Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 373, Section 369: No More Intelligence Degradation! The God of War Slays Quinn! (Two Chapters Combined)

Thousands of meters in the air, the Baalzib larvae were still clinging to Shohei, speeding along—they had already circled half of Japan.

Shohei, who had not received any help for so long, was in a very miserable state. The howling wind stung his face like a knife.

His limbs were already numb from the cold, and only the burning pain in his waist reminded him that he was still alive.

Queen Amaterasu did not appear as he had expected, leaving his face stiff and his expression blank and lost.

The brilliant PhD student standing atop the high-rise building had his expectant expression turn into one of blankness.

According to news reports here, isn't Amaterasu, who can become a war goddess, right on this planet? Why hasn't a rescue come yet?
Was the information provided by Kuin incorrect?

"Forget it, it would be too foolish to take him flying any further. Let's call it a day and come up with a new plan." Dr. Caiqi said with a sullen face.

The next moment, Balixibu, having received his order, released his grip, and Xiangping plummeted from a height of a thousand meters.

Useless people are discarded without a second thought.

"Ah!" Shohei screamed as he fell freely. At the critical moment, Aizen Makoto, in the form of Guebassa, appeared and caught him.

"Mission accomplished. Good luck to you." After landing, Aizen Makoto casually tossed Shohei to the ground and flapped his wings, disappearing from the scene.

Shohei's cheek touched the cold ground, and he didn't get up for a long time.

The fact that Queen Amaterasu failed to appear for him during his time of crisis dealt him a huge blow.

Did the moment their contact was severed, were they destined to become strangers?

The thought tore at his heart; he couldn't convince himself and still refused to give up.

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The next day, beneath the Tree of Life.

Qi Ming looked up at the flowering Tree of Life: "It has been flowering for so long, yet it still hasn't borne fruit."

He remembered clearly that in the original play, the Tree of Life went from flowering to bearing fruit in just half an hour.

A whole day has passed, and nothing has changed.

It seems that even the Tree of Life, which is the "ancestral root of the universe," cannot thrive on this "grand stage of Earth," and cannot even absorb nutrients.

"Team member Qi Ming, the deployment of the position is complete," Saijo Nagi said over the PDI communicator.

This morning, at Qi Ming's behest, TPC's press officer declared on television that the ever-spreading roots of the Tree of Life were continuously damaging the surrounding infrastructure and severing the city's lifeline, and therefore decided to destroy it.

Then Qi Ming had Saijo Nagi bring in twenty tanks, pretending to bombard the Tree of Life.

This was to lure out Dr. Genius and Quinn, which was how they were lured out of their hiding places in the original series.

"They're here." At this moment, Hong Kai, who was standing next to Qi Ming, looked up as if sensing something, and saw a sparse group of Baalzeb swooping down from a distance and approaching the Tree of Life.

Five adult Baalzebub worms and thirteen Baalzebub larvae—this was Dr. Genius and Quinn's last remaining possessions.

They stood in front of the tank's raised cannon, surrounding the Tree of Life to protect it.

"They've finally arrived." Qi Ming nodded as he saw the target appear just like in the original drama.

In his view, being able to go through the original script step by step without making any mistakes and resolve problems is a kind of happiness.

Jugglus nudged Gai with his elbow: "There's no fruit from the Tree of Life to cure the puppet poison, so be careful not to get poisoned later."

Kai stared at the Orb Holy Sword and nodded.

Qi Ming said, "Don't rush, let's enjoy their performance first. Vice Captain, you can fire now!"

"Alright, fire!" With Saijo Nagi's command, twenty tanks opened fire on the Baalzebub who were surrounding the Tree of Life.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" The Baalzeb were instantly engulfed in flames. The adult worms were hit so hard that sparks flew everywhere and their bodies trembled violently. Several larvae fell to their deaths.

Jugglus Juggler: "Are you just passively taking hits? You're not even fighting back."

Qi Ming: "It's a ruse."

The brilliant scholar on a distant high-rise building, witnessing Baalzeb's continuous falls to his death, also wore a mournful expression.
"I'm sorry, you must be in a lot of pain. Go ahead and blame me!"

"But this was a great sacrifice made to create a new world!"

The next moment, Kuin also descended from the sky and stood with Baalzeb, receiving the baptism of tank fire along with them.

"This guy has finally shown up." Jugglus Juggler and Red Kai's eyes sharpened instantly. Feeling the rising fighting spirit emanating from them, Qi Ming was very pleased.

He remembers clearly that in the original series, everyone's intelligence was reduced.

At that time, Kai believed Dr. Caiqi's fallacious reasoning and said, "Caiqi once said that if problems can only be solved by brute force, then there is no need for so-called wisdom. He may be right."

Then, in the original drama, Gamu and Fujimiya seemed to agree.

Later, [Kai] even stood in front of Baalshib and these invaders who openly kidnapped humans, saying to the humans, "They didn't attack you, so why are you attacking them?" When Qi Ming was a child, watching this gave him a heart attack.

The current Red Kai and Jugglus are much more normal.

Hong Kai watched as Quinn staggered backward, groaning in pain from the artillery fire: "That was a really convincing performance."

Jugglus Juggler thought he could turn the tables and simply use his cannons to wipe out all these pretentious guys.

Qi Ming: "The other side isn't stupid. If Queen Amaterasu doesn't fall for it, they will definitely adjust their tactics."

Amaterasu's powerful voice came through the PDI communicator:
"That's right, I have royal blood flowing through my veins."

“It is my mission to annihilate the Baalzeb clan, my sworn enemy, and it is my duty to deal with them.”

Queen Amaterasu was not standing with Qi Ming and the other two. Dressed in casual clothes, she, along with Captain Shinra and Mikoto Tachibana, were gazing at Quin and Baalzebub from another location.

She watched as Baalzeb's army fell one after another under the bombardment, her eyes showing no pity as in the original play, only elation.

Queen Amaterasu, still holding the communicator, continued, "So, in what way do they want me to fall for their tricks?"

Qi Ming recalled the original plot:

"Hmm... They hope that by taking a beating without fighting back, they can make you think that Quinn shares the same desire for peace as you."

"Then, in order to create a better world with Quinn, you will transform into your past self and walk into a trap, then be ambushed, pricked with needles again, and poisoned."

This is exactly what Queen Amaterasu did in the original series—she completely failed to learn from her experience of being affected on Ganon and still fell victim to the same thing.

Queen Amaterasu's expression after hearing this was quite remarkable:

"Are you kidding me? He expects the same trick to work twice?"

"What do they take me for? Do they think my brain is filled with gutter oil?"

Captain Senra, standing to the side: "..."

Queen Amaterasu calmed herself down and touched the road sign beside her: "It seems I have to take concrete actions to shatter the unrealistic fantasies of some guys."

"Your Majesty Queen Amaterasu!" At that moment, a hurried voice appeared behind Queen Amaterasu.

Queen Amaterasu turned around in surprise and saw Shohei, clutching his stomach, staggering toward her. Queen Amaterasu thought for a moment, then tilted her head and said, "It's you, the mad dog who pounced on me at the sea base that day. You're like a persistent ghost."

Shohei said urgently, “Your Majesty Queen Amaterasu, I will not give up. I must awaken the original dream in your heart.”

Queen Amaterasu glanced at him sideways: "The most slutty U-type?"

Shohei looked at Quinn, who was struggling amidst the gunfire in the distance: "Can't you feel my feelings? Can't you hear Quinn's cries of despair? Remember now!"

Queen Amaterasu looked speechless: "Is it because I visit your mother so often that you have the misconception that I have to indulge you like a father and make you guess your riddles?"

Look, these are the soldiers Qi Ming led.

Hearing their Queen utter such vulgar words, Mikoto Tachibana, who was standing nearby, covered her face in shame.

Shohei was also stunned, but he could only force himself to cheer up and growl in a low voice:

“We were all connected with the Quinn before, and we felt its sadness!”

"Didn't you want to save it? Didn't you not want anyone to die in the war?"

"Quickly change back, Your Majesty Amaterasu, remember your wish for peace, and return to your true form."

Upon hearing this, Captain Shinra and the other two immediately looked at Queen Amaterasu with tension.

She squinted slightly: "The desire for peace... my true self."

Seeing this, Shohei thought his sincere call had worked, and he happily reached out to hold Amaterasu's hand again.

Queen Amaterasu also extended her hand to Shohei.

"Slap!" The next moment, a loud slap exploded in the air.

Queen Amaterasu slapped Shohei, sending his body spinning through the air like a top before crashing heavily to the ground like a broken sack.

The three of them were stunned by the shocking change in their faces, which were now swollen.

Queen Amaterasu clapped her hands indifferently, looking at Shohei lying miserably on the ground with an expression of utter disgust:

"What an ignorant fellow. I already knew about the past from Senra and the others."

"The thought that a hopeless idiot once occupied my body makes me feel unlucky."

"That thing can't even make sense with basic logic, yet it has the audacity to claim it can save this and change that, without even considering what kind of useless piece of trash it is!"

"Fortunately, Lord Qi Ming completely eliminated 'that guy,' otherwise it wouldn't have been my turn to set things right. It's time to let the royal bloodline play its true purpose!"

She directly denied everything about the "original Amaterasu Queen," cursing her even more filthily and hatefully than Qi Ming.

When Xiangping heard these words, his heart turned ice-cold.

His Amaterasu Queen is probably indeed dead.

This thought shattered the beliefs that had sustained him for days, and he fainted again.

Queen Amaterasu, dressed in casual clothes, didn't care about his life or death at all. She walked straight to Quinn and spoke with her back to the group.

"Whether or not people should sacrifice in war is a profound question, but my simple values ​​tell me that those who start wars and cause sacrifices must be held accountable!"

After saying this, Queen Amaterasu went to the battlefield.

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The talented doctor, watching his remaining Baalzib army fall one after another, felt his heart bleed.

What went wrong? Why hasn't Queen Amaterasu appeared yet? It seems we have no choice but to retreat for today...

Just then, his little robot Padil said, "My friend, look! Queen Amaterasu is here! She couldn't ignore Quinn's cries after all, and she's going to save it!"

Dr. Genius quickly looked in the direction Padil was pointing and saw Queen Amaterasu leaning on her cane, walking steadily toward Quinn.

"Vast tree spirit, mysterious source of life, awaken! Devour my flesh, drink my blood, and assimilate with me!"

The next moment, light burst forth, and the God of War, radiating divine brilliance, reappeared, standing tall on the battlefield.

"Cease fire immediately." Saijo Nagi, who was not far away, immediately gave the order, and the tanks stopped roaring.

After becoming a war god, Queen Amaterasu heard the words in the lament of the Quin.

"Help me, help me, please help me, I don't want any more children to sacrifice themselves."

"When I meet you, the world will be changed, and a wonderful new world is about to arrive."

After hearing this, the God of War walked towards Quinn and said, "Okay."

The next moment, the God of War crouched down and leaned against Quinn.

Upon seeing this, the talented scholar was overjoyed.

Success! The God of War has finally taken the bait.

The quintuplets shared the same idea, and with its venomous tail, it began to become restless.

next moment……

"Crack!" A short sword emerged from the God of War's arm and pierced directly into Quinn's chest, striking first.

Kuin's body stiffened.

In God of War, Queen Amaterasu lets out a hearty laugh:
"Don't want your child to sacrifice again? Then why don't you think about how many innocent deaths your child has caused?"

"Will the world change? Killing you will indeed change the world. Without evil like you, the world will be a much better place!"

As she finished speaking, Queen Amaterasu's voice became strained and resentful. She exerted all her strength, pushing the short sword in even deeper.

The quint let out a mournful cry; this time it was no longer a pretense, for the God of War's attack had severely wounded it.

"What? How is this possible!" This shocking turn of events stunned the talented doctor.

This, this is not right!

Shouldn't that foolish and kind-hearted Queen Amaterasu have obediently fallen into the trap? How could things have turned out like this!
Seeing that his scheme had been exposed, Kuin had no choice but to riot, and he thrust his tail spike toward the God of War.

Queen Amaterasu was prepared. She kicked away the tail spike and then released the Falihad Beam once again, which hit the Quinn solidly, sending it flying more than a hundred meters away!
Queen Amaterasu let out a hearty laugh: "What a battle of destiny! Good will never prevail over evil. You wicked worm, you are destined to die at my hands, which are filled with the power of light!"

After saying that, the God of War pounced on Quinn, who was about to stand up, and punched Quinn repeatedly, making it howl in pain.

This is the God of War with his fighting spirit at its peak!

The talented PhD feels his brain is completely overwhelmed. Am I thinking clearly?

You're telling me this is Amaterasu transformed into the God of War?
Wasn't Queen Amaterasu supposed to be silly and dull, someone who could be fooled with a few sweet words, and someone who was supposed to be incredibly sensitive, delicate, and weak?
What's with this "super high" look?

Then, the God of War on the battlefield reached out and summoned the cane that Hikari and Agamus had made for her.

The tip of the cane changed, becoming as sharp as a knife, and Queen Amaterasu uttered a high-pitched voice: "Use this to cut off the head of the Quin!"

(End of this chapter)