Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

"puff!"

The red giant slightly bent his five fingers, and his right arm suddenly shot out, instantly piercing through Zoga's body.

Then, the giant suddenly pulled his arm out of Zoga's body.

"Screech!" Zoga let out a final, mournful cry, green blood continuously oozing from its beak, before finally losing all sign of life.

The red giant slowly straightened up, green blood dripping down its arm.

He simply flicked his hand away, shaking off all the blood on his arm, and turned to walk towards Gatanothor.

Seeing the newly appeared giant approach Gatanothor, Megumi quickly contacted the Alpha mothership via internal communication, urging, "Commander! Hurry, now!"

This is the best opportunity.

"Understood!" Zongfang responded, immediately lowering the Alpha mothership to a height almost touching the sea surface, and then placing the Magus energy tank at the location provided by Kirino.

"Masaki, please!"

As Megumi watched the Alpha mothership descend to the sea, she immediately contacted Hayate Shin, who was piloting the Kaloa airship, and said, "Hayate, assist Ultraman!"

"Understood." Hayate Shin turned his aircraft around and flew back towards Gatanothor.

Megumi Kijima followed closely behind in her Beta machine.

Inside the underground shelter.

On television, the announcer is giving a report.

"The GUTS rescue operation for Tiga has begun, under the cover of another Ultraman. This may be humanity's last hope."

Everyone watched the news report on television with great concern.

"Can humanity really save Ultraman? Just like Ultraman saved humanity before?"

The children, still clinging to hope, stared intently at the television.

South Pacific waters.

The red giant waded through the icy water and came close to Gatanothor, raising his hand in a starting stance.

"Roar—" Gatanothor roared, the seawater around it surged, and several tentacles and pincers simultaneously tore through the surface of the sea, sweeping towards the red giant.

It wants to make all the forbidden light in this world disappear!

There are only things that worship themselves!

"Cha!" The red giant let out a deep battle roar and charged toward Gatanothor.

The red giant grabbed a tentacle, brought his right hand together with five fingers, and used his hand as a knife to slash at the tentacle.

"Bang!"

A burst of sparks erupted from the tentacle, which was instantly severed by the red giant's hand blade.

At that moment, Gatanothor's enormous pincers flew in front of the red giant.

"Hah!" The red giant twisted his body and delivered a side kick with his back leg, sending the attacking pincers flying back.

Meanwhile, Gatanothor's other attacking tentacles were shot down by the fighter jets piloted by Megumi and Shin Hayate before they could even get close to the Red Giant.

The red giant seized the opportunity to leap up and deliver a simple flying kick aimed at Gatanothor's head.

"Bang!"

The red giant's powerful flying kick struck Gatanothor's head, sending sparks flying.

"Roar—" Gatanothor roared, and a tentacle extended from beneath Gatanothor, striking the red giant with incredible speed.

"Bang!"

A burst of sparks erupted from the red giant's body, and the giant's massive form was sent flying.

"Thump!"

The red giant fell from mid-air into the icy sea, splashing up a huge spray.

But the next moment, the red giant rose from the sea and charged at Gatanothor once again.

"Roar—" Gatanothor roared, as more tentacles emerged from the water and swept towards the red giant.

The red giant stopped, his right hand clenched into a fist, his left hand resting on his right arm. From his right wrist, he fired a series of crimson beams of light, each trailing a stream of light, which precisely struck the incoming tentacles.

"Bang bang bang!"

These tentacles were hit by light bullets, constantly exploding into dazzling sparks.

The tentacles that were hit by the light bullets also fell from mid-air and crashed into the seawater.

Megumi and Hayate Shin's fighter jets weaved back and forth on the flanks of the battlefield, their spiked cannons repeatedly striking the tentacles of the red giant that were trying to launch a sneak attack.

"Cha!" The red giant let out a loud battle roar. When he was still hundreds of meters away from Gatanothor, the red giant suddenly leaped up, his hands clenched together and raised high above his head like a silver hammer. With a whistling sound, it smashed towards Gatanothor's head!

"Bang!"

The red giant's clenched fists landed on Gatanothor's palate, the force so great that it forced Gatanothor's open mouth shut.

"Roar—" Gatanothor roared again, and a black mist immediately emanated from its porous, cement-colored shell.

The thick black fog collided head-on with the red giant that was right next to it.

"Bang bang bang!"

The thick black mist scorched the red giant's body, causing tiny sparks to explode all over it.

The red giant grunted and quickly retreated.

Under the cover of the thick black fog, Gatanothor sent several tentacles out from beneath the sea towards the red giant.

The red giant had barely stepped out of the black mist when Gatanothor's tentacles, emerging from beneath the sea, already wrapped around its ankle.

Then, Gatanothor's tentacles suddenly rose up, knocking the red giant down.

The red giant, having lost its balance, crashed into the icy seawater, creating a surging wave.

The next moment, Gatanothor lifted the red giant out of the sea.

However, after Gatanothor picked him up, the red giant fired a beam of light at Gatanothor's tentacles.

Two more crimson light bullets, trailing crimson beams, were fired from the right wrist of the red giant.

"Bang! Bang!"

The two tentacles that were wrapped around the red giant's ankles exploded into a burst of sparks almost simultaneously.

The red giant fell from mid-air, plummeting face down into the sea below.

"Splash!"

The red giant crashed into the sea again, splashing up a huge spray of water.

The next moment, the red giant rose from the sea again, but this time, his chest began to rise and fall.

As Megumi looked at the red giant whose chest was already heaving, a hint of anxiety appeared on her pretty face, and she frequently glanced at the location of the Ultraman Tiga statue.

Faster, faster!

The red giant had barely risen from the sea when the water in front of him began to churn, and two tentacles tore through the surface and swirled toward his body.

The red giant raised his hand and slapped away an incoming tentacle.

Another tentacle, however, was wrapped around his right wrist and was absorbing the energy from the red giant's body.

"?!"

The red giant was somewhat surprised by the continuous loss of light energy within his body.

Before it could sever the tentacle, more tentacles surged out from beneath the sea, wrapping around the red giant's neck and its other wrist.

These tentacles were extremely powerful, forcibly pulling apart the red giant's arms and exposing its chest.

"Ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong".

The color timer on the red giant's chest began to flash.

"Gale!" Megumi's lips trembled slightly.

We absolutely cannot let Ultraman lose his light again.

"Understood." Hayate's expression was solemn as he piloted the Carloa airship downwards and fired the spike cannon at the tentacles that were wrapped around the red giant's arm.

Megumi Kijima, piloting the Beta machine, fired the Spike Cannon at another tentacle.

Underground shelter.

The refugees watched the scene on television with bated breath and extreme tension.

The spiked cannons from the Carloa airship and the Beta machine struck Gatanothor's tentacles, but had no effect other than causing the tentacles to explode with a few sparks.

The refugees' hearts sank, and some even closed their eyes.

They had already seen this scene once before.

However, this time, the evil god Gatanothor did not intend to steal the red giant's light and turn him back into a stone statue.

"Whoosh—"

Gatanothor's enormous pincers, hidden underwater, burst forth from the surface with a splash and slammed into the unsuspecting red giant's chest at incredible speed.

"Bang!"

A burst of sparks erupted from the red giant's chest.

The sharp pain in his chest caused the red giant to groan, his body went limp, and he knelt on one knee.

"Whoosh—"

A tentacle flew over and struck the red giant in the chest.

"Bang!"

Another burst of sparks erupted from the red giant's chest.

Because Gatanothor's tentacles were wrapped around the Red Giant's wrist, the Red Giant couldn't even fall down.

Gatanothor's tentacles lashed repeatedly at the red giant's body, causing dazzling sparks to erupt from all parts of the giant's body.

The colored timer on the red giant's chest flashed more and more rapidly, the sound becoming so rapid it was almost continuous.

The people in the underground shelter couldn't bear to look anymore.

Inside the bridge of the Atlas, Karen watched the red giant being repeatedly lashed by Gatanothor's tentacles on the screen, and felt inexplicably agitated.

"Jun Shen..."

South Pacific waters.

The color timer on the red giant's chest flashed more and more rapidly, and the sound became increasingly shrill. Finally, with a "buzz," the flashing light of the color timer went out completely, and the radiant eyes gradually dimmed as well.

Seeing this, Gatanothor withdrew its tentacles with satisfaction.

Freed from Gatanothor's tentacles, the red giant slowly tilted its massive body into the sea.

……

At the same time.

The Dolphin 202 extended its robotic arm and moved closer to the Magus energy tank.

The robotic arm used a magnetic device to grab the Magus energy tank that had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

"Great! I caught it!"

"Come on, take it to the statue."

The Dolphin, carrying the Magus energy tank, gradually approached the statue.

"Shinjo, move a little more to the right," Horii instructed, looking at the screen.

"Okay." Shinjo operated the extended robotic arm, moving the Magus energy tank slightly to the right.

"Good, keep this angle and don't move."

Inside the energy tank, Masaki Keigo, who was monitoring the waveform of the Magus light, was extremely excited.

"That's it! That's the waveform! You have to wake up, Ultraman Tiga!"

In order to release Magus light energy in this specific waveform, Masaki Keigo pressed the confirm button.

Then, a dazzling light was released from the Magus energy tank.

The stone statue was illuminated by the dazzling light emitted from the Magus device.

"Daigo! Wake up! Rely on the light we've given you!" Lina whispered to herself.

Inside the stone statue, Daigo, once again unable to move within the crystal, had lost consciousness.

However, a bright light pierced through his tightly closed eyes, and Daigo awoke.

"Um……?"

Under the light of Magus, the crystals surrounding Daigo's body reflected light.

The crystals were not meant to bind Daigo, but to protect him.

Light, if only that light could be stronger.

The evil god Gatanothor sensed an ominous light emanating from beneath his feet.

The Victory Flying Swallow EX-J flew overhead.

"Oh no! The evil god is going berserk!"

Gatanothor was very afraid of light, so he thrust his worm-like, multi-legged body into the seabed.

Due to Gatangia's extremely violent behavior in the sea, the Dolphin also began to shake violently.

The positive wood in the Magus power box maintains waveform stability while boosting power to its maximum value.

This power output could potentially cause unpredictable consequences when the energy tank outputs Magus energy, and Dr. Yao has explicitly prohibited it.

"Radiance!!!" Masaki Keigo shouted.

Despite the high probability of being swept away by the rushing seawater, Horii desperately tried to control the joystick in order to keep the Magus power box relatively stationary.

"Ugh! How awful!"

Shinjo also supported Horii from the sidelines.

"You must hang in there!"

In Ukraine.

In Portland.

In Brussels.

In the Tokyo Metropolitan Underground Shelter.

"Ultraman Tiga!"

The children, including Tomoki, who were closely watching the situation, did not understand what kind of war was taking place, but they wholeheartedly supported the light shining in the sea beneath the evil god's feet.

Daigo, still in his crystal state, reached out his hand towards the flickering, blinding light shining from afar.

Even just a little bit more light, a stronger light, would allow me to...

「!?」

Suddenly, the light in front of Daigo dimmed.

"What's wrong?"

The light faded into the distance from Daigo's sight.

"What happened?!"

In the sea, Gatanjah's tentacles entangled the Dolphin's extended robotic arm, and the Magus power tank was also severed.

"Damn it! It's gotten to this point!"

"Mr. Masaki!"

As it released its remaining light, the Magus Energy Tank plunged into the sea.

At the same time, the color timer on the red giant's chest went out, and he collapsed.

Lina, watching this scene from the control seat of the Victory Flying Swallow EX-J, also showed a look of despair on her face.

"How could this be?!"

The television announcer stated that this might be the last round of reporting, and described it as such.

"The rescue operation seems to have failed. Another Ultraman has also fallen in battle. It seems we are destined for destruction. Goodbye, everyone."

The announcer disappeared from in front of the camera.

Humanity's future is about to come to a complete end.

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