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The Dance of Demons","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>\"Sir, what is your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qi Ming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Age?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty-one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your mother’s name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chen Yang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And your father?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long process, Qi Ming completed the basic information entry and received a magnetic card equivalent to an ID.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akita, who had been sitting aside with a sour expression, stood up: \"Come on, I’ll take you to see your dorm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming frowned slightly and pointed to the line beneath his name on the card—【Nationality: Japan】—to the female clerk behind the window: \"This is wrong. I’m from neighboring Shenzhou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clerk was a young woman who had just started; she had been daydreaming while looking at Qi Ming’s face and made the mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly apologized: \"I’m so sorry, I forgot to change the default nationality. Let me reissue it for you—I’m truly sorry for the trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akita, whose patience was nearly exhausted, tried to let the error stand: \"It’s no big deal. At TPC’s Far East Headquarters, Japanese nationality will make things easier for you. Don’t cause trouble. Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming didn’t move, waiting for the clerk to reissue his card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, are you coming or not? If you don’t hurry, I’m leaving you behind,\" Akita called from the doorway, trying to assert his senior status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming didn’t even turn around, leaving Akita embarrassed and storming out in a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He figured Qi Ming, without his guidance, would become a headless fly in this unfamiliar base, bumping into walls everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good riddance. Saved me the trouble of getting rid of him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming politely declined the clerk’s offer to take half a day off to be his tour guide and began wandering the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere he went, staff members, charmed by this elegant young man, greeted him warmly and offered detailed introductions—far more effective than Akita’s half-hearted efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he accidentally entered restricted zones, guards politely and courteously escorted him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, are you Dr. Yaobi?\" As he wandered, Qi Ming spotted a familiar figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man turned around, and Qi Ming’s eyes lit up—it was him, Dr. Yaobi, the developer of the Mega Power System from the original Ultraman Tiga series!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re… new?\" Dr. Yaobi asked hesitantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone he’d met before, he’d never forget such a strikingly handsome face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could say that. Do you have time? I’d like to ask you some questions.\" Qi Ming showed his magnetic card as proof of identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For anyone else, Dr. Yaobi would likely have ignored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But facing this handsome, refined young man, he readily agreed: \"Fine, come to my office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his office, Qi Ming gave his usual cover story—he had rescued Tokumaru from a crashed spacecraft during an archaeological expedition, and the latter, impressed by his courage and wit, encouraged him to join the Victory Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Risking your life to save people from three monsters? That’s impressive,\" Dr. Yaobi praised. \"But the Victory Team isn’t an easy place. Your looks are better suited for the Xinwen Force as a press officer—I’m sure TPC would love to have you as their public face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: \"If condemning monsters could drive them away, I’d be happy to do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Yaobi chuckled, thinking this young man had a sense of humor. He gradually relaxed and chatted freely with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming’s witty remarks earned his genuine admiration: \"You’re the handsomest young man I’ve ever met—far better than those TV stars. With this kind of looks, you could be making fast money, yet you chose to protect the world. Truly noble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming steered the conversation to the point: \"Dr. Yaobi, how is the research on the Mega Power System progressing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Yaobi grew alert: \"Where did you hear that name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming invented a friend: \"A friend gave me secondhand information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knowing that name isn’t easy,\" Dr. Yaobi thought Qi Ming was an insider and couldn’t be fooled, but due to secrecy, he said little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the real question: \"When do you think we’ll be able to cross dimensions?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Yaobi froze. \"Cross dimensions… You mean traveling to another universe? You believe in the multiverse hypothesis?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming: \"100% believe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To me, this isn’t a hypothesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Yaobi nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have good insight, but progress must be made step by step.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Centuries ago, people couldn’t imagine humans flying through the sky. Now we not only ride planes but have reached space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps in a few more centuries, humanity’s exploration will reach other universes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few centuries… He couldn’t wait that long. It seemed unlikely he’d find his way home through TPC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps the geniuses of the Alchemy Star might have a different view,\" Dr. Yaobi added at the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said if he were thirty years younger, he might have joined them himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Alchemy Star from Ultraman Gaia… exists in this world too.\" Hearing the name, Qi Ming’s eyes gleamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tokumaru had originally planned to assign Qi Ming to share a room with Yamaguchi, to help them build rapport.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under Qi Ming’s threat—\"I advise you not to meddle; if you meddle, I’ll meddle with you\"—he abandoned the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Tongshan personally arranged it, ensuring Qi Ming’s private dormitory was of high quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next two days, Qi Ming didn’t report for duty or see anyone; he stayed in his room, trying to decrypt his watch while using his computer to research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So TPC isn’t Japan’s only armed force—the Cabinet has its own Defense Force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the high-level data, it was clear this was the Defense Force from Ultraman Gaia, known for \"creating danger when there’s none.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They provoked Lidolias after Musashi had calmed it, causing it to go berserk again; they botched repairs of Haze King, worsening Gaus’s injuries; they crippled Marsalgas, which could digest Chaos Virus… Their blunders were countless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s said heaven has no two suns—yet now Japan has \"two suns in the sky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to media reports, the Defense Force and TPC frequently clashed; two tigers cannot share one mountain, and many believed a violent confrontation was inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the United States, there was an organization called TLT—Qi Ming guessed it was the one from Ultraman Nexus that captured suitable hosts for human experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>GUARD and the Alchemy Star’s headquarters, both from Ultraman Gaia, were located in Europe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, he found profiles of numerous prominent figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keigo Masaki from Kumamoto City, a genius member of the Alchemy Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Makoto Aizumi from Ayagawa City, called \"the compassionate entrepreneur.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of \"balance\" had kept this world of chaos alive until now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flipped through past major events and was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 1999, a meteor struck Earth—apparently Tsuhashi Yu had destroyed V99’s spacecraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monster named Gobu emerged from a wormhole and descended upon Earth—the Destruction Bringer had done its part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cosmic iron-cutting monster Dinazor invaded Earth and annihilated the space defense force—the Ampulla Star Man had also acted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though I hate to stand by and do nothing, this is… too much,\" Qi Ming thought, growing increasingly alarmed. This Earth was a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arranging news reports chronologically, it was clear the attacks by monsters and alien invaders were growing fiercer—now they had escalated to a \"Triple Assault\" with three monsters striking together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Tokumaru was desperate to keep him. Humanity truly needed the power of the Ultras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you expecting me to handle every villain in the Ultra Series? Commander Tokumaru has high hopes for me,\" Qi Ming thought, realizing he couldn’t possibly navigate this tangled situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he enjoyed challenging, thrilling projects, this was too thrilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, his watch face rotated, and the main interface changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Ci : 4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See Through: 2\u002F5.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Ci  had increased from 3 to 4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming looked at the real time on his watch: 3:15 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days ago, at this exact time, his watch had activated after scanning the Ultraman Tiga statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does Star Ci  increase by one point every three days? But what is it even for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Ming pressed and rotated the watch dials, trying hundreds of combinations, until he finally found the manual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, there was a message left by the watch’s creator for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1360,"2026-06-19T16:40:33.318Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","67ad3d7441c8d3b881c87f07cd22b4e492956e32d246b49befefe8babf62237b","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-6","ultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-chapter-4",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fultraman-arbitrary-key-dawn-cover.jpg"]