Chapter 117: 113 The Girl of Blue Fire and Soul Separation

Clearly, in this world, the present Yumemi has been chosen by Formig as a host.

From the wound on her shoulder, this Formig is the second-generation one from Ultraman Mebius.

In episode thirty-three, “The Girl of Blue Fire,” the second-generation Formig possessed a female medical student named Misasa.

Its possession synchronization rate is higher than the first-generation Formig, so any damage it suffers appears on the host.

If the Formig flame is killed, Misasa will also lose her life.

“This destruction is severe—this monster must have absorbed fire to grow stronger,” Kishida muttered, frowning at the roaring flames around him.

Yamada: “Rescue teams have been called—they’ll handle firefighting and rescue operations.”

Nishijo Nagi noticed Qi Ming staring at Yumemi with a grim expression: “You have something to say, don’t you?”

Qi Ming: “If I told you that monster was Yumemi transformed, would you believe me?”

Yamada immediately triggered his passive: “Hah, a woman turning into a monster? That’s ridiculous…”

His words were cut off by Nishijo Nagi: “I believe you.”

Kishida clenched his lips: “Her wounds match exactly the spots where Feiyan-2 struck the monster.”

This forced Yamada to swallow his words: “Then… I believe it too.”

Qi Ming recounted everything he knew to them; in the communication channel, Seishiro Dan still said only one thing: “Can you save her?”

Qi Ming looked at Kishida: “With TPC’s technology, can you separate a monster’s soul from a human’s?”

In the original Ultraman Mebius series, GUYS developed a new advanced technology called the “Soul Separator,” which fused high-energy particles from Mebius’s Mebius Beam to separate Misasa from Formig.

Kishida was stunned: “Separate souls? How is that possible? Humanity’s understanding of souls is still limited to the idea that ‘souls may consist of plasma energy.’”

See—this world lacks this technological capability.

Nishijo Nagi looked at the fallen Yumemi: “If we do nothing, she’ll transform into the monster again, won’t she?”

Qi Ming: “Under normal conditions, she retains human consciousness, but the monster can seize control of her body at any moment.”

“If we can’t save her, then there’s no choice,” Nishijo Nagi said after understanding, drawing the Victory Hyper Gun and aiming it at Yumemi.

Qi Ming didn’t know what to say.

In the episode “The Girl of Blue Fire,” the teammate Tetsuhei’s attitude toward Misasa was worlds apart from Nishijo Nagi’s now.

In that episode, several oil workers were about to die from Formig’s attack.

Mebius had no choice but prepared to eliminate it with his beam.

Tetsuhei, who had already fallen in love with Misasa, shouted, “Stop!”—interrupting Mebius’s beam, forcing Mebius to take the full brunt of Formig’s flame blast and collapse.

Back at base, Tetsuhei relentlessly confronted him: “Future, you were going to fire that beam, weren’t you? If you had, Miss Misasa would have died!”

He acted as if he cared only for his beloved, indifferent to the lives of bystanders and teammates.

Future, who had been beaten and scolded, bowed deeply to Tetsuhei: “I’m sorry! If only I were stronger…”

Even then, Tetsuhei sneered: “You don’t need to apologize—you’re Ultraman, the defender of justice. But I can’t abandon Misasa, who’s human!”

Those words reminded Future of his helplessness against Sakata Hiroto, deeply wounding him.

Nishijo Nagi’s attitude now is the complete opposite—she should be killed, and I’ll do it myself!

“Stop. Don’t give up so easily—bring her back first,” Seishiro Dan’s voice came through the communicator.

…………………………

The next morning, Yumemi awoke on a hospital bed in TPC’s medical ward.

When Seishiro Dan told her she had become a monster’s host, Yumemi showed fear but no surprise.

Nishijo Nagi beside her: “You knew already, didn’t you?”

Yumemi shook her head, then nodded.

She said a month ago, while watching the sea at night, she suddenly saw a blue ghostly flame.

Then, for no reason, she fainted—but when she woke, there was nothing unusual about her body, so she thought it was just a dream.

Emi: “That must have been Formig’s original form—it parasitized Yumemi-san at that moment.”

Kishida approached; during her unconsciousness, he had scanned her body with every instrument available—her tissue showed no change.

“Regrettably, human technology has not yet extended to the soul,” he said.

This was effectively a death sentence for Yumemi.

Nishijo Nagi glanced at Seishiro Dan’s gloomy face, thinking that since they couldn’t separate Yumemi from Formig, next time the monster appeared, they must strike without hesitation—hesitation only invites disaster.

But in front of Yumemi, she couldn’t say it, so she kept silently signaling Seishiro Dan to leave.

Seishiro Dan comforted Yumemi: “Don’t worry—we’ll find a way to help you.”

Yumemi saw that Seishiro Dan himself had no confidence—he was only comforting her.

She requested that her boyfriend Takuma come to visit, to take her for one last ride on his motorcycle, to see the vibrant, beautiful world again.

“My duty is to save lives—I can’t let people suffer because of me.”

“Next time the monster appears, you should…”

Yumemi knew what was right, but her voice trembled and failed to finish.

She was afraid.

Who wouldn’t fear death?

Seishiro Dan felt deep sorrow—he promised to contact Takuma immediately, comforted Yumemi further, then left the medical room.

He found Qi Ming and asked: “Is there truly no way?”

Qi Ming shook his head: “Like the previous Ligarudon, this isn’t a mutation—Daiya’s Cell Restoration Beam won’t work. We need something that can separate souls.”

Yumemi is a good person—her kindness, goodness, and beauty are rare in this world.

If possible, he wanted to save her.

But the ability to separate souls is exceedingly rare—he remembered that Belial’s Twilight in Ultraman Zeta possessed such power, but the Cosmic Needle is not easily obtained.

Back in the Victory Team command room, Yamada suggested: “Captain, we’re truly out of options. When a monster possesses a human, it’s meant to make us hesitate—don’t let it control us.”

Nishijo Nagi also urged Seishiro Dan to make a decision soon.

Qi Ming stayed silent, pulling out his phone to browse the news—until one headline caught his attention.

“A balloon ship: children who rode it afterward became extremely obedient—parents could make them do anything.”

“Most parents were satisfied, but a few noticed their children had lost their vitality and spirit.”

“They took the children to the hospital—their brainwaves were nearly nonexistent, like empty shells devoid of souls.”

(End of Chapter)