Ultra: Dragon Sword Journey

When Zhao Ming and Da Gu entered the space-time tunnel and surveyed their surroundings, they discovered they had arrived in the ancient era of 1965. The sight before them startled them slightly—Tsuburaya Productions looked shabby and dilapidated, a world away from its modern splendor.

There are neither towering modern corporate buildings nor spacious open squares here. There is only a lonely bungalow standing there, serving as a recording studio and workroom.

"Be careful and don't make any noise." Zhao Ming lowered his voice and warned Dagu beside him. At the same time, he gently waved his right hand and whispered a spell: "Hidden Spell!"

As soon as he finished speaking, something strange happened. Zhao Ming and Da Gu's bodies glowed with a faint green light, and like chameleons, they quickly blended into their surroundings and disappeared without a trace.

This way, even if someone were to observe closely, it would be difficult to detect their presence. Such caution is naturally to prevent accidents from changing the course of history and causing irreversible impact on future generations.

After all, every journey through time and space is an adventure full of risks and challenges, and the slightest carelessness may lead to unpredictable consequences.

"Is this the legendary Tsuburaya Productions from 1965?" Zhao Ming exclaimed, pointing at the sign at the door that seemed to carry the vicissitudes of time.

Dagu stared at the dilapidated place in front of him, which looked like an old man on his deathbed, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. The difficult conditions when he first started his business were simply beyond imagination!

Then, the two stepped into the studio, as if they had stumbled into a mysterious movie world. They happened to come across the filming of "Godzilla," and the crew inside were like well-trained soldiers, everything ready, just waiting for the horn to sound!

"Where's Nagano?"

"He's not in now!"

"Nagano, where the hell have you been?! Nagano, get over here right now if you hear me! The groundskeeper is going to get mad!"

"Here they come, here they come!" Immediately afterwards, a man in a red short-sleeved shirt and a baseball cap arrived as quickly as the wind, ran over like an arrow, and then started hitting the board.

Dagu caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of his eye, and was stunned as if struck by lightning, as if Li Kui had met Li Gui. This man named Nagano actually looked like him, as if they were cast in the same mold!

"Haha, Dagu. Is this person in front of you your grandfather or some relative? How can they look so similar?" Zhao Ming smiled and patted Dagu's shoulder, teasing.

Dagu shook his head, his eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment, as if lost in a fog. "I've never heard my family mention the name Nagano, and no one in the family has ever mentioned an ancestor who looks so similar."

Zhao Ming stroked his chin and thought for a moment, "Perhaps there's some unknown secret hidden behind this. Why don't we find an opportunity to get close to him and find out what he has to say?"

Dagu was a little hesitant, "Will this disrupt the course of history?"

At that moment, Nagano seemed to sense someone was watching him, and his sharp gaze swept over like lightning. Dagu and Zhao Ming's hearts suddenly tightened, as if being tightly grasped by an invisible hand. Fortunately, Nagano didn't notice anything unusual and turned his head away, throwing himself into the busy filming.

"Forget it!" Zhao Ming sat aside with a sense of relief, watching the scene of them filming the movie with interest, but suddenly felt as if there was a pair of eyes behind them peeping at them, as silent as a ghost.

He turned his head suddenly and saw a face appear on the wall. It was Charlie, whom they were very familiar with.

"Dagu, the target has appeared! You go in front and I'll go behind, let's outflank it!" Zhao Ming said softly, winking at him, signaling him to look behind him. The two of them slowly surrounded them like ghosts.

"Hello, Tathagata Palm!" Zhao Ming suddenly approached like lightning and appeared in front of Charliega, then slapped it in the face like a storm. Dagu also found a stick and swung it on Charliega's head several times.

Charlie's screams of pain resounded through the sky like a pig being slaughtered. "You bastards, how dare you attack me? When I find the most ferocious beast in the universe—Anargaki—I will tear you into pieces. Don't run away if you dare!"

He suddenly became furious and uttered harsh words like a clown, then immediately disappeared like a puff of yellow smoke.

"Oh my, this guy is really not easy to tease! He can't even take a joke." Zhao Ming clapped his hands casually, as if he was still unsatisfied with the slap just now, as if he wanted to slap him again!

"What's that universe's most ferocious beast he just mentioned?" Da Gu asked. Zhao Ming immediately replied, "A monster, what else could it be? It should be related to that special effects drama about the first Ultraman!"

"I know it's a monster, but isn't calling it the most ferocious beast in the universe too much of an exaggeration? Is it really that powerful?"

"Don't worry, monsters with big names like these are usually strong on the outside but weak on the inside. We can beat them to a pulp in no time. On the contrary, if the monster is called the Great Evil God or the Demon God, I will run away immediately!" Zhao Ming said timidly.

"Keep searching carefully. Charlie has been staring at Director Eiji Tsuburaya for a reason. Once he finds the beast, we'll defeat them all together and destroy them!"

Dagu and Zhao Ming stayed near Yuangu Company like sculptures until dark, but they didn't find any trace of Charlie.

At night, the studio room was shrouded in inky darkness. Only two bright lights, like two shining stars, cast the shadows of two people talking on the window.

Eiji Tsuburaya was having a long conversation with the future famous screenwriter Tetsuo Kaneshiro. Tetsuo Kaneshiro was depressed because he had not been able to write a satisfactory script, like a withered flower. Director Tsuburaya decided to inject some inspiration into him.

"What's wrong?" An old man wearing glasses and a black shirt, like a wise man, asked softly while smoking a cigarette and looking at the young screenwriter opposite him.

"I can't write it. I don't have the ability to write it!" The young screenwriter Tetsuo Kaneshiro was like a deflated ball. He took a sip of wine and muttered depressedly.

"Don't be discouraged!" Director Tsuburaya said, and gently put out the cigarette butt, as if putting out the trace of anxiety in his heart.

Then he slowly stood up and, like a careful treasure hunter, took out a mysterious object wrapped in cloth from the drawer next to him.

As the layers of cloth were peeled off, a diamond-shaped red gem appeared like a sleeping gem, emitting a faint but warm light, like a ray of sunshine in winter, warming Tetsuo Kaneshiro's palm.

"What is this?" The young man asked with his eyes wide open, like a curious child, looking at the gem in his hand.

"This is the Ultra Star, which was given to me by an alien many years ago. Because I am his good friend, he specially gave me this precious gem as a testimony of our friendship!" Director Tsuburaya's voice was like a loud bell, solemn and firm.

"Stop joking!" Tetsuo Kaneshiro showed an incredulous smile on his face.

"You may not believe it, but I am not from Earth. I come from the distant planet Venus." Director Tsuburaya's eyes sparkled with sincerity, like the brightest stars in the night sky.

"I am a Venusian. One night many years ago, when night fell and the stars twinkled in the sky, I tossed and turned in my bed, unable to fall asleep.

The thoughts in my head surged like a tidal wave, making it impossible for me to calm down and fall asleep. So I simply got up from the bed, put on my clothes, and decided to go out for a walk to relax.

I strolled to the edge of Longsen Lake. A gentle breeze caressed the surface, stirring up ripples. Moonlight shone across the water, casting a veil of silver, creating a dreamlike scene. Just as I was lost in this tranquil beauty, I suddenly heard a loud noise from the distance.

Curious, I walked towards the sound. A beam of light descended from the sky, followed by a towering figure clad in silver armor. He introduced himself as the First Ultraman, from the Land of Light in the M78 Nebula.

Afterwards, the first Ultraman sank a monster into Longsen Lake and applied a sealing power to ensure that it could never come out to do evil again.

After all this was done, the First Ultraman turned to me, smiling and approaching. He pulled out a mysteriously shining Ultra Star from his bosom, handed it to me, and said, "This is a treasure from our Kingdom of Light, and a token of our friendship. I give it to you now, hoping that we can be friends forever."

Just like that, I got this precious Ultra Star, and this wonderful experience has become one of the most unforgettable memories in my life." Tsuburaya Eiji slowly recounted the whole story...