What does it mean that the group members have given me back the light?

Gu Nuo fell into deep thought, the conversation with Tiga's consciousness echoing in his mind:

"How can we help him regain his former glory?" He started by asking about Daigo Madoka.

"The light has never truly left; it has always slumbered in his heart. With just the right guidance, this power can be reawakened."

"I see..." Gu Nuo understood in his heart.

But at that moment, the giant's voice resounded once again deep within his consciousness:

Why do you think He chose to leave?

Gu Nuo was slightly taken aback, then realized that "He" referred to Haji Guang.

"I am not sure."

As Gu Nuo spoke, his fingers unconsciously tightened around the cold surface of the magic wand: "According to Him, I am still too weak."

“No, if it really is what He said, then He is lying to you. You are excellent, second to none.” Tiga shook his head; He did not agree with this answer.

Gu Nuo: "...?"

Faced with his questioning gaze, the giant never gave a final answer until the very end.

So, what exactly does He mean?

Gu Nuo was deep in thought.

Just then, a series of exclamations interrupted his thoughts.

The crowd stirred, and countless fingers pointed to the sky in unison.

"Look! What is that?"

"rainbow?"

"It's a rainbow, no doubt... wait, why are the colors completely reversed?!"

He looked in the direction of the voices and saw an unusual rainbow bridge stretching silently across the sky—the usual spectrum of colors, which should have been red on the outside and purple on the inside, was now completely reversed.

The outermost layer is a deep violet color, gradually transitioning inwards to indigo, azure, and emerald green, until the innermost layer transforms into a fiery crimson.

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Chapter 77 Lipia: Humans...a wondrous race... (4k)

"A rainbow with completely reversed colors... I've never seen anything like it before..."

Before anyone knew it, Banami saw Anjana had moved closer to her. She raised her phone and snapped photos of the sky repeatedly, the crisp clicks standing out clearly amidst the noise.

Flipping through the photos she had just taken, the blue-haired girl muttered to herself:

"I wonder if sending these photos to Karen-chan... will calm her down..."

"Looks like you have quite a few people who care about you..."

Gu Nuo moved closer to cooperate with her movements, and together with Banami, they faced the camera, their backs to the rainbow, and made a selfie gesture: "What did your family say?"

"Haha, well..."

A bright smile bloomed on Hanami's face, making her look especially radiant in front of the camera.

However, the moment the shutter clicked, the smile on her face vanished as quickly as the tide receded, replaced by a completely sullen, cat-like expression.

"I got really badly scolded..."

Bana saw Anna sigh softly, her voice tinged with helplessness:

"My mom scolded me for a long time on the phone, asking where I had gone..."

She was so aggrieved that she almost cried. Just a short while ago, she had displayed her divine power by summoning Chi You, not only fighting fiercely against that ferocious alien beast, but also delivering several heavy blows to that dark giant, giving Ultraman a great assist—to put it more grandly, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a feat of saving the world, right?

But the reality is that, apart from a handful of people, no one knows what she did. In the eyes of her family and friends, she was just a crazy girl who didn't know the importance of things and ran around recklessly in a time of crisis. When she returned home, she would not be greeted with flowers and praise, but rather with a cane soaked in salt water.

That's terrible.

Gu Nuo looked at her with a bit of sympathy, thankfully she didn't have any family.

"Excuse me... is there still no news about my husband?"

"And my sister, she also suddenly disappeared while we were taking refuge..."

"dad……"

A sudden burst of questions reached Gu Nuo's ears.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a dozen or so people surrounding a staff member in uniform not far away. Among them were a middle-aged woman with an anxious expression, a high school student in school uniform, and a child tightly clutching the hem of his clothes.

"Everyone, please calm down..."

Staff members worked hard to maintain order:

"We at TPC will do everything in our power to search for every missing person, please rest assured. However, we are currently facing a severe shortage of manpower, so..."

Despite his best efforts to explain, the crowd's anxiety did not diminish at all. People still surrounded him tightly, asking questions one after another, making it almost impossible for the staff member to move.

Are there really so many victims?

Seeing this scene, Gu Nuo unconsciously reached for the pocket on his chest.

But his movements quickly froze in mid-air.

For a moment, he didn't even know what he was thinking.

He knew better than anyone that if these missing people had indeed encountered alien beasts, then their chances of survival were probably extremely slim.

Having experienced countless life-or-death battles with alien beasts, he understood the habits of these creatures.

Moreover... he is no longer a suitable candidate...

"Nono..."

Banami took a small half-step forward and cautiously looked up into the boy's eyes.

She naturally noticed the distressing commotion not far away, and opened her mouth several times as if to say something, but in the end, she couldn't utter any words of comfort.

"Please go and investigate that rainbow!"

A girl's voice, almost trembling with excitement, suddenly rang out, bringing Gu Nuo and Banai back to their senses.

A high school girl was seen speaking emotionally to a staff member:

“My mother was driving away from the disaster when this rainbow appeared and then disappeared! This can’t possibly be a coincidence!”

"Um... Sister, calm down, calm down first before we talk..."

Behind her, a male high school student was anxiously tugging at her sleeve, whispering words of comfort.

"How could I possibly calm down!"

The high school girl retorted with a choked voice, but under the boy's repeated insistence, she was eventually half-persuaded and half-pulled away from the crowd.

"...I'm so sorry, everyone."

The staff member wiped the sweat from his brow wearily: "But please believe that we at TPC will do everything in our power to save everyone."

Wasn't he also extremely anxious? But given the current situation, even if the entire TPC's manpower were divided and increased several times over, it would probably be difficult to cope with such a huge rescue demand.

Now... even the missing Director Sawai...

Thinking of this, the staff member shook his head, turned around and quickly left, leaving behind a group of pale-faced and dim-eyed people.

"...I'll go take a look. You wait for me here."

Gu Nuo remained silent for a while, then looked at the girl beside him and spoke.

"...Huh? But...wait a minute! Nono!"

Bana saw that Anja was stunned, not expecting her to still do it.

But it was too late when he tried to call her back. Gu Nuo clearly didn't intend to ask for her consent. After saying that, he quickly disappeared into the crowd.

She subconsciously bit her lower lip and was about to chase after him, but as soon as she took a step, she seemed to suddenly remember something and stopped in her tracks.

After a brief hesitation, Anna quickly opened the long-unused chat group:

[Old Eight's Big Stomach: Everyone, do you have a moment? Nono might be in danger!]

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"found it……"

Gu Nuo's gaze pierced through the throng of people and locked onto the dejected, receding figures of the brother and sister.

Just as he was about to step forward to ask, a familiar voice suddenly rang in his mind:

"...What do you want to do, Gu Nuo?"

"...You've come at the perfect time."

Gu Nuo paused slightly and stopped in place. "I happen to have some questions I want to ask you."

Instead of asking the siblings who only have a vague understanding of the truth, directly asking this superpowered person who may have witnessed the whole thing would obviously yield more accurate clues.

"I'm near Tokyo Bay now, you know that rainbow with its colors reversed..."

"I know, but do you really want to keep getting involved?"

Kirino Makio interrupted abruptly:

"You are no longer Ultraman, you no longer have the power to fight against monsters. The light has completed its inheritance, and this impending tragedy will ultimately be resolved by Ultraman Tiga and the official organization. What can you do if you go there now?"

"...There's nothing we can do about it."

Gu Nuo paused for a moment, then explained, "Nexus is currently fighting that strange dark giant, Tiga is protecting more people in the city, and the official organization can't mobilize any more people... Every second that passes could mean someone dying, and I happen to have time and some other resources at my disposal..."

"...Cherish your own life, Gu Nuo, you've already given enough to humanity!"

Kirino Makio paused, then his tone became earnest:

"Have you forgotten the prophecy? You are just a young boy. Now that you have survived, the best thing to do is to stay safely in the shelter before the prophecy comes true and wait for the disaster in the outside world to subside. This is the best choice for everyone."

In the distance, Kirino Makio's gaze pierced through layers of space, his eyes behind his glasses fixed anxiously on the boy.

His palms were unconsciously sweating, and his gaze was fixed on that young face—a face filled with emotions he knew all too well.

He had a bad feeling, which reached its peak after watching the light on Gu Nuo disappear.

As an observer watching the other side fight, Kirino Makio knew better than anyone the pain the boy had endured during the battle, those nights fighting against the alien beasts, those moments struggling on the edge of life and death.

But this clarity only made it harder for him to accept.

Why, why can't a boy who has survived with great difficulty cherish his life like an ordinary person?

Having already shed the burden of being a suitable candidate, and already covered in wounds, why do they still rush into danger time and time again?

Didn't you say... you're the most afraid of death among the adaptable individuals?

He waited for the other party's reply, but in the end...

"...About the prophecy...of course I still remember it."

Gu Nuo's silence slowly spread between the two, eventually turning into an almost inaudible sigh.

He avoided Kirino's question, but simply repeated the same question:

“So, about that rainbow,” Gu Nuo asked, “if you know anything about it, please tell me.”

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Beyond the atmosphere, a slender and graceful silver figure floated silently in space, gazing at the blue planet below.

His gaze pierced through the clouds and saw the planet as it was now.

The churning clouds and raging lightning covered almost the entire surface of the planet, and were becoming increasingly violent and terrifying at a visible speed.

On the ground, countless tiny figures screamed and wailed, fear spreading like a plague.

He watched the battle between the silver-black giant and the dark giant with wings that followed—the latter's blade-like wings gleamed ominously in the darkness, and the silver-black giant was clearly struggling and could barely hold on.