Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 7 7. Horror and Demonic Realm

"After being lost for three days, have you finally found your way here?"

As Qi Ming just walked into the Victory Team's command room, Shan Zhong couldn't help but say something sarcastic.

Qi Ming replied in a gentle and easygoing manner, "If you're tired of living, you can take a rope and find a beam to test the tension limit of your cervical spine. That would be a contribution to medicine."

"What did you say!" Yamanaka and Kishida both stood up.

Sitting at the round conference table, Nishijo Nagi frowned slightly, thinking that this guy was indeed a troublemaker just as Yamanaka said.

Huimei's face was full of "being overwhelmed by water and at a loss", what was going on with this intense development?

"Come on, Emi, what happened?" asked Zhu Xingtuan.

Emi: "Residents near Mount Kirifuki said they heard what sounded like a monster roaring and wanted us to investigate. At the same time, two college students disappeared there."

Zhu Xingtuan nodded and said, "Okay, Xijo, Yamanaka, Kishida, Qiming, you guys go and investigate Mount Kirifuki."

"Do we have to send out the Victory Team for such a meaningless matter?" Shanzhong glanced at Qi Ming and really didn't want to stay with this annoying guy.

"If there are any doubts, we should investigate them thoroughly. This is our duty." Nishijo Nagi stood up and said, "Get ready to go."

Qi Ming asked, "Isn't Team Huimei going?"

I am just a normal person, so is this considered a different kind of workplace bullying?

Qi Ming's mention of this made Huimei, who had been secretly observing him out of the corner of her eye, exclaim in surprise.

Moroboshi: "Team member Huimei also has excellent driving skills, but she usually analyzes information at the base and provides support for the frontline personnel."

Kishida, who had a grudge against Qi Ming, never missed any opportunity to attack him: "See? A girl is more capable than you."

Hui Mei waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, Qi Ming has just joined the team. He will definitely be able to get the hang of it soon after training for a while."

Zhu Xingtuan was afraid that they would quarrel again, so he quickly said, "There is no time to lose, let's set off now."

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The yellow Feiyan No. 1 was flying through the stratosphere. Qi Ming, who was sitting in the back seat, heard the sharp whistling sound of the wings tearing through the air, and his eyes were focused on Nishijo Nagi's hand pulling the control stick.

Nishijo Nagi noticed his gaze and asked, "Do you think you can learn this just by watching?"

Qi Ming said casually, "I took a look when I had nothing to do. It doesn't seem as difficult as I thought."

He showed a memory and understanding far beyond that of ordinary people at a very young age. He could easily "recite the inscriptions and overturn the situation" and "draw inferences from one example to another", so many famous masters he met were willing to give him advice.

But Saijo Nagi thought he was just bragging, and she said with a cold face:

"Don't be so smart. Do you really take the flattery of those girls who are attracted by your appearance seriously?"

"Keep your feet on the ground, train hard, and don't let the captain down."

Qi Ming asked back, "If you're being too clever, you've only just met me. On what basis do you think I don't have the ability?"

Nishijo Nagi was speechless and stopped trying to "save" this guy who, in her eyes, was making unreasonable arguments and not using honorifics.

Soon, the Hien No. 1 piloted by Nagi Nishijo landed on the flat area at the foot of Mount Kiribuki, followed closely by another Hien piloted by Kishida and Yamanaka.

After leaving the cockpit, Qi Ming looked up at Wuchui Mountain, but the thick fog blocked his view.

The sound of pine waves on the mountain came from afar, mixed with the cries of unknown creatures, like the howling of ghosts and wolves, and seemed particularly gloomy.

"Such strong electromagnetic interference." Kishida frowned. In this situation, the use of instruments and equipment would be seriously interfered with.

The four of them carried heavy mountaineering equipment and began to climb.

"We have to hurry, this is an accident-prone area." Although she disliked Qi Ming's "arrogance", as the deputy captain, it was Nishijo Nagi's duty to take care of the newcomers.

"Okay." Qi Ming climbed while recalling the past using "Wu Chui Mountain" as a clue.

He asked, "Accidents are common... Is there a dragon living in Wuchui Mountain that eats people who climb it?"

In the command room, Huimei quickly tapped away on her keyboard, looking up relevant information, and replied, "That's what I heard."

Because of the strong interference of the magnetic fog, her voice came through the communicator intermittently. Qi Ming nodded, believing that this Wuchui Mountain was the habitat of the two monsters "Sadra" and "Taton" that appeared in the third episode of Jack's "The Terrifying Monster Demon Realm".

When two ferocious monsters meet, there will be a fight, and when facing outsiders, they will adopt an attitude of killing all the enemies.

"Be careful, there are indeed monsters here, and those climbers were killed by monsters." Qi Ming reminded.

Kishida: "Don't jump to conclusions. We haven't found any signs of monster activity yet. You're just an amateur when it comes to dealing with monsters."

Qi Ming stopped and heard a strange roar that seemed to come from underground: "I heard it, it's the roar of a monster."

Kishida also focused his attention and listened: "I didn't hear anything."

Yamanaka: "I didn't hear it either. I think you're just being overly sensitive. The reporter is probably the same. I don't think there's any monster here at all."

Qi Ming stopped talking and prepared to let the facts speak for themselves later.

But after searching for half a day, they still didn't find even the shadow of the monster.

The magnetic fog renders the detection instruments ineffective, and the only way to rely on the naked eye is also blocked by the fog, making it extremely inefficient.

Crossing mountains and hills with heavy loads made the three people except Qi Ming gradually exhausted and their movements became slower and slower.

"What's wrong with this guy? Doesn't he feel tired?" Shan Zhong, who was at the end of the team, looked at Qi Ming, who was at the front and looking back waiting for them, and spoke breathlessly.

"It seems that the captain had some reason to recruit him into the team. At least he has some brute force." Kishida also thought that Qi Ming's relaxed appearance did not seem to be fake.

"Let me help you carry it." Qi Ming stretched out his hand to Nishijo Nagi.

"No need." The stubborn Nishijo Nagi coldly pushed his hand away, gritted her teeth and forced herself to move forward.

Yamanaka: "Haha, you're courting the wrong person. The vice-captain won't fall for it."

Qi Ming thought to himself that after all, it was just a temporary team. Could helping each other and sharing the burden be considered as being attentive? It was really ridiculous to criticize others from such an angle.

"Although we don't have to worry about getting lost with the locator, this is not a solution." Kishida didn't want to go any further. He felt that it was a futile effort.

Qi Ming said, "I also think that instead of actively looking for monsters, it would be better to stop here and make some noise, so that the monsters will come to us."

He made this suggestion because he saw that the others could hardly walk anymore.

Shanzhong was completely unaware of Qi Ming's intention to save their face. He shook his head and sighed, "You're daydreaming again."

At this time, Huimei's intermittent voice came from the communication channel: "Everyone, in the village below the mountains, many villagers have discovered a monster with white fur all over its body, similar to a snow monster. Please go to the scene quickly."

White hair, like a snow monster, these characteristics are very different from [Sadra] and [Taidun]. Qi Ming believes that they are not the ones who came down the mountain.

Kishida: "Finally, we don't have to waste time in this damn place anymore. Vice Captain, let's retreat."

Qi Ming asked, "Are we going to take care of the two missing college students?"

Nishijo Nagi: "A professional search and rescue team will be dispatched. Our duty is to deal with the monsters."

If a rescue team comes to a place like this to save people, the greater possibility is that they will not be able to save the people but will get trapped themselves.

Qi Ming didn't want to give up halfway on this matter, so he said, "Then let's split up into two groups. You go deal with the monsters at the foot of the mountain, and I'll deal with the monsters in the mountain."

Kishida was furious: "Don't be stubborn, there are no monsters here!"

Yamanaka was suspicious: "Are you afraid of facing the real monster and are making up an excuse to stay here?"

Nishijo Nagi was very direct: "Follow the order!"

Qi Ming was even more straightforward: "I refuse."

Everyone was stunned by these blunt words, including Emi and Moroboshi Dan in the communication channel.

Yamanaka: "Disobeying orders on the battlefield, refusing to obey commands, bastard, do you want to take off the Victory Team uniform?"

Can he still leave the team voluntarily after disobeying orders? Qi Ming was delighted: "It's a deal, double happiness!"

(End of this chapter)