HPDBC Chapter 208 Despair and hope intertwine, all I want is to protect you!
Chapter 208 Despair and hope intertwine, all I want is to protect you!
Old Tang and hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live stream held their breath, their eyes glued to the screen.
The story continues in the video.
After the fierce battle at the Mars base and the brief disappearance of Shin Asuka, the main force of the Super GUTS finally arrived at Ganymede base on Ganymede.
At this moment, the atmosphere at the Ganymede base was extremely tense.
The piercing red alarm echoed wildly through every metal corridor, and the red emergency lights flashed rapidly, illuminating the entire base as if it were a desolate steel jungle.
In order to deal with the dark planet Gransphia, which is approaching the solar system at a terrifying speed and is capable of swallowing even Pluto whole, TPC has placed all of humanity's last hope on the once-banned ultimate weapon of destruction—the Neomagus Cannon.
Inside the core control room of the base, the Super Victory Team members and the base's technicians were conducting extremely tense final adjustments.
"The dark gravity circle will reach here in less than three hours!" Chung-shima warned anxiously.
"Ganymede Base is home to TPC's most outstanding technical personnel." Dr. Kisaragi believed that the power of humanity would surely overcome the darkness!
"You're right, we'll definitely make it!"
In this extremely oppressive moment, when everyone was afraid to even breathe, the camera followed the source of the sound and panned across the back of a young man rapidly typing on a keyboard in front of the control panel.
Mai paused for a moment, then quickly stepped forward, asking hesitantly yet with a hint of surprise, "You...you're Mr. Nozue from the GUTS team, aren't you?"
The young man in the TPC senior researcher uniform turned around and revealed a gentle smile that was all too familiar to the audience, yet also showed a touch of maturity and composure.
boom!
The moment that face appeared clearly on the big screen, the Coke can in Old Tang's hand was crushed and deformed, and the carbonated drink spilled all over his hand, but he didn't care to wipe it off.
"Holy crap!!! Wild Rui!!!"
Old Tang jumped up from his gaming chair, shouting excitedly, "Brothers! It's Ye Rui! Ye Rui, the computer genius from the old Victory Team!!!"
After a mere fraction of a second of visual shock, the live stream chat exploded like a volcanic eruption, the dense, colorful comments completely flooding the screen, leaving not a single gap:
【Ahhh! My little angel, Yuri!!!】
[My youth is back! My youth has come full circle again!]
Seeing the old members of the GUTS team instantly brought back that indescribable sense of security, sob sob!
The audience's emotions were completely ignited by this sudden wave of nostalgia.
Faced with this ultimate catastrophe concerning the survival of humanity, the older generation of heroes who once protected the Earth fight side by side with the new generation of Super GUTS team. This sense of inheritance across generations brings tears to the eyes of countless tokusatsu fans.
However, the cruelty of the universe will never stop its destructive march because of human sentiment.
"Beep beep beep—!"
Just as Ye Rui smiled and nodded to everyone, the radar detector in front of him suddenly emitted an extremely sharp and violent screech.
Mai stared at the data streaming onto her screen, her face turning deathly pale. Her voice trembled with barely concealed panic: "Damn it! The Dark Planet is moving faster than we anticipated! In thirty minutes, the Ganymede base will be completely swallowed by its terrifying dark gravity field!"
"What?!"
Kariya was shocked. "How could it be so much earlier?!"
Koda realized the situation was dire: "Even if we complete the installation of the Neomagus cannon, it's pointless if we can't take off in time!"
Chung Dao then reported on the progress:
"Ten minutes remain until the Neomagus cannon is fully equipped."
"team leader!"
"What is it?!"
Mai's hands flew across the keyboard like blurs, a fine layer of cold sweat beading on her forehead: "Not only that! An extremely large flying object is hurtling towards the base at an incredibly high speed! It's the enemy!"
On the large screen, the image quickly switched to outer space surrounding the base.
In the pitch-black, deep sea of stars, a terrifying behemoth, so large it was suffocating, covered in thick and ferocious armor made of a mixture of rock and metal, burst through the void like a meteorite and headed straight for the Ganymede base!
"Confirmed! It's Sphia's super-synthetic beast!" Mai reported loudly.
This monster is none other than the super-synthetic beast Neogagared, the strongest vanguard sent by Softia to stop humanity from using the Neomagus Cannon! It is the ultimate product of the perfect fusion of Softia's sphere and a powerful monster, exuding a chilling aura of destruction.
"Damn it! At this critical juncture!"
Captain Hibiki drew his sidearm with a swift motion, his eyes wide with fury. "We absolutely cannot let it damage the Neomagus cannon's assembly! Super GUTS, let's launch together in the Victory Eagle!"
"This ship must be kept afloat no matter what!"
"clear!"
The crowd roared in unison and immediately turned and sprinted toward the hangar.
A brutal space battle erupted instantly over the Ganymede base.
The Victory Eagle left a dazzling contrail in space, as various high-energy lasers and missiles rained down on Neogagard's massive body.
"Boom boom boom!"
The intense flashes of the explosion continued to flicker on the monster's body.
However, when the smoke cleared, everyone was devastated to find that the monster was completely unharmed!
Its subspace shield, constructed from Sphiar energy, is harder than any human could imagine.
"No! We can't break through it at all!"
Kariya gritted his teeth and shouted from the cockpit, "That guy's defense is several times higher than Neojomos's!"
"If this continues, the mobile fortress Kurak Call will be in danger!" Koda said anxiously, watching the monster closing in.
Inside the base, Zhongdao and Yerui were racing against time.
"Hold on! We're almost done assembling!" the captain shouted.
"Director Ye Rui! Isn't it finished yet?!" Zhong Dao urged anxiously through the communicator.
"Three minutes left! No, two minutes left! Please wait a little longer!" Ye Rui stared intently at the progress bar on the screen, his hands almost sparking as he typed on the keyboard.
At this critical moment, the situation on the battlefield took an extremely tragic turn.
Neogagared seemed to be thoroughly annoyed by the fighter jets. It suddenly opened its ferocious maw and let out a roar that shattered meteorites. The sphia's luminous organs suddenly lit up.
A tremendous amount of energy gathered in his mouth!
With the base on the verge of destruction, the Neomagus Cannon's charging was about to be wasted.
Just at this critical moment! A dazzling light descended from the sky!
"Dyna—!!!"
With a deafening battle roar, a giant of light in red, blue, and silver descended upon the Ganymede base!
Asuka, you've finally arrived!
【Dynamic Power!!!】
[Wow, awesome! I made it!]
[Flying Bird, give it a good beating!]
However, this super-synthetic beast's power far exceeded expectations.
It is not only extremely powerful, but also possesses extremely bizarre attack methods.
In the close combat with it, Dyna gradually fell into a disadvantageous position!
Just then, a laser shot struck Neoga Red from the sky!
"Miya Ryo is back in the team!"
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat.
"Great! Is Asuka coming with you?"
"Yes!"
Ryo's arrival in the battle also gave Dyna a chance to catch his breath.
When the battle resumed, the tide began to turn.
Dyna gradually overwhelmed Neo Gaegard!
Meanwhile, the Neomagus Cannon finally completed its charging!
"Captain Hibiki! The assembly of the Neomagus Cannon is complete!"
"Is it ready for takeoff?"
"The Neomagus Cannon is fully charged! No problem!"
The massive mobile fortress Kurak Callership begins its takeoff!
Seeing this, Dyna was about to fire the Solgent Ray to annihilate Neogaard in one fell swoop.
Suddenly! Neo Gagared's left hand transformed into an incredibly long chain, seizing the Victory Phantom in mid-air!
"Oh no! The machine has gone out of control!"
While performing an extreme evasive maneuver, Miyako suddenly found that the control stick of the fighter jet he was piloting was completely locked.
The instrument panel flashed wildly as the fighter jet was dragged towards the monster by an irresistible force!
"good!"
"Senior Liang!"
Amidst the terrified screams of the crowd, Neogagared's enormous, pincer-like claws gripped Miyagi's fighter jet tightly in its hand.
Old Tang jumped up in shock in front of the screen, exclaiming in a trembling voice, "Holy crap!!! Liang's been captured alive?! This monster even knows how to use hostages?!"
The live stream chat was instantly filled with panic:
【Senior Liang!!! No!!!】
[That monster is so despicable! It takes hostages when it can't beat them!]
[Oh no, oh no! We're afraid to fire now, the Victory Eagle won't dare open fire!]
[Where's Asuka?! Asuka, come quick to save your wife!]
……
There, Miyako's fighter jet was trapped.
Dyna had just assumed a fighting stance when his movements froze in mid-air.
Looking at Miyako, who was trapped in the monster's grasp, he was filled with anger and a sense of frustration from being afraid to act against the monster, and his whole body was trembling violently.
the other side.
The gravity of the dark planet Gransphia has begun to tear at the outer walls of the mobile fortress.
The red alarm light spun wildly in the command center, each flash reflecting the frozen expressions on people's faces.
Alarms about gravity imbalance sounded one after another.
The fortress began to tremble violently, and the data on the instrument panel jumped wildly.
Everyone knew that if they hesitated any longer, not only this ship, but the entire Earth would be swallowed by darkness.
"Captain!" someone called out anxiously.
Captain Hibi stood in front of the command platform, his eyes fixed on the image of Ryo being tightly gripped on the screen, his fingers digging deeply into the flesh of his palm.
He slowly closed his eyes.
"Fire."
These two words were squeezed out from deep in his throat, low but clear, reaching everyone's ears.
"team leader?!"
Everyone turned to look at him in disbelief.
I'll say it again.
Hibi opened his eyes, his gaze as firm as a rock. "Fire."
"But Liang is still here—"
"I know!"
Hibi whirled around, her voice booming like thunder, "But if this continues, everyone will be swallowed by darkness! This ship, and the Earth... Our mission is to protect the future of humanity!"
On the screen, Liang seemed to hear the conversation. She raised her head with difficulty, and a smile appeared on her lips.
"The captain is right!"
Her voice came through the communicator, broken yet incredibly clear, "Don't worry about me... launch it!"
"no……"
Kariya staggered backward, "I can't do that..."
"Get out of the way!"
Koda shoved him aside and rushed to the launch pad, shouting, "I'll launch!"
His finger hovered above the button, trembling violently.
Sweat dripped from his forehead and onto the back of his hand.
"Press it now!"
Liang's voice rang out again, "Launch now!"
Koda's fingers trembled even more violently, but he still couldn't bring himself to put them down.
Just then—
A beam of light pierced through the fortress's bulkhead, and before anyone could react, that familiar figure had already appeared on the screen!
"Dyna!"
It's Ultraman Dyna!
"You'll die!"
Tears welled up in Liang's eyes, and she shook her head desperately, "No... I'll die! Don't worry about me!"
However, Dyna had no way out.
At this moment! Even the blue lightning bombardment from Gransfia cannot stop Dyna's unstoppable advance!
Those extremely thick and violent bolts of destructive lightning mercilessly struck Dyna's body!
"Ughh ...
Extremely tragic cries echoed throughout the universe.
Dyna's massive body convulsed violently amidst the raging electric current, but he gritted his teeth and used his own body to withstand these terrifying attacks that were enough to destroy a city.
"I won't let a bastard like that get away with this!"
Inside Dyna, Asuka's vision was blurred by sweat and blood, but he still stared intently at the figure in the monster's abdomen.
It was at this extremely tragic and heart-wrenching moment.
Old Tang keenly noticed the change in the background music.
"Holy crap! Listen to this background music!"
Old Tang's eyes were already red, and his voice was choked with emotion, "This is a variation of 'I Just Want to Protect You'!"
As this epic and poignant symphonic variation began to resound.
The film cleverly incorporates a slow-motion montage.
Those are the bits and pieces of Asuka and Miyako's journey from acquaintance to friendship.
There's a funny scene where Asuka, still a trainee, gets kicked to the ground by Ryo...
When Yu Fei Niao acted impulsively, Liang grabbed his ear and gave him a stern scolding...
Two figures stand side by side in the sunset, their backs showing mutual trust...
Furthermore, on the frigid Mars, Liang witnessed firsthand the bird's resolute belief...
These scenes flashed by like a revolving lantern, elevating the profound bond between the two—a bond that transcended life and death and surpassed ordinary camaraderie—to its zenith.
"No, Dyna, you'll die!"
Inside the monster's body, as Miyako watched Dyna being tortured by electric shocks and nearly losing consciousness, screaming in agony, she could no longer suppress her emotions.
Tears streamed down her face as she pounded her fists against the porthole.
She heard the bird cry out in a hoarse voice the confession hidden deep in its heart, which burst forth in this most desperate moment:
"I won't die until I defeat this despicable bastard!"
He continued to fly.
"And I..."
"Right now... all I want to do is protect you!!!"
The phrase "I only want to protect you" pierced through the monster's roar and the raging lightning, striking Ryo's heart like the warmest and most powerful force.
[Sobbing uncontrollably!]
[A mutual journey! This is the ultimate pure love!]
The line "I only want to protect you," paired with the background music, is incredibly powerful!
[Stand up, bird! Your wife is still waiting for you!]
[Gu Laozei is such a great director! His emotional delivery is simply divine. I, a grown man, was crying my eyes out!]
The live stream chat was completely flooded with tears and emotion.
On the battlefield, they heard Liang's call.
Dyna, who was already teetering on the brink of collapse, suddenly burst forth with an extremely dazzling and divine light in his eyes!
"Drink it all!!!"
Accompanied by a roar that shattered the galaxy.
Shin Asuka pushed all her will and light energy to a level beyond her limits.
"Whoosh!"
A burst of red light!
Dyna instantly switches to his Strong Type, possessing absolute power!
But at this moment!
The Strong type also possesses the super speed of the Miracle type!
Instead of defending himself, he faced the raging lightning that could melt steel and flew forward with a desperate, fearless attitude, as if he were about to be shattered to pieces!
Under Neo Gaegard's horrified gaze, the strong-type Dyna's crimson fist, as red as magma, drew ever closer!
"Let her go!!!"
"Crack—Boom!!!"
Under the incredulous gaze of the entire internet audience, Dyna unleashed a miraculous power that could not be measured in numerical terms, actually smashing the monster's indestructible subspace barrier with a single punch!
This successfully rescued Liang's plane!
Faced with Neogagared's panicked attempt to retaliate.
Dyna whirled around, burning with boundless rage.
There were no unnecessary movements, and no fancy tricks.
The powerful Dyna instantly compressed all his energy into his right fist, and the entire fist burst out with a dazzling red light like a small sun.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
A "Garnet Bombardment" representing the ultimate violent aesthetics, accompanied by a sonic boom that tore the universe apart, struck Neo Gagard's chest hole without reservation and with solid force!
"Boom—!!!"
An extremely terrifying energy storm swept across the universe.
That arrogant and overbearing Specia super-synthetic beast was completely obliterated by this punch, leaving not even a trace of its remains. It was blasted into the most basic cosmic dust and utterly annihilated!
"We won!"
"That's amazing! Asuka did it!"
Inside the command center, a thunderous cheer erupted from the crowd.
Old Tang was so excited in front of the screen that he pumped his fist and roared, "Beautiful!"
however.
Gu Nan's scripts never offer a comfortable happy ending before a truly desperate situation arrives.
"Kulak Callership, takeoff ready! Neomagus Gun, firing ready!"
Dr. Kisaragi's alarm woke everyone up.
Having just defeated the monster, Dyna hadn't even had time to catch his breath when he suddenly raised his head and looked into the depths of space.
There, a terrifying aura, powerful enough to make the souls of all living beings tremble, had completely descended.
It was a massive, deep black hole that even obscured the entire starry sky.
The dark planet Gransphia, in its entirety, has already brutally crushed the front of the Ganymede base!
That terrifying gravitational field even distorted the surrounding stars.
"Now! Neomagus Cannon! Fire!!!"
Captain Hibiki, his eyes blazing with fury, roared as he issued the final order.
"Go to hell!!!"
The bow of the Kurakhu, the ultimate weapon that brought together the most advanced technology of all mankind and was even capable of destroying asteroids, finally unleashed an extremely dazzling and thick beam of destructive light!
This pillar of light, carrying the hopes of all humanity, was like a sharp sword piercing through the darkness, striking straight at the unfathomable core of Gulansfia.
Everyone stared intently at the screen, hoping for a miracle to happen.
however.
The words "To be continued..." appeared mercilessly in the center of the screen.
Episode 50 has come to an end.
……
Holy crap!!!!
"It broke here?!?"
Old Tang was completely dumbfounded in the live stream.
"That's it... all over?!"
He grabbed his hair and wailed, "You old scoundrel Gu!!! You're stuck here again!!!"
[Waaaaah! Why did it break here?!]
【Ahhh! Dyna!!!】
【I am King Urgent! I'm really in a hurry! Urgent ...
Old Tang sat in the gaming chair, looking as if all his energy had been drained.
"Brothers... this sense of oppression... this sense of despair... it's incredible, absolutely incredible!"
Looking at the screen full of comments that were still in shock and some who couldn't even react, Lao Tang began his post-match analysis for the day.
"Everyone, don't panic! Let's break down just how many amazing moves that old scoundrel Gu pulled out of this episode!"
Old Tang typed rapidly on the keyboard, bringing up several key screenshots.
"First and foremost! The emotional arc reaches its peak!"
Pointing to the scene where Gong Liang tearfully confesses his love inside the monster's body, Old Tang's tone became incredibly emotional: "This scene, I would call the most romantic in the entire Heisei tokusatsu history! Did you all notice? Gu Laozei used an extremely clever director's cut technique here!"
"If it were just ordinary background music, this scene would just be a typical hero rescuing a damsel in distress. But! He combined and varied the theme song from Dyna with 'I Just Want to Protect You,' and interspersed it with a montage of flashbacks between Asuka and Ryo from the first episode to the present!"
"What does this mean? It means that Ryo's words, 'I only want to protect you,' weren't just impulsive dying words, but the culmination of 50 episodes of accumulated emotions! Because of this bond, Asuka braved lightning to tear apart the monster—this isn't cheating, it's the manifestation of the power of the 'heart'! This is the ultimate satisfaction of emotions flowing naturally!"
Viewers in the live stream flooded the screen with agreement:
[Old Tang is awesome! He still has the mind to analyze the details. I was completely blown away and totally immersed in the story until the very end!]
[When the music started, tears welled up in my eyes; the emotional impact was just too perfect.]
[The scene where Asuka punches the monster to pieces is so incredibly manly!]
This is the highest level of dramatic acting; there isn't a single wasted word, only genuine emotions.
"Now, let's talk about this big boss!"
Old Tang's expression turned extremely solemn. He pulled up the stark contrast between Dyna and Gullansfia in the final scene.
"Brothers, what is ultimate despair? This is ultimate despair!"
Old Tang slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Pluto was swallowed whole! The space fleet was annihilated in an instant! Even the Neomagus Cannon, humanity's proudest technology capable of destroying asteroids, didn't even produce a spark when it hit it!"
"Does everyone remember Gatanothor, the big boss from Ultraman Tiga? Gatanothor was terrifying, but at least it was still on Earth, a monster with a physical form. But Gransphia? It's a black hole planet with life!"
"How can humanity possibly win against such a cosmic catastrophe that completely transcends the dimensions of human cognition and cannot even be bound by the laws of physics? Even if Dyna were to risk his life, he would be nothing more than an ant in front of this behemoth!"
Old Tang looked at the camera, his eyes filled with deep trepidation and anticipation: "That old scoundrel Gu has pushed the atmosphere of despair to its absolute limit. If the next episode can't provide an extremely reasonable and shocking way to break this deadlock, then the ending of this show is going to fall apart!"
"But I believe in that old scoundrel Gu! I also believe in what Asuka said: 'The real battle has only just begun!'"
"Humanity! We will surely defeat this ultimate darkness!"
This thrilling yet utterly despairing live stream has come to an end. All expectations were pinned on that final ray of light.