The Gaelic people of the Ultraman Tiga world

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An unexpected commission disrupted the course of his life.

According to the employers, they need Worldwide Shipping to help them retrieve the wreckage of the crashed satellite in the South Pacific.

The specific location is between the Cremos Islands and New Caledonia, with a diving depth of approximately one thousand meters.

The information provided by the employer was very detailed, including not only coordinates and depth, but also a sketch of the target to be salvaged.

Therefore, the company only needs to go there, follow the map to find the satellite debris, and bring it back to the sea to complete this lucrative mission.

Generally speaking, only the most elite divers of Far East Shipping Company can complete deep-sea diving missions of this level.

As a newly hired diver, Iwama naturally did not have this qualification.

However, he was fortunate enough to be selected by headquarters and joined the salvage team as a substitute.

It is said that in order to ensure the smooth progress of this salvage mission, the company specially invested heavily in building a new type of deep-sea submersible using the technology and patents shared by TPC.

However, upon arriving at their destination, the group discovered that the place was far more eerie than they had imagined.

The still, calm surface of the sea showed no signs of life.

Even the most resilient seaweed did not appear in this area.

According to information obtained from locals afterward, this sea area has always been like this.

Therefore, in some local indigenous beliefs, this place is also regarded as the palace of the "sea god", and no outside creatures are allowed to invade it.

The name "Dragon Palace" comes from this.

Given this special situation, the salvage team hesitated for a long time.

Only after repeated urging from the employer did the salvage operation officially begin.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the salvage process went surprisingly smoothly. The divers retrieved the satellite debris that the employer had mentioned with almost no trouble.

It was a disc about 70 centimeters in diameter and less than 10 centimeters thick.

Aside from its shape and material not resembling satellite debris, the disc is also engraved with various unknown patterns and characters.

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"It's obvious at a glance that it's not satellite debris."

With a hint of disdain on his face, Iwama clearly had a deep impression of the details of that salvage operation.

However, after his initial disdain, a faint sadness suddenly appeared on Iwama's face.

"Unfortunately, we didn't pay much attention to these things at the time..."

"If you hadn't reminded me last time, I probably wouldn't have known until my death that their deaths were not 'accidents' at all."

As he said this, Iwama's gaze lingered on the old photograph for a long time.

Since the completion of that salvage mission, the members who participated in the mission have left the company one after another, and then mysteriously disappeared or died for various reasons.

Until people from the Galvin Company showed up and asked for some of the documents from before the dissolution of Far East Shipping Company.

Iwama then realized that something seemed amiss.

"So you went to investigate the employer at the time all by yourself."

Although it was a question, Lu Xuan spoke with absolute certainty.

"Yes, I investigated the truth of what happened back then on my own afterwards."

With a deep sigh, Iwama seemed to deeply regret his impulsiveness and recklessness.

"The investigation results proved my suspicions; my friends did not die accidentally."

"Their deaths are related to the wreckage that was salvaged in the first place..."

"I survived only because I didn't come into direct contact with the wreckage."

After a brief pause, Iwama sighed again.

"But I wasn't so lucky this time."

“During the investigation of my employer, I was discovered by 'them'…”

“I finally managed to escape from ‘them’, but ‘they’ have set their sights on my wife and daughter.”

Unable to resist raising an eyebrow, Lu Xuan asked in a low voice with a strange expression.

"Is that all?"

This time, it was Iwama's turn to be somewhat taken aback.

"Just...that?"

Judging from Lu Xuan's words, it seemed that what had happened to him was not a big deal.

"Fine, I'll ask it another way."

Suddenly pointing to someone in the old photo, Lu Xuan continued to press for answers.

"Do you know this person?"

Among the five people in the old photo are a crew member, a diver, a first mate, and a captain, which does indeed look like the standard personnel configuration of a salvage company.

But besides that, there's another man in the photo dressed like an adventurer.

Considering the story Iwama had previously described, this adventurer-like man seemed somewhat out of place.

"he?"

Lu Xuan's reminder startled Yan Jian for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, Iwama looked at the man in the photo, and the confusion on his face gradually turned into horror.

"How can it be?!"

Staring wide-eyed in disbelief, a strange chill suddenly ran through Iwama's heart.

No matter how hard Iwama tried to recall his former friends, he could not remember the name of this fifth person.

If Lu Xuan hadn't deliberately reminded him, Iwama wouldn't have even realized there was an extra person in the photo.

But that's where the crux of the problem lies.

Although Iwama was quite certain that he did not recognize the fifth person in the photo.

But that man gave him a very familiar feeling.

This familiarity is not an illusion caused by memories that are too distant.

On the contrary, Iwama felt as if he had seen this man not long ago, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

The contrast between reality and memory caused Iwama to raise his head in a daze.

"Who...is this man?"

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Chapter 157 Those Who Are Favored and Cared For by the Lord

"Who is he?"

"You should probably ask yourself that question."

Slowly straightening his back, Lu Xuan stared at Yan Jian opposite him with a half-smile.

Should I call you Iwama now?

"Shall I still call you Itabashi Mitsuo?"

"Or let's be more direct, I'll just call you 'The Prophet of the Kiriel'!"

Before he finished speaking, the blank look on Iwama's face gradually disappeared, and the atmosphere around him became dark and oppressive.

call!

As a cold wind blew in from the doorway, only Iwama and Lu Xuan remained in the coffee shop.

"you know me?"

Yan Jian's voice instantly became low and hoarse.

Along with the change in his voice, Iwama's demeanor and expression also changed.

If you look closely, you'll find it.

Although Iwama's appearance is different from the fifth person in the photo, their auras are exactly the same.

"You Kiriel have caused me so much trouble, do you think I wouldn't investigate you?"

Back in the underground temple, it was the intervention of the Kiriel that ultimately led to Gedi's rampage.

Although Lu Xuan didn't know who was causing trouble in secret at the time.

However, after some investigation, Lu Xuan still managed to find some relevant clues through those Ainu people.

Based on the TV series Tiga that he had watched in his previous life, Lu Xuan quickly narrowed down these clues to the mysterious race of "Kirieloid".

In Lu Xuan's hazy memories of his past life, this seemed to be an alien race that was suspiciously cautious.

Aside from his two appearances where he claimed to be "Tiga's nemesis".

Lu Xuan's deepest impression of this race was the scene in the finale where they made a tough statement and then decisively ran away.

However, as Lu Xuan's investigation deepened...

He was astonished to discover that this mysterious race, which had acted somewhat comically in the finale, seemed to indeed be qualified to be Ultraman Tiga's nemesis.

Firstly, unlike what Lu Xuan remembered, "Kiri Elode" doesn't seem to be the official name for this race.

The true name of this race is "Kiriel"—meaning those who are blessed and favored by the Lord.

Yes, this "Lord" is the "God" that everyone understands.

According to the information Lu Xuan investigated, the Kiriel people seem to have appeared on this earth before the birth of humankind.

Before humankind had developed civilization.

The Kiriars often styled themselves as "messengers of the gods" and left a deep mark on ancient civilizations around the world.

The one most deeply affected by this is Christianity, which has dominated the evolution of Western civilization.

Or more precisely, Christianity on this earth is a religious system that was guided and evolved by the Kyrie people.

According to ancient myths and legends.

The Kyriel, symbolizing "angels," bestow wisdom and inspiration upon the best among humankind, and then guide them to shepherd the Lord's "lambs."

The emergence of natural science and the theory of biological evolution in the Middle Ages shattered the theocratic system deliberately created by the Kyrieirs.

The Kiriel, who originally symbolized "angels," were gradually regarded as demons and banished by outstanding humans in this process.

After all, when they appear to humans, they do indeed look no different from demons.

Even in the earliest biblical descriptions, the "angels" that the Kiriahs were incarnate as were actually winged tumors.

By the time the 21st century arrived in modern society, the existence of the Kiriel people had largely become a myth or legend.

Only a few ethnic groups, like the Ainu, still maintain their original beliefs and retain the beliefs about the Kiriael.

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"They even know the name 'Kiriel'..."

"It seems that you were indeed the ones who awakened the sleeping giant."

Leaning back gently in his chair, Iwama's tone was more certain than doubtful.

"You were the ones who forcibly opened the Ultraman Pyramid last time, weren't you!"

When the Tiga Pyramid was mentioned, a barely perceptible hint of fear crept into Iwa's voice.

"Hundreds of years have passed, and you're still so concerned about what's happening in human society?"

Without making a sound, Lu Xuan tapped the table and asked a question with a half-smile.

"You came to me this time just to ask this question?"

Upon hearing this, Iwama immediately shook his head in denial.

"No, I simply noticed that someone was investigating the 'Dragon Palace Incident,' so out of curiosity, I decided to see who was behind it all."