Even though he is a villain, can he be saved?

Chapter 16 The Call from the Abyss Part [-]

"If you say so!" Terrera thought of this, then lowered his head and continued to tap on his instrument, and then directly entered the network system of the Earth Defense Force on the big screen, and then located a certain power generation on Iwo Jima Station: "The nearest place with a large amount of energy to the sea area in question is here, Iwo Jima New Energy Power Plant!"

At the critical moment, the intermediary captain didn’t have time to think about it, and hastily issued an order to the three-person team: “Natasha, Leo, hurry up and go to Iwo Jima to avoid the worst situation. Hans, you continue here Expand your search, just in case."

"Roger!" X3
(Song of Uncle Wang~)

Not long after Natasha and Leo set off, they found a suspicious protrusion on the outer sea surface of Iwo Jima, and it was swimming towards the power station not far from the shore with splashing waves.

"Leo! I'll go and see what's going on first, and you report the situation here to the captain." After Natasha finished speaking, she immediately lowered her altitude and flew towards the unknown object, intending to take a good look at it.

And Leo is connected to the communication channel of the command room: "Captain, this is Leo. Natasha and I have found suspicious signs of a suspected mysterious object. Natasha has already gone to investigate. Please give me the next step."

Hearing this, the intermediary captain in the command room first instructed Leo to stand by and be ready to support Natasha at any time, and then quickly contacted Hans: "Squad member Hans, Natasha and Leo have found an unknown object, now you rush to them as soon as possible." There, don’t attack at will, although the mysterious object is dangerous, but Mary’s team is likely to be held hostage by it, so don’t use lethal force unless it is absolutely necessary.”

"Hans received!"

Just after the captain in the middle deployed the action, Natasha suddenly entered the communication channel: "Captain! A mysterious object has surfaced in the sea. That's--my God!?"

Hearing Natasha's exclamation, the intermediary captain hurriedly asked: "What's wrong? Team Natasha! Is there any danger? Leo, where are you?!"

After Leo was also stuck for a while, Natasha's speechless voice sounded again: "Captain, I will transfer the live video to you now, you...you can see for yourself."

The next moment, almost everyone sucked in a breath of air after seeing the picture of Natasha transferred to the big screen.

——On the screen, I saw a huge humanoid mechanical creature crawling up to the coast from the sea with all four limbs. Its whole body was wrapped in a bright silver metal shell, and the shell was densely packed with all kinds of grotesque deep-sea fish remains. With the hideous and strange appearance coupled with those unrepentant expressions, everyone was basically terrified.

Only Tres observed the huge humanoid mechanical body with a thoughtful expression, as if he was analyzing his structure: "Did it first suck the life energy of the fish on the earth after the fall? It seems that there is a fusion function." , but why haven’t we seen the new Trieste? Even if it’s fused, it must have some features, right?”

After Tres finished speaking, Hades looked at the pair of moderately large horns on the head of the giant humanoid machine and the mysterious round protrusion on the chest, and felt that something was wrong no matter how he looked at it: "How do I feel... ...does this guy look so familiar?"

Hearing what Hades said, An Nuoqi and the intermediary captain, who also felt the same way, looked at him and began to think hard.

After a while, the three of them blurted out a name at the same time:
"It's Ultraman Taro!"

The captain in the middle and Trela, who was busy manipulating the particle converter and had no time to speak, were the only two human beings present, watching the mechanical monster on the screen resisting Natasha nonchalantly while sucking electricity from the attacker power plant, The joint attack of the three planes of Leo and Hans suddenly felt a little nervous.

How is this kind of thing made?And who put it on the earth?
However, the captain in the middle didn't care about the situation at the scene. He first asked Qiongqi to look up the information to see if there were any related monsters or cosmic beings, and then asked Hans who was the most proficient in technology at the scene: "Hans, what are you doing?" Scan to see if there are any vital signs inside the mechanical creation, and can you sense the vital signs of Mary's three-person team?"

Manipulating the plane to avoid the waving arm of the mechanical monster, Hans quickly turned on the life activity scanner after receiving the command from the intermediary captain, checked the whole body of the mechanical monster, and shook his head at the camera in the cab: "Report to the captain, No life activity was detected, and it is estimated that Mary's three-person team has died in the line of duty with a high probability."

Hearing Hans' speculation in the communication channel, Natasha's face suddenly darkened.

After receiving the report from Hans that no life activity was detected inside the mechanical monster, the intermediary captain immediately changed his instructions: "All flight personnel, now lift the restrictions on the use of weapons, and everyone uses weapons by themselves, and strive to prevent the mechanical monster from attacking the power generation." The factory caused even more damage! Qiongqi, how is your investigation going?"

After quickly flipping through most of the information in the database, Qiongqi shook his head regretfully: "Reporting captain, there is no similar record in the previous defense force data, it is probably the latest alien product, and according to Hades and Anuoqi I also looked at the relevant information about the mechanical Ultraman created by the Salomei, but the shape does not match. "

The intermediary captain also felt a little troubled when he heard the words, and even after seeing the mechanical monster that looked harmless even after Natasha and the three of them used lethal force to attack, it was even more headache: "Although there is no relevant information, I can't do it." Look, Mr. Hades and Team Anuoqi! You go to evacuate the power station personnel, Mr. Hades, please hurry up. Qiongqi, what monster do you recommend to fight first?"

After tapping the screen a few times, Qiong Qi was about to speak, but saw Trela ​​staring at the large central screen with his mouth wide open in surprise.

After noticing Trela's strangeness, everyone turned their heads to look at the large central screen, and even Hades stopped the ready real-time transmission first.

And on the big central screen, after being attacked by beams of countless planes without resistance, the mechanical monster obediently absorbed the energy of a giant generator, turned back into the sea, and then completely disappeared. In the boundless sea.

Seeing the mechanical monsters huddling together and then quickly leaving in the sea, Natasha fired a few shots angrily, then stopped because she had no diving equipment, and watched the mechanical monsters go away and disappear into the deep sea.

On the contrary, Trela, who was most used to dealing with machines in the command room, looked at the disappearing figure of the monster thoughtfully: "It's strange, why do I feel that this monster looks like a submersible whether it appears or leaves?"

Trela's unintentional words suddenly awakened the dreamer. After hearing his complaints, the intermediary captain immediately started to simulate on his own equipment, and at the same time, he did not forget to tell Natasha and the other three in the communication channel: "Three team members, remember to bring some debris from the monster when you come back. I have a bold guess."

……

In a certain family in the middle of the night, a little blond boy was lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, and when she kept rolling on the bed, the door suddenly creaked and slowly opened.

Afterwards, Marie, the captain of the new Trieste, walked into the house from behind the door, and gently covered the little boy with a quilt: "Good boy, it's getting late now, you should go to bed now?"

At first, the little boy was still a little confused, but then he stood up from the bed with a happy smile, and threw himself into Mary's arms: "Mom! Where did you go today? Why did you come back so late?"

After being pounced on by the little boy, Mary's body stiffened a little, but then she hugged the little boy's body gently, patted his back slowly and said: "Mom can't go home because of something. For a long time, it is estimated that I will not be able to come back."

Hearing this, the little boy was immediately unhappy, let go of Mary's back and sat on the bed facing her, sulking: "Mom, you big liar! I promised to attend my primary school entrance ceremony tomorrow, so why is it that I have something to do at the last minute?" What about it? Dad and sister cried today because you didn’t come home on time! Really, they are so grown-up that they still cry!”

However, this time, the little boy did not wait for his mother's easy comfort, but the sound of the door being pushed open again.

"Piccard (Note 1), why are you still up so late? Were you talking to someone just now?" A black-haired Caucasian man poked his head in with some doubts, his eyes were illuminated by the light in the corridor There seems to be some redness.

"Father!" Picard turned around with a huffy look, only to find that Mary had disappeared at some point.

Tilting his head in confusion, Picard asked curiously, "Dad, did you see Mom? She came to tell me just now that she won't be able to go home for a long time, you big liar!"

"Eh?"

……

On the beach at dusk, a little girl in a bathing suit is happily tossing an inflated toy ball outside a large house where a beautiful but haggard woman lies by the window On the bed next to him, looking at the innocent figure of his daughter playing outside the window, he couldn't help wiping his tears with a tissue.

Just as she lowered her head, the little girl accidentally threw too much force and threw the toy ball a little far away, so she had to run over to retrieve the ball.

At this time, the toy ball that was thrown slowly rolled to the feet of a man, who then gently picked it up and gently threw it to the little girl.

Subconsciously reaching out to catch the toy ball thrown over, the little girl immediately cheered happily after seeing the man's face: "Dad! You're back!"

Immediately, the little girl didn't even care about the toy ball in her hand. She threw it aside, ran over with a smile, and hugged Dr. Nezu's legs: "Dad, why are you coming back now? Mom is not feeling well today." Yes, let me come out to play for a while by myself."

Smiling and picking up the little girl, Dr. Nezu seemed to have tears in his eyes: "Li Jia (Note 2), Dad is going to a far away place starting tomorrow, and you will have to take care of Mom from now on." I'm sorry, Dad, please forgive Dad, okay?"

Although the little girl was still at an ignorant age, she nodded obediently: "I see, Dad, don't worry, I will take good care of Mom and wait for you to come back!"

Dr. Nezu heard his daughter's innocent words, put her down gently, and quickly wiped the corners of his eyes: "Silly boy, what if I never come back? Don't wait for me."

"Don't!" Unexpectedly, the little girl raised her head stubbornly, and said firmly, "I will always wait for you to come back, always!"

Looking at his daughter who is sensible but accepts death, Dr. Nezu's eyes are full of love and guilt.

Just when he was about to say something, an anxious female voice came from the big house: "Li Jia! Where have you been? Li Jia?"

"Mom! I'm just picking up a ball, it's fine!" Hearing her mother calling her, the little girl quickly turned around and answered, so that her mother could feel at ease.

When she turned her head again, Dr. Nezu's figure had disappeared, leaving only the sound of waves hitting the beach.

"dad?"

……

In a separate ward of a large hospital, a young man with blond hair and blue eyes stood quietly beside an old lady on a sickbed.

Looking at the gray-haired old man in deep sleep, the young man gently stroked the side of her face with his hand, as if unwilling to leave here.

But in the end, he reluctantly left from the sick bed, and pulled the blanket that had slipped off from another old man who was accompanying him on the recliner.

Then, the young man glanced at the glucose that was about to run out, and pressed the button to call the nurse.

When the nurse came in with the new medicine, she found that the two elderly people in the room were both sleeping, and she was a little puzzled: "It's strange, why did you fall asleep after calling out, and sleep so soundly?"

……

In UNT's base, Trela ​​and Hans fiddled with an unknown substance mixed with bloody fish corpses in a pool of metal, and finally came to a conclusion: "Sure enough, there are new elements in the shell composition of that mechanical monster." The wreck of the Trieste!"

(Note 1: In 1951, Picard led his son Jacques Picard to Trieste, an Italian port city, to design his second deep-sea submersible with the support of relevant Swedish departments. This deep-sea submersible It is 15.1 meters long and 3.5 meters wide, and can carry two or three scientists on board. The Picard and his son named it "Trieste".

“的里雅斯特”潜水器在1960年1月20日用了4小时零43分钟的时间，潜到了世界海洋最深处──10916米马利亚纳海沟，最大潜水深度为10916米。皮卡德父子实现了他们的最终梦想，成为深潜器设计最成功的人和传奇式的英雄。

Note 2: A tribute to the composite monster Ligadron in the fourth chapter of Ultraman Tiga "Goodbye, Earth")

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