Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 295, Section 291: Hui Mei Beats Up Blazer! The Five Elements "Heroes"

Dan Moroboshi stood there in a daze for a while before he came to his senses and went to the laboratory to find Hikari.

"Hikari, I'm a little...confused right now." Dan Moroboshi looked bewildered.

Hikari, typing away on the keyboard: "What's wrong?"

Dan Moroboshi then recounted what had just happened, a look of astonishment still lingering on his face: "You mean... has he grown up?"

The willingness to fight for this world has become stronger, but it's still the same old "rotten orange theory".

After listening, Hikari said, "It's more appropriate to use the word 'transformation' rather than 'growth'."

He believed that Qi Ming was a very opinionated person who intended to live his life according to his own way of thinking.

His willingness to take risks wasn't due to any spiritual elevation, but simply because he felt that some people and things in this world were worth the price he had to pay.

“But there’s nothing wrong with that, is there?” Hikari added.

“We were born in the Land of Light, while Qi Ming was born in the Divine Land of Earth. Due to our different upbringing, his thoughts are naturally different from ours.”

"The spirit of Ultraman wants to create a world where no one gets hurt, while Qi Ming's 'chivalrous spirit' advocates punishing evil and promoting good, believing that if bad people are not eliminated, they will only continue to hurt good people."

Dan Moroboshi: "A swordsman?"

Hikari nodded and took a large stack of thick books from the bookshelf next to him.

They're all martial arts novels.

“Qi Ming grew up under this kind of cultural influence,” Hikari said. “When the order fails to protect the weak, the knight-errant uses his personal strength to carry out divine punishment.”

The saying goes, "A master always has the heart of a student." After Bogaru was killed by Griza, who was actually Qiming, Hikari regained his rationality.

He began to observe Earth's culture, customs, and technology, just as he had when he first visited Arbore...

The birth of the Kingdom of Qiming piqued his interest.

After comparing the cultural atmosphere with that of other countries, he found that China did not accept the views that "don't hate people, hate sins," "killing your enemy will only deepen your sins and your loved ones will not come back," and "if you kill him, you will be a murderer just like him."

China highly values ​​the principle of "an eye for an eye" and "a tooth for a tooth," and acts of punishing evil and eliminating wickedness are applauded by the people.

Moroboshi Dan finally understood: "So that means, from Qi Ming's perspective, what I did was completely fine?"

Hikari: "Yes, but you're fine too. Qi Ming wants to be an umbrella against the wind and rain, while the Ultra Spirit encourages everyone to be the light that dispels the dark clouds."

"Although absolute peace may never be achieved, we can try our best to get as close to it as possible. Being fifty steps away from absolute peace is better than being a hundred steps away."

"You did nothing wrong in pursuing that bright future, but Qi Ming's approach based on the present and reality cannot be said to be wrong."

At this point, Hikari sighed again, "Is there really a future...?"

Dan Moroboshi was stunned. After a long while, he asked, "Have you... emerged from the shadows?"

Hikari didn't answer, and continued typing: "Let's not talk about this anymore, we can't keep Fujimiya and the others waiting."

Dan Moroboshi looked at the chat box on the screen: "Are you communicating with Fujimiya-kun?"

Hikari: "Yes, Fujimiya and a few of his friends from the Alchemy Star are helping me improve the 'Space Freeze Bomb'. I don't have the power of Qi Ming, so I can only work on this aspect."

"That's already amazing." Dan Moroboshi: "I didn't expect Fujimiya-kun to still be working so hard even after leaving the front lines."

Hikari: "He and his friends are all very talented. If I have the chance, I would like to take them to the Land of Light."

“I also welcome them to visit… What is this?” He suddenly found a book with a mysterious cover on Hikari’s bookshelf—it was a Tai Chi diagram.

"That book is about Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. It is the way the people of ancient China understood the essence of the world."

"According to the above statement, if a person lacks the element of wood in their Five Elements, they will be prone to poor eyesight and hair loss; if a person lacks the element of earth, they will be prone to weight gain; and if a person lacks the element of fire, they will be anemic and sensitive to cold..."

"The reason why Qi Ming is always full of energy is probably because the five elements have formed a perfect cycle in his body, so his blood and qi can be continuously generated."

Moroboshi Dan: "So that's how it is... This is the secret to Qi Ming's strength?"

Hikari: "It's hard to say, just speculation. I'm talking about a perfect scenario that only exists in theory. I just feel that Qi Ming is not that simple."

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Soon, more than fifty hours had passed.

Qi Ming's Star Points reached 10. "It's time to get together, might as well use it." Qi Ming asked in the group if anyone wanted to watch the card drawing event, and immediately received enthusiastic responses from Hui Mei and Saijo Nagi.

Inside Qi Ming's room, Saijo Nagi said, "Qi Ming, the captain has already told us about your plan. To be honest, I'm very worried about your safety."

Qi Ming said in a lighthearted tone, "I'm also worried about myself, but as the saying goes, 'When the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up,' so I have no choice but to step up."

Hui Mei then said, "After rushing into the gates of hell, that means leaving Earth... Team member Qi Ming, will you come back?"

Qi Ming said in a matter-of-fact tone, "I definitely have to come back, right now. The reason I can't go back to my hometown is because I don't have coordinates. Ah Guang has already given me the coordinates for this universe."

He said there was no need to worry at all. Maybe when he regained consciousness, he would see that he had enough Star Gift and then transform into Goss and travel through dimensions back here.

Hui Mei was very worried: "If I become Gauss, Three Stars, Nine Heavens... is it really okay if I don't eat for nine days?"

Qi Ming: "An ordinary person would definitely be dead. I've trained, so I'll bring extra food with me and eat something as soon as I regain consciousness."

He said the first thing he did upon returning here was to send a distress signal using his PDI communicator, so that they would come quickly and take him to the ICU.

Seeing Qi Ming's confident demeanor, Saijo Nagi and Emi breathed a slight sigh of relief and were no longer so worried.

Next up is the Star Gathering segment.

Qi Ming: "Who's coming?"

Saijo Nagi shook her head: "I don't have confidence."

The convergence of stars at this juncture is significant.
If Qi Ming could directly gather an extremely powerful being capable of instantly annihilating all the Kirieloids behind the Gates of Hell, he wouldn't need to risk becoming Greiza anymore.

“I’ll do it!” Huimei stepped forward.

She pressed a button, and all four buttons simultaneously emitted a green laser beam, which formed a light curtain at the point where they intersected.

The next moment, a picture appeared on the light screen.

"Whoosh!" A white flash streaked across the light screen, causing the three of them to involuntarily close their eyes.

What's going on? A flashbang?
Soon, the flash faded, revealing a giant battling an enemy in the city.

The giant's head, adorned with a serrated crown inlaid with blue crystals, resembles a blade unsheathed. Beneath the silver armor covering its face, a pair of sharp, diamond-shaped eyes emit a ghostly blue light. The red and silver patterns on its body resemble cracks in magma. The energy core on its chest is surrounded by claw-shaped armor, and biomimetic thorns extend from its back.

This is Ultraman Blaze!

On the other side of the Star Gathering lies the world of Blaze.

And what's happening now is... how could this be?

Even Qi Ming was surprised.

Hui Mei was even more shocked: "What's going on? Why is a 50-meter-tall me wearing blue clothes smashing this giant with a building!"

Saijo Nagi's eyes widened: "What? The giant that was smashed with the building isn't a shadowy figure... This shadowy figure looks like the guy who killed my parents, is he Dark Zagi?!"

Qi Ming immediately realized what was going on.

Huimei sees herself, now gigantic, smashing a building against Blaze—this is a scene from episode sixteen of Ultraman Blaze, titled "Terror from the Underground."

The monster inside, Mogujong, can emit intense flashes of light that shine into the eyes of other creatures. By stimulating the amygdala of the target's brain through the optic nerve, it causes the victim to hallucinate seeing the things they fear and loathe the most.

Hye-mi: "The one that emitted a bright flash, was it the one at the beginning? So we've all been hit."

Saijo Nagi: "It was just an illusion, Qi Ming. What did you see? What is the illusion you're afraid of?"

Qi Ming's lips twitched slightly, but he did not answer.

After taking a few deep breaths, his eyes immediately cleared, and the hallucination disappeared.

As he threw the distress metal ball towards the other end of the light screen, he thought that if the one that ended up was [Moguqiong], then it would become the one to give Saijo Nagi "desensitization training".

But in the end, Star Gathering's camera focused on Blazer.

The light curtain dissipated, the dial rotated, and the silhouette of Blaze, the Wildling of Light, appeared.

Ultraman Blaze
Integration level: 60%
Rating: B.

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