Chapter 191

"Bang!"

A sturdy wall was torn apart by sharp claws, revealing a monstrous, five-meter-tall "rat."

It was the demon-type Lifeform 【Nosferu】!

It stepped into the room, radiating murderous intent.

Renwen, who had just been knocked unconscious by Goro, woke up and nearly fainted again at the sight: "That giant rat again!"

Reiko was terrified: "We're doomed—we're not in the car now, we can't run."

Emi scanned the surroundings and found the situation difficult: there was a giant enemy, but Qi Ming couldn't transform with so many civilians around.

Goro took the opportunity to retreat behind Nosferu, revealing a cold smirk.

You're strong, are you? Being strong means nothing—before a powerful Lifeform, your little…

The next moment, that smirk froze.

Qi Ming didn't retreat before the terrifying Lifeform; instead, he charged straight forward.

He dodged Nosferu's claws, stepped on its knee for leverage, leapt upward, spun around, and slammed a punch straight into its head.

"Bang!" Nosferu crashed heavily to the ground, leaving Goro stunned once more.

What kind of fighter is this—he actually knocked down a Lifeform!

Nosferu hadn't grown to fifty meters yet, but five meters was already an insurmountable height for a human!

"You knocked down a lifeform without transforming?" Both Fujimiya and Hikari looked as if they'd seen a ghost; Himeya Jun was even more stunned.

Haven't been back to Japan for years—has the physical conditioning of combat personnel here improved this much?

"Bang!" The next moment, Emi pulled out the Victory Hyper Gun and fired at Goro.

Goro was hit by the sudden attack; he clutched his wounded abdomen, gritting his teeth: "Nosferu, take me away!"

After suffering repeated blows, he chose not to fully enlarge Nosferu, but to retreat first.

He was genuinely scared now.

Qi Ming didn't chase him—Chengyanzhen currently housed three major threats: the Metal Lifeforms Mezard and Magnia, and his allies, Himeya Jun and Fujimiya, were in terrible condition.

In this situation, pressuring Goro further wasn't a wise choice.

"He ran away?"

"Is it over?"

Half a minute after Goro's departure, Dr. Inamori and the trio of reporters finally realized they were out of danger.

"Qi Ming, you're from the Victory Team, right? I'm Tian Rui from KCB—I interviewed you before at that crow-man's abandoned factory." Tian Rui stepped forward first.

"Of course I remember." Qi Ming smiled.

"You're amazing—if you hadn't arrived in time, we'd be dead." Renwen joined in: "Clearly, the Victory Team is more reliable than the Defense Force."

Seeing this, Himeya Jun silently retreated toward the door.

After witnessing Qi Ming's strength, Himeya Jun felt confident that Qi Ming could protect the three junior reporters.

Qi Ming noticed Himeya Jun leaving: "Mr. Himeya, aren't you going to stay and fight with us?"

Himeya Jun glanced at the Victory Team insignias on Qi Ming and Emi's uniforms: "I don't trust your organization."

Qi Ming understood—after all, the TPC director of this world was Tsuchihashi Yu.

But he couldn't bring himself to do what Nami Nishijo did in the original plot—holding a gun against him despite being saved multiple times—so he merely gave Emi a glance.

Emi nodded, quietly raised her hand, and released an extremely tiny tracker onto Himeya Jun's right arm.

Seeing Emi succeed, Qi Ming nodded inwardly—there were too many people here; he'd talk to Himeya Jun in detail later.

After Himeya Jun left, Hikari also tried to leave, but Qi Ming grabbed the back of his neck: "You're not going anywhere—get to work with Fujimiya and build me a time machine." Fujimiya, who had been checking on Dr. Inamori's injuries, couldn't help giving Qi Ming a look of pity.

His sense of balance was restored.

Though Qi Ming had a great body, he himself had a great mind—each had their strengths.

"What's wrong? Can't you build it?" Qi Ming asked.

Fujimiya: "So you weren't joking earlier?"

Dr. Inamori: "Fujimiya, are you alright?"

Fujimiya: "I'm fine…" But as he spoke, his body trembled involuntarily.

He'd already been severely injured by the Metal Lifeforms, and his wounds had worsened after his clash with Goro.

"Let's talk somewhere private." Qi Ming considered, then pulled Fujimiya and Hikari into an empty room.

"Let me introduce you: I'm Ultraman Gaia, he's Ultraman Agul, and this is Ultraman Hikari." Qi Ming spoke plainly.

Fujimiya glanced at the Knight's aura on Hikari's wrist: "That's obvious."

Hikari studied Qi Ming closely, astonished: "You've transformed from a human into pure void—I thought you'd need months to recover."

Qi Ming: "Ultraman Hikari, like Ultraman Imaginary Saiwen, comes from the Land of Light—he's the Director of the 'Cosmic Science and Technology Bureau' there."

A scientist among the Ultras? Fujimiya was surprised.

Qi Ming's words stirred memories in Hikari; a fleeting look of melancholy passed over his face: "Those are past matters."

Qi Ming: "They can't stay in the past—I need you to build a time-space machine that can take me home."

He repeated that he came from another timeline and asked Fujimiya and Hikari to build a device capable of traveling between the two worlds.

Hikari: "Technically, it's difficult. Do you have the coordinates of your original timeline?"

Coordinates again…

Qi Ming: "Do you absolutely need coordinates?"

Fujimiya was speechless: "For example, you want to take a car to the supermarket to buy something—we can build the car for you, but if you don't even know where the supermarket is, how can you get there?"

It was indeed difficult.

Qi Ming: "Forget the time-space machine for now—build me some enhancement items!"

Ultra Capsules, Ultra Medals—give me some serious mods!

Hikari: "I can't transform right now, and I'm not in the Land of Light's lab—I can't manufacture such advanced technology under these conditions."

Qi Ming: "Iron Man built a reactor in a cave—can't you overcome these harsh conditions?"

Hikari looked confused: "Who is Iron Man?"

After Qi Ming gave a brief explanation, Hikari shook his head: "That's just science fiction—don't take it seriously."

Science fiction…

At that moment, Qi Ming didn't know what to say.

Science fiction may be detached from reality, but our "imaginary tokusatsu" isn't far behind!

Qi Ming: "Then at least heal Imaginary Saiwen's leg and fix his transformation device—surely that's possible?"

Hikari: "I'll take a proper look at it later."

These words meant he agreed to accompany Qi Ming to TPC after this crisis was resolved.

But the immediate priority was eliminating the Lifeforms entrenched in Chengyanzhen.

(End of Chapter)