aircannonsinc Chapter 227 The Shadow in the Sea, Another Giant!
Chapter 227 The Shadow in the Sea, Another Giant!
A week passed in the blink of an eye amidst the frenzied demands for more episodes from tokusatsu fans across the internet and the frenzy of countless fan-made videos.
Friday night at 8 PM.
After the opening theme song, the title of the fifth episode—
Another Giant!
The main feature begins.
The scene doesn't immediately shift to a tense battle, but instead moves to the hangar at the XIG air base.
Correspondent Georgie Leland is communicating fluently in a foreign language with foreign maintenance personnel about the warship's preparations.
After giving her instructions, she turned and walked towards a fighter jet—the EX.
That was originally Director Di Cheng's personal aircraft, but after I dreamt of "hijacking" it in the previous episode and showed amazing talent, this fighter jet now seems to have become his personal toy.
At this moment, I am sneaking around on the bottom of the fighter jet, holding tools in my hand, fiddling with a bunch of complicated wires.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Georgie deliberately lowered her voice and suddenly spoke up behind him.
"Whoa!" I was so startled that I jolted awake, and the tool in my hand slipped, causing a burst of short-circuit sparks to erupt from the bottom of the fighter jet.
He turned around hastily, looked at Georgie who was trying not to laugh, and awkwardly explained, "Oh, it's you... Georgie, don't scare me, okay? I... I was just showing off my technical skills, I was just looking around..."
Georgie crossed her arms, giving him a "I don't believe you" look, and glanced at the circuit he had short-circuited: "What are you doing here all by yourself? It looks like there's a short circuit here."
Before I could continue to hide my feelings, Georgie immediately reached out her hand, a sly smile playing on her lips: "Hush money."
The live chat was instantly filled with these joyful daily interactions.
[That guilty look... he can't keep it up anymore.]
[Georgie is so cute~~]
[He's a master of custom modifications!]
[George is taking advantage of the situation; she's demanding hush money with a perfectly justified attitude.]
The scene shifts to the command center.
Another correspondent, Li Muzi, stared at the chocolate-coated ice cream that Qiao Ji was enjoying, looking at her with suspicion: "What's that?"
"Hush money." Georgie raised an eyebrow smugly.
Mu Zi immediately realized what was happening and turned to stare intently at Wo Meng, who was not far away, with an extremely sharp gaze.
I felt so uncomfortable being stared at that moment that I could only guiltily look away and awkwardly perform facial exercises.
Just then, Director Di Cheng walked over, breaking the awkwardness of my dream: "The commander wants to see you. Report to his room immediately."
I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders and quickly slipped away to the captain's cabin.
In the captain's cabin, Commander Ishimuro was quietly looking at a photograph on the table.
The people in the photo appear to be his family.
Hearing the sound of my voice entering his dream, he straightened the photo and looked up.
"Commander, do you already have children?"
I noticed the photo in my dream and asked curiously.
Instead of answering directly, Shi Shi looked at him intently and asked, "Where are your family members now?"
"In my hometown, an island city in Shandong Province."
"Did you tell them you were here?"
I paused for a moment, then shook my head: "Not yet. But it's okay, my family is very open-minded."
Commander Shishi stood up, walked to Imu, and his tone became extremely serious and solemn: "You entrusted your life to me. You shouldn't be here; I made you stay. But your family must know this."
Before I could even retort, Shi Shi gave the order: "Take a flight back this afternoon and explain things to your family."
Viewers in the live stream immediately grasped the deeper meaning of this dramatic scene.
[Commander Ishimura is such a kind person.]
This is like holding someone's life in your hands; you feel guilty towards their parents.
[In the previous episode, I finally got my real pilot's license, transforming from a logistics and research staff member into a frontline combatant who could be killed at any moment.]
Putting himself in the parents' shoes, the commander, who also has children, understands the feelings of parents very well.
The scene changes, and I reluctantly board the plane back to the ground.
He looked out the window at the clouds, muttering to himself, "Honestly, they always treat me like a kid. I'm already 20 years old, it's so frustrating..."
Just as he was idly looking down at the sea, an extremely large black shadow suddenly flashed across the deep ocean!
The area of that shadow was astonishingly large; it was definitely not an ordinary whale or submarine!
My expression hardened, and I immediately connected the communicator: "Calling air base! I'm currently over the Yellow Sea, and there's a huge object flying around!"
Inside the air base, Mu Zi, who had been chatting with Qiao Ji, immediately got to work, her hands flying across the keyboard as she initiated the highest level of scanning.
However, after a few seconds, there was no abnormal response on the screen.
There's absolutely nothing there.
Looking at the empty radar, Mu Zi's tone lightened again, even carrying a hint of teasing, "You hate going back so much, are you afraid of getting scolded by your parents?"
I tried to explain, but the radar's feedback left him speechless.
In the live chat, viewers were extremely astute enough to notice this foreshadowing.
A giant shadow in the sea? My guess is a new monster!
[Even XIG's radar can't detect it? This monster has a built-in stealth cheat?]
[Something from the sea again... Wait, considering the episode title, is Lan'ao about to appear?]
So? That shadow is Ultraman?
What kind of bizarre association is this?
The camera abruptly shifts to another scene.
In a dimly lit basement, the extremely heavy scraping of metal and heavy breathing mingled together.
It's that man in the black leather jacket—Fujimiya!
He was shirtless, sweat dripping down his muscular physique. He was undergoing intense strength training.
He is currently practicing chest presses using the butterfly machine.
He gritted his teeth and exerted all his strength, his gaze fixed intently on a poster on the wall with an extremely fanatical and complex expression. It was a report about Ultraman Gaia.
Holy crap! The king of cool is lifting weights?!
[Look how thin he is, this kind of training is just torture for him!]
The physical abilities of Ultraman's human form are beyond our imagination.
He stared at the Gaia poster. Was he making Gaia his imaginary enemy? Was he building up his muscles in preparation for a real-life showdown?
[He's actually an ascetic in private.]
Meanwhile, the plot continues to unfold.
I dreamt I was riding a bus and finally returned to the coastal town of Shandong Province.
This is an extremely quiet seaside town.
Waves lapped against the beach, and seagulls circled overhead.
I dreamt of carrying my luggage, walking down a familiar street.
The scene then shifted to his memories.
It turns out that when I was a child, I was isolated by my classmates and friends because of my outstanding talent.
For Meng, his childhood memories were not particularly warm and sweet, which led to his growing trepidation as he approached his hometown.
As he got closer to home, his steps grew heavier and heavier.
He stopped in front of his own yard, took a deep breath, and muttered to himself, "So heavy..."
Just as he was hesitating, he heard the sound of a bicycle chain turning behind him.
"Was it a dream?"
In my dream, I turned around and saw my mother pushing her bicycle, her face full of surprise.
A brilliant scientist may be a powerful figure outside the home, but when he returns home, he instantly transforms into a helpless child.
I immediately stiffly held up the bag in my hand, abruptly changing the subject: "This, this is your favorite Italian coffee, and tiramisu cake..."
His mother didn't scold him for coming back suddenly; she just smiled and told him to come inside quickly.
The light inside the room was extremely soft.
His mother brought out a plate of sliced watermelon, complaining that he hadn't called ahead, while asking him how he was doing.
"Just do it as usual. It's just your dad and me lately, so we haven't cooked anything special."
"My mother said with a smile."
I followed up the conversation and asked about my father.
As the conversation went on, the topic inevitably turned to academics.
"I heard you're not going to university?" Her mother's tone was calm, without the expected reproach. "Your father said the school sent a notice."
I lowered my head, like a child who had done something wrong, my voice filled with remorse: "I'm sorry, I was too willful..."
However, the mother did not get angry. She simply looked at her son quietly, and then gave him an extremely gentle and tolerant smile.
"It's okay, just do what you want to do."
These words, as if possessing magic, instantly shattered all the pressure and burdens in my heart.
The mother said, holding up the watermelon, "This watermelon is so sweet! The watermelons are growing exceptionally well this year."
I dreamt of looking at the watermelon in front of me, feeling the extremely warm atmosphere of my home, and he smiled.
"So sweet."
The camera gave me a very detailed close-up of Meng's face.
It was a feeling of complete relaxation and relief, a feeling of letting down one's guard.
The viewers in the live stream were deeply moved by this extremely delicate everyday drama.
Why is my dream about my parents' disapproval? Isn't this like being co-opted by the government?
Wow, they skipped their studies and got a permanent job, so they've secured a secure, stable position!
[With a dream as amazing as mine, why would I need to care about academic qualifications?]
[It can only be said that this is the kind of fixed mindset cultivated by the rigid exam-oriented education system.]
In my dreams, I'm Gaia, protecting the Earth outside, but at home I'm just a child who loves to eat watermelon.
The warmth didn't last long.
Just as I was enjoying a rare moment of peace in my dream, the piercing ring of the communicator shattered it all.
"Oh my god! The monster has moved from the sea into the inland area and headed west!" Mu Zi's anxious voice came through.
The enormous shadow lurking in the sea has finally revealed its fangs!
The sea demon——Boku Lagu!
This terrifying behemoth, standing 53 meters tall and weighing over 40,000 tons, arrived in the island city with an extremely strong smell of the sea!
The XIG air base immediately went into combat mode, and the Blitzkrieg team was dispatched urgently.
I hung up the call and looked out the window at the thick smoke rising in the distance. My eyes instantly hardened.
He turned to look at his mother, who was tidying up the table: "Mom, I..."
"Go ahead, your mother will go to safety on her own." His mother didn't ask any more questions, but just gave him an encouraging look.
As I reached the door, I suddenly stopped.
He turned around, looked at the town that had once made him feel trapped and eager to escape, and gave a very sincere smile.
"I used to... really didn't like this town. But after coming back this time, I think this town is really nice."
After saying that, he rushed towards the battlefield without looking back.
[Setting a goal before you leave, huh!]
Ultraman only has true meaning because of the people and places he wants to protect!
I finally understood why I was fighting.
The battlefield on the front lines was extremely brutal.
The three fighter jets of the Lightning Team circled in the air, unleashing firepower at Bokulagu, which was wreaking havoc below.
However, an extremely bizarre scene unfolded.
All the missiles and lasers went out the instant they hit Bokulagu's body, without even a spark!
"Firepower ineffective! Why did the fire go out so quickly?!" Wei Weike roared in the communication channel.
When I arrived near the scene, I saw the monster's enormous, semi-transparent body that seemed to be made of flowing water, and my brain started working at lightning speed.
"Kitada, collect the mist spewed out by that monster as a sample!"
Upon receiving the order, Lightning II immediately traversed the dense fog surrounding the monster and transmitted the data back to the base.
"The ingredients are water containing calcium chloride, which is harmless."
Looking at the data on my handheld computer, I instantly understood the true nature of this monster.
"That monster's mass was almost entirely made of seawater! Therefore, its body temperature is extremely low, making it impossible to detect underwater. Even missile-level firepower would be extinguished by the moisture within its body!"
Director Di Cheng asked urgently over the communication channel, "So now, how should we deal with it?"
I gritted my teeth and came up with an extremely risky solution: "Give it a burst of intense heat and evaporate it! But..."
He looked around at the dense buildings and the evacuating crowds.
"If we do that, the whole town will be destroyed."
Conventional weapons are ineffective, while large-scale thermal weapons would harm innocent civilians.
This is an extremely unsolvable dead end!
I took a deep breath, reached into my robes, and gripped the sapphire cone that I had crafted myself.
"It seems I'm the only one who needs to go."
Just as he was about to press the transformation switch.
An incredibly strange sensation, seemingly originating from the depths of his soul, suddenly made him stop moving.
He turned his head sharply and looked at the breakwater not far away.
A man dressed in a black leather jacket stood quietly in the sea breeze.
It's Fujimiya!
The two were separated by a great distance, their gazes meeting suddenly in the air. A barely perceptible, cold smile curled at the corner of Fujimiya's lips.
He raised his right hand!
A device resembling a sapphire cone is flipped upside down.
next second.
In an extremely deep and dazzling ice-blue light!
A fierce wind blew, and the waves surged.
A giant of light, its body a blend of deep ocean blue and silver, with extremely sharp lines, suddenly descended amidst a shower of water!
His actions were extremely arrogant and oppressive.
As soon as he landed, he waved his hand and a highly destructive blue light bullet slammed into Bokulagu's chest, knocking the 40,000-ton behemoth back several steps.
Immediately afterwards, he strode forward, grabbed the monster's giant pincers with both hands, and with an extremely violent over-the-shoulder throw, slammed it hard into the ruins of the town!
Without any regard for the destruction of the surrounding buildings, his fighting style was full of pure destruction and ruthlessness.
At this moment, the live stream chat exploded with comments.
[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Lan'ao has arrived!!!!]
[That starting stance! It's so damn cool!]
Is this what they mean by Ultraman's human hosts being attracted to each other?
【Ocean Light!】
This tactic completely disregards the survival of the city! It's completely different from Gaia's style!
[Two Ultraman have officially shared the stage! I'm absolutely blown away!]
The adrenaline of all the audience surged to its peak at this moment, and the anticipation for the interaction and collision between the two giants that followed had reached the sky!