Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 393, page 389: Masaki Keigo's New Cellmate, the Movements of the Two Carmillas
6 PM, TPC Maritime Base, Canteen.

After getting his food, Agamous was vividly describing to Leililan the tense and exciting battle in Antarctica the previous day.

"The road is full of monsters, recklessly lunging at your face!"

"Jugglus was at the front cutting down the half-mermaids, while I was behind him shooting at those round bio-weapons floating in the air. I never expected my marksmanship on the spot to be so accurate!"

"I quickly restarted the mainframe, regained control of the underwater base, and removed the protective shield, allowing the main force outside to enter."

Leililan patted the Shiba Inu at her feet: "Darling, you're great, you've been a big help."

Agamus took a sip of soup to moisten his throat and adopted a humble posture: "Actually, Ultraman has always been the one carrying the load on the front lines, but we did provide some assistance."

At this point, he sighed and said that during the post-war cleanup, the bodies of those personnel from the underwater base were discovered.

"The world is truly dangerous and cruel; we need to redouble our efforts."

"Director Hikari assigned me the task of modifying the Space Steel Dragon. Jugglus Juggler wants to turn it into a human-piloted weapon for fighting monsters."

"But I always felt that these four-limbed crawling machines should be controlled by artificial intelligence."

Incidentally, when transporting the Space Steel Dragon back to the TPC base, Qi Ming pondered for a while how to talk to Staff Officer Gondo.

Asuka had told Gondo not long ago, "Focus on the current development trajectory, have faith in the future of humanity, and there is no need to covet foreign technologies whose origins are unknown."

As a result, Qi Ming is now going to modify the Space Steel Dragon that he "picked up" from the aliens.

You can't exactly say, "This stuff is too complicated for you to handle, but I can," can you?

However, Gondo had no time to pay attention to this matter; his attention was focused on other things.

After learning from the returning Victory team members that the Antarctic seabed base contained sixteen high-yield nuclear bombs, he and Staff Officer He Zhi were stunned.

What was Tsuchihashi Yuu thinking before his death that he would build a nuclear missile launch base on the seabed?

This isn't just defying common sense; it's downright reckless!

Taking this opportunity, the two are now thoroughly investigating the suspicious strongholds under the control of the Tsuchibashi Yu faction, not even letting go of the garment factories.

Do you know how serious the incident at the Antarctic base was? Anyone who tries to evade the issue will be considered an accomplice of the aliens!
Leililan asked curiously, "I heard from the mountain team that they captured an alien this time?"

Agamus: "Yes, Captain Moroboshi said this is the first alien prisoner. In the past, all the aliens and monsters were killed on the spot by Mr. Qiming."

Leililan: "Did you bring it back to the base too?"

Agamus: "Mr. Qiming said not to keep putting strange things in the base, so he locked up the Magma aliens somewhere else."

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The Kaburaya Islands, where Aizen Makoto resides.

The Magma alien felt intense pain in his right leg, trembling with agony.

The treatment of being a captured "trophy" was something I never imagined I would end up like that.

Aren't Ultra Warriors supposed to be kind-hearted people who uphold love and justice? Why was that Ultra Warrior so cruel?

This is deliberate torture!

Although Aizen Makoto can no longer transform into Black Orb, his ability to transform into a monster using the Monster Crystal is more than enough to guard the Magma Alien.

In Qi Ming's plan, once the Magma aliens' fleet finds this "lost soldier" and arrives on Earth, they will exchange prisoners with them and bring Leo back first.

Then you can tear off the mask and kill all those Magma aliens right in front of Leo.

"Hey, you're an alien, how did you get in here!" Masaki Keigo, who was in the next cell, was overjoyed to find that his fellow inmate had arrived.

Aizen Makoto had previously invited some eminent monks to "convert" him out of amusement.

But seeing that it had no effect, they paid some hush money and sent the person away.

For the past few months, apart from the robot that delivers his meals every day, Masaki Keigo has not seen a single living person. Desolate, boring, with nothing to do—he feels his intelligence being worn down by this "hell," and even his language skills are beginning to deteriorate.

He was overjoyed to see an intelligent being who could communicate with him.

Never mind who you are, just talk to me and let me know what's going on in the outside world!
Despite the excruciating pain, the Magma alien replied, "I am... a Magma alien. I was captured and brought here because I wanted to exterminate humanity. And you?"

Masaki Keigo gritted his teeth: "I was arrested because I wanted to save humanity!"

Magma alien: "?"

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Meanwhile, in the hidden space where the Dark Giant resides.

Dagon casually smashed a boulder: "Very good. I've recovered from the injuries I sustained in the last battle, and my strength has also returned to a great extent. It's time to avenge Hitram!"

This is Dagon, a dark giant who deeply values ​​his own kind.

In the original series, even though he was tricked and mocked by Hitram, he was still extremely disappointed in Carmilla after learning that she had killed Hitram, saying, "I will no longer follow you."

In this world, even though Hitram abandoned them and ran away first, he still felt that he should avenge him.

"Carmilla, how's your recovery going?" He turned to look at Carmilla, who was muttering to herself.

“Trikia…Trikia…Trikia,” Carmilla said, her head bowed.

Dagon: "..."

Carmilla then drew her whip and shattered a boulder: "That guy, he's not my Triga!"

The joy of their "long-awaited reunion" had clouded her judgment, but now that Carmila had regained her composure, she finally came to her senses.

If the person Qi Ming transformed into, Triga, is not his lover, then there is nothing left for him to cherish in this world.

“I’m going back to find my Triga,” Carmilla said, showing little interest in avenging Hitram.

Dagon: "Do you have a way back?"

Carmilla: "This world also has an Eternal Core, right? Once you obtain the power of the Eternal Core, there's nothing you can't do!"

The newcomer Carmilla is currently very ambitious, but what about the local Carmilla?

She was still in human form when she arrived at a bookstore. Without even greeting the dozing owner, she flipped through a pile of old newspapers and found a report about Qi Ming, which she then read with great interest.

She was currently reading a report by Hirukawa, the Defense Force's official reporter, about how Qi Ming used a baseball bat to beat up a troublemaker in order to protect the Metz aliens from "Monster Messenger and Boy".

"Bullying others with one's power," "beating innocent citizens," "violent maniac"—these were the extremely vicious words Hirukawa used at that time.

In the photo, Qi Ming is holding a baseball bat with an elegant smile, while the people lying on the ground are photographed looking pitiful.

At the time, Hirukawa wanted to portray Qi Ming as a terrifying thug. After seeing this, ordinary people who were unaware of the truth would generally have a negative view of Qi Ming and TPC.

Fortunately, all of this was reversed when Minister Kento of the Defense Force turned into a monster and killed citizens during a live broadcast.

And what about the local Carmilla?

The above one-sided report would be met with resistance and disgust by ordinary people, but to the Dark Giant, it was simply brilliant!

Qi Ming's domineering actions, the style and force with which he wielded the stick, perfectly matched her aesthetic!
“He truly is the one destined for me; he fascinates me.” Carmilla, a local, continued to search with great interest for reports about Qi Ming among a large pile of old newspapers.

As for the Eternal Core? Let's put that aside for now; important matters come first.

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I'll try to update a little more in the second update.

(End of this chapter)