Chapter 447: 440 The Earth-Shattering Wisdom in the Mountains: Qi Ming Is a Monster

"Why suddenly get married? No warning at all—could this be a flash marriage?" Qi Ming coughed once: "Romance isn't a game; marriage is a life-altering decision that demands careful thought."

Hui Mei nodded silently; Karimira was also deeply satisfied with Qi Ming's grounded, sincere view of love—he hadn't immediately accepted her, which proved he took it seriously.

Kishida looked at the flowers in his hand: "Team Leader Qi, true love arrives like this—you can't stop it. The moment I saw her, I knew she was my destined other half!"

Qi Ming: "So you launched a full-court pursuit?"

Kishida: "Exactly. If you like someone, you must act—otherwise, you'll regret it for life!"

Karimira thought: This teammate of Qi Ming's speaks rather nicely.

Qi Ming covered his head: How did you turn into a love-struck fool too!

He asked Hui Mei and the others: "What exactly happened recently?"

Gagura recounted the entire sequence of events.

After listening, Qi Ming fell into thought.

Ghost flames seen during midnight patrol, the woman attacked, the crushed car, Kishida's love-struck state…

After viewing the photo of the woman Kishida rescued from the car—【Hirota Aki】—Qi Ming immediately recognized it as the plot of Ultraman Jack Episode 44, "Love Offered to the Stars."

Qi Ming told Kishida: "So… you must cherish this girl deeply."

Kishida beamed and asked the clairvoyant Qi Ming if he had discerned anything—such as whether their birth charts were perfectly compatible.

Qi Ming: "You like her, and she'll like you too—but…"

Kishida panicked: "But what?"

Qi Ming: "As you come to know her better, you may uncover a truth too hard to accept. Still, it's better if you discover it yourself."

With that, Qi Ming left the mystery hanging, chuckled softly, and left the command room.

Hui Mei, Nami Nishijo, and Gagura followed, eager to hear about Qi Ming's recent experiences.

Karimira stayed close beside Qi Ming: "What truth? What's really going on? Tell me now!"

Good—attention has been diverted.

Qi Ming said: "If I'm not mistaken, the woman Kishida saved is an alien—【Kainthars】."

The Kainthars planet sent a phosphorescent monster, 【Guranadas】, and an operative—namely, the woman Kishida rescued, "Hirota Aki."

During her infiltration, the operative fell in love with Earth and betrayed her homeworld. The phosphorescent monster was ordered to hunt down this traitor—that's what happened on that night in the mountains with Kishida.

In the original plot, Ultraman Jack lost the battle because he refused to use his bracelet and was overpowered by the phosphorescent monster.

After saying goodbye to Kishida, Hirota Aki whispered, "I love you too… goodbye," then chose to perish alongside the phosphorescent monster, securing Ultraman Jack's final victory.

Karimira grasped the gist: "So it ends in tragedy? I don't like this ending."

In her view, true lovers should always end up together.

Qi Ming: "Then change it."

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In the Victory Team command room, Kishida paced anxiously, clutching the flowers, replaying Qi Ming's words in his mind.

"A truth too hard to accept… What does that mean? Why didn't he just say it outright?" His beloved's name clouded his judgment.

Yamana said: "Qi Ming's always been cryptic—he's never told us half the things he knows. This isn't the first time."

Kishida froze: "Now that you mention it…"

They began talking, trading memories of Qi Ming's suspicious behavior over recent weeks.

"Remember the 'Basela' incident with the abandoned infant corpses? Qi Ming gave us detailed intel beforehand, then went completely silent during the battle."

"Even earlier—when Zhong Zhong Bai You reappeared after being defeated by Seven, suddenly switching sides to help us fight Ligar? Qi Ming vanished for over an hour."

"Yeah, then he claimed he was praying—what a ridiculous excuse…"

"And during the battle against Bogaru—he vanished, then reappeared as if he'd been gravely ill. No one knows what happened."

"And when the Disk Beings attacked the Delta Space Station—he returned to base before we did…"

"The deputy commander even said he'd investigate thoroughly…"

The more they recalled, the more suspicious Qi Ming seemed—yet everyone had always brushed it off, until it became second nature.

We never questioned it before, but now that we've weighed it, even a thousand pounds couldn't hold it back.

His terrifying strength and speed, his uncanny ability to provide critical intel, and his consistent disappearance at the most crucial moments of monster attacks…

Yamana: "Could it be… Qi Ming is a monster?"

Kishida coughed: "That's exaggerated. Even if Qi Ming's strange, he's never been a threat—he's helped us countless times."

Yamana: "I don't think he'd harm us, but aren't you curious how he does it? If we learned his secret, maybe we could become just as powerful."

Frankly, Kishida had never cared much about such things—and now he had no energy to spare. His mind was fixed on Miss Hirota Aki.

Still, he didn't want to dampen Yamana's enthusiasm. He nodded vaguely, promising to dig through old files and investigate further.

Yamana: "I think the captain and deputy captain have noticed something too—but they won't confront Qi Ming directly. Let's wait until he's away, then talk openly."

Kishida nodded vaguely: "Yeah… yeah…"

At that moment, his phone rang. He opened it—and froze: "What do you mean we have to change dorms!"

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On the other side, Qi Ming's room was once again packed.

Gagura, Hui Mei, and Nami Nishijo all wanted to hear about his recent experiences. Before they began, Aizen Makoto arrived as well.

But as soon as he stepped inside, he sensed something was off.

From left to right: Nami Nishijo, Hui Mei, Qi Ming, Karimira, Seiji Tachibana, Gagura, Toregia.

Hui Mei and Karimira glanced at Qi Ming's face, then at each other.

Qi Ming, caught in the middle, wore a subtle expression.

Yet Qi Ming calmly recounted the harrowing events of the Monster Graveyard battle.

"Here's the footage too, Gagura—this was recorded specially for you by Red Kai. He said it'd be a shame if you missed it while staying on Earth." Qi Ming pulled out the projector.

(End of Chapter)