The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2282 Conflict
Mayumi didn't finish her sentence, but Horii understood what she meant, which made him feel even more guilty.

A virtuous person can be deceived by his own principles, but cannot be fooled by those who do not follow the right path!

Because it involved Chizuru and her child, Mayumi had no choice but to take out this treasured pendant. Perhaps she didn't want to take it off, but because it was to save people, and because it involved Horii's wife and child, Mayumi took it off.

Just as Horii would do anything to save Shinjo if he were in danger.

I took off the pendant not because I wanted to, but because I had to.

But this made Horii feel even more guilty. The intense guilt was like a mountain pressing down on Horii, making him feel like he couldn't breathe.

In a daze, I seemed to hear a voice: "Goodbye, Mayumi!"

Just then, another voice reached my ears: "Goodbye, Takuma!"

The two voices overlapped and merged, becoming indistinguishable from one another.

Mayumi stood still, staring intently at Horii, who was fleeing as if his life depended on it.

Lopsided.

Those footsteps echoed in her heart, bringing a bittersweet feeling she hadn't experienced in a long time.

Goodbye, Takuma!

Mayumi said softly, these were words that should have been said long ago, facts that should have been accepted long ago.

Suddenly, I felt a cool sensation on my face, like ice. I raised my hand to touch it, and it was water. I had been crying.

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It wasn't until she got into the car that Horii came to her senses. She slowly loosened her clenched right hand, and a very ordinary pendant came into view. Time had faded its silvery sheen, but it still carried a heavy weight of longing and burning love.

unfortunately
Ugh!
Horii sighed deeply. If it weren't for what happened back then, Mayumi would probably have a child by now, and wouldn't be stuck in the past, unable to move on.

As Horii thought about it, he felt increasingly uneasy, feeling that he had been incredibly cruel, forcibly depriving his last memory of his loved ones.

but
"sorry!"

Horii muttered to himself, carefully placing the pendant in the box. Then he looked up, stepped on the gas, and the car roared off. He sped along, reaching the hospital as quickly as possible while ensuring safety. He couldn't wait any longer. Although the outcome might be deeply disappointing, he would rather be disappointed than just watch and do nothing.

As soon as the car stopped, before it had even come to a complete stop, Horii eagerly opened the car door and jumped out. Clutching the small box tightly in both hands, he ran into the hospital building.

When Horii ran into the ward, panting and coughing, Chiba Makoto had been waiting for a while. Seeing Horii covered in sweat, he quickly handed him a glass of water and said, "Don't rush, don't rush, sit down and rest for a while. You can't do this."

Although the main force in this attempt is Maya, Horii is not only a family member but also a genius-level scientist. He might be able to help. In this situation, let alone help, he might not even be able to stand up.

Horii gulped down a glass of water, sat down in a chair, panting heavily, and then carefully placed the small box on the table, saying with a complicated expression, "This is it."

Chiba Makoto stepped forward and opened the lid, revealing a very ordinary pendant. Maya also came over to take a look. She had heard the story of Mayumi and Takuma and was deeply moved by this tragic love story. She never expected to see such a thing one day.

"So pure."

Maya blurted it out after just one glance.

"purely?"

Chiba Makoto looked at it repeatedly, but he really couldn't see anything special about it; it was just an ordinary pendant.

"I think this should be a vessel." Maya is not only incredibly strong in spirit, but also an expert in 'soul'. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to 'bring the dead back to life' and activate the body of the little girl who died in the car accident, and perfectly integrate it into one. Even Ultraman couldn't do that.

After all, Ultraman often cannot completely merge with the human body, but the Mother of Ultra of the Silver Cross Army has done a lot of research on this.

Even Horii looked up, listening intently to Maya's words.

“The human brain transmits and records information using electrical signals, so this must be a short-term memory carried by analog electrical signals. But since it is only an analog signal and I am not an expert in this field, it can only be maintained for a very short time. However,” Maya raised her hand, placed her palm on the top of the pendant, and then closed her eyes, making a gesture as if she was carefully sensing it.

An invisible spiritual force spread out, scanning the seemingly ordinary pendant like an X-ray. After a while, Maya withdrew her hand and opened her eyes. Under the gaze of Chiba and Horii, she said, "Amazing. You clearly don't understand anything, yet you've managed to crystallize it."

"Soul crystal?"

"Yes, that's about right," Maya nodded and said, "I think it must have been a strong will, combined with the rich plasma environment at the time, that acted like pressure, compressing the soul into a crystal, which allowed it to fly thousands of miles away, still maintain its form, and survive to this day, but..."

At this point, Maya couldn't help but sigh and said, "In the end, it was just an accidental product and couldn't hold memories for long. Now, it's practically just an energy body."

"Like man-made magnetic tapes and naturally formed magnetic memory images."

Makoto Chiba concluded.

He began to understand what Maya meant. Just like recording sound, humans used magnetic tape in the past to convert human voices into small magnets with different magnetic pole directions and strengths. When playing the recording, the differences between these small magnets would generate different induced currents, thus producing sound.

In nature, walls coated with iron-containing materials can create a magnetic tape-like effect when subjected to lightning and rain, thus recording sound. Then, during the same lightning weather, these sounds stored on the 'wall' can be played back.

However, this natural 'magic tape' is naturally inferior to the magnetic tape manufactured by technology. Not only is the sound unclear, but the storage time is also very short, and its existence will not be long.

This pendant is the same case, a product of a special environment. In addition, Tomo is not knowledgeable in this area, so the resulting soul crystal is far from being a 'magnetic tape'. It can only be described as a 'lightning electromagnetic wall'. Although it briefly appeared under special conditions, namely when Gazort was destroyed and a large amount of plasma was released, that was all. As the plasma dissipated, the memories carried by it through analog electrical signals also disappeared, leaving only the soul crystal of the pendant.

Even in the original story, when Takuma was in Gazort, he could still appear and speak. But when he was in the Ubume's world, in the super-strong plasma environment, although his soul crystal was activated, allowing him to reappear, this time, Takuma couldn't even smile and express his longing to Mayumi; he was expressionless, cold and empty, a mere shell of obsession. "."

The room fell silent for a moment. The three of them stood or sat around the pendant, but for a moment they didn't know what to say.

In a sense, this is indeed a Tōmo, even if it is just a crystallization of the soul. But like organ transplantation, one person saves several people, and the soul is also part of this great undertaking.

It was Chiba Makoto who broke the silence first, saying, "Horie, go and prepare."

"Yes!" Horii nodded heavily, stood up, and then bowed deeply to the pendant, saying, "I'm sorry, thank you!"

After saying that, he suddenly turned around and strode towards the door to make thorough preparations.

Regardless of the outcome, he was grateful for Mayumi's efforts and Takuma's sacrifice.

"What a magnificent love!" Maya exclaimed. It wasn't just a love that transcended life and death, but a love so intense that it forged the plasma into this crystallized soul. No wonder it's called 'Love Without Limits,' capable of instantly defeating a fully healed and level-up boss.

Love truly has boundless power.

at this point.
Maya couldn't help but look at Chiba Makoto, her eyes almost overflowing with love.

They have it too.

More than once, Chiba in the darkness heard her singing.

In Makoto Chiba's words, it was the way home that guided him. No matter where he was or what direction he was in, as long as he listened to the guidance of the voice, he could find his way home.

Chiba Makoto was also looking at Maya. When their eyes met, a thought arose in his mind: I'm so lucky to have met him (her)!

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Although scientifically, our understanding of the soul as a special plasma state is very limited—not to mention the instruments that can analyze it, even the relevant theories are very lacking—…

But Horii still managed to bring in all the instruments he could find, filling the next room to the brim, and did his best to record all the data.

It wasn't entirely for research purposes; more so, it was so that even if there were no results, or the results weren't obvious, he could continue moving forward in this direction, no matter how much time or effort it would take.

As Horii, covered in sweat, gave the completion sign, Maya, carrying a small box, entered the ward and came to Chizuru and Mirai's bedside. Seeing the lively children lying quietly in bed, their faces pale and bloodless, it was truly heartbreaking.

Looking back at Horii to confirm that he was ready, Chiba Makoto said to Maya, "Let's begin."

"Ok!"

Maya took the pendant out of the box, placed it in her hand, then clenched her fingers together, holding the small pendant tightly, and then closed her eyes.

hum! ! !
On the display screen in front of Horii, a straight line suddenly shot upwards at an almost 90-degree angle, a reaction so strong that it drew everyone's attention.

This is a device for mental power. Since the esper Kirino Makio came into view, many more espers have been discovered, and the vast majority of them exhibit strong mental power. In addition, the esper psychic ability that most aliens have has led to the inclusion of mental power as a representative of superpowers in the research scope of the new era, and it has become an important project.

Then, another straight line began to fluctuate, but the amplitude was not large, prompting Horii to immediately rush over and start tapping it quickly to adjust the instrument.

This is a plasma detector, which was once used to detect the eyes of Gazort Nest. Horii later improved and upgraded it, creating a plasma detector, which has become an important instrument for plasma research.

The instrument is recording various data about the plasma, all of which are extremely important parameters. If it weren't for this, we don't know when we would have had such data again.

Although Horii probably didn't want this opportunity either, since things have come to this, he should cherish it, whether for research or for future developments.
Under the continuous influence of spiritual power, the ordinary pendant gradually began to glow. Originally, due to the passage of time, the lacquer on the surface of the pendant had lost its luster, but now it shone with a silver light, and the brightness became stronger and stronger. In just a few breaths, it became as bright as a light bulb, emitting a dazzling light.

Such dazzling brilliance even caught Horii's attention. He never expected that such an ordinary-looking pendant could release such strong energy.

This light was not from a lamp, nor was it the light emitted by Ultraman Tiga; it was something else entirely.
Horii didn't know how to describe it for a moment.

It is really.
special!

Yes, it's special!
Horii thought for a long time, and this was the only word he could come up with to describe it.

But then another question came to mind: the pendant looked very ordinary, and the testing instruments didn't react at all, so why was it able to release so much plasma energy?

Energy cannot be created or destroyed out of thin air; it can only be transformed from one form to another or transferred from one object to another, while the total amount of energy remains constant.

If this energy is not transformed from one form to another, then it is transferred from one object to another.

For some reason, Horii thought of the strangeness of the Future Science Research Center, its four-dimensional inversion. Could it be...?
Is the soul another dimension?

Horii had this idea for no apparent reason, but it was too late to investigate it further, because the light was shifting.

Visible light slowly fell on Chizuru and Mirai, and then the numbers on the instruments decreased, indicating that the energy was decreasing, which meant that it was being 'absorbed'?

Horii couldn't help but shift his gaze from the medical equipment to the hospital bed. Scientific research has always been very important, to the point that Horii had neglected to eat and sleep. But this time, even though it was extremely important and there was a possibility that he might not be able to come back again if he missed it, Horii couldn't help but look away and focus on his family.

Time ticked by, each second feeling incredibly long. Horii's heart pounded incessantly, and no amount of deep breathing could calm it down.

He couldn't help but feel nervous; these were his family, his relatives, his loved ones.

Suddenly, Chizuru's eyebrows twitched, causing Horii to almost jump up, his excitement barely contained.

(End of this chapter)