Ultraman: I Really Didn't Want to Rule the World

"You little brat!" The others also ran over.

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On the other side, Hong Tu walked ahead, while Tong Ye followed a few steps behind him in silence.

"What's wrong?" Hong Tu stopped and waited for him to catch up.

"When you said you wanted light, did you mean human light?" Kirino stopped and looked directly into Kou Tu's dark eyes.

“That’s right.” Hong Tu smiled, a faint red light appearing in her eyes. “I want to see the light that belongs to humans, I want to have the same light as humans.”

Kirino spoke after a moment of silence: "You've never explained this before."

Hong Tu looked even more innocent: "You didn't ask!"

"What was I thinking before, that I mistook this guy for some kind of evil boss?"

Oh, it seems this guy ate too much, and I'm worried he might be corrupted by those dark forces.

"Don't worry, I won't be affected by those impurities." He patted the head of the child he had raised with his own hands. "I am darkness, how could I be affected by my own physical form?"

"You already knew?"

"You probably guessed it by now, didn't you?" Hong Tu smiled, amused by the man's unhappy, childlike expression, and comforted him, "Looks like you don't know you have an undercover agent among you. Here!"

He gestured with his chin to the side.

"Woof!" Kirino remembered something, his face darkened, and he turned around to see a cute little country dog ​​running happily over.

"How could I have forgotten about this guy!"

"Gadi!" Hong Tu picked up the puppy that had run to her feet. "I have done my mission well. I have thwarted your master's plan."

"Woof woof!" Gedi kept licking his face and wagging his tail happily.

"Want to come with me? I've got some delicious jerky!" Black mist swirled around Hong Tu's fingertips, and when it dissipated, a piece of jerky appeared in his hand. "How about it? Think about it?"

"Woof woof!" Gedi bit into the jerky and started eating it from Hongtu's hand. After finishing, he kicked his legs and jumped off Hongtu's arms, wagging his tail at Hongtu, pretending to be an ordinary dog ​​that couldn't understand human speech and just wanted jerky.

"You heartless little thing." Hong Tu sighed helplessly and could only take out another piece of dried meat and continue feeding it.

Kirino, who witnessed the whole thing:

After finishing the jerky, Little Gadi wagged its tail and strolled away, completely ignoring Hong Tu's various temptations.

Hongtu could only regretfully take Tongye to the department store, buy groceries, and then return home.

"Mami, we're back." Hongtu changed her shoes and put the things she had bought on the table.

Hearing the voice, Mami ran out happily: "Welcome back! Mr. Hong, Brother Mufu."

"We're back!" Kirino said.

Mami paused, then smiled even more broadly. The girl was always perceptive and had long noticed Kirino's inner turmoil, but today it seemed that he had resolved it, and he appeared even more gentle.

The family of three looked very happy. Masaki returned to his laboratory, his face gloomy and full of resentment.

He was so close. But it's okay, he still has a chance.

Behind him, Gedi quietly crouched in the corner, watching as his master gradually emanated even more darkness, a look of worry appearing in his amber eyes.

The next day, an unexpected person appeared in Masaki's laboratory.

"Why are you here again?" Masaki, wearing a white coat, paused when he saw Kirino, then continued walking inside.

“Our plan isn’t finished yet,” Kirino said, following behind him.

"Oh? I thought you were going to give up."

“We still need Tiga. Besides, there’s more than one way to become Ultraman.” Kirino casually dropped a bombshell.

"What did you say?" Masaki paused, finally unable to maintain his composure.

“I said, there are other ways to become a giant.” Kirino looked at him and repeated what he had just said, word by word.

Chapter 82 The Two Who Ran Away

"The mechanical debris has been analyzed," Dr. Kashiwamura said as he removed his gloves upon entering the command room.

Behind her followed Horii, whose face looked rather grim.

"How did it go?" Captain Megumi went up to him and asked about the result.

“It is indeed man-made.” Dr. Baicun looked at her. “Someone has mastered technology that is no less advanced than our TPC.”

“That’s right,” Horii said with a grim face, “the creator was a genius, but he used his talent in the wrong place.”

I don't know what he's trying to do by using this technology against humanity.

Captain Megumi, the "artificial" one, frowned. She had considered the possibility that it might be a mechanical life form created by aliens, but she had never considered the possibility that it might be created by humans.

Upon hearing this, Daigo clenched his fists.

He really wanted to ask Kirino or Hongtu who the person who created Gaiozak was and what he wanted to do.

But after thinking about it, he gave up.

Kirino's attitude yesterday showed that he wouldn't tell me.

“However, creating such a monster would require a huge amount of funds. With our analysis, we should be able to figure out who created it,” Horii proposed a feasible solution.

"Team member Norizuki!" Captain Megumi looked at Norizuki.

“Leave it to me.” Nori nodded, flexed his fingers, and began searching for conglomerates with the funds and capabilities to manufacture such large mechanical monsters.

"Add this too!" Horii input some information he had analyzed from the core of the wreckage into the computer, helping Nozue narrow down the search scope.

"I've got it!" Nori exclaimed in surprise. "It's Saidike Technology Company! The head of this technology company, Masaki Keigo, released a product this year that is somewhat similar to the technology used in this mechanical shark."

Horii, from "Cydick Technology Company," browsed through the information, especially Masaki's. "He's really impressive."

Daigo recognized the person on the big screen as the same person whose image had been projected on the plane yesterday.

“It’s him!” Daigo stood up.

Everyone else looked at him in surprise, not understanding why he was so excited and so sure that this was the person.

"Uh, I just... I just had a gut feeling that it was him," Daigo stammered, not even knowing what he was saying.

Captain Megumi glanced at him and began to give orders: "Horii, Daigo, you two go to Saidike Technology Company and investigate."

"Yes!" The two men accepted the order, picked up their helmets, and went out.

At this moment, Masaki and Kirino were in the ruins beneath the Tonkara Bell ruins.

"You mean, there are things left over from ancient times in that underwater ruin?" Masaki fiddled with the computer for a while and opened a flat map.

“Yes, there are many remains of giants in there. Didn’t you see the infighting between the giants? That’s the main battlefield of the infighting, and also the ancient holy land of R’lyeh.” Kirino started looking up coordinates on the map he had opened. “The only thing to worry about is the three dark giants sealed inside.”

However, it's alright if you don't open that door.

"Dark Giant" Masaki recalled the Titan Civil War from his memory, and the four dark giants that emerged from the flames.

The one in the lead was Tiga, but it was the dark Tiga.

“But that guy is there too!” Masaki quickly realized where he was referring to after he explained. “Are you crazy! Doing this will wake that guy up the day before yesterday!”

“We have to do it, and it’s under R'lyeh.” Kirino turned to look at him, his gaze somber. “Ultraman Tiga alone is no match for that thing!”

"But approaching that thing so rashly will only awaken it prematurely!"

"But we have no choice!"

"Then give me Tiga's transformation device!" Masaki strode forward impatiently and grabbed Kirino's collar. "I'm stronger than that weakling! What he can't do, I can!"

Kirino's glasses reflected his contorted expression, which was contorted with excitement.

Masaki regained some of his composure and loosened his collar: "A long, long time ago, I have been constantly honing myself, constantly learning knowledge, and becoming stronger and more capable, all so that one day I could transform into Ultraman Tiga, lead humanity, and defeat that guy!"

And what happened? I wasn't the one who gained Ultraman Tiga's power!

That weakling, he knows nothing and doesn't know how to use Tiga's power at all!

What do you mean you need him? He can't do anything at all!

But I can! I'm stronger than him, smarter than him, and I can do better than him!

Masaki's agitation was tinged with sadness.

The scene of the ancient destruction haunted his dreams time and time again, and for more than twenty years, he had lived in that sorrow and panic.

At first it was for his family, and later for humanity. He constantly trained and improved himself, hoping to gain great power to protect those he wanted to protect.

Possessing the gene of light, he lived up to expectations and became a world-renowned genius. He was full of confidence and even believed that he could indeed save humanity.

As a result, he failed in the very first step.

He failed to receive Ultraman Tiga's light.

He has experienced pain, disappointment, doubt, and anger, and now he is on the verge of madness.

But it doesn't matter. Tiga's light was obtained by others, so he relied on his own power to take it back.

Giant statues are not only found in the pyramids, but also in other remaining ruins.

He successfully bribed the TPC researchers and obtained fragments of the giant statues in the pyramids. Combined with his own ingenuity, he successfully developed a light particle conversion device, the very device used by the ancient people to create giants.

Although not as perfect as the ancient ones, Daigo only needs to transform into a medium of light to successfully transform himself into a Titan.

All that's missing is a medium.

“Or, we can go find Yuzare,” Kirino suddenly said.

“Yu Lian?” Masaki paused, turning to look at him.

“Yuzare, a remnant from the ancient past. She was able to survive to this day by transforming into light through ancient technology.” Kirino pushed up his glasses. “We need the TPC’s time machine.”

Masaki's expression slightly hardened: "Ancient technology."

“But we need to leave now,” Kirino turned around and looked at the two enormous stone statues. “The Victory Team is coming.”

“Victory Team?” Masaki frowned. It seemed that the Victory Team had already found him, but it was too late to move the equipment now.

Of course, the most important thing is that these two stone statues are very difficult to move.