Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 533, 529. Gentleman Mefrass Breaks Down, Earth's Gold Content

After searching, the Heavenly King Mephras chose a boy named "Seiichi".

He originates from the 21st episode of "Taro," titled "The Sinking of Tokyo New Town." He is a god-like figure who treats cicadas like his father and forbids the Seto Team from attacking the cicada monsters that destroy the city.

But Mefras obviously didn't know this. He saw that the boy wore glasses, dressed simply, and had a normal appearance, so he chose him.

“Shoichi-kun…” Mefulas appeared in front of Shoichi, first calming him down and telling him not to be afraid, and then luring him to betray Earth, going through the same process again.

“Just say to me, ‘I’ll give you the Earth,’ and I can give you whatever you want, even immortality,” Mefrass said.

Zheng Yi thought for a moment: "Can I live forever? Compared to that, the cicadas that can only live for a week are too pitiful."

Mefras: "?"

How did we get onto the topic of cicadas?

He suddenly felt that something was wrong.

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Yi said, "Summer has been over for a long time, and I haven't seen cicadas in ages. How about this, Mefras, please help me wake up those sleeping cicadas. I want to see them sooner!"

Mefras: "?"

As far as he knew, cicadas were a type of animal on Earth scientifically known as the cicada.

When the soil temperature consistently reaches above 18 degrees Celsius, this warmth from the earth awakens them like an alarm clock—hence, cicadas are generally active in the summer.

It is February in Japan now, which is winter, and the average temperature is only around 10 degrees Celsius.

Zheng Yi continued, "Besides ordinary cicadas, I also want to see cicada monsters. In the past six months, all sorts of monsters have appeared on Earth, but I've never seen a cicada-like monster before!"

Mefras: "..."

When people are extremely speechless, they may want to laugh.

Even aliens are no exception.

The chubby kid named Yingxing was supposed to protect the disc-shaped creature, but you want to see a cicada-type monster.

What's wrong with children on Earth these days? I've heard of fertility worship before, but what's with this monster worship?

"If you can let me see a cicada-like monster, I'll hand over the Earth to you. Is that alright, Mefras?" Zheng Yi looked at Mefras with anticipation.

Mefras: "..."

That's true. Normal kids would never sell the Earth to me; only abnormal kids like this could have a sequel.

But why do you guys have to focus your abnormality on monsters? Can't you have some other quirks?
However, this wish is not too difficult, and it is better than making him fight four Ultramen head-on.

"Okay, let me try."

Subsequently, Mefras activated his spaceship, which secretly "heated" the Tokyo New Town area, causing the area to heat up.

For the next six days, the temperature in Tokyo New Town remained in the twenties.

The cicada nymphs, which had been dormant for many years, were awakened by the high temperature. They used their sharp forelegs to break through the frozen soil, and their dark brown bodies emerged from the ground in the unusually warm winter. The tree trunks were soon covered with these early risers.

The cherry blossoms bloomed out of season, withered grass turned green again, and stray cats shed their winter fur prematurely. These unusual circumstances quickly caught the attention of the Victory Team.

Huimei: "This is very likely a conspiracy by evil aliens who want to destroy Earth's ecosystem by disrupting the biological clock."

Kishida speculated: "Could it be that they are adapting the environment for Earth colonization, or testing humanity's ability to withstand sudden climate change?"

In the mountains: "Couldn't it be that nature just suddenly went crazy?"

Even Qi Ming could only think of the 3,000-degree fiery monster in "Dyna" and the fiery mountain in "Gaia".

The real reason was completely unexpected: the Mefras aliens wanted the cicadas to revive prematurely... Who would have thought of such a reason?

Agamus: "There should be a heat source; we just need to find it."

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Zheng Yi was overjoyed. He caught two cicadas in the wild, put them in a small cage, and hung them around his neck, taking them with him wherever he went.

This was unbearable for her mother. There was a baby boy who was only a month old at home. What was she going to do when the cicadas kept chirping all day and kept her from sleeping?
“These cicadas are so annoying, let’s just make them into specimens,” she said, looking at the cicadas Zheng Yi had locked in the cage. Zheng Yi immediately panicked and shoved his mother to the ground.

"Don't do this, it's too cruel!"

"These cicadas have been waiting for warmer weather to revive from underground, and after growing into adults, they only chirp for a week before dying. Why can't we be a little more tolerant of them!"

His mother also shouted, "Zhengyi, you should understand who is more important, your younger brother or Zhiliao!"

Zheng Yi: "But..."

Finally, he took the cicadas outside. The rising temperature made him sweat profusely and he was very thirsty.

"Hey, when did this vending machine appear here?" Just then, Zheng Yi noticed a vending machine on the street.

He walked over, wanting to buy a bottle of soda.

"Whoosh!" The next moment, a red tentacle silently extended from the vending machine's dispensing slot and touched his calf with lightning speed.

"Ah!" Zheng Yi screamed and fell heavily to the ground.

Yes, Zheng Yi, who "signed a contract" with the Celestial King Mefras, encountered the Datura plant hidden in a vending machine by the second-generation Mefras, and was poisoned...

Fate is truly a wonderful thing.

Meanwhile, the Victory team finally discovered the source of the heat.

"Isn't this the spaceship of the Mefras aliens?" Qi Ming asked, looking at the spaceship whose optical camouflage had been exposed.

In the original "Mebius" series, this thing altered the global understanding of humanity, leading the GUYS members to believe that Mefulas was the protector of Earth, while Mebius was the invader.

This led to GUYS launching a massive manhunt for Mebius, with each of them pointing guns at him, making Mirai cry.

In this world, how is it used as a hand warmer?
Never mind, let's just take it apart quickly, so we don't have to experience similar stomach aches in the future.

Dan Moroboshi: "Jakula, destroy it."

"Received." Jugglus Juggler manipulated Asgaron to unleash Asgardian flames, engulfing the spaceship and ultimately destroying it completely.

He then waited for a while as if facing a formidable enemy, but Mefras did not emerge from the destroyed spaceship.

Saijo Nagi was surprised. According to the usual procedure, after destroying the spaceship, the aliens inside would jump out and fight, right?

"Isn't Mefrass on the spaceship? Then where is it?"

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The answer is to dig burrows in the dark, sunless earth like a pangolin in search of cicada-shaped monsters.

These past few days, Mefulas has been like a thief, avoiding the monitoring of the powerful subterranean monster natives and Renlong while digging holes to search for cicada-shaped monsters.

He would occasionally feel a sense of disillusionment. "I was second only to the Emperor among the Aliens, so why do I suddenly feel so miserable after coming to Earth?"

However, he eventually found a giant cicada-shaped monster and awakened it, which made him feel that all the hardships had come to an end and everything was worthwhile!
He couldn't wait to break through the soil, wanting to find Zheng Yi and tell him that he had fulfilled his promise and that it was now his turn to keep his word and hand over the Earth to him.

When I went outside, I felt like the sky had fallen.

The multi-functional spaceship he was traveling in was detected by radar due to overheating and was destroyed by TPC.

This thing was originally very useful!
The Yapools said that Earthlings' radar was terrible, but that intelligence is false!
Most importantly, Zheng Yi, who had signed a contract with him, had disappeared without a trace.

I learned from a casual conversation with his neighbors that he had contracted a rare disease called "datura disease," and they didn't know which hospital he was receiving treatment at...

Datura syndrome, isn't that something my clansman created using datura grass?
TPC is targeting me, and you're going to interfere with me too?
The Uranus Mefras alien, who was very dignified in the original series and calmly retreated from Earth even after defeat, finally lost his composure and broke down after a few days back on Earth in the mixed universe.

How can I be a gentleman, how can I be rational!

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This is the first update; I'll take my time to refine the details for the second.

(End of this chapter)