ebookland Chapter 112 Dan Moroboshi Appears! Earth's Land!
Chapter 112 Dan Moroboshi Appears! Earth's Land!
After the first episode of "Ultraman Seven: Project Origin," titled "Solar Operation," aired,
The lingering melody of the end credits song still resonates in the minds of millions of viewers at this very moment.
But this is just the beginning.
After all, this day featured two episodes airing back-to-back.
Bilibili's automatic playback function came in very "thoughtfully" at this time.
The countdown in the bottom right corner of the screen ended, the screen flashed, and the title of the second episode slowly appeared.
The Land of the Earthlings.
Without giving the audience much time to breathe or post comments discussing the first episode's plot, Gu Nan, like a heartless killer, launched a second wave of attacks right into the audience's faces.
The opening of this episode takes a sudden turn in style.
No longer the solemn defense base of the first episode, the camera focuses on a scene full of life, yet shocking – a garbage dump.
Two news reporters, a young female reporter with curly hair and a male cameraman carrying a camera, are standing in front of a mountain of garbage.
"The Earth is ours to keep."
"The environment around us is being damaged. There is pollution in the oceans and rivers, receding tides, acid rain, ozone layer depletion... and the effects of the greenhouse effect are numerous and far-reaching."
The female reporter read her script aloud to the camera with a somber tone.
The footage is interspersed with numerous realistic empty shots: traffic jams with car exhaust fumes, black smoke from factories, and rivers with dead fish floating on them.
This strong sense of realism caused many viewers who initially came in expecting to watch monsters to immediately abandon their playful attitudes.
Wow, Director Gu is really going all out to protect the environment!
Is this line describing our current world?
But our country doesn't have to worry about garbage disposal anymore, right?
[That's right, our waste treatment plants are almost facing a situation where they have no waste to collect!]
[That's the benefit of technological progress!]
However, this remains a serious problem for other countries!
That's true. I heard that Japan is still implementing garbage sorting; we haven't needed to for the past few years!
The plot didn't dwell on preaching for too long.
Just as the two were arguing about seemingly absurd yet philosophical topics such as "a wooden comb lasts a hundred years" and "a plastic comb lasts a hundred million years," a sudden change occurred.
The ground shook violently in the Ryuzaki Lake area on the outskirts of Kitagawa City.
Immediately afterwards, a huge creature poked its head out from the woods by the lake.
"roar--!"
A deafening roar.
The live chat exploded instantly.
[Another dinosaur?!]
[Suddenly reminded me of the dinosaur characters from Ultraman Tiga.]
However, this dinosaur costume is probably not from that version; it must be newly made.
[Is this a dinosaur?! The skin texture, the muscle twitching—where did that old scoundrel Gu get his hands on this cutting-edge technology?!]
This looks like a real living creature!
What appeared on the screen was a typical theropod dinosaur, but its eyes were full of ferocity.
It rampaged through the road, scaring an old man who was fishing out of his wits.
The Ultra Guard was quickly dispatched.
This time, the audience saw the familiar Flying Eagle fighter jet.
There was no wasted words, and the actions were swift and decisive.
"Freeze bomb, fire!"
At the commander's order, white freezing gas instantly enveloped the dinosaur.
This ancient behemoth was frozen into a giant ice sculpture in just a few seconds.
"The freezing effect only lasts for 48 hours, so we must hurry."
Captain Guqiao looked at his watch and said sternly.
For the safety of the citizens, the Ottoman police quickly set up a cordon.
Outside the cordon, the two reporters—a female reporter and a male cameraman—tried to rush in and film the astonishing scene, but were sternly stopped by the Ottoman security team.
"No entry here, it's dangerous, stay away!"
"What? You're so stingy! Can't you at least take a picture?"
The female reporter persisted, but was ultimately kept outside.
The suspense in the plot was instantly maximized.
To unravel the mystery, Captain Furuhashi visited a key figure—Professor Kyōjirō Toshizawa of the University of Environmental Ecology.
The actor who plays this professor has a refined and melancholic air about him. His obsession with academia and his disappointment with reality are conveyed vividly through just a few glances.
Gu Qiao continued to inquire.
Do you believe that any dinosaurs are still alive today?
"Dinosaurs?"
"It existed in the past, but is it possible that it still exists in the present day...?"
"What if it's a mutated reptile that resembles a dinosaur due to environmental influences?"
However, Professor Lize did not show much surprise when looking at the dinosaur photos brought by Guqiao. Instead, he began a discussion about "Earth's cycle" late at night.
"There are creatures suited to the land, creatures suited to the sky, and creatures suited to the ocean..."
The professor stood in a room filled with experimental equipment, staring blankly at the dark night sky outside the window.
"Cows and horses eat grass, but they don't leave any behind and eat it all. Birds eat the fruit on the trees, and the seeds are excreted along with their droppings, to meet new life in another place..."
"This is the cycle of nature, isn't it..."
The doctor pondered for a moment.
"In here, only humans live arbitrarily, assuming the posture of civilization, and treating the environment according to their own will."
"But that doesn't actually solve their problem. Dinosaurs probably couldn't maintain their enormous size and eventually collapsed..."
"The creatures most suited to live on Earth here... I think it's very likely that they are not humans."
These words were like a thorn, piercing the hearts of all the viewers.
……
The plot continues to unfold in this oppressive atmosphere.
It turns out that behind all of this was a mysterious man and woman manipulating things.
They found Professor Lize, who was utterly disillusioned with humanity, and showed him a grand blueprint called the "Self-Circulating City."
That is a future city where energy is entirely converted from waste, there is no pollution, and it coexists perfectly with nature.
This is an underground city built entirely beneath a waste disposal site.
That scene was visually striking, even when viewed on a computer screen.
A vast network of pipes crisscrosses the area, where countless pieces of garbage discarded by humans—old appliances, plastic bottles, rotten food—are broken down and recombined by mysterious technology, transforming them into pure energy.
"Energy that is useless to the Earth is inexhaustible," the mysterious man said. "As long as there is solar energy, this city can coexist with the natural environment."
Professor Lize was deeply shocked by what he saw. This was the future he had always dreamed of!
For the sake of this "ideal state," he chose to cooperate with these two mysterious men.
Even though the mysterious woman coldly told him, "We will use rockets to destroy the ozone layer, allowing ultraviolet rays to directly irradiate the Earth and kill humans like bacteria."
Professor Lize hesitated for a moment, but under the influence of the other party's words, "Dinosaurs and mammoths are extinct, and humans are just another page in history," he chose to remain silent.
This scene sent chills down the spines of the viewers.
[They've gone mad! These aliens have gone mad!]
Using ultraviolet light to kill germs... treating humans as bacteria? That's an incredibly outlandish idea!
The most frightening thing is that this logic is actually self-consistent. Humans damage the environment, therefore humans are a virus and must be eliminated. Isn't this just extreme environmentalism?
Is Gu Nan being sarcastic? Absolutely!
[What a joke! It's you aliens who should be exterminated! Extermination order!]
Professor Lizard was unaware that the two mysterious figures were actually Metaron aliens who wanted to destroy humanity.
……
At the same time, the most classic and tear-jerking foreshadowing in the entire series, and arguably the entire Ultraman Seven series, has finally been revealed.
The actor playing He Zhi has just left Professor Li Ze's office.
Suddenly, he spotted a yellow figure!
That figure had also flashed by in the area where dinosaurs appeared not long ago!
"Halt! I'm from the Ultra Guard!"
He Zhi shouted loudly.
The figure stopped, with his back to He Zhi, wearing a somewhat worn yellow jacket and a cowboy hat.
"Is there something you need?"
The man's voice was weathered and magnetic.
"You have trespassed into a 'No Trespassing' area." He Zhi approached step by step, his gun still in his hand. "Please show me your ID."
The man slowly turned around.
The moment that face appeared clearly on the screen.
The entire Bilibili server seemed to freeze for a moment.
What a face it was!
He was a middle-aged man with a resolute gaze, yet whose brows held countless untold stories.
The comments section went completely wild at that moment!
[Holy crap!! Dan Moroboshi!]
[It's you! Seven!]
[It's you! The Jeep driving instructor!]
[Damn! I couldn't hold back my temper with that Jeep driving instructor upstairs!]
[It really is Dan Moroboshi! The once brave and fearless Ultraman Seven has become like this!]
Time waits for no one; the actor who played Seven must be in his seventies or eighties now!
[Wow, it doesn't look like it's worth 70 or 80! Is this the new technology that Chasing Light mentioned before?]
On the screen, in response to He Zhi's questioning, the man simply adjusted the brim of his hat, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"Is it your ID card?"
He raised his head, his eyes so deep they seemed to belong to another planet.
"I am a free traveler."
Upon hearing this line, some longtime fans who had read the original work instantly went wild.
[Independent Traveler!]
[In the first episode of Showa Seven, that's exactly how Dan referred to himself!]
[What a homage to the original!]
【Ye Qing is back! 】
This is the kind of style a protagonist should have!
After a brief exchange, Moroboshi Dan's figure flashed and disappeared into the depths of the forest, leaving He Zhi standing there dumbfounded.
But this was just a small interlude in Dan Moroboshi's formal debut.
The real highlight comes on the night Professor Lizzie, in utter despair, drowns his sorrows alone in a bar.
The streets were deserted, and the streetlights were dim.
Professor Lizer staggered down the road, a bottle of liquor in his hand. The Metron aliens' plan kept echoing in his mind—to destroy the ozone layer and kill all humans with ultraviolet light, just like sterilization.
He was in pain, he was conflicted.
Although he abhors the destruction of the environment by humans, can he really stand by and watch his fellow human beings become extinct?
Just then, a melodious yet slightly melancholic harmonica tune began to play.
That was a variation of "Ultraman Seven's Song," soothing, affectionate, yet full of power.
Dan Moroboshi, the man who calls himself a "free traveler," leans against the bar counter, quietly watching the professor.
"professor."
The group's voice was as gentle as that of an old friend, "Do you have any friends?"
The professor gave a wry smile: "Friends? Having many friends isn't bad, but..."
"It's nice to have only one friend who truly understands you."
The group interrupted him, their gaze intense.
This dialogue scene, captured through Gu Nan's cinematic language, is filmed with the aesthetic beauty of an art film.
Amidst the interplay of light and shadow, the dialogue between the two men elevates the theme of the entire drama.
"There are times when you don't want to open up, and in those cases, you don't have to force yourself to say it. But if you don't say anything at all..."
The professor lowered his head: "I can't say. Even if I did, no one would believe me."
"Does nobody believe it?"
The group walked over and stood next to the professor, also looking at the city shrouded in night.
Even so, there are still many people who trust the professor. I also have many Earthling friends and people I love.
Tuan's eyes softened, as if looking through time and space at the distant past, at everything he deeply loved on this planet.
"A professor should have that, for those people."
"Whether it's worries or aspirations, no matter how you look at it, everyone has dreams and depends on each other."
This dialogue, coupled with the gradually rising cello sound in the background music, is incredibly powerful.
The comments section was filled with emotion.
He said he has someone he loves... Is he referring to Annu? Or all of humanity?
Seven is so kind, really.
This place feels very philosophical!
[“For those people”—that line really resonated with me. Wasn't Seven fighting time and again for these flawed yet still dream-filled humans?]
The group's words finally awakened the conscience that had not yet been extinguished in the professor's heart.
"In this 'self-circulating city,' I've forgotten my original aspirations..." the professor murmured to himself, the wine bottle slipping from his hand and shattering into pieces.
The scene shifts to a garbage dump on the outskirts of Beichuan City.
It was still those two persistent reporters.
The female reporter is reporting on the news that a garbage mountain swallows 20 tons of garbage every day but still mysteriously disappears.
Just then, the cameraman's lens swung, keenly capturing Professor Lize's figure.
"Look! That's Professor Lize!"
The two watched helplessly as the professor vanished into thin air in a secluded corner. This time, they didn't act rashly; the cameraman immediately took out his phone.
"Hey? The Ultra Guard? We found Professor Lizard's trail in the junkyard!"
Upon receiving the tip, the Ottoman Security Team rushed to the scene.
Lisa's team carefully discovered the secret mechanism hidden under the garbage heap, and the team took the opportunity to storm the underground base.
However, a crisis awaited them.
Inside the underground city, Professor Lizer was trying to dissuade the Metron aliens, but was mercilessly mocked by them as "universe garbage."
Professor Lizer pointed at the Metron alien and roared:
"Humans experience joy and anger, good and bad. The human mind is an integral part of nature!"
"You claim that the word 'garbage' doesn't exist in the universe, yet aren't you the ones who kill all of humanity and discard them like garbage?!"
"Things without a heart are trash! Isn't that right?"
This roar was like a heavy hammer blow, slamming into the hearts of all the spectators.
[This is amazing! Professor is awesome!]
This is the hymn to humanity! Though we are imperfect, though we make mistakes, we have hearts!
"Things without a heart are trash"—I'm going to write this down in my notebook.
Just as the professor decided to resist, the Ultra Guard rushed in: "Don't move!"
But the cunning Metron alien grabbed the professor and held him in front of him, pressing the muzzle of his gun against the professor's head.
"Drop your weapon! Hurry! Otherwise, he'll be dead!"
The team members were hesitant to act rashly and could only slowly lay down their weapons.
The professor, not wanting to implicate everyone, fought back fiercely, but was thrown aside by the incredibly strong alien. The female Metronian then fired a shot, and the professor fell to the ground.
Just as the aliens were about to kill the team members who had lost their weapons, a familiar male voice came from above.
"stop!"
Dan Moroboshi descended like a divine warrior, nimbly leaping down from a great height, instantly disrupting the aliens' formation and covering the team members as they retrieved their weapons.
In the chaos, equipment in the underground base was damaged, and alarms blared.
The Metaron aliens have finally revealed their true colors.
Without further hesitation, the group put on their signature red glasses.
"Joooo—!"
A dazzling display of light. Ultraman Seven has arrived!
In the narrow underground space, Seven faced two Metaron aliens who had revealed their true forms.
Without any hesitation, he unleashed a beam attack that instantly killed a life-sized Metron alien.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Metron alien used technology to instantly grow to a gigantic size and broke through the surface!
At the same time, it summoned the controlled dinosaur monster.
On the ground, a two-on-one situation has emerged.
As soon as Seven showed himself, he was attacked from both sides by the gigantic Metron aliens and dinosaurs.
Although the dinosaur was clumsy, it kept ramming Seven with its body under the control of the Metaron aliens.
The Metaron aliens even thought the dinosaur was too slow, so they kicked it hard to urge it to attack.
[Seven! Stand up!]
[No way! They're already getting their comeuppance in just the second episode?]
At this critical moment, the Metron aliens, in order to completely destroy humanity, prepared several missiles, intending to damage the atmosphere.
However, due to the impact of the battle.
Those missiles exploded!
The force of the explosion instantly killed the dinosaur.
The thick smoke from the explosion instantly obscured the sky.
The sun has disappeared.
This is a devastating blow to Seven, which relies on solar energy for its operations.
The once invincible red giant, after losing the sunlight, began to have its chest lamp flicker rapidly, and its movements became sluggish.
"Sun! Come out quickly!"
At this critical moment, Captain Furuhashi demonstrated human courage and wisdom.
"Scattered cloud shells! Fire!"
With a command given, a specially made missile was launched into the clouds and exploded in mid-air.
The heavy dark clouds were forcibly dispersed, and the golden sunlight, like a sword of hope, pierced through the gloom and shone on Seven's red body.
At that moment, the background music suddenly swelled up!
The previously weak Seven seemed to be filled with boundless power the moment he came into contact with the sunlight.
He stood up and assumed a fighting stance against the Metron alien.
In this fight, Gu Nan deliberately paid homage to the style of the Showa era, without too much light beams, but rather with hand-to-hand combat techniques that were brutal and realistic.
Furthermore, the scene freezes every time the two figures intersect, briefly pausing the combat exchange for a second.
Make the battles feel like works of art!
Over-the-shoulder throw!
Knee strike!
Finally, Seven gathered his strength in both hands and fired a grenade ray!
The Metaron aliens didn't even have time to scream before they were reduced to ashes in the violent explosion.
However, before dying, the Metron alien activated all the underground bombs!
Finally, Seven disappeared in the explosion...
The battle is over.
As the sun sets, its golden rays bathe this ravaged land.
The members of the Ottoman Guard searched through the ruins.
Seven's body was not found, nor was Dan Moroboshi.
Only the injured Professor Rize, supported by Captain Furuhashi, gazed into the distance.
"It's my fault that Seven is in trouble..."
The professor looked full of regret.
"That guy can't be dead."
Captain Furuhashi looked at the sky, his tone firm, "He's definitely still alive, definitely alive somewhere. And that guy is going to save a lot of friends on Earth."
Finally, the scene freezes on the conversation between the professor and Furuhashi.
The professor lamented, "But we consider the Earth so important, yet we are not so important to the Earth."
Gu Qiao smiled slightly and revealed the core theme of this episode:
Are we children of the Earth?
"Yes, whether they rebel, throw tantrums, or cause trouble, in the end, the children will still thank their parents."
"Even if you do something bad, your parents will still find it adorable."
Let's all be filial to the Earth, in our own way, and just take the time to do it.
"We are all part of the Earth..."
The camera slowly pulls back, revealing that on this land that has witnessed battle, humanity continues to busy itself, striving for survival and working hard for the future.
Episode 2, End.
……
Inside an apartment in Jinghai City.
Ultraman's number one brother, Old Tang, has started smoking again...
He just finished watching these two episodes back-to-back.
He suddenly felt an urge to cry.
"Is this really a tokusatsu show for human audiences?"
Old Tang muttered to himself, "This is simply a work of art."
He opened the comments section and found it was already a boiling ocean of discussion.
"This is so profound! 'The Earth is humanity's land'—what a brilliant title!"
"I thought the first episode was a great start, but the second episode is just as good! Delicious!"
"Never has there been such a wonderful start!"
"Seven, he loved this planet more than anyone else!"
"We are children of Earth, and even if we have disagreements, we should learn to be grateful... Old Gu, you're quite the smooth talker..."
Old Tang took a deep breath and his fingers flew across the keyboard. He needed to write copy and create videos!
He wanted to tell everyone that, judging from the style of the first two episodes of "Ultraman Seven," it was clear that this was definitely more than just a tokusatsu drama.
It is a love letter to all mankind, and also a wake-up call.