"Damn it, the Porter ruined the taste of mom's cooking and now the taste of dad's too?"
"Sigh, I wonder if the Porter has some misunderstanding about his parents."
"Every time I think about the dishes in Cooking Master Boy and how Little Master remembers his mom's cooking, I imagine her lifting the pot lid and a human hand appearing inside..."
"Ugh! It's awful that Shio's mother died there! She didn't do anything wrong!"
"If we had to say what she did wrong, it would be simply that she was a ghoul."
"Suddenly, I really dislike the doves. And using Shio's father's kagune to make a quinque is just cruel."
Readers felt upset after seeing Shio's mother being killed by CCG investigator Mado.
To them, Shio and her mother did nothing wrong. They just wanted to live.
As ghouls, they never actively attacked humans, making them harmless ghouls.
However, the doves still went after them.
"So, do you have any issues with your parents?" Jada asked Ren at home.
"Of course not!" Ren replied, eyes wide.
"Then why do you always portray them negatively in your comics?"
"It's all for the sake of art! Everything is for art!" Ren said confidently.
He felt quite helpless. Who knew his readers would make such connections?
"Is that so?" Jada nodded. Whether she believed him or not was unclear.
Ren and Jada sat on the couch, waiting for the broadcast of "Ultraman Tiga."
Even though his company produced the show, Ren never missed an episode.
Just like in his previous life, where he had watched the show countless times, he still couldn't help watching it whenever it aired.
Moreover, the version produced in this world was better.
After all, the original "Ultraman Tiga" was made in the 20th century.
In this world, it was the equivalent of the 21st century, and the special effects were much better, making the show even more enjoyable.
The show aired four episodes a week, and today they would broadcast episodes twenty-seven and twenty-eight.
As time passed, the new episode of "Ultraman Tiga" began.
The familiar opening theme and music played, leading to the title of episode twenty-seven— "Saw Obiko."
This episode resonated deeply with Ren, especially the scene where Obiko shouted, "The village is back, our village is back," which moved him greatly.
The town of Yanbo had a legend about Obiko, and at night, a vendor at a sugar sculpture cart (originally a soba cart) asked a young man if he wanted to see Obiko. After getting a response, a shadow emerged from the pot on the cart and grabbed the young man.
However, the young man did not die. The police, patrolling at night, saw the young man with white hair and reported it to the TPC. During the discussion, Horii shared the legend of Obiko.
This incident puzzled everyone. Why did Obiko do this?
The TPC believed that finding Obiko would explain everything.
They began patrolling the crime scene. During the patrol, Shinjo, Daigo, and Horii encountered Obiko with the sugar sculpture cart.
They found a way to deal with Obiko!
Obiko moved in darkness, so shrinking the darkness would work.
Unfortunately, this was just wishful thinking. Ultimately, the Victory team let Obiko escape. Fortunately, Daigo had thrown a tracking device into the pot when they found Obiko.
So, they tracked Obiko during the day.
They met a Taoist priest who explained that the well and the pot were connected.
This Taoist priest seemed to know about Obiko and told Daigo and the others Obiko's story, explaining the changes in the area: the ancient village disappeared, and modern buildings took away the darkness.
Through a series of investigations, they understood that Obiko was trying to spread fear by capturing and releasing young people.
But why did Obiko want to do this?
Captain Munakata suggested finding Obiko at night and asking him directly.
While the Victory team discussed, Obiko sat on a hillside, talking to his pot about the old village.
Obiko's words were full of beautiful memories.
"Is Obiko trying to prevent the excavators from destroying the mountain?" the viewers wondered, feeling a strange empathy for the lonely Obiko.
At night, the Victory team found Obiko by firing fireworks into the well and saw him cheering in the darkness, claiming the village was back.
"The same darkness!"
"That was the night of the old village!"
"Our village is back!"
"There's a clear river, a lotus pond on the other side... The old village is back!"
He was as happy as a child, even sharing his joy with his enemies, the Victory team.
"The old village is long gone."
Unfortunately, Daigo shattered Obiko's fantasy, telling him that the village and the past were gone forever.
How could Obiko accept this?
"If it's not the old village... I'll destroy this place!"
Unable to accept reality, Obiko transformed into a monster to destroy everything.
During the fight with Tiga, Shinjo told Obiko not to destroy the town because the past could not return.
These words seemed to hit Obiko's sore spot, making him stand still, looking at the village behind Tiga.
In that moment, Obiko seemed to see the old village again, but it disappeared like fireworks.
The dark village from the past was gone, replaced by modern buildings.
So, he chose death!
Pretending to continue attacking, he lured Tiga to attack him, receiving the blow head-on. The fleeting golden light in his eyes seemed to be his tears.
Holding Obiko's body, Tiga slowly turned into light particles, disappearing into the night sky.