Megumi Iruma's appearance and testimony reversed the public opinion that had been targeting Keigo Masaki and the Imperium. The focus of public opinion shifted from Keigo Masaki to Director Sawai.
As the former Captain of GUTS, Megumi Iruma had considerable prestige.
In the hearts of many political bigwigs, Sawai and Iruma were basically seen as equals.
Now, Iruma had actually come out publicly to testify, saying that her former superior, Sawai, had anti-human tendencies.
How serious was such an accusation?
Sawai also stared dumbfounded as Iruma presented the so-called evidence before representatives from various countries.
He could see that much of the evidence was fake.
But the delegations from various countries couldn't see this. They were completely unaware of the authenticity of the evidence. They could only rely on so-called technical experts to determine if it was fabricated. This was a planned frame-up.
Megumi Iruma's arrival and the evidence she provided turned this hearing, which was originally aimed at the Imperium and Keigo Masaki, into Sawai's trial.
After deliberation by representatives from various countries, he was stripped of all political power and imprisoned until everything was thoroughly investigated. TPC Headquarters.
GUTS Operations Conference Room.
"How could this happen!" Rena watched as the UN Secretary-General stood on the podium and read out the decision made by the representatives of various countries.
She watched Director Sawai being handcuffed by legal personnel and escorted away.
All these changes came so suddenly.
So fast that it was impossible to accept.
It was as if fate was a clumsy plot written by a third-rate screenwriter.
Munakata was also stunned.
He never imagined that the former Captain Iruma would actually accuse Director Sawai of anti-human crimes.
Such a thing could only be described as bizarre.
His mind was a bit overwhelmed.
He couldn't understand how Captain Iruma could say that Director Sawai was anti-human!!
And thus help Keigo Masaki get acquitted!!
What kind of hidden secret was behind this?
Captain Iruma was clearly abducted by the Imperium, so why was she now on the Imperium's side!!
The hearing concluded in an unexpected way. This outcome made everyone in GUTS feel uncomfortable.
"I must investigate this thoroughly," Munakata stepped forward and said, "I don't believe Captain Iruma would make such a choice."
"I'll go with you, I don't believe it either."
"We'll go together, we need to ask why the Captain would act like this!!"
All the GUTS members stepped forward.
Even Daigo stepped forward. They had to get to the bottom of this and find out what Captain Iruma had gone through during this time??
How could there be such a big change??
UN Temporary Detention Center.
It was empty, with only a handful of prisoners held here.
Even the prison guards watching the prisoners sat idly in the monitoring room, unwilling to patrol inside. There was basically no need for patrols. This was just temporary custody.
In a few days, these prisoners would be transferred elsewhere. The United Nations is a place where countries negotiate issues and conflicts, and it is also a Prototype for the future union of humanity, inherently possessing a certain sanctity.
Escaping from the temporary detention center, or launching any terrorist attack, would be met with a tacit joint strike by all countries. The temporary detention center usually held war criminals being tried by the International Court of Justice.
After receiving their sentences, those war criminals would be sent to other prisons. The period after the end of World War II could be said to be the glorious moment for this detention center. The prisoners held filled every cell. Those notorious war criminals were held here before their trials were concluded.
Director Sawai was also temporarily held here.
A little light filtered through the dirty, dusty glass window. The reception room was somewhat cold and damp, and the originally clean and smooth walls showed oily white patches from the tapping of countless anxious fingers. The wooden floor was severely worn from pacing back and forth. The air system responsible for ventilation was humming low, drawing out the stuffy air and bringing in fresh air.
Sawai lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
Some parts of the ceiling had peeled off, revealing the mottled wall behind.
He knew he was finished.
Even if he was eventually proven innocent.
His political career was over. The hawks would stop at nothing to destroy the political ecosystem of the doves. This was the reason they wanted to send him to prison.
He had thought too simply.
He thought that getting some evidence from the Imperium would awaken people and make them realize the Imperium's true nature.
Who would have thought that Megumi Iruma would stand on the Imperium's side and give false testimony. To put him in prison, creating an opportunity for the hawks to gain power. They would use the fastest means to pass the bill to join the Imperium, and then everything would fall into place.
By then, even if he was declared innocent, no one would care. This was a typical means of **** (redacted).
Footsteps sounded.
Director Sawai looked over following the sound and saw Megumi Iruma standing in front of his cell.
And one woman and two men followed behind her.
Megumi Iruma's eyes were full of pity and sympathy, and a hint of hidden guilt. The one woman and two men standing behind her appeared somewhat arrogant, their eyes openly showing contempt for Sawai.
Director Sawai was an experienced politician.
His skill in reading people was outstanding.
With just one glance, he could see that Megumi Iruma felt a hint of guilt about his current situation.
But behind her was a more powerful spiritual force supporting her to do that!!
What kind of thing could make someone violate their own principles!!
"Why are you doing this?" Director Sawai suppressed his anger and calmly questioned, "Why are you helping those dictators who want to rule this world?? Have you forgotten that the original intention of GUTS was to protect human society from harm?"
"Of course, I haven't forgotten," Captain Iruma said, "But you're in the way, Sawai. You've become a hidden danger and threat to humanity."
"Just because I'm blocking the Imperium's path?" Sawai grasped the crux of the matter, "So you want to remove me and let the hawks take complete control."
Megumi Iruma didn't answer directly, but from her gaze, it was clear that this was the reason.
"The Imperium is no different from those aliens; they all want to rule us. Think about how many such conspiracies you have foiled? And now you trust an empire," Sawai said, trying to awaken the conscience deep within Megumi Iruma, believing that letting a dictator control the human world was an extremely dangerous thing.
Megumi Iruma was unmoved by this.
She had already received enlightenment and the truth.
Compared to a dictator, plunging humanity into an eternal and endless dark abyss was the most despairing thing.
"It can give humanity more," Megumi Iruma said a seemingly ambiguous reason, then turned and left. The three people following her also left.
Just as they walked out of the UN temporary detention center.
Megumi Iruma was surrounded by the arriving GUTS team. They had come to see Director Sawai and to question Megumi Iruma about why she did that.
"Captain," the moment Daigo saw Megumi Iruma, he couldn't help but call out.
It was clear that even though Munakata had been appointed as the Captain of GUTS.
In the hearts of the team members, they still considered Megumi Iruma to be the true Captain.
"Captain, why did you do that to Director Sawai? You clearly know that Director Sawai is a good person, he would never betray humanity. Why did you use those non-existent pieces of evidence to frame him?" Rena asked.
"The authenticity of that evidence is not something you can question casually," Megumi Iruma looked at the GUTS members, suppressing the reluctance in her heart, and said, "I am just performing my duty."
"Cap-" Munakata still wanted to say something.
Megumi Iruma directly interrupted him.
"I am no longer the Captain of GUTS, please do not call me that. If you want to see Sawai, he is inside, feel free to go."
The cruelty revealed in these words made the few team members Stunned for a moment . They had never imagined that Captain Iruma, who had always treated them like family, would say such words!!
Megumi Iruma ignored their disappointed expressions and walked directly around them, appearing extremely cold.
"Forget it, let's go inside first and see Director Sawai," Munakata suppressed his urge to question her clearly about why she had changed so much.
Causing a scene here would easily bring criticism to TPC. The GUTS members walked into the temporary detention center with disappointed expressions.
Daigo turned back to look at Captain Iruma, who was walking away. He clenched his fist, then turned and ran towards her, determined to get an answer. Their entire team cared about her so much, treating her like family.
When she went missing, they couldn't eat or sleep, doing everything they could to find her.
Now that she was back, she was so cold!
Why?
Daigo didn't care about the location.
He just wanted an answer.
"Captain," Daigo said, catching his breath as he ran in front of Captain Iruma again, "Why?"
Iruma looked at Daigo, who was like her younger brother, and a trace of sisterly affection flickered in her eyes.
But she quickly suppressed it.
Making the GUTS team lose all hope and understand that the Imperium's arrival was inevitable was the best option for them.
Putting Director Sawai in prison was also the best method.
After the Imperium arrives, society will undergo unprecedented changes. The struggle between the hawks and doves will quickly intensify. Throughout history, what civilization or nation's integration was forged through peaceful means?
Even the current United Nations is riddled with contradictions between countries, with constant outbreaks of fringe political conflicts.
Even colonies like Mars have undercurrents.
From time to time, friction events erupt. The enemies the Imperium must face are too terrifying, and they don't have much time; using some drastic measures is necessary.
Unifying thought, unifying the political ecosystem, unifying the economy, allowing a colony to nourish the Imperium instead of the Imperium constantly providing blood. To achieve this, it's impossible without some tough methods.
Some people are destined to be sacrificed as a price.
Killing one to save thousands.
It's not about right or wrong, nor is there right or wrong.
"I am not your Captain," Iruma said coldly, "Daigo, GUTS already has a new Captain."
"But in my heart, you will always be my Captain. You said that the GUTS team is all family, and we will face any problems together," Daigo said sincerely, "I have always considered you as family, Captain. Tell me, why did you make such a decision?"
Iruma looked at Daigo; she had learned from Magos Sigma that he was the human host of Ultraman Tiga. Those with truly kind hearts and protective spirits are recognized by the power of Ultraman and become Ultramen.
"One day, you will also have to make a choice, Daigo. At that time, you will have to choose whether to stand on the side of justice and kindness, or the side of cruel correctness. Sometimes, kindness and justice are good things, but that doesn't mean everything in this world can be accomplished relying on these two things. Human kindness and justice are meaningless to the universe; some sins must be borne by someone to protect this race and allow it to continue forward."
Leaving these words behind, Iruma strode away.
Daigo wanted to stop her.
But he was blocked by the three people behind Iruma. The three were Carmilla, Hudra, and Darram. They had been sealed in the ruins before.
Until Magos Sigma took them away and unsealed them using Imperial technology.
After being beaten up by the primaris space marines, the three were assigned to Iruma as subordinates. The power of the Imperium was so great that they couldn't muster any thought of resistance. The mighty primaris space marines possessed power close to that of gods, capable of easily twisting rules and reshaping reality.
Although Carmilla and the other two possessed immortal bodies and power beyond mortals, the Imperium held weapons capable of destroying immortality.
"Tiga," Carmilla was now wearing an ancient miko's outfit.
Her figure was full, and her waist was slender.
A pair of fair, snow-white, slender, and lovely legs extended from the hem of the miko outfit.
A faint sheen was visible on the surface of her skin, smooth like pearls.
Daigo's face showed a look of shock; she had called out his identity in one go.
He momentarily forgot about chasing Captain Iruma.
He stood frozen in place.
"Who are you?"
"Debt collectors," Carmilla showed a cruel smile, "We have a debt from thirty million years ago to settle. It's truly ironic how things turn out; thirty million years ago, you betrayed us for Yuzare. Now, Yuzare's reincarnation stands on our side."
"What do you mean?" Daigo pressed, "What does this have to do with that machine?"
The projection released by that machine was Yuzare.
She always spoke in ancient ultra language, saying that Daigo had to become light to save the world that was about to fall into darkness.
As for some of the later words, they weren't finished.
Perhaps because the machine had been stored for too long, some words were already indistinct and unclear.
"You will know, but not now," Carmilla turned and left.
Hudra and Darram also showed mocking and playful expressions, then turned and left. This time, they were the ones representing justice. The boundary between light and darkness is blurred.
Daigo watched the three leave; he could feel a familiar aura from them. They were all human hosts. The three subordinates following Iruma were all human hosts, what did this mean?
Had the Imperium's power reached this level?
Keigo Masaki currently had the support of eight Ultramen, and Iruma had three on her side, making a total of twelve.
Even counting the Ultramen in other colonies in the solar system and himself, they didn't have half the number of the Imperium. The Imperium had already crushed them militarily.
"Daigo."
"Daigo."
The team members rushed over; Daigo's sudden pursuit of Captain Iruma had stunned them, and they were only just catching up now.
"You kid, always acting on your own," Shinjoh said, "That was too reckless."
"Forget it, Daigo was just worried about Captain Iruma," Horii stepped in to mediate.
"We don't know what happened to Captain Iruma, but we will definitely investigate and find out why she did this," Munakata said, "For now, let's go visit Director Sawai, and then go back to discuss countermeasures."
The team members nodded, and so did Daigo; at this moment, he felt very uneasy and anxious. The Imperium seemed to know his identity like the back of their hand.
Keigo Masaki, Captain Iruma, and those three just now.
What kind of organization was the Imperium?
Was it the same as the Dark Empires established by aliens?
Countless mysteries arose in Daigo's heart, leaving him unsure of what to do!
He felt like he was caught in an unprecedented vortex.
Even with the power of Tiga, this vortex made him feel extremely small and powerless.
In the void far from the starlight.
A magnificent exploration-type colossus-class vessel was hidden in a dimensional space between reality and illusion.
On the colossus-class battleship.
Innumerable magnificent buildings stood tall.
Various departments were located in massive rooms like ant colonies. They were using various advanced equipment to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the entire Ultraman universe.
Countless data models floated in gigantic halls.
Imperial technicians gathered around these models, conducting various tests and simulations.
Countless silver Cherubs and Servitor Skulls shuttled through the complex structures, delivering carried documents and research data to designated individuals.
In the most magnificent hall.
Magos Sigma stood before a high platform; behind him was a line of Titan captains trained by the Imperial Academy and tested by the fires of war.
His face, constructed of machinery and gears, rarely showed a human-like joy.
At this unprecedented great moment,
Belisarius Cawl was nothing more than that.
Crom was just a clumsy research idiot.
Regulus was nothing but a complete fool.
Arch-Magos Sigma was the most outstanding, most intelligent, and most capable Magos under the Holy Emperor, and the most qualified seeker to stand in the Hall of Truth. The era of Sigma was about to arrive.
"Begin, captains. Summon your Titan Mecha," Regulus confirmed the time and spoke, "This will be a groundbreaking phase result; humanity will no longer need to transport those massive mecha, you just need to carry a summoner with you."
Magos Sigma had always been researching the secrets of the Giants of Light. This was different from the approach of someone like Keigo Masaki, who wanted humanity to use a transformation device to turn into light particles and become Ultraman.
What Magos Sigma valued were the underlying operational mechanisms and profound principles behind the Giants of Light.
Apples don't fall from trees for no reason.
Behind everything that seems normal lie complex rules.
Anything taken for granted has a complex and difficult-to-understand operating mechanism, which is why it appears before people in that form.
People's kindness and justice cannot actually be transformed into power.
Otherwise, human society would not be filled with so much suffering. The power of the Giants of Light originates from the strong emotions of the human hosts and people's recognition of them.
In essence, it is still inseparable from the warp.
No one knows what happened in the distant past that caused a powerful civilization capable of creating Ultramen to thus vanish like smoke and never reappear.
It can only be inferred from some limited clues that they must have suffered misfortune and were completely destroyed in confronting the terrifying enemy, Chaos.
Such things are not uncommon.
In the distant, unimaginable past.
If you were to specifically state how many years, it would be impossible to calculate.
In the multiverse where the flow of time is not synchronized, discussing something using years and months is not rigorous.
In that past era, many races had tried to confront Chaos using various methods. The Old Ones created the Webway. The Watchers stayed in the Rock, waiting for the nexus of fate.
And the ancient civilization of this universe then created the special group known as Ultramen to confront Chaos. They built a special mechanism: when Chaos invaded, the evil forces from Chaos would then manifest as monsters.
Beings in reality could rely on the purity and kindness of their hearts to gain recognition and obtain the power of light.
Earth, Sky, Ocean, Past, Future, etc. These concepts were all imbued with some special things. These could bestow power upon those who were chosen, allowing them to become Ultramen to fight against those monsters and protect the peace of this universe.
Keigo Masaki and many hawkish figures, such as Staff Officer Gondo, Yoshioka, He Zhi, etc., all hoped that humanity could master the power of Ultraman. To make Ultraman a weapon that humanity could use to fight monsters.
Naturally, Magos Sigma wouldn't have the same idea as these native characters, who were like small ants.
If that were the case, wouldn't it seem that his perspective was on the same level as those natives who didn't even know about other universes?
When he researched the Giants of Light, what he researched was how to materialize emotional energy and simultaneously integrate this technology with other technologies.
In Universe 02, which is the universe where Sanguinius is currently stationed, there is a group of special enemies. Those enemies are called Lanterns by the local natives.
Lanterns possess a special technology: the Emotional Spectrum. They use the Emotional Spectrum to convert emotions into usable energy.
Using this technology, they create lanterns, and then use the lanterns to create rings. The Lanterns then use the rings to materialize their imagination, creating various weapons to fight enemies. This is an extremely overpowered ability.
If it weren't for their technology being crippled, just by relying on such methods would be enough to dominate the universe.
Able to materialize everything in their minds.
If their power were sufficient, they could even create a magnificent Imperial fleet out of thin air.
Creating things as they wish.
Such an ability can be called that of a creator-level existence.
Of course, those Lanterns did not become creators because of this. Their technology was crippled; at most, they could materialize some weapons.
For a Lantern to be able to create a complexly structured, exquisitely designed energy weapon out of thin air was already quite remarkable.
Most Lanterns used simple swords and things like that. Things that were too complex were also a heavy test for their imagination and knowledge level.
Various limitations made the Lanterns who possessed such an overpowered ability very weak in strength. Their rings couldn't exert much effect in combat. The weapons and barriers created could easily be negated by the concept modification function inherent in the unique Imperial Heart organ of the Primaris Marines.
Or they were sealed off from the warp by Imperial forces using various devices, making them expend more effort and obtain weaker results when materializing. The fate of the Lanterns was often either being slaughtered or being captured and executed. The Lantern Corps in every parallel universe of Great Universe 02 were similar to those superheroes; they would be directly wiped out by the Imperium, weakening local resistance against the Imperium.
In the process of wiping out the Lantern Corps, the Imperium's research into Lanterns and the Emotional Spectrum also became increasingly deep. They even understood the power that the rings in their hands could exert better than the Lanterns themselves.
Using his authority and status, Magos Sigma obtained a research document on the Emotional Spectrum and rings from the Imperium's knowledge database and combined it with the unique Giants of Light from this world to research and develop a completely new technology.
With the start of the Imperium's inter-universe war, the Imperium's enemies also became increasingly powerful.
Many enemies possessed extraordinary power, and it was even common for gods themselves to intervene. These enemies, combined with the unique rules of their universes, were very troublesome for the Imperium.
Even powerful Imperial forces needed to pay a heavy price in casualties to achieve victory.
Under such circumstances, the speed of conquering a universe was also greatly slowed down. To ensure the Imperium's military advantage, the Mechanicus had always been trying to research even more powerful weapons of war. Titans were one important area among them.
On the eve of the Cadian Gate campaign, Magos Regulus used advanced technology to improve the Titans.
Combining Titans and fighter jets into one, creating the first Thunderhawk Gunship Titan that integrated aerial bombing and ground combat. This greatly expanded the scope of Imperial warfare, allowing Imperial forces to achieve a war advantage against the Chaos traitors.
After this, the various Sages again used this idea to make multiple improvements.
Making Titans become multi-functional war vehicles capable of being deployed from low orbit or even the void, directly charging towards enemy fleets or planet surfaces to directly destroy the enemy.
No matter how the Mechanicus or Imperial researchers improved them, forces still needed to carry the massive, complexly designed Titan bodies to the battlefield.
Present-day Titans generally use strong interaction force materials or high-density materials as protective layers. The structure became increasingly complex and precise, and the mass became increasingly large.
Requiring transport ships to transport them to designated areas before they could engage in combat. This technology that Magos Sigma is now introducing will cause Imperial Titans, Imperial Knights, and even fighter jet combat to undergo an earth-shattering revolution.
Blending materialization technology, technology for converting ethereal light into solid form, dimensional technology, spatial technology, and many other fields. Turning fighter jets, Titans, Knight mechs, etc., into light and then placing them into Imperial emblems similar to the Sparklence.
Combined with the Imperium's recently heavily promoted universal system.
As long as that Imperial citizen possesses professional skills that match the emblem's preset requirements, they can summon the war vehicle within the emblem.
Making Imperial forces more efficient.
And today is the moment to test the research results.
At the request of Magos Regulus, those Titan captains all grasped the double-headed eagle emblems hanging on their chests.
As they touched them, the golden emblems released intense light.
A faintly glowing interface appeared before these Titan captains.
**Sensing the request to summon an Imperial Titan**
**Processing this request.**
Jona was also one of the Titan captains.
He was born in the Dawn Age after the Holy Emperor awoke.
It was an era of reconstruction and revitalization.
Under the guidance of the Holy Emperor, humanity broke free from the long age of ignorance, re-embraced technology and reason, and strode towards the future.
Like the dawn age where the night was pierced, everything was filled with vitality and hope.
Jona studied Titan piloting techniques at the Imperial Academy and after graduation became a member of a Knight Household named the Light of the Emperor. The Knight Household piloted smaller mechs than Titans and were responsible for breakthrough missions on smaller battlefields. They often also undertook urban combat missions, providing fire support for other ground forces and helping eliminate heavy firepower units.
Jona repeatedly achieved military merits in combat and was finally selected as a Titan mech pilot. The Imperium at that time no longer used old-style Titans that required crew members to maintain together, but instead operated Titans with single pilots or three-person shared control, with no more crew members. The Imperium's old-style Titans often required dozens of crew members to maintain the power core, cockpit, and even provide security to prevent anyone from causing trouble.
When problems arose on the battlefield, the crew would work tirelessly on repairs, ensuring the Titan could continue its arduous work.
While powerful, it was also very cumbersome.
After several improvements and changes in the Imperium's war philosophy, Titan maintenance was moved to the rear.
When going into battle, the pilot would often go in alone. Temporary maintenance was handled by micro-robots, which were sufficient to last until the end of the battle. The Titan that Jona previously co-piloted with another pilot was a new model, an amphibious Titan capable of fighting in the void, atmosphere, and on the surface.
It possessed three forms that could be switched between freely, adapting to various types of battlefields.
Immersive neural control would have some impact on the human brain.
Especially during prolonged combat.
Pilots would experience a sense of illusion, feeling like they were the Titan rather than human.
For long-term combat exceeding six hours, dual or triple pilots were generally chosen to share the effects caused by combat. The Imperium could utilize brainwave fusion technology to merge the brainwaves of several people, forming a completely new consciousness to control the mecha. This kind of action had led to much contemplation among philosophers.
Was the consciousness formed by the fusion of several people the soul of the Titan?
Of course, such debates usually had no answer. The Double-Headed Eagle mark on Jona's hand released countless beams of light, weaving into a giant, 70-meter tall Titan in just a few seconds.
He himself also transformed into light and merged with the massive giant Titan. There was no traditional control room.
At this moment, he truly achieved the concept of human-machine integration in piloting.
A vast ocean of information and data flooded into his mind. Telemetry information, weapon readiness status, fuel levels, and even millions of other scattered details.
Every sensor became his eyes. The rumbling energy core became his heart; endless power surged from his chest area, flowing through energy conduits to his limbs.
He tried clenching his fist, and the metal hand composed of machinery moved according to his thoughts, clenching tightly.
With a sudden punch, the air produced a heavy, mountain-shattering sound.
White airflow swirled in the air with his movements.
Seeing this scene, the Sigma Magos showed a smug smile. The widespread existence of summoning technology would reduce the reliance of war on logistics. Titan pilots could also prepare one or two backup Titans; if one was destroyed, they could immediately summon another. The damaged one would be left where it was, awaiting recovery by logistics troops.
Promoting it widely might be somewhat difficult.
After all, this technology was not cheap.
It would take a long time to bring the cost down.
Ultraman could be so effortless because the ancient civilization that created it had already completed the preliminary work.
Of course, while this technology was expensive, it also had unimaginable benefits.
If they encountered enemies determined to destroy at any cost, summoning technology would have its use.
Once the Imperium's technological level and productivity increased further, summoning technology would shine brightly.
Jona then controlled the Titan to perform tests of other functions.
He tried lifting the Titan's left arm. The heavy mechanical arm lifted under his will.
Following his thoughts, a condensed, brilliant light appeared in the palm.
A prompt indicating the weapon system was activated appeared in his mind. The next second, he had the weapon shut down again.
Activate shield, deactivate shield.
Jump.
Fly.
Warp.
Run at high speed.
Slide tackle.
Draw weapon.
Every action was smooth and fluid, like controlling his own body.
Jona raised the giant mechanical hand to the position of the head, clenching and opening it like a human.
Doing as he pleased, without any hindrance.
"A true divine machine."
Jona couldn't imagine the destructive power these Titans would possess once deployed on the battlefield.
From now on, so-called gods and daemons would be nothing but ants before the Imperium's vast war machine. TPC Headquarters.
GUTS' strategy room.
"According to the discussions at the TPC high-level meeting and the demands of representatives from various countries, GUTS has been ordered to disband, and its members are required to return to their original departments as soon as possible."
A man holding documents announced shocking news to the members of GUTS. They had just finished seeing Director Sawai and were thinking of returning to investigate why Captain Iruma had done such a thing.
But unexpectedly, before they could even begin their investigation. They received the news of the disbandment.
"GUTS is disbanded, what happens if monsters keep appearing?" Munakata grabbed the man and asked. The man explained, "High-level officials discussed this at the meeting. The plan is to hand over the task of combating monsters to the Imperium Defense Force established by Masaki Keigo. They have enough Ultramen to deal with monsters, and giving it to them will greatly reduce casualties."
"Not only GUTS, but the special action teams currently located around the world, originally formed to combat monsters, will all be canceled. As for the special action teams in other colonies, it will take some time to communicate, but cancellation is already a confirmed matter. The monster invasion of Modu resulted in over 30,000 civilian deaths, tens of thousands of injured, and millions who were almost made refugees, causing trillions in property damage."
Munakata originally wanted to find the high-level officials and argue against their decision to disband GUTS.
However, the reason the man stated left him unable to refute.
GUTS had indeed achieved many merits in combating monsters.
But these were not reasons to keep GUTS.
High-level officials would not squander large sums of money for the dreams and emotions of a group of people.
GUTS' mission had ended.
Horii, Shinjoh, Nomi, Rena, and others showed confused expressions.
Director Sawai was arrested, Captain Iruma became cold, and GUTS was currently facing disbandment.
In a short period, this world had become very unfamiliar to them.
Everyone showed sad expressions.
At this moment, Nomi suddenly stood up.
"Perhaps, we have one last way to change all of this."
"Forget it, Nomi. GUTS is about to disband, what else can we do?" Munakata shook his head. "I know you're sad. But this is the demand of the TPC high-level officials and representatives from various countries; GUTS' disbandment is already set."
Nomi ran to the computer console.
In a moment, he had retrieved all the necessary data.
"The TPC and high-level officials from various countries demanding the disbandment of GUTS must be at the Imperium's request; they don't want any opposition. But don't forget, we live under the protection of the Land of Light."
After humanity entered industrial society and global communication became possible, the monster Bemular appeared in people's sight. The first Ultraman also appeared in people's sight. That Ultraman did not leave a name; the world only knew that he was an Ultraman from the Land of Light.
Afterwards, every few years, there would be an Ultraman from the Land of Light. They descended to Earth, helping humanity defeat monsters and fight aliens, allowing humanity to gain valuable time for development. Through gradual contact, people also learned about the order of the Land of Light.
Ultramen from the Land of Light maintained peace throughout the universe, preventing different races from slaughtering each other.
At the same time, they brought back the Ultramen who were born in their respective worlds and recognized by the power of Ultraman to the Land of Light, training them to become excellent warriors.
With the development of technology and the teachings of Ultramen, people on Earth also continuously gained recognition from the power of Ultraman, becoming new Ultramen.
As the number of native Ultramen increased, the Land of Light believed that humanity had gained a certain degree of self-preservation ability. The number of Ultramen coming from the Land of Light also gradually decreased. They focused more energy on the worlds that needed protection.
However, on a satellite colony in the Neptune orbit outside the solar system, an Ultraman from the Land of Light was still active.
He was known as Titas Ultraman. This Ultraman was rarely active.
People only knew that he would appear when aliens invaded the solar system.
As for other times, he was nowhere to be seen.
"We can use the power of the Land of Light," Nomi stated his idea. "The Land of Light strives to maintain universal order. If they discover the Imperium's invasion and Masaki Keigo's crazy plan to mass-produce Ultramen, they will definitely intervene to stop it."
Yazumi's words brought a glimmer of hope to the hearts of the Victory Team members, who had been feeling utterly disheartened. The Land of Light is powerful and has many Ultramen.
If they intervene, the Imperium might not succeed, and might even have to retreat.
Yazumi's suggestion could be said to have shown them a ray of light in the darkness.
But a single sentence from Horii plunged them back into despair.
"How are we supposed to get to the alien colony in Neptune's orbit? To find an Ultraman whose location we don't even know?"
Interstellar travel is now a household concept.
Ordinary people, with a bit of resolve, could even take a spur-of-the-moment trip.
Of course, very few people would actually do that.
An interstellar ticket is affordable for anyone.
But life isn't that simple.
Even if they went to an alien colony, with more job opportunities and higher salaries. The high cost of living and the sense of unfamiliarity and alienation from being far from home would also make it difficult for people to adapt.
Humans are creatures with a narrow scope of life.
People prefer to live within their own small sphere.
Even if you give them spaceships and let them master various advanced technologies. They still prefer to live within their familiar, confined areas. This tendency becomes more pronounced with age. They prefer to be content with the status quo and lack the courage to break from their current lives. Traveling from Earth to the colony in Neptune's orbit, at the current spaceship speed, takes approximately six to seven months.
Don't think this time is long.
Humanity's current stage of interstellar exploration is like the Age of Discovery; being able to travel from Earth to Neptune's orbit within six or seven months is already a leap in aerospace technology, a great milestone. The distance between Earth and Neptune varies between 4.5 billion and 7.5 billion kilometers.
Ultraman Tiga's blue speed-type form has a maximum flight speed of 7 Mach in the atmosphere.
1 Mach is the speed of sound.
7 Mach is 7 times the speed of sound.
Which is 2358 meters per second.
Converted to kilometers per hour, that's 8575 kilometers. Then the time it would take for him to fly from Earth to Neptune is 1.84 million years. This is only the time required when Earth and Neptune are at their closest distance.
If the distance is at its farthest, this time would double.
Imagine, what kind of distance is this!!
Flying at seven times the speed of sound for 1.74 million years, or even over three million years.
One would have to start flying from the early Stone Age to reach Neptune's orbit today.
It is also thanks to the order established by the Land of Light that humanity has had the opportunity to develop amidst the wars of cosmic beings.
Long-term peace has promoted the development of aerospace technology, allowing humanity to venture into the stars.
Currently, humans have established colonies throughout the solar system.
Interstellar flights have been established. There is an interstellar flight to Neptune every fifteen days.
It transports some people and also carries some supplies not available on Pluto. That interstellar flight is the only way for people to travel to Neptune's orbit.
For flight safety considerations, those who wish to take that flight must apply one month in advance and can only board after ensuring there are no issues. The Victory Team has been disbanded, and they have been sent back to their original departments.
If they were to rashly go to Neptune, they would surely be noticed by the hardliners.
Just one word from someone could make their background check fail... They wouldn't be able to board that interstellar spaceship.
Let alone travel to a colony billions of kilometers away to seek help from Ultraman Titas.
Horii's words brought everyone back to reality.
Even if they had the courage, if they couldn't get on the ship, they would be helpless.
"Leave this to me," Daigo stepped forward. "I'll go find Ultraman Titas and ask him for help from the Land of Light."
"How will you get on the ship?" Captain Iruma asked. "Those people disbanded the Victory Team and the regional action teams, so they must have considered this. They won't let us board."
"I have friends who work at an interstellar trade company, I have my own way," Daigo didn't reveal his identity.
Ultraman has the ability to travel through the void. Traveling to Neptune is not a difficult task for him.
Rena also stepped forward.
"I'll go with you, Daigo. I'm worried about you going alone."
"I can do it," Daigo stopped Rena. "It's more convenient for me to act alone. Please stay here and continue to observe the Imperium, seizing every weakness they leave behind. I will go find Ultraman Titas and bring back the power of the Land of Light to restore peace to this world."
"But..." Rena still wanted to say something, but Daigo interrupted her firmly. "I can do it alone, Rena, you don't need to come with me."
Daigo was very kind-hearted.
But his resolve was unshakable.
After discussion and arrangements, Daigo went to Pluto to contact Ultraman Titas, while the others tried to find evidence of the Imperium's crimes.
After the discussion, Daigo hurriedly left the TPC headquarters.
He walked directly to a hidden, deserted place, took out the Spark Lens, and transformed into a ray of light, disappearing.
In the vast and boundless void, an Ultraman with blue as the main color, supplemented by silver and white, and a height of 53m, was flying. This was Daigo's method: transforming into Ultraman Tiga to find Ultraman Titas. The pressure to be endured is completely different in the void compared to on the surface.
In the space-time of the void, Ultramen in human form have longer activity times. Their speed is also faster, and they can perform faster-than-light travel through the anti-matter universe, making the journey to Neptune a simple matter.
An Ultraman's body appears extremely tall to ordinary people.
But in the boundless space, Ultraman Tiga's size and speed are not apparent at all.
If there were an observer nearby, they would see Ultraman Tiga appearing static, suspended in deep space.
In fact, from this position, one can see that all speeds in the entire universe are erased by distance. The moving sun and the star sea in front of Ultraman Tiga are also in eternal stillness. Time seemed to have stopped flowing.
Daigo felt an unprecedented sense of loneliness. This is what it feels like to be in the void.
Looking in any direction, all you see is emptiness, cold darkness.
Celestial bodies are in unreachable places.
Even though he possessed the power of Ultraman, he felt lonely.
Daigo's soul was in awe of the vast and boundless void.
He couldn't imagine how humans should survive in such a universe. They were too insignificant.
Daigo thought of the Holy Emperor, the ruler of that empire.
After experiencing the vastness and emptiness of the void, he developed respect for that person.
Even without having met the other party, he felt a sense of awe.
Setting aside his identity as a dictator, that person at least wouldn't fear this vast and boundless void, and might not even see it as an obstacle.
Daigo didn't belittle his teammates, who were like family in the Victory Team.
But he also knew very well that others feared the void just as he did.
It was too big here.
So big that ordinary people couldn't imagine it.
When you are in the void, no matter which direction you look, all you see is darkness, and all you feel is coldness.
While Daigo was lost in thought, a whip appeared from the void and directly whipped him away. The immense force sent him flying hundreds of kilometers.
"Who?" Ultraman Tiga, in Daigo's form, sent his voice through the void using psyker energy.
Accompanied by three black mists mixed with blue lightning, three Ultramen with dark and purple as their main colors appeared before Daigo.
"Tiga." The leading Ultraman had feminine features and held a whip in her hand.
Daigo felt that voice was very familiar.
A flash went through his mind, and he suddenly recognized the other party.
"You're that woman?"
Before, when he went to visit Director Sawai and then went to find Captain Iruma to get an explanation.
A woman following behind Captain Iruma, as she left, directly called out his secret.
"Looks like you're not completely stupid," the female Ultraman said using psyker energy. "I said we have a debt from thirty million years ago to settle."
"I don't know you," Daigo said.
"But I know you, Tiga. Stop pretending, as the Master of Light, you already possess immortality, hiding in a human form is meaningless," the female Ultraman said.
An Ultraman's name is always named after the user. The reason Ultraman Tiga is called Ultraman Tiga.
Is because the person who was recognized by the power of Ultraman and became Ultraman back then was Tiga. Tiga's human form can be anyone.
It can be Daigo, it can be someone else.
It can even be everyone.
Even if everyone in the world becomes light together, this Ultraman would still be Ultraman Tiga.
Unless Tiga truly dies, this power will always manifest as Ultraman Tiga.
When controlled by the human form, the power is provided by the human form, and the actions are also dictated by the human form.
But that doesn't mean the Ultraman's core consciousness isn't here. The human form can change, but Tiga will not perish.
Otherwise, why would he be called Ultraman Tiga and not Ultraman Daigo.
"I don't know you," Daigo reiterated, adopting a fighting stance.
"I am Carmilla," the female Ultraman said. "Forget it, let's stop talking nonsense. For justice, I must eliminate you."
"I really didn't expect that one day, we would be the side of justice."
"Hahaha, indeed."
Hudra and Darramb also laughed. The three Ultramen, one female and two male, charged forward directly. Tiga formed a light blade with a hand chop and sent it flying.
But it was directly whipped away by Carmilla's light whip.
Hudra charged forward first; his speed was the fastest among the three.
He punched Tiga directly in the face. Tiga tilted his head and kicked the opponent away with a back kick.
Camilla and Daram also arrived.
Camilla's whip swung out and wrapped around Tiga's hands.
Daram, the strongest of the three, landed a punch on Tiga's stomach. The immense force caused Tiga's body to double over.
Hitra followed up with a flying kick to Tiga's back, sending him flying.
Camilla held the whip tightly, controlling Tiga's hands and making it difficult for him to retaliate.
Daram and Hitra then attacked at will, beating Tiga. Tiga transformed into his Power Type, violently broke free from Camilla's whip, kicked Hitra, and punched Daram, forcing both of them back. Then he released a beam attack, forcing Camilla to turn her whip into a shield to defend herself.
"Ganging up on one person, how despicable and shameless," Daigo, through his Ultraman Tiga form, expressed his dissatisfaction to those guys.
"How can doing something righteous be called despicable and shameless?" Daram said, "There's no need for any code of honor when dealing with a bad guy like you."
"Righteousness isn't just talk," Daigo said angrily, "What right do guys like you have to even say the word 'righteous'?"
"Then let this speak," Daram raised his fist and charged forward again.
Hitra showed a look of maniacal laughter, "Yes, let's let our fists do the talking."
"Then let's end this together!"
A strong light erupted from Ultraman Tiga's chest, like a sun rapidly expanding. The power fluctuations were rapidly intensifying, reaching an alarming level in just a short moment.
Ultraman Tiga desperately increased his power, wanting to injure the enemy by self-destructing.
Seeing this scene, the three Ultramen, Camilla, Hitra, and Daram, were so scared that they flew back dozens of kilometers.
Ultraman Tiga suddenly retracted the light, turned, and flew towards Neptune, entering the anti-matter universe and disappearing within a few breaths.
Space is not Earth.
Even if he ran away, it wouldn't cause any casualties.
Daigo naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to stay there and be surrounded and beaten.
He would let these three guys be arrogant for now.
When he had the chance in the future, he would bring people from the Land of Light back to settle the score.
Light and justice are bound to win.
"Haven't seen him for thirty million years, the human host he chose has improved; he runs away when he can't win," Hitra scoffed, looking in the direction Tiga had fled.
Daram looked at Camilla, "Big Sis, what should we do now?"
Camilla slammed her whip hard, striking the dark void.
"What else can we do?! Let's go back and report to Magos Sigma first."
"To think how glorious we were before, and now we have to work ourselves to death for some damn emperor," Daram complained slightly, "How about we run away?"
"Are you out of your mind, Daram?" Camilla looked at Daram, "It's not thirty million years ago anymore. We are no longer the leaders of the dark side. If we run back to the dark side now, our situation won't be much different from our current one. One is working for the Holy Emperor, and the other is probably working for some damn dark overlord."
"So we're just going to keep going like this?!" Hitra asked.
Camilla smiled, "They are already mass-producing Ultramen. We have to continue pretending to be loyal and wait for the right opportunity to become the leaders of the Ultraman Legion. By then, even the Holy Emperor will have to be respectful to us."
"When that time comes, I'd like to see who this Holy Emperor is, to be so arrogant as to want to rule the heavens. If he's handsome, I'll grudgingly take him as a kept man. Your Big Sis will protect him and let him sit securely on the highest throne of the Imperium. Whoever doesn't obey, we'll destroy them."
"Big Sis has a great plan," Hitra said, "By then, with the Ultraman Legion under our control, won't we be able to turn the world upside down?"
"Exactly, exactly," Daram also nodded upon hearing Camilla's plan.
"Then let's go back. Complain less. Those Primaris Marines are brutally fierce. If we are exposed before we gain control of the Legion, they will chop us into pieces."
Camilla instructed her two younger brothers before setting off to return.
Using the anti-matter space, Tiga's speed was very fast.
An hour later, he appeared near Neptune's orbit.
Neptune is a giant gas planet, similar to Jupiter, and is the farthest planet from the sun in the solar system, the fourth largest in size.
Its mass ranks fourth.
Neptune is smaller than Jupiter in diameter and volume but more massive than Uranus, equivalent to seventeen Earths.
Several moons orbit Neptune.
Human colonies are located on those moons.
Neptune is incredibly vast.
Compared to it, Ultraman Tiga is like a speck of dust.
Many of the asteroids orbiting Neptune are even larger than him. Tiga closed his eyes and activated the Ultra Heart's sensory ability. This is a signature skill of Ultramen, allowing them to sense the presence of their kind.
A few minutes later, he got a sensation.
An Ultraman was fighting outside Neptune's orbit. That Ultraman had a black and red base color, with silver and gold as accents, and a blue area on his forehead.
His physique looked much stronger than that of a typical Ultraman.
He looked more imposing than ordinary Ultramen. That Ultraman's power was terrifying.
He lifted asteroids the size of cities and slammed them towards his enemies.
Several monsters were beaten by him alone, unable to fight back.
Ultraman Tiga joined the battle, helping the other party defeat the enemies.
Seeing Tiga's appearance, the other party showed surprise, but quickly returned to normal. The few monsters were already at a disadvantage and were quickly defeated.
After the last monster was shattered, that Ultraman hovered in the void and questioned Tiga with mental energy.
"Comrade, why are you here? I remember you are an Ultraman from Earth. Why aren't you there protecting the people there?"
"Are you Titus?" Tiga asked.
"Yes, you haven't answered my question yet," Titus said, "You need to tell me why you are here."
"Something has happened on Earth; an imperial organization has invaded. They have mass-produced Ultramen, and my comrades and I can no longer stop them. After discussion, we hope to get help from the Land of Light. Only the Land of Light can stop that evil empire."
Tiga mixed information about Earth into his mental energy and sent it to Titus. The other party was silent for a long time before speaking.
"I would very much like to help you, but I am powerless to do so," Titus replied, "Things have gotten very bad. We have no spare capacity to stop the Imperium you speak of."
"Why? The Land of Light is clearly so powerful?" Tiga asked, puzzled, "Ultramen cannot interfere with human choices, but can they just ignore humanity's plea for help?"
"That's not it. You don't understand the universe very well," Titus explained, "First of all, I am not a true resident of the Land of Light. Like you, I come from a world under the order of the Land of Light. My world is more developed than yours, and our understanding of Ultra Power is much deeper than yours. Many Ultramen have also been born. We uniformly accept the dispatch of the Land of Light to different worlds to protect those weak civilizations. My duty is to protect you. No matter what happens, the enemy must destroy me first before they can invade humanity."
"Now the Imperium is invading," Tiga said, "So I came to seek your protection."
"In the past, the Land of Light would send special observers based on what you said to observe the situation of human civilization.
If intervention was needed, the Garrison would be dispatched. The Land of Light would ensure you could grow until you understood the Ultra Heart. By then, the Land of Light's protection for you would disappear, and by then, you, who have enough Ultramen, would have to protect other worlds."
Titus paused, his tone filled with infinite sadness.
"But now the situation has changed. The Land of Light has been destroyed. Ultraman Father died at the hands of his arch-enemy, and Ultraman King is currently in a deep sleep due to his injuries. Every Ultra Star has encountered unprecedented trials. Even my hometown, U40, is the same. The order of the Land of Light has collapsed. My comrades are fighting the dark wave and have suffered heavy casualties."
"The darkness is already unstoppable. I have been considering whether I should set off from the solar system and rush to the most intense battlefield. The news you brought strengthens my idea of leaving. Humanity has already grasped Ultra Power. This is a step that every Ultra Star will go through. As long as you don't take the wrong path, your Earth will be a rising Ultra Star."
"But those Ultramen were created by the Imperium," Tiga said, "Those people with hearts full of hatred will drag the entire world into the abyss."
"You know nothing about the true abyss, and you know nothing about the dark wave sweeping across the entire universe," Titus transmitted some knowledge of U40 to Daigo, who was transformed into Tiga, "Cruelty does not equal evil. As long as they are willing to protect humanity's interests, they will never fall into the abyss."
Daigo fell into an extremely terrifying dream.
Substantial malice boiled in the vast and boundless void.
Countless monsters traversed within it. Their numbers were so immense, like a world-ending tide, drowning the homes of all rational beings.
Sounds of despair and crying echoed in the darkness.
In the face of those monsters, the human definition of good and evil was completely meaningless. Those monsters represented destruction and endless suffering.
planet after planet was swallowed by them. Those planets were also reshaped into various horrifying forms by them. The things shown in the dream were so evil.
So evil that they shouldn't exist in the real universe.
Daigo possessed courage and could transform into Ultraman Tiga.
He also felt fear and unease towards everything dark and terrifying.
"This is the truth," Titas' light and shadow appeared in Daigo's thoughts. "The order maintained by the Land of Light was to fight against them. The tide of darkness, they are destined to destroy everything and shroud everything in darkness. That traitor Belial won the thirteenth war, causing everything to spiral out of control."
"I'm sorry I can't help you, this is an unprecedented world-ending wave, and every Ultraman is destined to be involved. Even the Imperium you mentioned will make their choice. Either be swallowed and assimilated by the darkness, or become one of its members, the choice is in your hands."
"If the Land of Light were still here, they would slightly interfere with the fate of humanity. But now everything has fallen apart, the darkness has broken through the dam. My mission is to protect weak civilizations so they don't fall into true despair. Humans have mastered the power of Ultraman, you have to make your own choice. Stand with us, or stand with those destroyers."
"I don't want to admit it, but there are benefits on both sides. Choosing us guarantees a rational future. Choosing those guys, you will gain so-called immortality, of course, at a price. Those distorted monsters are the price."
"You are very kind, you can do many things. From the information you have conveyed to me. That empire only wants to rule this world, not completely destroy it, otherwise what you showed me would not be the political struggles between mortals, but a world plunged into destruction."
"You have to make your own choice, if you think humanity should not choose that path, then rise up and resist. If you think you need to unite all possible forces in the face of the tide of darkness, then you have to compromise."
The years Titas Ultraman had experienced were unimaginable to Daigo.
He was over nine thousand years old.
He was the strongest warrior on planet U40. Titas' past was not smooth.
His father was a rebel.
planet U40 was a highly developed civilization. The surface environment was beautiful and evergreen.
Underground, there were over five thousand high-tech artificial cities. They looked similar to humans. They could become superhumans - the so-called Ultra people - by utilizing the highest treasure of civilizational technology, the Ultra Mind Enhancer.
Civilizations in this universe, once they developed to a certain extent, all followed this path. They either chose to join the side of destruction, or they found a way to master the power of light and become an Ultra Star.
As long as a civilization developed to a certain level, it would either become a daemon Star or an Ultra Star. The order of the Land of Light united all Ultra Stars, protected weak civilizations, and helped them grow and become Ultra Stars, so that they could continuously grow stronger and ultimately defeat the enemy. There were quite a few Ultra Stars in the universe, besides the planet where the Land of Light in the M78 Nebula was located, there was the Land of Spark in the Z95 Nebula, planet U40 where Titas was, planet O50, planet TOY-1, and so on.
Otherwise, the residents of the Land of Light alone could never have taken on the responsibility of protecting the universe.
Ultraman were very large to ordinary people.
But compared to the universe, Ultraman were too small, like a speck of cosmic dust.
Enough Ultraman were needed to maintain peace in the universe.
However, not every Ultraman was so noble.
Ultraman like Belial and Tregear from the Land of Light chose to betray. There were similar betrayal incidents on planet U40. There was once an Ultra person named Hera who fell into darkness in pursuit of eternal life.
She established her evil empire in the Dark Nebula. Titas was born in the evil empire established by this Ultra person, Hera.
Although his father had joined Hera's side, his remaining conscience did not want his son to follow the same path. To protect the newborn Titas, his father used a star capsule to send Titas away, back to planet U40. The fleet commander at the time, Zamyas, took in the child of this rebel. The discrimination a child with the blood of a rebel would face during their growth was unimaginable to ordinary people.
As he grew up, Titas had to fight against rebels, including his father, on one hand, while also being suspected and mistrusted by his own people on the other.
At that time, Titas felt an unprecedented loneliness, inferiority, and confusion.
Until his friend Matia transformed into his superhuman form to protect him, but was ravaged by the rebels because he couldn't giantize, and finally died tragically in his arms.
"Your past has nothing to do with justice, Titas. As long as you exist to protect, then your power is justice."
These words caused Titas to erupt, transforming into his superhuman form and giantizing, becoming a true Ultraman and defeating the enemy. Titas had experienced too much, and he had a more thorough understanding of the darkness of this world. The power in Tiga was ancient beyond compare, thousands of times older than Titas.
But Tiga's main consciousness was dormant, and the one controlling this body with infinite power was merely a human in his twenties.
It was very normal for Ultraman to choose human hosts.
Not only could they convey the ideas of Ultraman to the world, but they could also gain the power of various beautiful emotions from the human hosts, making themselves stronger.
In Titas' eyes, Ultraman Tiga, the form Daigo took, was as naive as a child.
Kind-hearted and full of responsibility. There was no problem fighting against the destructive monsters, but he could not bear the responsibility of a qualified ruler.
He had not experienced choosing and giving up.
With a heart of justice, he felt that nothing was impossible in the world.
However, even Ultraman have times when their strength is exhausted, and things they are powerless to do.
"The path of humanity can only be chosen by humans." After leaving this sentence, Titas' body in Daigo's mind turned into specks of light and disappeared.
Ultraman Tiga, in whom Daigo had transformed, opened his eyes. Ultraman Titas had already turned into light and rushed towards the outside of the solar system.
He was going to the front line to fight against the dark tide.
Humanity already had enough power to protect itself.
It was their freedom to choose what path to take.
He couldn't interfere, and he had no way to interfere.
Even if the newly born Ultraman were weak, they were still Ultraman. If a group of them rushed forward, even if he was strong, it would take some effort.
He might even capsize in the gutter.
At that time, if humans saw the Ultraman from the Land of Light dealing with their own Ultraman, they would definitely think that the Land of Light did not want humanity to rise, and at that time, they might even hate the Land of Light. To humans, any Ultraman from outside the star system was an Ultraman from the Land of Light.
If Titas took action against the Ultraman created by humanity itself, it would mean that the Land of Light did not want humanity to rise.
If the Land of Light were still here, maybe they could handle it.
But now the Land of Light had fallen, and Zero was leading the New Generation Ultraman to flee everywhere, fighting on various Ultra planets, resisting the dark tide led by Belial. The path of humanity could only be left for humanity to choose.
Daigo watched Ultraman Titas leave.
His heart was filled with mixed feelings for a moment.
He had originally wanted to use the power of the Land of Light to help them fight the Imperium.
Now, he unexpectedly learned that the Imperium was very likely the only force that could help humanity resist the coming dark tide.
Captain Iruma's words echoed in his mind.
Could it be that Captain Iruma also knew about the dark tide, which was why she made that choice??
To help Masaki Keigo, who created Ultraman, she didn't hesitate to frame Director Sawai and send him to prison.
She chose the dictatorial empire that regarded Ultraman as weapons.
She abandoned the peaceful democracy that Director Sawai insisted on. The former could at least help humanity survive. The latter was beautiful, but it would lead humanity to destruction.
Daigo turned and flew towards Earth, he wanted to find Captain Iruma and ask for a clear explanation.
If that was truly the case, then he also had to make his own choice. The members of the GUTS team might be disappointed in him. TPC Headquarters.
All of GUTS' assets were recovered and reallocated to other departments.
Rena, Horii, Shinjoh, and others suppressed the urge to cry, watching the staff move everything away. They had once considered this place their home. They had carefully cultivated and placed many flowers, plants, and decorations.
Now these traces were all cleared away.
A new department had moved in here.
GUTS was now a thing of the past, like a yellowed old photograph, the days people could never return to.
"Don't worry, as long as Daigo can contact the Land of Light, Director Sawai will be released, and we will also be able to find out the reason why Captain Iruma did that, and have her return to us," Munakata comforted the other team members.
"That's right, as long as Daigo can find the Land of Light, it'll be fine," Horii also said.
"Let's just wait for Daigo to bring us good news," Noriko also nodded. The members of GUTS placed all their hope on Daigo.
Kind and brave Daigo had never disappointed anyone.
Whatever he promised, no matter what, he would definitely do it.
Daigo would bring back the Ultra warriors from the Land of Light and drive away the Imperium. Then everything would return to how it used to be.