Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 16. I pursue perfection, but I also accept the status quo

After two hours of fruitless searching for the Zuluks, the group returned to the sea base.

In the command room, Nishijo Nagi once again reported the whole story of the incident.

When talking about Seven condoning monsters to kill people today, Nagi Nishijo asked Moroboshi: "Is the Warrior of Light really on the same page with humans? Can we still trust him now?"

Qi Ming, who was sitting next to him, said:
"Of course not. You have to treat him as an enemy."

"I suggest that the next time Ultraman appears, we should go all-out on him and let him know the consequences of not treating humans as our fathers."

Nishijo Nagi's words reminded him of the plot in "Ultraman Orb" - after the runaway Dark Orb smashed a plane, Team Wit immediately wiped out the kindness of Orb who transformed several times to fight monsters and protected tens of millions of people in the city. When Orb and Jepponton appeared at the same time, they fired at Orb first.

Nishijo Nagi looked at Qi Ming coldly. In her mind, he was a "shameless" guy.

Because of your mess, you still haven't been punished for causing the disaster to worsen!

Zhu Xingtuan's face darkened. "Don't jump to conclusions. Let's observe for a while. Team member Qi Ming, come with me!"

Yamanaka and Kishida smiled with glee, thinking that the captain was going to teach Qi Ming a lesson for disobeying orders and making trouble.

After returning to the secluded room, Zhu Xingtuan shouted, "Why did you let those five people die?"

Qi Ming found a chair and sat down with an indifferent look on his face:
"It's just a few social scum who died. What's the big deal?"

"What they did was worthy of death, and the neighbors were almost celebrating with champagne."

Zhu Xingtuan said in a deep voice: "People can change. Have you ever thought that they can correct their mistakes?"

"These people almost killed Xiaoxue. Change it? Wait, Captain, you are not a believer in abolishing the death penalty, are you? People with different ideologies cannot work together. It seems we have to go our separate ways." Qi Ming quickly sat up.

This hit Zhu Xingtuan's soft spot, and his tone immediately slowed down. He asked Qi Ming to sit down and talk properly:

"No, of course those who do bad things should be punished, but the case should be left to the law."

"You don't care about the lives of those five people, and you don't consider what the public thinks of you and Ultraman?"

Qi Ming: "I didn't kill those five people. Besides, the people only saw that I didn't stop the monster and a few scum died. Didn't they see that I repelled the monster and protected the people of an entire village?"

"If all the people on this planet are like this, I really can't serve them. Please find someone else."

Qi Ming is very opinionated, making it impossible for Zhu Xingtuan to "change his thinking".

Seeing that Zhu Xingtuan was repeating the same rhetoric over and over again, he interrupted directly:
"Okay, let's get over this topic and talk about serious things."

He told Zhu Xingtuan that most of the people in TPC, from the management to the front-line combat personnel, were extremely dangerous elements.

For the long-term consideration of the earth and human society, the collective should be rejuvenated.

The two major staff officers in the leadership team had both done harm to human bodies in the original drama.

Given Tsuchihashi Yu's personality, he would probably have some bad thoughts if he got the chance.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. This environment is very dangerous for Qi Ming.

Not only does he have to fight against foreign invaders, but he also has to be wary of internal plots.

If the leadership could be replaced with capable people like Director Sawai, Captain Sakumui, and Commander Ishimuro, his life would be much easier.

Before Qi Ming arrived, some of the staff's orders had also made Zhu Xingtuan miserable, but after thinking for a while, he couldn't find any good candidates. "I think Gu Qiao is good." Finally, he thought of his former teammate.

Qi Ming: "Gu Qiao? He can't do it."

In "Seven OV", the reason why He Zhi turned evil was that most of his teammates were killed or injured in the process of repelling space invaders. When He Zhi wanted to chase the fleeing space fleet, Gu Qiao refused.

He said: "We are not at war. As long as we can protect our loved ones from being harmed by invaders, isn't that enough?"

He Zhi holds the helmet worn by his deceased lover:
"That's stupid. It's life or death, fight or be fought. That's how you fight those aliens!"

"When they return with their immense power to invade us, we won't be able to resist!"

But Gu Qiao remained firm: "Enough! The battle is over! There is no need to cause more casualties!"

He Zhi's eyes were bloodshot: "You... such a cowardly decision will only lead to more sacrifices! I misjudged you!"

Although He Zhi did most of the bad things after he turned evil, Qi Ming fully supported his position in this part.

Gu Qiao will definitely not use it. In this crisis-ridden world, this gentle and compassionate dove-like thinking is doomed to be out of place.

Seeing that there was really no one who could use it, Qi Ming sighed and thought that he could only maintain the status quo.

It is useless to carry out a decapitation operation to kill He Zhitu Qiaozuo. They all have their own factions and represent a kind of will.

A complete purge would be even more inappropriate. I don’t know when I will have to go back. Although these people have ideological problems, at least they are doing things.

What if he left at that time, leaving the paralyzed TPC to face this treacherous world? He couldn't do that.

Just treat it as drastic measures for a serious illness, and let the extreme hawks go into a "ace versus ace" battle with the powerful enemies surrounding them.

Qi Ming: "I just have to be careful."

Zhu Xingtuan nodded: "That's right."

Qi Ming's eyes were dim. "I hope those staff officers will be careful and stop prying into my affairs. If they do find out something, I'll have no choice but to deal with it urgently."

Zhu Xingtuan: “?”

Shouldn't you be more careful and prudent in hiding your specialness so that they don't find anything unusual?

"Okay, let's stop here for today. Captain, please pay more attention to finding more management talents in the future." Qi Ming picked up the tablet and began to collect information to further understand this world.

"One of the world's 100 unsolved mysteries: the large number of children disappearing every Halloween" - is it the witch in Ultraman Ultraman Ultraman Tiga, still at large?

"Frequent small earthquakes occurred in the T7-B area, forcing tunnel construction to halt" - probably an underground monster was causing trouble.

Zhu Xingtuan did not leave. He said that flight training can be put on hold, but he must maintain good relationships with other teammates, otherwise how can he cooperate?

Qi Ming: "It depends on whether the opponent is friendly or not. Look, I get along quite well with Huimei."

Moroboshi: "What about Yamanaka Kishida and the others? It's not good to have conflicts accumulate."

Qi Ming: "The fastest way to resolve a conflict is to intensify it. I know this, don't worry."

(End of this chapter)