Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 632, Chapter 628. Zero: Your enemies here are really infuriating (more to come later)
"Did the aliens from the Villain Association manipulate the Super Beasts to make the ship fly in the sky? It seems we need to pay more attention to these tough little bugs."

After listening to Beidou's explanation upon returning to the base, Qi Ming said the following.

In the original "Taiga" series, the threat posed by the Villain Association was nothing compared to that of Tregear.

His various invasion plans were utterly laughable, and he was basically always the punching bag for a three-person squad whenever he appeared.

but……

In this mixed universe where all sorts of strange and monstrous beings coexist, no one can guarantee that these seemingly comical individuals won't collide with other dark forces and create some "wonderful" chemical reaction.

This is also why he still fears Cerebro.

In the original work, this guy, with just the Belial Medal and a mechanical Zero, stirred up a crisis that could destroy the world.

If it were to "encounter" other dark forces in this hybrid universe, who knows what terrifying threats it would breed.

Carmilla: "They're just a bunch of shady rats hiding in the shadows. I'll find them all and crush them."

She waved and left gracefully, intending to help Qi Ming by taking care of the members of the Villain Association.

Then, a new situation arose.

Huimei: "Two days ago, Dr. Ozaki and Dr. Yoshinaga, both from the archaeological community, unearthed an ancient site at Mount Mikazuki."

"An ancient jigsaw puzzle and an ancient mural were unearthed inside."

"The puzzle and mural were sent to the nearest K1 Research Institute, but just now, all of K1 Research Institute's communication systems went offline."

"This is unreasonable. The place has all kinds of equipment, and the backup system should be very complete."

Then, Huimei pulled up the information on Dr. Ozaki and Dr. Yoshinaga for everyone, and everyone was surprised when they saw their photos.

Hokuto: "This Dr. Yoshinaga looks a bit like Hayata's..."

The others were shocked: "This Dr. Ozaki looks so much like the captain!"

Dan Moroboshi looked at Dr. Ozaki with equal surprise.

He remembered... the young man whose appearance he had copied back then shouldn't have had this name.

Qi Ming's attention, however, was focused on the ancient jigsaw puzzle.

This is the puzzle from the episode "The Uninvited Guest at the Door" in episode 19 of Max.

Once the puzzle is fully completed, a portal to [Tara Star] will appear.

Qi Ming thought to himself, "Hopefully no one will touch this puzzle piece, but of course, it wouldn't be a big problem if they did."

Dan Moroboshi: "Let's go check on them; they might need our help."

He stood up, and Zero was also curious about the person who looked just like his father, so Qi Ming followed him.

Driving the Drum car to the outside of the K1 research institute, the two found the institute to be unusually quiet.

"Something's not right." With his keen senses, Qi Ming took out a stone and threw it toward the research institute.

Suddenly, a blue energy shield appeared and deflected the stone.

"Is this... the energy shield created by the Gigi aliens in episode 17 of Ultraman Cosmos, 'The Trap of Another Dimension'?" Qi Ming thought to himself.

Although the entire series of "Goss" was quite bland, like plain water, leaving him with a shallow impression of many episodes, this episode was an exception.

Because the Gigi aliens who appeared in this episode not only reappear later in the series, but also have very distinctive voices...

Is it a double attack consisting of "The Uninvited Guest at the Door" from "Max" and "The Trap in Another Dimension" from "Ultraman Cosmos"?
It would have been a real challenge when I first arrived, but now it's nothing.

"There must be three 'Gigi aliens' inside who kidnapped the base staff, as well as Dr. Yoshinaga and Dr. Ozaki."

“These Gigi aliens have a ‘shrinking gun’ just like the Dada and the Crow people, which can shrink people, but it poses no threat to us who can transform.”

"Let's sneak in from here and rescue them."

Qi Ming activated [Insight] to find the weak point in the energy shield, and together with Moroboshi Dan, they quietly sneaked inside.

....................................

Inside the research institute, in a small box.

All the staff at the research institute, as well as Dr. Yoshinaga and Dr. Ozaki who delivered the ancient puzzle, were all shrunk to about five centimeters.

Just now, the entire research institute suddenly lost power, and a "disc" that looked like a sweeping robot appeared in the room.

Then the disk suddenly glowed, and a small wormhole opened.

Three aliens, dressed in identical strange attire and possessing red, yellow, and blue faces respectively, emerged from the crowd.

They are the Jiji aliens.

While making "yeah yeah yeah" sounds, they used a special gun to shrink them all.

At this moment, the blue-faced and yellow-faced aliens were watching them from outside, while the red-faced alien was fiddling with the ancient puzzle they were studying.

"Are you aliens? What do you want to do to us?!" Dr. Ozaki, whose face resembled Dan Moroboshi's, looked up and demanded.

“Yay ​​yay yay yay yay…” said the Gigi alien.

Yes, that's their language...

"What the heck is this?"

"Oh no, we can't speak the language..."

"Don't worry, TPC will find out about the anomaly sooner or later and will definitely send someone to rescue us."

Then, after fiddling with it for a while, the blue-faced alien from Alien Gigi produced a translator: "Can you understand our language now?"

Dr. Ozaki: "Hmm, I understand now."

The blue-faced alien said, "We have used very advanced quantum physics to complete the dimensional travel device."

"Our dimension is currently facing a crisis of destruction, and we must relocate to your dimension without delay." Relocation... a new excuse for invasion?

Dr. Yoshinaga felt he needed to reassure them first: "Talk about your relocation plans, how many people are in your household?"

Jiji alien: "If the migration ends, it will be worth around 200 billion."

The institute staff were shocked: "Two hundred billion! The Earth is already a lot if it can only accommodate tens of billions of people."

Jiji alien: "Don't worry, we can shrink Earthlings to one percent size. Current experiments have successfully proven that Earthlings can be shrunk."

Dr. Ozaki's eyes widened: "An experiment...you attacked us as part of an experiment?"

"So you're saying you're not sure what will happen to us if we get hit by the shrinking gun?"

The alien from Alien Gigi paused for a moment, then ignored the question and continued:
"We can mass-produce city models like the one you are in now, so that you Earthlings can live in them."

"Our solution is theoretically perfect, what do you think?"

Perfect? ​​Is this what you call perfect?
If you think it's okay to live in a smaller size, then why don't you shrink down?
Aren't they still invaders?

The two PhDs and researchers were seething with anger, but because they were at the mercy of others, they could only grit their teeth and swallow their rage.

“I have a more perfect solution: you admit you were joking just now and get off the planet before we can still control ourselves.”

Suddenly, a jarring sound rang out from here.

Moroboshi Dan emerged from the shadows with a gloomy expression. Seeing that he had deliberately exposed himself, Qi Ming had no choice but to follow him out.

Dan Moroboshi continued, "What solutions, what relocation... such fancy words cannot conceal your nature as invaders!"

"The Earth does not welcome self-righteous refugees. Don't expect humanity to live a life of humiliation!"

The three aliens were shocked: "You dared to intrude into our territory without even a word!"

Qi Ming: "???"

Your territory?
You came to Earth from outer space, used a protective shield to enclose a piece of land, and then considered it your own territory?

Damn it, are they treating us like Native Americans?

Zero was also enraged by the other party's arrogant attitude: "These guys are really annoying."

Qi Ming: "These kinds of guys come here often, but I usually ignore their fallacies and just strike hard."

The people of Jiji were stunned. They looked at the shrunken Dr. Ozaki, then at Dan Moroboshi, looking completely bewildered and overwhelmed.

This appearance... Could it be that this planet has cloning technology and can produce an unlimited number of soldiers?

The staff at the shrunken research institute were overjoyed.

"Rescue has arrived!"

"Director Qi Ming himself came to our rescue!"

"Hahahaha, you arrogant alien bumpkins are about to die under Director Qi Ming's Ultra Ray!"

Upon seeing their savior arrive, the group immediately straightened their backs and stopped trying to compromise.

"Don't move!" The blue-faced alien became alert when it saw that Qi Ming seemed to have the intention to attack, and began to use the shrunken human in the box next to it as a hostage to threaten him.

He instinctively sensed a threat from Qi Ming.

Qi Ming silently calculated the distance between himself and this Jiji alien, which was about seven steps.

"Zero, has he entered your firing range?" Qi Ming secretly communicated with Zero.

Zero: "Range... Haha, I get what you mean."

"Whoosh!" The next moment, the phantom of Zero, glowing with green light, burst out from Qi Ming's chest and, like a streak of light, instantly appeared in front of the Jiji alien.

The blue-faced and yellow-faced aliens were both stunned for a moment. What was going on? A ghost?

Can Earthlings control ghosts?
"Ora!" Zero punched the blue-faced alien Gigi hard in the face, the immense force contorting his face in an instant.

His entire body was sent flying backward by the immense force, crashing heavily onto the ancient jigsaw puzzle that the red-faced alien from Alien Gigi had been fiddling with.

"Bang!" As if some ancient mechanism had been triggered, the puzzle piece suddenly began to automatically recombine and deform after being hit.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

In the blink of an eye, the puzzle was complete.

A beam of light burst forth and coalesced in the center of the room into an ancient stone gate.

The stone door frame is engraved with unknown patterns, exuding an aura of vicissitude and mystery.

The stone gate opened silently and automatically, and thick fog poured out.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful suction force swept through the entire room!

"This is!" the three Jiji aliens exclaimed in unison. Having arrived in this dimension through the portal, they realized that this was actually another portal!

A portal to an unknown land!

The next second, a violent suction force pulled the three aliens and the box containing the shrunken humans into the doorway.

"Oh no!" Dan Moroboshi lunged forward and barely caught the box.

However, he lost his balance and was also drawn into the stone gate.

"Let's go, let's clear this dungeon." Despite the suction force, Qi Ming, who stood firmly, leaped up, calmly grabbed the ancient puzzle piece, and rushed into the doorway.

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There will be a second update later.

(End of this chapter)