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ULTRAMAN

A SPECIAL EFFECTS FANTASY SERIES

WHO HAS ARRIVED?

The emblem on the chest Is a shooting star

With the pride-worthy jet, Shoot the enemy

From the Land of Light, For our sake

He has come, our Ultraman

The capsule in hand, Flashes sparkling

It's a shine Of one million watts

From the Land of Light, For the sake of justice

He has come, our Ultraman

BLOODSUCKING PLANT

KERONIA

APPEARS

As you all know...

Gotoh, who went to the South American HQ as a correspondent...

has returned after 20 years.

After he gets some rest...

he'll be working here in Japan with you.

Try and get along.

Wait just a second, Cap!

You said he's back after 20 years?!

Anyway you look at Gotoh...

He doesn't look much over 30.

Gotoh, how old are you?

I am 30.

What?!

So then...

He's been working for the Science Patrol since he was ten?

Gotoh, can you explain it to them?

Twenty years ago, I went to Bolivia, in South America...

with my father, who was a member of the Science Patrol.

I was ten.

My father died there while working...

and as I was alone...

I received special permission...

to work as an apprentice at the South American HQ...

later becoming a member myself.

So then, you're our senior!

But it's amazing...

that you didn't forget Japanese!

I have almost forgotten.

I know almost nothing about Japan.

That's right, it's not impossible.

Tokyo Tower, highways, skyscrapers, ballparks.

Japan has changed so much in the last 20 years.

Alright! I, lde...

will show you all the new landmarks of great T okyo!

Well?

Hey, Ide.

Are Science Patrol members tour guides, too?

Cap...

about Gotoh's lodgings.

Oh, about that...

Cap.

You're probably out of gas.

How strange.

I wonder if the AC is broken.

Ide, look into that.

Cap, I'm tired.

I'd like to rest soon.

Sorry! I completely forgot.

We could have him use the Science Patrol guest room.

It's just like a hotel.

- Fuji, show him the room. - Yes, sir.

Fuji.

What is this building made of?

What's it made of?

This building.

Normal reinforced concrete!

No, there's a special alloy within the reinforcements.

You don't know what it is?

I don't know!

But that's a secret that only very few people know.

A secret?

I see.

- Is something wrong? - No.

Cap...

the control room shows nothing unusual.

I see.

How strange.

What is?

That Gotoh.

Again with your suspicions, Ide?

He's been away from Japan for 20 years...

so his memories are from then.

There are bound to be differences.

That's not what I'm talking about.

In short...

what do you call it?

I mean biologically...

or instinctively.

Please make yourself at home.

Cap...

I understand what Ide's saying.

So, you two say...

Gotoh is a suspicious person?

What's wrong, everyone?

Gotoh's picture is on the member list.

His history is as he just told you.

There's no reason to be suspicious.

Cap.

Did we use rays for Gotoh's physical exam?

No.

As it was a sudden, unexpected visit...

I was more focused on that.

That's the only thing bothering me.

Anything strange, Fuji?

What a rude man!

He has no delicacy.

I wonder if that's a trend over there.

Didn't anything...

unusual happen?

Like when you looked carefully at his butt...

he had a tail, or something?

He didn't have a tail.

But he did say something odd.

He asked what this building was made of.

Of course it's made of reinforced concrete!

Wrong.

There's a special alloy...

within the reinforcements.

Wait...

- Fuji. Gotoh said that? - Yes.

Ide, contact the Bolivian HQ and confirm his identity!

Roger.

Cap...

is he shady after all?

As a protection from sudden attacks...

this building has special alloys to defend it against all sorts of rays.

If enemies learned the nature of these alloys...

we'd have no protection at all!

It's not strange that Gotoh would know our secrets...

but the fact he'd ask so lightly is fishy.

Cap, it's no use.

- What? - I can't contact Bolivia.

- Hayata, look into it. - Yes, sir.

How strange.

There's no problem with the waves.

Then, if it's not receiving...

it means the waves are interrupted?

Cap...

we got this message.

"In Takara City...

"strange plants are growing.

"They are blue-green...

"shaped like mushrooms.

"Twelve hours after germination...

"they are less than two feet tall...

but 24 hours after, almost six feet."

- Wow! - Get back!

- Get back! - Huh.

That's amazing.

Just look at this.

My beautiful garden is ruined.

This must be the work of someone jealous of my garden.

- Look! - Hey!

Get away!

Back up!

Don't come close!

What is this?!

As you know...

mushrooms grow from spores.

But this plant does not seem to be the same.

So then...

it's just a plant?

I don't know if you can say "just"...

but there's no doubt it's a plant.

If we leave these plants alone...

will they harm humans?

Do you all know about insectivorous plants?

Yes, I do.

Plants that eat insects...

like the Venus Flytrap or Sundew.

Right, like Malaysia's Nepenthes...

or South America's Sarracenia.

All of these...

wait patiently for insects to come...

absorbing nutrients...

from insects which touch them.

Twenty years ago...

deep inside the Amazon in South America...

a frightening plant was discovered.

Most people don't believe this...

but this plant walks!

It walks?!

I'll explain so it's easier to believe.

The plant can move about.

After which...

it uses it's strong powers to paralyze animals...

and drink their blood for nutrients.

What?!

How can that be?!

I didn't think you would believe me.

It's always been that way.

However...

the strange plant that showed up in Takara City...

looks a lot like the bloodsucking plant from the Amazon...

the Keronia.

Kero--kero--Keronia?

Is there any proof that the vampiric Keronia...

really existed?

This is a sketch of the vampiric plant...

made from the precious research left...

by my former teacher, Dr. Gotoh Jirou, who discovered the Keronia.

Wait, Dr. Ninomiya.

The person who found this 20 years ago in the Amazon...

It was the teacher to whom I owe my life's work.

Dr. Gotoh Jirou.

Gotoh?!

What a strange machine.

There's no cord.

Does it not need electricity?

If we believe Dr. Ninomiya...

the bloodsucking Keronia...

has begun to wander the Earth...

in search of more and better food.

What an enemy!

We must do something while they're only in Takara City.

Exactly.

Also, Cap.

That Gotoh is suspicious, after all.

He may be connected to the Keronia.

We'll observe him for now.

He'll show himself soon enough.

Fuji.

Gotoh's room...

Fuji?!

Fuji?

Looking at the scene...

we can assume...

that whatever attacked Fuji was in that cabinet.

How strange.

Nothing happened while I was here.

Apparently Fuji came in...

not long after I left.

Hey.

There's nothing strange here.

Huh?

When I looked at that earlier...

it didn't even move.

How strange.

Let me see! How could that be?

Strange.

It's not finished yet.

It's likely defective.

Your luggage...

is only this suitcase?

Right. That's just clothing.

Gotoh...

Regarding what the culprit did after he attacked Fuji...

Can you come with us?

Hayata brought...

a piece of the strange plant to Dr. Ninomiya.

It's unmistakable.

This is vampiric plant Keronia!

Since Dr. Gotoh first discovered it...

it has progressed incredibly.

It's already become...

an advanced creature surpassing even the human!

How could the man claiming to be the doctor's son...

have brought such a frightening creature here?

Who could that Gotoh be?

I understand.

I will kill Dr. Ninomiya.

Anyway, it's strange.

The liquid extracted from this plant...

is exactly the same as human blood.

Is it possible Keronia...

drink only human blood to survive?

This is awful!

I know!

Your true identity has been revealed!

Wait!

You monster!

Dr. Ninomiya!

Doctor!

Are you alright?

Doctor?!

"Keronia has appeared before us...

"as an unbelievably advanced life-form.

"They can find humans more easily...

"than any other creature.

They now aim to dominate mankind."

I see.

That Gotoh...

was really a vampiric plant in disguise?

Proud humans...

this is the end of your world.

We plant-men...

will replace you!

From across the ocean, our allies arrive.

We have developed our own advanced civilization...

and will destroy you humans...

to create a kingdom of plant-men!

The fleet of airships...

developed by the plant-men...

flew one after another to every nation.

There were few hours left before the plant-men ruled...

the entire world.

Science Patrol, this is an emergency!

Shift to special attack using the VTOL.

Return to HQ at once.

All members to HQ, at once.

Roger!

It's Hayata!

Hayata!

Hey, Hayata!

Hayata!

That's it, Cap!

Those are the Keronian airships!

Prepare the missile attack!

Ready, sir!

Fire!

Cap!

We'll run out of ammo!

There's no end in sight!

Damn, where is Hayata...

when we really need him!

Shuwatch!

In short, Fuji was scared...

by the plant man that jumped out of this cabinet...

so she passed out and lost consciousness!

Don't assume I passed out.

Please report your findings at the scene properly.

In short...

because of the plant-man's ray...

Cut it out, Ide.

Cap.

This was what they used to communicate.

It just so happens...

the plant-men could generate electricity in their bodies.

That's how they used this machine without power.

I see.

Cap...

I destroyed all of the mushroom monsters in Takara City.

Good work.

What a strange plant that was!

It was a good workout!

But, Cap...

when you dice them up, they burn really well...

so the locals all brought them home.

Now we understand.

What?

When the Keronian plant-men are young...

their weakness is that they burn easily.

So they developed a special telepathy that puts out fires.

I see!

That's why we couldn't get any matches to light!

But Cap...

how did plants develop such an advanced civilization?

That remains a complete mystery.

Dr. Ninomiya!

Though our science is so developed...

the world remains full of mystery.

However...

no one can guarantee something like this won't happen again.

No, it will likely happen twice or thrice more.

We humans...

must be careful.

No matter how advanced a civilization...

drinking blood to survive...

can no longer be called "civilization" at all.