Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 409, Section 405: Five Sevens
The day after the star conjunction.

That morning, an emergency alarm sounded in the Victory Team's command room.

"It's a message from Staff Officer He Zhi. Monsters have appeared in his area!" Moroboshi Dan explained the situation to Qi Ming, who had just arrived.

Qi Ming was taken aback: "Officer He Zhi discovered a monster?"

Moroboshi Dan nodded and explained the situation.

A few minutes earlier, Staff Officer He Zhi was talking to a member of Congress, trying to get him to side with the TPC.

As the building suddenly shook violently, and members of Congress cried out "earthquake!" while hiding under their desks, Staff Officer He Zhi had already spotted the culprit that caused the earthquake.

In an amusement park next to the building, a monster with a pointed head, walking on two legs, and tentacles on its arms emerged from the ground of the amusement park.

Qi Ming took one look and realized that this thing looked very familiar.

This is the barrier monster, "Gadi," from the "Closed Amusement Park" episode of "Ultraman Tiga," which features keywords such as "alien," "tentacles," "egg-laying," and "young boy."
In this world, it still regards the amusement park as its stronghold.

Staff Officer He Zhi's voice came through the communication channel: "I sent the guards to evacuate the citizens, but Minister Yin said that the amusement park is blocked by a transparent barrier like a glass dome, and the citizens inside cannot escape."

【Transparent Barrier】—This is Gadi's signature skill.

Qi Ming: "Tell Staff Officer He Zhi not to get involved."

In the original play "The Closed Amusement Park," Gadi sets his sights on Mayumi and a little girl inside the Ferris wheel. Xincheng, a team member who looks exactly like Staff Officer He Zhi, tries to lure Gadi away in a bumper car, but he ends up flipping the car over...

After giving the reminder, Qi Ming began to send out intelligence based on information from the original drama: "Gadi's transparent barrier is easily affected by low temperatures, and we can use methods that target this property to break it."

He sent these to Hikari and Agamous, telling them to hurry up.

Dan Moroboshi instructed Kishida and Yamanaka to pilot the Hien-1, while Nagi Saijo and Megumi piloted the Hien-2, to first scout the situation on-site while waiting for the research department to develop a device that could break through the barrier.

All five people were mobilized at the same time.

Meanwhile, at a supermarket.

[Xiang] took a few packs of wafers from the shelf, waited in line to pay, and savored the regret in his heart.

Because the Victory Crystal was being mined by the defense forces, [Xiang] wanted to ask Qi Ming for help to stop it. He had just left the Victory Sanctuary and arrived on the ground when he quickly realized a problem.

How can I find Qi Ming?
Although you can always see his picture as the headline in the newspapers at newsstands.

But when he asked the newsstand owner, "Where is this person? I want to see him," he only received a look of "pity" or "doubt" from the owner.

"This guy is TPC's ace, how would we know the location of such a military restricted area!"

There was no other way; [Xiang] had to find it himself.

If I hadn't been so arrogant back then, and had actively responded by exchanging contact information with him, I wouldn't have been completely clueless for so many days...

At that moment, the supermarket's television station began broadcasting the news—a monster had appeared at the amusement park, and residents were advised not to go to the area.

[Xiang]'s eyes lit up.

If monsters appear, then Gaia might also appear over there.

Thinking of this, he forgot all about paying and put the cookies back on the shelf before rushing off to the amusement park.

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Meanwhile, inside the cockpit of Feiyan-2.

Just as the group was halfway there, a huge red and silver figure crashed into the scene captured by the drone.

That's... Ultraman Seven! Yamanaka exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, it's Ultraman Seven! It's been so long! Is he going to fight a monster?"

Meanwhile, Qi Ming, Hui Mei, and Saijo Nagi asked questions into the PDI communicator.

Hyemi: "Captain?"

Saijo Nagi: "Captain?"

Qi Ming: "Captain, what do you think?"

Star Cluster: "..."

If this is Seven, then who am I?
The next moment, an F-15 fighter jet from the defense force appeared above Seven, and the people inside made an announcement:

"Fellow citizens, do not be afraid. I am the God Mountain of the Defense Force. This is our army's independently developed mechanical Seven, a Seven that belongs to us humans!"

"It is the culmination of our human technology. Not only is it completely under our control, but it also possesses power even greater than the real Seven. Now, please witness it!"

Qi Ming: “…”

After the original Seven, the Salome alien's mechanical Seven, the delusional Seven, and Qi Ming Seven, the Defense Force version of Seven has appeared in this world.

Five Sevens already!
Are there any other Sevens we should know?
At that moment, Mechanical Seven clenched his right fist and slammed it hard against the transparent barrier.

"Crack!" The transparent barrier shattered!

Qi Ming was startled.

It shattered Gadi's barrier with a single blow; its destructive power was no less than that of the silver dragon [Silbagon] that suppressed Ultraman Tiga in "Rainbow Monster Realm"!
This mechanical Seven is even stronger than the original Seven. When did the Defense Force become so capable that it can create such a weapon?

There must be something fishy!

This thing must be under the supervision and control of TPC—we might as well just steal it and let Dan Moroboshi pilot it.

The next moment, the mechanical Seven, under the pilot's control, charged aggressively towards Gadi.

"Whoosh!" Gadi emitted a red destructive beam from the horn on the top of its head, striking the mechanical Seven.

But Mecha Seven blocked the attack with his sturdy defenses. He wielded his ice axe and chopped off Gadi's right claw with a single blow.

The situation is one-sided and overwhelming, with Mech Seven completely dominating Gadi!

When Staff Officer He Zhi saw this scene, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Having witnessed it firsthand, he fully felt the oppressive aura emanating from the mechanical Seven.

Most battles against monsters to date have followed this pattern: the army and the GUTS team fail, then Ultraman appears to clean up the mess and eliminate the monster or alien.

The GUTS team has occasionally provided excellent support, but they are extremely rare in situations where they act as the main force or eliminate monsters alone.

Therefore, in his view, the "unknown" Ultraman are the core force for Earth's defense. To humans, they are like gods, high above and insurmountable.

In fact, not only him, but most people have similar thoughts—"Ultraman is indeed the most powerful, and we still need Ultraman to defeat the monsters."

Power surpassing that of Seven himself... The Defense Forces have actually created a weapon of this caliber!

Doesn't that mean their military strength has surpassed that of the TPC?
Is TPC still unable to surpass the Defense Force?

At this moment, Flying Swallow No. 1 and Flying Swallow No. 2 also arrived at the battlefield and saw the mechanical Seven cutting the ground with an ice axe.

Qi Ming thought for a moment and said to Saijo Nagi, "Vice-Captain, scan Mecha Seven's body and send the results to Hikari to see what's going on with this thing."

(End of this chapter)