Chapter 34: Agu Biru

Given Fujimiya’s current mindset, he likely doesn’t care at all about the fate of humanity.

Fortunately, the three members of the Falcon Squad, upon receiving my dream’s warning, immediately pulled their jets away from Bokuragu. Thanks to their anti-gravity devices, the three aircraft retreated laterally in midair. The Falcon Squad was reliable—if it had been a certain reckless pilot, the jets would have probably malfunctioned by now.

Just as the Falcon Squad’s jets put some distance between themselves and the ground, a blue radiance burst forth in the sky!

A sphere of blue-white light, like a projectile of energy, crashed down from above!

Had the Falcon Squad not dodged in time, they would have been caught in the blast.

Boom!

The blue-white sphere struck the earth with an explosion, sending up a torrent of dirt and shrouding the area in dust.

“My Dream! Are you alright?!” Mitani, piloting his jet in retreat, immediately checked on my dream.

The tremor from the explosion knocked my dream to the ground, landing painfully. With the situation urgent, he quickly spoke into the communicator, “I’m fine, Captain Mitani. But from here on, you can’t get involved.”

“Have the Falcon Squad pull back. That thing might attack indiscriminately!”

“That thing?” Mitani was puzzled, but he followed my dream’s suggestion and ordered the Falcons to increase their distance, while also reporting to the command center.

“Calling airborne base—unexpected situation at the scene. Something just crashed down from the sky. The dust is too thick to see clearly for now!”

“This is the command room. We’ve received the information,” replied Atsuko, switching the feed to the main screen and initiating a scan.

“There’s a high-energy lifeform near Bokuragu—wait, what?” Atsuko paused, hesitating slightly. “It seems... it’s an Ultraman.”

“What?” Chiba’s face reflected his astonishment. He’d witnessed the previous events firsthand. “Why would Ultraman attack the Falcon Squad?”

“Let’s observe for now,” said Ishimuro, keeping a level head.

As the dust on the screen slowly settled, the silhouette of a crouching giant began to appear.

Atsuko nudged Joji’s arm. “Could it be Jojo Ultraman?”

A burst of light from the sky, descending in a curtain, had introduced him—just like now.

As the dust finally cleared, Joji shook her head, answering with certainty, “No, that’s not Jojo Ultraman.”

With Agul rising to his feet, the XIG members could finally see him in full.

His body was comprised of blue, black, and silver, dominated by the deep blue representing the power of the ocean. Yet, because of Fujimiya’s antagonism toward humanity, constantly at odds with the compassion rooted deep within him, the shade was somber and oppressive.

In short, always pondering the fate of Earth and mankind, he was treading an increasingly extreme path.

“A blue Ultraman.” Ishimuro’s gaze lingered on this new giant, a sense of foreboding growing within him.

Given the goodwill Jojo and Gaia had previously shown toward XIG, Ishimuro instructed, “Falcon Squad, maintain observation for now.”

He then asked, “My Dream, do you know what’s going on here?”

No answer came from my dream over the comms; he had already cut the connection.

At Bokuragu’s location, Agul’s sudden appearance had startled the monster into flailing its huge pincers in panic.

My dream climbed up from the ground and looked toward Agul in the distance. “Damn it! What is Fujimiya trying to do?”

Perhaps hearing this, Agul glanced down at my dream, then turned his gaze back to Bokuragu.

With a great Ultraman battle cry, Agul suddenly leapt skyward!

He soared over Bokuragu’s head and landed behind it. Taking a few steps to the side, Agul turned and beckoned to the monster with a raised arm and the curl of his hand.

Bokuragu: “?”

Bewildered by Agul’s gesture but unable to ignore his direct stare, Bokuragu swung its massive pincers, opening its fishlike maw in a confused roar.

“Wuh—huh?! (What are you looking at?)”

Agul, of course, couldn’t understand Bokuragu’s words, but he could sense its arrogance.

He snorted inwardly, his outstretched hand rapidly gathering energy. After a few crackling sparks, he unleashed a crescent-shaped blue energy blast!

The blue shot struck Bokuragu in the chest, erupting in a shower of sparks.

“Rrraugh!!!”

Bokuragu howled in pain, tumbling to the ground.

Seeing this, my dream’s face twisted in anger. “Agul, you bastard! Stop it right now!!”

Agul: “?”

Hearing the shout, Agul looked at my dream, puzzled.

The reason Fujimiya had come was to help my dream by eliminating the monster that had intruded on his home turf—a favor he’d use to open a conversation.

But Fujimiya would never admit it; his pride simply wouldn’t allow it.

Bokuragu, however, had a strong opinion about all this—so you think you’re better than me?

Does an Earth monster’s life mean nothing?

Luckily, my dream was different from his TV counterpart, or else Bokuragu would be in real trouble today.

“Bokuragu is an Earth monster! It’s here to destroy the Yan Mountain Machine!”

My dream shouted up at Agul, “Look behind you! Agul, get a grip!”

He couldn’t use Fujimiya’s real name—calling him Agul was safer.

But hearing this tone of admonishment, Fujimiya’s pride was pricked.

Are you trying to teach me what to do?

He glanced back at Oilfield Town, where XIG’s Peacecraft was transporting the Yan Mountain Machine.

Hmph, I’ll just take care of both at once!

With this thought, Agul charged toward Bokuragu.

If you were to ask Fujimiya to rank what mattered most, native Earth monsters would come last—even below humans.

Bokuragu’s fish-like body made it hard to rise once knocked down, and as Agul approached, it was still struggling on the ground.

Agul’s large blue hands reached out and seized Bokuragu’s tail!

“Guaaa!!”

With a roar, he heaved mightily!

Bokuragu was hurled into the air, tail clutched in Agul’s grasp, spun around twice, and then slammed violently into the ground with a tremendous crash—facilities along the way exploded in his wake.

After such a beating, Bokuragu was furious.

It scrambled to its feet and charged at Agul!

Agul, full of confidence, summoned a glowing energy sword, slashing swiftly at Bokuragu as it approached.

Yet his blade, slicing across Bokuragu’s body, had no effect—like cutting through water.

“What?!” Agul recoiled in surprise, the sword in his hand dissipating in shock.

At that moment, Bokuragu’s great pincers shot out and clamped tightly around Agul’s neck!

Watching from the sidelines, my dream was on the verge of panic. “Stop fighting, you two! Please, stop!”