Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 584, Chapter 580. Feng Yuan: A Cosmic Being Who Created a Driving Creator? I Know This One!

The smoke of battle had not yet completely dissipated, and Asgaron's massive steel body cast a long shadow in the setting sun, standing like a guardian deity.

The battle was over, and the broken windows of the nearby buildings, like wide-open eyes, witnessed everything that had just happened.

"Is it over...? It seems the monster disaster wasn't so bad after all."

"Even if there are two monsters together, the GUTS team can deal with them quickly."

"Even the mirage monster that can switch between its true form and its illusion at any time has been destroyed. As expected of the GUTS team..."

"This is Team One, right? Speaking of Team Two, weren't they supposed to be investigating around here? How come they disappeared after the monster appeared?"

After the battle, the people nearby looked up at Asgaron standing there, and they talked about it with more surprise than fear.

Because the disaster was not severe, only two blocks were affected, and only Aoki and Tatemura died.

Spontaneous mutual aid has begun among the community, with young people helping injured neighbors with basic first aid and convenience store owners distributing undamaged food and drinking water to the elderly and children.

The professional rescue team from TPC, which Qi Ming had pre-arranged to the nearby site, arrived quickly. Engineering vehicles began clearing the debris blocking the street, and technicians began recovering the UFO wreckage...

Qi Ming looked at these things with great satisfaction.

"It seems there are still quite a few normal people in this world."

"However, these abnormal geniuses always stand out in particular..."

He glanced at Shunzi, whose eyes were glazed over, and felt a pang of emotion.

Shunzi thought she had deceived Argon, who was disguised as the man in yellow, but in Argon's eyes, she was the prey he had targeted, a pawn he used to spread false information.

Argon thought he had successfully tricked the TPC with a straight, but he was also "tricked" by Aoki.

Aoki thought he could fool everyone, so he colluded with aliens to kill someone by proxy, but he was also "deceived" by fate - the illusory monster became real.

This is a series of interconnected deceptions. Everyone thinks they are the player, but little do they know that they are also standing on a chessboard designed by someone else.

This is what is meant by "the more cunning a person is, the more likely they are to fall into unexpected predicaments and lose all their previous efforts."

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"What?! Such a thing actually happened!"

In the director's office, Qi Ming summoned Quan Teng and He Zhi and informed them of the situation of the second team.

Both of their advisors, Quan Teng and He Zhi, were dumbfounded.

How can it be so abstract!

He Zhi: "Besides ability, temperament is also very important. Staff Officer Quan Teng, you are still too hasty."

He had previously mentioned that "it takes guts" when Gondo wanted to create a second team—but "guts" is not a compliment for politicians.

Gondo: "The enemy's offensive is gradually escalating. What if there are more troublesome and larger-scale disasters in the future? A team will be using the [Dyna Zeon] later, so the Flying Swallow and the others can't just sit idle."

He Zhi: "We can't just rush into anything, these guys will only hold us back."

Ultimately, Gondo reflected on his actions, admitted that he had misjudged the situation, and decided to disband the Victory Second Team.

Shunko gave the decision to expel him, while Konno was commended.

When he received the praise, Konno was stunned: "But I haven't done anything yet." He hadn't even fought a single monster since joining the second team.

The person on the other end replied, "It's because you didn't do anything..."

However, after the second team disbanded, Konno was left bewildered and transferred to another branch, as Qi Ming said, "He is not suitable to join the first team."

This left the mountain dwellers with a sense of regret for quite some time.

The turmoil involving the second team has come to an end.

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Three days later, on the morning.

Fengyuan was patrolling in his Charlotte car.

Suddenly, a small dog darted out from the roadside, followed by a little girl who screamed and chased after it, instantly rushing to the front of the car!

"Danger!"

Feng Yuan jolted awake and slammed on the brakes. The tires screeched as the car came to a stop just half a step away from the girl.

He quickly got out of the car and knelt down in front of the still-shaken little girl: "Are you alright? You were... that was too dangerous!"

He led the little girl to the sidewalk and squatted down, asking, "Is this dog yours?"

The little girl shook her head: "It's not mine. But my brother was hit and killed by a car on a national highway while trying to protect a puppy that wasn't his."

Feng Yuan said in a serious tone, "You almost died too."

The little girl said, "But my brother said that even a puppy is a life."

Fengyuan: "He's right, but that was really too dangerous. Even when saving lives, you have to be careful. Be more careful next time. What's your name?"

Little girl: "My name is Machiko. Are you a member of the Victory Team, fighting against evil aliens and monsters, brother?"

"Yes."

"Can you avenge my brother? He was killed by those evil aliens."

Feng Yuan was taken aback and asked for details.

Machiko said that her brother was hit and killed by a car on National Highway 87 two months ago.

Before he died, his brother said that the driver was a scary-looking thing with glowing red eyes.

“That must be an alien!” Machiko said with certainty.

After asking in detail, Fengyuan was at a loss for words.

The case occurred two months ago; there were no witnesses, no physical evidence…

What the little girl's brother saw before he died may not have been real; it could have been a hallucination caused by excruciating pain.

And could there be aliens who invade Earth by "running people over with cars"...?

Even if it were true, two months have passed. If they couldn't catch them then, and now that all the clues have dried up, investigating would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Yes, we will try our best. You must be careful in the future." But Fengyuan didn't want to say anything too realistic, leaving her with hope.

He then patted Machiko on the head and returned to Charlotte's car to continue his patrol.

Half a minute later, a white car appeared silently next to Charlotte's car and drove alongside Fengyuan.

Feng Yuan glanced over instinctively and discovered that the person sitting in the driver's seat of the white car was not human!

Most of its body was shrouded in black shadow, making it difficult to see clearly, but its eyes emitted an eerie red light.

"An alien with glowing red eyes, could it be..." Feng Yuan was startled and called for backup while driving to give chase.

The two cars engaged in a fierce chase through the streets. The alien's driving skills were exceptionally cunning, but Charlotte's car was faster.

"Great, we're almost there. Wait, this guy came back after going around in circles?"

Just as Feng Yuan was wondering, the white car suddenly went out of control, crashed through the guardrail, rolled several times, and then exploded.

Fengyuan braked suddenly and rushed towards the burning wreckage.

Not far from the overturned vehicle, he found Machiko, who had just said goodbye to him, lying unconscious on the ground, clearly affected by the shockwave of the explosion.

He immediately knelt down to check her breathing, while looking at the burning car—there was nothing inside.

"Damn it, has it already escaped?" Feng Yuan didn't believe that an alien could be killed so easily, especially since there wasn't even a corpse.

Soon, Kishida and Yamanaka arrived. Fengyuan said that the alien might be hiding nearby and asked them to search for it, while he took Machiko to the hospital first.

Upon arriving at the nearby hospital, the doctor's diagnosis struck him as odd: "Compared to the external injuries, the child's fatigue is excessive, and the burden on his brain is quite heavy." He was also seeing a patient like this for the first time and was very puzzled, saying that all they could do now was continue to observe the situation.

After the doctor left, Fengyuan stayed with her for a while before Machiko slowly woke up.

She said, "Brother Fengyuan, I want Seven's doll."

Feng Yuan: "Seven's doll?"

Seeing that Machiko kept talking about Seven, Fengyuan immediately agreed to buy it, believing that it could provide Machiko with spiritual sustenance.

But on his way back, he suddenly sensed a murderous aura.

A black luxury sedan appeared silently, its headlights on, and sped toward him.

In the original series, Kotaro Higashi, the human form of Ultraman Taro, was hit head-on, and his hand was run over by a car tire, resulting in serious injury.

And Fengyuan...

Seeing the car speeding towards him, he didn't panic at all and rolled to the right to avoid it.

He seemed to have handled similar situations with practiced ease, as if he had dealt with them a thousand times over...

"What's going on? Is this deliberately targeting me?"

After dodging the attack, Feng Yuan watched the car speed away, wanting to chase after it but it was too late.

"They don't have a license plate, so they're definitely after me."

After giving Seven's doll to Machiko, Gen returned to the TPC sea base and recounted the incident in the GUTS command room.

Dan Moroboshi: "Did you see the car's license plate clearly?"

Feng Yuan: "No, there is no license at all."

Huimei: "I'll go check the nearby surveillance footage."

Yamanaka and Kishida also returned from their work; they hadn't found any aliens.

Yamanaka: "Speaking of which, are there really aliens who can run people over with their cars?"

Huimei: Yes.

He and Qi Ming had previously met the "Underground Man Pok-King," who tried to run over and kill Koizumi Chidori with his car.

Kishida: "But is it really such a coincidence that the red-eyed alien driving the car is the same alien who killed Machiko's brother?"

Saijo Nagi: "It's not necessarily true, it's too much of a coincidence... What about Qi Ming?"

Dan Moroboshi: "He went to the Kaburaya Islands."

Qi Ming made an appointment with Aizen Makoto and Fujimiya, planning to go into seclusion to study the Any Key and see if there was a way to bring the consciousness of all the Ultramen inside the Any Key back to life.

Then, a new situation arose.

An emergency report has been received regarding an unusual situation at Omuroyama Park in Izu.

Saijo Nagi, Kishida, and Yamanaka set off to the scene to find out what was going on.

The person who reported the incident was a park security guard, who described what he saw last night with exaggerated gestures: "The entire Mount Omuro was like it was electrified, shining brightly."

Yamanaka calmly replied, "Could you have seen wrong? Yesterday was a full moon. What you saw might have been the shimmering moonlight."

Security guard: "Absolutely not, the whole mountain looks like it's been illuminated by fluorescent lights."

Saijo Nagi nodded, thinking that what he said didn't seem to be false, and then let the others disperse to investigate.

After a while, she noticed that some areas nearby were bare and wondered why the park's landscaping was so poor.

The security guard explained, "This used to be a dense forest, but for some reason, all the trees died two months ago. Experts from Tokyo came to investigate, but they didn't find any clues."

Saijo Nagi's eyes flickered: "Two months ago?"

She seemed to have heard of this recently.

I remember now. Fengyuan said that the little girl named Machiko's brother was hit and killed two months ago on a road called "National Highway 87".

But there shouldn't be any connection between the two.

Just a coincidence.

Meanwhile, in the command room, Huimei was busy checking surveillance footage, trying to find the black sedan that crashed into Fengyuan.

Carmilla ate snacks and scrolled through the "Qi Ming Support Group" on her phone, occasionally glancing up at her as she worked.

Suddenly, the door to the Victory Team's command room opened.

A little boy wearing a plaid shirt suddenly appeared here.

"Who are you?" Huimei was taken aback. Why would a little boy appear in their command room?
The little boy's expression was somewhat stiff as he spoke:
"Be careful, the Highland Dragon Hidora in Izu Oishi Mountain Park is going berserk."

"Also, my sister is in danger, please protect her."

Huimei: "Izu Daishiyama Park... Isn't that where the vice-captain and the others just went? What is the Highland Dragon Hidora? And who is your sister?"

But the little boy didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

"Hey." Huimei was about to step forward to stop this strange boy who might be carrying clues, but Carmila saw something and reached out to stop her.

“Something’s not right. That’s not a living person; it’s a ghost,” Carmilla said in a deep voice.

"A ghost?" Hui Mei was shocked when the little boy disappeared.

Huimei immediately checked the surveillance footage in the command room and found that the boy was indeed not in the footage.

She quickly told Saijo Nagi about it, and after receiving the news, Saijo Nagi immediately asked the security guard what "Highland Dragon Hidora" was.

"【Highland Dragon Hidora】?" The security guard was taken aback, and with a strange expression, he led the group to the park entrance.

A stone statue, about ten meters tall and resembling a bird and a dinosaur, appeared before the crowd.

Security guard: "This is the [Highland Dragon Hidora], but why is it going berserk? It's just a pile of rocks."

"However, it was designed to commemorate the founding of the park."

“We felt we needed to create a representative statue, so we solicited designs from children all over the country and finally selected a work by an elementary school student from Tokyo.”

Saijo Nagi: "What's that elementary school student's name?"

After checking the information, the security guard said, "His name is Muto Akira, a third-grade elementary school student."

Saijo Nagi sent Muto Akira's photo to the PDI communicator, and Emi recognized him immediately upon seeing it.

This Muto Akira is the "ghost" she and Carmilla just saw!
Upon further investigation, something even more surprising occurred.

This child, named Muto Akira, comes from a blended family.

However, he died in a car accident on National Highway 87 two months ago.

He has a younger sister named Machiko—the same Machiko that Oogen met!
At this point, Huimei couldn't care less about anything else and told Qiming the news.

Upon receiving the news, Qi Ming immediately realized that this was a double attack.

These are from episode 20 of the original Ultraman series, titled "The Terrifying National Highway 87".

There's also Ultraman Taro episode 35, "The Finishing Move! Taro's Wrathful Strike".

"Road 87: The Terrifying Adventure" is the worst episode of the original series.

The story is about a young boy named Akira Muto who dies in a car accident, but the perpetrator is not arrested for a long time, so the "Highland Dragon Hidora" he designed goes mad as a result.

In episode 35 of Ultraman Taro, titled "The Ultimate Kill! Taro's Wrathful Strike," the alien "Katan" is an "Alien Racing God" who races with Kotaro Higashi and even runs people over with his car.

In this hybrid universe, did the Catan aliens kill Muto Akira?

As an alien, he naturally couldn't turn himself in, so why would the Highland Dragon Hidora go berserk?
(End of this chapter)