Chapter 874: with translation of chapter title

NO. 243: Brother, wanna pick a song?

Gatanjeer, the Ruler of Hei'an, is an evil god whose fame expanded alongside the name of Ultraman Diga; its prototype is the eldest son of Cthulhu, Ghatanothoa.

Anyone who has studied the Cthulhu mythos knows that Ghatanothoa's gatekeeping power is to petrify any living creature that sees it.

People who enter this state do not die completely; their brains remain alive forever inside the petrified body, becoming 'living statues'—just as those who were defeated by Gatanjeer in the past could still wait for children to brush away and purchase life, like Ultraman Tiga.

Considering that this world already has Cthulhu in charge of deceiving and killing homebody believers for sacrifices, a monster like Gatanjeer that highly reproduces the prototype actually has no chance to appear.

Unless you rush Cthulhu and kill her damn main body's eldest son, the spot won't open up; even if you are Leblondo, being able to summon all otherworldly monsters via Burton is useless.

In response, someone far more familiar with this world than Leblondo, and also more familiar with the clever Shatar, came up with a clever way.

He first used money to open the way, obtaining the design plans for the star gate through illegal means.

Then he again used money to open the way, and with some shady means, forcibly had several retired federal star-gate engineers modify a small star gate that requires regular inspection for him.

On one hand, he added a charge of 'illegally selling otherworldly products' to the alliance's crimes; on the other hand, he obtained special products generated by those monsters that 'cannot set foot here'.

The black mist secreted by the evil god Gatanjeer is one of them.

Without mass reaction, yet carrying special ions, it can disrupt normal mechanical operation and block radio waves, and can even scorch the enemy's ShadowMist/shadow black mist; if left to spread, it could even envelop an entire planet.

This is precisely where Gatanjeer's title 'Ruler of Hei'an' comes from, and it is also a marvelous thing in Shatar's eyes.

Even special eyes and mechanical devices that can see through ordinary matter cannot penetrate this pitch-black fog; using it to conceal certain important items or even facilities makes it an excellent product.

Of course—the prerequisite is to develop a special substance that it cannot destroy—or, alternatively, to directly master its power.

Gatanjeer card.

When it was impossible to bring living beings into the world, the clever Shatar learned to turn monsters into cards for smuggling.

There's no need to make the whole thing into a card; instead, for sustainable development, they periodically extract and produce limited-use knockoff monster cards.

Although these knockoffs reduce power in all aspects, they still grant the user the ability to harness Gatanjeer's secretions, and can even be mass-produced to equip the managers of dozens of important facilities and warehouses.

The only problem is that even these knockoff monster cards make the user feel increasingly weird with use.

The time of going insane is determined by individual differences in psychological defenses.

For the vast interstellar business alliance with many members and even more subordinates, this problem is merely a minor flaw.

A rotation system combined with psychological conditioning compensation can fix it.

Thus the Gatanjeer-brand black mist appeared before Zhouri Ningjing and the 'Befaras aliens' as it once did.

For Zhouri Ningjing, she only felt that those black vapors were annoying.

Even in a soul state, with source-energy protection deployed, one would still feel considerable discomfort.

It is probably some kind of relatively negative, strange source-energy spell.

But for the Befaras alien…… in this base starship filled with Aogeng elements, upon seeing that black mist for the first time, he immediately realized what it was.

And it was precisely that thing that prompted him to make the Gilbarlis calculation the core of his plan.

But reality also holds an accident.

What is the accident? The accident is that Aomo didn't expect Cthulhu's eldest son to not be dead.

He also thought that Shatar and company had slaughtered the green-skinned fat brat, hidden an evil god's true form in the base to release mist there, and therefore specifically had Zhouri Ningjing bring the secret key to find Gechengwangpai—to act as a legendary investigator, seize the chance, and viciously draw blood from the evil god!

He was not worried about failing.

Gatanjeer, able to release mist so steadily, is likely under some restriction; otherwise, even if it could be imprisoned, nothing could stop it from releasing mist and taking over Earth.

Then…

Then the result ended up deviating a bit……

The Gatanjeer card was indeed obtained, but it is not the complete version.

It is a trial card that can be felt as usable only for a limited time upon obtaining it!

When he got it in hand, Aomo really wanted to say some dirty words to Teacher Zhouri.

Especially when thinking that after this card he still has to give it to Chazuo, he feels even more that Teacher Zhouri is inadequate, even preparing a gift for his sister is third-rate.

But……

Cursing behind someone's back is not very polite.

As a demon who observes propriety, Aomo believes that dirty words like this should still be said to the person's face to be considered polite.

So he held back, in front of Leblondo.

He was very composed; his composure came from the trial card—although it is a trial card, as long as it can be experienced, it does not hinder the execution of the plan.

As for the plan……

His plan steps are very simple.

First, when suspecting that Leblondo was usurping his mental sovereignty, he let the outside world directly 'draw blood'—the secret key's fairness and justice have always been to draw both soul and flesh from the target together.

This is the most straightforward weakening; the weakening affects not only Aomo but also Leblondo, whose soul is in sync with Aomo's.

Second, have the other side send over the Gatanjeer card and the Gilbarlis card.

The former is to truly dispatch Hei'an, for although this is Aomo's own soul world, he has not cultivated how, in this state, to dispatch the negative accumulations within the soul.

He will instinctively lead and dispatch those 'darkness that has already taken form' to assist in battle.

The latter serves as an aid to maximize the former's efficiency—Gilbarlis's data erosion can transform the originally ineffable, idealist realm of the soul world into a scientifically rigorous data stage.

Utilizing Gatanjeer's authority on such a stage can avoid the situation where 'if I happen to lack the opponent's hot-bloodedness, the mobilized soul power might actually be less than theirs!'

Don't laugh!

An idealist world is exactly where this hidden danger lies!

Aomo himself believes he has always been far from the hot-blooded male lead, so he tweaked the venue, refining it into a secure permission dog domain.

In such a domain, he can easily perform the ominous maneuver 'All the world's darkness! Gather to me!'—making the grassy scene of how dark he is now match how bright Ultraman Diga was back then.

Furthermore, he can for the first time produce a monster union that balances without needing his own monster cards.

This union is called:

Nijikagachi/Nijikajiaqi

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LandEmperorMonsterMizunoenoRyuu/didi da guai shou ren long

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Gillvalis/ji er ba li si

In this trio, Gillvalis holds a pivotal position.

Because it is not originally part of Aomo's soul.

It is a recently arrived external aid.

In other words—by some unknown means it seized a portion of the soul world's sovereignty, enabling it to constantly stalemate with Aomo in consuming time, yet it will not simultaneously gain this power.

Therefore, Aomo commissioned Gillvalis to help calculate the feasibility of this series of plans; its core idea is:

【Bring the opponent and myself down to the lowest level, then defeat him with a cheat!!】

Who the hell wants to compete with you over soul strength, darkness level, and state of mind!?

The cheat I found through my own ability—I'm going to activate it now!

The ultimate manifestation of human wisdom—the absolute rationality of the Ultimate Arbiter.

Supplemented by the divine embodiment of nature—the inclusiveness and judgment of the Rainbow Serpent God and the Ren Dragon.

Further supplemented by the ultimate darkness that, from the very beginning, was overlaid with the power of Gatanjea.

This final posture is enough to make the entire soul world tremble, letting out a sharp whistle like a flute.

It also places Aomo, who considers himself not hot-blooded enough, at the center of an extremely scorching force in physical terms.

——

Meanwhile, in the external world, within the data world constructed by Gillvalis's main body.

After great difficulty, the few Ultramen and super agents who had just placed the card and secret key into Evil Jetton's body each maintained a vigilance of keeping distance while being ready to rush in at any moment.

Everyone, including the police and the Two Worlds Safety Bureau officers still elsewhere suppressing Leojonix, was focusing on that suddenly motionless Evil Jetton.

After nearly ten seconds of silence, the Evil Jetton, whose even rhomboid crystal eyes had dimmed, suddenly brightened its gaze—using the sharp right claw on that side, it stabbed into its own left chest.

"Zetton!!"

"Not——! I haven't lost!!"

In that ear-splitting roar-like sound, and in that strenuous tearing that was enough to make people stare dumbfounded and then unable to bear to look away.

The magma-like blood splattered into the air, staining that whole chunk of flesh, together with several segments of broken black bone.

The voice of Leblondo shouted desperately, carrying the unwillingness of being unable to possess the most desired body and consciousness.

"How dare you reject me!! I can clearly make you the ruler of the entire universe!!!!"

It has become so frenzied that the great contrast between the two encounters makes people wonder what it has gone through; no matter what the experience, it seems unable to change its current inability to break free from that chunk of flesh.

Everyone watched it struggle incessantly in midair, trying to re-enter Evil Jetton's body, yet seemingly confined to the flesh torn by Evil Jetton.

That was almost a whole slab of left-chest flesh, even with two rib sections, a large meat slice, being seared and torn apart by his claws burning with azure-blue flame, flung tens of meters away.

And it, swaying, slowly squatted down with the support of Jie De and Lipiya who rushed out first, its entire body turning into dissipating black mist, yet in the sudden arrival of radiance, the whole person seemed to have refreshed its state.

It transformed into a massive beast adorned with iridescent, deep blue, and dark speckles.

Its upright humanoid form resembled Gillvalis, yet was filled with draconic serpentine scales, and atop its neck sat a ferocious yet majestic dragon head; the forked tail's tip bore an inconspicuous bone blade, from head to tail possessing both dragon and serpent traits, while the azure crystal on its chest, like an artificial brain, extended outward into countless mysterious patterns gleaming with metallic luster.

This beast possessed a heaviness, antiquity, and dignity utterly unlike the previous Evil Jetton.

It made almost everyone feel unfamiliar.

But just as everyone doubted whether it had entered another state of loss of control, a sudden melody rang out from it.

"Sorry, changing the song."

Alright, that illusion is gone.