They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 258 Kirialodians
Although the monster has been defeated, the impact of the Kurara Island incident may not have subsided yet.

When images of Tiga and the White Giant defeating Gakuma spread like wildfire across the global internet via survivors' cell phones, war correspondents' cameras, and even TPC's semi-public records, the whole world was in an uproar.

"Giants" and "monsters," two terms that seem to exist only in myths and fantasies, have become the most talked-about topics.

A heated debate is taking place in every corner of the internet.

The headlines on news websites were dominated by huge bold letters: "God? Or Demon? Mysterious Giant Appears, What Will Become of Humanity's Future?"

On social media, the hashtags #UltramanTiga# and #WhiteGiantImpet# have generated hundreds of millions of discussions.

"Oh my god, is this real? Am I watching movie special effects? That size, one stomp could collapse a building!"

"That's terrifying! What would we do if such creatures appeared in the city? The Victory Team's planes are like toys in front of them!"

In the comments section, panic spread like a plague. And after the panic came an outpouring of anger and blame.

"What on earth is the GUTS team doing? Two monsters, and they actually need another giant whose friend or foe is unknown to deal with them? Is our tax money just supporting a bunch of useless people?"

"In the end, it's all TPC's fault! Why did they disband the Global Defence Force back then? If we still had the military power we had back then, we wouldn't be in such a passive position!"

The sharp words were like knives, stabbing at TPC, which was already in the eye of the storm.

Public trust is being rapidly eroded by fear and anxiety, and TPC's credibility is facing an unprecedented crisis.

In an effort to quell the escalating public outcry, TPC executives held an emergency meeting and decided to adopt the most direct approach to communicate with the public.

As the soul of the GUTS team, Captain Megumi Iruma, known for her composure and wisdom, became the perfect choice to represent TPC.

Inside the television station's recording studio, the glaring spotlights illuminated everything.

"Captain, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to grant us this interview."

The host was a woman with impeccable makeup and a professional smile; she displayed just the right amount of concern and seriousness.

"I'm sure you've seen the voices online. People are very uneasy about the sudden appearance of the giant."

According to the internal naming conventions of TPC, you refer to them as 'Tiga' and 'Impart,' right?

Megumi Kiyama, dressed in the GUTS uniform, sat upright with a calm expression.

Her gentle yet firm gaze met the camera, as if it could penetrate the screen and speak to everyone watching on television.

"Yes, this is the name we gave based on the situation on site."

Megumi nodded, because the Pyramid of Light had appeared in the Land of Ultraman Tiga.

Tiga means three in Indonesian, while Impat means four.

"So, TPC, do you think these two giants... are they guardians of humanity, or a potential, uncontrollable, and enormous threat?"

The host leaned forward and continued asking questions.

This is also a concern for most people right now.

"Giants possess power far beyond our imagination, and perhaps also a way of thinking that we cannot yet comprehend."

"However, judging from all their actions so far, the consensus within the TPC is that they came to protect us humans."

"In the last Gakuma incident, Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Impet fought side by side and not only defeated the monster, but Ultraman Impet also used his mysterious power to save three miners who had been petrified and were on the verge of death at the end."

We are more inclined to believe that this behavior is an expression of goodwill.

Megumi continued, saying that this is their current assessment at TPC.

However, just as Megumi Kijima was preparing to further explain TPC's response strategy and reassure the public, an unexpected change occurred.

The host across from him suddenly froze his professional smile, and his body began to twitch unnaturally.

Tiny blue arcs of electricity flickered on her body, emitting a soft "buzzing" sound.

"you……"

Megumi's pupils contracted sharply. Her years of experience on the front lines made her tense up instantly, and her right hand instinctively reached for her waist.

"Uh... ah..."

The host let out a painful groan that sounded inhuman, and her body defied the laws of gravity, slowly floating up from her seat.

Her eyes lost focus, becoming empty, and a completely different, cold, arrogant, and inhuman voice squeezed out of her throat:

"Foolish humans... still placing their hopes on false gods?"

"Listen carefully! The sacred flames will burn away all the filth on this planet! Earth will be purified and reborn in the flames!"

"And we, the great Kyrieirods, will become the new masters of this planet, ruling over everything!"

"what?"

"What nonsense is he talking about?"

The other staff members in the recording studio were in an uproar. They couldn't understand the supernatural scene before them and assumed that the host had lost his mind due to excessive pressure.

"Kirieloids..."

However, when she heard this name, Megumi's expression instantly became extremely solemn.

When she was still young and had not yet joined TPC, she had a chance encounter with a mysterious person who called himself a "prophet," and the person had mentioned this name before.

"I will prove all of this to you..."

The possessed host slowly opened his arms, revealing a strange smile on his face.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than, outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the recording studio, a skyscraper under intense construction in the distance was instantly engulfed by a massive pillar of flame that fell from the sky without warning!
boom--!
The belated explosion rattled the glass. The building, a symbol of the city's prosperity, twisted and melted in the raging flames before finally collapsing, turning into a plume of black smoke and fire.

……

"That concludes the report on this incident."

Inside the Victory Team's command center, Nozue pressed the pause button, and the screen froze on the last frame of the building being engulfed in flames.

He turned around and looked seriously at Horii, who was standing by the control panel, and Keigo Fusaki.

"According to the reconnaissance results transmitted from the scene, no traces of bombs or flammable materials were found at the center of the explosion. The flames seemed to appear out of thin air."

"The conservation of energy is a fundamental law of the universe. It cannot appear out of thin air, nor can it disappear out of thin air."

"It's just moved from one place to another."

As Masaki Keigo spoke, he walked straight to the control panel and began to type fluently on the keyboard.

Then, with his authority, he directly accessed several high-orbit reconnaissance satellites of the Space Development Agency and pointed their lenses at the city.

The images on the screen switched rapidly, from macroscopic city maps to microscopic street thermal images. Infrared, electromagnetic, high-energy particle... data streams from countless detection spectra refreshed like a waterfall.

Finally, the image freezes. In a corner of the city, underground in an area, an extremely abnormal and frighteningly high energy reaction begins to gather.

"Found it...it's here."

Masaki Keigo pointed to the red dot on the screen.

"This is... the K1 area?!"

Deputy Captain Zongfang gasped as he looked at the location marked on the screen.

That wasn't one of the buildings that was destroyed at the beginning, but a genuine residential area!

Dense rows of apartment buildings, tens of thousands of citizens...

If this energy were to erupt there, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"Daigo! Shinjo! Rena!"

Zongfang took a deep breath and decisively issued the order, his voice hoarse with urgency.
"Rush to the scene immediately! At all costs, organize the evacuation of personnel!"

"understand!"

The three responded in unison, and without the slightest hesitation, turned and rushed towards the hangar.

……

Ten minutes later, Victory Flying Swallow 1 roared to a landing at the emergency parking point near the K1 area.

Daigo, Shinjo, and Rena jumped out of the fighter jet and began evacuation operations in coordination with ground troops.

"Citizens, please do not panic! This is the TPC Victory Team! There may be a gas leak risk in this area. Please follow our instructions immediately and evacuate to a safe area in an orderly manner!" They ran and shouted through the chaotic streets with megaphones, guiding the panicked crowd to designated shelters.

However, amidst the noise and chaos, a man wearing a black hoodie stood quietly on the street corner, out of place among the fleeing crowd.

He looked up, and in the shadow of the hood was a face contorted with fanaticism.

"Heh... It's no use... Struggle and wail!"

He spread his arms as if embracing something, laughing maniacally in a voice only he could hear.

"Before the supreme wrath of the god Kirielod, you lowly ants will all be reduced to ashes! Feel the joy of purification!"

His words sounded like a curse.

The next moment, the ground in the entire K1 area began to shake violently!
"Rumble--"

The hard asphalt road cracked inch by inch, like a fragile biscuit, with deep, bottomless cracks spreading out under the feet of the crowd.

A scorching crimson light emanated from the depths of the crack, and the intense heat made it difficult for everyone to breathe.

Immediately afterwards, clusters of flames, mixed with the smell of sulfur, suddenly shot out from the cracks in the ground!
The streets became the prelude to a sea of ​​fire.

"Oh no! The energy reaction is escalating exponentially! The underground energy source is about to explode! It's too late!"

Inside the Victory Team base, Nori looked at the alarm that had turned bright red on the screen and issued a warning.

According to simulations, the power of this explosion was enough to wipe the entire block, along with the thousands of people who had not yet evacuated, off the map in an instant!

Hearing the alarm coming through the communicator, Daigo, who was struggling to help a child who had fallen up, felt a sudden sinking feeling in his heart.

That's too late……

His gaze swept across the surroundings: terrified screaming crowds, a continuously spreading sea of ​​fire, an apocalyptic scene.

There was no time to hesitate.

His hand quietly reached for the magic wand in his arms.

If he were to transform here... at such close range, under the gaze of countless eyes, his identity would almost certainly be exposed.

From then on, he would no longer be an ordinary member of the Daigo team, but a "giant" who would be elevated to a pedestal or sent to the dissection table.

However, that hesitation only flashed through his mind for a fraction of a second.

He looked at the child he had helped up, who was looking at him with eyes full of fear and dependence.

He saw Lina and Shinjo still not far away, desperately trying to disperse the last of the crowd.

He couldn't do it... He couldn't just stand by and watch all this happen!
Just as Daigo made up his mind and prepared to raise the Spark Lens regardless of everything—

A pure, holy white beam of light, seemingly capable of purifying all darkness in the world, descended fiercely from the sky!

The beam of light precisely enveloped the entire K1 region. The raging flames that had been surging wildly underground were suppressed by this light, quickly extinguishing themselves as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on them. The cracked earth stopped trembling, and the flames spewing from the fissures were completely put out.

Immediately afterwards, in the center of the still-spreading white pillar of light, a gigantic figure slowly condensed and took shape.

It's that giant that TPC named Impaler!
The previously panicked crowd quieted down, gazing up at the giant's body as if they were seeing a god.

"Why……"

Daigo looked up, staring blankly at the enormous figure, his face full of disbelief.

Why is he here?
A thought flashed through Daigo's mind like lightning.

The reason why the GUTS team was able to arrive here ahead of time was because Masaki Keigo used the Space Development Agency's satellites to accurately detect the abnormal energy reaction underground.

Then, this white giant appeared at almost the same time...

The only explanation is that the person who became Ultraman Impetus also saw that satellite data.

In other words... he or she is also an employee of TPC!

……

"Damn Ultraman!!"

On the other side, the hooded man on the street corner, seeing his "miracle" abruptly interrupted, instantly had his fanaticism replaced by boundless rage.

He let out a superhuman roar, pointing at the white giant and howling:
"Do you think you're the only god?! Do you think you can stop the will of God?!"

A raging inferno erupted from his body, completely engulfing him.

Within the flames, his body began to rapidly swell, twist, and deform.

Accompanied by the ear-piercing sounds of bones cracking and muscles tearing, a gigantic demon with a crimson head and eyes, its body engulfed in hellfire, appeared in the center of the city, confronting the white giant from afar.

It is the gigantic battle stance of the Kirieloids!
"You simply don't understand! You're not the only one who possesses this power!"

The Kirieloid extended its flaming claws and pointed them at Impat.
"Before you so-called giants of light came to this planet, the humans on this earth had been waiting for us!"

We await the leadership of the Kirielod people!

"Ah……"

A contemptuous sneer, transmitted clearly through some unknown mental connection, entered the mind of the Kirieloid.

Do you really think I know nothing?

Impat, or rather, Masaki Keigo, slowly raised his head, looking at the fire demon before him with an all-seeing gaze, his tone filled with undisguised mockery.

"The reason why the ancient human civilization did not choose you self-proclaimed 'gods'..."

It's because when the darkness that was truly enough to destroy everything descended, you chose to run away, didn't you?"

"you--!!"

These words were like a sharp knife, precisely piercing the Kirielod people's most vulnerable spot.

He instantly flew into a rage, his reason completely extinguished.

"You have no idea what that power is! You have no idea what that despair is like!!"

He let out a hysterical roar, his massive body lunging forward, his burning iron fist, carrying a temperature high enough to melt steel, slamming down hard on Impat's head.

However, faced with this frenzied attack, Masaki Keigo simply turned slightly to the side in disdain.

That powerful punch almost grazed his cheek.

The violent force of the punch shattered the glass curtain wall of an office building behind him, but Inpat himself was completely unharmed.

Masaki Keigo didn't even take a step back. He easily raised his hand, grabbed the other arm that the Kirieloid was swinging at him with lightning speed, and then swung it away!
"Boom——!!"

The Kirieloid's massive body immediately lost its balance and was violently flung away, crashing into shops across half the street.

"Is this all the Kirieloid people are capable of?"

Masaki Keigo's voice rang out again.

"I am going to kill you!!"

The Kirielod man struggled to his feet from the ruins, the flames on his body burning even more fiercely.

Huge, dark red fireballs shot out one after another like cannonballs, but they were all blocked by Impat.

Once he gets close, he delivers a powerful Iron Mountain Lean!
"boom!"

With a dull thud, the Kirieloid was sent flying.

"ended."

Taking advantage of this moment, Masaki Keigo raised his arms and crossed them in front of his chest.

A dazzling white energy began to gather in his palm, radiating a holy light that purified everything.

The white light shot straight in, instantly piercing through the chest of the Kirieloid.

"No...it's impossible...we are...gods..."

In its final, defiant cry of death, the Kirieloid's massive body was completely disintegrated by the light, ultimately transforming into countless specks of light that vanished into the air...

(End of this chapter)