Ultraman: He was bestowed a treasure by the King of Ultra at the start of the game.

"Haven't we learned enough lessons from our excessive desire for power?" Daigo looked at Kibi Gosuke with a puzzled expression.

"Hey."

Hibiko sighed, "People's lives are much more comfortable now than before. You have to understand, Gransphia was already ten years ago."

"Now TPC has more fresh blood. They are energetic, imaginative, and represent the future of humanity."

"But they don't understand many things either."

"Moreover, in this peaceful era, the path to promotion and wealth is basically only through seniority, so many people are thinking of finding alternative ways to rise to power..."

As the director, Kibi Kosuke is excellent.

He understood the thoughts of almost all his subordinates: who wanted to take unconventional approaches, and who wanted to stick to the old ways.

He saw it all.

But he can't forcibly modify other people's brains or change their thoughts; he's not the King of Mirrors.

Then Daigo understood. It seems that some people are just young and fearless, or perhaps they've gotten used to a comfortable life and are now tempted to do something reckless.

That's just how humans are, Daigo understood that too.

"So your real purpose in asking me was to cover for you, right?"

Hibiki Gakusuke coughed twice, his initial statement was actually to ask Ultraman Tiga to help solve the problem.

But actually, the difficulties haven't been apparent yet; he was indeed looking for Tiga to prevent any potential problems.

However, it's a little awkward to say it directly.

"Alright, I'll help, but first let me see what this so-called energy source looks like."

Daigo didn't care much about these intricacies. "If I find it too dangerous after inspection, I will destroy it directly and won't let you study it."

Kibi nods: "That would be best, thank you very much, Daigo-kun."

After navigating many familiar, winding roads, Daigo was led by Kibi Kosuke to the research lab at the very bottom of the Far East headquarters.

It's the area that was once shrouded in darkness.

Daigo had just sighed a few times when his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening and shouts.

"Dagu!"

"Yerui!"

Unexpectedly running into an acquaintance, Daigo happily hugged Nozue.

A moment later, the embrace ended.

"I really didn't expect to see you."

The frustration from before vanished instantly, and Daigo felt that the trip hadn't been in vain.

"This is a very important matter, so I had no choice but to bring over one of our top researchers from TPC, haha."

Kibi Kosuke walked over with a smile and patted the two on the shoulder. He wouldn't say that calling Nozomi over was to balance Daigo's mindset.

But everyone understands.

Then came a series of introductions. Besides Ye Rui, there were other researchers in the research lab.

But as Kibi Gosuke said, most of them were hot-blooded young men, and mainly juniors like apprentices under Nozue's guidance.

"Has it yielded any results?"

After the pleasantries, Daigo Asano asked.

"some.

Ye Rui sat in front of the computer, his fingers flying across the keyboard, and various analytical diagrams of the watch-like device appeared on the large screen.

"We don't have much information at the moment. We've named this device Extraterrestrial Creation 3689."

"Its material is very special; there is no such material in the area that TPC can currently control."

As Ye Rui was explaining, a young researcher interjected, "But we can definitely find relevant lower-level materials, so this isn't much of an obstacle."

Daigo glanced at him; this guy seemed to be the one among them who most wanted to get the technology.

Kibi Kosuke coughed lightly, and the man sat down sullenly.

Ye Rui continued, "This device can absorb everything around it to increase its energy reserves, and all of our hundreds of containment methods have failed."

Daigo frowned: "You mean, it's simply impossible to stop its energy expansion?"

“That’s true.” Ye Rui nodded.

Actually, he also hoped that Tiga could help destroy this thing. Although he was only in his twenties, he had experienced more and was more mature than his peers.

Unfortunately, he was the only one like that among the young people.

"Then my previous thought was correct. If it continues to expand like this, it will definitely explode. It's better to destroy it."

Daigo looked at Kibi Kosuke and said, "Director, I can help move this device to a location that will absolutely not affect the Earth."

The air in the lab suddenly tightened, as if frozen by the energy emanating from the alien device.

The new technology he acquired will allow him to fly?

The first to stand up was the young researcher who had interrupted earlier. His name was Sato, and his cheeks were flushed with excitement: "Senior Daigo, please forgive my bluntness—"

He deliberately emphasized the word "senior," his tone barbed, "You've been away from the Victory Team for over ten years. In those years, TPC's energy research is far beyond what it used to be. What gives you the right to decide to destroy it as soon as you arrive?"

Someone nearby immediately chimed in, a female researcher wearing black-rimmed glasses, whose fingertips trembled as she adjusted her glasses:

“Sato is right! We’ve only scratched the surface of the energy dynamics within this device. At least seventeen new containment schemes are still in the modeling stage. You’ve not even looked at our calculations before saying you want to destroy it. That’s not respect, that’s a rejection!”

They have failed to contain the virus hundreds of times, but they are still very confident.

That's just how young people are; they have boundless courage and drive, but sometimes they can be stubbornly reckless.

“And—” Another tall, thin researcher took half a step forward, his gaze fixed on Daigo.

"You are Ultraman Tiga now, right? You have been out of the human realm for too long, and may have forgotten that we are still struggling to crawl forward in the mud."

"Humanity may seem to be living a glorious life now, but in reality, we haven't even been able to leave the solar system after all these years!"

"We urgently need technological breakthroughs!"

"This device may be dangerous, but it also presents an opportunity! You have no right to make choices for humanity!"

These guys were getting increasingly outrageous, and Ye Rui finally couldn't take it anymore, shouting angrily, "All of you shut up! If you say another word, you'll be kicked out of this research team!"

They finally quieted down, but they all looked at Daigo with stubborn and defiant eyes.

The last sentence was like an icicle hitting the air.

Daigo's brows furrowed even more, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing his palms. He could see the light in these young people's eyes—a yearning for the unknown and an obsession with breaking through.

He opened his mouth, wanting to firmly refute, "I will always be human," but the stubbornness in their eyes silenced him.

They were right. He had indeed been separated from his human identity for a long time. In fact, if Xiaoguang hadn't gone to high school, he would never have returned to Earth to interact with other humans.

Perhaps... we were really in too much of a hurry?

Kibi Takesuke scratched his head, feeling utterly helpless and genuinely unsure how to deal with this new generation of young people.

In the past, as long as you had a fierce expression and imposed severe punishments, no subordinate would dare to disobey you.

But kids these days, they're all so wild and temperamental. If you dare to upset them even a little bit...

He could simply wave his hand and quit.

It's a bit tricky.