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Kotaro lit the firewood.
The fire gradually rose, illuminating the dark coastline before sunrise. He watched the chikulis flowers he had planted with his own hands being eaten away and devoured by the spreading fire.
"Hey, what are you doing over there! Are you setting the fire?"
A ZAT patrol car, Rabbit Bear, came to the side of the road.
The driver was Jiro Nishida. Because the monster escaped with injuries and might come back at any time, ZAT stepped up patrols along the coast of Tokyo.
Although he didn't see the monster, Nishida saw the fire. Arson in the wild is not a trivial matter and it can cause a fire to spread if you are not careful.
He got out of the car carrying a fire extinguisher.
The foam fire extinguisher was sprayed at the burning flowers.
"Hey, this flower is a monster, don't put out the fire."
"Monster?" Nishida looked at the young man. "So you started the fire. What is this monster you're talking about?"
Persecution delusion?
There are still a lot of people like this, who always feel that everything around them is a monster.
Kotaro didn't know how to explain, but he didn't need to explain. A tentacle stretched out from the extinguished flowers and rolled towards the two of them.
"careful!"
Kotaro pulled Nishida down, and the tentacles swept over their heads. Looking closely, they were bright red flower vines, and also looked like the wriggling tongue of a living creature.
"Hurry! Get in the car with me!"
Seeing that the tentacles were about to roll over again, Nishida pulled Kotaro and ran towards the Rabbit Bear. There were weapons on the car and the car itself had a defense system.
"Wait a minute, there's someone else..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Where is there anyone else? Aren't you the only one here in the middle of the night?"
Sure enough, when Kotaro turned around, the girl was gone again.
After the two ran into the Rabbit Bear, the tentacles rolled over and wrapped the entire car, but they were injured by the Rabbit Bear's external strong voltage activated by Nishida.
“This car is nice.”
"That's right. Even dealing with monsters is no problem."
Just as Nishida was about to brag, he felt the ground shake. A huge hole appeared in the ground, and a huge monster emerged from underground.
The tentacle just now was connected to its body and was part of its right hand.
"Headquarters, this is Rabbit Bear. A monster has appeared in Tokyo Bay! Yes, a giant monster that is over 40 meters tall!"
After hanging up the phone, Nishida started the car.
"Not attacking?" Kotaro asked when he saw Nishida driving in another direction.
"That's a big monster. The Rabbit Bear won't work. The plane from headquarters will be here soon."
"How do you know it won't work if you haven't attacked it yet? Are you going to give up without even trying?"
Nishida thought Kotaro was a bit crazy. It was a monster that was 40 to 50 meters tall! How could he test it? He could just step on it and it would be gone.
Although the Rabbit Bear also has laser cannons and rocket launchers, and is more armed than the previous TAC Panther, the output power of the vehicle's weapons is completely incomparable to that of the fighter plane. It can't even contain it.
However, just as the Rabbit Bear was sailing away along the coastline, the sea ahead began to boil.
The oil-eating monster that escaped yesterday has reappeared.
There are monsters in front and behind.
Nishida had to stop the car and got out with the ZAT gun.
"Can you use a gun?"
Tokotaro nodded.
"Take this." Nishida took a spare gun from the car and gave it to Kotaro.
Although giving firearms to civilians is against discipline, there is no need to worry about it at this time. After all, having weapons is safer.
"This is for your self-defense. After I shoot here and attract the monster's attention, you run in the other direction. There is a shelter in the park. Do you understand?"
"What did you say? Are you saying that you will be the bait and let me escape?" Kotaro couldn't accept this.
"Listen, because I am a member of the ZAT. When I put on this uniform, I have the responsibility to protect civilians. If you put on this uniform one day, you will understand. Until then, live well."
Looking at the ZAT member in front of him who was a few years younger than him, Kotaro felt a little touched.
Wearing the ZAT uniform brings with it responsibilities. So, what are his responsibilities after being chosen by Hikari?
Nishida is indeed young. He had excellent grades in school. A few years ago, when others were only in high school, he graduated from college and got a degree. Now at the age of 19, he is already a well-known electrical engineer in the industry and is also active on the battlefield.
Nishida opened fire, and the bullets from the ZAT gun burst into flames before dawn, tearing through the darkness.
"Now, run!"
In order to give Kotaro some time, Nishida deliberately moved closer to the monster. The huge monster was right in front of him, and the scene was shocking, giving people a huge sense of pressure physiologically.
It's like the end of the world.
This is also the first time that Nishida faces a monster. Is this how all the previous TAC team members fought monsters?
The ZAT gun's bullets create sparks on the monster's skin, but have no other effects.
At this time, Nishida heard another gunshot.
It's Kotaro.
"Why don't you run? Don't shoot. That's for self-defense. Shooting will attract the monster's attention."
But Kotaro continued to shoot.
"You have one head, and I have one head." Kotaro said.
In any case, he is not the one who needs protection.
"Hey!" Nishida couldn't stop him and could only worry and regret giving him the gun.
But the ZAT gun really didn't work. Kotaro attacked his old acquaintance, the one he had strangled with a crane yesterday.
He had a crane back then, and he has a gun this time, but the results seem to be no different.
The monster that devoured the oil spewed flames of nearly a thousand degrees from its mouth, leaving a sea of fire wherever it passed.
The monster that grew out of the Chikulis flower whistled with a long whip in its hand, causing mountains to collapse and the earth to crack. Its abdomen was like a blooming flower, a giant Chikulis flower, emitting highly toxic yellow smoke.
After just smelling a small amount, Nishida's consciousness became a little fuzzy.
After wiping his nose, he found that the back of his hand was bright red. The poison gas was corrosive and had ulcerated the nasal mucosa.
Maybe the trachea and lungs are also injured.
"Hey, are you okay?"
As long as you work hard, you can achieve anything. This seems like a fairy tale. Humans have their limits.
Although he was very unwilling, Kotaro was clearly aware of this.
He took off the badge on his arm and looked down at it with some confusion.
When humans fight to their limit, Ultraman will appear. But he is that Ultraman now.
"Do you think that becoming Taro means you lose?"
Kotaro thought it was the little girl talking to him again, but this time it was not the voice in his heart.
of course not.
Becoming Taro just means the battle has just begun!
Taking a deep breath, he put his hands on his waist and raised the badge above his head.
"Taro!"
Chapter 336: The Light of Taro, Shatter it!
Standing at dawn, a red giant under the sky where darkness and light meet.
He has three horns on his head, just like Aquaman's trident, which is very different from all the previous images of Ultra Brothers.
In the distance, the Tianjing was coming from the horizon.
"That's the new giant!"
After Ace, another Ultra Warrior came to Earth.
"Captain, look, that's Nishida!"
Taro picked up the unconscious Nishida, away from the monster, and placed him in a distant place with fresh air and no corrosive pollen.
"Nishida looks terrible, call an ambulance!"
Moriyama, the communicator who stayed at the headquarters, quickly contacted an ambulance. On the other side, Taro jumped between the two monsters.
The Chikulis flower is a cosmic creature. After it is planted in the soil, its roots will extend rapidly to absorb nutrients.
The nutrition it needs does not come from the soil, but from preying on various creatures. From big monsters to small insects, they are all within its prey range. Then it evolved into the cosmic monster Astroromus.
Although Taro had experienced countless mock battles in the Land of Light, this was his first time actually fighting an enemy.
Just as my father said, without the plasma spark tower to replenish energy at any time, and even without the sun, the darkest time of the day is before dawn.
He felt a strange sense of weakness. On this planet, he felt that his energy was depleting very quickly. And the enemy was not a virtual simulation. If he didn't know when to stop, he would really kill him.
"Hey, Gaia, are you there?"
no respond.
There should be Gaia on this planet, but Gaia did not appear.
He was not afraid. Taro from the Land of Light was definitely not a coward. He just felt a little unfamiliar.
The first time I walked out of the house, I faced the strangeness and novelty of an unknown world.
"Okay, let's do it!"
In one go, Taro faced the space monster Astroromus, which threatened him the most. The blooming Chikulis flower on his chest seemed to be mocking him. It was planted by him.
"You monster, let me give you a taste of this!"