Star Drive

Earth was wailing.

That was not a metaphor.

It was the structural collapse of the planet's crust, a bone-rattling low-frequency resonance rising from deep within the core.

The azure sky was like tempered glass struck by a hammer, black spiderweb cracks spreading in every direction.

Behind those cracks lay the cold, silent vacuum of space.

The continental plates groaned beneath unbearable strain as enormous rifts spread from the depths of the earth, swallowing cities and mountains.

The waters of Tokyo Bay boiled, then surged backward into the torn land.

Mount Fuji's silhouette twisted amid the violent tremors, and a black plume mixed with magma and ash erupted from its summit.

Mirai Hibino knelt on the scorched earth, watching it all—watching the planet he had sworn to protect fall apart before his eyes.

No—it's not time to give up yet—

With the last of his strength, he raised the Mebius Brace on his left arm.

Light flared, but it was as feeble as a dying candle in the wind.

Ultraman Mebius appeared once more, the timer on his chest flashing frantically.

But he hesitated not for an instant, kicking fiercely off the cracked earth.

His whole body became a streak of light as he shot straight toward the dark emperor who had brought about the end of the world.

Stop him.

He had to stop him.

Yet Alien Empera merely waved a hand behind him at the light charging his way.

The motion was casual, as though he were swatting away an annoying insect.

Bang!

The dull impact barely carried through the thin air.

Like a baseball struck by a bat, Mebius was hurled backward even faster. His body smashed through the remnants of several skyscrapers already broken apart by the collapse before he finally crashed heavily into ruins sinking into