Ultraman: Noah's big one at the beginning

"That sacred artifact is now sealed somewhere in this town..."

"Let's go look for it together."

After saying that, Taro teleported onto Guga's shoulder: "I'm so happy to see you back safe and sound."

"In the years right after you left, I felt like Taiga was going to become depressed."

"By the way, you should have returned to the Land of Light by now, right?"

Worried about his hometown, Taro continued, "How's the situation there now?"

"I was turned into a Spark Doll on the front lines. After drifting in space for a while, I landed on the back mountain of the town. Because my energy hadn't recovered, I was sealed in the ground... I didn't have time to go back and see."

Kuga's eyes were filled with sorrow: "The billions of people in the Land of Light have all been turned into Spark Dolls..."

"This is absolutely outrageous!" Taro couldn't contain his anger and cursed.

“It’s not just that,” Guga continued.

Taro: "What do you mean?"

Gu Jia didn't rush to explain: "Uncle, you'll understand once you come home with me..."

……

A few minutes later, Guga was in the small room he rented in Falling Star Town.

Taro saw a room full of monsters and Ultraman dolls.

Taro: "Mirror Knight, Steel Warrior... As expected, it's not just the universe belonging to the Land of Light that's suffering."

“These are all the dolls I’ve collected over the past few months. I can confirm that the dolls are incomplete; some are probably still drifting in space, while others may be in the hands of the culprit,” Guga explained.

"Also, Uncle, I think I know what the sacred artifact of the Land of Light you mentioned is. I'll take you to see it later."

"You've done a good job gathering intelligence. It's been many years. Although you still look like a child, you've matured a lot compared to before." Taro's eyes were full of satisfaction.

The Land of Light is a loving family, and in his eyes, Guga is almost like his own child.

Gu Jia smiled shyly after receiving praise from his elders.

He then took Taro directly to Sunrise Elementary School.

The music classroom at Jiangxing Elementary School was converted into a new shrine after the elementary school was shut down and the original Galaxy Shrine was destroyed by a meteorite.

After entering, Gu Jia greeted the old man, Shushin, who was in charge of the shrine's ritual hall.

When Reido Hideaki saw this polite and independent child come to the shrine again, he was very happy: "Koko's here! I don't have time to play shogi with you today, so why don't you help me clean the house?"

"I'd like to pay my respects first. I've been feeling uneasy lately. I'll take care of cleaning the shrine later. Grandpa, you can go talk to Principal Shirai first." Koga had found a place for the old man.

"Okay!" The old man nodded, looking very happy.

Soon, Hideaki left the shrine with peace of mind, and after closing the door, Koga eagerly opened the shrine altar.

Inside the shrine, a small, silver-yellow sword is enshrined.

Upon seeing the small sword in Guga's pocket, Taro instantly became excited: "That's right!"

"The Dark Spark has a similar appearance to this divine sword! This is another sacred artifact, the one I sensed!"

"Gugula, quickly try using it to help me recover. We need to find Lugiel and save all the lives that have been turned into dolls," Taro said impatiently.

Guga nodded, took down the divine sword, and, following Taro's instructions, used the very tip of the sword to press against the strange emblem on Taro's foot.

"Om-"

A barely perceptible glint flashed at the tip of the divine sword. Gu Jia narrowed his eyes, and the light abruptly went out the next instant.

Nothing happened.

"It doesn't work?" Taro, disappointed, thought there was something wrong with the method used: "That's how I used it when Lugiel transformed into a giant monster doll."

"Try a different approach, try a few more times..."

Gu Jia nodded: "Okay!"

Half an hour later.

Guga used the 'Galactic Sword' to touch every possible spot on Taro's body, but still no miracle occurred.

“It’s no use. Sacred artifacts choose their users. We have to wait for a suitable person,” Gu Jia said proactively.

"How long will we have to wait then?" Taro sighed.

He has suffered long enough since the disaster struck.

Seeing this, Gu Jia almost couldn't help but tell his uncle the truth that he could use it too, but in the end he kept his mouth shut.

And so, time passed day by day.

Taro practically lived at the shrine, watching over everyone who came to worship, hoping to wait for the 'chosen child'.

A month later, summer vacation for high school students arrived.

Because Mei-ling often came to the shrine to help out, she gradually got to know the talking doll Taro and learned that Kuuga was an Ultraman.

After some time, the chosen one finally returned to Falling Star Town...

Hikaru Rido, grandson of Rido Hideaki, priestess of the Galaxy Shrine, lived in Fubuki Town as a child. He left the town during elementary school and traveled the world with his rock-and-roll parents. His dream is to become a great adventurer.

Since the start of summer vacation, he had felt a mysterious force calling to him from Jiangxing Town, so he returned to his long-lost hometown.

The first two people they encountered upon entering the town were Guga and Taro, who had been waiting there.

Are you sure it's him?

As the boy with the bag walked past, Taro, perched on Guga's shoulders, was still a little doubtful.

"He gave me a very special feeling." Gu Jia couldn't explain to his uncle that he had read the script, so he could only attribute the reason to his feelings.

Taro: "It is a bit different, but would a normal person touch the divine sword?"

"I feel I need to step in and guide the discussion."

Gu Jia: "I've investigated. He's the grandson of the priest and Mei Ling's elementary school classmate. He has many opportunities to come into contact with the divine sword."

"Moreover, his sudden return to his hometown seems to be due to sensing the call of the divine sword."

Taro sensed something was off about this kid: "You checked this beforehand?"

"Guja, you really are... thorough in your work!?"

Chapter 303 A Fish That Escaped the Net!

Hikaru, carrying a bag, noticed the child who had been watching him from the entrance of the town.

"You know me?" Xiao Guang pointed to himself.

If I remember correctly, it's been seven years since I left Jiangxing Town. How old was this child back then?

“I know him,” Gu Jia nodded.

"Have you felt lately that something in this town is calling to you?"

Xiao Guang's eyes widened: "How did you know?"

Koga said mysteriously, "Go back to the shrine and you'll know everything..."

Afterwards, he and Taro hid in the shadows and watched as Hikaru reunited with his family and friends.

At the Galaxy Shrine located at Jiangxing Elementary School, Hikaru met several of his childhood friends and his grandfather whom he hadn't seen for many years, and then turned his gaze to the shrine enshrined in the center of the shrine.

"May I see the divine sword?"

"Why do you suddenly want to watch this?" Grandpa asked, puzzled.

Xiao Guang found it hard to explain the feeling of being called, so he shook his head and decided to come over again when he had time in the evening.

On the school playground.

Several old classmates are playing football.

"How long will Hikaru stay this time?" Kenta asked curiously.

"I don't know, we'll have to wait and see when the truth comes out." Xiao Guang kicked the ball to Mei Ling's side.

Chigusa: "I really envy you, traveling around the world with your parents."

"That's nothing special; people all over the world are pretty much the same," Xiao Guang chuckled.

"By the way, when I came back, I met a very strange little boy at the entrance of the town."

Do you know whose child that is?

"A strange kid, Gu Jia, right?" Chigusa quickly came up with a name in her mind.

A child who lives alone, likes to be by himself, and likes to talk to himself—it's no exaggeration to say he's strange.

Kenta: "He moved to the town a few months ago and has been living alone ever since."

"I think that child is a good person. He is polite and well-mannered, and never causes trouble for others."

"Hmm..." Meiling knew Ultraman Kuga's identity, so she just nodded in agreement from the side the whole time.

"I have a feeling that the child knows something..."

……

night.

Xiao Guang made do by setting up a tent and sleeping in the elementary school classroom.

After confirming that no one was left at the shrine at this time, he tiptoed and unzipped the tent door, then approached the shrine's shrine.

Pulling open the front panel reveals a mysterious, silvery-yellow small sword inside.

"This is the divine sword, it is you calling me..."

As Xiao Guang spoke, he reached out and grasped the hilt of the divine sword.

The moment the fingertips touched the divine sword, a brilliant light shone forth!

"Buzz!"

A powerful radiance burst forth from the divine sword, flowing across Xiao Guang's body, and finally leaving a peculiar emblem of light on his hand that held the sword.

"Wow!" Sensing the changes happening to his body, Xiaoguang sat on the futon on the ground, his eyes filled with shock.

Just then, Guga arrived with Taro, watching the scene with satisfaction.

Taro: "Finally, it's here."

"The one chosen by the sacred artifact."

Xiao Guang looked around in confusion, his gaze finally settling on the child who had suddenly appeared in the doorway: "Who's talking?"

Taro swayed twice on Guga's shoulder: "I am Ultraman Taro."

"Congratulations, child, you have been chosen."

Xiao Guang looked completely bewildered: "What do you mean?"

Seeing this, Taro explained the cause and effect of the Spark Doll War...

Half an hour later, Xiao Guang received this information, his pupils dilating: "Ultraman? Monster? Demon?"

"That's a pretty good story, kid! ?"

He looked at Gu Jia: "Take this little toy away, don't try to fool me with such tricks."

Gu Jia didn't speak, but silently pulled him onto the school playground.

After arriving at an open environment, he decisively transformed into a gigantic form.

Soon, a giant 30 meters tall appeared on the school playground!

The little giant had three protrusions on his head, a crack-like light source on his chest, and patterns of purple, black, and red on his body that were very harmonious, making his figure appear slender and beautiful.

"Giant?!(???;)"

When Xiao Guang saw the so-called Ultraman actually appear in front of him, he had no choice but to believe it.

"So everything you just said is true?!"

Seeing that the boy had accepted the truth, Taro teleported to Xiaoguang's shoulder: "Yes, what you are holding is the sacred artifact that can break the curse of the doll."