The legend of Tiga

This ocean finally ends in a few similar photos: Although the old people are all sitting on the hospital bed, they seem to have made an appointment, making V gestures to the camera, and laughing, as if telling him: the future, see ?We all had a happy life, so please don't shed any tears for us.

But there is no way to hold back the tears in the future.He returned to the center of the war room, weeping in front of the familiar group photo.In this chronicle of the shutter sound, he is a bird skimming across the sea.He once cast a glimpse in the lives of his partners, and now he has passed through the lives of his partners in this short ten minutes, and passed through the decades of his absence, which is too short for him , but decades are too long for the partners.When all the joys and sorrows, all the longings and worries in the past few decades were condensed from the illusory emotions into the heartfelt words in the Tulaiga gun, and once again concretized into the wall of photos fluttering in front of him, who would Can you tell him, how can he not regret, how can he not cry?
He couldn't bear to see the smiling faces of his companions any more, so he turned his back.The long table in the center of the command room was empty, except for an inconspicuous envelope on the seat that belonged to him, almost blending with the table.His name was simply written on the envelope, nothing else was added.So Future opened the envelope suspiciously, and unfolded the letter paper, which was thick but had begun to yellow due to the passage of time.

"Future, how are you? This is forced water.

"I don't know if you can read this letter, but if you can read this letter, then I and the team members should be dead.

"In the future, please don't cry. I guess you will shed tears when you see this. You are a child who values ​​love and righteousness. Everyone and I know this very well, so we prepared and arranged all this. This We have lived happily for decades, and we have nothing to regret. We must let our friends know this.

"Of course, we never gave up trying to get in touch with you. We used meteor technology to send a Turaiga gun to the Kingdom of Light, which stored everyone's recorded voices, which is also a souvenir. If you have received It would be great to get this special gift - if you don't receive it, there may be a problem on the way of transportation, and a copy is stored in the war room, and I hope you can keep it as a souvenir.

"In the future, please don't forget the meaning of your name. That is not only the hope of Captain Saka, but also the hope of every member of GUYS: We sincerely hope that you will live happily every day in the future.

"Then, as the captain of GUYS, this is the end of what I want to convey to you on behalf of everyone. There are still some things I want to say on the back of the letter, and I hope you can take a look.

"...Turaiga gun...I received...Captain...

Thus, Hibino Mirai once again stood at the gate of the Phoenix Nest base.

Time flies, the Earth's defense force has a new name and a new base.The Phoenix Nest base has been converted into a museum, silently recording a period of history in which human beings and giants of light joined hands to protect this unique planet.

Perhaps because of the working day, there were no visitors in the museum.The logos of the defense forces of the past are hung in a row in the center of the empty hall, each corresponding to a statue of a giant of light.Future approached the statues of his brothers and looked at his own. The spotlights on the roof cast a thin shadow on the logo of CREW;GUYS, which fell on the shoulder of Ultraman Mebius.

From the fighter models of different defense forces in different shapes, to a brief introduction to the Warriors of Light, to the review of important battles and even the image reproduction - the future holds the tour manual taken at the entrance and carries a portable explainer , with earphones in his ears, he watched the whole exhibition seriously.When he walked to the exit of the museum and was about to see the display board with "Conclusion" written on it, what sounded in the earphones was not the mechanical female voice that had been explaining to him for the past few hours, but a voice he was more familiar with. :

Everyone..." Under the impact of too strong emotions, words and thoughts have become fragmented. Even if it is just a handwritten letter, as long as it is written by Captain Sui Shui, it seems to have magical powers that are reassuring - the future finally ends He held back the tears, but his hands were still trembling as he turned the letter over.

"What are you thinking about in the future?

The electronic lock was loosened abruptly, and the metal gate slowly slid to the two sides, and the things inside the gate slowly showed its whole picture - the future can be seen at a glance, it is the battle of CREW;GUYS;JAPAN when he was stationed on the earth. room.Since no one has entered for a long time, it is inevitable that some dust has accumulated on the objects, but the overall situation is clean and tidy. The familiar tables and chairs quietly repeat the layout and pattern of many years ago, as if they were still here discussing the monster attack that just happened an hour ago Or the latest gossip.The only difference is that the walls of the war room are covered with photographs.

Photos of everyone, photos taken at various times and places, photos of a single person, photos of multiple people, and landscape photos of no one, photos of everyone looking at the camera and photos of no one noticing the camera, the difference What is unusual is that at this moment, Mebius is surrounded by flames, spreading from his chest to his back and expanding to the sides. There are even some pictures of monsters and Ultraman Mebius mixed in.When the door is opened, the air current blows the photos around, setting off a fluttering noise; from the floor to the ceiling, a large number of colorful photos almost flood the war room—the future feels as if it is in an ocean.

The most eye-catching part is the group photo that was placed on the display shelf before. It has been enlarged and carefully framed again, and it is a bit blurry due to the low pixel count.The group photo is surrounded by photos from when they were still in GUYS in the future. The young people are wearing GUYS team uniforms, and they look energetic; extending to both sides are the photos of each GUYS team member. The young people in the photos are gradually becoming mature. Steady, and finally stained with old colors.

Looking closely in the future, those photos surrounded by group photos seemed a little strange: even though he often appeared in the photos, he didn't seem to have seen these photos.The angle of view of the photo is a bit weird, the back view or the side face of the photo account for more than half, the distance of the photographer seems to be far and near, sometimes there is only a blurred back in the photo, and sometimes it seems to be directly on the subject's face In front of me; the photos seem to be arranged in chronological order. The clothes of the young people in the photos have obvious seasonal changes, and the photography skills of the photographers seem to be gradually improving. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, and the composition of the photos becomes more and more refined.

When the photos on both sides were taken, he should have already left the earth, so they show his more unfamiliar scenes: his partners are working, falling in love, getting married, giving birth to children, and raising children in these photos.Occasionally, other acquaintances from the future appear: Acting Director Misaki, veteran secretary Madoka, Sister Aya, new team member Harusaki who has met once, Marine Team's Yuyu and Chief Araso, Dr. Fujisawa, Hiroyuki from the cafeteria. Sister-in-law... It can be seen from the few group photos included that they still get together often, and they have different lives and struggle for different dreams.But as Future walked to the other side of the war room, their lives were all entering a similar twilight years - Future had never seen them look like this before, and he needed to concentrate more to identify the white hair in the photo. The pale old man is Zheping, George, Long or the water captain. The kind old lady wearing reading glasses or myopia glasses is Xiaohao or Marina. "You should know my experience: I once served as the leader of a small team in the Kurt team's space exploration team, flying at sub-light speed in the universe. Due to the relativistic effect, during the one year I flew in the universe, the earth has already Five or even ten years passed. During this period, I was unable to communicate with the earth. Once I took off, it would take a long time to return. Even though the earth was experiencing frequent attacks by monsters, I could not accompany the old days. By the side of my comrades-in-arms. When I returned to Earth, many of my former comrades had passed away, and my friends of the same age were already gray-haired old men, but I was still young.

"As if I was left behind by time, I used to feel lonely because of this; I was unable to fight side by side with my old partners, and because of this, my partners were separated from me, and I also felt regret and pain for this.

"The life expectancy of our humans is hundreds of times different from that of the Otts. This is an unchangeable fact. Everyone will inevitably leave you and take a step forward. But what I really want to say is: In the future, I understand you. I understand your loneliness, your regret and your pain, because I have been there. You are not alone on this fateful path.

"Do you remember? Once, in the war room, everyone was discussing the question of "what should be photographed". At that time, I said that everyone would tend to photograph the people and things they love as records of the best moments. Now, Please take another look at the photos next to our group photo hanging directly opposite the long table.

"I took these photos specially to record the most precious memories. In the future, even if we don't have the opportunity to be by your side all the time, even if we met you so briefly, the time we are with you and with everyone It's a time, the best time I've ever had. It's like a miracle that we actually had it. Even if it's lonely, regretful, painful, it's part of who we are , is a part that is unwilling to give up no matter what.

"We don't want to see you dwelling on the sorrows of the past, and we don't want to see our memories drag you down and bring you eternal pain. In the future, you will meet new partners and guard the peace of the universe with them. Create more good memories together, that's the most important thing. As for us, there is a romantic saying on earth: the dead will turn into stars in the sky. As long as you think of us occasionally when looking up at the stars, then That's enough.

"In the future, what are you thinking about? Anyway, please take these good memories and move on with a smile.

It turns out that Captain Sushui may have understood his complicated mood now even before he left Earth.Those blurry photos, out-of-focus photos, and distant and near photos, it turned out that the photographers of those photos were all the captains.In the photos, they held meetings, wrote reports, went out to work, quarreled and reconciled because of trivial matters, distressed because Mrs. Sunrise was too enthusiastic, scared and at a loss because of the sudden appearance of King Aire, and because of Mengbiusiot Man's victory was so joyous... The most ordinary daily pictures captured by the shutters again and again, once turned into the flames of the phoenix's nirvana in the silent world shrouded in darkness, are now turned into the flames of the phoenix in the long river of time. Memories, turned into wind, turned into wings.

Mebius knew that he would ride the wind and take off.There will be no more regrets and no more regrets. In the blessings of his partners, he will fly to the distant future.Hibino Mirai once again stood at the gate of the Phoenix Nest base.

It didn't take long to ask Captain Sophie for leave.The eldest brother of the Ott brothers is very considerate to their youngest brother, and Mebius has always been serious about his work. If there is no emergency, it is not a problem to go to Earth to take a short-term annual vacation—even if Mebius said No one would bother with traveling around the solar system, as long as he came back before his vacation balance ran out.Sophie's signing hand only paused when she heard the younger brother say "go to visit a friend".Reminiscent of the Turaiga gun that caused a sensation in the Kingdom of Light, he quickly considered his words and asked the question in as soft a tone as possible

Mebius' expression showed neither sadness nor pain.He just stood there calmly and firmly, as if he was just reporting on his daily routine.

Sophie looked at Mebius and sighed.He thought of Shingo Sakumizu, the Earthling with whom he had been united, the captain of Mebius on Earth.What would you do if you forced the water?
Sophie seemed to realize something suddenly.He signed his name on the document approving the vacation and handed it to Mebius.

"Go ahead," he said, with a reassuring smile.

"Hello, future.Please don't rush to leave. "

"Turn right, then left again, there is a small door for insiders at the end of the corridor, which can be opened with your facial recognition information.Welcome back to Phoenix Nest. "

That was the voice of the water captain.

The future froze for a moment, and then his legs ran faster than his consciousness.Turn right and then left, and then at the small door at the end of the corridor, the not-so-spacious, arched corridor at the base of the Phoenix Nest is as long as a century.

"Facial recognition is successful, welcome, Mirai Hibino." (End of this chapter)