Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 368, Section 364: Asuka: Is Staff Officer Gondo a dove?!
On the hospital bed, looking at Gondo leaning forward with an inquiring expression, Asuka Shin's face stiffened.

Oh no, my brain isn't working properly right now, and I said the wrong thing.

How should I answer this? Should I say, "I met you from another timeline. You extracted my light to create an artificial Ultraman, and that artificial Ultraman was eventually possessed by Softia. To make up for your mistake, you chose to sacrifice yourself"?
That's definitely not fair; he doesn't know anything about the situation of Strategist Gondo in this world.

Just as he was stammering, the door to the ward opened again, and Qi Ming, having received the message, walked in.

"Oh, you're awake?" Qi Ming looked at Fei Niao Xin: "How are you feeling? Can you get out of bed?"

“Absolutely no problem.” Asuka Shin replied as if he had been granted a pardon.

Staff Officer Quan Teng continued to probe with a smile: "Team Member Qi Ming, the friend you brought back is quite interesting. The first thing he asked me was whether I was dead or not."

Qi Ming: Just think of him as having a fit of madness. As long as he returns to normal after the fit, that's fine.

After saying that, he looked at Musashi beside him and asked Mayumi, "Isn't he awake?"

Mayumi: "Her vital signs are normal, and she should wake up in the next few days."

Qi Ming nodded, pondering why Asuka woke up before Musashi.

Is it because the two people were affected by the red ball to different degrees, resulting in different degrees of backlash?

Judging from the scenes in the original "Goss" series, including "The Nightmare Experiment," "The Sky of Revenge," "The Final Test," and even the finale where Musashi had to coexist with the Chaos Virus, Musashi's acceptance of the Red Ball's psychological suggestion should be very high, so the impact is quite significant.

Although Dr. Genius and Quinn instigated the war and killed many people, they still encouraged Ganon to influence them with love and coexist with them—a view that the clear-headed Musashi might actually agree with.

"Come on, I'll show you around and tell you about this place." With that, Qi Ming waved and led Fei Niao away.

Staff Officer Gondo watched the two figures disappear into the distance, lost in thought.

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"Is this TPC's sea base? In my original world, the sea base was severely damaged by the black fog and can only be used as a hangar."

Walking with Qi Ming inside the TPC base, Fei Niao found everything new and exciting.

After dyeing his hair black, his behavior seemed to return to the era of "Dyna," full of energy and enthusiasm.

Qi Ming: "I hope that when Gatanothor recovers on this Earth, we can hold this base and minimize the damage."

Asuka Shin's eyes narrowed: "Does this Earth also have Gatanothor?"

Qi Ming: "We have the Tiga Pyramid and the Tiga Statue, so how could we not have Gatanothor? I just hope that when it appears, we will have enough strength to fight it."

If Supreme Gaia, Strong Dyna, Future Cosmos, Normal Victory, Black Orb, and Red Orb joined forces, could they defeat Gatanothor? This is a question Qi Ming has been pondering recently.

"I'll help." Asuka asked about what concerned him most: "What's the deal with that Staff Officer Gondo?"

Qi Ming: "Him? He's almost exactly the same as the strategist Gondo you remember, both in appearance and in personality. He's the strategist for TPC in this world, the leader of the doves."

Asuka nodded, then nearly bit her tongue after realizing what she meant: "Oh, even in another world, you're still a strategist... wait, a dove?"

Qi Ming: "Yes, the doves."

Asuka looked on incredulously: "Are you sure you're not mistaken? Staff Officer Gondo is a dove?"

In my world, Staff Officer Gondo is an absolute hawk!

Qi Ming: "Yes, because compared to the hawks here, he is relatively moderate."

Asuka: "...Who are these hawks here?"

Qi Ming: "If I hadn't been watching and stopping them, they probably would have already started their friendship plan."

Asuka: "What is the Friendship Project?"

Qi Ming: "In order to protect the Earth and eliminate all hidden dangers—as soon as life is detected on a planet, we will destroy it with the [Super Weapon R1], which can destroy planets."

Upon hearing this, Asuka was utterly shocked. How could such a horrific plan be associated with such a beautiful word as "friendship"?

Wait a minute… Qi Ming said he just stopped the Friendship Project…

Could this guy, who beats up everyone he sees, be considered a moderate among moderates here?

This world is crazy!
Asuka composed herself: "Are there any other people I know in this world? Captain Hibiki, Koda, Ryo, are they there? And Daigo-senpai?"

Qi Ming: "They might be, they might not. I've been having people investigate, but I haven't heard from them yet."

He told Asuka Shin that the dark forces in this universe held an absolute advantage, as if they were the embodiment of all the evil in the heavens.

There are forces of justice, but they are either weak—like Dan Moroboshi with his broken leg, or Gai Kurenai who is just starting out.

They either exist in a gray area—Aizen Makoto, who initially only wanted to play hero games, Fujimiya, who wanted to destroy humanity, Hikari, who was willing to sacrifice the Earth to defeat Bogard, and the twisted Amaterasu Queen—all of them were pulled back to the side of justice by him.

They either hide very well, like Ji Yajun, who had been fighting alone all along. If he hadn't coincidentally arrived in Shiroiwa Town, he might have already been killed by Goroki.

And the Land of Light, for some reason, is still nowhere to be found.

Faced with those ubiquitous and massively expanding evil forces, these forces of justice are like candles flickering in the wind, forced to live one day at a time.

Even with a terrible hand, you can only grit your teeth and keep playing, because the moment you lose is the moment of your demise.

Asuka Shinkansen felt a sense of oppression just listening to it.

He increasingly felt that Qi Ming was no ordinary person; even knowing such a terrifying truth, he still remained calm—he definitely had a strong heart.

After a long pause, he said, "So... did you come to this world to balance the forces of good and evil in this universe? With you here, although there are still many dangers, the situation has at least stabilized."

Qi Ming was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"No, I was forcibly conscripted here." Qi Ming continued walking forward with Fei Niao: "But since I'm already here, I want to see what I can do."

"That's still quite impressive." Asuka rubbed her head. "By the way, does the strategist Gondo in this world want to create an artificial Ultraman?"

Qi Ming nodded: "I really want to."

After saying that, Qi Ming swiped his card, and a large door opened in front of them, leading them to the bottom of the sea base.

In the empty space stood a huge stone statue—the Tiga statue that Hikari had restored.

It's already 95% fixed.

However, Qi Ming has been struggling with whether to perform a scan after the repair is completed to bring the integration level of Ultraman Tiga back to the normal 60%.

If 60% of Ultraman Tiga is upgraded to B-rank, then the most cost-effective one-dollar male god will no longer exist.

Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?
Upon seeing this, the bird immediately thought of the artificial Ultraman statue in the Mars base.

After it absorbed its own light and regained its mobility, it became like a zombie, moving sluggishly and randomly releasing beams of light. It was quickly killed by several Sphias.

Asuka Shin said decisively, "We must stop Chief of Staff Gondo immediately; we can't let this tragedy repeat itself."

At this moment, Qi Ming's PDI communicator rang. He picked it up and looked at it:
"Gomora... Just in time for a job. How about you and Staff Officer Gondo come and join us?"

"I think you've probably rehearsed in your mind many times how to persuade Staff Officer Gondo to turn back from the wrong path."

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After racking my brains all day, I think this is all the strange reaction that this hybrid universe and Asuka Shin's energy can produce, right?

Is there anything else that will broaden his horizons?

The second update will come in the afternoon or evening.

(End of this chapter)