Ultraman: Matching you with an equally matched daddy

The distance between Jupiter and Earth is extremely vast.

Even light takes 43 minutes to travel, which is five times longer than the 8 light-minutes distance from the sun to the earth.

On this day, after traveling for about two months, Jeep 3 arrived in orbit around Jupiter's moons.

Gypsy III, also known as Jupiter III, was a professional Jupiter exploration vessel.

It came to help humanity explore Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.

Dr. Jiang Qi and his two students were riding in it.

Therefore, once they reached Jupiter's orbit, they activated specialized exploration equipment to prepare for studying the giant gas planet beneath them.

But as soon as the equipment was turned on, before they could even get to work...

Dr. Jiang Qi and his team witnessed a shocking scene.

A ray of light, a very pure ray of light, was being hunted down by something else.

According to Dr. Jiang Qi, those things were cosmic creatures called Specia, which could devour the remains of monsters, revive them, and strengthen them.

"We can't let these Sphias devour that thing! Activate our laser cannons and destroy the Sphias!"

Dr. Jiang Qi made a judgment immediately.

He rushed to the control panel and began to work with two students to use the laser cannons, originally intended to clear space debris and dust to prevent damage to the spacecraft, to fire at Sphia and the others.

Whether Sphia will cause harm to humans is unknown.

But Golza, by traversing the city, caused immense harm to humanity; he was evil.

The original Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga defeated Golza; they were good.

Softia revived Golza and Melba, and they attacked Ultraman and the others, so Softia is also evil.

This is a basic human understanding.

The original Ultraman is a hero. If you've attacked the original Ultraman, how can you still be a good person?

Not to mention, in the subsequent Delta Space Station incident, Ultraman Leo revived a total of 278 people on the entire space station.

During the Kura Island incident, Ultraman Tiga saved the director and restored six petrified humans, resolving the territorial dispute between humans and monsters.

No matter how you look at it, he's an absolute good person!

In this situation, Softia, who dared to attack the original Ultraman and his companions, was even less of a good person.

There weren't many Sphias chasing the mysterious light orb to begin with, and thanks to the efforts of Dr. Jiang Qi and his team, they quickly wiped them all out.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, the mysterious ball of light suddenly changed direction and headed straight for Jeep No. 3.

"Fire! We can't let it get any closer!"

The laser cannon lit up again, and the blazing laser beam easily struck the mysterious orb of light.

But instead of being injured, it grew stronger and became even faster.

"It's absorbing our attacks; it's after the energy of the Jeep 3."

Dr. Jiang Qi noticed this scene.

"After absorbing the laser, it has grown larger and brighter. At its current speed, we can't shake it off!"

The male student discovered further changes using the detection equipment.

"In that case, let's exhaust all of Jeep III's energy and launch it out. Also, send our encounter back to Earth so they can prepare."

Upon realizing that they could not escape, Dr. Jiang Qi quickly made a choice.

They first increased the engine speed to its maximum to delay being caught, then aimed the laser cannons at a direction away from the mysterious light and continuously fired, consuming energy.

They then sent their experience of this event to Earth.

Finally, Dr. Jiang Qi pressed the separation button, and the fuel tank was instantly ejected. The continuously emitted lasers ignited the fuel tank, and a raging fire spread throughout the universe.

However, even after exerting all its strength, the mysterious ball of light remained completely unaffected.

It first caught up with the separated fuel tank, ignoring the flames, and devoured it completely. Then, it caught up with the Jeep III, wriggling and beginning to plunder the emotions and knowledge of the three crew members.

"We humans will not be defeated by monsters like you... Ughhhhh!"

The three crew members desperately resisted the absorption of the mysterious light.

Amid their fierce resistance, the mysterious orb of light that had read the memories of the three crew members also began to change.

A body with alternating red and silver markings, oval-shaped milky-white eyes, a gemstone on its chest radiating a deep blue luster, and a muscular physique.

The image that appeared most frequently during the resistance of the three crew members was absorbed by it and gradually evolved into an almost identical form.

After completing its transformation, it looked towards Earth.

From its memory, it knew that there was more energy there.

Therefore, it changed direction again and flew towards Earth.

Far behind it, in a direction very distant, some uninvited guests saw the burning flames and the appearance of unidentified creatures, and were also heading towards Earth.

……

"Beep beep beep beep—Hello, Daigo?"

Covered in sweat, Takahashi connected the communicator.

"Senior, you really are still here. Who was that original Ultraman in the sky?"

Daigo's tone was a mixture of surprise and relief.

"What do you mean I'm still here? And what do you mean by the original Ultraman in the sky?"

Takahashi immediately realized that things were somewhat beyond his expectations.

Could it be that after many years, the original Ultraman from the Land of Light has returned to visit his old friend Eiji Tsuburaya?

Or perhaps his previous two transformations were reported to the Land of Light by the Kirieloids.

The main purpose now is to capture this guy who interferes with other civilizations and lock him up in a cosmic prison.

"It's the original Ultraman who saved Jeep No. 3. Wait, senior, let me organize the information and read it to you."

Daigo seemed to have been prepared, and immediately told Takahashi all the information he had obtained.

"...Jeep 3 has lost contact, and before it lost contact, it sent a message about the battle between Softia and the mysterious light orb. Now, look in that direction with your space telescope and you've spotted the figure of Ultraman?"

Takahashi was sitting in a chair listening, but the news he heard was more and more outrageous than the last. By the end, he couldn't help but stand up, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes, and the original Ultraman is heading towards Earth at high speed."

You can hear Daigo on the other end of the communicator also expressing surprise.

Takahashi had told Daigo about Jeep No. 3 beforehand.

However, he was unsure whether Jeep No. 3 was actually influenced by Sphia, so he spoke somewhat vaguely.

He simply told Daigo to prepare to save the Jeep 3 astronauts.

Gather information about the three astronauts in advance and send it to the monster later, while the monster and the astronauts inside it are fighting for control.

Takahashi and Daigo transform together, two Ultramen teaming up to see if they can reverse the ending.

Three astronauts were rescued.

Takahashi also gave Daigo a special warning: space is very dangerous and hides many enemies.

Don't transform too far from Earth, otherwise he won't be able to provide support.

Daigo naturally kept these words in mind.

Upon seeing the image of the original Ultraman transmitted through the space telescope, he immediately realized something was wrong and thus chose to sneak out to contact Takahashi.

It now seems that the Ultraman in space was fake, and the one on our side was the real one.

Next, let's see how the senior handles that imposter.