Across countless worlds: Yearning to become a giant of light.

Chapter 102 Lord of the Dream Realm, you enter... Holy crap! Ultraman Tiga!

When the camera footage from Daigo's helmet was displayed on the conference room screen, everyone in the GUTS team became serious, including the logistics team members who were 'interning' with them.

Their expressions changed when they saw the mysterious man reveal his deer-headed form under his hood.

This doesn't look like a disguise with a hood on!

"This is the non-human that Daigo encountered back then."

Megumi Kijima broke the silence by speaking first.

What are your thoughts?

After a moment of silence, Shinjo, one of the group, guessed, "It doesn't look like an animal headgear, nor does it look like a strange alien, so it might be..."

"You're not going to talk about monsters, are you?"

Horii, who usually banters with Shinjo, immediately understood what he meant and answered his question without hesitation.

"Yes! That's exactly what I was talking about!"

Xincheng clapped his hands.

"You're kidding me! There are no such ethereal creatures (monsters) in reality. Even if there are real records of the existence of 'monsters' in folklore, they are probably just aliens that people accidentally glimpsed."

Horii was a staunch materialist who always remained skeptical of anything that had not been formally confirmed.

He then took out the PDI machine, opened a small window on the big screen, and displayed a set of gene comparisons.

"Captain, based on the DNA residue found on the deer-headed man that Daigo injured, we discovered that one-third of their bodies are made from Earth creatures, namely deer."

"But the remaining two-thirds... are entirely from outside Earth."

After hearing this, Keiji thought for a moment.

"Horie, are you saying... they are very likely life forms from outside Earth, or even from some extraterrestrial civilization?"

"Maybe."

Horii didn't dare to make any guarantees.

Xincheng: "Then the deer's genes..."

"Perhaps the deer on Earth are their distant relatives, a civilization of deer people that came to Earth in a distant era?"

Lina seemed interested.

(A deer holding an iron pipe, pointing to the time.jpg)
"When I was researching, I found that there are legends about deer-headed monsters in North America, I think they are called... Wendigo."

Ye Rui, who was sitting at the computer desk, also joined in.

"However, the legendary Wendigo didn't look this ordinary."

"Everyone, now is not the time to discuss the origin of these non-human creatures. They captured a civilian, and now we don't know where they've escaped to."

Zongfang tapped on the table.

“Local surveillance cameras only captured images of them near the hospital; they were completely invisible elsewhere…it’s like they vanished into thin air.”

"Perhaps it's some kind of space teleportation device; maybe their spaceship was near the hospital at the time."

Horii guessed.

"A spacecraft that even a single TPC monitoring satellite couldn't detect."

After speculating for this long, everyone suddenly felt somewhat powerless.

If it comes to fighting aliens whose technology far surpasses Earth's, then TPC and GUTS have nothing to fear. But if they can't even see where the enemy is, how can they even talk about fighting?
Let alone saving lives...

"Hey, Daigo, you haven't said a word since earlier. What are you thinking about so mysteriously?"

At this moment, Horii noticed Daigo, who had been silent all along, and realized that he had been deep in thought since the beginning of the meeting.

Dagu:?
When Horii said that, Daigo subconsciously looked up and found that everyone in the conference room was looking at him. He was so startled that he almost stood up from his chair.

"Ah, well... I was thinking that their attack on the hospital and the abduction of that female student might be related to the incident where those students got into a fight with another club at school."

Daigo then recounted to everyone present the information that the head of the Supernatural Exploration Club had told him back in the hospital.

"You're saying this is related to the mysticism those students are involved in?"

Munakata felt the information was not very credible. The relevant information had already been uploaded to TPC headquarters while Horii was conducting his investigation.

But as I said before, even the minister's closest family members thought his stories were just figments of his imagination, like a few pounds of leaves flying around, let alone the scientists at TPC.

"Hmm, I think the reason that the group of deer-headed people specifically targeted the minister and vice minister of the Supernatural Exploration Club is probably related to their family background... or rather, to what their ancestors knew."

After saying that, Daigo volunteered, "So I plan to go to the victim's home to look for clues."

"Um……"

After thinking for a moment, Megumi Kijima finally nodded.

But she also added a character specifically for Daigo.

"Alright, Daigo, you go to the victim's house to look for clues. Also, have the logistics team members go with you... Jieming, you can accompany Daigo."

Dagu:?
Captain, don't I have my own logistics team members in charge?

"Yes!"

Ju Jieming, who had initially thought she had little hope, was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

But while some are happy, others are sad...

Lina: ?
Captain, how could you be so selfish!

They're blatantly favoring their own people!

Faced with Lina's sullen mood, Megumi could only pretend not to see her and casually assign tasks to the other team members.

After all, an elder sister is like a mother, and she has to consider her younger sister's feelings. Besides, Daigo is quite popular lately, and if she doesn't show some favoritism, Jieming might lose everything.

Although Megumi didn't know why she had such thoughts.

…………

Left with no other choice, Daigo could only bring Kijima Yuina along to the home of the vice president of the Occult Exploration Club.

It has to be said that the family of an archaeologist is very wealthy; they own a large mansion that is full of historical significance.

At this time, there was only one butler in the mansion. After learning that the visitor was a member of the GUTS team, he welcomed him and said that only the young lady (the kidnapped female student) had ever touched the things left behind by their master.

"So many antiques... If I accidentally break one, I feel like I couldn't pay it back even if I sold my whole body."

As she entered the storage room, Izayoi's eyes widened, and she became extremely cautious in her movements.

She'll have to perform well on this mission with Daigo; if she just sticks to him like before, she'll only incur Daigo's displeasure.

"Although there are signs of regular cleaning, it is obvious that only one or two items on the shelves have been touched."

Daigo turned on the light and did a quick check.

The two then came to an open glass shelf and found a clay sculpture inside, whose eyes seemed to come alive and look at them.

(Sound of dice rolling)

"This is... Ugh... I'm so sleepy... Ah..."

Daigo felt his consciousness sink, and his body uncontrollably drifted into unconsciousness.

"Senior Daigo!"

Unaffected, Kijima Yuuna rushed forward to catch the falling Daigo, but because she wasn't strong enough, she fell to the ground herself, with Daigo on top of her...

'Daigo-senpai————！！！！'

A scream like a groundhog erupted in the heart of the middleman who had just made his name.

At the same time, Daigo's consciousness drifted to a mysterious cave, and he only came to his senses when his feet touched solid ground.

On a distant high platform, an old man with white hair and beard, his back to him, slowly turned around while reciting his lines.

"The Dreamland awaits your arrival—Welcome, Fan... Ga—!"

The once dignified and mysterious old man suddenly stopped talking, and sweat began to pour from his back, soaking the clothes under his long robe.

Holy crap! Ultraman Tiga!
That giant of light who kicked the Dark God to pieces!

(End of this chapter)