Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

Watching Lina and Daigo leave, Nori cautiously asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

This was the first time he had ever seen Lina so angry.

"No." Zongfang looked at Ye Rui, who seemed like a child who had done something wrong, and immediately comforted him, "Everyone has their own ideas, and it's normal to have different opinions. If everyone's opinions were the same, that would be dangerous."

"Huh?" Nori looked at Munakata with a puzzled expression, not quite understanding what Munakata meant.

Isn't it great that we all work together?

Zongfang didn't explain, but looked at Jujian Hui and said, "Captain, the allocation of combat personnel is a big problem. We need someone who can pilot a mecha to stay at the base to prevent any possible accidents."

Upon hearing this, Megumi thought for a moment and then said, "Then let Rena, Shinjo, and Horii participate. Vice Captain, Nori, and Daigo, the three of you will stay at the base to prevent any accidents."

"clear!"

……

TPCs in various countries have begun preparations for the battle, aiming to annihilate the Lightning Men in one fell swoop.

Dr. Mizuno, who had been searching for a way for humans and lightning to coexist since the appearance of the lightning man, returned to TPC at this time.

In the year or so that Dr. Mizuno still couldn't find a way for lightning humans and humans to coexist.

However, thanks to Dr. Mizuno's tireless research, humanity's understanding of the Lightning Man has deepened.

Although the individual Lightning People are extremely small, they share a common consciousness.

Simply put, while the Lightning People possess individual consciousness, their behavior is primarily driven by a collective consciousness.

Furthermore, Dr. Mizuno also attempted to communicate with Lightning Man.

However, the logical thinking of humans and lightning people is too different, and they always end up failing.

In the end, Dr. Mizuno even had to consider the proposal that Shen Yun had once put forward.

Although capturing and keeping the Lightning People in captivity is cruel to such intelligent beings.

But losing freedom is better than losing your life, isn't it?

After learning that the General Staff meeting had approved the operation to exterminate the Lightning People, Dr. Mizuno didn't say much, only instructing TPC to capture as many Lightning People as possible to preserve the Lightning People race.

This was the only thing he could do.

Time passed slowly amidst the intense preparations.

The day before the Lightning Man annihilation campaign.

"Beep beep beep." A piercing alarm sounded in the command room.

"What happened? What's going on?" Shinjo turned to look at Yoru and asked.

"The monitoring satellite has detected unusual electromagnetic waves," Ye Rui replied, looking at the parameters on the computer screen.

"Abnormal electromagnetic waves? Could it be the Lightning Man?" Horii guessed.

"No, the abnormal electromagnetic waves detected this time were located in the suburbs," Ye Rui denied.

"Yori, immediately pull up the footage from the scene," Megumi Kijima instructed.

"Yes!" Ye Rui nodded and immediately projected the scene onto the main screen.

A small, lush, verdant hill appeared on the main screen in the command room.

"Isn't there nothing here?" Lina said, looking at the lush little hill on the main screen.

"No, the unusual electromagnetic waves are emanating from this mountain, and there's also a huge life force inside," Ye Rui said immediately, looking at the data displayed on the computer screen.

"A huge life force? Does that mean there's a monster in this mountain?" Daigo asked, looking at Nori.

"I think so," Nori nodded.

"The monsters in the mountains... of all times." Zongfang stared at the small hill on the main screen, lost in thought.

This is such a coincidence.

Tomorrow is the day they launch their final attack on the Lightning Men, and they detected the monster today.

It's hard not to make those connections.

"Issue an evacuation order immediately and evacuate all residents from the nearby residential areas," Megumi Kijima ordered.

"yes!"

After issuing the evacuation order, the GUTS team held a strategy meeting focusing on the monster in the mountain.

"This monster has really given us a tough time," Zongfang said, looking at the small mountain image on the main screen.

In the past, when monsters would simply appear, the fighters would fly planes or pilot mechs and destroy them directly.

Although the monster was discovered ahead of schedule, it also brought new problems: how to attack this monster that was sleeping in the mountains.

"How about using the underground Pipa tank?" Shinjo asked.

"Not so great. It's such a small mountain. If you were to drive an underground Pippa tank into it, you might just drive right into the monster's face. Besides, the electromagnetic waves inside the mountain would probably be even stronger. You might not be able to get out once you go in," Horii retorted.

"Why don't we just fly over in a mech and blast the mountain apart?" Shinjo suggested.

"That's the only way to do it," Horii nodded and said.

"Why must we destroy this monster?" Lina suddenly asked.

Looking at the lush green mountains on the main screen, she continued, "It has been sleeping in this mountain for countless years. Why can't we just let it sleep like this? Why must we wake it up and then destroy it?"

Looking at the lush green mountains on the main screen, she continued, "It has been sleeping in this mountain for countless years. Why can't we just let it sleep like this? Why must we wake it up and then destroy it?"

"Is there any need to ask? This mountain is surrounded by residential areas! If we don't eliminate it, how many casualties and how many buildings will it cause once it awakens?" Xincheng said to Lina as if it were a matter of course.

"Prevention is better than cure. It's too late to eliminate it after it starts causing damage." Horii nodded in agreement.

"..." Lina bit her lip gently, unsure how to refute.

"Let's put the matter of this monster on hold for now and focus on the annihilation of the Lightning Man," said Megumi Kijima, who had been silent until now.

"yes!"

Although the sleeping monster has been temporarily put on hold by the GUTS team, the necessary weapon deployment and security work must not be neglected.

The TPC, already in a state of combat readiness, was also put into high-speed operation under a series of orders.

Police officers systematically evacuated residents from nearby neighborhoods to safe shelters.

Transport planes and trucks carrying disaster relief supplies arrived at the shelters for resettled residents.

In addition, the Victory Hyper Cannon was also deployed by TPC near the mountain.

Meanwhile, tents were set up and various instruments and equipment were placed nearby to monitor the movements of the monsters in the mountains.

……

Soon, the day of the Lightning Man annihilation operation arrived.

Command Room.

"Captain! The electromagnetic waves emitted by that monster have suddenly intensified! It seems to be waking up!" Ye Rui said hurriedly, looking at the parameters displayed on the computer screen.

"What happened? It was perfectly fine yesterday," Horii asked as he approached Nozue.

"I don't know either."

"Vice Captain, due to preparations for the Lightning Man annihilation operation, Victory Flying Swallow II is temporarily unable to be deployed. You will immediately pilot Flying Swallow I and the mechs to the scene." Megumi Kijima stood up, looked at Munakata, and gave the order.

"Understood!" Munakata nodded, looked at the GUTS team members, and said, "GUTS, depart immediately!"

"Understood!" The GUTS team members grabbed their helmets and ran quickly toward the hangar.

After watching the entire GUTS team leave, Megumi sat down again and said to Nozue, "Nozue, bring up the live feed."

"Yes!" Ye Rui nodded and immediately switched the scene to the main screen.

The small hill on the outskirts of the city reappeared on the main screen in the command room.

The small mountain, which had existed for an unknown period of time, was shaking incessantly. Huge rocks rolled down the mountain, and cracks appeared all over its surface. Then, a pair of enormous horns emerged from the mountain.

Then, the monster's ugly head and its enormous body crawled out of the hill.

The monster was covered in scales that resembled armor, and had a sturdy-looking shell on its back with strange patterns.

It looks somewhat like a stag beetle, with its arms resembling sickles with extremely sharp edges, and its body covered with many sharp fin-like appendages.

After it crawled out of the mountain, it didn't run around or attack and destroy things indiscriminately. Instead, it stood there blankly, looking as if it hadn't woken up yet.

At this moment, two Victory Swallow No. 1 aircraft arrived at the scene first and launched an attack on the monster.

At the same time, the Victory Hyper Cannons, which had been positioned near the mountain, all aimed at the monster and began firing.

The Victory Hyper Cannon and the Flying Swallow 1's machine guns all struck the hard armor of the Choberie, creating a few sparks.

After being bombarded for quite some time, Jobelie finally reacted and launched a counterattack against the Victory Hyper Cannons that were relentlessly attacking it.

The pair of insect horns on its head, which were originally pointing upwards, suddenly drooped downwards, and together with the other two sharp antennae on its face, began to accumulate energy.

Then, a bolt of azure lightning shot out from the center of the four tentacles of the Joberias and struck the neatly arranged Victory Hyper Cannons.

"Boom!!"

The lightning unleashed by Jobelia destroyed all the Victory Hyper Cannons.

After destroying the Victory Hyper Cannon, the monster suddenly turned around and crawled back into the cave from which it had emerged.

In the blink of an eye, Jobelie disappeared into the cave.

"Commander, what should we do now?" Daigo asked, looking at the cave in the mountain below.

"I don't know either," Zongfang said helplessly.

To be honest, he didn't expect that after the monster came out, it would go back inside.

At this moment, Megumi contacted Munakata and said, "Vice-Captain, can the GUTS team return to headquarters first?"

"Everyone? Even though the monster has gone back, it's still better if some people stay," Munakata said.

"It seems like the Blitzkrieg is about to begin."

"How come it's so fast? What's going on?" Zongfang frowned and muttered to himself.

However, he still obeyed Megumi's orders and gave the two mechs that arrived late the order to retreat.

"Lina, Shinjo, you have received instructions to return to base immediately."

"Commander, what's going on?" Shinjo asked.

"The Lightning Man War is about to begin," Zongfang said.

"So fast?" Lina exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, let's return now."

"clear!"

"What a waste of time, how annoying!" Xincheng complained.

Soon, everyone returned to the command room.

"Operation Lightning Man has begun, and the Atdis will be deployed in two hours," said Megumi Kijima.

"If only we had another Atlas," Shinjo said.

"Even if there's another one, we can't sail it into the residential area to shell it, right?" Megumi said, looking at Shinjo with a smile.

After saying that, Megumi added, "Alright, here's the order."

"The Lightning Warriors battle will proceed as planned, and personnel allocation will remain the same as before."

"Horii, Shinjo, and Rena will participate. The vice-captain will be in charge of commanding the TPC ground forces to deal with the monster, and Daigo will be in charge of support work."

"Also..." Gijon paused, then turned to look at Nori and asked, "And Nori, are you going to operate the Mecha Golza?"

"Y-yes!" Upon hearing this, Ye Rui stood up excitedly and stammered.

Megumi looked at the GUTS team members and asked, "Any problems?"

"No!" everyone answered in unison.

"Let's go then!"

"clear!"

The Victory Team members, helmets in hand, left the command room and hurried to the hangar.

On the way to the hangar, Shinjo ran into Mayumi, who was preparing to go to the front line.

The two exchanged a glance, but Shinjo didn't stop. Instead, he walked straight past Mayumi.

Mayumi watched Shinjo's retreating figure and exclaimed, "Brother, my wedding with Takuma is set for this Christmas!"

"Got it." Shinjo waved casually with his back to Mayumi.

Mayumi stood there, watching Shinjo's departing figure, and whispered, "Brother, you must come back alive."

"Equipment ready. Team members participating in the operation, please proceed to Gate 5." The base's loudspeaker was broadcasting the announcement.

"Daigo, hurry up." Munakata heard the broadcast, patted Daigo on the shoulder, urged him on, and quickened his pace.

"Yes." Daigo nodded.

At that moment, Lina paused and suddenly stopped.

Noticing that Lina had stopped, Daigo also stopped and turned around to look at Lina with a puzzled expression.

Lina looked at Daigo and pondered, "I think what Hori said makes a lot of sense at first glance. But when I think about it carefully, something doesn't seem right. But I just can't figure out what's wrong."

"Are you referring to the fact that humanity is powerless to do anything about electromagnetic waves?" Daigo asked.

"Yes," Lina nodded.

"Actually, after hearing Horii's words, I've thought about it seriously too." Daigo leaned against the railing of the base corridor and said, "Lina, are you trying to say that we can't coexist?"

"coexist?"

"The Earth does not belong solely to humankind," Daigo said, looking at Rena with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lina immediately smiled and exclaimed happily, "Yes, that's exactly what I mean! All living things on Earth should respect each other and coexist peacefully!"

"Actually, the ultimate goal of our work is not just to protect humanity, but to protect the Earth." Daigo leaned against the railing, looked at Rena, and said with a smile, "Of course, it's very difficult to do. Because we can neither communicate with monsters nor predict when aliens will appear."

"Maybe that's exactly what Tiga wants to do!" Lina suddenly said.

"Huh?" Lina's words startled Daigo.

"It can't be wrong!" Lina looked at Daigo, smiled brightly, and let out a long sigh of relief, saying, "Ah, I suddenly feel a sense of relief."

After saying that, Lina immediately remembered their mission and quickly said, "Daigo, we have to go!"

"Okay, sure!" Daigo nodded, and as he turned to leave, he couldn't help but ponder a question.

What exactly is he fighting for?

Daigo hadn't taken two steps when Rena suddenly called out, "Daigo!"

Daigo turned around to look.

Lina stood gracefully a short distance away, looking at Daigo, and said, "Thank you!"

After saying that, she quickly ran towards Gate 5.