Chapter 460

“Since the captain is here, you take over.” Qi Ming decided to respect the professional and stepped aside.

Zhu Xingtuan thus climbed into the driver’s seat of the Jeep, utterly confused.

Just as the training was about to begin, Karimira located them using Qi Ming’s tracker.

“Why didn’t you invite me along for a beach vacation?” Karimira asked, walking up to Qi Ming.

Earlier, while wandering, she had seen some “anime” on television.

She noticed that many anime followed the same pattern: by the seventh or eighth episode, the male and female leads would be wearing swimsuits on the beach, relaxing, talking about their dreams and futures, then kissing.

Shouldn’t Qi Ming have done this with her? Why call these men?

Qi Ming lightly tapped the Jeep’s hood: “We’re not here to play. This is a special training designed for Reo and Toregia.”

Then he patted Zhu Xingtuan on the shoulder and told him to start the engine and ram into Wusaki and Hougen.

Zhu Xingtuan was stunned and bewildered: “Ram into them?”

Qi Ming: “It’s part of the training. Just do it!”

Zhu Xingtuan, still confused, pressed the accelerator. The Jeep surged forward. Hougen and Wusaki’s eyes nearly popped out as they saw the approaching vehicle and sprinted desperately ahead.

Wusaki cried out: “What’s going on!”

He was in human form—getting hit by a car could send him straight to the ICU, or worse, the morgue.

He wondered: Could this be mimicking the Calinians’ [Shoulder Charge] from before, so Reo could learn to counter similar enemies?

Then why am I being rammed too?!

Hougen also shouted: “Captain, I don’t understand—this is too dangerous!”

Qi Ming said from the side: “Dangerous? Good. That’s the point—face danger, then transcend death!”

He said this was his training secret.

By “transcending death,” you unlock life’s potential and push it to a higher level.

It sounded mystical, but the original Ultraman Leo series had already proven this method worked.

Early Leo was extremely weak—not just in technique, but in strength and defense too. He’d often be knocked out of transformation after just a few hits from C-class monsters.

But later Leo could take punishment—he survived three direct hits from the original Jack Ace’s beams, without even flickering.

This massive improvement came from Leo constantly teetering on the edge of death.

So, max out the load—just do it!

After hearing Qi Ming’s explanation, Toregia stared in disbelief. Was this even a real method?

But ramming them with a Jeep? That’s insane. Even pressure training needs gradual progression…

Zhu Xingtuan, upon hearing this, suddenly felt it made sense.

If this could accelerate their growth, then let’s do it!

Thinking this, Zhu Xingtuan grinned and stomped the accelerator, slamming the Jeep full-throttle toward Hougen and Wusaki.

“Hougen, Wusaki—don’t run! Charge at the Jeep! That’s how you face danger!” Zhu Xingtuan shouted.

Hougen ran even harder, letting out a shrill, distorted cry: “Captain, don’t do this!”

He wasn’t mentally prepared!

Wusaki suddenly had an idea and whispered: “Don’t worry—it’s just to scare us, push us to run and exercise. Zhu Xingtuan won’t actually kill us.”

Hearing this, Hougen immediately felt less panicked.

Qi Ming, standing nearby, said lazily: “This Jeep’s been modified—the brakes are slightly faulty. You get the idea.”

Zhu Xingtuan: “!”

Hougen: “!”

Wusaki: “!”

Hearing this, their muscles, which had just relaxed, tensed again. They pushed themselves to run harder.

Otherwise, they’d really get killed!

Qi Ming nodded in satisfaction. This was exactly the effect he wanted.

Even if they died, no problem—take them back to the Land of Light and revive them with Life Solidification Tech.

But Hougen and Toregia didn’t think that way.

If it came to that, it’d be worse than death.

When Hikari came to perform the revival, he’d see: “This Space Guard member died fighting an evil monster. This Ultraman died protecting life, taking the blow on his back.”

“Hmm, Toregia again? How’d he die?” “Oh? You say he was hit by a Jeep?”

That’d be too embarrassing!

Thus, for the sake of life and dignity, the two pushed themselves to the limit, sprinting and rolling across the sand, just to survive.

During this time, the Jeep truly demonstrated what “brakes failing” meant—because the two were actually hit…

Their faces twisted with agony, each roll filled with genuine terror.

Nearby, Aizumi Makoto cautiously peeked out. Seeing Hougen and Wusaki like this, he quietly pulled back.

Earlier, when Qi Ming said he’d use the beach to train Reo and Toregia, he’d thought he’d join in too.

Now that he saw this… he’d better ask Gagura and Ida Ikiryu for advice on improving his sword skills.

Karimira, standing beside Qi Ming watching, didn’t know what expression to wear.

Just now, she’d wondered why Qi Ming didn’t train with her one-on-one if he had a way to get stronger.

Now she saw… of course, Qi Ming still cared for me!

“Ten minutes? Good.” After ten minutes, when Qi Ming confirmed Hougen and Wusaki couldn’t run anymore, he told Zhu Xingtuan to stop.

Wusaki, once so concerned with poise, now lay beside Hougen on the sand, eyes vacant, completely broken, saying nothing.

Qi Ming checked his watch, then clapped his hands: “Ten minutes of exercise, ten minutes of rest. Come on—next round.”

Hougen: “?”

Wusaki: “?”

“Next round”? Another collision?

Hougen weakly said: “But, Mr. Qi Ming, I really can’t run anymore.”

Qi Ming: “You don’t need to run this time.”

Hougen and Wusaki exhaled in relief.

Qi Ming: “Because you can’t run away.”

Hougen and Wusaki: “?”

Qi Ming pulled out the Ultimate Battle Device: “Didn’t I say? The Jeep training was just a warm-up. Now comes the real battle. Come out—Mosuajia, GegaRed!”

Qi Ming summoned. The two powerful monsters he’d captured on Melani Star appeared near the exhausted Wusaki and Hougen.

Even though the monsters hadn’t been tamed and wouldn’t obey his commands, Qi Ming could still make them useful.

Suddenly transported from the “room” to the outside world, they paused, stunned, then, driven by their savage instincts, prepared to slaughter.

“Shhh!” Mosuajia swung its right leg down toward Hougen and Wusaki. The two behind it jolted awake. Facing death, even exhausted, they forced transformation.

Toregia and Ultraman Leo reappeared—but their lights flickered red immediately, showing their condition was terrible.

All thanks to the Jeep.

The sudden appearance of two giants startled Mosuajia and GegaRed. They cautiously sized up the two.

Especially GegaRed—it had once been defeated by Dyna, helpless and forcibly captured. Now facing a Light Giant with similar traits, it was deeply wary.

Qi Ming shouted: “This is phase two! Go! Leo, Toregia—fight these monsters!”

Wusaki: “?”

He’d seen these two monsters’ strength on Melani Star—he knew how powerful they were.

Feeling the ferocious aura of the two monsters before him, Leo whispered to Toregia: “Are these monsters strong?”