Chapter 50

"Star Gathering," activate!

Qi Ming pressed the button, and the four buttons on the Ultraman Wildcard simultaneously emitted a green laser; the four lasers formed a curtain of light at their intersection.

The image within the light curtain showed a strange space, where a giant shining with red light was fighting an enemy that looked like a cobra.

"Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya and the Phantom Dragon!" Qi Ming immediately recognized these two colossal beings.

This was the scene Takayama Gamu saw during the particle acceleration experiment in the first episode of "Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya," "Seize the Light."

The camera zoomed in on the Phantom Dragon, showing it extending its neck and massive head to perform a piercing, violent strike against Ultraman Gaiya.

Qi Ming: "?"

Wait, why the close-up on the Phantom Dragon? I didn't draw this piece of trash, did I!

"Shing!" Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya spread his arms, gathering a large amount of photon energy at his head to form a massive, ribbon-like red light blade.

This was Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya's finishing move—【Photon Edge】!

The Photon Edge was fired, hitting the Phantom Dragon; the latter's body stiffened, then it suddenly exploded into pieces, killed instantly.

The camera view froze; after losing its target, it recalibrated and selected Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya on the side.

Ultraman Gaiya's face filled the light curtain, giving Qi Ming a feeling—he was watching Ultraman Gaiya, and Ultraman Gaiya was watching him too.

Ultraman Gaiya nodded, and then the light curtain dissipated.

The dial of the Ultraman Wildcard rotated, and a silhouette of a giant appeared on the screen, accompanied by three lines of text:

Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya.

Integration: 60%.

Rating: B-level.

"Just now, did Ultraman Gaiya really see me? We were looking at each other through the light curtain of the Ultraman Wildcard."

"He nodded at me; is that the Earth's will affirming me?"

Qi Ming felt melancholy for a moment, but then stopped dwelling on it; whether it was or wasn't didn't matter.

For him, returning to his own Earth was what mattered most.

Does Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya possess the ability to travel through time and space?

It seems so, yet it seems not.

Although Takayama Gamu and Fujimiya Hiroya once traveled to the Earth of another world to protect the Tree of Life in "Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga."

But it's possible they just cobbled together another time-space shuttle to get there, unrelated to Ultraman's power.

Forget it, I'll ponder it slowly after the next transformation.

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"To think, they really are all dead..."

Not long ago, Moroboshi Dan reported the situation remotely, saying that all the aliens had been dealt with by Officer Qi Ming and could no longer endanger the Earth.

Counselor Quan Teng at the maritime base thought this was simply talking in his sleep upon hearing it, and immediately wanted to come over to see for himself.

After arriving at the scene in person and looking at the corpses strewn everywhere and the utter mess, he fell silent.

Beside him, Zuo Bo Lijia, who was as cold and hard as Saijo Nagi, was also shocked: "This was all done by one person? This is simply..."

Counselor Quan Teng: "Simply an alien killing machine!"

He looked around: "Where is Officer Qi Ming? I want to have a personal chat with him."

Faced with such a terrifying combat record, Counselor Quan Teng could no longer sit still and wanted to recruit Qi Ming personally.

At this moment, a commotion came from afar.

"It's the reporters, many reporters came over after hearing the news."

Counselor Quan Teng frowned: "These reporters, at the slightest sign of trouble, they run faster than anyone. Quickly, have the press officer come over."

Qi Ming, hearing the commotion, also walked out. Seeing so many reporters, he immediately used his PDI communicator to chat privately with Huimei, telling her to instruct Lucia to stay in the car and not come out.

"My god, this person looks... is this also an officer of the Victory Feiyan?"

"Look at the gun on his waist, that's Victory Feiyan equipment!"

The reporters immediately surrounded Qi Ming, aiming their long guns and short cannons at him.

They believed that even if Qi Ming didn't say a word, countless female viewers would pay for his face, and newspaper and magazine sales, as well as television ratings, would not be a problem.

Qi Ming was startled, because he saw the "Reporter Trio" from "Ultraman Ultraman Gaiya" among this group of reporters.

News Director 【Tian Rui Jian Er】, Cameraman 【Jiang Qi Lun Wen】, and the female host 【Ji Jing Ling Zi】.

How nice, adding a touch of vitality to this gloomy world.

But there were also gloomy people; that scum reporter Hirukawa had also come.

He stepped on the feet of countless reporters, forcibly squeezing to the front of Qi Ming, looking as if he wanted to poke his microphone into Qi Ming's face.

"This Victory Feiyan officer, may I ask why you had results so much later than the Defense Force? Are you playing a long game to catch a big fish?" Hirukawa asked.

Counselor Quan Teng, who was listening on the side, had his expression change drastically upon hearing this question; this was a trap-style question that could be interpreted in two ways.

If he didn't admit it, it would confirm the claim that "TPC is inferior to the Defense Force."

If he said they were playing a long game, he would definitely seize upon the victims killed by aliens over these days, hold them accountable, and guide public opinion to attack TPC for disregarding civilian lives to achieve their goals.

This guy, his intentions are too sinister!

"Tell Qi Ming not to answer, don't say anything until the press officer arrives," Quan Teng whispered, but this order clearly couldn't reach Qi Ming, who was surrounded by layers of reporters.

Tian Rui frowned; unable to stand Hirukawa's behavior, he immediately wanted to speak up for justice.

Qi Ming spoke with a normal expression: "TPC has always made protecting the masses and maintaining peace its top priority. It is precisely under the guidance of this spirit that we dared to face the brutal aliens and eliminate them all."

【No matter what they ask, just state your own point of view.】

Hirukawa was stunned for a moment. Just now, seeing that Qi Ming was very young, he thought he would be easy to break through and could guide him to say the keywords he wanted.

As a result, this statement left no loopholes at all.

Hirukawa quickly recovered his fake professional smile and continued to ask: "It seems you had confidence early on, so why didn't you announce your battle plan earlier to put the panicked citizens at ease? Are there some inside stories that the general public doesn't know about?"

Qi Ming: "That is not the point. The point is that we solved multiple aliens while keeping losses to a minimum, operating in the suburbs with zero casualties, and causing no property damage to the masses. Don't you think the results we achieved are very substantial?"

【If they continue to ask this question, answer 'The problem is not here; I think the real problem is...', and then continue to state your point of view.】

Hirukawa's face turned blue and then white; he knew this young man in front of him had seen through his tactics.

He couldn't continue to ask tricky questions either; it was too obvious to others that he was making things difficult for him, and he would be blacklisted by all the female viewers in Japan.

Counselor Quan Teng and Zuo Bo Lijia on the side had their eyes opened; they didn't expect this guy to not only have superior combat power but also know how to deal with the media!

And the members of the Victory Feiyan had strange expressions.

Shan Zhong: "Why do these words sound a bit familiar to me?"

Huimei remembered very clearly: "This seems to be the 'response formula' Officer Qi Ming said when the Captain was being grilled by reporters on TV before."

At this moment, Qi Ming's expression stiffened as he looked at Hirukawa:

"I think the reason the masses feel uneasy is that some unscrupulous media are exaggerating the facts."

"This shows our morbid social values, and I hope the industry can boycott those reports that lack professional ethics."

"I think the authorities must exert pressure to make some unscrupulous reporters take responsibility for their biased reports."

Counselor Quan Teng and the Victory Feiyan members were amazed once again.

Qi Ming, after taking all the moves from the other side, was actually still able to counterattack!

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