Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 330, Section 326: Qi Ming deals with the Queen, and the group embarks on their return journey.

That night, Jugglus Juggler was tweaking the Szak spaceship in preparation for a long interstellar journey to Earth, while [Kay] was taking care of the unconscious Musashi and Asuka.

Because of Qi Ming's presence, the two did not part ways on Ganon Star as in the original drama. Now their relationship is as before, and they are going to the next battle site with Senior Qi Ming.

Qi Ming ate a few chocolate bars that Hui Mei had given him earlier. After lying down for a few hours, he regained a lot of strength and slowly strolled towards the royal palace of Ganon Star.

In the original series, Kai also arrived at the palace after the great battle and apologized to Queen Amaterasu for Jugglus cutting down the tree. However, he was angrily rebuked by two guards: "Get out of here! Don't even think about going in!" and "You're in cahoots with the man who injured Her Majesty the Queen, aren't you?"

In this world, the two guards trembled with fear upon seeing Qi Ming approaching, and dared not look him in the eye.

"Stop...stop..." The two of them could barely speak, but their trembling hands were still subconsciously trying to stop Qi Ming from going over.

"No disrespect to distinguished guests is permitted." At this moment, General Laiying arrived just in time, dismissed the two guards, and then personally led Qi Ming inside.

"The search is ongoing. I will report back to you as soon as I have any results."

General Laiying, who was second only to the emperor, adopted a very humble posture when facing Qi Ming. He carefully asked, "What brings you here?"

Qi Ming: "There's nothing to advise you on. I'm about to go back. In order to make sure all my previous efforts aren't wasted, I need to take something with me."

General Lai Ying asked in confusion, "Something? What is it?"

Qi Ming simply answered, "Queen Amaterasu."

The general was taken aback when he arrived.

Qi Ming strode into the palace and saw many royal physicians bustling around Queen Amaterasu on her sickbed.

Upon seeing Qi Ming and General Lai Ying arrive, they were all at a loss for what to do.

"How is she now?" Qi Ming completely ignored the strange looks and the subtle atmosphere, and looked at Queen Amaterasu on the hospital bed.

Her once elegant and noble face was now as pale as paper, and the bluish-purple handprint on her left cheek was particularly glaring—it was the mark left when Qi Ming slapped her back from her war god form to human form.

Her right leg was fixed in a splint, and faint yellow medicine stains could be seen seeping through the gauze. Her lower leg, which was exposed outside the blanket, was unnaturally swollen and bluish-purple.

Qi Ming walked to the bedside, and the nearby doctors instinctively moved away.

He looked at the unconscious Queen Amaterasu, and after confirming that she was out of danger, he waved his hand and said, "I have to take her back to Earth."

The general following behind him was anxious: "This... Ganon has just suffered a great calamity, and it is a time when everything needs to be rebuilt."

"The people, from top to bottom, need to rebuild their homes with Her Majesty's encouragement. In addition, the power of the God of War is also an indispensable force in resisting foreign enemies."

Qi Ming nodded: "That's why I spared her life. She does have objective value, and killing her now would be detrimental to the people of Ganon."

"But this is not her trump card to escape punishment; she still has to atone for her disastrous disruptive performance today."

Qi Ming said that Cai Qi and Kuin are very likely still alive, and Amaterasu, who can become the God of War, is still their target.

They might come back as soon as I leave, using various methods to force Queen Amaterasu to become the God of War again, and then trick this idiotic saint into falling into their trap and injecting her with puppet poison again.

Then the puppet poison exploded, polluting the entire universe...

Therefore, I have to keep her in a place where I can monitor her to prevent her from messing around.

General Lai Ying pondered for a moment: "You're going to settle accounts with Dr. Caiqi and the others, right? Are you bringing the Queen along in the hopes that she can lend you a hand?"

Qi Ming rolled his eyes: "It's a miracle she's not a burden..."

"Besides, even if I don't take her, she'll eventually abandon the throne and her people to go to Earth to fall in love."

This is the plot from the original series—Queen Amaterasu senses that Shohei, a young man from Earth, is in danger, and immediately panics, abandoning all her responsibilities as queen, and runs off to Earth to meet her online boyfriend in person. Then she causes a whole bunch of trouble…

Rather than that, it would be better to take her there first, then imprison her, and send her back to Ganon after we have wiped out the army of Kuin and Baalzeb.

As long as she doesn't get poisoned by the puppets and used as a breeding ground to explode, Qi Ming won't care how she does whatever she wants after returning to Ganon. Just don't drag the whole universe down with you when you die.

After listening to Qi Ming's explanation, General Lai Ying slowly typed a "?".

After recalling Qi Ming's words, he had even more questions in his mind.

Are you saying that our esteemed Queen Amaterasu would inexplicably fall in love with an alien man she has never met, and then disregard all royal dignity and responsibility to go see him?
This is the plot of some third-rate romance novel.

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
It seems that Her Majesty Queen Amaterasu's lackluster performance during the day has cast a shadow over this powerful Qi Ming, causing him to demonize Her Majesty and make exaggerated and unrealistic statements...

The next moment, Queen Amaterasu, who had just been sleeping, suddenly awoke, her voice filled with panic: "Shōhei! Shōhei is in danger! I have to go protect him!"

The general's wrinkled old face was immediately filled with shock.

Are you kidding me? You're really obsessed with love?

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Meanwhile, Earth.

A young man named Shohei lay in a hospital bed, with his childhood sweetheart Yui taking care of him.

In the past few days, Shohei has been behaving strangely. He often stares blankly at the seeds of the Tree of Life that they brought back from the underwater temple, and occasionally he will mutter "Amaterasu Queen" to himself.

His behavior was most intense during the day, but suddenly he collapsed, his vital signs dropped rapidly, and then his eyes turned red, as if he had been brutally beaten and was covered in bruises.

Although the situation has stabilized, these strange behaviors still make her feel that she can no longer ignore them.

Should we contact TPC? They're experts at handling anomalies.

Suddenly, the entire ward began to shake. Yui stumbled and fell to the ground. A deafening roar came from outside the window, and the glass window shattered into countless fragments amidst the sound.

"Whoosh!" A huge monster that looked like an insect descended from the sky. Its face resembled a combination of a cockroach and a spider, with three eyes, huge insect wings on its back, and sharp, menacing sickle-shaped hands.

This is [Gochigumon], a monster from episode 30 of Ultraman Gaia, "The Cocoon of the Devil".

It looked around and finally its eyes fell on the hospital where Xiangping was.

"A monster!" Shohei, lying in his hospital bed, was terrified when he saw this, as the monster was walking towards them.

"Whoosh!" The next moment, a silver figure descended from the sky. Ultraman Nexus crashed between the hospital and the monster, and the shockwave from the impact stirred up a cloud of dust.

He staggered and knelt on one knee, his silver hand digging deep into the ground to barely steady himself.

He immediately switched to the youth form, but as soon as he switched, his arms felt like they were filled with lead. He could barely lift them before they fell limply down. Even his legs were trembling slightly, as if he would collapse to his knees at any moment.

Then, Nexus's color timer also started flashing.

The fact that the candidate was in a very bad situation right from the start indicates that the candidate's condition is extremely dire.

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I'll just post one update today. I've been posting too much lately, so I need to take a break.

(End of this chapter)