Chapter 284: no.2 ends, no.1 begins!
Shocking, a truly shocking scene in every sense. After the Super GUTS team failed, everyone once thought there was complete despair and that it was absolutely impossible for any new hope to occur. As a result, this scene, this scene where everyone turned into [Light], made countless people watching the video unable to help but widen their eyes.
Magical Girl Illya World.
"This is! Light!!!! The light that truly belongs to humanity!!!!"
Illya widened her eyes. After seeing this scene, she suddenly thought of the time with the second-generation Kyrieloid. At that time, ultraman tiga was also defeated by the Kyrieloid, but under the voices of the people, he stood up again and fought for humanity.
This was a very similar scene; humanity gave [Light] to ultraman tiga, allowing him to stand up and continue fighting. If the light people gave ultraman tiga during the fight against the second-generation Kyrieloid was invisible, then this time it was visible golden light. And it seemed that those who turned into light this time were all children.
"Can I also turn into light?!"
Illya became excited. She couldn't help but strike the ultraman tiga pose, attempting to turn into light to join the battle against Gatanothor.
"Believe in yourself! Illya! You can become light too!"
magical ruby floated beside Illya, appearing equally excited: "Because Illya-chan is so cute, there must be a very dazzling light inside her heart."
"And more importantly, you are a Magical Girl~ For a Magical Girl, this is simple~~"
Hearing magical ruby say this, Illya showed a rather embarrassed expression.
Miyu watched Illya and magical ruby like this, showing a helpless expression, but as she watched ultraman tiga revive on the screen, a strange emotion flashed in her eyes.
For some reason, Miyu had a feeling that ultraman tiga in this state was very strong! Very, very strong!!!
Gatanothor was likely no match for him, because ultraman tiga, possessing so much light, was no longer the ultraman tiga who couldn't even cause damage to Gatanothor despite giving it his all.
"He can win."
Miyu spoke, looking at the Glittering ultraman tiga in the video, her tone calm and firm: "This time, it's not a tragedy, but a true happy ending."
Hearing this, Illya couldn't help but look at Miyu, watching her determined expression.
A glimmer of expectation flashed in Illya's eyes as well; after all, having eaten so many "knives" and watched so many "divine reversal" scene rankings, even if Daigo had sacrificed himself just like that, they would at most feel sad for a moment and then continue watching the next ranking video. But now it was different.
Who would enjoy eating "knives" all day! Now that they had finally seen a video with a happy ending, a look of expectation naturally appeared in their eyes.
magical sapphire floated beside Miyu, her voice very calm: "That's truly wonderful, Miyu-sama."
"Yeah, this is truly wonderful."
Miyu also rarely showed a smile, watching the children in the screen turning into light, she muttered: "In the end, is this the meaning of the title? It really was unexpected."
In the Demon Slayer World, within the Demon Slayer Corps.
"So that's it, so that's it, is this the meaning the title wanted to express?!"
Rengoku Kyojuro showed a very happy smile at this moment, watching the children turning into light in the video, he finally understood the meaning of the title "The Man Who Bestows Glory."
Originally, he thought the "man" meant Daigo, since he was both light and human, different from other humans.
Originally, the ending they imagined was probably Daigo turning into light again, allowing ultraman tiga to recover from the stone statue state, and finally dying in the battle against Gatanothor.
"The Man Who Bestows Glory"—glory also carried the meaning of "sacrifice."
As it turned out, they never expected the title to mean this.
At the very least, Rengoku Kyojuro, Tanjiro, and Agatsuma Zenitsu had never thought of such a situation, so they were all shocked by the scene unfolding before them.
"Light, what a warm light." Tanjiro watched the children in the video, a different kind of brilliance lighting up in his eyes, and said: "This is the light that belongs to humans, not artificial light."
"If ultraman tiga had been revived by artificial light, then I'm afraid his power wouldn't have increased much, but this light belonging to humanity itself... perhaps... No! It can absolutely completely annihilate the evil god."
Previously, Tanjiro and Agatsuma Zenitsu were both worried that if ultraman tiga revived, he still wouldn't be able to defeat Gatanothor.
Because previously, even at full power, he was simply no match for Gatanothor.
No, it should be said that when the full-power ultraman tiga attacked Gatanothor, the opponent just stood there and let ultraman tiga attack, without taking any damage at all.
ultraman tiga revived in such a normal way would probably not be a match for Gatanothor either, but now it was different.
Tanjiro felt that ultraman tiga in this form could definitely defeat Gatanothor, although the two hadn't started fighting yet.
But for some reason, Tanjiro just had this thought, as if the ultraman tiga appearing at this moment had the absolute strength to deal with Gatanothor.
Just like when he dealt with the Kyrieloid, as soon as he stood up, he destroyed the opponent along with the Gate of Hell with absolute crushing force.
"Yeah."
Agatsuma Zenitsu also nodded, looking at the multi-anime projection screen very seriously, saying: "I have the same feeling; this ultraman tiga, revived by the light of so many children, feels really powerful right now."
Expectation—whether it was Tanjiro, Agatsuma Zenitsu, or Rengoku Kyojuro, they all looked forward to the upcoming battle with great anticipation.
Because this was the final duel between darkness and light.
Would darkness swallow this world?
Or would light dispel the darkness and bring warmth back to this world?
But the feeling ultraman tiga gave people now was... no matter what kind of darkness lay ahead, as long as he was there, all darkness would be overcome!
The video continued to play.
The light brought by the children completely revived ultraman tiga.
Looking at the revived ultraman tiga, Gatanothor seemed to let out an obscure cry; clearly, it didn't understand why the guy it had turned to stone could be revived!
As soon as ultraman tiga revived, he swung his arms wide from the outside in, concentrating a massive amount of light energy at his color timer, then released a golden spiral shockwave from his right fist, attacking Gatanothor.
"Boom—!!!"
This terrifying strike knocked Gatanothor, which even Power Type ultraman tiga couldn't shake, flying away.
At the same time, the children inside ultraman tiga made the same movements as ultraman tiga, as if they were participating in it as well.
This scene left everyone outside the video dumbfounded, because quite a few people thought that even if ultraman tiga was revived with the "light" of the children, he might only be evenly matched with Gatanothor.
After all, the power the opponent had just displayed was simply too terrifying, beating ultraman tiga until he had no power to fight back.
As it turned out, they never expected that as soon as the battle started, Gatanothor seemed to have fallen into... the same situation as the second-generation Kyrieloid!!!
ultraman tiga swung his arms wide from the outside in again, concentrating a massive amount of light energy at his color timer, and then released a golden spiral shockwave from his feet, continuing to attack Gatanothor.
Fire flashed on Gatanothor's body again; its cry this time seemed to contain a sense of pain.
It clearly didn't understand why this Ultraman had become so strong.
At this moment, inside ultraman tiga, the children were all shouting that they were ultraman tiga, then struck a fighting pose again, looking at Gatanothor in front, intending to continue the attack.
It wasn't just the children; Rena was also shrouded in golden light. She looked at Gatanothor in front, and said gently: "I am also here, I am also inside ultraman tiga."
"Hum—!!!"
After ultraman tiga crossed his wrists in front, he spread them to the left and right to collect energy, finally forming an L-shape, and fired a white beam, attacking Gatanothor again.
The children inside ultraman tiga also made corresponding movements.
It was as if what was controlling ultraman tiga at this moment wasn't Daigo, but this group of children, these children who represented the future.
It was the children fighting against the ruler of darkness.
And it was at this moment that the BGM neared its end, and ultraman tiga raised both hands, his color timer emitting a dazzling flash.
This dazzling light condensed into substance, flew out from ultraman tiga's color timer, and rushed towards Gatanothor.
"Boom—!!!"
Another explosion erupted on Gatanothor's body.
Only this time it was different; Gatanothor no longer let out that elephant-like sound, but made a very strange noise.
Finally, Gatanothor exploded; not only did it explode, but even the darkness shrouding the sky was blown away at this moment.
The sun reappeared, and light covered the earth once again.
Even after unleashing so many skills in a row, ultraman tiga still wasn't flashing, clearly his energy was very abundant.
However, after finishing this enemy, ultraman tiga turned into light and disappeared before the eyes of everyone on the screen.
At this moment, the perspective shifted slightly to the Artis, where Masaki Keigo was being helped in.
Facing Masaki Keigo, the Director asked with concern: "Are you alright?"
Masaki Keigo nodded slightly, indicating he was fine.
Watching this scene, Yoshioka Tetsuji couldn't help but sigh: "We won."
Previously, even they truly felt that humanity had no hope; after all, under such darkness, no one would not despair.
Yet even so, there was a group of people who didn't give up hope and gave their inner light to ultraman tiga.
Letting him... no, fighting side-by-side with him to defeat the ruler of darkness.
Therefore, Yoshioka Tetsuji was so emotional; this was ultraman tiga's victory, and also humanity's victory!
The Director looked at everyone and said slowly: "We humans have won the ultimate victory."
Hayabusa Shin walked out at this time, looking at everyone and saying: "There are still many worlds that humans don't know about; this is just the beginning."
"We humans still have a lot to do."
The Director smiled upon hearing Hayabusa Shin's words, then looked into the distance.
The camera cut seamlessly to the Artis, where the Super GUTS members were calling Daigo's name and running towards him.
Hearing their words, Daigo turned his head, looked at everyone, and smiled.
"Daigo!!!"
Rena called Daigo's name, then the two hugged tightly, and the members of Super GUTS couldn't help but smile when they saw this scene.
Holding Rena, Daigo said with emotion: "I heard your voice."
Rena didn't speak; she hugged Daigo tighter, everything understood without words.
Finally, Daigo took the stone spark lens out of his clothes and placed it in Rena's hand.
Rena looked at the stone spark lens in her hand as it slowly vanished with the breeze. She looked at Daigo and asked: "You can't turn into Ultraman anymore, right?"
Daigo shook his head, looking at Rena with a smile: "Actually, everyone can turn into light with their own power; you turned into it too, didn't you?"
Rena's eyes filled with tears, a smile appeared on her face, and she nodded seriously, acknowledging Daigo's words.
"Alright!"
At this moment, Member Shinjō saw that the atmosphere was just right, walked over without a word, looked at everyone, and said loudly: "Let's all take a photo to commemorate this!"
"Alright!"
"What a historic moment worth remembering!"
"Okay! Closer, everyone!"
"Neri, come over here!!!"
At this moment, Shinjō called Neri over, letting him take charge of holding the camera while he joined the group.
Neri didn't have any complaints about this, but showed a very happy smile, saying to everyone: "Alright, I'm going to take it! Say cheese!"
"Cheese!"
Everyone made peace signs and showed very happy smiles.
This moment was permanently captured.
After defeating such a terrifying evil god—Gatanothor, everyone wore heartfelt smiles on their faces.
It was also at this moment that the screen went completely black. No. 2, "The Man Who Bestows Glory," ended here.
One-Punch Man World.
"Ah, in a sense, this is really a quite good ending."
Saitama showed a heartfelt smile; this ending was especially, especially good for him. No one sacrificed themselves, and the evil god Gatanothor was defeated.
In the end, Daigo didn't turn into light again; instead, the children on Earth turned into light, giving power to ultraman tiga.
"You call this just 'quite good'?" Tatsumaki looked at Saitama, saying very seriously: "I think this ending is the best! The previous ones were all tragedies; finally, we waited for a happy ending!!!"
Clearly, Tatsumaki was satisfied with this ending, or rather, extremely satisfied.
Originally, she had been prepared for the possibility that even if Gatanothor was defeated, Daigo wouldn't come back.
After all, there had been too many tragedies before, and Tatsumaki was used to "knives." As a result, when the video truly ended, there were no knives!!!! This made Tatsumaki feel incredibly hyped!!!!
"Yes, this ending is very good, and the divine reversal was something I hadn't expected either."
Genos also nodded slightly; he really hadn't expected the ending to be such a happy one, nor had he thought that the true "divine reversal" plot would be the children turning into light to save ultraman tiga, rather than the rescue plan of Super GUTS and the others.
To be honest, watching so many children turn into light and enter ultraman tiga at that moment, Genos also had a strange emotion in his heart. He couldn't describe that feeling; it was a feeling he had never experienced before.
"However, the next one is No. 1."
Saitama looked at the darkened screen, saying with lingering interest: "After watching so many videos, I still hope that this top ten ranking video could be extended a bit, like top twenty or something?"
After all, there weren't many entertainment facilities here for Saitama. Although he could play video games, he felt that playing video games wasn't as interesting as watching the ranking videos.
Tatsumaki and Genos agreed with this as well.
Type-Moon/Fate World, Sixth Singularity, Sacred Round Table Domain.
"Can everyone turn into light?"
Upon hearing Daigo say those words, Da Vinci revealed a mysterious smile and sighed with emotion, "That's probably why Daigo was able to become Tiga; he has always believed that others can become [Light]."
Mash nodded slightly. Looking at the now-darkened screen, she also smiled and said, "You're right, Da Vinci."
"Ah, what a beautiful ending. Did we overthink things earlier?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka also remarked with some emotion, "As expected, this video creator won't just release [Tragedies] all the time."
In the previous Divine Plot Twist ranking videos, seven out of eight were tragedies, so they had assumed Tiga's end would also conclude in tragedy.
They never expected it to be a happy ending!!! This was simply wonderful.
Most people don't like tragedies; at the very least, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash felt very happy seeing Daigo and Rena smiling and hugging each other.
Yes, this is exactly how it should be!
"However, I didn't expect Gatanothor to be defeated so easily in the end," Da Vinci continued with a smile.
"But this also shows from another perspective that the light released by humanity in the depths of despair is enough to destroy all darkness."
"Is this another way of speaking about the possibilities of humanity in the face of despair? My, in a way... it's quite embarrassing~~~"
As a human herself, Da Vinci wore a very [bashful] smile.
Facing such a Da Vinci, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash also smiled and said nothing more.
"Fou Fou-wu"
Fou waved his paws, as if telling Da Vinci that she was currently a Servant and not a living [human].
"Hmm? Senpai."
At that moment, Mash seemed to notice something. She reached out and tugged at Fujimaru Ritsuka, saying seriously, "New words have appeared on the screen!!!"
"Huh?"
Following Mash's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka turned her gaze to the multi-anime projection screen.
Da Vinci and Fou also focused their eyes on the multi-anime projection.
At this moment, a line of text appeared on the black screen, previewing exactly who NO.1 was.
No.1, Requiem of Zero.
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