Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 4. Nonmalt and the Omega Files
This sentence shocked the three people including Zhu Xingtuan. After a long while, Yamanaka finally reacted and roared, "What did you say!"

Qi Ming believes that if you choose to swallow your anger when being offended, the other party will sense your weakness and will become even more aggressive.

Most people actually understand this principle, but children from ordinary backgrounds are taught, "Don't fight, we can't afford to pay the compensation, just be patient and it will pass."

Qi Ming was born into an educated family with reasonable parents. He himself was as dazzling as the sun since he was a child because of his talent and appearance. He was the focus of the crowd wherever he went. Of course, he would not compromise.

Facing the aggressive Shan Zhong, he was not intimidated at all and replied with a smile:
"I say you should look more closely at your own problems. If the Hiyan you're piloting could have contained at least one of the monsters, Captain Moroboshi wouldn't have to endure so much pressure and suffer such severe injuries."

"It crashed so quickly. It's too humorous. Maybe if you tied a bone to the joystick and let a dog drive it, the result would be similar."

Kishida, who was on the same plane, was also unhappy when he heard this: "What do you know, an outsider? Do you mean you can do better than us?"

This was their first time facing a triple attack, and they were not mentally prepared enough. They did fumble and did not perform to their best.

Qi Ming said as if it was a matter of course: "Is there any need to say more?"

"You kid!" Yamanaka gritted his teeth, and the arrogant Kishida was also very indignant.

If it weren't for the bad influence of the Victory Team members beating ordinary people, they really wanted to teach this ignorant kid a lesson.

Zhu Xingtuan frowned and came out to smooth things over:

"Okay, stop talking. My injury has nothing to do with Qi Ming. It's my own problem."

"From what we've just been doing together, I've seen his brave spirit and strong physique."

"I've invited him to join the Victory Team. From now on, you two should get along well."

These words had an even greater impact, leaving Yamanaka and Kishida dumbfounded once again.

Kishida came to his senses and quickly advised: "But Captain, he has no training. The monster will not show mercy just because he is good-looking!"

Yamanaka also suspected that the captain was too seriously injured and had lost consciousness: "I don't want to be a teammate with such a useless guy. He will only be a burden."

Qi Ming corrected him: "Just because I'm joining the Victory Team temporarily doesn't mean I want to be teammates with people like you. Please put yourself in the right position."

"What did you say!"

"Okay, let's save some energy and think about how to deal with the two monsters that escaped. The matter is not over yet!" Zhu Xingtuan shouted.

He sent Yamanaka and Kishida away and asked them to call the base, while he pulled Qi Ming aside.

His face turned stern. "Why are you being so unreasonable and saying such outrageous things? You will be comrades-in-arms in the future, sharing weal and woe. You should tolerate each other."

Qi Ming looked at Yamanaka and Kishida who were gathered in the distance, pointing and talking at him, looking very dissatisfied, and said:

"Look, you think I'm right, too. Then you should tell them that."

"And you wanted me to join the Victory Team to fill the gap in combat power caused by your inability to transform, not to make me backward compatible with these two useless insects, right?"

Zhu Xingtuan felt that Qi Ming should be more humble, so he criticized him seriously: "Are you saying that without you, the Victory Team can't accomplish anything? Do you know that your thoughts will hurt the other team members' feelings?"

This sounds familiar. He said it to Feng Yuan in "Leo", but he is not a "gentleman" like Feng Yuan who can be deceived.

Qi Ming followed his logic: "You mean, the Victory Team now has the ability to fight the monsters alone? Then I can rest assured."

Zhu Xingtuan was stunned and quickly denied it: "No, humans are not ready yet."

He just had his leg broken when he was outnumbered three, while Qi Ming killed one and scared away two others.

Under such a comparison, it is difficult for him to have the position to "re-educate" Qi Ming for the time being.

Soon, a large number of planes fell.

TPC staff began to clean up the battlefield and collect the fragments of the stone statue. A passenger plane carried the four members of the Victory Team back to the sea base.

The random medical staff performed preliminary treatment on Zhu Xingtuan's wounds, but their eyes kept wandering towards Qi Ming's face during the process.

"Please take a picture of him." As soon as the disabled Zhu Xingtuan finished speaking, several female nurses rushed forward to help.

After they were done, their faces turned red and they asked Qi Ming nervously if they could keep these photos.

"Of course." Qi Ming nodded gently. He was used to this situation and even posed a few times as they requested.

Seeing this, Yamanaka and Kishida, who were sitting opposite, were indignant.

"This guy is outrageous! What does he think TPC is?"

"He's just an amateur. We should take a picture of him peeing his pants after facing the monster, so they know he's just a show-off!"

"I don't think he can get past the vice-captain. She hates frivolous people the most."…………………………

"I'll go find Chief of Staff Kiriyama and ask him to approve your joining the team. But the process will probably take a long time, and your performance will depend on it." In fact, Zhu Xingtuan was not very confident that this could be accomplished.

Qi Ming asked: "Tongshan? Captain Tongshan?"

Moroboshi: "Yes, he is my old captain."

But with Kiriyama's promotion to staff officer, the previous issue's Victory Team was reorganized.

Gu Qiao was transferred to the Space Development Bureau, Soga went to the West Asia branch as a recruit instructor, and Tian Cheng was seconded to the United States... Only he stayed in the new Victory Team as captain.

Qi Ming was thoughtful. It turned out that the Victory Team in the previous episode was just the Ultra Guard Team in "Ultra Seven" with a different name.

Why does the subsequent "reorganization" seem a bit like the situation in "Ultraman Dyna" where the hawk faction came to power, causing all the members of the Victory Team to be promoted in name only and demoted in reality and marginalized?
Qi Ming realized something and asked, "Who are the powerful figures in TPC?"

Moroboshi: "The director is Tsuchihashi Yu, who once served as the commander of the First Space Anti-aircraft Artillery Group. He is very decisive."

Qi Ming nodded silently.

Tsuchihashi Yuu, space anti-aircraft gun, these two keywords put together...

He was certain that this was the ambitious man who shot down V99's spaceship in "Ultraman Blaze". After discovering that the other party had no intention of aggression, he chose to go with the flow and conceal everything for the sake of his own reputation.

A dictator who tried every means to obstruct Huimei's investigation into the truth behind her father's disappearance and even arrested her and imprisoned her for life.

Moroboshi: "The staff is divided into hardliners and moderates, which are commonly known as hawks and doves by humans. The dove-wing staff is called Gondo Kihachi."

Chief of Staff Gondo... the chief in "Ultraman Dyna" who kidnapped Asuka and forcibly extracted his light energy to create an artificial Ultraman, and ended up giving Sphia a perfect fusion material?

Can such radicals be considered doves? Then who are the hawks?

Zhu Xingtuan: "The chief of staff of the Hawk Faction is called He Zhi, and he is also from the Victory Team."

Qi Ming: “…”

Chief of Staff He Zhi, Chief of Staff He Zhi in "Seven OV"?
That makes sense. Chief of Staff Gondo is just a radical, but this guy can be said to be a terrorist.

In "Seven OV", he implemented the "Friendship Plan" of "guarding your home until you reach someone else's doorstep" and destroyed alien civilization under the guise of communication. Gu Qiao died due to the counterattack of the alien civilization.

In order to conceal the truth that "Nongmalte is the native inhabitant of the Earth", he killed Captain Kiriyama who was trying to find the truth, and even wanted to kill Seven in his human form.

Director Tsuchihashi Yu, staff officers Gonto and He Zhi... it's no wonder that the Victory Team is made up of these people, following the example of their superiors.

It feels like a few lunatics running a mental hospital.

"Kishida, you accompany Qi Ming to register. I will be his introducer and then take him to familiarize himself with the environment of the base."

After returning to the base, Moroboshi gave Kishida his ID card and limped away with the crutches he took from the plane.

Kishida was extremely reluctant, but faced with the captain's orders, he had no choice but to obey. He said with a stern face, "Follow me!"

Qi Ming looked at Kishida, then at the receding figure of Tuan Zhuxing, and thought that this captain was a little stupid.

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"Tuan, your leg." Kiriyama's face was full of worry.

"It doesn't matter. We have encountered worse situations before." Zhu Xingtuan forced a smile, then took out Qi Ming's photo and asked Tongshan to help arrange for him to join the team.

"Has this photo been modified later?" Tongshan was stunned for a while after seeing Qi Ming in the photo.

Zhu Xingdan: "No, he is much more handsome in person than in this photo. Most importantly, he has great skills, which is exactly what we need."

Kiriyama: "That's fine. You're injured like this, so you need someone to cover for you."

However, this task was not easy. Director Sawai played a big role in the transfer of Daiko, who was already a formal member of the TPC Transportation Department in "Uzumaki Tiga", to the Victory Team.

To allow a foreigner to parachute into the Victory Team, Staff Officer Kiriyama, who only holds a nominal position, can only say that he will do his best.

After he finished speaking, Kiriyama remembered something and his expression became complicated: "Tuan, do you still remember Nongmalte?"

Zhu Xingtuan: "Of course I remember, how..."

Kiriyama: "It seems that there has been a new discovery recently, but... forget it, you should recover first, and I will go to investigate later."

(End of this chapter)