Light.
That capsule could no longer be called a capsule.
It melted and reassembled in Mirai Hibino's palm, becoming a pure golden source of light that could not be looked at directly with the naked eye.
Decades of memories, decades of protection, decades of fighting side by side.
All of it had been condensed into this very moment.
This was not an illusion.
It was the echo called "hope," planted decades ago when his predecessors first descended upon this planet, now surging toward him through this tiny capsule.
Mirai Hibino took a deep breath, and all uncertainty vanished from his gaze as he looked at Alien Empera.
Because he was not fighting alone—
Then, Mirai Hibino inserted the golden capsule into the Fusion Riser.
"Fusion Rise."
Within the golden radiance, the figure of Glitter Tiga appeared.
Then Zoffy, the first Ultraman, Ultraseven, Ultraman Jack, Ultraman Ace, and Ultraman Taro, who had still been fighting Alien Empera, stopped battling and turned to merge into Glitter Tiga's light.
Mirai Hibino's body became particles of light, completely merging with those seven wills of light that had transcended Time and Space.
A pillar of light shot into the heavens, tearing through the clouds and dyeing the entire sky above Tokyo a brilliant gold.
Then, the Möbius ring representing infinity appeared.
Within that ring of infinity, a giant shining with golden light emerged.
Its body was still interwoven with red and silver, but it now bore dark golden outer armor.
It was Ultraman Mebius—Infinite Shining Form.
"Ooooooh—!"
On the ground, the sight of Mebius's new form—
After a brief deathly silence, thunderous cheers erupted like a tsunami.
People jumped, embraced one another, and cried out as they waved their arms toward the golden giant in the sky.
It was not a prayer to a god,