AWB Chapter 249 The Birth of Agul! Completely Different Ideologies!
Chapter 249 The Birth of Agul! Completely Different Ideologies!
In the motion capture and special effects rehearsal room of Chasing Light Pictures in Jinghai City, dull thuds of bodies colliding and shouts from the martial arts instructor could be heard from time to time.
"No! Lower your center of gravity a bit more! According to the plot, you're formed from liquid metal, so your movements shouldn't be so rigid and stiff like a martial artist. Instead, be more agile, varied, and sharp!"
Gu Nan sat behind the monitor, holding a walkie-talkie, his eyes fixed intently on the two costumed actors rehearsing their moves in the center of the arena.
As the plot of "Ultraman Gaia" progresses, episode sixteen brings a crucial turning point—the showdown between the real and fake Agul.
In order to make this classic "fighting oneself" scene as visually impactful and exhilarating as possible, Gu Nan specially spent a lot of money to invite several professional martial arts instructors from the Jinghai City Martial Arts Team to conduct intensive training for the costume actors.
"Coach Liu, the fake Agul's movements can be exaggerated even more."
Gu Nan turned to Master Liu, the head coach of the Jinghai Martial Arts Team, and said, "What we need to show is a kind of mockery that looks down on the opponent."
Although the fake Agul replicated the real Agul's data, its core was that of an arrogant metallic life form. Every block, every punch, was imbued with a villain's twisted sense of humor.
Master Liu nodded in deep agreement and immediately stepped forward to demonstrate. He deftly made a sideways dodge, but the moment he landed, his shoulder twitched strangely and his neck snapped to the side. Combined with his sliding step, this instantly created a chilling and sinister aura.
"See that? The form may be loose, but the spirit remains united!"
Master Liu shouted to the actor in the Agul suit, "Agul's fighting style is elegant and decisive, as deep as the ocean. And you, you must be like a pool of highly aggressive mercury!"
Gu Nan watched with satisfaction as the actors adjusted their movements again and again.
He knew that the dramatic scenes in this episode were heavy, so the action scenes had to be of 200% quality in order to allow the audience to find an outlet for release in the oppressive plot.
……
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
At 8 PM on Friday, countless viewers were already glued to their screens as episode 16 of "Ultraman Gaia," titled "The Birth of Agul," was released on time!
As soon as the progress bar started moving, the screen switched directly to a vast, dark universe.
The scene begins with four gleaming metal spikes, like the blades of death, mercilessly tearing through the Earth's atmosphere and plummeting towards the ground with terrifying kinetic energy!
Inside the airbase command center, the piercing alarm instantly blared!
The red alarm lights were flashing rapidly.
"Attention all personnel! Enter Level 3 alert status!"
Commander Shi Shi calmly issued the order: "Lightning Team, prepare to depart. All other teams, go on alert and stand by!"
Georgie rapidly typed on the keyboard, reporting the abnormal data from the radar: "The metallic reaction has expanded further! It has solidified at POINT X992!"
Li Muzi, standing beside her, stared intently at the analytical graphs on the screen, her tone clearly showing shock: "The constituent substance is... very similar to Apate!"
The audience in front of the screen instantly perked up.
[Apatite? That metallic lifeform?]
Is that tough iron lump back again?
[That one only died after taking two powerful attacks from Agul and Gaia!]
[Zero frames per second! This episode didn't even have any pre-action animation before the fight started!]
In the footage, Wei Weike led three fighter jets of the Lightning Team to take off quickly and head straight for the designated landing point.
Just as the fighter jet was about to collide head-on with the four giant metal spikes, a sharp blue beam of light suddenly erupted from the ground!
Without warning, the beam of light shot up from the ground and slammed into the falling metal spikes!
The enormous impact created a dazzling energy wave in mid-air, forcibly stopping the metallic lifeform and slamming it heavily into a desolate wasteland.
The blinding blue light slowly dissipated.
"Blue Ultraman!"
Director Di Cheng exclaimed in surprise.
The ruthless Ultraman Agul has arrived on the battlefield with overwhelming force!
As the smoke cleared, the four metal pillars strangely merged together, then transformed into a metallic life form known as Arjulos.
Agul had no intention of communicating at all. He decisively teleported into the air and, using the terrifying gravity of the fall, delivered a powerful Ultra Kick that slammed into Arjuros's chest!
"Bang--!"
A dull metallic clanging sound rang out.
However, Arturos was extremely cunning.
The moment it fell to the ground, the molten metal on its arm surged rapidly, transforming into an extremely sharp longsword, which ruthlessly slashed across Agul's shoulder!
Sparks flew, and Agul retreated in pain.
Before Agul could even regain his footing, Arjuros' other arm twisted violently and transformed into a massive, imposing cannon!
"boom--!"
The energy projectiles poured out, and the enormous impact force violently sent Agul flying, even blasting him hundreds of meters away before he crashed heavily into the mountainside.
[Holy crap! This monster can transform into an Armstrong boomerang?!]
My lord, times have changed!
[Agul was careless this time; he took out an entire magazine!]
[That metal suit is awesome! The intimidating aura it exudes is incredible!]
Seeing the situation was turning bad, Di Cheng immediately ordered, "Support Ultraman Blue!"
Under the intense firepower of the Lightning team, Agul finally got a precious chance to catch his breath.
However, he didn't even wait for the Lightning team members to get out of the blast radius.
He immediately gathered blinding blue light in his hands and fired a series of violent Purifier Light Bullets!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The violent explosion instantly engulfed Arturos.
Fortunately, Wei Weike and the others reacted quickly and were not affected by Agul.
However, Arjulos was not completely destroyed. Instead, it decisively turned into a pool of liquid metal and quickly seeped into the ground to escape.
The battle ended abruptly.
Agul dragged his weary body and vanished in a flash of blue light.
……
The scene shifts to the research lab at the aerial base.
Gao Ga Meng focused intently on typing, investigating the trajectory and target of Arjulos's fall.
Soon, the screen locked onto a remote coordinate.
"How come I didn't notice...?"
I stared at the name on the screen, stunned, and murmured to myself, "Prolon Karamos... International Institute of Engineering."
I quickly piloted my fighter jet to the research institute deep in the mountains.
He met an unexpected person—Dr. Inamori.
As the doctor calmly recounted his story, the gears of time rapidly turned back.
The colors in the picture faded, and we returned to four years ago.
[Four years ago? Is it time to start explaining Fujimiya's past?]
[The truth is finally about how the king of cool is made!]
At this moment, Hiroya Fujimiya was wearing an ordinary light-colored T-shirt, his eyes filled with a pure love for science and aspirations for the future.
He wasn't the cold, black-clad man he is now, but a spirited and talented young man.
Inside the server room of the massive quantum computer "Crisis," the team from Alchemy Star was conducting intense final tests.
"Crisis, final stage, begin."
Fujimiya confidently issued the order.
"The quantum optical circuit has successfully entered orbit!"
"It worked! That's great!"
A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted in the laboratory.
Everyone was celebrating this great achievement of human wisdom with great excitement.
However, before this brief joy could spread, the alarm pierced the tranquility of the laboratory!
"What happened?"
"Computation cannot be controlled automatically! Restart the host!"
Chrisis's main screen was flashing red lights wildly.
Just then, a violent current surged through the control panel and struck Fujimiya viciously!
During the violent electric shock, Fujimiya's consciousness abruptly plunged into a chaotic space.
In the blinding blue light, he saw for the first time clearly the blue giant radiating the light of the ocean—Agul!
After a few seconds of shocking hallucination, Fujimiya jolted awake. At that moment, a chilling translation of a deadly prophecy appeared on Chrisis's screen:
"In the near future, a primal annihilation entity that will bring destruction to Earth and humanity is about to strike."
The laboratory fell into a deathly silence.
The world changed color, and a terrible disaster was about to strike. This desperate prophecy clung to Fujimiya like a nightmare.
He frantically typed on the keyboard, oblivious to everything else: "Find the key elements to get this answer! Is Earth and humanity really headed for extinction? Chrissis, answer me now!"
However, no matter how he entered or corrected the data, the cold countdown displayed by Chrisis remained unchanged.
"What should I do...?"
Fujimiya sat in front of the screen in despair. "Delete some items... delete... delete what?"
Fujimiya's eyes trembled violently as he painstakingly searched for anything...
Finally, he typed two words on the keyboard: "Humanity".
The instruction has been issued.
The terrifying countdown to destruction on the screen mysteriously stopped, and the prophecy of destruction vanished completely.
Holy crap!!!
[Delete humanity, and destruction will be averted?!]
[This is terrifying to think about! Does Chris mean that humanity is the root cause of Earth's destruction?!]
Is this the source of Fujimiya's obsession? It turns out he already knew this cruel answer!
[This plot is incredibly dramatic! Who would have thought that the root cause of the problem is actually humanity itself!]
The audience watching the scene on the screen were shocked. Fujimiya's desperate and broken eyes deeply pierced everyone's hearts.
After that, Fujimiya resolutely withdrew from Alchemy Star.
It was around that time, by chance, that he met Takayama Gamu, who had just joined the group, for the first time.
Two top geniuses inadvertently brushed past each other in a fateful, brief encounter.
At that time, I dreamt of a dream with a passionate light in my eyes, while Fujimiya's eyes were filled with only cold, lifeless desolation.
The scene shifts again, and Fujimiya arrives alone at the Prolon Karamos Research Institute.
He frantically installed a dense array of sensors underground, with all the probes precisely pointed deep into the Earth's core.
He obsessively explained to Dr. Dawson that he wanted to find the "natural healing power" of the Earth's origin and to directly listen to the Earth's true will.
Day after day, the observations were long and tedious.
No response.
Fujimiya stood painfully beside the bottomless underground pool, his mind teetering on the brink of collapse.
"You want to tell me how to save humanity, don't you? Earth! Agul! Answer me!"
Fujimiya roared in despair.
Just when he was in utter despair and even wanted to give up, the sensor detected a violent energy fluctuation!
Dazzling blue lights, like a magnificent galaxy, surged forth from the dark pool!
"They're here...they're really here!"
Fujimiya gazed excitedly at the magnificent ocean light before him.
"Are you Agul? Are you the will of the Earth? Give me all your power, Agul!!!"
Fujimiya frantically spread his arms and resolutely leaped into the extremely dazzling blue light!
That year, Fujimiya became the light!
Is it this kind of fanatical madness that made Agul who he is?!
In order to find the answers, we must resolutely embrace the abyss!
He firmly believes that humanity is a cancer, so he returns with chilling murderous intent!
The timeline smoothly cuts back to the present.
Dr. Dawson looked at I-Meng before him and bitterly ended his recollection: "Since that time, he has continued his research here alone..."
However, before Dr. Inamori could finish speaking, the entire research institute suddenly experienced an extremely violent tremor!
"Boom—!"
The violent scraping of metal echoed arrogantly over the research institute.
That troublesome Arturos has mysteriously reassembled his body and accurately tracked down to this holy site of Agul!
At the same time, a disheveled figure suddenly appeared by the pool.
It was Fujimiya, who had just been in battle and still bore obvious wounds. Without any hesitation, he glanced coldly at Imu, then decisively closed his eyes and leaped into the deep pool!
Dr. Inamori exclaimed in amazement.
A violent blue light shot into the sky once more, responding to him with an even more dazzling ocean light than before.
Power, a terrifying upgrade!
Agul forcefully breaks through the surface of the earth, and on this sacred land, he is about to engage in a second round of fierce battle with the arrogant Arturos!