Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 118 114. Let the Super Beasts Fight the Monsters
Why does this description sound like... the balloon ship monster [Badbaron] in "Ultraman Ace"?
It is a super beast that is a combination of a balloon ship and a space monster. It usually disguises itself as a balloon ship and absorbs the souls of children riding hot air balloons to strengthen itself.

Wait, absorb souls?
"Team member Shanzhong, is this the energy-emitting balloon boat you saw yesterday?" Qi Ming pulled Shanzhong over.

Yamanaka nodded. "That's it. You think I'll become obedient after riding this? You'll say anything for marketing purposes."

"It's still emitting energy... It seems that this thing is really a balloon boat super beast. Got it!" Qi Ming patted Shanzhong's thigh excitedly.

The powerful blow made Yamanaka scream, and he almost went to ask Zhu Xingtuan what brand of crutch to buy.

"What's going on?" The commotion here attracted everyone's attention.

After hitting Shanzhong's thigh hard, Qi Ming still didn't let Shanzhong go. He desperately shook Shanzhong's head:
"When I treat you as a human being, can you please try to act like one?"

"How dare you neglect something this important? I wish I could beat your brains out!"

Zhu Xingtuan hurried over to act as a peacemaker and asked what was going on.

Qi Ming: "Maybe there is a way to save Mayumi."

He said he had a plan, and although there were many uncertainties in it, it was worth a try.

Zhu Xingtuan's eyes lit up: "What plan?"

Qi Ming: "Let the super beast separate the soul!"

He asked Huimei to project the news picture onto the big screen, pointed at the balloon ship on it and said it was a super beast.

"As long as you ride it, your soul will be devoured. Only after you kill it can you release these souls."

"We can have Mayumi board the balloon ship, deposit her soul inside the Chao Beast, and use the Chao Beast's power to sever the connection between her and Formig."

"That way, after Formig dies, she won't die with him."

"After defeating Formig, kill the Balloon Ship Ultra Beast and free her soul."

Kishida's eyes lit up: "That's indeed a solution! Let the Ultra Beasts and Space Monsters fight each other!"

Nishijo Nagi frowned: "What if Mayumi's soul was sucked away by the Ultra Beast and Formig didn't show up? Ultra Beasts and Kaiju are beyond our control. The risk is too great."

Qi Ming: "I understand, but now we can only try our best to save the situation."

Zhu Xingtuan nodded: "Do your best."

He asked everyone to make preparations, then quietly pulled Qi Ming aside and asked if the same method could be used to separate the three astronauts who had assimilated with Ligadelon.

Qi Ming was helpless: "Do you think Ligadelon, with his size, can ride on a balloon?"

On the other hand, when Mayumi learned about this risky plan, she agreed without hesitation.

If you give it a try, you risk 90% of your life; if you don't, you risk no life at all. Everyone knows which choice to make.

"Where's Takuma... I want to see him again before I leave." Mayumi was worried that she might not be able to come back after she left this time.

Kishida: "Although we sent a special plane to pick him up, it is still some distance from Japan."

Nishijo Nagi didn't want to wait any longer. Every second, a child's soul was taken away by the balloon ship monster, and she urgently wanted to kill it.

"We really can't wait any longer." Huimei came over with a tablet computer and said that the balloon ship Chao Beast made too much noise and attracted the defense forces.

"Go over first." Qi Ming said.

At this time, everyone did not know that in addition to the defense forces, there was also a more heavyweight existence attracted by the balloon ship monster.

When the Victory Team and Mayumi rushed to the bottom of the balloon, they found that it was crowded with people.

A group of women lined up at the landing point with their children, and as soon as the balloon landed, they would rush to send their children up.

"These women, are they even worthy of being called mothers? They're willingly giving their children's vibrant souls to the Super Beasts." Kishida looked down at the eager women below with disgust. Yamanaka, rubbing his thigh, said, "I think for them, having children is just about having more slaves to control."

Zhu Xingtuan said that such mothers should not be blamed too much. After all, they don’t know the inside story and their wish to make their children more obedient and sensible is understandable.

Saijo Nagi: "Let's clear the place first."

Kishida pulled out a loudspeaker and began announcing, "Everyone, get out of here! That balloon ship in the sky is a super beast!"

A woman laughed. "What super beast? Is the Victory Team daydreaming?"

Another woman also laughed: "How can such a good thing be a super beast?"

"Could it be that you guys also want to ride, so you're trying to trick us into leaving?"

Zhu Xingtuan stepped forward with a cane: "Everyone, what my team members said is true. The analysis results of the victory team can prove everything."

But no one listened.

In fact, these mothers also feel that it is a bit strange that their children suddenly become obedient, but it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is that their children are obedient and filial.

When the mothers saw the balloon begin to descend, they excitedly rushed forward with their children and said, "Let's go quickly, or we'll miss it!"

Kishida stopped someone and said, "Madam, don't go over there, that's a super beast!"

"Get out of the way and let me pass, you idiot!" Kishida was pushed away roughly.

Nishijo Nagi, things are not going well over in the mountains either.

"Don't get in the way of me educating my children!"

"How can there be parents who do the wrong thing? We are doing this for the good of our children!"

"Stop meddling in other people's business, Victory Team! Get lost!"

Qi Ming looked at this scene and thought it looked so familiar.

In the original drama of "Ace", this is how these Showa villains treated the TAC team.

Kishida came to Qi Ming and said, "Qi Ming, you really have to take action in this situation. After all... you have diplomatic immunity!"

Qi Ming took out the wooden baseball bat from last time and said, "There's nothing we can do. For residents who have demands, we must combine physical and spiritual education."

Zhu Xingtuan quickly stepped forward to stop him: "What are you doing? Are you going to beat up ordinary citizens in broad daylight?"

Qi Ming thought it made sense, so he took off his helmet and coat and threw them to Shanzhong, asking him to take them.

"It will take about three minutes to defeat these people. I will leave the team now and join back in three minutes." Qi Ming said.

Zhu Xingtuan was stunned: "That's not what I meant. I meant that you can't persuade them with emotion and reason, and use general principles to convince them?"

Nishijo Nagi shook her head silently: "I don't think it's possible to reason with these people."

Qi Ming sneered: "It's not that I don't know how to act according to the situation, but I don't want to waste my acting skills on these guys."

After saying that, he ignored Zhu Xingtuan's attempts to keep him and walked up with the stick.

The mother who had pushed Kishida and said, "Don't interfere with my educating my children!" felt that she was an ordinary citizen. With so many people watching, the Victory team members didn't dare to do anything to her, so she had already squeezed to the front.

In response, Qi Ming was not polite at all. He went up and hit her with a stick, causing her eyes to turn black. She screamed and fell to the ground.

"What are you doing? Stop hitting me, it hurts. Help me, come and save me!" A pig-killing-like wailing sound was heard.

(End of this chapter)