Chapter 106: 102

Seeing the massive creature on the screen, Qi Ming’s face turned black.

This is… [Gazort] from Ultraman Tiga!

“I drew this thing? My luck can’t be this bad!” Qi Ming went frantic.

But then he suddenly realized something and looked at the screen.

In this world of ours, because of the [Piken] that absorb radio waves, the Lightning Man never mutated.

Yet here, inside this screen, was Gazort.

Recalling the manual’s passage—[The Any Key autonomously searches infinite dimensions for powerful lifeforms and extracts their DNA]—Qi Ming had a thought.

On the other side of this screen, is it the original universe of Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna?

Thinking this, Qi Ming picked up a pen from the desk and threw it into the screen.

It went in—that meant the screen allowed free passage in and out!

The next moment, the screen shattered, the Ultraman Any Key’s dial spun, and Gazort’s silhouette appeared on the display, beneath it three lines of text:

Shape-shifting Monster—Gazort.

Integration: 60%.

Rating: C-class.

“Of course it’s only C-class… but the cost-effectiveness isn’t bad—cheap transformation, flight capability, no time limit.”

“And Gazort can emit electricity—it’ll come in handy soon.”

The hidden, still-uneliminated major threat—Begar—fears electricity!

In the original Ultraman Mebius series, even the artificial monster Mikulas, which could only exist for one minute, killed it with electricity.

Gazort is entirely electric—its elemental affinity completely crushes Begar.

But what intrigued Qi Ming more was the pencil he’d just thrown into the screen.

“So I can use the screen opened during ‘Star Gathering’ to travel to other universes?”

“I don’t even need to go myself—perhaps I can send messages to other universes through this screen.”

“If I send out a distress call about this universe’s crisis, will righteous beings from other universes come to help?”

Qi Ming remembered that in Ultraman: The Ultimate Battle, Yumemiru couldn’t stand by while another world’s Earth was in peril—he flew his self-built time-traveling ship to aid it.

In Ultraman Legend, Zero immediately donned the Ultimate Armor upon being told by Asuka that another world was about to perish.

If the original universe’s Zero met Star Cluster here… wow, what a scene.

“If I can leverage this…” Qi Ming sat in his chair, thinking all night.

Meanwhile, in a bright room.

Counselor He Zhi and the president of Xinjianan Industries, [Jin Sanfeng], were plotting a grand scheme.

“If this model succeeds, Counselor He’s plan will proceed smoothly.”

“Our Xinjianan Industries will gain the power to dominate the global economic landscape, attain the strength of advanced nations like America!”

“In essence, I believe this plan is a two-birds-with-one-stone strategy to elevate both TPC and Xinjianan Industries.”

He Zhi stared at the president before him and thought he understood nothing.

You’re merely a somewhat important supply chain—yet you dream of dominating the world?

Other nations, fine, but America with TLT is a dragon’s den he can’t even fathom.

Still, daydreaming doesn’t matter, as long as it doesn’t interfere with my plan—he replied dismissively:

“I told you, we’ll get along just fine.”

“At tomorrow’s counselor meeting, I’ll get this resolution passed.”

…………………………

“What? You fished the components of King Joe out of Kobe Port and entrusted Xinjianan Industries with its assembly?”

At the next day’s counselor meeting, Counselor He Zhi’s words stunned every counselor except Tu Qiao Yu.

He Zhi: “I intend to fully restore King Joe as our TPC military robot.”

“The ultimate goal is to deploy King Joe across Japan—and eventually the entire world.”

“That way, we can defeat invaders who may arrive at any moment.”

At Counselor Quan Teng’s signal, a dove-wing counselor spoke: “But citizens might perceive this as excessive defense.”

He Zhi slammed the table hard, his tone sharpening:

“Citizens, citizens? When did TPC sink so low as to become their servant?”

“When a powerful enemy arrives and our current defenses fail, the first ones to drag us down will be these citizens!”

“Stop letting them dictate us—what matters now is building something so powerful it will make citizens willingly accept our protection of Japan and Earth!”

Hearing this passionate speech, even many dove-wing counselors nodded silently.

Counselor Tongshan frowned—this speech reeked of militarism.

He glanced at Tu Qiao Yu, who also wore an expression of agreement:

“Hmm, Counselor He Zhi has a point—King Joe was the super robot even Ultraman Seven couldn’t defeat.”

“If we can control it, it will bring peace of mind.”

He and He Zhi had already coordinated—this was just synchronized performance.

Counselor Quan Teng frowned: “Boosting defense is good, but is using alien tech truly safe?”

“I believe humanity’s own ‘Atides’ and ‘Max Power System’ hold greater promise—we understand them thoroughly.”

This was why Quan Teng was a “dove-wing”—though he also valued military strength, he was more conservative than Counselor He Zhi in this insane TPC.

Military development was fine, but it must come from human hands.

He believed human intelligence and creativity were no less than aliens’—we could forge our own future path.

Thus, in Ultraman Cosmos, he placed absolute faith in humanity’s self-built [Prometheus] warship and its [Neo-Max Cannon].

And in the final trilogy of Ultraman Dyna, he trusted humanity’s own Ultraman [Terra-Neon]…

He Zhi didn’t care—he saw himself as a pragmatist.

Whether built by aliens or humans, as long as it was a powerful combat asset, it was good.

Counselor He Zhi retorted sharply:

“Don’t you know what happened a few days ago? Two planets nearly destroyed Earth—don’t you feel any urgency?”

“We can’t rely on Ultramen forever. Even if they seem to stand with us, they’re giants of unknown origin—humanity must seize its own destiny.”

Counselor Quan Teng: “But can you guarantee King Joe won’t go rogue? It was originally an invasion weapon sent by the Pedan people!”

Counselor He Zhi: "You've heard of Dr. Chao Ying, haven't you? I believe his skill is no less than that of the geniuses of Alchemy Star."

“Though he’s absorbed in research and rarely appears in public.”

“But I’ve brought him out to write a safe, stable control program for King Joe.”

(End of Chapter)