Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 438, Section 434: Carmilla: I Only Want to Be Like You (Two Chapters Combined)

Kingdom of Light, Plasma Spark Tower.

Father of Ultra, wearing a red cape, stood above, below him were tens of thousands of Ultra Warriors, mostly members of the Space Garrison.

Father of Ultra began his speech in a voice that was both authoritative and approachable:
"Some time ago, we were defeated by a great evil, and the Kingdom of Light was swallowed by darkness."

"But the power of justice is inexhaustible; their courage and will have brought back the light for us."

After saying that, Father of Ultra waved his hand, and a virtual image was generated in front of all the Ultramen.

First, there's Qi Ming's human appearance, then there's his awe-inspiring performance as Ultraman Max in the Monster Graveyard.

Seeing 999 Max's invincible performance, instantly killing nearly a hundred monsters and crushing Belial and Heto, the two "traitors," like flies, the Ultra Warriors below praised him repeatedly.

"So fast and so strong, he's practically invincible!"

"That was a really fast reaction, amazing!"

Standing in the crowd, Seven was very happy to hear his compatriots praising Qi Ming.

With the medical capabilities of the Land of Light, curing his leg would be too easy.

Next, Seven, Hikari, White, and Orb's performance against the monster army was also shown.

"That must be Director Hikari from the Space Science and Technology Agency. What amazing swordsmanship!"

"I never expected that a scientist like him would have such strong fighting ability."

Hikari, who was in the crowd, was deeply moved when he heard these words.

Although he was once blinded by hatred, he still managed to complete his mission at the crucial moment... Fortunately, he met Qi Ming and the others on Earth.

Bai Tuo also saw himself in the image and was filled with emotion.

Taro, I've also become a force that can confront evil and help justice, just like you.

If you could see this, you'd be proud of me.

After the video ended, Father of Ultra continued, "It was thanks to their help that we are standing here again."

"However, this does not mean that all evil forces have been eliminated; various threats still lurk in the universe."

"To help the weak, we must continue to strive and fight on. This is the mission of us Ultra Warriors!"

Meanwhile, on a desolate asteroid beyond the Land of Light.

Carmilla stood alone atop the hill, gazing at the distant Land of Light, feeling extremely unhappy.

After the plasma core emitted light, she felt intense discomfort and realized that she was not suited for this place, so she had no choice but to retreat outside.

She felt uncomfortable, as if that sacred light separated her from Qi Ming.

"Qi Ming is over there receiving cheers and worship, isn't he? That's great, the person I admire should be standing at the top..."

"No, not at all." At that moment, a voice sounded behind her.

Carmilla turned around and saw Qi Ming, transformed into Max, slowly descending behind her. She was immediately overjoyed.

That's right, Qi Ming, the greatest contributor, did not attend the celebration in the Land of Light.

Carmilla had taken a huge risk to help him, and it would have been impolite to leave her out there alone, especially since he didn't seem to care much about the cheers and applause.

Qi Ming: "I'm going back to Earth soon. What are your plans?"

Carmilla quickly moved closer to Qi Ming:
"Of course I'll go back with you. Speaking of which, I still have a mission from the elders on Earth..."

"But those things aren't important. You said you'd have a proper talk with me after the battle."

Qi Ming was speechless. What did "talk once" mean? It sounded like they were going to start a relationship. It should be about discussing the future.

Qi Ming thought to himself that this kind of thing would only get more complicated if he kept arguing about it, so he decided not to dwell on it and got straight to the point.

"If you come back to Earth with me, then I hope you will not disrupt the order that I have worked so hard to establish and maintain, and will not hurt people indiscriminately."

"I also hope that you can continue to stand on the same side as me, just like in the Monster Graveyard. Although you are a giant from the darkness, you are not incapable of defending justice."

"Of course, I won't force you, but anyway... hey, don't get physical!"

While Qi Ming was still "basically attacking," trying to say things like "evil can't prevail over good" and "one shouldn't give up on oneself just because of one's dark background"...

Carmilla went all out and confessed her feelings!

"In short, let's celebrate this victory in the most enthusiastic way!"

In the final chapter of "Dyna", when Dyna, who is actually Asuka, rescues Ryo, who has been taken hostage by a monster, he shouts loudly and makes a touching confession: "I only want to protect you now".

Carmilla also confessed her feelings, but to an extreme degree—"Right now, I just want to feed you grass."

Indeed, this kind of value problem cannot be explained in a short time!

"Hikari needs to see me urgently, I'll go there first."

Qi Ming turned and ran. Max, the fastest and strongest, was also the fastest and strongest when escaping.

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Space Science and Technology Agency.

Hikari, back at his post, is handing over duties to Baito.

At this time, the universe was in turmoil, and various dark forces were revived. This chaotic era fueled those ambitions.

The Land of Light is facing enormous challenges, and he can no longer act recklessly; he must stay at his post.

Moreover, only here could he fulfill Qi Ming's request.

"I can't keep pulling out the plasma core of the Land of Light and fusing it every time I need to become 999 Mai to turn the tide, only to have everyone else frozen again."

"So, Hikari, please develop a 'Max Galaxy' that's completely compatible with Max." — These are Qi Ming's exact words.

After hearing Qi Ming's description of the "Max Galaxy", Hikari felt that only the scientific research facilities of the Land of Light could develop it.

White Torregia: "Do you want me to take over your position as director of the TPC Technology Bureau on Earth?"

Hikari: "That's right, Earth is also facing a huge crisis, and people like you are indispensable. These are Qi Ming's words."

Bai Torregia was flattered: "Does Mr. Qi Ming need me?"

“That’s right.” At this moment, Qi Ming, who had transformed into Max, fell from the sky.

The Land of Light is too utopian. With a population of hundreds of billions, only Belial and Hetregear have emerged as two beings who "betrayed the light" over tens of thousands of years.

Therefore, they have no psychologists or experience to counsel these "outliers" with novel ideas.

If White Tor were to remain in the Land of Light, he might one day follow in Black Tor's footsteps due to overthinking or feelings of inferiority—so it's best to keep him by your side and watch over him.

Bai Tuo saluted Qi Ming solemnly, feeling happy to be "needed": "I will definitely not let you down!"

Hikari then approached with the Ultimate Battle Device, explaining that upon returning to work, he and his former subordinates, who had been unsealed from the ice sculpture, had been working overtime and had already begun to "crack" the Ultimate Battle Device. First, the Ultimate Battle Device was bound to the Ultraman Any Button, meaning that apart from Qi Ming, the user of the Any Button, no one else could use any of the Ultimate Battle Device's functions.

In addition, all one hundred squares have been unlocked.

In the future, when Qi Ming encounters a monster he likes, he can store it in the slot of the Ultimate Battle Device.

The battle device has one hundred slots, so Qi Ming can store a maximum of one hundred monsters.

In other words, Qi Ming has the potential to form an army all by himself!

"Can I control the monster?" Qi Ming asked.

In the original series, only the "Reonic Power" of Reonics can amplify and control monsters.

How can I command monsters to fight if I don't have the power of the Reionics?

Hikari: "But you have an even more amazing star gift."

He said that the Any Key is now interconnected with the Ultimate Battle Device, and Qi Ming can use Star Gift to forcibly control monsters to fight.

The higher the energy of the monster that is forcibly controlled, and the longer the control period, the more Stars are consumed.

Qi Ming: "If I cultivate a good relationship with a monster and make it willingly fight for me, I won't need to spend Star Gifts?"

Hikari: "Yes."

Qi Ming nodded secretly and began to think.

Hikari continued, "However, we would prefer to achieve deep interoperability between the Ultraman Any Button and the Ultimate Battle Device."

He wanted to make the [Amplify] and [Fuse] functions of any button work on the monsters in the Ultimate Battle Gear, and even more so, he wanted to directly summon the monsters in any button.

"The random key contains data on monsters like Zolim, Rechubas, and Godler, but under normal circumstances, you can only transform into one at a time."

"With the Ultimate Battle Device, you can try to condense their physical forms using Star Gift, and then use the Ultimate Battle Device to summon them to fight."

Qi Ming asked in surprise, "Can it really work?"

Hikari: "It's still under research, but it should be achievable."

He used the equipment of the Land of Light to scan any button of Ultraman, and with most of the data that could be understood, it was only a matter of time before he could do these things.

Qi Ming suddenly thought of something: "If you can summon monsters from both inside and outside the world, what about Ultraman?"

Imagine the thrill of summoning Ultraman Gaia SV, Ultraman Cosmos Eclipse, Ultraman Max, Ultraman Zoffy, and others to fight with a wave of your hand.

Hikari: "Ultraman is a bit complicated, after all, the Ultimate Battle Device is only compatible with monsters... but we can give it a try, since they are all living beings."

He said that once the upgrade and modification device for the ultimate combat device and Max Galaxy are completed, he will personally send them to Earth to help Qi Ming debug them.

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After talking with Hikari, Qi Ming went directly to Father of Ultra to say goodbye before leaving.

At this moment, one message after another was delivered to him, the captain of the space guard.

"The Karakara aliens, a race of cosmic mercenaries, seem to want to launch another attack on the Land of Light under the leadership of their 'King Galtan'."

“The distortion of the universe is occurring again, and ‘Zoda’ is very likely to reappear.”

"The Aliens of Empera have also begun a massive military expansion..."

Seven, who came with Qi Ming, said, "Are the Aliens of Empera going to attack the Land of Light again...? Fortunately, they didn't discover the Land of Light's previous weakened state."

Qi Ming said, "Not necessarily. Theoretically speaking, the Emperor Alien, who has always regarded Father of Ultra as his hypothetical enemy and has been keeping a close eye on the Land of Light, should have discovered it immediately."

But Qi Ming felt that the Alien Empera wasn't the kind of person who would go clubbing at the grave of an enemy after their death, kick the tombstone to pieces, and then say, "Hahaha, I won."

The proud emperor, who wouldn't even bother to move aside when facing a "junior" like Mebius, would never do something so degrading.

He only came to prove "I am the one who truly destroyed the Land of Light" now that the Land of Light has won the revival tournament.

Fortunately, the resurrection of the Land of Light attracted most of the firepower; otherwise, things would have been very difficult on Earth.

Qi Ming asked, "Any news about Greiza?"

Father of Ultra: "We have dispatched all the warriors of the Space Garrison. They will pay special attention to the phenomenon of void devouring during their interstellar patrols. Once they discover it, I will tell you immediately."

Qi Ming asked Zoffy if he had found the King of Ultra.

To be honest, he didn't believe "Dracion" could succeed at all, and felt that when darkness and evil were completely out of balance, it was still the Ultra King who would uphold justice.

Zoffy said he also sent people to look for it, but they found nothing in the places where traces were left, such as King Planet and Ultra King.

"Perhaps, the King of Ultra is upholding justice in another universe," Zoffy thought for a moment and gave an uncertain answer.

But he still brought good news: he told Qi Ming that the "prison plan" had been approved.

In the future, when the Space Garrison encounters monsters or aliens causing trouble, if they are confident of victory, they can decide whether to capture them and take them back to the Space Prison.

Someone will arrange for them to be reformed and educated. If they can sincerely repent after being persuaded, they will be released. Those who are incorrigible will be locked in the deepest place and will be punished when Qi Ming returns.

Qi Ming: "Thank you so much."

Is the day when freedom is granted by the stars finally coming?

Father of Ultra reached out and shook hands with Qi Ming: "We should be thanking you. If it weren't for your heroic struggle, the Land of Light would have lost to darkness."

Qi Ming gripped his hand tightly in return: "I've only done what you've been doing all along."

Zoffy looked at Seven: "Are you leaving again?"

Seven nodded: "My teammates need me."

Zoffy: "Have a safe journey!"

Before departing, Father of Ultra wanted to give Qi Ming the Ultra Bell and his ultimate holy sword to enhance his power. However, Qi Ming refused both. He told Father of Ultra to always be fully armed against any enemy in the future, lest he be defeated by someone like Hipporito and ruin his lifelong reputation…

“You need this more than I do... I will come to you for help if we encounter an enemy we can’t defeat.”

Father of Ultra nodded: "I will always watch over the Earth, and watch over you on the Earth."

Orb also came to see Qi Ming and Seven off. He did not follow Qi Ming and Seven back to Earth, but instead continued on his path of collecting the four elements to become stronger.

According to him, he deeply felt his shortcomings during this Monster Graveyard battle, so he hopes to become stronger.

"Please take this back to Aizen Makoto-senpai." He took off the black Orb ring from his right shoulder.

Qi Ming nodded: "Aizen Makoto has been thinking about this almost to the point of madness."

And so, Orb went to O50 to take on his next mission, while Qi Ming called out to Carmilla, who was waiting outside, and together with Seven White, they returned to Earth.

"Everyone, keep an eye out and see if there are any monsters causing trouble on the road." After obtaining the Ultimate Battle Device, Qi Ming couldn't wait to capture his first monster.

(End of this chapter)