Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

"Alright," Keita Kobayashi said, silencing the two troublemakers who were about to start arguing again. "We should congratulate Kanade on going to the research institute, and also Yu... um, Yu..."

Mao Sugiyama put down the yogurt container and suddenly said, "Yu was amazing that day!"

The others turned to look at her.

"Captain, the day you were possessed by that, uh, Yapool, we heard a noise and ran out, and saw you blow up a wall with a 'boom' and jump down with a 'whoosh'."

Mao Sugiyama waved her arms, mimicking Hayato Hasegawa's posture at the time: "I was so scared I thought I was sleepwalking, and then I saw Yu jump down too! The fourth floor! He jumped down and he was still able to keep running after you!"

"Shouldn't you praise the captain? He jumped down like that too," Yamashita Rikuto interjected.

"Ah, wasn't the captain possessed by an alien? It's different, it's different..."

Yuan Kong, intrigued, craned his neck and asked, "Captain, what does it feel like to be possessed by an alien?"

Hasegawa Hayato remained silent, his face dark.

Yohara Sora awkwardly shrank back, "Okay, well... what is Kanade researching? Even aliens want to capture him."

Hasegawa Hayato put down his water glass: "Yonahara, copy the confidentiality agreement three times."

"No, Captain, I..."

"In short, I will submit a recruitment application to the squadron leader," Hasegawa Hayato glanced at Nahara Sora through the steam of his tea, "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, and don't talk about things involving aliens."

……

"Aiba, what do you study?"

At the GUYS Research Institute, Hosokawa Takumi felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the size of the monster data files. For some reason, he had a feeling that he was going to follow in the footsteps of Chief Designer Yamamuro Keigo.

Beside him, Eistend, who had taken off his rescue team uniform and put on a white lab coat commonly seen in research institutes, typed rapidly on the keyboard: "Hmm, I studied a wide variety of electives in Arantar, mainly light weapon research and monster modification research."

Hosokawa shifted his position, leaning over to look at his screen, his eyes spinning from the strings of codes: "So what is this?"

......"

Estend pressed the last key, satisfied with the editing of the program: "Strengthen the network security of the mechanism, and if there is a simulated monster rampage again, make sure it can only be trapped in the simulated battlefield."

Hosokawa glanced at the miniature terminal on his forearm, which was connected to the internal computer.

Estend noticed his gaze and laughed, "A shortcut. I don't know much about your programming, but it can help me achieve the desired effect."

Hosokawa Takumi frowned slightly: "That's not bad."

"Squeak—" The sound of the mechanical door opening.

The two looked up and saw Misaki Yuki and Yamamuro Keigo.

The former carried a box, opened it in front of Estender, revealing neatly arranged capsules inside.

Are these top-secret core weapons just laid out in front of the aliens?

Hosokawa Takumi suddenly looked at Yamamuro Keigo, who made a downward gesture to calm him down.

“As you can see, these are products of GUYS’s advanced technology, capsule monsters. They went berserk during the last test and were originally intended to be destroyed, but…” Misaki Yuki said, “I remember you mentioned in your message that the Yapool’s monster army.”

“That’s right,” Estend nodded. “Although the Yapools can’t possibly put all their power on Earth, they can still mobilize the power of two or three research institutes here… in a place favored by the Land of Light.”

Keigo Yamamuro recalled the basic information described in the data: "Two or three research institutes, each with its own subordinate monster army?"

"No, what we can confirm at the moment is that neither the Second Research Institute nor the Seventh Research Institute is focused on the number of monsters. This is just a guess..."

“Some time ago, GUYS and Ultraman defeated the monster of the Second Research Institute. Kataslo also died. They may call upon forces outside the original plan, such as the Fourth Research Institute, which has the closest relationship with the teacher. They have been dedicated to the research of monster legions and combined monsters. There is also our ‘Resentment Aggregate’. The monsters modified by it are more like ‘Super Beasts’.”

Estend glanced at Hosokawa Takumi, then suddenly took a step back and bowed deeply to Misaki Yuki and Yamamuro Keigo.

"I know it's too much to ask you to trust a Yabo person, and you must have been under a lot of pressure to bring me to the research institute, but please, please believe me when I say the following!"

Estend raised his head and said loudly, "I have seen the Yapools destroy countless civilizations, and I was even a participant in them. However, my mother once said, 'Life is the most precious thing in this universe.'"

"I deeply regret that it took me so many years to understand the meaning of those words. I came to Earth to atone for my sins, and I don't want Earth to become like that! ... You may not believe me, but please believe in these technologies!"

Hosokawa Takumi wanted to speak several times, but decided to remain silent.

After a brief silence, Misaki Yuki spoke first: "In that case, continue with the research you do best, Aiba."

Estend glanced instinctively at the box full of capsule monsters.

Seeing this, Misaki Yuki smiled and said, "That's right, you decide the direction of the monster modification research. I hope... at least when facing the monster army, we can have a fighting chance."

Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Yearning for Goodwill

Everything seemed to have returned to normal.

GUYS defeated the recently emerged Red Ghost, defusing a negative public opinion crisis.

I heard that the ghost monster has become inexplicably popular, and some businesses have even made similar-looking teru teru bozu (Japanese teru bozu dolls). I wonder if it's some kind of children's horror.

Estend was doing quite well at the research institute. Apart from the fact that the equipment was outdated and a real headache, the research environment was much better than at the Seventh Research Institute—at least he didn't have a supervisor constantly watching him anymore.

"Space weapons are troublesome things, don't be too ambitious. Don't you have a device that has successfully developed a closed dimensional space? Its preparation time is too long, let's solve this problem first!"

During an internal meeting at the research institute, Eistend, dressed in a white lab coat with his hands in his pockets, looked quite professional: "The Yapool's monster army relies heavily on interdimensional portals for deployment. If we can quickly shut them down, the counter-operation will be much simpler."

Keigo Yamamuro nodded as he wiped his glasses; this was in line with his expectations.

"Also, I suggest that the research approach refer to the monster modification of the Second Research Institute. They should have collected the remains of EX Belokorn and Red King, right? Analyze the material composition, then synthesize replacements, improve the existing Specium missiles, and apply them to Undym first."

Hosokawa Takumi whispered to his colleague, "See? It's still Uwindam."

“Mikuras doesn’t deserve a name?! It’s so cute!” the colleague said through gritted teeth.

"As for the direction of improvement of the Specium missile... Omarment's monster combat armor has already been put into service, and its overall protection is very strong, but it is vulnerable to concentrated point attacks. Therefore, we can start by reducing the energy dispersion area and develop an armor-piercing version!"

The explosives geniuses dedicated to missile development smiled with satisfaction.

"Let's put the Apuda Ray Gun aside for now. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's a standard weapon of the Yapool. The key mineral material has only been found near black holes. The Yapool have specifically developed mines in the center of the galaxy."

The laser weapon addict clicked his tongue and let out a disappointed sigh.

Although Eistard tried to avoid this point

But when he gets serious, he looks just like his teacher, Fang Te.

If the teacher were standing in front of him, what should he say?

Estend had pondered this question deeply on countless nights, and he knew that his ideas would certainly not be accepted by his teacher—no “normal” Yabo person would accept them.

The Yapools' star map extends to every point where they set up jump points; Earthlings' star map, on the other hand, only extends to what a telescope can see.

The Yapools' conquest was measured in galaxies, a trivial matter; Earthlings' conquest was measured in steps, each step taken on another planet a milestone victory.

Would you care about ants?

Even though you know that ants are social animals that build their own nests and have their own ways of communicating and social systems.

This is how the Yabo people viewed Earthlings: they were social animals who built their own nests, had some time to write, and occasionally hopped around, but never flew more than three feet.

Suddenly, a Yabo man began to care about the ants' lives and deaths, and stood on the ants' side, trying to stop the Yabo man from clearing out the ants' nest.

...What strange individual?

Estend considered that this reckless resistance might lead to even more brutal suppression by the Yapools.

But how will you know how far you can go if you don't try?

Moreover, Earth is not the same as Pasifica. Earth has its own defense forces, these dedicated researchers, people willing to fight for it, and... the Land of Light.

Completely different from the isolated and helpless Pasifica.

This beautiful planet holds great promise.

The researchers each took on their assigned tasks and began working tirelessly, every day, every hour, every minute, striving to make progress. However, there was one area where no valuable information had yet been received:

Samuel remains missing.

“It’s better to just stay ‘missing’ like this,” Estend thought. “Never be discovered, never appear in the Yapool’s surveillance, stay away from the vortex, never be caught again, and become that ray of free light.”

"I don't want to be an executioner again, Fos-001."

……

But reality is never as wonderful as we imagine.

While Windom was being rebuilt, Eistard learned from a conversation with Amakuya Kinomi, who had come to visit Mikuras, that Hibino Mirai seemed to be saying goodbye to them.

Amani no Kimi didn't know, but Estend knew very well that Hibino Mirai was Mebius.

Is Mebius leaving?

The Land of Light wouldn't just randomly recall a warrior who was supposed to be training on Earth, so there's only one possibility: they foresaw the impending crisis and believed that Mebius was insufficient to handle it, so in order to protect him, they decided to recall Mebius and send out a more powerful warrior.

Just the day after receiving the news, the images that appeared on the monitor screen made Estend's hand holding the cup tremble uncontrollably.

Impreza.

Mechanical monsters beloved by the Yapo people.

Judging from the style of this renovation, it should be the work of the Second Research Institute.

Yes, Kataslo is dead. The advance force of the Second Research Institute that invaded Earth was wiped out. Those who remained at the space base will certainly not let this go.

This modified Impreza is proof of that.

The main base has likely already received news of Kataslo's death, and in order to gather more accurate intelligence, advance teams from other research institutes should be arriving one after another.

The Land of Light has sent Taro to replace Mebius. This should be "good" news, right?