Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 602, Chapter 598: Gatanothor vs. Seghul, the battle for supremacy!

The smoke and dust had not yet cleared from the completely collapsed Carlos Media building.

Minister Yin only paused for a moment before immediately greeting him:

"It doesn't matter if people die, what's important is to recycle the stones."

"Quickly get a few excavators over here and dig it out!"

Before he finished speaking, the asphalt road ahead suddenly melted, turning into a bubbling pool of scalding blood that instantly swallowed and melted the parked vehicles.

A terrifying and ferocious figure rose from the blood pool; it was none other than Seggu, who had been chasing after Jinshi all the way!

"hiss……"

Zoga, who had just destroyed the building and was about to leave, stopped when he saw Seggu appear.

It raised its head and let out a piercing screech, as if sending some signal to the distance.

Seggu stared at the ruins ahead, and despite sensing that there was no longer any life there, it still showed no sign of stopping.

The next moment, Seggu fired a crimson fireball from the red crystal in his chest, which slammed into the ruins of the collapsed building.

"Boom!" The already shattered building ruins were almost reduced to ashes by this attack, and the scorching air wave swept in all directions.

Minister Yin's heart tightened: "Oh no, the golden stones that need to be recycled will probably be destroyed as well."

One of his subordinates hurriedly shouted, "Minister, the rock is still there! I just saw something golden being blasted away in the direction of twelve o'clock!"

As expected of a stone containing eternal core power, it wasn't broken.

Minister Yin: "Depart immediately to retrieve the target."

Just as they were about to take a step, they noticed that Seggu slowly turned its head and stared at them with its demonic compound eyes.

"Oh no, it knows what we're going to do and wants to stop us."

"It seems that it's not as simple as just stopping it..."

Even Minister Yin, whose heart was as hard as iron, felt a shiver run down his spine the moment he was stared at by Saigegu, causing him to unconsciously take a half step back.

"Bang!" Just as Seggu was about to attack Minister Yin and his group, a fireball suddenly fell from the sky and hit Seggu.

Flames exploded, and smoke and dust billowed everywhere.

However, Seggu's body remained completely still, as if he had only been touched by a gentle breeze.

It slowly raised its head and looked at the figure that attacked it—it was the Zoga from before.

At this moment, four more Zoga emerged from the clouds; they were reinforcements summoned by the cries of their companions.

The five Zoga launched their attack simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of blazing fireballs that engulfed Seggu in a series of explosions.

Flames shot up into the sky and thick smoke billowed.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Saigegu still stood in the same spot, without even a trace of scorch marks on its body.

It raised its head and looked at Zorga, who was still howling in the air. Its gaze seemed to pierce through the scarlet pupils and reach the ruler of them—the evil god Gatanothor.

Seggu responded with a deafening roar.

It wants to turn the earth into a hell where the land burns with flames and the sea boils and churns, that is the world that belongs to it!

Anyone who dares to defy it and tries to stop it from ruling the world, whoever it may be, will be eliminated!
Do you think you can act aggressively and show off against me just because you command a few ragtag soldiers?
The next moment, two long spikes on the back of the Seggu shot out like missiles, instantly piercing through the two Zoga in mid-air!

Instant kill!

The two deadly backstabs, still carrying considerable force, landed on the ground some distance away and then exploded with a deafening roar.

Amidst the smoke and dust, two enormous figures slowly rose to their feet.

The crimson Antara and the blue Flame Golza!
Seggut can create powerful clones by using backstabs as a medium!
Enma's clone, Geguandora, has descended!
Enma's clone beast—Gorgon the Flame—has arrived!
As soon as the two clone beasts appeared, they immediately gathered violent energy and unleashed their killing moves.

Gegu Magnetic Destruction Ray!

Gegu Ultrasonic Ray!
Two destructive energy beams shot straight into the sky, and the two Zoga that were locked on had no time to dodge and were reduced to ashes in the light.

Both of these Yama clones possess A-rank strength!

In ancient times, Seggu led its clones, Yama, to form a powerful army of hellish monsters that ruled the Earth!

“Minister, let’s retreat first. With these guys around, we won’t be able to get anything…” an agent next to Minister Yin said tremblingly.

Minister Yin's expression was grave. Although he believed in the principle of "completing the mission at all costs," he would never allow himself and his subordinates to die in vain under such circumstances.

"We can only let the Victory Team handle this..." He led his men in a temporary retreat.

Despite the elimination of all his summoned companions, Zorgha did not retreat.

Suddenly, the entire sky darkened at a visible speed, and thick, inky black fog surged in from all directions, quickly swallowing up the sunlight.

It is Gatanothor's black mist, bringing with it its will!

Seggu showed no sign of backing down and prepared to launch an attack.

Just as these two world-destroying beings were about to collide, a ghostly blue figure appeared in the center of the battlefield.

It's Dark Toregia!
"Don't fight, don't fight, there are even more troublesome enemies waiting for you." He smiled as he tried to stop them and mediate.

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Meanwhile, in the Victory Team's command room.

The moment Junko Samejima released her accusatory video, Emi, who was in charge of monitoring intelligence, found out.

So she gathered all the people in the know from the Victory Team to discuss how to deal with this raging storm.

At this moment, everyone saw someone suddenly emerge from the mountain and announce, as if they had discovered a new continent, that "Qi Ming can transform." Everyone already knew this, and their expressions were subtle; they didn't know what to say.

Normally, everyone would probably play along, pretending to be shocked and incredulous that Qi Ming could actually transform, so that the people in the mountains wouldn't notice anything unusual.

But now, with four or five terrifying, world-destroying monsters ravaging the Earth at the same time, they've lost all interest in that.

After a brief exchange of glances, everyone tacitly skipped the topic and returned to the discussion of the tense situation.

Carmilla: "Arrest that Junko Samejima! I'll make her kneel before the whole world and admit she lied! I'll make her wish she were dead!"

Dan Moroboshi: "No, that will only backfire and make the public think that we, the TPC, used our power to force her to change her mind."

Jugglus Juggler: "And we probably can't catch her. She must have been taken into custody by the person who orchestrated this attack, and may have already been silenced."

Saijo Nagi looked at Emi: "How's the situation now?"

Huimei: "The news has spread all over the world. However, a considerable number of people still firmly support Qi Ming."

The news that "the true face of the hero who saved TPC several times is actually an evil and cruel monster" will cause a sharp division in public opinion about Qi Ming.

Supporters of the "Qi Ming Support Group" firmly believe that this is a malicious smear campaign by evil forces with the aim of destroying the pillars of humanity.

Many people were also moved by the scene where Qi Ming killed the child, believing that Qi Ming's past "protective behavior" might have been staged to lull people into a false sense of security, and that he should be imprisoned first.

"I believe Qi Ming, there's something wrong with that video!"

"The evidence is right in your face, how can you still be so filial?"

"Can't you accept the truth? It's just that TPC failed to create a god. Don't fool yourself."

Kishida: "Why don't we put all that aside for now and focus on eradicating the monsters active on Earth? We can deal with the public opinion issue later."

Dan Moroboshi: "No, that would be falling into their trap. We can't just hand over the power of discourse."

He said solemnly that Ultraman needs the trust and recognition of humans, and that panic and lies should not be allowed to erode this bond.

True victory lies not only in defeating the monsters that threaten peace, but also in protecting the "light" in the hearts of humanity.

Only when humanity chooses to believe in the light and strives for it will the future of the Earth and humanity truly hold hope.

Only when humanity acknowledges Ultraman's protection and responds to it willingly will Ultraman's battles truly have the meaning of "protection," rather than being a violent suppression.

Hui Mei nodded. She had heard Akane Shinjo say that when people believe in light and have hope, that prayer will be transformed into real energy, making Ultraman's light even purer and stronger.

"This is a battle of the mind, and we cannot back down either."

"But what should we do..."

From the nearby mountains: "???"

He quickly spoke up again to emphasize his presence: "Everyone, aren't you shocked? Qi Ming can transform! Humans can transform!"

When he spoke again, the others had no choice but to respond.

Saijo Nagi: "This topic is actually long gone."

Carmilla: "You're really out of the loop."

Kishida: "Well... we all knew beforehand." Yamanaka: "How long ago was 'before'? Half an hour ago?"

Kishida: "It was more than three months ago."

Jugglus Juggler: "Me too."

Huimei: "It was more than five months ago."

Yamanaka: "?"

Saijo Nagi: "I was here more than four months ago. I think Emi was probably the first to find out."

Huimei: "No, the captain was the first one. The captain was the first person Qiming met when he came to our world."

Yamanaka: "???"

Feng Yuan: "Most of the time, Senior Qi Ming transforms into Ultraman to fight."

Yamanaka: "!!!!!!!!! Ultraman?"

Dan Moroboshi had no choice but to quickly explain the matter of the "Ultraman Any Key".

This left Yamanaka completely stunned: "You mean, when the monster appeared, the reason Qi Ming didn't follow in a fighter jet was actually so he could transform into Ultraman?"

Everyone nodded.

"I thought he didn't want to do such dangerous work... Wait, am I the only one who didn't know? Why didn't Qi Ming tell me?"

Kishida: "I'm mainly afraid you'll say something inappropriate..."

Yamanaka: "You don't even have this much trust? Do you think I'm the kind of person who can't keep a secret?!"

Jugglus Juggler: "You probably don't say things when you're normal, but it's unlikely you'll always be normal..."

In the end, it was Dan Moroboshi, the good-natured guy, who stepped in to smooth things over, saying that Qi Ming wasn't intentionally isolating you, it was just that the time wasn't right yet.

Huimei: "Well, I only found out when Qi Ming was weakened by Greeza and passed out after the battle against the Apartment Monster and the Cactus Super Monster."

Saijo Nagi: "I found out when Qiming and Goroki were fighting."

Kishida: "I crashed my plane while fighting the poison gas monster, and Qi Ming transformed in front of me to save me."

Yamanaka: "This... I was just about to ask, who is he..."

He pointed to Ilud beside him.

Ilude was originally preparing to leave, but Fengyuan hoped that he could come and help. Ilude felt guilty towards him, so he did not refuse and thought that it would be good to help in some way.

After briefly explaining his situation, Shan Zhong didn't criticize his bizarre thinking, but instead asked, "Then... do you know that Qi Ming can transform?"

Ilude: "He turned into Ultraman Triga in front of me half an hour ago."

Upon learning this, Yamanaka collapsed, his face pressed against the table, groaning, "An alien who just arrived on Earth knew before I did!"

"Alright, team members, now is not the time to talk about this. I think we must issue a statement to deal with the media offensive..."

Suddenly, an emergency signal sounded.

Huimei immediately checked: "How is this possible... something has infiltrated our base!"

"Nothing was damaged, the security system didn't activate, and there was no quality reaction... Could it be!"

She immediately pulled up the surveillance footage of the lower area—several guards had clearly noticed something amiss and were walking towards the depths of the passage with guns drawn.

However, the next second, a thick, seemingly living black mist surged forth without warning in front of them.

"What is this?" The guards raised their powerful searchlights and shone them, only to find that the light was swallowed up and could not penetrate the deep darkness.

"Run! Get away from the black fog immediately!" Huimei shouted a warning over the area's public address system.

But it's too late.

The billowing black mist, like the open mouth of a giant beast, instantly swallowed up the guards in front.

A few short screams echoed in the passage before disappearing completely.

The guards were instantly killed as they were swallowed by the black mist!

The guards behind were terrified and immediately fired lasers at the black mist, but it had no effect.

"That's the black mist of the evil god Gatanothor that Qi Ming mentioned!"

"This base has been sealed off by the black mist!"

As soon as Huimei finished speaking, all the lights in the command room went out and the control panel screens went dark.

Darkness took over everything.

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On the other side, Qi Ming followed the three reporters onto the street and gave them an interview in front of the camera.

"You mean, Ultraman Gaia who propelled the 'Demon Star Koala,' Ultraman Cosmos who defeated Baraba, and also Emperor Geed, the Five Emperors... were all transformed from you?"

Qi Ming: "That's right."

Upon learning this news, the three were once again shocked.

They previously thought that there were dozens of Ultraman on Earth taking turns to guard the planet, with whoever was in the best condition stepping in when a monster appeared, forming a perfect relay defense.

And now you're telling me that all these Ultraman transformation users are the same person, and that he almost always blocked these continuous attacks?

That's incredibly brave and determined! Even more courageous than we imagined!
Lun Wen exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "Mr. Qi Ming, you are the most remarkable hero I have ever met."

Reiko: "Now that everyone knows this, they will no longer misunderstand you. You are a true hero!"

Qi Ming shook his head slightly: "The word 'hero' still means... the ground stopped shaking."

He suddenly realized that the earthquake had stopped, which meant that Ura and Galatlon MK2 had stopped fighting.

Has it been decided that "victory and defeat, life and death, are determined"?
The next moment, from the north, Ula emerged from the ground, as if summoned by something, shaking his head and heading into the distance.

To the south, Galactron MK2 also appeared on the surface from a magic circle, as if it had received some kind of instruction, and stopped fighting with Ula.

The two sides actually reached a truce.

"It actually stopped. Wasn't Ura determined to devour whatever was in front of it? Galactron MK2 even deliberately avoided it."

"Could it be that Dark Torregia is secretly mediating... stopping these enemies from fighting amongst themselves?" Qi Ming's gaze was solemn.

Tsk, if you really want to accept chaos, then you should let these vicious guys fight to the death.

At this moment, Lunwen suddenly complained, saying that they had come all this way, but the picture still couldn't be transmitted to the TV station. Was there a problem with the signal tower here?

"Wait, my phone has no signal either." Tian Rui realized something.

Qi Ming immediately took out his PDI communicator, only to find that he was also unable to contact anyone else.

"It's because of that, isn't it?" He looked solemnly at the black mist that had covered the sky in the blink of an eye.

"So it has also revived." He recognized it as Gatanothor's [Shadow Mist].

This black mist has no mass reaction, so it cannot be blocked by ordinary attacks and physical methods.

The black mist carries special electrical ions that can disrupt the normal operation of machinery and block radio waves.

Just like in the original series, Gatanothor immediately spread the black fog across the globe after its resurrection.

Now, global communications are paralyzed, and the trio of reporters couldn't publish the footage of Qi Ming's transformation or his interview.

This is to let the truth be swallowed by darkness!
The enemy we need to deal with this time is very clear.

The Cosmic Gluttonous Beast [Ura] can devour all energy attacks and its strength is in the middle of the A-level range.

The Hellish Yamamon [Seggu] is between the upper-middle and upper-middle rank of A.

The evil god Gatanothor has a defense level that is above A-grade, but his attack is slightly weak.

The Civilization Arbiter [Galatron MK2] possesses strength at the upper-tier A level.

There is also [Dark Tregear], who stirred up this frenzy, secretly orchestrated everything, and whose strength has reached the upper-level A rank.

Aizen Makoto, Moroboshi Dan's transformation device is corroded, Ootori Gen's energy was just swallowed by Ura, and the others can't be contacted... Qi Ming can almost be said to be isolated and helpless.

This will be the most terrifying five-fold attack in history!

Unlike the three reporters around him who were pacing anxiously, Qi Ming looked up at the dark sky, turned any key, and nodded:
"I still have 9 Star Points left, which should be just enough."

"Torregia, let's settle this once and for all."

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