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Chapter 264 The Intertwining of Salvation and Annihilation! The Resolve of the Twin Ultramen
As the morning mist dissipated, Takaga Yume and Irene, one on each side, supported Fujimiya, who was in a deep coma, and took him to a sanatorium at the foot of the mountain.
After settling Fujimiya in, Koga Yume stood in front of the television in the corridor, her face pale.
Breaking news is playing on the screen.
"The outskirts of Sugu in the Northwest Desert Defense Zone have now become a devastating battlefield! Ninety percent of the defense force's tank units have been destroyed! The XIG's attacks are completely ineffective; the monsters' attack power has not diminished at all!"
News footage shows the enormous, crustacean-like subterranean monster, Zhong Nai'er, wreaking havoc.
The fire is raging and thick smoke is billowing, and the death toll is rising rapidly.
Gao Womeng clenched his fists tightly.
The massive fire made rescue efforts impossible, and if the situation continued to deteriorate, the entire Sugu defense zone would be in grave danger.
Just then, a little boy in a wheelchair looked at the distant sky with innocent anticipation in his eyes.
"I believe Ultraman will definitely save them!" the little boy said, clenching his fist.
These words struck Gao Womeng hard in the heart.
He lowered his head, looked at his blue sapphire cone, and fell into deep self-doubt.
He felt an unprecedented sense of confusion about the meaning of Ultraman's existence.
"You have given me strength..."
Koga silently asked himself, looking at the red light, "But is it really something meaningful?"
Jingling, who was standing to the side, noticed Gaowo's struggle.
She stepped forward and said softly but with unusual certainty, "The encounter may be accidental, but everything that happens must have its meaning. Otherwise, nothing could be changed."
Gao Wa Meng suddenly raised her head and looked at Jing Ling.
Yes, since everything that happens has its own meaning, then the meaning of his being chosen by the Light of the Earth is to protect everything that should be protected in front of him!
He ran out quickly.
"Fujimiya...I'm Ultraman too!"
Gao Womeng's gaze regained its resolve.
A blinding red light shot into the sky!
My dream is finally no longer a blur!
The rebellious son of the earth is going to quell the monster's wrath!
[This is a true guardian; even if Agul caused this mess, Gaia will clean it up!]
[Sigh, can't monsters coexist with humans? They're weakening Earth's own power.]
The scene shifts, and a red light traverses mountains and seas as Ultraman Gaia's massive body crashes down on the Su Valley defense zone, barely blocking Zhong Naier's deadly fireball aimed at the Cool Dragon team's fighter jet.
Gaia lunged forward, using both hands to engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat with Zhong Naier.
"Why go against the will of Earth?" Gaia asked in his mind as he punched the monster away.
At the same time, inside Zhifushan Hospital.
As if sensing Gaia's presence, Fujimiya, who had been unconscious on the hospital bed, suddenly woke up!
He sat up abruptly, yanked the IV tube off the back of his hand, and his eyes were terrifyingly sharp.
"Wait! What do you want to do now that things are already like this?!" Jing Ling rushed forward to stop him.
Fujimiya shoved Irene aside, his gaze fixed on the window: "It is human ignorance that has caused the Earth to cry out for life! Those who knowingly obstruct it, I will defeat them no matter what!"
Fujimiya had only one goal at this moment: to teach Gaia, who was hindering him at every turn, a lesson.
However, just as he forced himself to walk into the hospital lobby, a piercing air raid siren suddenly sounded over the Zhifu Mountain area!
The earthquake trembled, and the hospital walls began to peel off.
Another monster that was forcibly awakened by Fujimiya last night—the magma monster, the subterranean beast Gil-2—is now emerging from the ground, roaring as it approaches the hospital step by step!
XIG's Lightning team fighters have arrived, and their artillery fire explodes on Gil, but it cannot stop the monster's advance.
The hospital was instantly thrown into chaos. Medical staff frantically evacuated patients, amidst screams and cries.
Fujimiya walked against the flow of fleeing people, intending to leave this place to find Gaia.
However, a shrill child's voice stopped him in his tracks.
"Help me, Ultraman! Help me, Ultraman!"
The little boy in the wheelchair fell to the ground during the shoving. Looking at the terrifying monster getting closer and closer outside the window, he cried out in despair, "Please save me... Ultraman!"
Fujimiya stopped in his tracks.
He saw the graffiti on the little boy's hand.
That was a picture of a red giant and a blue giant holding hands.
He turned his head and looked at the ordinary people who were powerless to resist the monster and were trembling in fear.
He kept saying that he was protecting the Earth, not humanity. But at this moment, facing these vibrant, desperate lives, his heart was violently shaken.
He recalled the people he had saved.
Jingling rushed forward and pulled the little boy into her arms. She looked up, her gaze piercing Fujimiya's soul.
"All you want to do is save the Earth, right? You think ignorant humans have nothing to do with you? Then get out of here!"
These words, like a sharp sword, instantly pierced through all of Fujimiya's pretense and stubbornness.
[Jing Ling's words were too harsh! She put the arrogant guy in a very difficult position!]
This is a soul-searching question!
[Saying no with your mouth, but your body says otherwise. Fujimiya, you try walking away!]
He can't leave! There's light in his heart too!
Fujimiya turned around; his body was extremely weak.
"Knowing it's useless... I still want to protect humanity."
Fujimiya took out the Sapphire Bracelet, a self-deprecating bitter smile tugging at the corners of his lips. "Is this how it is? Is this... what they call Ultraman?"
A dazzling blue light suddenly erupted in front of the hospital!
Ultraman Agul's towering figure stood resolutely between Gil-II and the hospital!
In the sky, Wei Weike, who was piloting his fighter jet in preparation for an attack, was stunned.
"The Blue Giant..."
He knew that this hospital was where Fujimiya stayed.
"Support Ultraman!"
Wei Weike's tone changed; he no longer referred to him as an enemy, but acknowledged his identity as Ultraman.
The image on the screen split in two.
On one side is Gaia, fiercely battling Zhong Nai'er in the afterglow of the setting sun; on the other side is Agul, dragging his crippled body, desperately protecting the hospital.
On the battlefield of Sugu, Gaia has completely suppressed Zhong Naier.
He gathered red light around his head with both hands, about to unleash his ultimate attack, the Photon Ice Blade.
If this blow lands, Zhong Nai'er will surely die.
But at the critical moment, Gaia's hand abruptly stopped in mid-air.
The words Jing Ling had said in the hospital echoed in his mind: "Is hatred the only way to solve problems?"
Gaia lowered her hands and dissipated her energy.
He looked at the monster before him, which shouldn't have woken up but had been forcibly awakened and was now filled with fear and rage.
Gaia, who originally wanted to destroy it, ultimately chose to use the power of persuasion to calm Zhong Nai'er's anger, allowing the victimized giant beast to retreat safely into the underground.
On another battlefield.
Agul had no choice but to confront the raging Gil-II. Behind him were countless innocent civilians and the little boy who had begged him for help.
To protect humanity, he seized the moment when Gilgamesh II opened its abdominal carapace to prepare to unleash a lava projectile, and without hesitation, unleashed his ultimate move—the Photon Crusher!
The blue beam of light instantly pierced through Gilgamesh II's body.
In a violent explosion, the monster that Fujimiya himself had released was annihilated into pieces by his own hands.
As the two battles came to an end, the sun sank completely below the horizon.
The image freezes on the light that caused the two Ultramen to disappear.
The episode ends with a slightly somber instrumental piece, leaving the audience with endless aftertaste.
……
The bullet comments and comment sections on major platforms went completely crazy.
This episode elevates the core themes of the entire series to a new level.
Countless long analytical posts have sprung up like mushrooms after rain on related special effects forums and online communities.
One post titled "Episode 24: The Paradox of Salvation and Destruction, the Intertwining of Twin Ultramen!" quickly rose to the top of the trending list within minutes.
"After watching this episode, I got goosebumps all over. Gu Nan's writing skills are truly terrifying!"
This episode is a philosophical debate about ideals and reality!
Think back carefully to the ending of the two characters in this episode. What kind of irony and shock was that?
Gaia, an Ultraman who fights to protect humanity, chose to let the monster go despite having an overwhelming advantage.
Agul, an Ultraman who claimed to want to eliminate humanity in order to protect the Earth, ended up killing the monster he had awakened, the one representing the will of the Earth, in order to protect humanity!
This is absolutely brilliant!
Even if two people have exchanged feelings, their actions are completely opposite.
This sense of intertwined fates elevates the entire theme of the tokusatsu drama to a new level!
I was truly shocked!
The netizens below were very enthusiastic, and the depth of their discussion was astonishing.
The most impressive part of this episode is Fujimiya's transformation.
Jingling's line, "You only want to save the earth, right? You think ignorant humans have nothing to do with you? Then hurry up and leave," really hits the soul! Fujimiya may seem cold, but his heart is softer than anyone else's.
He looked at the little boy crying for help; he simply couldn't stand idly by.
He verbally denounced humanity as a cancer, but when that cancer faced destruction, he transformed into a shield. "Knowing it's futile, yet still protecting humanity"—this was his overturning of his own beliefs, and the first step towards redemption.
[And the scene where Gaia puts down the photon ice blade is a stark contrast.]
He was initially driven to fight by rage, but he eventually realized that killing wouldn't solve anything. The monsters were also life on Earth, victims forcibly awakened by Agul.
If Gaia had killed Zhong Nair, he would have been no different from Fujimiya, who achieved his goals through violence. Gaia chose forgiveness, chose to quell his anger—this is the true guardian of the earth!
Extreme ideologies are ineffective in the face of complex realities. Fujimiya wanted to use monsters to destroy humanity, but the monsters nearly killed innocent civilians, forcing him to take matters into his own hands and eliminate the threat.
What does this show? It shows that once the forces of nature spiral out of control, they become indiscriminate in their distinction between good and evil. Fujimiya's attempt to play the role of God ultimately resulted in him reaping the bitter fruits of his own actions.
In contrast, my dream showed that he accepted the complexities of reality and found a difficult balance between protecting humanity and respecting nature.
The discussions on the forum were heated. Instead of blindly praising or criticizing, the audience was guided by the plot and engaged in a deep exchange of ideas.
From Fujimiya's arrogance and compromise, to the confusion and determination of my dream; from humanity's selfishness in destroying the environment, to the brilliance of humanity in the face of disaster.
With its stunning visual effects and brutal plot logic, Gaia constantly challenges the boundaries of viewers' cognition.
Everyone is eagerly anticipating whether, after this clash of ideologies and the harsh reality, the twins Koga Yume and Fujimiya will reach a point of complete rupture or ultimately reconcile in the future storyline.
The final chapters of the first season have already begun!