Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 432, Chapter 428: Risking his life in the Jeep, Heito breaks down.

(For the reader's convenience, this chapter will refer to White Tregear as "White Tregear" and Dark Tregear as "Black Tregear".)
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Heto began his self-introduction.

"My name is Torregia, I am 12,000 years old, and I came to this universe from another timeline."

"I've been best friends with an Ultraman named Taro since childhood. We study together and go on adventures in the universe together..."

"But when we grew up, that guy passed the Space Garrison test, while I failed. I was left behind by him, haha."

"Since then, I have learned a lot at the Space Science and Technology Agency and uncovered a lot of 'truths'..."

As White listened to Black's account, his horror grew ever stronger.

His past was exactly the same as mine.

Is this another version of me in the world?
Then, Heto began to talk about the "future".

Heto: "After leaving the Land of Light, I came to the cosmic ruins of Borges. I broke the seal on the ruins, and the Great Evil God, which existed long before the birth of the universe, was released."

“I sealed the evil god within my color timer as the source of my power.”

"This world is full of contradictions. There is no day or night, no good or evil in the universe. There is only a vacuum and an unfathomable void."

"Light and darkness are both worthless; only chaos is eternal."

"Since Taro wants to embody the light, then I will exhaust the darkness, so that one day we will reach the same place..."

Bai Tuo became increasingly alarmed as he listened.

This guy, he's had those thoughts himself.

He truly is his parallel universe counterpart; he shares the same essence as himself!
Hikari: "Great Evil God, you actually use the Great Evil God as a source of power!"

The enemy before me, Toregia, is absolutely terrifyingly powerful.

Heto was pleased with his shock: "It's a pity, isn't it? After all, you must have had the illusion that you 'won' when Belial fell just now."

"Did you think things would go as smoothly as you planned? Unfortunately, many things are not as simple as you think."

After saying that, Heto released a massive amount of dark energy, causing Belial to feel his injuries rapidly healing.

Then, Torregia spoke in a gentle tone:
“Beria, do you know why I helped you get out of trouble? It’s because I learned about your deeds that I embarked on this path. We are the same kind.”

Why dwell on a forgotten past instead of creating a brand new future?

"After destroying the Land of Light, you will conquer the entire universe and become the King of the Galaxy, leading a new order. As long as the power of evil can overcome justice, then evil will become the new justice."

"At that time, everything will change, morality and honor will be completely reversed, and what you do will be the most natural thing to do."

"With such a future within reach, why are you dwelling on the past?"

This is the "chaos" he wanted, to have Belial establish the "Land of Darkness" to replace the "Land of Light," so that he could negate the light and the bonds that connected them.

Seven: "I will never let you succeed!"

Torregia said with a gentle tone tinged with contempt, "Unfortunately, you are powerless to stop me."

Belial found it increasingly reasonable as he listened: "You actually have a pretty good way of speaking, much better than those guys from the Land of Light who only know how to talk nicely."

Heito: "Thank you for the compliment."

At this moment, Black Tortoise reached out to White Tortoise:

"You are my past, I am your future, and whether we are in heaven or hell, we will walk this path together."

"Come, come to my side, chaos is your final destination..."

After hearing this, Bai Tuo's eyes showed even more confusion.

Is this the future I'm destined to reach...?

The next moment, the dazzling Eclipse Blade struck Toregia's arm.

"It hurts a bit. It's really impolite to interrupt someone like that." Toregia looked at Eclipse Gauss, who was attacking him. The latter's color timer had already started flashing.

On one hand, it was due to the energy depletion from the high-frequency attacks and continuous use of ultimate techniques against Belial, and on the other hand, it was due to the aftershocks of Tregear's [Palm Lightning] attack.

When Qi Ming saw that Tregear was unharmed even after being hit by the ultimate move, Eclipse Blade, he immediately understood the difference between the two.

With the [Great Evil God] contained within the color timer on his chest, Black Torregia was much stronger, and Eclipse Gauss had no chance of winning.

If there is a "major difference" between Eclipse Gauss and Belial, then there is a "major difference" between Eclipse Gauss and Tregear.

Most protagonists in fantasy novels wouldn't dare challenge opponents two major realms above them. Let alone Eclipse Cosmos, even Orb Ultraman's strongest form, the Trinity, would be easily defeated.

But Qi Ming was not panicked; he had already come up with a plan.

What needs to be done now is to refute his fallacies, lest Bai Tuo be misled.

Qi Ming unleashed his full power: "You're the most impolite one. It's one thing to be rotten yourself, but you want to drag others down with you."

"Don't you think your statements are contradictory? On one hand, you say that light and darkness have no value, and on the other hand, you say that you want to exhaust the darkness."

"Perhaps you call this 'chaos'? But to me it's nothing but illogical ravings, and it's even more ridiculous considering you're a scientist."

"To put it bluntly, the root of everything lies in your inferiority complex after your combat power couldn't keep up with Taro's. You just bowed down and admitted defeat in order to take a shortcut to darkness."

“I’m not surprised at all that you’re standing with Beria, because you’re both losers.”

"A loser should stop using vague terms like 'chaos' to glorify himself."

After hearing this, Blackie's tone turned low and dangerous: "Wow, you seem to know a lot about this."

Qi Ming leaped forward and appeared in front of Bai Tuo, patting him on the shoulder:

“Torregia is Torregia. Taro doesn’t want his best friend to become his shadow. He doesn’t want an accessory, but a close comrade-in-arms.”

"He will live a life that belongs to him, and stand proudly beside Taro with his own glory."

"If Torregia wants to satisfy his curiosity, then we, his comrades, will accompany him to find the answers to those questions."

"If Toregia's wish is to become stronger and fight alongside Taro, then we, his comrades, will help him get on the right path to achieve his wish."

Hearing Qi Ming's firm and powerful words, Bai Tuo's tone changed: "Mr. Qi Ming..."

The aura Qi Ming exuded at this moment reminded him of Taro.

Like the sun, it shines brightly, illuminating all darkness and insignificance, and bringing warmth to all...

Qi Ming continued, "Torregia, once we get back, I will personally train you to unleash your potential."

"Even if it costs the Jeep its life, it will make you stronger! If the Jeep isn't enough, we'll use a road roller!"

Bai Tuo nodded emphatically: "Yes!"

He could sense Qi Ming's strong confidence from the other party's tone.

This Earthling, so powerful that even he was amazed, was truly willing to pass on the secret to becoming stronger to him.

But what are the jeeps and road rollers... training equipment? Never mind, we'll see when the time comes. It's really something to look forward to.

After seeing Bai Tuo fall towards Qi Ming, Hei Tuo's tone became even more dangerous: "Anyone can talk big, but let me show you the moment when light turns into darkness."

Seven: "What do you want to do!"

Heito chuckled knowingly, "You must have just used the 'Last Light' protected by Father of Ultra, right? Unfortunately, I added something to it. Hope and despair are separated by only a fine line."

Having said that, he suddenly clenched his right hand, as if to draw upon that wisp of dark power: "Become my puppet!"

However, nothing happened.

The wisp of black energy he had mixed in with had already been caught by Qi Ming.

But Torregia was unaware of this, and he was somewhat bewildered.

"Huh... what's going on? What happened?" Torregia was increasingly confused.

Hikari: "So that dark aura was set up by you..."

Orb: "Your tricks were seen through by Senior Qi Ming long ago!"

Qi Ming returned the favor verbatim: "Did you think things would proceed as smoothly as you planned? Unfortunately, many things are not as simple as you think."

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I'm getting low blood sugar from writing this; my head is spinning, and I feel like my brain is about to explode.

These 2,500 words are more difficult to write than 10,000 words under normal circumstances. This kind of ideological clash and the control of tone are the most difficult.

Tomorrow's update will likely be earlier than scheduled, around midnight.

(End of this chapter)