Chapter 365

Amidst the ruins created by the fierce battle, Victory stared at Qi Ming for a full half-minute.

In the end, he didn't show any indication and dissipated his figure into tiny golden light particles.

The task assigned by the Queen was completed, and he returned to the underground world.

In the Victorian Sanctuary, a 【Sho】 who looked like a human youth in simple clothing appeared among the glowing Victory Crystals.

He stared at the transformation device 【Victory Lancer】 in his hand, his eyes filled with confusion: "Why would he know my name?"

But regardless, he wasn't qualified to agree to such a matter concerning the fate of the entire clan—leaving seclusion to protect the Earth with the humans on the surface—so he had to ask the Queen for instructions.

【Sho】 walked back, and as he walked, he suddenly fell silent.

"Aren't those enemies who want to destroy the Earth brought here by you humans..." he suddenly whispered to himself.

He thought of the Kierong Star Beast, the Pedan Star's Jin Guqiao, and many other things.

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"Didn't speak, just left like that. That's fine, at least he didn't firmly refuse."

Looking at the departing Ultraman Victory, Qi Ming wasn't too disappointed.

"Judging from his reaction after I called his name, he should be 【Sho】 himself."

In the original *Ultraman Ginga S* series, Ultraman Victory's human host 【Sho】 is a transformer with a somewhat tsundere personality.

In order to investigate the invaders who wanted to seize the Victory Crystals, he came to the surface from the underground Victory and deliberately kept his distance from humans.

And then—under the temptation of Ultraman cookies, he eventually became good friends with Ultraman Ginga's human host, Hikaru Raido, after not knowing each other without fighting.

So Qi Ming believes that he will be able to convince 【Sho】 sooner or later.

"Whoosh!" At this moment, a transport plane descended from the sky, and Hikari and Moroboshi Dan jumped out of the cockpit.

Moroboshi Dan had clearly come to support the battlefield with Ultra Telekinesis, but he was one step late.

Hikari asked: "Is it all over?"

Qi Ming: "It's over this time, but Carmeara and Darrgon are still alive, so there will be plenty of tossing and turning in the future."

Moroboshi Dan: "What's their background?"

Qi Ming: "Let's talk while eating. After fighting so fiercely for so long, I'm a bit hungry."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at the Nebula Trio, who were hiding behind a big tree, trembling, as if they had been named by a teacher—"Come to my office after school"—and didn't dare to leave: "Boss, is the restaurant still open today?"

"Open, definitely open!" The Nebula Trio nodded.

Because of their rich parachuting experience, although Shan Zhong and Antian crashed, they were not injured. They were responsible for directing the TPC staff to carry out the aftermath work.

Gai Kurenai took Juggler, who had been heavily damaged by Darrgon, back to the base for treatment. Fujimiya and Jun Himeya left again, and Qi Ming took the others to gather at the Nebula Restaurant.

In the private room arranged by the Nebula Trio, Qi Ming, Emi, Nagi Saijo, Moroboshi Dan, Queen Tianzhao, Hikari, and Director Airan Cheng filled a table.

Facing such distinguished guests, the Nebula Trio went all out, exerting 1,000% of their effort, and set a table full of hard dishes.

Qi Ming nodded in encouragement and commented after the meal: "Very good."

Nagi Saijo already knew about the Nebula Trio and looked at them with slightly sharp eyes: "So, are they aliens who came to invade Earth?"

The Nebula Trio immediately knelt down: "Sorry! We did have such thoughts at the beginning, but we have already severed ties with our home planet. Now we just want to run the restaurant well; please give us a way to live!"

Qi Ming, seeing them sweating profusely from nervousness, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, you haven't harmed humans, and you haven't hoarded dangerous goods for invasion. Judge by actions, not by thoughts; we won't do anything to you."

Under normal circumstances, aliens lurking on Earth would certainly attract high attention.

But because of Qi Ming's words, this matter was directly finalized—three harmless aliens running a small business on Earth, no need to pursue it.

Moroboshi Dan raised his glass to toast them: "Regardless of background, as long as you love this planet and are willing to abide by human rules and interact with humans properly, that is enough."

He affirmed their attitude of bravely stopping the Miki aliens and exposing their conspiracy after discovering it.

Emi also said: "If you find clues about other aliens in the future, you can provide them to us—we will give rewards."

This is to develop them into informants.

Being exposed to the eyes of Victory Team members and still not being detained, imprisoned, or treated seriously, the Nebula Trio breathed a sigh of relief, knowing they had landed safely.

With the recognition of these big shots from TPC, they could treat themselves as real Earthlings and live peacefully on the land they operated, without having to live in fear anymore.

After finalizing the matter of the Nebula Trio, Moroboshi Dan asked about the Dark Giants.

Qi Ming frowned slightly: "Very troublesome guys. They just revived, and their strength hasn't recovered. After a period of time, they should be able to reach a level close to A-level."

"Judging from the metal ball in Carmeara's hand, they came from another dimension."

"But strangely, the three Dark Giants don't have the ability to travel through time and space, right? How did they find their way here?"

Hikari spoke: "It might be because of the space-time chaos caused by Bulton earlier. Because they were holding a metal ball originating from this space-time, they were selected and pulled over."

Qi Ming sighed: "Alright, my pot."

Sure enough, there is no such thing as a risk-free matter in the world.

Emi asked: "What did they do in the past?"

Qi Ming: "Evil Dark Giants. Thirty million years ago in another dimension, they killed the super-ancient humans on Earth, turning the land into a river of blood with heads rolling."

Even Darrgon, who has the least interest in destruction and killing, is the kind of existence that doesn't care about the life or death of ordinary people at all. To him, killing those people is like an elephant stepping on an ant; he wouldn't care, nor would he feel guilty.

He would say lightly, "Even if I destroy everything, I will lure my rival out," and then start destroying the city.

Moroboshi Dan, upon hearing this, his face suddenly sank: "For the sake of people's lives, they must never be allowed to live."

Queen Tianzhao: "Must kill them."

Qi Ming: "I think so too."

Emi asked about the thing she cared about most: "Why did that Carmeara have that reaction after seeing you, Team Member Qi Ming? She seems to... like you very much?"

Qi Ming: "She likes the Trigger I transformed into."

Qi Ming said that Carmeara is an existence that possesses both "evil" and "deep affection."

She treated humans with contempt like ants, and in order to seize the Eternity Core, she set off a bloody storm after descending to Earth in the super-ancient times, killing people everywhere.

But she is also a woman who is consistent, loyal, and never changes her heart.

Once she identified Trigger, she loved him with all her heart and was obsessed with everything about him.

Even when obtaining the power of the Eternity Core, she put him before herself.

And then, the most ridiculous thing happened—the Trigger she loved most lived on as the human she looked down upon, smiling and smiling all day long.

Humans smiled because Ultra Warriors stood up to protect them, but Carmeara couldn't smile.

Finally, the reason she obtained the Eternity Core and went to destroy the world instead of ruling it is also very outrageous—that Trigger who loved me can't come back, so let this world be destroyed with my Trigger. Yandere, yandere, the "dere" is real, and the "yan" is also real.

Top-tier love-brain, but it's truly terrifying to disregard the lives of others for the sake of love.

Director Airan Cheng thought for a moment and said something shocking: "Then use this point to win her over, how about it? I believe in Team Member Qi Ming's charm!"

Director Airan Cheng felt that as long as one truly repents, the power of darkness can also be used for light.

"Absolutely not!" As soon as this was said, it immediately received unanimous opposition from everyone.

Emi: "Are you kidding? Should Team Member Qi Ming go and deal with her with fake affection?"

Moroboshi Dan and Nagi Saijo said: "Since those guys have done so much evil and taken countless lives, they must pay the price of their lives for their sins."

Queen Tianzhao said: "Lord Qi Ming must never suffer such grievances; this is an insult to him!"

Qi Ming also said: "Win her over? Non-existent. She only wants that Trigger of hers."

In a sense, if Kengo Manaka in the original *Trigger* series could have confessed to Carmeara in the first episode, saying "I love you, let's protect the Earth and guard the light together," then 90% of the plot might not have happened.

After all, Kengo Manaka is Trigger himself, possessing the soul that Carmeara loved deeply.

But Kengo Manaka didn't do that.

Without memories in the early stage, he was at a loss, and after recovering his memories in the later stage, he had no intention of having a good talk with Carmeara.

Although he showed mercy several times, the attitude that justice and evil cannot coexist was very clear.

So the two collapsed and ended up in that situation of life and death.

Qi Ming: "I am very sure I am not any Trigger. I am a 21-year-old student, a Victory Team member, but I can never be any original body."

He said that Carmeara probably misjudged this time, but she would soon realize that he was not Trigger.

In the 12th episode of the original *Trigger* series, Carmeara also misidentified the Dark Trigger shell, which had power but relied on physical instinct, as Trigger himself.

But she soon learned her lesson, and later recognized at light speed that the Dark Trigger transformed into by Ignis was a fake, and hit him anyway.

Hikari, who had been silent, finally spoke again: "For the sake of those innocent lives that died, they must be solved."

The "Super-Ancient Purgatory" in Qi Ming's mouth reminded him of the lifeless Planet Arb, and he believed that such heinous guys must not be allowed to live.

Qi Ming: "No problem, if they dare to appear again, I will kill those two guys myself."

Seeing Qi Ming's firm attitude, Emi nodded heavily.

As expected of Team Member Qi Ming, who has zero tolerance for evil!

Queen Tianzhao also said: "I will also help you."

As she spoke, she frowned again, saying that fighting while leaning on a crutch was too inconvenient.

Moroboshi Dan, upon hearing this, immediately said: "If used properly, a crutch is also a good weapon."

He immediately talked about many experiences of using a crutch, which made Queen Tianzhao nod repeatedly, praising: "Not bad, Captain Moroboshi, I didn't expect you to have such rich experience in using a crutch."

Moroboshi Dan suddenly fell silent: "..."

These words are so heartbreaking.

At this time, Queen Tianzhao asked Hikari again if he could add some functions to the crutch, such as extending a sharp weapon from the front, or simply being able to use it to fire cannons.

Hikari said it could be improved, and he would work with Agamus to modify the crutch based on Queen Tianzhao's combat data.

Moroboshi Dan moved his chair to Hikari's side: "Sounds good, when I recover my transformation ability, can you make me one too."

Hikari fell silent.

He looked at Moroboshi Dan's legs, which had already recovered, and said with slight worry: "Are you alright?"

Amidst eating and drinking, this night passed.

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At the same time, outside the Earth.

A withered-tree-shaped spaceship appeared, perfectly dodging all radar detection in a stealthy posture, and appeared outside the atmosphere.

It was exactly Dr. Saiki's giant spaceship.

Because his space-time travel was interrupted by Eclipse Cosmos, he and Queen, after experiencing hardships and suffering countless pains, finally escaped a series of troubles and found this place.

"Tree of Life." Through high-tech cameras, Dr. Saiki saw the 300-meter-tall lush tree standing on Earth.

"Sure enough, the Tree of Life has come alive!" Dr. Saiki was extremely excited after seeing this scene.

This means his plan can continue.

After capturing the Earth's network signal and seeing a series of news, Dr. Saiki shook his head: "This planet is also crying."

His robot, Paril, said: "Earth is just like other places, full of disputes."

Dr. Saiki saw a past image at this time, which was the battle scene where Qi Ming, transformed into Zoffy, heavily struck the vampire bat Shuranos.

Dr. Saiki said: "In the name of justice, committing slaughter, I really want to ask these Warriors of Light, what kind of justice is it to take lives."

On the other side, lunar orbit.

A huge figure wearing a scarf and constructed of dark gold and white appeared.

This is the 【Bewitching Warrior】 Carmeara, but Darrgon is not by her side, nor are there any scars from the battle during the day.

"Is this Earth? The Earth that the clan elders said has the Eternity Core. After a long journey, I've finally arrived." Carmeara looked at the Earth not far away and complained.

From her appearance and her self-talk, her identity is ready to be revealed.

This is the Carmeara born from this hybrid universe. Unlike the three Dark Giants from the original *Trigger* universe, she is a local.

She hasn't gone through a life-and-death battle yet, hasn't met her companions, but has a heart full of ambition!

"Very good, next, let me use the Eternity Core to change the universe into a world that belongs only to darkness!" This local Carmeara rushed toward Earth.

This is a "little demon girl" who is new to the world.

The next moment, she saw Dr. Saiki's spaceship and thought to herself, what is this thing.

Is it Earth's external warning device, or an alien who came to grab the Eternity Core from me?

Might as well strike first.

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1 The "Ultra Garrison Goes West" where Jin Guqiao and the Pedan aliens first appeared actually has a very dark forest feeling.

The probe launched by Earth arrived on Planet Pedan, and Planet Pedan thought Earth was preparing to invade them. This reason also left Moroboshi Dan speechless, and he also thought this human behavior was very bad.

But later, after Moroboshi Dan's "promise between cosmic humans," invading again is Planet Pedan being dishonest.

(End of chapter)