mijobooks Chapter 72 Rebirth from the Ashes, the Eternal End
Chapter 72 Rebirth from the Ashes, the Eternal End
At this point, the tension in Bilibili's comment section had gradually dissipated, replaced by a sense of unease.
Today, Sila, who has become a strange bird, finally flew back to the center of Zilda.
This day also marked the last recurrence of Dr. Nezu's illness.
The Victory Team went to stop Sila to protect the Zelda Center.
Even Munakata, who was still recovering from serious injuries, strongly requested to participate in the war...
On the screen, the strange bird Sila has arrived at the entrance to the Zelda Center.
The Victory Team unleashed their firepower on it, creating bursts of sparks.
Amidst the gunfire, the strange bird Sila landed.
Its massive body crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
Despite being badly injured by the Victory Team's laser and having half of its wings broken, it still dragged its battered body, step by step, resolutely crawling towards the gas storage chamber.
boom!!!
The beam of light emitted from Sila's mouth successfully blasted open the massive iron gate of the Zelda Center.
It continued its relentless advance toward the center of Zelda.
On the ground, Daigo, along with Units 1 and 2 in the air, used concentrated firepower to stop him.
Despite its flesh bursting open, it stared intently at the warehouse where the poison gas was stored.
"Don't let it in! It will ignite the gas!"
Despite his injuries, Deputy Captain Zong Fang shouted into the communication channel.
Suddenly! Daigo spotted a figure not far away!
"Oh no! Dr. Nezu is rushing towards the storage room!"
Dr. Nezu, despite his illness, struggled to run towards the storage room.
One was a crazy old man who rushed into the gas chamber and coughed up blood incessantly.
One is a monster dragging its broken wings and crawling towards the gas chamber with blood and tears streaming down its face.
Human and beast, though their paths diverge, their destinations are the same.
An indescribable sense of oppression enveloped the hearts of all the viewers.
……
Daigo has finally transformed.
A flash of light appeared, and Ultraman Tiga's massive body blocked Sira's path.
However, Daigo, still recovering from serious injuries, did not unleash his full fighting power after transforming into Ultraman Tiga.
He was repelled by a fireball from Syrah.
Daigo could sense the sadness emanating from the monster, a sorrow so intense it was almost overwhelming.
He tried to open his arms to stop the crazed bird.
"roar--!"
Silas let out a mournful cry.
It spewed flames at Ultraman Tiga; it was its defiance, its plea.
Move aside!
Let me through!
Tiga withstood the flames, his chest armor becoming scorching hot.
Daigo, still recovering from his injuries, was finding it difficult to stop Sira's attack.
We can only watch as Sera advances step by step toward Dr. Nezu's position...
Dr. Nezu stumbled and crawled out of the Zelda base.
He extracted the last of the Zolda gas.
He was covered in blood, the result of violent coughing that had ruptured his internal organs.
But he didn't look at Ultraman Tiga.
His gaze pierced through the swirling dust and the passing of twenty years, fixing fixedly on the strange bird.
Sila, who had already staggered to the entrance of Zildhall, was too weak to go any further...
It fell to the ground...
"Sila..."
The old man instinctively blocked the gas.
But seeing Sila's current miserable state, he trembled as he reached out his hand, his voice weak, yet it seemed as if he had used all the strength of his soul to call out that name.
"Sila! Is that you?"
This call was like a thunderclap, splitting the chaotic battlefield.
Its huge eyes, filled with bloody tears, looked down at the tiny old man on the ground.
It opened its mouth, and a golden light flashed inside.
"Sira...are you going to take it away...?"
At that moment, the ferocious light in the monster's eyes completely disappeared.
Even the leather suit seemed to come alive at this moment.
In its eyes, what replaced it was a sense of grievance, a sense of attachment, and a reunion that transcended life and death.
"Chirp—"
It let out a low hum.
It was no longer the piercing roar of a monster, but rather like the cry of a wounded bird meeting its long-lost master.
At that moment, background music suddenly started playing.
As the music played, the audience's thoughts seemed to drift back to twenty years ago in the story.
On a sunny afternoon, the curtains were lifted by a gentle breeze.
A little girl named Mami, wearing a red dress, holds a beautiful cockatiel in her hands and smiles as brightly as a flower.
"Daddy, Sila loves you the most!"
"Dad, come home soon!"
"Dad, don't be discouraged. This doesn't mean it's all over. There are still many things we can do, right?"
At that time, Nezu was young, ambitious, and full of vigor.
He smiled and patted his daughter's head, then teased the parrot named "Sila".
Shortly afterward, the tragic explosion occurred.
The flames consumed everything.
Mami disappeared in the sea of fire.
The little parrot did not escape; it hovered at the edge of the inferno, corroded by the poisonous gas and scorched by the flames, emitting a mournful cry.
It did not die.
The Zerda gas altered its genes, allowing it to survive in agony for twenty years.
It transformed into an ugly monster, but its soul remained that of a little bird that deeply loved its master.
The live chat completely collapsed at this moment.
Holy crap! My eyes started getting sore as soon as the background music started playing.
I cried! It didn't come for revenge; it came to find its owner!
Twenty years! It hid in that damned volcano for twenty years, enduring the pain of mutation, all for this moment?
It remembers! It remembers everything! It remembers Mami saving it, it remembers its father!
I'm so awful! I was just cursing it!
The cuckoo cries blood...
However, the worst was yet to come.
Dr. Nezu looked at the mutated Sierra, tears streaming down his face. He staggered forward a couple of steps, showing no fear even though a huge monster lay before him.
In his eyes, Sila is still the same as she was back then.
Bright red blood was flowing from her beak...
Her cries contained a heart-wrenching sorrow...
She transformed from a beautiful cockatiel into an ugly monster...
Even if no one can understand her intentions, even when facing the powerful GUTS team, even when facing Ultraman who represents justice...
Driven by her own long-cherished wish, she refused to see her beloved's smile vanish again, and for the sake of the unbreakable bond with her master, she wept blood as she journeyed forward...
"Sira...did you do this for Mami?"
"You also want to...destroy that thing?"
……
Everyone understood.
As long as you're alive, you have to do something...
The meaning of this sentence was finally revealed at this moment.
This is not a greedy obsession, but a vow of atonement!
It is a father's final words to his daughter, a bird's final words to its master, and a sacred soul's final words to an innocent life!
Looking at Nezu, Sila nodded.
Silas used up his last bit of strength.
It opened its mouth wide, emitted a special beam of light from its throat, and bit down on the cans containing Zerda gas.
"No! Sila! You'll die!"
Dr. Nezu shouted and tried to rush forward, but fell to the ground.
But Silas did not stop.
It swallowed all the highly toxic gases that were enough to destroy a first-tier city!
It will use its own body as the strongest cage in the world to completely seal away these demons!
"So... from the very beginning, its purpose was to swallow this gas..."
Zongfang, Lina, Xincheng, and the others were already deeply moved.
"Sila...so, you wanted to save the Doctor after all...?"
Even Shinjo, who had always hated monsters, changed his attitude towards Sila as a result...
"What am I even doing?!"
……
"Glug... Glug..."
As the gas entered her body, Sila's body began to tremble violently. Her originally gray skin instantly turned crimson red, as the high temperature inside her body burned and the poisonous gas corroded her internal organs.
It is enduring hellish pain.
Every second felt like a thousand knives were cutting into its flesh.
But its eyes were more serene than ever before.
It looked at Dr. Nezu and called out softly.
It was as if it were saying: I did it. Mami will no longer be afraid.
"Sila!!"
Dr. Nezu knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, his fingers digging deeply into the soil.
The weight that had been pressing on his shoulders finally lifted...
Just then, the old man swayed and fell down.
That body, already exhausted and worn out, finally reached its limit at this moment. Twenty years of torment came to an end.
His hand fell to the ground, still clutching the yellowed photograph tightly.
Don't die, Doctor!
[Sobbing, this father and daughter are so pitiful!]
[Sira...it really did eat all the gas...]
Is this what they mean by "you have to do something"? Even if it means dying?
Just when everyone thought it was a complete tragedy, Gu Nan delivered the most brilliant sublimation of the entire series, which is also the peak moment known as "Ai Ota-style romance".
Ultraman Tiga slowly walked forward.
As the embodiment of light, Daigo understood all of this.
He sensed a kind of obsession that was even purer than light.
He carried the dying Silas and flew into the sky...
At this moment, a scene that shocked countless people appeared.
Dr. Nezu, who had fallen, transformed into a ray of light.
The golden light flew into Sila's forehead.
A miraculous scene unfolded.
Sila's ugly, bloated, and scarred monster body peeled away piece by piece in the light, like old clothes being removed.
The Zildar gas within its body was completely purified by this sacred radiance.
"Chirp—!"
A clear, melodious bird song, like heavenly music, resounded through the sky.
From the monster's shell flew a huge bird that shone with golden light.
Here, the production team led by Gu Nan contributed the industry's top-notch CG effects.
Every feather is so lifelike!
Its entire body is golden, and its wings are full. It is no longer that terrifying monster, but a phoenix reborn from the ashes!
On the back of this golden phoenix, amidst the interplay of light and shadow, the audience saw a semi-transparent figure.
That was a girl named Mami wearing a red dress and with her hair in a ponytail.
Sitting on the back of a golden bird, there is no pain, no regret.
And Tiga, who was leading the way, also emitted a golden glow.
It's like the little match girl striking her last match.
The golden light shining from the distant heavens gradually flowed toward her.
Everything became so beautiful under the light brought by Tiga.
In the light, Sila seemed to transform back into the beautiful little bird she once was. In a daze, Mami called her name, and together they flew into the distance.
They smiled and waved goodbye to the Victory Team on the ground and to Ultraman Tiga.
That smile was as warm as that afternoon twenty years ago.
……
Holy crap! Is this light?!
She's truly transformed into a phoenix! So beautiful!
[This ending is amazing! So beautiful! I couldn't stop crying!]
[Thinking about it carefully, how could such a gentle owner raise a demon?]
What moved me most was Ultraman Tiga's gentle glance back in the light. At that moment, I felt that light is gentle. And that God exists.
Their family was reunited; they were reunited in the light...
[It completely dried up my tears. And the light that Tiga transformed into—that's true divinity!]
Looking back at this episode now, I realize that the Doctor, Mami, and Sera are all living by the belief that "as long as you're alive, you have to do something."
In the image, a golden phoenix carrying its family flaps its wings, scattering starlight, and flies towards the deep universe.
There was no disease, no poison gas, no worldly prejudice, only eternal starlight and freedom.
Tiga stood on the earth, gazing up at the receding light, and stood there for a long time.
His shadow was stretched long in the setting sun, making him appear both lonely and gentle.
They went to a place where there was no sorrow.
Sila is not just a bird; she is a great soul.
As the ending theme song "Ultraman Forever" played, its stirring yet slightly melancholic melody brought tears to the eyes of countless viewers.
End.
……
This night was destined to be a sleepless one for countless people.
Within ten minutes of the broadcast of "The Battle of Zelda Center," related topics exploded across social media.
The comment section below the Bilibili video instantly saw 100,000 comments.
The top-rated comment was a screenshot showing Sera transforming into a golden phoenix and soaring into space, accompanied by a single sentence:
"It was just a bird that wanted to fulfill its owner's last wish, but it was more like a person than many others."
This comment has received over a million likes.
Countless pet bloggers and relationship bloggers shared this episode's compilation. The titles were all incredibly tear-jerking:
Did you understand? That wasn't a monster; it was twenty years of loyalty.
"Ultraman Tiga's Ascension to Godhood Episode 1: As long as you're alive, you must do something."
A tribute to Dr. Nezu, and to everyone who has given their all in the pursuit of redemption.
[Sila, may you rest in peace!]
[Let's be family again in our next life!]
May the doctor be reunited with his daughter and live a happy life! And may Silas also be reunited with her.
Thank you, Silas!