Ultraman Any Key: Qiming

Chapter 90 87. Atomic bombs fall on Japan again

After finishing his daily exercises, Qi Ming went to the command room as usual and found that everyone looked solemn.

What you fear won’t come true, right? Is Murphy’s Law taking effect?

Zhu Xingtuan explained the situation: "In order to develop the moon, the defense forces launched a supply rocket into space yesterday, which was loaded with six atomic bombs."

"But after launching as planned, the rocket was disrupted by a strong typhoon and fell into the Pacific Ocean."

"One of the atomic bombs exploded five thousand meters deep in the Japan Trench, triggering a significant undersea earthquake."

Qi Ming was shocked: "Have the defense forces become so stupid that they don't even check the weather forecast before launching rockets?"

Huimei: "It is said that this typhoon formed very suddenly, and they were caught off guard."

A sudden typhoon?
Kishida continued to explain the situation: "Four of the remaining five have been found, and one has not been found yet."

"The safety devices of the four that were found have been disengaged, and the last one is likely to be the same."

"Once impacted, the atomic bomb would activate and explode 20 seconds later."

"This atomic bomb is more than a thousand times more powerful than the one the US dropped on Hiroshima, so everyone is desperately trying to find it."

Now that monsters are appearing frequently, all forces are working hard to upgrade their weapons and equipment and improve their counterattack capabilities.

Kishida talked incessantly about how powerful the atomic bomb was, and how once it exploded, it could reduce most of the Tokyo metropolitan area to ashes. He was very excited and did not hide anything.

Qi Ming thought about it and felt that it was reasonable. After all, in the original drama of "Jack", Kishida agreed to the plan of bombing Tokyo with a nuclear bomb in order to destroy the monster.

What concerned him more was the course of this incident.

Apart from the "suddenly generated strange typhoon", other elements sound very similar to the plot of the fourth episode of the original Ultraman, "5 Seconds Before the Big Bang".

In that episode, the radiation produced by the atomic bomb explosion caused the sea ape-man [Lagun] to grow to a very large size and become extremely ferocious.

As soon as it appeared, it attacked a cruise ship, and then landed with the last atomic bomb, scaring everyone.

Yamanaka: "Come to think of it, our base was also built on the sea. Luckily, the atomic bomb didn't fall near us."

Zhu Xingtuan said that the cabinet has also commissioned TPC to help. The radar equipped with the Yushima rectifier is scanning the sea area, and the top scientists of the Science and Technology Bureau are also designing a new algorithm for more accurate positioning.

Knowing that she could not help in this matter, Saijo Nagi asked for leave from Moroboshi Tuan and wanted to visit the siblings Umeda Dori and Umeda Kaoru.

She still hasn't forgotten that she has an unshirkable responsibility for the two siblings becoming orphans.

Qi Ming raised his hand: "I'll go take a look too."

Nishijo Nagi was surprised: "Do you care about those two children too?"

Qi Ming: "A little bit, mainly to take a break from my busy schedule. I can still check the news on my phone while I'm on the road."

Shan Zhong was indignant: "Busy? You are the one with the least time. You don't even write a mission report."

Qi Ming: "I've rounded it up this time so it counts as written."

After returning to the base yesterday, Qi Ming specifically handed Dr. Koizumi's research notes to Staff Officer Gonto.

He also warned Chief of Staff Gondo: "There are endless invaders coming to Earth from space. Don't let the Earth become chaotic."

To a "realistic" person like Chief of Staff Gondo, if you say, "Humans and monsters are both creatures born on Earth and have the right to live," he will definitely disagree and think that this is too soft-hearted.

But after explaining the pros and cons, he highly agreed with Qi Ming's point of view and felt that it was impossible to declare war on both sides at the same time.

This is enough. With people of this weight contributing their efforts, it will be difficult for similar things to happen again in a short period of time.

Incidentally, Chief of Staff Inagaki from the hawkish faction personally apologized to President Tachibana after the incident. However, after "coming to his senses," President Tachibana said he would not pursue the matter further, and said that for some reason, he found Qi Ming a very interesting young man.

This made Staff Officer Inagaki feel very strange, and he temporarily lost the reason to hold Qi Ming responsible.

Moreover, He Zhi who came back said that although Qi Ming was a little arrogant, he was a person whose abilities matched his character, and they should find a way to recruit him.

So even if Qi Ming committed many illegal acts in this operation, since the three parties did not pursue the matter, the matter would of course be resolved into a small one.

This was a little beyond Qi Ming's expectations. He had planned to give Chief of Staff Inagaki a blow when he was looking for trouble.

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Because they were dispatched under the name of "Victory Team Members Visiting Orphans", the two drove a Dram car to the orphanage.

"In Ultraman Dyna, there seems to be a plot where the Super Victory Team members visit orphans who lost their loved ones in a monster attack."

"I remember now, that episode was called 'Friends in the Box', and it seems Asuka and Ryo went there together."

After arriving at the place, Qi Ming fell silent.

This orphanage...it really is the orphanage from the episode "Friends in the Box"!
As they walked in, Nishijo Nagi introduced the place to Qi Ming, saying that this was a welfare institution under TPC, and that this part was under the management of Chief of Staff Kiriyama.

Qi Ming nodded: "Then he is one of us."

The children in the orphanage expressed great enthusiasm for the arrival of the two victorious team members.

These children who became orphans due to the monster disaster felt that it was the Victory Team that avenged their families, so they have always admired this profession and think that they are all heroes.

But among these children, there was no Umeda Dori and Umeda Kaoru.

Being pestered by the children, Nishijo Nagi's smile was obviously forced. She was good at fighting monsters, but how to play with children touched upon her blind spot in knowledge.

Fortunately, most of the children were attracted by the handsome Qi Ming. Nishijo Nagi looked at Qi Ming with secret gratitude and found that he also had a difficult expression.

After playing with the children for about half an hour, Qi Ming and Nishijo Nagi found an opportunity to escape, both looking out of breath.

Nishijo Nagi: "Could it be that you also..."

Qi Ming: "If these children were as smart as Hayato Kawajiri in 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable', I would probably be able to communicate with them better."

Nishijo Nagi is a very boring person. She doesn't read comics and doesn't understand what Qi Ming is talking about.

"Where are Umeda Michi and Umeda Kaoru? We are here to see them, right?" Qi Ming went to find the director of the orphanage.

Dean: “It should be here.”

Soon, the director of the orphanage took them to find the Umeda siblings. Instead of playing with the children outside, they were squatting under the shade of a tree.

The dean said: "They are not used to it yet, and it will take some time for them to get over the grief."

Upon hearing this, Nishijo Nagi felt very guilty.

Qi Ming watched from a distance and found something was wrong.

My younger sister Umeda Kaori was holding a bright flower in her hand.

This flower seems to be... Thinking of her "criminal record" in the original drama of "Leo", Qi Ming immediately used the "see through" function to check.

After taking a look at it, I found that it is indeed not a species from Earth.

(End of this chapter)