Cosmic Hero, Superman A-Guang

Chapter 32 The Illusory Monster Fardon

The blooming season is a feast for the eyes, but not so much for the nose. If you're allergic to pollen, various types of pollen can cause you to sneeze constantly. And Daigo is unfortunately a pollen allergy sufferer. That's why he looked terrified when talking about flower viewing earlier!

"Achoo!" Daigo sneezed again.

"Daigo, if all else fails, you should go to the treatment department."

Yang Guang reminded him.

"Alright," Daigo reluctantly agreed.

So Daigo went to the treatment room.

Meanwhile, in the GUTS command room, everyone was discussing the illusory monster that had been making headlines recently.

"I heard there have been monster sightings lately?"

"Many people saw it."

"Yes, but it seems to be an illusion?"

"There are no casualties so far, so there is no need to worry about it."

"To avoid panic among the people, it's best if our Victory Team doesn't make any moves for now," said Megumi Kijima.

Just as everyone was discussing the phantom monster, Staff Officer Tachimura called, requesting that Captain Iruma come over. So, Iruma Megumi went to Staff Officer Tachimura's office.

After exchanging a few polite words, Staff Officer Tachimura got straight to the point, stating that the monster that was currently causing such a stir was spread by their own people.

Hearing this, Megumi Kijima was also extremely surprised! Spreading rumors—isn't this just creating panic among the people?

"But why do we have to do this?" Captain Intermediate asked, puzzled.

So, Staff Officer Tatemura told Megumi that the public's reaction to the monster's appearance had been too chaotic, hindering the GUTS team's operations. Therefore, they wanted to use the news of the monster to gauge the public's reaction and use it to control them, making them more cooperative.

Upon hearing this, Megumi felt it was a deception and a form of dictatorship. She argued that the TPC should not use coercive means to control the masses and began to refute Advisor Tachimura's views!

However, Staff Officer Tachimura ignored advice and insisted on his own way. He ordered Megumi Kijima to cooperate with the operation, demanding that if reports of monsters continued to appear, the GUTS team should be dispatched to investigate, thus making the rumor seem more credible.

She even forbade Megumi from telling her teammates about it.

Although Megumi was angry, there was nothing she could do. After all, the other party was of higher rank than her!

Left with no other choice, Megumi returned to the GUTS headquarters and ordered everyone to begin investigating the phantom monster.

The team members were also puzzled. Weren't they told before that they shouldn't go out to investigate in order to avoid public panic? Why are they being asked to go out and investigate now?

The members of the GUTS team had no choice but to go to various locations to inquire about the monster.

Daigo and Yang Guang went to the place where people had previously seen the monster to investigate.

But looking at the clear blue sky, there wasn't a trace of the monster.

As the Victory Team continued their investigation, the public began to worry.

"Are there really monsters?" some members of the public asked the Victory team.

“We are still investigating,” Daigo replied.

"There must be a monster!"

"Even the Victory Team has been mobilized!"

"This is how to do ah?"

People began to feel tense and panicked.

Several days have passed, and the Victory Team has launched several large-scale searches, but still to no avail.

That night, Daigo and Munakata were on patrol in their car when Daigo spotted a monster in his rearview mirror and immediately stopped to investigate. However, the monster vanished instantly, and Daigo saw nothing, so he had to return to headquarters.

But Daigo believed there really was a monster, so he told everyone.

Unfortunately, since no damage was caused, no one cared.

The next day, everyone received numerous phone calls from people saying they had seen the monster.

So the GUTS team set off to investigate again, but were stopped by Captain Intermediate.

"Wait. I'm sorry, please listen to me. There is no monster at all. This is all a hoax created by TPC to panic the public and deliberately scare them. And I've known about this for a long time." Looking at her unsuspecting teammates, Megumi felt particularly distressed and told them the truth.

Upon hearing this, everyone understood, but they still felt a little uncomfortable about being kept in the dark!

"I'm sorry!" Megumi apologized to everyone.

"Ah, it's nothing. Captain, you've told us about it now, haven't you? I believe you must have had your reasons for not telling us before," Yang Guang said, trying to smooth things over.

*Beep beep beep* A phone call came in. "Hello?" Ye Rui answered the phone.

Then Ye Rui operated the computer for a while, and the image of a monster appeared on the screen, destroying the city!

Looking at the monster on the screen, Daigo exclaimed, "That's right, it's the same as the one I saw last night!"

The monster that appeared this time is called Falton. It has the ability to create illusions, and can create multiple illusory clones of itself. It can also swap physical forms with its illusions. It can also fire destructive beams from its nose. Although the speed is relatively slow, it is still quite troublesome to destroy.

A monster really has appeared! Captain Gijō orders the GUTS team to set off!

The group flew to the scene in the Flying Swallow, but they encountered a monster on the way.

Although everyone was puzzled, they wondered why the monster, which was supposed to be in the city, had appeared here.

But you have to attack any monster you see!

So they fired a shot at the monster, but the laser passed through the monster's body and struck the mountainside, causing a large-scale forest fire.

Uh, was it an illusion?!

Upon seeing this result, everyone realized that it was a phantom of the monster, so they headed back to the G14 region.

Upon arriving at the location, the group unleashed a barrage of lasers at the monster, but its skin seemed to be very thick, and the attacks did little damage.

The monster was annoyed by the constant attacks from the planes, so it emitted light from its back, blocking everyone's view.

Everyone else flew out, but Daigo was still inside.

"Daigo, come out quickly!" everyone cried out anxiously, but Yang Guang remained calm. Yang Guang knew that Daigo was deliberately hiding, so that no one would see his transformation.

Just as Yang Guang had predicted, a loud bang was heard, the monster was knocked to the ground, the light disappeared, and everyone saw Tiga's figure standing in the city.

"Haha, it's my turn!" Daigo thought to himself.

Before the monster could stand up, Tiga stepped forward and started punching and kicking it. However, the monster had high defense, and Tiga's attacks did not cause much damage.

The monster raised its head and fired a ray from its head. Tiga jumped to dodge it, and as he landed, he delivered a flying kick that struck the monster, causing it to stagger back several steps.

"This monster has high defense, but low agility."

Tiga thought to himself, then stepped forward and unleashed another flurry of blows.

However, the monster was no pushover. It used its two large pincers to clamp down on Tiga's arms, rendering him unable to move. Then, it fired a beam of light close to Tiga's face, hitting him and causing him to fall heavily to the ground.

Tiga thought to himself, "You use beams, but don't I have mine too? Then let me show you the power of the Zeperion Beam!"

Before the beam of light could even be emitted, the monster summoned a phantom behind Tiga. Unexpectedly, this monster could switch forms with the phantom, and thus attacked Tiga from behind, interrupting Tiga's ultimate attack!

Tiga stood up and saw only illusions all around him, unable to distinguish between the real and the fake. He was ambushed by monsters several times. Tiga was so badly beaten that the color timer on his chest started beeping red.

Ultraman Tiga is in danger!

Seeing Tiga suffer a setback, the crew on the Flying Swallow prepared to help him and attacked the monster. Unfortunately, it was just an illusion. The laser beam passed through the monster's illusion and struck the building, causing massive damage.

Seeing this, everyone knew they couldn't attack indiscriminately.

Seeing this, Yang Guang knew there was no other way but to transform himself to help Ultraman Tiga.

Without saying a word, he parked the plane nearby and then transformed into Ultraman Geed to save the day.

So, what follows is the much-anticipated two-on-one showdown.

Without a word, Gad attacked the nearest monster. Hmm... fake, next one, fake, the next one, still fake!

With no other option, they had to stand back-to-back with Tiga and confront the monster.

You might not believe it, but the two Ultras were surrounded by a monster! What was supposed to be a righteous two-on-one battle turned out to be a two-on-one situation!

The monster doesn't attack proactively because it knows that it will be discovered if it does.

Gade, observing the monsters pacing around him, came up with an idea: to unleash an area-of-effect attack. He hadn't used this technique before because area-of-effect attacks were relatively weak and couldn't inflict significant damage on the enemies.

So Gade began to gather energy. No, I mean, he gathered the light energy within his body, and then exploded it. The energy formed a circle that spread outwards, passing directly through the phantoms, and finally hitting the real thing, knocking the monster backwards.

Found it! It's there!

Tiga quickly fired a beam of light, injuring the monster!

Before the monster could react, the two Ultras stepped forward, pinned it down, and began to beat it.

I'll make you feel empty, I'll make you feel illusory! I'll make you feel both empty and illus

Seeing that the monster was almost defeated, the two Ultras, one human and one beam of light, destroyed it! Then, with a shout, Xia and the other flew into the sky.

The monster incident has ended these past two days, but Megumi Kijima hasn't gone to the command center to direct everyone. Everyone knows that Megumi Kijima feels guilty for hiding the truth from them before.

Today, after much deliberation, Megumi Kijima made her decision. She went alone to Director Sawai's office and submitted her resignation.

However, Director Sawai disagreed with Megumi's resignation and told her that the GUTS team needed her. He also comforted her, telling her to trust her teammates and that they wouldn't lose faith in her because of this incident!

Captain Iruma returned to the GUTS command room and, seeing that her teammates held no grudges, smiled with gratitude.