Ultraman: I, Ultimate Hyperzeton

Yokohama City.

The appearance of the mysterious mirage immediately attracted the attention of a large number of people.

A mirage is a strange sight in which light is refracted when passing through air layers of different densities, thus displaying distant scenes in the air or on land. It often occurs at sea or in the desert.

Yokohama is a port city, so the appearance of mirages is normal.

The problem is, it's a mirage.

Although this strange natural landscape looks like a dream, the scene above should actually exist somewhere in the world.

The upside-down ruined city above Yokohama should not exist in this peaceful era.

Even in some war-torn areas, houses would not be destroyed like this.

Unless it was Neon in 1945...

"Is this a scene that happens on Earth?" The crowd was discussing the strange phenomenon that appeared in the sky.

"Absolutely not. Even in the Middle East, there's no city like this, right?"

"It's so weird, it's almost like the end of the world... Is this the world after World War III?"

"I think it's possible, because of human damage to the environment. Disasters like global warming, rising sea levels, and ozone depletion, which have never happened before, are now happening. It's not impossible that mirages can predict the future."

"Could it be Yokohama City in a parallel universe?"

"I watched an interview program some time ago, and the science fiction writer who was invited mentioned that the end of the world is the inevitable end of the earth."

"They also said that parallel universes are merging all over the world. Those people suddenly lost their memories, and a building suddenly disappeared. This is the reason."

"Don't be fooled. Those lousy novelists love to create this kind of gimmick. Otherwise, how can their crappy books sell?"

On the tower crane at the port, Su Yang carefully looked at the reflection in the sky for a while, then took off directly. He wanted to see what the reflection in the sky was.

……

high altitude.

Su Yang floated under the inverted city, quietly looking at the ruins above.

What is certain is that the ruined city in the mirage is indeed Yokohama.

Because he could see the scattered street signs and the remains of the city's iconic buildings.

Then, Su Yang stretched out his hand and sensed it carefully: "I can clearly feel the abnormal space waves from the reflection..."

"Is this really the Yokohama City of a parallel universe? Is it a universe that has been destroyed..."

As he spoke, Su Yang slid his hand gently downwards.

The space touched by the fingertips cracked and turned into a door to another world.

Su Yang, who masters the power of time and space, can easily travel through parallel universes. He is now going to see the "source" of the mirage.

……

After crossing the space-time gate, Su Yang came to a completely unfamiliar universe.

Below him were the ruins of Yokohama City. Looking around, there was not even a relatively intact building to be found.

"Did the Dark Shadow Mage do this?"

After Su Yang muttered something, he sped up and flew forward.

He wanted to see if the same doomsday scene existed in places outside Yokohama.

……

Parallel universe.

Yokohama City Economic and Tourism Division.

Da Gu had a very long and exciting dream. In the dream, he saw huge ugly aliens and glowing giants fighting monsters.

"Ultraman!"

Daigu, who had watched special effects films as a child, recognized the giant and shouted.

In the office of the Tourism Department, Dagu woke up from his dream.

His shouting just now successfully attracted the attention of his colleagues and leaders around him.

The leader looked at Dagu seriously and said, "It's not enough to be late, but you're also sleeping during working hours."

"If you don't like this job, you can quit. Please don't waste everyone's time here, okay?"

After being criticized by his leader, Dagu's face turned red: "I'm sorry, I'm very sorry."

At this moment, an employee sitting by the window noticed a strange sight in the sky outside: "Mirage!"

Upon hearing this, Dagu also moved forward.

Almost at the moment his eyes met the mirage in the sky, Dagu felt that he had entered the ruined city in the sky!

In the lifeless ruins, Dagu, who felt like he was dreaming again, looked up.

He saw a slender black figure, dotted with yellow translucent crystals, which emitted irregular light, like a monster or alien in a fantasy special effects film.

"Jetton...?" Dagu murmured.

'Jetton' is a monster from the special effects work "Ultraman" that Daiko likes. One of the monster's physical characteristics is the glowing crystals on its body.

At the same time, these two words are also the name of the manager of Black Star Cafe.

Da Gu once asked the store manager why he gave himself this name. The store manager replied that he liked the monster Jetton, so he gave himself the same name.

Although Dagu didn't understand, he respected him.

At this moment, Dagu felt that the figure flying away in the sky looked like the monster Jetton in Ultraman, and also like the coffee shop manager he had just met.

The two figures overlapped.

Parallel universe.

Su Yang, who was exploring the wasteland world, turned around after hearing Dagu's voice and looked at Dagu who had traveled through time with surprise.

"Ok?"

He made a puzzled sound, wondering when Dagu had acquired the ability to travel to another world.

The next moment, the overlap of parallel universes stopped.

Dagu's body disappears.

In the parallel universe, the mirage above the normal Yokohama city also disappeared without any warning.

Inside the Economic and Tourism Division office.

Dagu regained consciousness, his pupils constricted, and his face was full of confusion: "What just happened?"

"You're distracted again." Other staff members nearby reminded.

"Dagu, your work status has been very strange recently."

"Why don't we find someone else to take care of the tour group later? Those foreign guests are very important to us, and we can't let anything go wrong."

"I can do it." Dagu rubbed his temple and looked at the clear blue sky after the mirage disappeared.

"You'd better do what you say." Not far away, the leader of the tourism department looked at Dagu with displeasure.

Dagu was originally the best employee under him, hardworking and quick-witted.

I don't know what's going on lately...

Dagu blurted out: "Don't worry, Commander."

A leader who looked exactly like Vice Captain Munakata: "Command?"

Dagu knew that this matter could not be explained, so he turned around and left decisively: "I'm going to make preparations first."

……

Earth in a parallel universe.

After Dagu disappeared, Su Yang continued to explore and finally confirmed that there was no living person on the earth in this parallel universe.

At this moment, he stopped in front of a large gray-black tree and looked up at the leafless branches of the tree.

"Is this the reason why this planet is deserted?"

"No wonder Drasion insisted on asking me to come."