The Black Directive

The Black Directive (黒の指令 Kuro no Shirei) is the seventy-ninth chapter of ULTRAMAN by Eichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi.
== Synopsis ==
Seiji takes over the situation in the Alien City. The Star Cluster Council decides to eliminate the Leo Brothers as well and leaves it to the Black Directive.
== Plot ==
Red disapproves of Shinjiro threatening the aliens with force. While Shinjiro is clueless, Ide calls him and tells him to go to Hong Kong with Red as soon as possible. Dan is fine, but that does not go for his opponent. Although Red seemed wounded, he was letting the aliens blow off their steam. The aliens yell for them to stay and finish their business, but Seiji arrives to take care of the situation in their stead, allowing Shinjiro and Red to leave for Hong Kong.
Dan kicks Leo into a wall, and the latter yells at him for taking a hostage as an Ultraman. Adad is now in Dan's former position, holding the Spacium Sword tip above the wounded Astra. Dan denies his affiliation with the SSSP and fires a volley of Emerium bullets, which Leo blocks with his arms. Dan tells Leo they do not matter to the Star Cluster Alliance, so much so that if he were to kill Leo and Astra, the council would not bat an eye and deny all correlation with them. Dan will get away without being punished at all. Leo gets flustered and asks what Dan wants. He replies he wants Leo to answer his question.
The Star Cluster Council did not expect the SSSP to get involved. After checking with Edo, one council member reports that "Number 340," calling himself "Dan Moroboshi" on Earth, acted independently. The council no longer has faith the Leo Brothers can complete their mission. They are alright with the SSSP eliminating them like they did Ace Killer, but not if the SSSP captures them alive. The damage is so severe it is impossible to conceal what has happened. Destroying all of Hong Kong might make things easier for them in this case. Like Adad, the Leo Brothers, the only two survivors from Planet L77, know too much and must disappear. Ubarazu wants Edo to order Dan to stand down and the SSSP to cease further intervention. He puts the Black Directive in charge of settling this matter.
Dan wants to know why Leo, a hitman for the council, chooses his brother over his mission without hesitation. Leo yells that Astra is the only family he has left. Dan feels some of the brothers' victims may have been in similar situations and recalls aliens like Leo and Astra killed his brother, Rei. But killing someone else's brother for revenge will not make him feel better. Just then, Shinjiro and Red arrive at their location, and Shinjiro questions what Dan is doing. Suddenly, a colossal portal appears above the city. Leo immediately knows that the council has marked them for elimination as well. A gigantic rain doll emerges from the portal and hovers over the ruined buildings. It is the bioweapon of the Star Cluster Council, Nova...
== Appearances ==
=== Ultramen ===
* Shinjiro Hayata
* Dan Moroboshi
* Seiji Hokuto
* Leo
* Astra
=== Kaiju ===
* Red
* Agent Adad
* Edo (Mentioned)
* Ace Killer (Mentioned)
* Ubarazu
* Rei (Mentioned)
*Black Directive (Mentioned)
* Bioweapon Nova
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Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga)
Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga) Chapters