Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 147 143. One Punch Man

The two went their separate ways. Emi went to the entrance, and before they parted ways, she reminded Ruriko that if she spotted a thief, she should shout and she would rush over as soon as possible.

Liulizi nodded and prepared to go to the storage room. After taking a few steps, she looked down and saw a hideous pool of blood.

"This is..." She was suddenly horrified.

Just then, a green light shone on her.

Ruriko raised her head stiffly, only to see a dark brown monster staring at her with eyes that glowed with faint green light.

"No!" Her scream pierced the night sky.

Emi rushed over quickly after hearing the noise, but Ruriko had already disappeared.

All that was left was the brooch she had just given to Ruriko and a series of strange footprints.

"What is this? These aren't human footprints... Was Ruriko kidnapped by something?" Emi had an ominous premonition in her heart.

She looked around and saw in the cold moonlight a disc-shaped black object slowly sinking into the sea.

"What is that? A spaceship? The aliens inside took Ruriko away?" This was Emi's first reaction.

She immediately took out the PDI communicator: "This is Huimei, this is Huimei, calling the command room, command room, please answer!"

It was Moroboshi Tan who answered the call: "This is Moroboshi Tan, what's the matter?"

Emi: "Something serious has happened! Please come immediately to Kumoda Beach in Izu!"

Zhu Xingtuan immediately summoned Qi Ming and other members and rushed to where Huimei was.

After listening to Huimei's account of what happened, Zhu Xingtuan frowned and said, "Calm down and think about it carefully. Are you sure it's a disc-shaped object?"

Huimei nodded firmly: "Yes, I am sure it is disc-shaped! Ruriko might have been taken away by aliens!"

Zhu Xingtuan said in a deep voice: "Don't jump to conclusions before investigating."

At this time, Nishijo Nagi came over and said, "Captain, I investigated the dog that was killed and found that it was killed by being thrown to the ground with great force."

Zhu Xingtuan frowned: "The dog was thrown to death?"

Nishijo Nagi nodded: "Yes, it can be confirmed that the opponent's strength is far beyond that of an ordinary person."

Kishida also came over, measuring tools in hand. "The footprints are about one meter apart. Based on this ratio, this guy should be over two meters tall."

A picture gradually emerged in everyone's mind - a two-meter-tall, extremely powerful alien, under the cover of night, stepped on the beach and grabbed Ruriko away.

Qi Ming began brainstorming: an alien, killed a dog, and kidnapped a woman who was celebrating her birthday...

He actually had some impression of this plot.

Zhu Xingtuan ordered: "Okay, conduct a thorough search of the sea area!"

However, after three hours of searching, nothing was found.

Yamanaka couldn't help but ask, "Emi, are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

Huimei insisted, "I'm not mistaken!"

Qi Ming comforted her: "Don't worry too much, things may turn around."

He already had a calculation in his mind.

After returning to the command room, Huimei mobilized the intelligence network to conduct full reconnaissance and soon made new discoveries.

"They're so similar... No, I should say they're exactly the same footprints."

Cattle ranches in the Swiss Alps, sheep ranches in the American Rocky Mountains, natural zoos in Africa... It turns out that such footprints have appeared all over the world this month.

Every time a footprint appears, an animal is lost in the area. "After catching all the animals, did you finally catch a human?"

"Then Ruriko will never come back... No, Team Member Qi Ming said that things will turn around."

The next morning, the Victory Team received a report that a citizen had found Ruriko, who had disappeared the previous night, on the beach.

"What? She actually came back by herself!" Huimei was a little confused for a moment.

She rushed to the scene with Qi Ming, only to see Liulizi lying on the ground, breathing weakly, her open eyes empty and numb.

"Ruriko, are you okay? What happened last night?" Huimei saw that her eyes were open and thought she was awake.

However, Ruriko did not respond, but just looked ahead with lifeless eyes, like a puppet without a soul.

Huimei asked anxiously, "How could this happen?"

Qi Ming pointed at Liulizi's right arm and said, "Team member Huimei, did you see the black 'spores' on her arm? It should be related to this."

The two took Ruriko back to the medical room at the sea base. After examining her, the doctor frowned, "Her chromosomes are rapidly decreasing."

Huimei asked, "Chromosome reduction? Is it related to that black 'spore'?"

The doctor was unsure: "Let's wait for the laboratory analysis results."

Meanwhile, Yamanaka and Nishijo Nagi patrol the sky in the Victory Hiyan-1, searching for the spacecraft that Emi saw that night.

Mayumi, a nurse from the Medical Bureau, and Emi, who is filled with guilt, stay in the ward with Ruriko, who seems to be in a vegetative state, waiting for news from the laboratory.

"Don't worry, she will be fine." Mayumi comforted Huimei, "I even turned into a monster before, but I returned to normal in the end. Your friend will be safe."

Emi forced a smile.

It's worth mentioning that when Zhong Baiyou first appeared, he was absorbing souls profusely, but after his second appearance, his temperament changed drastically. He no longer invaded Earth, but instead helped humans. This incident still has no reasonable explanation.

However, strange things happen every year, and this year there are especially many.

There are many unsolved anomalies.

For example, every Halloween, a large number of children disappear around the world. This year's Halloween is approaching, but the reasons for the children's disappearances in previous years have not yet been found.

"Cough... cough..." Suddenly, Ruriko on the hospital bed coughed, and Emi and Mayumi were surprised.

Is this an improvement?

The two of them leaned over to take a look, and the slight joy that had just arisen in their hearts was immediately replaced by horror.

Ruriko's body turned into a transparent green, looking hideous and terrifying.

Huimei exclaimed, "What's going on? Is this what will happen if the chromosomes are reduced?"

"Click..." The door of the ward was pushed open, and a monster with a shape similar to a brain, a pitch-black body, and green light in its eyes appeared at the door.

Mayumi screamed in fear, and Emi shouted, "You're the alien who kidnapped Ruriko last night! Tell me, what did you do to her?"

She reached for her waist, but found that the Victory HEPA rifle was not on her.

The strange-looking alien didn't answer, but just stared at Emi and Mayumi with "greedy" eyes, and then suddenly pounced on them.

However, it did not succeed.

Qi Ming appeared behind the alien at some point, grabbed its body, and then hit it with a fierce left hook.

"Bang!" The alien who was hit stiffened his body, slowly fell down, and lost his life.

It was killed by Qi Ming's punch.

(End of this chapter)