements and also seemed to realize something, looking exceptionally nervous: "The evil god has discovered the operation!!!"
"Rumble—!!!"
Gatanothor began to move. Such a massive entity moving in the sea caused the dolphin, which had been stable below, to shake incessantly.
Horii and Member Shinjō, seated inside the dolphin, were buckled in, but even so, they could feel the violent shaking.
Inside the Maxima Energy Box, Masaki Keigo couldn't help but shout, "Light——————!!!!!!"
Outside the video.
Type-Moon/Fate World, Sixth Singularity, Sacred Round Table Domain.
"Oh no!! Oh no!!!!!"
Seeing this, Mash appeared exceptionally nervous. She couldn't help but say, "Senpai, what should we do now? Gatanothor has discovered it; is the operation going to fail?!!"
Having previously seen Captain Iruma Megumi and Hayabusa Shin defeat a Zoigar, both Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but cheer, feeling that although humanity currently couldn't deal with Gatanothor...
…it could still handle monsters like Zoigar. As long as they successfully took out the obstructive Zoigar and drew a certain amount of Gatanothor's attention...
…then they could successfully awaken ultraman tiga underwater, relying on the light given to him by humanity to revive him from the stone statue once again.
But they never expected Gatanothor to notice. Although Mash felt it was quite normal for the opponent to discover them, because no matter which angle you looked at it from, the creature wasn't blind and could see what was happening on the seabed.
"I don't know either, but the situation is extremely critical now."
Even Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but get anxious, because it was obvious at a glance that Gatanothor was clearly starting to stop people from reviving ultraman tiga.
Although Fujimaru Ritsuka knew it was impossible to make the creature blind, she still hoped it could be like Lev—wouldn't it be better if it were just blind?
"..."
Da Vinci was slightly silent. She watched Gatanothor, which had begun to rampage on the screen, and said curiously, "The Ruler of Darkness seems to be rampaging because of the light."
Da Vinci was a very observant existence. She clearly saw that Gatanothor was rampaging because of the light on the seabed. In other words, as the Ruler of Darkness, Gatanothor didn't like light?
She felt like she had said something rather stupid. It was the Ruler of Darkness, so how could it possibly like light? That would be just as ridiculous as ultraman tiga, who belonged to the camp of light, loving to embrace the darkness.
Da Vinci stroked her chin, looked at Gatanothor in the video, and muttered, "However, this might count as a weakness."
"Eh?" X2.
Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash looked at Da Vinci with some confusion, not understanding why she would say that.
"It's the simplest deduction."
Da Vinci smiled, looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash, and said, "I think I understand how ultraman tiga should defeat Gatanothor if he is revived, because it is not without weaknesses."
"Since it hates light so much, perhaps we can use the same method used to deal with the [Blue Race] of the Standell aliens to completely eliminate it."
Following Da Vinci's words, Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka thought of the previous plot. It was the story of the red and blue aliens, one representing the day race and the other the night race. Later, the alien representing the night race was forcibly destroyed by ultraman tiga using light during the night.
"If that's the case, then there might be a chance!"
After hearing Da Vinci's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka widened her eyes slightly, feeling it was quite reasonable. The Ruler of Darkness might be just like that [Blue Race], never having seen true light, which is why it hated light so much, even showing signs of [rampage] upon seeing it.
If so, then humanity and ultraman tiga might have a way to defeat the Ruler of Darkness, not by relying on powerful strength, but by relying on the power of [Light].
"Yes, Senpai!!!!"
Mash was also very excited. Originally, they were worried that even if ultraman tiga was revived, it wouldn't change the battle situation. After all, how would a revived ultraman tiga fight Gatanothor? He had already been defeated once before, so it would be normal for him to face defeat a second time. Now, seeing Gatanothor [rampage] because of the light, Mash felt she saw hope for victory.
"However, this is just our conjecture."
Da Vinci shrugged, then looked at the screen and sighed, "And this conjecture can also be thought of as... Daigo burning his own life to become the light that illuminates the world."
When Da Vinci said this, the smiles on Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka's faces instantly froze. If one asked why, it was because there were too many tragedies in this divine reversal. If Daigo really ended up turning into light himself, illuminating the whole world while sacrificing only himself... then... Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka wouldn't be surprised at all, because in this divine reversal ranking, several people who did this had already appeared, such as Riku and Shuvi, and the doctor... They all ultimately achieved their goals, only sacrificing their own existence.
Thinking about it carefully, in this video, the only person with a happy ending seemed to be Mr. Joseph. Thinking of this, the three of them fell silent at this moment, seemingly prepared to welcome this final ending.
Detective Conan World.
"Is it going to be a tragedy in the end?"
At this moment, the great detective Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but grit his teeth. Through Gatanothor's reaction, he also deduced a subsequent ending similar to Da Vinci's. After all, in this kind of doomsday situation, if one person died in exchange for a bright future for all humanity, it could be considered a very good deal in a sense.
But for some reason, Kudo Shinichi was unwilling to accept such an ending, because the reason was simple: everything Daigo had done far exceeded the limits of what a [human] could do. Furthermore, he had a group waiting for his return; the Super GUTS team was waiting for him to rejoin. Rena was also waiting for his return. Would such a good man really sacrifice himself to deal with Gatanothor?
The answer was yes, because Daigo was that kind of existence, and Kudo Shinichi knew what choice he would make. Just like Doctor Roman earlier, although he was very afraid, he ultimately walked into the Grand Temple of Time, revealed his identity as King Solomon, and activated his Noble Phantasm. He reached the realm of [Nothingness], although Kudo Shinichi didn't know what [Nothingness] was. However, according to Goetia, it was something more terrifying than death, so Kudo Shinichi knew that Doctor Roman might never return.
Now Daigo seemed to be following in Doctor Roman's footsteps, which made Kudo Shinichi anxious. But the video was still playing, so he could only browse the comment section to see if there was anyone named [Daigo] or [ultraman tiga]. He wanted to ask what their situation was, but unfortunately, after scrolling for so long, he didn't see the existence of these two IDs. This was truly infuriating; could it be that these two guys didn't watch the multiverse projection?!
"Sigh, I can only silently wait for the final plot."
Kudo Shinichi watched the screen, hoping the upcoming divine reversal wouldn't be as tragic as he imagined. Because if it were, it would be too unfair. Holding this thought, Kudo Shinichi continued to watch the video, his expression appearing very serious, as if he were already prepared. No matter how painful the upcoming scenes were, he could endure them. The passing of the couple Riku and Shuvi, and Doctor Roman who didn't return in the Final Singularity. He had already endured these heavy blows; there was nothing left to fear.
The video continued to play.
"Light——!!"
Masaki Keigo was roaring. He also sensed that things were going poorly, so he wanted to awaken ultraman tiga at this final moment, letting him revive right then.
"Aiya——!!!!"
Perhaps also sensing Gatanothor's interference, Member Shinjō was also trying his best to control the dolphin, aiming this dazzling light at ultraman tiga's chest timer. Daigo, inside the crystal, also reached out his hand, intending to touch this light, then revive from here and fight Gatanothor again.
"Click, click..."
At this moment, the light became dim.
On this planet, countless children were also staring into the distance, as if they could see this rescue operation. It was a feeling from the unknown; they weren't looking at the screen, but they seemed to see the rescue operation on the seabed. This operation to save ultraman tiga.
Eventually, the light vanished. The Maxima Energy Box, containing the light genetic factor converter, fell off the dolphin and crashed heavily onto the seabed.
Daigo, inside the crystal, felt the light vanish and showed a surprised expression, saying: "What happened?!"
"Damn it!!" Member Shinjō appeared exceptionally unwilling; he realized this operation had failed.
Above, Rena, who was piloting the fighter jet, saw this and couldn't help but widen her eyes: "The light has vanished!!"
Along with the disappearance of the light, Gatanothor once again let out an indistinct elephant-like sound.
Deep underwater, the ultraman tiga stone statue still lay peacefully there, and the surroundings were once again swallowed by darkness.
At this moment, people all over the world were paying attention to this rescue operation. The host in charge of the broadcast said with great regret and despair: "The rescue operation seems to have failed."
"It looks like we have no choice but to walk the path of destruction. Everyone, goodbye."
An atmosphere of despair spread once again. Countless adults lowered their heads, as if they had accepted reality. They prepared to quietly wait for the darkness to swallow them. Everything was beyond saving; the Super GUTS team couldn't rescue ultraman tiga, and this world no longer had a future.
Just when everyone had given up, Captain Iruma Megumi's son, Tomoki, stood up and said very loudly: "ultraman tiga!!!!!"
Not only him, but other children also couldn't help but shout: "ultraman tiga!!!!"
"Hum——!!!!"
Accompanied by a gentle BGM, golden light began to shine from the children. This was light, different from the previous artificial white light; it was golden light representing hope and the future.
The camera shifted slightly. All over the world, countless beams of golden light shot into the sky. The children struck the ultraman tiga transformation pose one after another, turning themselves into golden light, and like meteors, rushed toward the ultraman tiga stone statue at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
"Light."
Seeing this scene, Rena was dazed. She saw what was before her, both surprised and moved: "So much light."
The golden light, like meteors, fell into the chest timer of the ultraman tiga stone statue.
At this moment, Daigo also slightly widened his eyes, looking at the golden light appearing in front of him, and the children running toward him while shouting [ultraman tiga]. Daigo was also both surprised and moved, saying: "This is... this is the true light!!!!"
Looking at these children from different countries, Daigo also reached out his hand, accompanied by a familiar sound effect.
On the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a golden light rose, and ultraman tiga, shining all over with golden light, appeared.
Seeing this, the members of the Super GUTS team also showed extremely surprised and happy smiles.
"ultraman tiga!!!!"
"Daigo has revived!!!!"
"Daigo!!!!"
Accompanied by the words of the Super GUTS members, the newly revived ultraman tiga looked at Gatanothor. It was time to bring this battle to an end!
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