Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 498, Section 494: Gifts, Wishes, and Cosmic Rift
Akane Shinjo magically produced two red watches: "Ta-da!"

Qi Ming: "What is this?"

Akane Shinjo: "A derivative of the Any Button. Simply put, you can use it as a phone watch; with this, you can directly contact Ultraman via the Any Button."

Qi Ming: "Did you use this to send me voicemails before? But if it can only be used for communication, it's no different from a PDI communicator or even a mobile phone."

Akane Shinjo: "It's different. Even in places without signal, this smartwatch can connect directly to any button. I've made two so far, so I'll give them to you."

Huimei, standing nearby, asked, "So, as long as you wear this, you can contact Qiming no matter what the situation is?"

Akane Shinjo snapped her fingers: "That's right, just make sure it doesn't run out of power."

Qi Ming took the two smartwatches and thought about it. Even without a signal, Ultraman could communicate with each other using "telepathy," so this should be given to a suitable human.

So he gave the first prize to Hye-mi from the Victory team.

Akane Shinjo: "Then let's give the second one to Carmilla-chan."

Qi Ming thought for a moment and said, "Her words are fine too."

Carmilla's eyes lit up when she received the gift: "This is... a token of our love?"

After much trial and error, Qi Ming had figured out a way to communicate with Carmilla. He replied politely, "No, this is a life-saving hair. It's so that if you fall into a sewer and can't climb out, you can call me to come and get you."

Carmilla: "???"

Akane Shinjo couldn't help but burst out laughing.

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"It's a birthday, so let's have a birthday party to celebrate. I'll go order a cake."

Huimei has already started using her phone, and Moroboshi Dan also said that since it's Christmas, they should have a proper celebration.

Qi Ming: "It's better for me to celebrate my birthday on September 6th. Other days just feel a bit strange..."

Moreover, he doesn't feel much about "birthdays"; for him, birthdays are far less important than the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, and Mother's Day.

After putting on the smartwatch, Huimei started browsing her tablet as usual, organizing various noteworthy information. When she saw something, her expression changed slightly.

She quietly pulled Qi Ming into her tent and showed him the tablet: "Team member Qi Ming, look at this..."

She opened a document titled "Plan F," and after scrolling down, two images among the text caught Qi Ming's attention.

Aren't these the two devices that Chief Strategist Gondo used to extract light from Asuka's body and activate the artificial Ultraman in the original Ultraman Dyna series?
Damn it, here we go again?
Huimei: "These devices were secretly built on the Cairo base on the moon, and even Senior Furuhashi didn't know about them, but they are about to be dismantled."

After carefully reviewing the document, Qi Ming understood: "It's going to be demolished? I see."

Staff Officer Gondo is indeed a politician; he's incredibly pragmatic.

Even with the heartfelt advice from Asuka in the original universe and himself, he only listened to half of it, rather than fully accepting it.

Seeing that Mecha Seven and Asgaron were almost as powerful as Ultraman, he finally gave up on the idea of ​​creating an artificial Ultraman and ordered the secret dismantling of these secretly constructed devices.

Qi Ming clapped his hands: "Impressive, Hui Mei, you managed to get this kind of information."

Huimei: "Qiming, what are you planning to do?"

Qi Ming: "Just 'thinking' won't commit a crime. Since Staff Officer Quan Teng wants to pretend that none of this ever happened, then let's pretend nothing happened either." Two hours later, the PDI communicator beeped, and Jugglus Juggler, who was back on duty at the base, sent a message.

"A faint distress signal was detected by our radar near Pluto."

"Furthermore, the space around the location where the distress signal came from is distorted... Should we go check it out?"

Dan Moroboshi said that they couldn't ignore the situation, but Yamanaka looked at the newly erected Christmas tree and said speechlessly, "Can't we just have to deal with emergencies on Christmas Day? Can't we just have a day off?"

Torregia said that not too many people needed to go; they could use the Dyna Wing to explore and test its capabilities in outer space.

And so, Huimei summoned the Dyna Wing again, and Tregear and Qiming followed her into the cockpit.

The former, as a technician, was responsible for analyzing distress signals, while the latter was there to guard against danger.

"Bang!" The engines of the Dyna Wing spewed out a ghostly blue flame, and the hull trembled as it broke through Earth's orbit.

Outside the porthole, the azure Earth gradually shrank into a dim blue dot. Qi Ming pressed himself against the porthole, watching Jupiter's red spot slowly pass by like a blood-red pupil that never closes. The icy bands of Saturn's rings transformed into a silver line in his field of vision.

"We still have two hours until we arrive." Huimei took out the cake that had just been delivered, put a birthday hat on Qiming's head, and lit the candles on the cake. "There's not much to do these days, Qiming, come and make a wish!"

It's clear that she really wanted to celebrate Qi Ming's birthday.

Torregia curiously touched the birthday hat on Qi Ming's head and asked if there was any significance to this ritual, and whether wishes made through it could really come true.
Qi Ming: "No, it's mainly for good luck."

Now that the atmosphere had reached this point, Qi Ming adjusted his birthday hat, clasped his hands together, and made a wish over the candles: "I hope that kind people in this world can be happy, and that all malice will be turned against them..."

He thought about it and felt it was too complicated, so he decided to keep it simple: "Anyway, I hope I can keep winning and not lose everything in one go. As long as I keep winning, things won't be too bad."

The next moment, he closed his eyes and blew out the candle.

The sensitive Torregia listened, feeling a heavy weight on his heart.

Senior Qi Ming may appear to be taking a leisurely stroll, but he must be under a lot of pressure.

Suddenly, outer space brightened up.

Through the porthole, one could see a "twisted mass of magma" appearing in the dark space of space.

When Huimei saw this strange sight for the first time, she exclaimed, "Is that the distorted universe?"

Qi Ming's expression changed; he was very familiar with this scene.

This is a scene from Zero vs. Darkrops, which takes place after the timeline of Ultra Galaxy Legends!
After analyzing the situation, Torregia said, "The distress signal is coming from the gap inside. We've figured it out!"

"A spaceship called the Panlong is sending out a distress signal. The captain is Captain Hyuga!"

Panlong, Captain Hyuga!

The [Ray] that can wield a combat device and summon Gomora should also be on it...

Huimei: "Does that mean if we want to go to the rescue, we have to go inside the breach?"

Torregia said that the other side of the gap probably connects to another completely unknown dimension, and it's hard to say what's going on there; it could be very dangerous.

Qi Ming: "No, I roughly know what's going on... Let's go, let's go rescue them."

(End of this chapter)