Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 111 107. Even if I vomit blood, I still have to run this marathon

Because it is unclear what backdoor Agamus left in the King's Bridge, this plan has been temporarily frozen indefinitely.

Two days later, Staff Officer He Zhi invited Qi Ming to his office again, saying that Dr. Segawa had finally given in.

Although he did not directly agree to come back to preside over the manufacturing of [Super Weapon R1], he was willing to come to Japan to see the mental outlook of the TPC members who were protecting the world.

"But the problem is, the defense forces have also learned about this and want to ask Dr. Segawa for guidance."

This is an attempt to intercept.

Qi Ming: "This cannot be allowed. People in the defense force basically don't use their brains. Their spinal cord can meet all their needs."

"If they were to obtain the Super Weapon R1, it would only increase their ability to commit evil deeds and make the situation even more troublesome."

Staff Officer He Zhi, who shared the same opinion, increasingly felt that Qi Ming was very much to his liking.

He said, "How about you go and meet Dr. Segawa when the time comes? With your eloquence, you'll definitely be able to convince him to stay at TPC."

Qi Ming: "Okay, but you also have to be careful. The 'Friendship Plan' can only be used for defensive counterattacks, not proactive offense."

"As long as we launch a strong counterattack against the existing invaders, we can deter some of the aliens who originally wanted to attack Earth and make them realize that aggression will come at a heavy price."

"But if we take the initiative to attack, the nature of the attack will change."

"Our Earth will become the invader, and then there will be righteous men like Ultraman coming to seek justice."

If Dracion existed in this universe...it's scary to think about it.

Staff Officer He Zhi had a horrified expression: "You know about the Friendship Plan!"

He felt disillusioned when he heard an "ordinary team member" casually talk about a top-secret plan that even TPC's third-in-command, Staff Officer Gondo, didn't know about.

Is this the ability to predict the future? Is this omniscience?

Qi Ming stood up and left without commenting: "The tea is delicious, but remember to change to blueberry mousse for dessert next time."

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After returning to the command room, Zhu Xingtuan asked Qi Ming if he wanted to participate in the "joint military exercise" three days later.

Saijo Nagi explained: "To put it bluntly, it's a competition with the defense forces."

Qi Ming asked, "Is it fun?"

Huimei: "There are individual and group events. The individual events include shooting, weighted long-distance running, and fighter piloting..."

"The team is composed of red team and blue team. The red team attacks and the blue team defends."

Qi Ming's eyes lit up: "The latter one sounds interesting."

He also wants to relax.

Kishida suggested: "Team member Qi Ming will definitely shine in physical events like long-distance running."

Qi Ming: "Let's add a shooting."

Yamanaka put on his sunglasses and said coolly, "Leave the shooting to me. Come on, Kishida, let's go practice."

After saying that, he took Kishida to the open-air shooting range in the suburbs for training.

Qi Ming planned to communicate with Zhu Xingtuan.

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"What, you support restarting super weapon R1!" After listening to Qi Ming's explanation of what happened, Zhu Xingtuan's eyes widened.

Yesterday he was still surprised that Qi Ming had stopped Jinguqiao and nipped the major hidden danger in the bud, but today Qi Ming gave him a big job.

He looked angry at the lack of resistance: "Team member Qi Ming, do you know what happened back then? Why didn't you learn from it?"

Qi Ming asked in return: "If a doctor killed someone on the street with a scalpel, wouldn't we learn from that lesson and legislate to prohibit doctors from touching scalpels?"

"You..." Zhu Xingtuan was choked. After a while, he said, "I can't argue with you, but I don't think humans are stupid enough to run a marathon while spitting blood."

A long time ago, after learning about the [Super Weapon R1], Tuan Moroboshi had the famous "blood-vomiting marathon" conversation with Furuhashi.

Gu Qiao: "Tuan, the Earth has been targeted. There will definitely be a powerful invader that we can't resist!" Zhu Xingtuan: "So, super-powerful weapons are necessary?"

Gu Qiao: "Of course!"

Moroboshi: "What if the invaders create even stronger destructive weapons to resist the super weapons?"

Gu Qiao: "Then we will create a weapon even more powerful than that!"

Zhu Xingtuan was silent for a long time, then said, "This is like running a miserable marathon while spitting blood."

It sounds sad at first, but...

Qi Ming: "A marathon where you vomited blood? Let's not talk about the distant ones, just the one at Jingu Bridge."

"If Kiriyama Guqiao and his men hadn't hurriedly "run a marathon" with the Pedan people to develop weapons that could defeat King Guqiao, you would have been killed."

"Even if you don't run a marathon, the space invaders won't stop."

In the original Ultraman series, the invaders even ran a marathon with Ultraman.

For example, creating Ace Killer who can absorb Ultraman's power, and Black King who fights against Jack Bracelet...

Qi Ming: "This world operates objectively and is not subject to anyone's will, whether it is extreme or conservative."

"Even if I vomit blood, I still have to run this marathon."

"The moment you stop running and are eliminated without vomiting blood, that is the moment you die."

As a citizen who grew up in a nuclear-armed country, Qi Ming never thought that possessing super-powerful weapons was a heinous thing, and he spoke very confidently at this time.

Moroboshi: "But that friendship plan... is too extreme!"

He took the Crow People as an example, saying that if the invasion of Earth was only the will of a part of the people on the planet, ordinary Crow People civilians would be completely unaware of it.

When humans fought back, they killed the Crow People, both guilty and innocent, indiscriminately. This was so unfair to those innocent people.

Qi Ming thought for a moment and said, "I'm watching over you. I'll try to strike a balance so that humans don't go too far. I'll focus on deterrence and try to minimize the killing."

Like in the original drama, as soon as life is discovered on a planet, it will be regarded as a hidden danger and threat and blown up without any hesitation. This will naturally not happen here.

"But Captain, you must understand that nothing in this world is perfect. Our power is limited, and we cannot fully uphold fairness and justice. The survival of the Earth and the continuation of humanity must come first."

Seeing Qi Ming's refusal to budge, Zhu Xingtuan sighed tiredly and finally spoke his mind: "In fact, as long as we Ultramen are strong enough, we can protect our loved ones..."

Qi Ming shook his head and left his room.

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On the other side, Kishida and Yamanaka were shooting at the shooting range.

Yamanaka pulled the trigger and hit a flying disc with pinpoint accuracy.

He was very satisfied: "Well, the hit rate is over 95%!"

Kishida's results were also good. Just when the two were feeling satisfied, a laugh of "Hahaha" came from the side.

"Can this kind of shooting method knock down the enemy?" A man in military uniform walked over.

They are from the Defense Forces.

"What do you mean?" Kishida asked in a bad tone.

The man in military uniform curled his lips, took out his rifle, and fired a shot directly into the sky instead of aiming at the moving target.

"Bang!" A black bird was shot down and fell to the ground in front of Kishida and Yamanaka, dying.

This move immediately shocked Kishida and Yamanaka.

"You guys are from the Victory Team, right? As expected, your basic skills are so poor that you can only rely on the Americans' high technology."

"My name is Guangtian. I think you guys should stop wasting your time. As long as I'm here, you TPC won't stand a chance in the drill."

Yamanaka and Kishida were furious and took turns competing with him, but were humiliated after their opponent achieved a 100% hit rate.

(End of this chapter)