Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 291, Section 287: Our giant worm is itching for a bite! (Two chapters combined into one)

Inside the infirmary, Dan Moroboshi, who had been summoned, was writing a report with his back to Shina on the hospital bed.

At that moment, his PDI communicator buzzed, and Dan Moroboshi glanced at it, the information on it causing his face to twitch slightly.

At the same time, Xuena, who had just been sleeping like a beauty on the hospital bed, opened her eyes, revealing a ferocious expression with blue fangs.

She once again revealed her true vampire form.

Sheena looked at Dan Moroboshi's neck, a dark glint in her eyes.

If they could assimilate the captain of the GUTS team into their ranks, their vampire clan's path to dominating the Earth would be greatly accelerated.

Thinking of this, she suddenly stood up and bit Dan Moroboshi's neck.

"Bang." A cane struck her face, forcefully pulling her back.

"It's better if the patient doesn't move around too much," said Dan Moroboshi, picking up his cane without turning around.

What's going on? Has this guy been wary of me all along?

Undeterred, Xuena charged forward again, only to be knocked back to bed by the three canes, and began to question the meaning of life.

"Captain, are you alright!" Saijo Nagi rushed in after hearing the commotion outside.

Qi Ming just sent her a message saying that the captain is often ambushed by beautiful "women" who knock him unconscious with a wrench through his helmet and steal his transformation device, so he asked her to keep an eye on things.

Dan Moroboshi: "It's alright, just add a few restraints to her."

He unconsciously looked at his PDI communicator; Qi Ming had just sent him a message.

[Captain, if you still don't learn your lesson and get ambushed by a woman, I'll have to tell Annu on you.]

"This guy……"

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Soon, Qi Ming and Hui Mei returned, and the entire Victory Team saw the monstrous-faced Xue Na.

In the mountains: "There really are vampires."

Hikari stared at Scherna's data on the instrument, remaining silent.

"Xena!" At that moment, the door to the infirmary opened again, and a person wearing sunglasses and looking anxious was brought in.

He is Onoda, the reporter who drinks with Vice Captain Munakata at the bar in the original "Ultraman Ultraman" series.

When Xue Na, who was tightly bound to the hospital bed, saw Onoda, her beast-like eyes changed, and she seemed to regain some rationality, no longer struggling so fiercely.

"What exactly happened?" Saijo Nagi wanted the person involved to speak in detail.

Looking at the blue-faced, fanged Xuena, Onoda's face was filled with pity.

"Five years ago, when Xuena had just debuted, she and I were great partners."

"At that time, our newspaper learned that there was a strange disease in South America that would turn people into vampires, so we assigned them the task of reporting on it."

"I consider myself a realist and I look down on interviews and reports about such surreal phenomena, so I handed the interview task over to Xue Na."

Upon hearing this, Yamanaka interrupted, "Five years ago... five years ago, the world was relatively peaceful, and monsters only started appearing frequently in the last two years."

Onoda continued: "In the past, people's fear of infectious diseases led to the spread of vampire legends among the people."

"Actually, that's not nonsense. There is indeed a virus in South America that can turn humans into vampires."

"Xena was conducting interviews about a strange disease in a village in South America, and then..."

Qi Ming: "Then they were infected by the virus of the vampire beast [Shuranos] and turned into vampires. Now that Shoranos wants to start taking over the earth, they have begun to take action."

Kishida: "There are so many vampire species in South America. This vampire bat is probably a neighbor of the vampire plant Kylonia, right?"

Onoda couldn't help but beat his chest and stamp his feet, looking heartbroken: "It's all my fault, I should have done that interview! If I had gone with Xena, perhaps this irreparable situation wouldn't have happened..."

Hikari, who was standing nearby, spoke up: "It's not beyond redemption."

Onoda looked at him suddenly: "You mean... there's still hope for Scherna!"

Hikari always maintained that calm demeanor: "If the method is right, we can turn her back into a human from a vampire."

Qi Ming quietly leaned closer: "Is the method you mentioned suitable? Is it the legendary life solidification device?"

Hikari shook his head: "No, with Earth's current level of technology, we can't use life solidification technology."

But he said that just as humans learn to walk before they can run, technological progress relies on gradual accumulation.

He was able to create the life solidification device by learning from the technological accumulation of generations of scientists from the Blue Clan of the Land of Light, and then creating the life solidification device at the peak of his previous achievements.

At this point, Hikari couldn't help but sigh again. He had created the life-fixing device for peace, to preserve those beautiful lives.

Unexpectedly, this technology attracted the Baltan aliens to attack the Land of Light, leading to war...

Qi Ming: "Stop, stop, stop. Let's stop the flashback for now and save Xue Na first."

Hikari told Onoda that through reverse genetic engineering, she could be turned back: "I will try my best. You all can go down now."

Onoda nodded repeatedly: "As expected of TPC, you have such technology. You are truly the light of humanity..."

Seeing that his biggest regret could be made up for, he no longer had the aloof demeanor of the original Ultraman Tiga, and even thought of "giving the doctor a red envelope".

"No need, no need. If you want to help, there's another way." Qi Ming pulled him and the others outside, saying that A-Guang was working hard, and we couldn't stop.

Dan Moroboshi: "That's right, do everything you can to save those humans who have become vampires!"

Huimei: "Leave the intelligence gathering to me. I'll find their hideout."

Qi Ming: "Hurry, the big bugs we've collected are already itching for food."

Onoda on the side: "?"

The big worm was starving and thirsty.

What do these people want to do to the vampires?
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At three o'clock in the afternoon of the second day, a man in a suit, looking for his next prey, walked down the street.

He is a [Spelian] who mimics humans.

The failure of a new weapon experiment on Planet Spel resulted in radiation covering the entire planet, and pollutants seeped into the blood of the Spel inhabitants.

So the Spelians came to Earth, where they disguised themselves as humans to carry out their activities. They wanted to use human blood to replace the radiation-contaminated blood in order to heal their bodies.

These Spelians gave watches that could crystallize human blood to human women. Women who wore them would faint from anemia after their blood was drawn.

The Spelians believed that as long as they didn't cause any human deaths, they wouldn't attract Ultraman's attention in this cruel environment, and they could quietly make a fortune.

Suddenly, he noticed a woman standing in the shadow of the eaves ahead. His eyes lit up, and he walked over.

In reality, the "human woman" seen by the Spel aliens was not a human, but rather Midori Suzumura possessed by Dracras.

At this moment, Dracras was a little troubled, because it had already "visited" all of Midori Suzumura's former friends, who it had possessed.

It's become much harder to lure women to dark places and kill them under the guise of "acquaintances."

"Miss, you are truly beautiful!" Just then, Draclaus saw the Spel alien, disguised as a human and impeccably dressed. What's going on? Is this man trying to pick me up?

Forget about men, my goal is to kill all human women one by one.

Just as Dracula was about to give a disgusted look and refuse, it changed its mind the next moment.

Could we use this guy as a stepping stone to develop a new network of relationships?

This guy must know some female friends, I can make my move on them.

Thinking of this, Draklas enthusiastically stepped forward to agree, and the Spel alien was overjoyed to see that the woman in front of him was so easy to handle.

"This guy must be trying to hook up with me because of my impressive appearance and sophisticated style, right?"

"This guy must be attracted by the beautiful appearance of the woman I'm possessing and wants to do that kind of thing to me."

Both believed the other was merely a human being and began to feign concern.

The Spelians presented him with a watch that could absorb blood, and Delacroix immediately put it on to show his enthusiasm.

Their "relationship quickly heated up," and soon they were inseparable, strolling on the grass like a couple.

What a romantic scene...

In reality, both of them felt like they were about to vomit.

The Spelians see humans no differently than humans see monkeys.

Dating a monkey? That would be disgusting.

He could only feign gentlemanly manners while comforting himself with the thought, "This is for the future of my people, so I must win over these human women."

And Dracras goes without saying—although the Midori Suzumura he possesses is female, he is actually a male alien!
For the sake of a grand invasion plan, this grown man had to pretend to be deeply in love with another grown man...

No, I feel nauseous, I want to die.

This is the price of aggression, and I must endure it!
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In the distance, Kishida and Qiming watched this scene from their hiding places in the bushes, the latter's face showing great interest.

Kishida lowered his voice: "According to last night's surveillance footage, that woman is no ordinary person. She could fight off several vampires all by herself."

Qi Ming nodded: "Because it is essentially an alien, a vampire alien [Draculas]."

After Kishida heard Qi Ming explain the whole story, he was shocked: "What? There are vampires on alien planets? Then the man next to her is in danger!"

Qi Ming: "No, the man next to her is no ordinary person either; he's a mimic of the Spelians."

In the face of "seeing through," all beings are equal.

The local vampire, Shuranos; the foreign vampire, Dracus; and the Spelians who came for human blood…

Human blood suddenly became very popular.

Qi Ming thought the Spelians were really dim-witted; why go to such lengths to get human blood?

If you drive a blood donation van to a university in China, negotiate with the university hospital, and offer extra credits for blood donations, wouldn't college students flock to you in droves?

Kishida examined the telescope closely: "What? Could it be that two aliens are trying to invade Earth together? But judging from the lip reading I'm reading, it doesn't seem like it."

Qi Ming was astonished: "Kishida, you can actually read lips!"

Kishida: "You know a little bit, right?"

He translated what he had read into the lips for Qi Ming. Their conversation was very ordinary, including things like where you work, how old you are, how your life is, and where we're going to eat tonight...

When Qi Ming saw that Kishida wasn't bragging and actually knew how to read lips, he immediately praised him, "Wow, Kishida-kun, you're the second person I've ever met who can read lips."

Hearing Qi Ming's genuine praise, Kishida feigned humility but was secretly delighted: "No problem, of course a Victory team member needs to have the knowledge to handle all kinds of situations... Who was that lip-reading person you met before?"

Qi Ming: "I don't know his real name, but his nickname is Lü Xiaobu."

Next, the two began to analyze what the Spelians and Draklas were really up to.

Why are two aliens who invaded Earth acting like they're deeply in love? This is the world of tokusatsu, not the world of Chinese romance dramas.

"Could it be that they know someone is watching them, so they're pretending?" Kishida wondered, but then thought it was unlikely.

Qi Ming: "Could it be... that the two of them don't even know the other is also an alien, so they're just going through the motions?"

This incident is also recorded in the "Victory Team II Incident".

Qi Ming suddenly said, "Let's keep an eye on these two people for now. I have a brilliant idea."

He smirked.

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Back at the TPC base, Xuena had transformed back into an ordinary person from her monstrous, fanged appearance.

Hikari said her mental state has basically stabilized and she has regained her senses, but she will need a long treatment process to fully return to normal.

"Xenna, Xenna!" Onoda couldn't help but hug her excitedly when he saw his familiar partner return.

Sheena's memory has not fully returned, but she recognizes Onoda, who is deeply etched in her memory, and does not resist his embrace.

Saijo Nagi asked, "Miss Xuena, do you know where these vampires' lair is?"

Sheena nodded and told everyone that Huranos and the vampires it had assimilated were from a disco called "Paradise Bar".

"Alright, let's prepare to raid their base." Yamazuki was eager to try.

Saijo Nagi warned him to be vigilant, saying that if he easily stepped into the enemy's carefully prepared territory, he would be doomed.

Dan Moroboshi was also a little worried: "I wonder what's inside this bar..."

Qi Ming: "Why not just ask a few 'enthusiastic aliens' to help test the waters?"

He told the others what he and Kishida had just seen, suggesting that they send Draklas and the Spel aliens to investigate the true nature of Paradise Bar and let them fight amongst themselves first.

Qi Ming: "The Spel aliens transformed into a person named 'Satake Saburo,' and Draculus possessed a person named 'Suzumura Midori.' These are their images."

Hye-mi used this information to find the two people's Line accounts.

Qi Ming immediately created a new account, impersonating Saburo Satake and Midori Suzumura, and started sending messages to them.

"Midori, come to Paradise Bar for a drink in two hours. I'll introduce you to my friend."

"Sanlang, do you have any other friends? If you're free, could you bring them to Paradise Bar in two hours? My sisters heard that I found a great man like you and they'd like me to help introduce them to you."

On the other side, the two people who received the message.

Dracras: Persistence pays off. After all that trouble in Nantong, I finally have the chance to join that guy's social circle and meet other human women.

Spelian: What! Sisters! Doesn't that mean we have many more stable blood sources?

He immediately summoned the other Spelians who had infiltrated Earth, and had them dress up and go with him to the Paradise Bar to continue his "hunting for women".

Meanwhile, Qi Ming had TPC prepare a large box of insects called "Kemjira" that could attract the volcanic monster bird near the Paradise Bar.

(End of this chapter)