Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

"A shark...?" Munakata stared at the shark fin on the screen, slightly surprised.

"New City, beta machine ready."

"Understood!" Shinjo quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and headed to the front cockpit of the Victory Flying Swallow EX-J.

"This is Daigo, I'll go now," Daigo reported to his superior.

After saying that, Daigo piloted the Victory Flying Swallow No. 1 and set off for the scene.

Upon receiving the news, Director Sawai arrived at the command center.

Shen Yun accompanied Director Sawai to the command room.

"Kumamoto City. What about the ground defense force of the Security Bureau?" Director Sawai asked as soon as he entered the command room.

"It's too late. The Victory Team has already arrived," Megumi replied.

Shen Yun looked at the shark's dorsal fin on the main screen in the command room, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

He knew Masaki Keigo's plans, but he didn't intend to stop them.

Kumamoto Castle, Ninomaru Plaza.

The enormous dorsal fin, having traveled from afar, suddenly stopped moving.

Meanwhile, Daigo's Victory Flying Swallow No. 1 had already arrived in the airspace above the scene.

Daigo looked at the monster below, which had stopped moving, and asked, "The target is currently stationary. Should we launch an attack?"

"Scan it first; we need to understand the other party's true situation," said Megumi Kijima.

"Understood." Daigo nodded, hovering above the shark's dorsal fin, and began operating the control panel of the Flying Swallow No. 1 to scan the monster below.

Suddenly, the dorsal fin sent a strong pulse of radio waves to the Flying Swallow-1, which was hovering in the sky.

The pulsed radio wave did not affect Daigo in any way; however, all the instruments in the Flying Swallow No. 1 cockpit suddenly malfunctioned.

"Huh? What's wrong?!" Daigo looked up at the pale blue pulse wave flying into the sky, looking puzzled.

Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard a soft tinkling sound and felt warmth emanating from his chest.

Daigo quickly took out the Spark Lens, which was flashing at the center and making a soft tinkling sound.

This was nothing like the radiance it displayed when it transformed; for some reason, the Spark Lens emitted a faint blue light.

"What on earth is going on...?"

Daigo, who was in a daze, suddenly came to his senses.

It's so quiet!

He looked down and saw that the Flying Swallow No. 1's systems and engines had all stopped working.

Daigo was startled and exclaimed, "All the machines have stopped?!"

Upon hearing Daigo's voice, Munakata immediately shouted, "Shinjo, let's go!"

"Understood!" Shinjo responded and immediately separated from the Alpha machine.

The wings of the Beta machine at the top of the Victory Swallow EX-J slowly unfolded, and the connection with the Alpha machine was severed.

The Beta machine's HPE engine and nozzle also started immediately, and the surging flames propelled the Beta machine to the scene at an even faster speed.

"Damn it! All the data has been formatted!" Daigo said, looking at the unresponsive panel.

"Daigo?! Jump out of the sky!" Lina's voice came through the communicator in her helmet.

However, since all the main power was shut off, even the escape devices could not be activated.

"The system isn't working!"

Just then, Shinjo flew over in his Beta machine and fired several spike cannon shots at the shark's dorsal fin on the ground.

The green laser struck the shark's dorsal fin, creating a few sparks.

"Leave it to me! Daigo, don't fall!" Shinjo said, watching the falling Flying Swallow No. 1.

"It's simple in theory..." Daigo said, patting the system panel with his hand while desperately trying to stabilize the machine.

With Daigo's tapping, the Flying Swallow 1's system miraculously resumed operation.

"It's back to normal!"

Seeing the system restart, Daigo showed a hint of surprise and quickly pulled the control stick, pulling the plane back into the sky before it crashed.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the shark's dorsal fin, which had been stationary, suddenly began to vibrate, and it slowly sank into the ground.

Meanwhile, the Alpha machine, which had lagged behind, caught up, and Horii fired the Monster Tracker at the shark's dorsal fin that had sunk into the ground.

With a "poof," the monster tracker disappeared into the shark's dorsal fin.

"Alright, now you can't escape!" Horii smiled upon seeing this.

The shark's dorsal fin quickly sank into the ground and eventually disappeared.

After circling once in the air, the Alpha aircraft also landed on the ground.

Just as the Victory Team disembarked from the plane, two mechs were transported to the scene by TPC's transport plane.

Lina stepped out of the cockpit of Saber Athena and quickly joined the GUTS team.

Looking at the intact Kumamoto Castle, she exclaimed, "It's so good that Kumamoto City wasn't damaged."

"Horii, where is the target?" Munakata asked, looking at Hori who was holding a signal receiver.

"Well, about this tracking..." Horii held the signal receiver, unsure how to begin.

The monster tracker doesn't seem to be working.

"Is there a problem? Is that not working anymore?" Shinjo walked over and asked.

"Stop talking nonsense! My machine will tell me no matter where the monster escapes!" Horii retorted.

After saying that, Horii took the signal receiver and walked to the deep pit created by the monster to explore it.

"So what did it tell you?" Shinjo asked, following behind Horii.

"It should be displaying something, this is strange. Why isn't it working?" Horii wondered, looking at the unresponsive signal receiver.

Monster trackers are devices that emit the bio-energy signals of living organisms, but...

Why is there no response?

"How would I know?"

Lina watched the two bickering like they were performing a comedy routine with a smile. She turned her head slightly and noticed Daigo standing alone in the distance, lost in thought.

Daigo subconsciously placed his hand on his chest where the Spark Lens was.

He was very concerned about the previous anomalies, especially the unusual glow of the Spark Lens.

"Daigo, what's wrong?" Rena walked to Daigo's side and asked.

Upon hearing Lina's voice, Daigo's face lit up with his usual gentle smile, and he said with a smile, "It's nothing."

……

Command Room.

"There must be some connection."

Sawai felt that this was very likely not an ordinary monster attack.

"What happened?" asked Megumi Kijima.

"In the past few days, we've received reports that the secret box has been vibrating strangely. We wonder how it's related to this incident..." said Sawai.

"Secret Box..." Megumi Kijima had some doubts about this title.

"It's a vacuum box used to store the sand from the giant statue. TPC headquarters only kept a portion of the sand from the giant statue; the rest of the fragments were sent to other countries," Shen Yun explained.

The TPC headquarters couldn't possibly keep all the sand from the giant statue; it would definitely share it with TPC branches in other countries for research.

Despite three years of research, there has been no progress whatsoever.

"The sand from the giant statue..." Megumi's expression was solemn, and she felt somewhat uneasy.

Are humans trying to probe the power of giants?

Institute of Biological Sciences.

Dr. Tango is studying the vibrating secret chamber and watching a video of Golza and Melba destroying the giant statue.

At that moment, Director Sawai's communication suddenly came through.

"Dr. Tango".

"Yes, yes." Dr. Tango quickly turned off the recording.

"Aside from the vibration, are there any other abnormalities?" Sawai asked.

"Not yet," Dr. Dango replied, glancing back at the secret box.

"This matter may be related to the Kumamoto incident. Please investigate it as soon as possible," said Megumi Kijima.

"Understood." Dr. Dango nodded.

After ending the call, Dr. Tango's expression darkened.

"Director, I'd like to go to the site to investigate; perhaps I can find something there," Shen Yun said proactively.

After a moment's thought, Sawai said, "Let's go together then."

……

Kumamoto City.

After learning that the monster tracker was not working, the GUTS team members began searching both in the air and on the ground for the monster that had burrowed underground.

Shinjo and Horii are searching the ground in the Drum vehicle transported by the Victory Flying Swallow EX-J.

Zongfang and Lina piloted the Victory Flying Swallow EX-J to scan the airspace around Mount Aso.

"No abnormalities were found near Mount Aso," Lina reported.

"It seems to have nothing to do with volcanic activity," Munakata mused.

Daigo, meanwhile, once again piloted the Hien-1 alone to conduct the search.

"This is Daigo, everything is normal here."

"Understood. Continue investigating the surrounding area," Zongfang said.

"clear!"

Since it was related to underground facilities, Shinjo and Horii first went to investigate a brick facility called Manda Pit.

"We've arrived." Horii got out of the car, took the signal receiver, and ran towards the abandoned mine.

"Hey!" Shinjo quickly caught up with Horii, who had run some distance away.

The two followed the overgrown road to the abandoned mine.

Horii took the signal receiver and began to adjust it, detecting the surrounding signals.

"Hey, what are you doing in this dark, dingy mine?" Shinjo asked, looking at the abandoned mine.

"The monster has gone underground, which may be related to this." Horii used his instruments to probe deeper into the mine.

However, they did not detect any abnormal vibrations.

Shinjo and Horii drove the Drum car away from the abandoned mine and headed towards the ruins of Tonkalling.

On the way, Horii reported the situation to Munakata: "Commander, we received a report a few days ago that strange noises were heard coming from the Tonkara Bell ruins near us. We are heading there now."

"clear."

"That's a really strange name, something like 'Tongkala'..."

"Tongkaralin!" Horii reminded him, then said, "This name must have a profound meaning."

Having received prior notification, town officials made preparations to receive the two and provide guidance.

"Tungaralling is made up of five interconnected tunnels, and it's unclear exactly when they were built. According to scholars, the size of the tunnels and the total number of steps are the same as those of the Egyptian pyramids," the official explained.

However, the tunnel in this karaoke ruins is very narrow, and even adults seem to have difficulty passing through it when they bend over.

"This hole is so small, it's unlikely that a monster could come out from here," Shinjo said, looking at the narrow tunnel in front of him.

"The sound has stopped now. A few days ago, sharp noises kept coming from the cave entrance, and the nearby residents often complained to us about it."

"Where does this passage lead?"

"What we can confirm at the moment is the section from below to above. However, the exact amount is not yet available."

"Why this..." Shinjo had forgotten the name of the place again.

"Tongkaraling," Horii said for him.

"Yes, how did you get this name?" Shinjo asked.

"Ah, it's because when you throw a stone down from above, it makes a tonkara-ring sound."

Shinjo and Horii exchanged a glance: "It's that simple..."

The official continued, "We understand that there are many undiscovered tunnels beneath Kumamoto."

"tunnel……"

……

While flying over the southern mountains of Aso, Daigo saw the oldest waterway bridge in Japan, called Tōjun Bridge.

Just then, he felt the heat emanating from his chest again.

Daigo quickly took out the Spark Lens.

The Spark Lens emitted a soft "ding-a-ling" sound again, and a faint blue light flickered at its center.

"Here we go again..." Daigo looked at the Spark Lens in his hand, somewhat puzzled.

What does this mean?

Suddenly, the face of an unknown man appeared on the head-up display of Feiyan-1.

"So it was you. You're the one who inherited the light." He looked at Daigo.

"Who are you? Do you have telepathy?" Daigo asked, looking at the face of the unknown man in front of him.

"I don't have that kind of pointless power; what I possess is intellect. Besides, like you, I also possess something else."

Upon hearing this, Daigo was immediately startled.

"Hurry up, show it to me. I want to see how you turned into light."

After saying that, the man's image disappeared.

"etc!"

Daigo, who had just been distracted by the image on the head-up display, suddenly noticed that Victory Flying Swallow No. 1 was rapidly flying towards Tongrun Bridge.

He no longer has time to change his flight path.

Daigo switched the machine to standby mode in a flash.

The wings of the Flying Swallow No. 1 immediately folded backward, passing precisely through the bridge arch, and then quickly pulled up, taking off into the sky again without any major incident.

"Phew." Daigo also breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Lina's voice came through.

"Daigo! Where are you?! Fly north immediately! Sharks have appeared!"

Lina's words immediately made Daigo's heart skip a beat.

Could it be that this monster is related to that man?

"Daigo, where are you? Daigo!"

Seeing that Daigo hadn't answered for a long time, Lina's voice sounded a little anxious.

Daigo glanced at the Divine Light Stick in his hand, then put it away and piloted the Flying Swallow No. 1, turning it around and flying north.

"I'll be right there."

The Arao region is home to a massive commercial complex like Kumamoto LAND.

There are golf courses and amusement parks there.

Right there, the shark's enormous dorsal fin appeared.

"The shark is heading to Mitsui Amusement Park, where there are lots of kids! Lina, Nori, stop it quickly!" Munakata said.

"Understood!" In the command room, Ye Rui immediately activated the mechanical Golza and remotely controlled it to head towards the shark monster.

Lina, meanwhile, entered the cockpit of the Sabre Athena and headed towards the shark as well.