Cosmic Hero, Superman A-Guang

Chapter 22 Acid Monster Littlemarus

Today, Yang Guang, Daigo, and Horii drove to Toshima City in northern Kanto. Someone had reported a large-scale plant dieback.

As a result, when we passed through a tunnel, we smelled a very unpleasant odor, like car exhaust.

"Could it be a problem with the tunnel's ventilation system? But that shouldn't be the case, this tunnel has been built for a long time," Yang Guang thought.

As the car was driving on a country road, it was hit by firecrackers thrown by mischievous children. After getting out of the car, Horii, who was still a big kid, was about to chase after them to scare them, but Yang Guang stopped him.

"Horii, we still have a mission. Don't worry about the children who are being naughty."

So the three of them continued on their journey and finally arrived at the Institute of Botany.

The three of them inquired about the situation from the staff, looked at some withered plants, and then looked at photos of withered plants nearby. They then deduced that the plants had withered due to acidity.

Fortunately, no one has been injured so far.

Suddenly, the power went out, and everyone began repairs.

Yang Guang didn't need to help with this, so he went outside. He found a few mischievous kids who had been setting off firecrackers on the street talking to a staff member, so he went over to them.

"We've found a monster."

"There really is a monster!"

"You have to trust us."

Upon hearing that there was a monster, Yang Guang stepped forward and asked, "Hey, you said you found a monster, where is it? What does it look like?"

"Uh... I saw a huge plume of white smoke."

“I also heard the roar of a monster,” the children replied.

"So you didn't see what the monster looked like?" Yang Guang asked.

“You’re a member of the Victory team, you have to believe us. There really is a monster, and that sound is terrifying,” the older child said.

Whether it was true or not, since someone said they saw a monster, they had to investigate. So the three of them took the children and drove to the place where they had heard about the monster.

The sky was clear and blue, and there was nothing unusual.

At that moment, three people rushed out and began scolding the children. It turned out they were power system workers investigating the cause of the power outage. They found a kite on the ground and deduced that the children had broken the power lines while flying the kite, causing the outage.

However, Yang Guang did not think so.

“I think there might be another reason for this,” Yang Guang said.

“No matter how much the kite collided with the cable, it couldn’t possibly break such a thick cable! I think there must be another reason. Since you say you’ve discovered a monster, let’s search around here and see if we can find any clues,” Yang Guang continued.

“Hmm, that makes sense,” Daigo agreed.

"Okay." Horii thought for a moment and agreed.

After searching for a while, a strange sound suddenly came from somewhere, whoosh!

“That’s the voice!” said the older boy named Yuya.

Following the sound, the group arrived at a desolate place, where they saw a crack in the ground from which white smoke was billowing. They approached to investigate.

"It stinks!"

"This is the smell of car exhaust."

"It sounds like snoring," the children said.

“If there’s something wrong, let’s try the detector.” Daigo said, taking out the monster detector to scan.

Beep beep beep~ The detector is sounding an alarm.

“There’s a powerful bioenergy reaction! There really is a monster,” Daigo said.

"Horii, report to headquarters. Let's take the children and leave first," Yang Guang said.

"Urgent notification! Urgent notification! A monster has been discovered in Ritoma City. The monster is currently underground and appears to be dormant," Horii reported to headquarters.

Then the three of them left with the children.

...TPC received the notification and immediately took action.

Meanwhile, the members of the Victory Team gathered together to discuss their battle plan.

After some discussion, it was discovered that attacking the monster underground was not feasible, as it could cause soil acidification.

Neutralizing with a strong alkali won't work either, as the amount of monster acid cannot be perfectly calculated; too much or too little will cause further damage to the land.

So Yang Guang suggested that they lure the monster out, neutralize it with alkaline substances, and then destroy it.

Everyone thought the suggestion was good, so they put it into action.

Daigo went to direct the evacuation of residents, telling them to take refuge first.

Horii went to prepare the strong alkali to neutralize the missile.

In Shinjo, Lina pilots the Flying Swallow 1 and 2 to launch an attack on the monsters in the air.

Yang Guang went to direct the setup of the automatic artillery and the operation began!

Two hours later...

Horii has prepared the strong alkali neutralization bomb.

Yang Guang reported that all the automatic artillery pieces had been set up.

Munakata then ordered the battle to begin!

First, throw the bomb into the crack, and then it explodes with a loud bang.

A startled monster emerged from the ground and slowly approached.

It is the acid monster Littlemarus!

Littlemarus is 51 meters tall and weighs 48,000 tons. The monster's head is positioned downwards, and its back is covered with many huge spikes. It also has two long, whip-like tentacles on its back, making it look like a giant snail.

A barrage of automatic artillery fire was unleashed, but the monster suffered no real damage. Instead, it was completely corroded by the acid it spewed out.

"I knew it, this monster would spray acid!" Horii said as he piloted the Flying Swallow 2 and fired a strong alkali neutralizing missile at the monster.

The monster is unable to spray acid after being hit by a strong alkali neutralizing missile, thus reducing its threat level.

Flying Swallow 1 unleashed a series of laser attacks on the monster, but unfortunately, the monster had high defense and the lasers did not cause much damage.

Yang Guang arrived at a secluded spot, took out his Spark Lens, and transformed into Ultraman Geed!

"Damn it, he beat me to it again! You might not believe it, but I can't even appear in my own TV drama?" Daigo exclaimed as he watched Yang Guangxian transform.

Gade immediately engaged the monster in battle, unleashing a barrage of punches and kicks that forced the monster to retreat repeatedly.

"This monster has a pretty stable lower body!" Gade thought to himself.

Litmarus swung his double whips and lashed out at Gade.

Gade dodged left and right, but was still struck by the whip. A searing pain shot through him. Finally, the two whips were wrapped around his neck. They were going to whip him, but they wanted to tie him up too! Gade, of course, wouldn't just sit there and wait to die, so he grabbed the whips and tore them off with all his might.

"Ouch!" Littlemarus screamed in agony!

Gade rushed up and started punching the monster, then lifted it up and slammed it hard to the ground.

Bang~!

"I'll let you hit me! I'll let you hit me! Ah, hit me!"

Then came another beating. With no other option, Littlemarus was unable to spew out acid and his whip was torn off. Now, without the ability to attack, he could only take the beating!

Finally, Littlemarus was beaten to the point of near death, and Gade began to charge up his beam.

Biu~! Boom~!

One Gaddle Ray blasted it to pieces!

After defeating the monster, Gade pretended to fly away, then transformed back into his human form and reunited with the others.

Back at headquarters, the group began discussing how to improve environmental pollution. Some suggested adding a device to the exhaust pipe to neutralize the fumes. Others proposed inventing new energy vehicles. Finally, after summarizing their suggestions, they selected several effective ones and submitted them to the relevant departments.

Hopefully, air pollution on Earth can be improved in the future!

A few days later, Dr. Yao found Yang Guang and told him that the energy transmission device for Ultraman was ready and had been installed on the Megas Power System Experimental Machine. They were just waiting for Ultraman to appear next time to start the experiment.

Yang Guang shared the good news with the other members of the Victory team, and everyone was very excited.

Daigo glanced at Yang Guang excitedly, thinking that if he succeeded, he wouldn't have to worry about running out of energy anymore.

Megumi glanced at Yang Guang, thinking that this would help Ultraman fight even better.