Ultraman Legend of the Light Chaser

He suddenly realized that the so-called normalcy was actually the biggest abnormality.

If the induced sound waves that had just gone out of control had continued any longer, they would have almost activated the self-protection mechanism of his control system. Samuel could feel a subtle restraining force throughout his body, which made him so agitated by the induced sound waves that he could not sit still.

Before him lay a research institute that had collapsed halfway. Three Earthlings covered in dust ran out of it and were looking up at him.

Collapsed buildings, creatures gazing up at him, and monsters.

The noisy sounds disappeared.

Pasifica.

Samuel looked up at the sky, somewhat bewildered.

The area is now displaying the deep blue of late autumn.

Is it blue there?

He felt as if a hole had been opened in his body, and endless thoughts, like a vast ocean of nothingness, disappeared without a trace in that hole.

The silver-black giant suddenly moved and walked toward the two monsters that were still locked in combat.

Mebius also gathered his last bit of energy, intending to destroy the two monsters.

The immense pressure felt like a giant hammer crushing every inch of the monster's body. Barton loosened its grip on Kerubim's tail and, almost simultaneously with Kerubim, turned alertly towards the giant exuding an undeniable aura of danger.

Samuel's vision was somewhat blurred at this moment.

The sky should be black, and the sun shouldn't be hanging in it.

The monster, shrouded in black mist, approached him.

The ground was covered with rubble, flames, and creatures struggling in the ruins.

[Error 358: Disorganized thinking; cleanup mode required.]

"Don't make any noise."

The light blade cleaved through Barton's venom sac, spilling thick, pungent venom all over the ground, scorching the surrounding vegetation and rocks with eerie blue smoke.

[Error 358: Disorganized thinking; cleanup mode required.]

"Clean up..."

The Mebium Ray struck Kerubim, who was attempting a sneak attack. The latter roared in anger, ultimately suffering the same fate as Insectas.

Samuel gripped Barton's neck, preventing it from using its sharp beak to attack. With his other hand, he used a lightsaber to slice off half of its wing, then swung it diagonally, leaving a golden sword mark that ran from its lower left waist to its right shoulder. Barton staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground.

[Communication initiated; access permission requested.]

[Access Permission 03.]

[Cleanup mode failed. Continue to monitor and add to report.]

"Which Ultraman are you from?"

It sounded like Mebius was asking him, "Are there Ultramen in Nebula M17?"

Upon receiving a message from the Land of Light, Mebius learned that Samuel was not actually an Ultraman from the Land of Light, and that there were traces of him recorded by other life forms a long, long time ago.

Despite their unpleasant first encounter, Samuel went on to help eliminate the monsters ravaging the city. Although he didn't seem to know how to cooperate with people, he was different from some of the more ferocious or indifferent aliens.

This greatly reduced Mebius's hostility towards him.

Samuel ignored Mebius's question, waved his hand to disperse the light blade, and turned into a silver-black light that disappeared into the sky.

Chapter Forty-Five: The Desire to Walk Side by Side

"My thought process is not disordered."

Before Estend could put away his micro-terminal, a silver-black light and shadow materialized into a humanoid figure that appeared beside him, followed by Samuel's voice.

“Ah, I know, so to hell with cleanup mode,” Estend hung the nameplate back around his neck. “I almost thought I was going to have to use the kit the lab provides. Thank goodness you’re alright.”

Before Samuel could speak, Estend continued, "The teacher is just too cautious, imposing some unnecessary restrictions on you. Samuel has always been fine, without any problems."

“No, there’s a problem,” Samuel said hesitantly before continuing, “I think I… forgot something.”

Estend's expression finally changed.

Forgetting things should be unsettling.

Right? Especially if he forgets something important, but Samuel noticed that Estend's face didn't show any unease, but rather a hint of expectation—he could certainly tell that Estend looked the same way when he was hoping his carefully cultivated plant would bloom.

"Is there something you've forgotten? Can you...remember something?"

Samuel shook his head: "It's just a feeling. I'm sure I haven't forgotten my mission, and there's nothing else important besides the mission, so... there shouldn't be any trouble."

Estend's barely raised smile vanished.

The guy in front of me was still oblivious to his own accord, saying things that seemed perfectly natural: "It was the equipment developed by Earthlings that affected me. I'll need a system check when I get back."

Screw the testing! Who needs to have their brain scanned by a machine for no reason?

Estend wanted to yell at him to wake him up, but he couldn't.

These were the baseline instructions written for Samuel by the research team at the 7th Institute. In Samuel's logic, having such a control system was perfectly normal, just like gravity in the universe and the Yapool creating themselves. Although sometimes he found the system's voice echoing in his head really noisy.

But if you said to his face, "You idiot! You don't need this damn crappy system! Nobody needs this kind of thing!"

That would certainly be judged by the system as "dangerous guidance," and then Samuel would melt it into ashes the next second.

This was the part that Fang was most satisfied with. Unlike Fos-001, the underlying logic that the research institute added for Samuel ensured his stability. (694936135)

It was so stable that Estend felt powerless.

Indeed, he used Earth's environment to change Samuel a lot, but he alone could not contend with the entire research institute. At least on Samuel's underlying logic, Eistend had no way to get to the bottom of it.

What should we do? Get this guy as far away from the research institute as possible?

Oh, right, the Land of Light.

The Land of Light might be able to do it with their technology!

Having sent so much technology to GUYS, surely they should help contact Mebius, right? He wasn't sure about the collaboration between GUYS and Mebius before, but after observing them for a while, he was certain that these Earthlings did have some kind of connection with Mebius. Mebius always appeared so timely; who would believe there was no connection? Could it be that Mebius was following them around all day?

As for the question of whether I'll be taken in for research because my alien identity was exposed—you think you can find me through the internet? I'd be surprised if you even tried to get close to me!

Estend is quite confident in his information technology skills.

Ultimately, the biggest obstacle to his plans was not anyone else, but Samuel himself.

The plan to provide Earthlings with technology to counter the potential arrival of the monster army from the Fourth Research Institute is progressing smoothly. According to internal GUYS documents obtained by Estend, they have applied monster modification to artificial monsters and developed the Magma Windom—an improvement upon the original plan of the Flame Windom.

The next step is to correct Samuel's underlying logic, and the initial plan requires the technological support of the Land of Light. First, we need to contact Mebius to explain our intentions, and then be careful to keep it a secret from Yapool's army and Samuel himself.

Please, teacher, don't be so sure you're already planning to conquer Earth in a spaceship!

No, his communications this month should exaggerate the Land of Light's power on Earth even more!

It would be best to trick the teacher into preparing for a year or two. The larger the Yapool's mobilization army, the higher the probability that the Land of Light will discover their movements. By then, he might not even need to worry about Earth's insufficient defense capabilities. If the meddlesome Space Garrison discovers their movements, they will definitely send more Ultra Warriors to Earth.

In that case, Earth certainly won't become a second Pasifica, right?

Samuel, no, Fos-001 will get help too.

"Estend, Estend?"

Samuel's voice pulled Estend back to reality.

Estend hadn't fully recovered yet, staring blankly at the source of the sound.

“You’re spacing out again,” Samuel said.

“Ah… well,” Estend quickly grinned, “I was thinking about what to have for lunch.”

It's afternoon now.

"Uh, lunch tomorrow."

“If you encounter any difficulties, please tell me. For mission three, follow the guide’s instructions, and I can assist you,” Samuel said earnestly.

That's all I'll tell you.

Estend nodded vaguely and didn't say anything more.

I really want to talk to Fos-001 without any guilt, like a true friend, not as a guide or an asset of the research institute.

Perhaps by then Fos-001 already had his real name. What would he be like, having broken free from Yapool's control and rediscovered himself?

Estend sighed as he recalled the pure, awe-inspiring light he had seen years ago extracted from the planet Suffer during his research.

……

"I am so sorry, I was too hasty and didn't double-check before starting the experiment," the bespectacled researcher said, bowing deeply to the GUYS team. "Especially since it put everyone in danger, I really..."

“I understand your desire to get the new equipment working soon and reduce damage to the city,” Misaki Yuki helped him up. “Fortunately, there were no casualties in Sakuragi City. We learned a lesson this time and will be more careful next time.”

"Yes!" The bespectacled researcher nodded emphatically. "This definitely won't happen again in the next test!"

He then added, "Thanks to everyone in charge of the battle and Ultraman, otherwise, with so many monsters running rampant, I really don't know how we would have ended it."

Marina Kazama rubbed her arms to calm the goosebumps on her body as she recalled the scene of insects swarming everywhere: "Your research on induced sound waves is really amazing; even the monsters from the seabed have been mobilized."

“That’s because we used some alien technology…” The researcher’s expression became more natural when talking about the technology itself: “According to the original design, it should have covered at most one large city. After we optimized it based on the technology from the aliens, it can cover the entire Kanto Plain. As for why the monsters in the ocean can hear it, I can’t be sure. It’s possible that the sound waves went out of control and produced characteristics that we haven’t tested yet. This needs to be confirmed after we compile the report.”

"Thinking back on it now, it's really frightening," the bespectacled researcher sighed. "It's true that absorbing other people's technology isn't always so smooth."

Amaterasu Kinomi's voice suddenly came through the communicator: "Ah, I remember the research institute took back Mikuras, saying they were going to modify and upgrade it... Could it also be alien technology?"