[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn":3,"chapter-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-126":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Ultraman Arbitrary Key: Dawn",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2261343,4413,"Chapter 126: 122 Teach People, One Lesson and They Understand","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-126",126,"\u003Cp>Nishijo Nagi told Yamanaka that many more incidents had occurred last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A passenger jet crashed from the sky, several people on the ground died under bizarre circumstances, and their corpses looked extremely strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Metropolitan Police Department found the latter case highly suspicious and requested Victory Team’s assistance in the investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming went alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arriving at the scene, Qi Ming saw a black humanoid shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A living person turned to ash?” Qi Ming said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the weather was unnaturally hot, it couldn’t cause spontaneous human combustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The policeman said: “He was killed while using a hairdryer; the previous victim was killed while using an electric shaver. Their friends said they had no troubles and wouldn’t commit suicide.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: \"Even if they did commit suicide, they couldn't have died in such a bizarre way—this sounds like something from 'Approaching Science'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After searching the scene, a lipstick half-eaten away caught his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The victims burned to ash, died while using hairdryers and electric shavers, the bitten lipstick, plus the meteor I saw last night… Is it that thing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This thing could be caught and kept as a ‘Pokémon’—it might come in handy later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming deduced that the serial killings were caused by a “beetle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the [Nokochirin] from the original ‘Ultraman Jack’ series, a cosmic beetle that arrived on Earth via meteor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It enjoys eating lipstick and perceives any source emitting motor noise at the same frequency as its enemy, attacking targets with laser beams from its antennae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why those using hairdryers and electric shavers were attacked and killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original series, MAT executed Nokochirin, but the special laser gun’s energy was absorbed by Nokochirin, causing it to grow giant and destroy the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, its size could be controlled at will by exploiting this trait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all I know. Did everyone understand?” Qi Ming told Victory Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nishijo Nagi: “You plan to capture this insect, lock it in a special cage, and when you face a tough enemy, shoot it with a light gun to trigger its gigantification?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moroboshi Dan: “But how do you control its movements?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “Attach a speaker playing motor noise to the target monster—it’ll be instinctively driven to attack that target.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nishijo Nagi thought the plan feasible and asked if Qi Ming needed help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I have a way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming remembered that in the original series, the roar of a motorcycle could also attract this cosmic beetle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, the [Luo Qiesi] I mentioned earlier is also sensitive to sound, just like this beetle—maybe that’s why both are active on Earth simultaneously?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nishijo Nagi: “Explain in more detail.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “[Luo Qiesi] usually moves at night and despises noise—that’s why the ocean yacht was attacked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moroboshi Dan: “So the passenger jet that crashed last night? Its engine noise startled [Luo Qiesi], and it collided with the plane midair?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both incidents occurred at night, matching Qi Ming’s description of nocturnal behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “Most likely.” This was already established in the original series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for safety’s sake, Qi Ming advised they still verify it through standard procedures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Emi retrieved the recording from the crashed jet and played it over the communication channel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a bird—a huge black bird!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came screams and the roar of an explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emi sent photos of the jet wreckage to everyone’s PDI; all agreed it was the result of the jet colliding with something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kishida: “It killed so many people on the jet—this [Luo Qiesi] is definitely an enemy. We can kill it, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming affirmed: “Of course we kill it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original series, the [Biken] that also attacked the jet was “enlightened” by [Ren Long] in this world and became docile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But [Luo Qiesi] still acted as it pleased, retaining the cruelty of a carnivorous creature, proving it does not belong to Earth’s monster defense line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So like the earlier [Golzamirba] and [Gudun Shuangwei], it is an enemy threatening peace—definitely must be eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moroboshi Dan: “When will you rejoin us to search for [Luo Qiesi]’s nest?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “After I catch the beetle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the communication meeting ended, Yamanaka drove to the hospital where Yuriko was staying and found his fiancée Maya there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya: “Yamanaka, you’re here too. Did you hear? Matsumoto Saburo escaped from prison!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamanaka: “?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just hours ago they were discussing how Matsumoto Saburo would be locked up for at least ten years—now he’d escaped in less than ten hours?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too surreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya said she was worried about Yuriko and came to check on her; she also asked if Yamanaka had any way to recapture Matsumoto Saburo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya was such a kind girl—Yamanaka had once said in the original ‘Ultraman Ace’ that she’d feel sorrow even if he stepped on an ant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Yamanaka would have comforted his fiancée properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But concerning Yuriko, the thought of his fiancée having such a friend was anything but pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kishida spoke first: “Victory Team’s duty is to eliminate monsters—we can’t take over the police’s job.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamanaka said: “Don’t worry—this is a large hospital with many guards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, the police must suspect Matsumoto Saburo will seek revenge—they’ll surely station forces here and at Yokogawa Hiro’s side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He changed the subject:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My friends here—Kishida is a scientific genius, Emi is a super-hacker… and you’ve seen Qi Ming’s skills yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But your friend Yuriko has poor character. As the saying goes, ‘near vermilion, one gets stained red; near ink, one gets stained black.’ You should avoid her in the future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original series, the relationship between Gō and Akiko was never confirmed, but Yamanaka was already Maya’s fiancé—caring about his fiancée’s social circle was perfectly reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya sighed and said Yuriko wasn’t truly materialistic—she’d merely lost her way in Tokyo’s glitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamanaka shrugged, unconvinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya: “Then why are you here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamanaka: “To ask her to assist with the monster investigation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yuriko could recall which direction the monster bird flew from or any other details, it would greatly help them locate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told Maya to wait outside, then knocked and entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning Yamanaka had arrived, Yuriko, lying in bed with her eyes covered in gauze, became agitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Yamanaka, is that you? I’m scared—I’m afraid I’ll be killed. Saburo escaped to kill me, didn’t he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yamanaka comforted her: “A large force of police will wait here for Matsumoto Saburo to come and turn himself in—you’ll be safe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I need to ask you about the details of the monster bird’s attack. We must eliminate it quickly to prevent more victims.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuriko seized Yamanaka’s hand like a lifeline: “Please wait, Mr. Yamanaka—don’t leave! Stay by my side, please!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, Maya saw this and her face darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kishida cleared his throat, trying to ease the awkwardness: “She probably just feels safer with you—after all, you’re a Victory Team member who can take down monsters. It’s nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after this explanation, Maya’s expression grew even darker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Single Kishida felt drowned, utterly at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yuriko’s nominal fiancé, Yokogawa Hiro, appeared outside the ward at some point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the scene, his face equally grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1197,"2026-06-19T16:40:33.318Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1b29df38b0cb2c90a0c071e33dfc0dd48c1e5b5a067bed44f6c0f5b16323b59b","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-127","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-125",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-cover.jpg"]