Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

Late Warring States period.

Inside a dilapidated thatched hut, Jing Tianjinglong, who had been rescued, slowly awoke.

He raised his hand to shield his eyes from the slightly glaring sunlight streaming in through the window.

With the sunlight blocked, Ida Iryu was finally able to see the scene inside the room.

Apart from the most basic living necessities, there was nothing else to be seen inside the house.

Ida Iryu adjusted his breathing slightly and then tried to get up.

Before he could make any move, a jolt of electric pain instantly coursed through his entire body.

"Ugh!" Ida Ryu let out a painful groan.

And his memories from before he lost consciousness also came flooding back.

"I remember now, I was attacked by that evil spirit..." Jing Tianjinglong touched his chest and realized that the wound on his chest was already wrapped in several layers of cloth.

"Was it her who saved my life?"

Ida Ryuya also recalled the woman he saw before he lost consciousness.

That woman saved me.

Iida Ryu tried to recall more memories about this woman.

At that moment, blood began to flow from his chest, and his consciousness gradually faded.

A woman walked towards him and reached out a hand to his cheek.

Ida Iryu was born with the ability to distinguish between humans and ghosts.

This feeling was indescribable, yet perfectly normal for him.

If compared to ordinary humans, it's probably like the feeling of seeing, hearing, and speaking.

That hand back then...

Is that a human hand, or...?

Iida Ryu tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember anything.

He was seriously injured at the time, and his life hung in the balance.

Therefore, their ability to distinguish between ghosts and other spirits is not as sharp as it usually is.

However, regardless of whether the other party was human or ghost, she saved his life, which is an indisputable fact.

Jing Tianjinglong simply stopped worrying about it.

However, I should still leave this hut as soon as possible.

He clutched his aching chest, trying to get out of bed.

But his injuries were too severe, and he was completely unable to move.

It seems he has no other choice.

Jing Tianjinglong gave a bitter smile and could only lie quietly on the bed, unable to move.

He lay there and looked at the dilapidated hut one last time.

There was a small porcelain doll in the corner of the room.

Judging from the size of the porcelain, this does not appear to be a drinking vessel.

Drinking water...

Thinking of this, Iida Iryu realized the dryness in his throat.

He also felt hungry.

However, now, if he moves his body even slightly, he will immediately experience intense pain all over his body.

As a result, his life ended up in the hands of the woman who had once saved him.

Whether she is human or a ghost.

At that moment, Jing Tianjinglong suddenly felt a breeze blowing in through the cracks of the thatched hut, carrying a hint of warmth.

He reflexively moved his aching body and sat up in bed.

A woman stood at the door of the hut.

She had flowing, beautiful hair, fair and translucent skin, and a beautiful and charming face.

However, there was always a hint of loneliness and sorrow in her eyes, which added to her pitiful beauty.

Ida Iryu instinctively placed his hand on the knife, and his heartbeat quickened slightly.

The moment he saw her, Ida Iryu's innate ability answered his doubts.

This woman is not human.

……

Modern times, a certain place.

While still asleep, Kamimura suddenly dreamed of a forest.

In the forest, in a low-lying area, a ghostly hand suddenly reached out and let out a roar full of resentment:

"Well Dragon!"

Jingtian Jinglong looked at this scene with a look of reminiscence.

White Fox Forest...

Iida Iryu let out a soft sigh, turned his back to Uemura, and said, "Uemura, it's time to set off for the White Fox Forest."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dream vanished, and Uemura suddenly woke up.

He sat up in bed, glanced at the time, and saw it was already four in the morning.

"White Fox Forest." Uemura quickly got up and searched for the location of White Fox Forest on the map.

After locating the White Fox Forest on the map, I quickly put on my clothes and headed towards it.

After traveling for several hours, Shangcun arrived at a village near the White Fox Forest.

However, he was not familiar with the roads here, so he thought he would ask the patrol officers.

When he arrived at the police station, he saw a little girl of eleven or twelve years old standing in front of it.

"Hello," Uemura greeted him.

Haruna turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses standing behind her.

"Oh, little sister, are the police here?" Uemura asked.

Haruna shook her head.

"He's not here. That's troublesome." Upon hearing this, Uemura also felt a bit of a headache.

"Uncle, what do you need the police for?" Haruna asked.

"I want to ask a policeman for directions," Uemura said, taking off his sunglasses.

Looking into Uemura's gentle eyes, Haruna felt that the man in front of her didn't seem like a bad person.

"Uncle, where do you want to go?" Haruna asked.

"The White Fox Forest," Uemura replied to Haruna with a smile.

Upon hearing Uemura's answer, Haruna froze on the spot.

"What's wrong?" the man asked, noticing Haruna's unusual reaction.

"N-nothing." Haruna shook her head and asked, "Uncle, why are you going to the White Fox Forest?"

Uemura scratched his head and said, "I had a dream."

"Dream?"

"Hmm." Uemura nodded and asked, "Is there a low-lying area in this forest? And it's quite large."

Chun Cai nodded.

"In my dream, I saw that something big was about to happen in that low-lying area."

"Big news? What kind of big news?" Haruna asked curiously.

He didn't tell me that.

"Tell you?"

"Yes." Uemura nodded.

"Who told you that?"

"They were the ones who rescued me when I almost got lost." Uemura smiled, ruffled Haruna's hair, and said, "Uncle doesn't want to say too much. Otherwise, people will think he's crazy."

After saying that, he smiled at Haruna and asked, "I want to go to the White Fox Forest. Could you show me the way, Uncle?"

"Let me show you the way, Uncle," Haruna said instinctively.

Uemura paused for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Thanks."

Haruna led Kamimura to the front of the White Fox Forest.

"Uncle, this is the White Fox Forest." Haruna turned around and looked at Uemura.

"Little sister, thank you. You can take me this far. Uncle can go the rest himself." After saying that, Uemura walked into the depths of the forest.

Haruna watched the man's retreating figure quietly, feeling as if he had been sucked into the forest.

For some reason, an idea popped into her mind.

She felt she should go with this uncle.

……

Because Obik provided TPC with information that the demon's resentment was about to resurface, the GUTS team decided to send more people to conduct a detailed investigation of the White Fox Forest area under the guise of visiting students.

After all, this is something that hasn't happened yet, and without concrete evidence, residents can't just be evacuated at will.

At the very least, a thorough investigation should be conducted before deciding whether to evacuate nearby residents.

On this day, Shen Yun, along with Karen, joined the Victory Team in conducting a joint investigation in the White Fox Forest area.

Just as they arrived outside the village in the White Fox Forest, their car was stopped by a policeman.

Dan Ye's face was completely bloodless, his pale expression devoid of any vitality, and his eyes were extremely vacant.

"You must be the GUTS team members who came to Moriki Academy to offer your congratulations?" Awano's voice was devoid of emotion.

Lina poked her head out of Sherlock's car and asked, "Officer, what's the matter?"

"I want to give you a gift." Awano mechanically rummaged through his uniform pockets, then extended his fist.

"A gift?" Lina looked at the expressionless Dan Ye, a sense of wariness rising in her heart.

Her intuition told her that something was off about the policeman in front of her.

Dan Ye opened his palm, and in his palm were small, brownish, insect-like things that looked very similar to cicada larvae.

The little bug was wriggling in Awano's palm; it looked disgusting.

"Please accept this," Tanno said emotionlessly.

"What is this?" Lina looked at the brown worm wriggling in Danye's palm, which made her feel a little horrified.

"Please accept this." Danye said, grabbing Lina's arm and stuffing the insect in his hand into Lina's mouth.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" Lina struggled.

Upon seeing this, Daigo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, immediately unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the car door, and quickly went to Awano's side, intending to pull him away.

"Let go of Lina!"

Faced with Daigo's interference, Awano elbowed Daigo in the abdomen, causing Daigo to clutch his stomach and back away in pain.

However, out of concern for Lina, Daigo endured the pain and lunged forward again, grabbing Awano's arms.

Meanwhile, Awano began to struggle, trying to break free from Daigo's control.

Seeing the situation ahead, the other members of the Victory Team immediately got out of the car and came to Daigo's side, helping Daigo to pull Awano away.

Danno took a few steps back and fell to the ground.

Lina rolled up her sleeves, revealing a bluish-purple handprint on her skin.

"What's wrong with this guy?" Shinjo asked, looking at Awano lying on the ground.

"Something's not right with him. Something might have happened in this village," Shen Yun said, observing Dan Ye's behavior.

"Does the doctor mean that the evil spirits in the White Fox Forest have been resurrected?" Munakata asked in surprise.

At this moment, Tanno, who had been lying on the ground, got up again.

He stared blankly at the GUTS team members, a brown insect appearing in each of his hands, and said in an emotionless tone, "Open your mouths, all of you!"

As he spoke, he walked towards the Victory Team members.

Seeing Awano's strange behavior, the GUTS team members immediately raised their GUTS Hyper guns and aimed them at Awano.

"Stop! If you come any closer, I'll shoot," Shinjo warned.

But he acted as if he hadn't heard, and continued walking towards the GUTS team with the bug in his hand.

"Come on, open your mouth!"

……

White Fox Forest.

"This is the 'stage'," Uemura said softly, looking around the stage.

"Uncle, is this place the same as what you saw in your dream?" Haruna asked, looking up.

"Ah, same." Uemura nodded.

"The place I saw where they buried things was right in the middle."

"The place I saw where they buried things was right in the middle."

On the way to the forest, Haruna had already told this uncle about her strange experience that night.

"You told the police officer about this, right?"

"Um."

"And then the police officer never came back?"

"Mm." Haruna nodded again.

After letting out a sigh of relief, the village chief squatted down so that his line of sight was level with Haruna's, and said, "Little girl, you must listen carefully to what your uncle is about to say."

Uemura's expression was gentle, but his eyes were full of seriousness.

Haruna looked at Uemura's serious eyes and nodded vigorously.

"What your uncle is about to say might sound strange, but you have to listen carefully."

Chun Cai nodded again.

"Uncle may be himself now, but he might not be himself in a little while."

"What do you mean?" Haruna asked, puzzled.

"Well, let me put it this way. It's that your uncle might become someone else."

"If you become someone else, then Uncle, do you have multiple personalities?" Haruna asked, frowning in confusion.

Upon hearing this, Uemura smiled and gently explained, "Uncle doesn't have multiple personalities. Although Uncle doesn't have multiple personalities, if, by any chance, a dangerous situation arises, another person will use Uncle's body to deal with it."

"Isn't this still multiple personality disorder?"

"Hmm...it's still a little different. Let me think, to put it simply, it's more like a ghost has possessed Uncle." Uemura said, carefully choosing his words.

"ah?!"

"Don't be afraid. This ghost is a very good ghost, and he's very powerful."

"Was it this ghost who saved Uncle from the wrong path?"

"That's right. So, if there's any danger, I hope you can trust him and listen to him. Is that alright?"

"..."

"Promise me, Uncle!"

Haruna hesitated for a moment, then nodded deeply.

"Good girl." Uemura patted Haruna's hair and stood up.

Suddenly, a warm breeze blew in, and it seemed to be swirling around the stage.

The trees around the stage also began to stir.

In a panic, Uemura cautiously looked around.

Kasha.

It was the sound of power being stirred.

Haruna quickly turned her head to look, and there stood a tall, silver-haired old man in a suit.

Haruna was very familiar with this old man.

"Ms. Seta!"

Kazutoshi Seta, this tall and upright old man is the headmaster of Moriki Academy.

"Oh, it's Haruna-san." Seta walked towards the two of them expressionlessly, asking in a completely emotionless tone, "What are you doing here in a place like this?"

Haruna, startled by Seta's expressionless face, quickly hugged Uemura beside her.

The headmaster today is very strange.

"I haven't yet asked who this gentleman is?"

Seta continued to slowly approach them.

"Never mind, none of that matters. Open your mouths, both of you." Seta clenched his fists and held them out in front of the two men.

"Uncle." Haruna trembled with fear as she looked up at Uemura.

At that moment, however, Uemura suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you!" Haruna shook Kamimura, who was lying on the ground, desperately.

"Come here, Haruna-san." Seta had already come close and was about to reach out and grab Haruna.

"Open your mouth quickly." Seta grabbed Haruna's shoulder.

No sooner said than done.

Uemura, who had just been lying on the ground, stood up with astonishing speed, grabbed Seta's arm, and threw him away.

Seta's body was thrown a long way, tumbling and falling to the deepest part of the stage.

Haruna looked at him in surprise.

"This scourge must have been raised by these lackeys during the resurrection," Uemura said angrily.

Is he... a ghost?!

Haruna looked up at Kamimura.

The man in front of her did indeed appear to be gently comforting her uncle.

However, it felt a little different.

"We need to get out of the forest quickly," said 'Uemura,' as he picked up Haruna.

A strange, warm wind blew up from all around again.

At the same time, chilling sounds emanated from around the stage.

……

Seeing Awano approaching them, Shinjo turned to Munakata and asked, "Commander, what do we do?"

"He's probably been controlled. Change the tranquilizer darts," Zongfang said immediately.

"clear!"

The Victory Team immediately replaced the energy bullets of their Victory Hyper Guns with tranquilizer bullets.

After Daigo changed to a tranquilizer magazine, he pulled the trigger on Awano.

After a gunshot, Tanno's body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Just as he was about to put the gun away, Awano, who was lying on the ground, suddenly began to convulse and sway.

The Victory Team members raised their Victory Hyper rifles again and aimed them at Awano on the ground.

After convulsing for a while, Tanno vomited gastric juice and some other things.

"What is this?" Horii asked in surprise, looking at the creature that looked very similar to a cicada larva in the gastric fluid that Awano vomited.

After wobbling and swaying for a couple of moments, the insect suddenly vanished in a puff of white smoke.

Horii rubbed his eyes and, after realizing he hadn't misread it, also showed a look of astonishment.

"Disappeared..."