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Chapter 332 Old Thief Gu was brought to life offline?

The airing of episode 47 of "Ultraman Gaia" caused a sensation across the internet.

If the audience was still in shock and grief the night they finished watching the series, then after a night of fermentation, by the next day, that grief had completely transformed into a raging fire of anger.

The final trigger that ignited this immense rage was none other than Lao Tang, the top content creator in the tokusatsu (special effects) community.

As a die-hard fan who has been following Gu Nan since the Ultraman Tiga era, releasing in-depth video analyses of almost every episode, and singing praises to Light Chaser Studio in various ways, Lao Tang has now turned against him the most.

His video, "Old Gu, I must protest this time! Commander Shishi shouldn't have died!", garnered over five million views in just half a day, with a staggering ten thousand or more comments!

In the video, Old Tang's eyes were red and he was hoarse as he denounced Gu Nan's "underworld" plot.

His question has been quoted by many: Why should a flawless hero who treated his teammates like his own children and was solely dedicated to protecting the Earth end up with no remains?!

Old Tang's leading charge was like sounding the clarion call for a counterattack.

Those fans who were still hesitant and comforting themselves that "this might just be part of the plot" instantly found their anchor. All that pent-up frustration and anger finally had a unified outlet.

The former "number one die-hard fan" has transformed into the leader of the anti-Yugoslav anti-Federal Republic faction!

Even Lao Tang, Gu Nan's go-to cheerleader, has lost his temper! That shows just how outrageous this plot is! That old scoundrel Gu Nan must apologize!

[I don't care about any lofty themes, I don't care about any hymns to human courage! I just want the Commander to live! Gu Nan, give our old father back to us!]

[I've already placed the order; 100 pounds of razor blades are on their way to Light Chaser Studio! Everyone, keep up the pace, let's go all the way without changing the script!]

This is pure torture for the sake of torture! Forced violence just to elicit tears! Gaia could easily defeat them in his ultimate form, yet they still pull this kind of plot! This disgusting, idiotic storyline must be boycotted!

[Uh, why not wait for the next episode in a couple of days? The finale is coming up soon, we can discuss it after watching the ending!]

[666, can you please just die already? Tell me, after that kind of explosion, and with the ending theme already having a flashback MV, is Ishimuro still alive?]

To put it bluntly, if Shi Shi were still alive, I would have eaten the computer screen right there and then! Not only would I have eaten it, I would have fed it to Lao Tang!

Moreover, this frenzy of "10,000 people writing petitions to revive the Stone Chamber" has even begun to spread wildly to other areas of the tokusatsu (special effects) industry.

Forums that were originally discussing other companies' copycat productions of related tokusatsu shows, such as certain armored hero series or Five Colors Team series, were now flooded with Gaia fans.

"Have you heard? Director Gu, who's making Ultraman next door,''s gone mad. He killed off his own defense force's commander-in-chief right before the finale!"

"Holy crap, that's brutal? Thank goodness I'm watching a lighthearted tokusatsu series. Even though the production quality is a bit low, who can resist this kind of outrageous approach?!"

"666, has Light Chaser Animation really fallen from grace? It even messed up near the finale?"

"Let's go, let's go support our brothers next door and denounce that old scoundrel Gu! The tokusatsu industry has been suffering from death by fire for far too long!"

For a time, Gu Nan seemed to become the public enemy of the entire internet, with a "everyone shouting to kill" attitude.

Anyone who surfs the internet will follow suit and criticize him, calling him "Gu the old scoundrel who has lost all conscience."

Even unintentional bandwagoning has created a chaotic mess in the tokusatsu (special effects) section...

It's quite similar to the recent announcement of the heart-patterned Theo and the red-eared Zero from another world, which sparked a campaign of attacks against Goto...

……

Around noon, Gu Nan finished his work and felt a bit stuffy in the office, so he put on a baseball cap and a black mask and planned to go to the coffee shop across the park to buy an iced Americano and get some fresh air.

However, he underestimated the obsession of these tokusatsu enthusiasts.

Gu Nan had just stepped out of the building where the Chasing Light Studio was located, and before he could even cross the road, several young people who were squatting by the flower bed eating boxed lunches suddenly looked up.

One of the boys, who had a Tiga rice ball tucked into his waistband, stared intently into Gu Nan's eyes, and the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground with a "clatter".

"Holy crap! That's...Gu Gou?!"

The boy's shout immediately stirred up the seven or eight fans who were also waiting nearby.

"The old thief is out!"

"Quick, quick! Don't let him get away!"

These people even stopped eating and swarmed around him, instantly blocking Gu Nan on the sidewalk.

Gu Nan was startled, realizing something was wrong. He had been careless; these people had actually been lying in wait for him offline!

"Director Gu! You have to give me an explanation today!" The boy wearing a helmet had bloodshot eyes and was holding up his phone, clearly having just typed: "Give me back my stone chamber."

"Yes! Why kill off the commander?!"

A girl, her eyes brimming with emotion, cried out, "Do you know how much I love the Stone Chamber!"

"The script must be changed! We absolutely must change the script! Otherwise, we're not leaving today!"

Passersby turned to look, and some even took out their phones to watch.

Gu Nan was forced to take two steps back by the crowd, but he didn't panic. Looking at the group of fans in front of him, who looked exhausted and had obviously been waiting there for a long time, he felt a little touched.

These are true fans.

"Everyone, calm down and listen to me." Gu Nan pulled down his hat brim and raised his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

"I can't calm down! You killed our beloved Stone Chamber Commander, and you expect us to calm down? We're being lenient by not giving you razor blades!" the boy persisted.

Gu Nan took a deep breath, knowing that using the official "plot necessity" rhetoric would be absolutely useless at this moment.

You have to give these enthusiastic fans a little "sweetener" but you can't give away any spoilers.

He cleared his throat and spoke in an extremely calm yet somewhat enigmatic tone.

"I know the ending of episode 47 was very painful for everyone. The air base was gone, and Commander Ishimuro made his final sacrifice."

Gu Nan looked at them with sincere eyes, "But, as seasoned tokusatsu fans, have you forgotten an ironclad rule in the tokusatsu world?"

The surrounding fans were stunned for a moment, and even the excited girl stopped sobbing and stared at him blankly.

"What ironclad rule?" the boy asked instinctively.

Gu Nan narrowed his eyes slightly. His voice was muffled through the mask, but it was clearly heard by everyone.

"In tokusatsu dramas, water doesn't dissolve... oops, smoke doesn't hurt! Never jump to conclusions unless you've actually seen a character's corpse."

Upon hearing this, the surroundings instantly fell silent, with only the sound of passing cars audible.

The fans looked at each other in bewilderment, their minds racing.

Didn't you see the body?

Yup!

At the end of episode 47, we only saw the massive explosion that caused the air base and Mochian to perish together; we didn't see any direct footage of Commander Ishimura's sacrifice!

Seeing their surprised and uncertain expressions, Gu Nan decided to add fuel to the fire.

"Commander Ishimura did make the decision to fight to the death. But let's not forget, he wasn't fighting alone."

Gu Nan's voice gradually rose, "Behind him are the members of XIG, and even more so, the light representing the will of Earth."

Although he spoke in the same old official jargon, he managed to calm everyone down.

"I can only tell you one thing—when humanity displays the ultimate courage to protect, the light of the Earth will absolutely not stand idly by and watch the true heroes fall into endless darkness before dawn arrives."

After saying this, Gu Nan didn't linger. While the fans were still stunned and frantically trying to understand the meaning of his words, he quickly pushed through the crowd, crossed the road, and slipped back into the park.

The fans only snapped out of their daze when Gu Nan's figure completely disappeared.

"Holy crap! Who recorded this?! Who recorded it?!" the helmeted boy yelled frantically.

"Me! Me! Me! I've been recording with my phone the whole time!" A fat man next to me, holding a selfie stick, was trembling with excitement.

"Quick! Post it online right now! The old thief has responded! The old thief has responded offline!"

……

As expected, this less than two-minute "offline blockade video" appeared in various tokusatsu-related posts within just half an hour after being uploaded to Bilibili and Weibo.

"Gu the Old Thief Caught Offline! His Riddle-Like Response to Shi Shi's Death!"

The netizens who were initially furiously condemning and flooding the comments section with negative reviews were instantly drawn in by the headline.

The comments section and bullet screen flooded into the video like a tidal wave.

The short video, just over a minute long, was analyzed frame by frame and replayed repeatedly by countless netizens.

[Gu Nan replied? Really?]

What does this mean? "Don't jump to conclusions without seeing the body"?

"The light of Earth will not stand idly by and watch a hero fall into darkness!" Could it be that Gaia saved the Commander at the last moment?! I knew my dream wouldn't abandon its Commander!

[Hahaha! I knew Gu Nan wouldn't be that stupid as to kill off such a popular character! This is a classic case of building suspense before revealing the true nature of the character!]

[That old scoundrel Gu's mouth is a lying devil! Have you all forgotten the ending of Dyna? Asuka disappeared into the black hole, and there was no body! Did she ever come back? What if the stone chamber just turned into light, into a spiritual entity?]

[Damn, that's disgusting. When Dyna ended, I wanted to throw a ton of razor blades at that old thief!]

To be fair, Gaia's popularity has really skyrocketed. Hopefully, Light Chaser Animation won't let this wave of attention go to waste and avoid backfiring!

The online sentiment subtly shifted following Gu Nan's ambiguous and enigmatic response.

Although a small number of people remain skeptical, believing that this is a smokescreen released by Light Chaser Studio to quell public anger, a seed of hope has sprouted anew in the hearts of the vast majority of fans.

That pure anger and despair gradually transformed into an extremely intense, heart-wrenching anticipation for episode 48 and the finale.

Everyone is waiting for Friday night to arrive, waiting for episode 48 of "Ultraman Gaia" to give the final answer.