Chapter 145
Daga is resurrected
Chapter 145 Daga is resurrected
Meanwhile, at the TPC Far East headquarters, inside the Victory team's command center, live video feeds were being transmitted from the scene.
"Captain! A giant life form has appeared in the Shinjuku area! The target has been confirmed as... Ultraman Tiga?!" Nori stared at the screen, his face filled with disbelief.
Daigo has been arrested, and even Staff Officer Kaul is with him; they shouldn't be in the city center...
Captain Megumi stood up. She had realized that this was a treacherous plot by the enemy, possibly aimed at sowing discord between Ultraman and humans, causing them to lose trust in each other, or even turning humans against Ultraman Tiga.
Even if they know Daigo's true identity, the public doesn't, so trust can be easily destroyed in such a simple way.
"Daigo and Shinjo haven't returned to the team yet, and Staff Officer Kaul's Dram vehicle hasn't moved either... Why is Tiga causing destruction in the city at this time?!"
"Daigo would never do such a thing! Immediately dispatch fighter jets to disrupt Tiga's operation! We can't let the destruction continue. Contact Chief of Staff Kaul and Director Sawai; we need a solution to prepare for what's to come..."
Meanwhile, in Kumamoto City, inside the top-secret underground research institute of the Sediq Technology Corporation.
Masaki Keigo was standing below the light gene particle converter that represented the pinnacle of his genius technology.
Before him, the statue of Daga, which he had restored perfectly after months of tireless work and with countless funds, was stimulated at this moment and began to dissolve itself.
On the stone statue, streaks of silver-gray lines began to fall off spontaneously, a clear sign of its impending resurrection.
At this moment, Masaki Keigo's face was filled with an almost manic and neurotic excitement.
"Tiga... Your chosen successor is indeed a weak mortal, even assimilated by darkness and impurity monsters, instead of an excellent person like me."
Masaki Keigo looked at the live stream transmitted from Shinjuku on the tablet in his hand.
"Using the power of giants to cause pointless destruction in the city, is this the god that those fools worship? It's utterly ridiculous!" Masaki Keigo sneered.
He turned around and took out the black light stick that he had created by combining the core powder of the Daga statue with the light stick analysis report.
"Let me take you down, you hypocrite, you degenerate bastard."
Madness flickered in Masaki Keigo's eyes as he walked step by step onto the platform that represented evolution, raising the black magic wand above his head.
"I will use the power of this giant to become the only and eternal god for all mankind! I will lead humanity to complete the ultimate leap in the level of life, becoming a stronger and more perfect race! Let all mankind become giants!"
"Daga!!" Masaki Keigo shouted Daga's name.
The massive light gene particle converter erupted in an instant with a particle storm of interwoven gold and black.
Masaki Keigo's body rapidly atomized and dissolved in this stream of particles powerful enough to evaporate metal, eventually transforming into a beam of light that flowed through the passage and directly into the colored timer on the chest of the Dagana statue on the high platform.
"Click...click..."
At this moment, the petrified outer layer was completely peeled off and pulverized.
A giant, also 0 meters tall, with a body entirely of silver and gray, but with extremely smooth lines and a powerful presence.
Daga broke through the top of the research institute and flew rapidly towards Tokyo.
Although Kiranbo had left this space with his Spark Lens, the translucent bubbles floating in the sky, which imprisoned the dreams of thousands of children, did not disappear.
On the contrary, with the complete shattering of this other-dimensional part, the bubbles, having lost their support, began to tremble unsteadily, threatening to burst at any moment and shatter the souls of the children inside into the void.
"Damn it... these bubbles are dissipating!" Shinjo, holding his Hyper gun, desperately fired at the floating bubbles in the sky.
"Lina! Daigo! We have to be quick! If we're even a second too slow, these children's souls will be completely lost in the cracks!"
Lina was the same; her eyes were red, and she kept pulling the trigger.
"But there are too many! And the void storm is holding us back; we're running low on Hyper Gun ammo!"
Daigo leaned against a piece of rubble. He had lost his Spark Lens and was now just an ordinary GUTS member with superhuman physical abilities. He looked at the bubbles trembling in the storm, ready to burst at any moment, and at his empty hands. An unprecedented sense of defeat and powerlessness overwhelmed him.
"I...I clearly possess light, yet it was taken away at the most crucial moment..." Daigo gritted his teeth.
"Tiga's light... why would it allow a monster to use it to harm humans? Isn't that a protective power? How... how can I save them...?"
Just as Daigo was falling into self-doubt.
A shoe-wearing foot landed directly on his buttocks.
"Ouch!!" Daigo jumped up from his daze in pain, clutching his butt, and walked over.
"The pain proves you're not dead yet, and your brain isn't completely broken, Daigo."
Kaul clapped his hands, very calmly.
He grabbed Daigo by the collar with both hands, lifted him off the ground, and stared into Daigo's eyes, which were filled with pain and confusion.
"Who are you trying to fool by being all sad and questioning your existence, Daigo?"
"What do you think light is? Is it a conscious computer program that picks between good and bad people? I told you 30 million years ago that light has no distinction between good and evil! It is simply a primordial energy, used by its inheritors. Whether it is protected or destroyed depends on the person using it!"
"Ah, sorry, I mistook you for Ultraman Tiga himself."
Kaur tightened his grip on Daigo's collar.
"Daigo, do you remember what I said? It wasn't just Tiga's light that chose you; it was you who chose the light!"
"Giramp can transform because it was forcibly created using the dreams of thousands of children. That's not Tiga's will; it's light that was forcibly tainted! If you give up here now, if you sink into despair here, then what about those ancient giants who entrusted their light to you because they believed in you, those who are lying in the ruins of the pyramids protecting the Earth?!"
Daigo listened to these words in a daze, the confusion in his eyes gradually fading, and his anger was already showing.
"Then... what should I do now? I don't have a magic wand..."
"Go and save the souls of those children, one by one!"
Kaur shoved Daigo aside and turned to face the bubbles that were about to burst.