Ultraman Blaze

GUTS base.

The war room is a place in TPC that is filled with cutting-edge human technology equipment. It is also where the Victory team members usually carry out their activities.

The entire operations room is roughly circular in structure, with three automatic sensor doors in different directions. In the center is a smart table for the team members to rest and wait, and on the other side is a communication station equipped with precision instruments. This is the center of the entire base, usually responsible for mobilizing the satellite system to detect abnormal conditions in the area. In most cases, it is operated by Mizuno Changya.

Because of Hanyu Xiangyu's awakening, the winning team held an important meeting discussion at this time.

Six members of the Victory Team, including team leader Takaki Higashijima, gathered around the white round table in the operations room, all with slightly moved expressions, as if they were thinking about something.

"If what Hanyu Xiangyu said is true, then the loss of contact with the observatory three years ago may be related to the black hole." Tetsuo Norio leaned back in the soft chair and thought.

But the next second, he raised his doubts: "But if it is really a black hole, then according to his description, the black hole formed by the collapse of space near the planet should swallow up all matter within the range of attraction...but why is only the survey station lost?"

"Perhaps the observatory's loss of contact is related to the monster." Xin Hai Maocheng guessed, with his hands on the table.

"Monster? A space monster..." Deputy Captain Natsukawa Otaki fell into deep thought.

"If the observatory was attacked by a monster..." Tetsuo Norifuge thought about it and felt that something didn't make sense. If it was really done by a monster, there couldn't be no remains of the observatory; or perhaps, the monster was big enough to swallow the entire survey station.

But what does this have to do with black holes?

After thinking for a few breaths, he immediately stood up and walked to the communication station to ask Ruiye:

"Team Mizuno, can you find the recording sent from the observatory three years ago?"

"Okay, let me look for it." Ruiye operated the computer and quickly found the last recording sent back to Earth by the observatory three years ago through clues in TPC's huge information database.

"Found it. It's stored in the confidential library in TPC. The total duration is 41 seconds."

Team member Ji Fu asked again: "Can we play it?"

"Ah."

Team member Ruiye nodded, then operated the computer to authorize and put the recording into the audio of the operations room.

Zhi...zhi...

First there was a sound of electricity that lasted for several seconds, and then intertwined with the sound of the alarm, a human voice slowly emerged:

…Black hole…Ding…Serious damage…

...Immediately restart the spacecraft...rapidly...engines...

…The black hole is glowing…flaring…How could it be…

...Station...Stationmaster...Look...what is that...

...The webmaster...is Ju...is...Zi...

The recording was interrupted here. From this recording, one can clearly feel the panic and despair of the people in the observatory at that time.

After listening to the recording, the members of the Victory Team fell into a complicated silence.

There was a depressing atmosphere in the operations room for a time.

Could it be... really a monster?

After a long silence, Captain Higashima Takaki spoke slowly, breaking the oppressive silence in the air: "In short, it is undeniable that the observatory must have encountered some accidents that year."

"Team Shinkai."

"Yes." Xin Haimaocheng replied.

Captain Higashima Takaki continued, "Regarding Hanyu Shoyu, I'll leave this matter to you, Team Member Shinkai. Remember to prepare a detailed report and hand it over to me."

Xin Hai nodded: "Understood."

……

Somewhere in TPC's Far East headquarters——

Victory team member Shinkai Maocheng came to Hanyu Xiangyu's ward again with two cans of drinks in his hands.

When I walked in, I saw him standing by the window, looking intently at the sea view outside.

The sea, seagulls, blue sky, white clouds...these are scenery that can only be seen on Earth.

"Do you want to drink?" Team member Xinhai stepped forward and asked, trying to find some clues through daily conversation.

Hanyu Xiangyu did not answer. His expression was long and complicated. He still looked at the outside world through the glass. He could hear the sound of waves crashing, seagulls crying, and the whistling sea breeze...

Everything is so strange, yet so familiar.

After Hanyu Xiangyu woke up, he heard from the young nurses about the loss of contact with the "Super-Earth" observatory. After learning that he was the only survivor found, Xiangyu's mood became much lower.

The first thing he said was to inquire about the situation at the observatory: "Have you found the observatory?"

Seeing Hanyu Xiangyu's melancholy face, the Xinhai Maocheng team members showed sympathy and comforted him: "Don't worry, we will find it."

"Thank you."

Xiangyu lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.

"Ah."

Xin Haimaocheng took a sip of the drink in his hand and asked tentatively: "Do you really not remember anything before you fell into a coma?"

Hearing this, Hanyu Xiangyu closed his eyes tightly, trying to recall the scene at that time, and then moved his mouth slightly, shook his head and said: "Sorry, I can't remember anything after being sucked into the black hole."

"Have you ever been sucked into a black hole?!" Xin Hai Maocheng's heart trembled when he heard this, but he pretended to be calm on the surface.

Xiangyu did not answer, but continued to recall. A picture suddenly flashed through his mind and made him say something inexplicable:

“It’s very bright…”

"Very bright?"

Hanyu Xiangyu nodded and continued: "Hmm... very bright and warm..."

Listening to Xiangyu's words, Xinhai was confused and didn't know what to ask for a moment. He looked out the window and quietly drank the drink in his hand.

It cannot be said that this conversation was fruitless.

After a long silence, Hanyu Xiangyu, who was full of thoughts, suddenly asked: "Can I go back to Kaohsiung City?"

"I have to ask my superiors for permission," Xin Hai said. "If they allow, I will go with you."

Perhaps if we let Hanyu Xiangyu relax, he might be able to remember something.

"Thank you."

After saying goodbye to Hanyu Xiangyu, Shinkai Maocheng returned to the base and described the general details of the conversation just now.

After hearing this, Tetsuo Norihiro felt it was incredible: "Being sucked into a black hole and still being able to survive... is simply a miracle!"

"Yes, it's a god-like miracle." Vice-captain Natsukawa Otaki also sighed after hearing this.

……

According to information retrieved by TPC, Hanyu Xiangyu's hometown is located in Kaohsiung City. His parents are both astronauts. Later, they had an accident while exploring the universe.

So he grew up in an orphanage.

It was also because of the influence of his parents that Xiangyu was admitted to TPC with excellent grades at the age of 19 and became a member of the space observatory.

After Hanyu Xiangyu observed at TPC for more than half a month, his superiors finally approved his request, so the Xinhai team took him to his hometown, Kaohsiung City.

Team member Xinhai took off his GUTS uniform and changed into a beige jacket, a pair of pants and a pair of black thick-soled high-top boots; while Xiangyu wore a light blue jacket.

Kaohsiung City is bordered by the Bashi Channel to the south; its western half is an alluvial plain with countless skyscrapers - this is a beautiful city born on the seaside.

In just a few years, Kaohsiung City has developed rapidly and is no longer the city that Xiangyu was familiar with.

Fortunately, relying on the impressions from that year and the information in the hands of Team Xinhai, they quickly found the orphanage where Xiangyu was.

The director of the orphanage is a middle-aged woman with a kind face. It was she who brought up Xiangyu, so the relationship between the two is like that of mother and son, and they always have pleasant conversations when they meet.

Most of the time, it was the two of them talking, and Xinhai just listened quietly on the side. Only after a long exchange of greetings did Xiangyu leave with a look of reluctance on his face.

afternoon--

The two of them had nothing to do, so they leaned on the railings of the park, holding a cup of milk tea in their hands.

Seeing Xiangyu showing a long-lost smile after parting with the dean, he asked, "How is it?"

Xiangyu drank milk tea and recalled: "It's much better... I didn't expect that Kaohsiung City has changed so much in just a few years.

“I still remember that this place used to be just a small hill.

"If humans didn't explore the universe, would we have achieved what we have today?" Xiangyu said as he fell into thought.

Shinkai looked at the families playing harmoniously in the park, with a hint of depth in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Isn't the achievement made by mankind so far the result of constant efforts to explore and discover?"

Xiangyu smiled knowingly but said nothing, his eyes still gazing deeply at the beautiful blue sky in the distance.

at this time--

At the GUTS base, the GUTS team members who were slacking off were chatting:

"Team Shinkai is not in the training room. Where did he go?" Team member Giomena, who had just returned to the operations room from the virtual training room, asked with a cup of hot coffee in his hand.

"He went on vacation under the guise of work." Team member Tetsuo Norifu said lazily while lying on a soft chair. He also showed a hint of envy and jealousy, "Really? He went there secretly by himself and didn't even take me with him."

When everyone heard this, vice-captain Natsukawa Otaki and captain Higashijima Takaki both laughed.

Tetsuo Norio rested his hands behind his head and put his feet on the table in the war room. He said boredly, "It's been a long time since we've seen a monster on Earth."

Just as he finished speaking, an alarm suddenly sounded in the originally quiet operations room, and the alarm lights instantly turned the operations room red.

Beep-beep-beep

Seeing this, Mizuno Choshi, a member of the team sitting at the communication station, hurriedly mobilized the satellite system to monitor: "Location KOINT414, the magnetic field in the K3 area is abnormal."

The sudden alarm instantly froze the relaxed look on everyone's faces. They looked solemnly at the image projected by the satellite onto the large screen in the operations room:

Suddenly, a strange thunderstorm rolled up in the clear sky above the city, and then the space twisted, and a black cloud vortex like a small black hole appeared in an instant.

"K3 area... Shinkai seems to be in the K3 area as well." Tetsuo Norio said after thinking for a while.

The captain gave the order quickly with a serious expression: "GUTS, move out."

"clear."

After saying that, the three of them turned around and quickly left the operations room, driving the Victory Swallow towards the K3 area.