Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

Samuel ignored him.

He's encountered monsters that impair vision before; even without eyes, he still has perception.

But does His loud pronouncement of visual errors mean that He can also interfere with other things?

As if he had overheard Samuel's thoughts, He laughed and said, "Guess?"

In response to His movement, Saturn beneath His feet suddenly disappeared, its magnificent rings replaced by the dim rings of Uranus.

Storms on the ice giant have once again come into view.

Have I been stuck in the same place all along? Or was the location I was just in real, and the place I'm in now just an illusion?

After a brief confirmation, Samuel snorted and casually conjured a light blade, slashing a gash in his other arm with incredible speed.

The ethereal laughter suddenly vanished.

It can sense the energy injected into the light blade, capture the scattered light particles, and has normal tactile sensation, indicating that its perception and tactile senses are unimpaired.

“I can’t deal with you in a short time, but don’t even think about going out and causing trouble.” Samuel confirmed the life force emanating from Earth and turned his attention to a void in his vision.

The real Earth is exactly between the Earth his "eyes" tell him about and his current location. If he doesn't notice anything unusual and flies directly there, he'll most likely crash into the Earth at the speed of light, whether into the sea or on land, it's all a matter of luck.

He sighed and said again, "I don't have many sturdy and durable containers, and I don't want to go out. How about we make a deal? I'll play Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, you play Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and we'll play rock-paper-scissors on Sunday?"

"dream."

"No, we can discuss this now, but we won't have the chance later. We are very trustworthy, and our contracts are fair and honest."

"There's no chance now."

……

Ariel Base.

Takayama Gamu shut himself in his dormitory, calculating the precise location of the unknown creature hovering over the Japanese islands with his friends from Alchemy Star.

Three fighter squadrons went to adapt to the newly issued quantum communication equipment. The officers were in a meeting and no one knew when they would come out. The orderly had already entered the meeting room and brought three bottles of water.

The command center was much quieter than usual, with only the sounds of operators typing on keyboards and occasionally exchanging quiet conversations.

"How's Atsuko?" After continuous high-intensity shifts, Ayaka Ukai was struggling to adapt to the sudden work pressure: "Without shifts, I feel like I'm not getting enough sleep, and I'm getting so many wrinkles..."

Upon hearing this, Georgie touched the corner of her eye and, finding no furrow, breathed a sigh of relief: "Ritsuko said she still doesn't have much energy. If she can hold on a little longer, perhaps she can come back after the unknown creature is dealt with."

“Whether they come back or not is another matter…” Ayaka Ukai noticed the red dot suddenly light up on the screen and quickly tensed up. She connected with Akio Ishimuro: “An unusual heat source reaction has been detected in the Mihoyama area!”

Akio Ishimuro was still listening to Liazrd's report, which was authorized to be released to the Ariel base, when he received a communication from the operator and quickly left the meeting room.

At his command, the entire base roared to life like an engine in standby mode. The Lightning Team, still undergoing training, left the exercise airspace and headed towards Meibao Mountain.

Visibility was poor near Mount Miho, but Kajio Katsumi detected an unusual heat source with his highly sensitive radar. The object was slowly moving down the mountain along a narrow path in a lush valley.

Fighter pierced through the clouds, closing the distance, and only then could Kajio Katsumi clearly see what it was:

It looks somewhat similar to the cold climber, but with its two mountain-like hard shells, the active energy reactions within them show that it is not as "quiet" as the cold climber.

"Target spotted, it's a monster," the Lightning Squad's lead aircraft reported, arriving first. "There are residential buildings along its path. Requesting interception!"

……

"The monsters of Mount Meibao?" Takayama Gamu, engrossed in her work on Alchemy Star, looked up from a pile of reports: "Mount Meibao...that sounds familiar..."

“That’s one of the dozen or so warning locations we identified while screening for abnormal heat sources,” said Daniel, the chairman of Alchemy Star, on the screen. “Its activity level isn’t high, and it shouldn’t be the first to awaken, even if it were.”

Meanwhile, at the Geo base, Lizard's residence.

"It seems someone else is instigating the monster?" Rainuma closed the warning report he'd received three days prior. His subordinates stood before him...

Straight.

“It seems so at the moment,” the subordinate said. “One of the points of abnormal network access overlaps with Meibao Mountain. It cannot be ruled out that someone has ‘scoured’ our data and then targeted those heat sources that are very likely to be monsters.”

"So, the one locked up inside, Onodera Hitomi..."

“We can’t let our guard down, sir,” the subordinate advised at the opportune moment. “We still haven’t figured out the structure of the machine we found on her, and the biological research department has no clue about how long it stayed on her body.”

"Then let's continue to observe, but since the enemy has been able to infiltrate our network, the security level of the observation room is a bit too low."

Rainuma gave the order: "Place him in a deeper cell."

Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Awakening Monsters

"The unusual heat source wasn't just found at Mount Miho; it was also discovered on the seabed!" Ayaka Ukai reported the latest information: "Near the sea area of ​​Chiba Prefecture!"

“Chiba…” Akio Ishimuro immediately thought of the reports about the large-scale death of sea fish. Had the culprit finally started to make its move?

"Lightning Team, launch a staggered attack on the monsters of Mihoyama," ordered Akio Ishimuro. "Falcon Team, proceed to the waters off Chiba Prefecture for reconnaissance!"

"Where's the Cool Dragons?" The screen cuts to a video of Miho Inashiro in the upper left corner: "The quantum communication equipment is working well. Commander, don't forget about us."

“You’re on standby as the reserve team, but I have a feeling… things aren’t that simple.”

……

Just as the Lightning Team was carrying out their orders to intercept, Takayama Gamu also arrived near Mihoyama in his EX.

Like Daniel, he was also puzzled as to why the heat source, which was measured as having a "low activity level," was the first to take action.

The mountains are lush and green, and if you ignore the monster that is running through them, causing trees to fall in droves, the scenery here is quite nice.

Takayama Gamu lowered the fighter jet's altitude and continued to approach the ground despite Kajio Katsumi's warning. As he looked down, a sense of unease suddenly welled up in his chest when his gaze swept over the destruction left by the monster.

“That’s…” Takayama Gamu seemed to see a familiar figure in an open space.

"Fujimiya? He anticipated the monster's actions?" Takayama Gamu assumed that he had also come to intercept the monster.

However, the black figure simply stood still and watched. The monster was almost at the house, but he made no move, only gazing at the monster's back as if seeing it off.

Takayama Gamu pulled the control stick to circle back, but when he tried to look again, the black figure had already disappeared into the mountains. He suppressed his doubts and turned his attention to the houses that were about to be trampled, raising his transformation device.

Gaia's appearance at Mount Mibao eased the tension among the XIG members somewhat. When Georgie relayed the message, her voice was much lighter: "Analysis from the Geo base revealed that water samples taken from the Chiba Prefecture sea area showed a sharp drop in seawater oxygen levels. The drop was gradual, with the oxygen levels at their lowest... near an abnormal heat source."

"Did the heat source consume oxygen, causing the fish to die?" Akio Ishimuro pondered. "...Falcon Team, what have you found?"

At this moment, the three fighter jets of the Falcon Team were circling around the strange thing underwater. Tsukamori Toru flew a little closer, and suddenly the fuel conversion rate dropped sharply. The plane fell uncontrollably until it was out of control and regained power. He made a last-ditch recovery just before falling into the sea. Looking at the strange thing, he was still in shock.

"Falcon Team has spotted... a ball of light," Tatsuhiko Yoneda reported after confirming the safety of his team. "It's in the sea, and there are now two heat sources at the target location... Ah!"

Just as he was reporting the discovery, his own fighter jet experienced the same situation as Tsukamori Toru's. Both Fighters suddenly plummeted, and their engines emitted black smoke from unburned fuel.

"Don't get too close to it!" Alchemy Star sent an analysis message proactively. Daniel said seriously from behind the screen, "It's absorbing the surrounding oxygen very quickly. The heat source in the sea should be its parent body!"

……

Gio base.

Kinoshita Kei listened to the information relayed by Pito.

"Celestial Realm, Deep Green, Flaming Mountain? They sound like things that govern air and forests. What's the last one, Flaming Mountain?" Kinoshita Kei was completely baffled. "Isn't there anything more detailed?"

"All they found out was that the Heavenly Realm cleanses the atmosphere, the Deep Green creates forests, and that Yan Mountain isn't a fiery mountain, but rather the one that manages the water source." The muscular man glanced at the snacks on the table but didn't touch them, looking somewhat agitated. "Besides, they're preparing to change her cell to a more heavily guarded place... Seriously, who released Zhong Nair and Kadan?"

Kinoshita Kei, puzzled by Pito's agitation, asked, "Zhong Nai'er and Cardin?"

If GUARD lacks understanding of the two monsters that have now emerged, Pito knows them inside and out: "One likes to sleep in the mountains, and the other likes to stay in the harshest environments at the bottom of the sea. They are both lazy guys who prefer to avoid trouble."

"The one fighting Gaia right now is Zhong Nai'er, and the one in the ocean is Kadan. What is Agul doing? If we let Kadan run rampant, it won't just be a matter of a few fish dying off the coast of Chiba Prefecture!"

“You know what a rebellious phase is like.” Kinoshita Kei pulled up the emergency notice issued by the Geo base. Although the rampage of the two monsters had caused chaos in other departments, it had little impact on the astronomy research group.

After all, one in

One of them is on the ground, which is underwater and has little to do with their stargazing. Kinoshita Kei can stay in the dormitory peacefully and take over shifts with Nakai Ryo at night.

The external situation is obviously chaotic. Putting aside the "sleepwalking" syndrome that has been investigated for many days without any results, at least Zhong Nai'er in Meibao Mountain has Gaia. With Agul on strike, Kadan in the seabed is unrestrained and is recklessly consuming oxygen to create its own preferred living environment.

It was the complete opposite of "Celestial Realm." The Falcon Team's fighter jets circled on the periphery but couldn't get close, and neither could the missiles. The explosion effect in an oxygen-deprived area was much weaker than in a place with normal oxygen levels. Cardan had unintentionally created a formidable defensive shell for himself.

"Where did my fellow villager go..." Kinoshita Kei subconsciously thought of outside help, then suddenly realized and slapped himself: "You're a quasi-human form, you should do what heroes do!"

The slap was indeed effective. Kinoshita Kei calmed down, and even Pito, who had been pacing around in circles, gradually quieted down as he frowned and pondered a solution.

"Time, time... They just appear all at once, catching people off guard. If given enough time to deal with them, both Gaia and the Alchemy Star will eventually find a way to deal with them."

“A monster that devours oxygen…” Kinoshita Kei suddenly stood up and searched the room for something: “‘Dark Green’ can create forests, right? Although I don’t know how it works, activating it, even though the conversion rate certainly can’t keep up with the monster, can at least buy some time!”

Pito watched him walk from one end of the dormitory to the other, first taking off the duvet cover, then giving up halfway through. He rummaged through drawers and finally pulled out a roll of black plastic bags.

“Kadan is in the sea, what’s the point of you building forests on land?” Pito muttered.

“Since that thing is on the same level as the ‘Celestial Realm,’ it means it’s not some simple machine. Calling it a ‘mechanical monster’ would be more appropriate.” Kinoshita Kei tore open the plastic bag and rolled it all over the table, not caring at all about the amount used.

"I plan to... if I can't find a suitable place, I'll just throw it in Cardan's face. As long as it buys time, it's a good machine!"

Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Wrath of the Dragon

Ground level, Tokyo.

During afternoon tea time, Kinoshita Cafe is experiencing a peak in customer traffic.

The fat cat named "Snowcap" became increasingly lazy, only moving when urged on by Kinoshita Maho and Mieko. The rest of the time, it stayed in one place with its paws tucked in, its eyes squinting, looking just like a lucky cat.

It only becomes more active when Hitomi Onodera comes. It leaps off its "throne" at the smell and circles around the girl with glasses and braids like a dog that has been reincarnated into the wrong cat.

However, after the regular customer said goodbye to the staff some time ago, she was never seen again. Michiko couldn't keep up with the "snow top" anymore and couldn't help but sigh: "I'll get obesity sooner or later, and high blood pressure and heart disease will be waiting for me!"

As if hearing her complaint, "Snowcap" suddenly opened its eyes, its bright amber eyes reflecting the street scene outside the window. Its fine, hair-like whiskers twitched, it meowed, and darted to the door, scratching at it with its paws.