[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn":3,"chapter-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-468":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},2261685,4413,"Chapter 468","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-468",468,"\u003Cp>The Pitian suddenly jolted awake, then instantly went weak in the knees from terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bad, bad, bad! One of our Pitians has become a traitor—leading the enemy right in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, fortunately, I prepared in advance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the muzzle of the Victory Hyper Gun in Qi Ming’s hand, the Pitian said: “If you don’t want these people to die, don’t move a muscle!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of virtual images materialized, each showing a human, their bodies entwined by juvenile Airei Kings, their gazes vacant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rabi, Sakimi!” Xiang’s face changed—he saw his two companions also entangled by the juvenile Airei King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When did they get up to the surface?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pitian: “Are there any people here you care about? Then don’t come near me—or I’ll make them all kill themselves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The juvenile Airei Kings are linked by a network of electromagnetic waves, allowing mutual communication; she can control all of them simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang: “Using hostages as leverage—how despicable!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately moved closer to Qi Ming and asked what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we go after the Pitian, these hundred people are dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if we don’t deal with this Pitian now, Saiwen outside will be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to choose between humans and Ultramen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: “I know how to solve this one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out the juvenile Airei King that had been placed on the hotel room’s dining table, removed his insulated gloves, and gripped it with his bare hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The juvenile Airei King immediately coiled its tail around Qi Ming’s neck, releasing electricity—it sought to absorb his brainwaves and turn him into a puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This act stunned everyone present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this… some kind of suicide attempt?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming knew exactly what he was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original Max series, Kaito reversed the Airei King’s brainwaves through sheer willpower—and he was going to do the same!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Under the same conditions, there’s no reason I’d do worse than anyone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, golden light erupted from Qi Ming’s entire body; under his will, the brainwaves of every juvenile Airei King in the city began to reverse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the virtual images, the juvenile Airei Kings wrapped around people’s necks dissolved into golden light and died as their brainwaves reversed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humans they had controlled each snapped back to awareness, regaining their selves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rabi, Sakimi—they’re okay!” Xiang exhaled in relief, overwhelmed with gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw Rabi, upon regaining consciousness, hugging a box of Ultraman cookies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang: “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they came to the surface just to buy cookies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could this happen!” The events before the Pitian’s eyes defied belief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ai, who understood a little of the principle, was equally stunned—what immense willpower this required.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this… the one chosen by the Earth’s will?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. You’re done. Order the Airei Kings to stand still and take the blows without resisting—that’s your final warning,” Qi Ming said coldly, staring at the Pitian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tide had turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, the Pitian held hostages to threaten Qi Ming—now she herself had become his hostage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordering the Airei Kings not to resist… wasn’t that ordering them to die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will never accept such humiliation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pitian gritted her teeth and turned to Yang Ai beside her: “Kill them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Ai did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though my lineage was once exiled, I am still human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To strike at the one recognized by the Earth’s will while siding with an alien—that would forever brand my lineage as traitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her last resort failed, the Pitian slammed her hand down and pressed the yellow emergency button on the main console.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her dare to resist, Qi Ming fired without hesitation—the Victory Hyper Gun shot a laser through her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pitian slumped, slowly collapsing, dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her Rayonix power gone, the Airei Kings’ presence in the city plummeted, growing listless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It immediately sensed its master’s death; in grief, it unleashed wild currents of electricity to carry out its master’s final command—kill Saiwen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saiwen, already weakened from the earlier struggle, was blasted backward by the strike, his transformation undone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuxing Tuan rolled several times on the ground, finally coming to rest beside Feng Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gagura immediately ordered the now-weaponless Ascalon forward to engage the Airei King in close combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even without Rayonix enhancement, the Airei King was B+ level—Ascalon still couldn’t match it, failing to inflict meaningful damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming looked at Yang Ai, who held the Victory Torch:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Yang Ai, now tell me about you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, let me share my personal view—you’re not enemies with Xiang and the others. 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