RBCT Chapter 241 "The Wild Beast Encirclement" and the Divergence of Ideas
Chapter 241 "The Wild Beast Encirclement" and the Divergence of Ideas
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Friday night at 8 PM.
After the classic theme song ends, the title of episode twelve appears—"The Wild Things Are Surrounding Us."
The main feature begins.
As night fell, an extremely small space capsule crashed like a shooting star in the suburbs of Jinghai City.
A deliveryman who was making deliveries at night stopped his vehicle and curiously approached.
The space capsule slowly opened, and a monster with a body size no different from a human, covered in thick, long hair, and resembling a werewolf from European mythology emerged.
However, unlike ordinary monsters, its cries were extremely weak, lacking any air of arrogance. Instead, it looked around as if it were a stray dog that had lost its way to an unfamiliar environment, filled with fear and unease.
"What is this? You monster, come closer if you dare!"
However, instead of running away, the extremely reckless deliveryman roared, got into a fighting stance, and charged at the monster with great ferocity, unleashing a barrage of attacks.
The monster, in pain and instinctively enraged, instantly switched to counterattack mode.
After a scream, the scene cuts away.
[Holy crap? This guy is too brave! He's got real martial spirit! He's going to take on an alien monster head-on?!]
[This monster looks quite timid, so why did it attack right away? This is clearly a stress response.]
Wait a minute, this guy looks familiar...he seems to know a little bit about martial arts.
[Hey! Isn't that the spotlight suit actor?!]
No wonder this passerby was so brave! He didn't get paid enough to play Ultraman and came out to get beaten up, hahaha!
The scene shifts to the XIG air base command center.
The large screen is displaying detection data of the incident site.
The commander of the stone chamber, his face ashen, decisively issued the order: "In principle, capture them, but depending on the situation, shooting is also permitted. As for the criteria for judgment, you can decide that yourselves."
Then, an extremely funny scene unfolded.
The Lightning team, which has always been the ace of the air, was surprisingly assigned to this extremely physically demanding ground tracking mission.
Captain Wei Weike, along with his team members Kitada and Okawara, were desperately chasing the monster through the city at night, carrying specially made pistols loaded with tranquilizer darts.
After all that trouble, when the monster finally appeared before them, the usually arrogant Wei Weike transformed into a "master of human outline drawing."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
All the tranquilizer darts hit the tree trunks and rocks around the monster, without even grazing its fur.
The monster glanced at them, let out a low growl that sounded almost mocking in a very human-like manner, and then turned and ran into the depths of the dense forest.
Kitada and Okawara collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, staring blankly at their captain.
I, too, uttered a questioning, soul-searching question: "Captain...is your marksmanship not very good?"
Wei Weike blushed and awkwardly retorted, "I've received survival combat training! That guy was too fast!"
[Hahaha! Laughing like crazy! The ace pilot's sunset-red marksmanship!]
[Ōkawara: Captain, so you only crash so few times because you're lucky? Your marksmanship is worse than mine!]
[Actually, Captain Wei Weike can't shoot at all~doge]
[A master of human body outline!]
The captain's illustrious career was ruined by these few shots.
[Actually, their shooting accuracy from the plane is indeed quite high; it seems that different fields are like different worlds.]
Is the defense force's physical fitness really that poor?
[Monster: With marksmanship like that, you couldn't hit me even if I stood still!]
Just when the Blitzkrieg team was performing terribly, a fully armed ground force intervened on the battlefield with exceptional professionalism.
The man leading the team had a cold expression and piercing eyes: "Let me introduce myself. I'm Senuma from the Special Search Team. Leave the rest to us."
This is the Lizard Team, a ground search unit belonging to the Geo base's intelligence department.
They are responsible for searching for unusual phenomena on the ground and are extremely well-equipped.
As night fell again, the atmosphere on the outskirts of the city grew increasingly tense.
Just as the Lizard Team was preparing to launch their encirclement, an extremely slender figure, yet exuding an astonishing aura, slowly emerged from the dark street corner.
It's Fujimiya!
Fujimiya stared at the monster that was trying to approach with extremely cold eyes.
He simply stood there quietly, emanating an extremely terrifying, invisible pressure.
The monster seemed to sense the threat of some extremely deadly power of light.
From its perspective, it was a blue giant!
Immediately, it let out a terrified scream and turned to flee in panic.
[The ultimate show-off makes his appearance! He even comes with his own personal background music!]
Holy crap! This oppressive aura is enough to scare monsters away without even transforming?!
[Fujimiya's human form's fighting power is outrageous! That look could kill!]
[Fujimiya: I heard that passerby was one of my costume actors? I'm here to get revenge for him!]
Meanwhile, Koga was analyzing the monster's data at an extremely rapid pace inside the base.
He reported his extremely bold conjecture to his superiors: "In order to resist the harsh environment of the universe, this creature was transformed into another form, its true form existing as gas. From another perspective, this creature might also be a victim."
However, from a human survival standpoint, this unknown creature is an extremely dangerous time bomb.
The commander of the stone chamber looked at me, and asked with extreme seriousness and restraint, "Do you have any evidence?"
Despite his profound humanitarian concern, as a commander, he could not gamble the lives of the entire city on a single possibility.
Ultimately, the higher-ups, with utter desperation, issued an order to hunt down the monster, which had been named Ulfgas.
However, an unexpected change occurred.
To protect itself, the monster hid in a chemical plant and began frantically absorbing enormous amounts of natural gas.
Accompanied by a strong smell of gas, its body instantly swelled up, letting out a deafening roar, and it grew to gigantic size!
Because the monster's body is filled with flammable natural gas, conventional firearms and missile attacks could easily trigger unimaginable explosions, completely destroying the surrounding streets and civilians.
An extremely dazzling blue light shone in front of the chemical plant, and Ultraman Agul made a powerful appearance!
Agul displayed overwhelming combat power against this gigantic Ulfgas.
However, instead of killing it swiftly as he usually did, he seemed to be deliberately stalling for time, engaging in a very casual tug-of-war with the monster.
[You hit me when I wasn't wearing a suit, and now that I'm wearing one, what are you calling me?!]
[Agul is clearly throwing the game away! How could he not finish it in a second?]
What is he doing? With his strength, killing this monster would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?
I think I guessed it; he just contacted me about Meng.
He was testing Gaia's attitude!
Sure enough, I saw my dream arrive in a fighter jet.
Agul directly gathered energy with both hands and transferred it to his head!
This is the start-up of the photon crusher!
Seeing this, I naturally couldn't let him detonate the monster and cause a gas explosion, so I immediately chose to transform into Gaia!
The two sides clashed at this moment!
Photon Ice Blade VS Photon Crusher!
[Ulfgas: You two keep fighting, or I'm leaving?]
Wow, Gaia's first energy blast was against his teammate!
However, neither side has won.
In this extremely critical moment, the laboratory finally developed a crucial weapon: "By solidifying and launching the substance produced by this chemical formula, the monstrous Ulfgas can be transformed back into its original gaseous state!"
"Leave it to me!"
Captain Wei Weike took the three specially made rounds of ammunition, one for each of his team members, and with a determination to wash away the shame, bravely piloted their fighter jets toward the front line.
This time, Wei Weike didn't outline it.
At an extremely tricky angle, he precisely pulled the trigger, and the specially made ammunition hit the monster's body perfectly!
A blue light flashed, and the enormous Ulfgas let out a groan, instantly shrinking back to its extremely faint gaseous state.
Ultraman Gaia did not destroy it, but instead gently contained the gaseous monster into the gas storage tank where it had previously been hiding.
Accompanied by the red light of the earth, Gaia soared into the sky, sending this extremely pitiful cosmic wanderer back into the deep and boundless universe.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, Fujimiya looked at Imu with utter bewilderment and a furrowed brow: "Sending it back to space... Are you trying to save it? It seems I understand you less and less."
As Fujimiya's extremely complex gaze filled the air, the melodious ending theme slowly began to play.
Episode 12, End of Main Feature!
As always, numerous discussion and analysis posts have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.
【Gentle Breeze】: Family, on the surface this episode seems lighthearted, with the entire Lightning Team turning into comedians, but the conversation between Fujimiya and Gamu at the end reveals the underlying theme of this episode, and the reason for the conflict between the two Ultramen's ideologies is also revealed!
[Stay up all night]: Absolutely! Fujimiya's philosophy is extremely clear; he is a staunch "Earth protector." Under this premise, whether it's humans destroying the environment or invading monsters, as long as they pose a threat to Earth, they must all be eliminated! So in Fujimiya's eyes, as long as the monsters can be eliminated, he doesn't care if it causes a gas explosion and destroys the streets.
[Focusing solely on making money]: But my dream is completely different! My dream is about protecting the Earth while never abandoning humanity. In this episode, something incredibly absurd happens: faced with an utterly innocent, wandering alien monster, the human leadership wants to eliminate it for the safety of the city, while Fujimiya also wants to kill it for the sake of the Earth. But my dream, through sheer sheer willpower and his amazing tokusatsu technology, manages to forge a third path where no one has to die, even within the extremely narrow confines of reality!
[Keyboard warriors shouldn't take the blame]: This is what makes Gamu so incredibly powerful! In Fujimiya's mind, "If you don't give up anything, you can't achieve anything," and any so-called compromise would only create two losers. But Gamu, through her scientific technology and absolute trust in her companions, truly achieved a perfect ending where humanity, Earth, and extraterrestrial life all lived in peace! This was a miracle for Gamu, but for Fujimiya's extremely firm and cruel beliefs, it was nothing short of a subversive provocation!
[The Cat Who Loves Tomatoes]: That's why Fujimiya said "I understand you less and less" at the end! Because in his view, Gamu's extremely idealistic, almost wickedly righteous thinking is not only naive but also extremely dangerous. This episode is truly a crucial bridge, bringing the fundamental divergence between the two characters' paths to the forefront. But is Gamu really capable of considering everyone's perspective every time? It's bound to escalate further later on!
[Veteran Tokusatsu Performer]: This episode was also full of dramatic details. Commander Ishimuro's line, "Do you have any evidence?", perfectly showcased the struggle of someone in a high position: he has compassion for the weak, but as the supreme commander of the human defense force, his extremely professional ethics prevent him from gambling with the lives of citizens. This incredibly realistic and contradictory character portrayal is far superior to many characters with overflowing self-righteousness!
[Rational Analysis]: Another extremely interesting point is the profound meaning behind this monster's design. It's actually just an ordinary cosmic creature, arriving on Earth like a stray dog wandering into the wrong house. Is it a weapon sent by the Destruction Entity, or truly just a lost puppy? If the latter, then humanity's extremely paranoid and hostile attitude towards the unknown deserves deep reflection!
The discussions on the forum were extremely heated, with countless viewers typing out their interpretations of the plot.
But equally, they are even more eager to see how Gaia's story unfolds next.