Ultraman Arbitrary Key: Dawn

Your senior went out for drinks and hasn't returned late at night. As the junior, you must sit properly in the room and wait for your senior to return before you can sleep.

Qi Ming, to put it mildly, not only didn't bow and use honorifics, but he openly defied his senior's authority. In Japan, this is considered "great disrespect."

Qi Ming felt nothing. "You taught me the principle that 'an envoy from a superior nation does not bow to the ruler of an inferior one.' As for you, Deputy Captain Nagi Saijo, you bark like a mad dog in public. Could it be..."

Qi Ming paused. He had intended to blurt out, "Is it because your parents died early, leading to a deficiency in your character development?" But then he thought...

Nagi Saijo's mother had actually died!

In the original Nexus Ultraman, she witnessed her parents being killed by an "Alien Beast," which also led to her developing a solitary and cold personality.

Attacking like this would cross the line of human decency, so he should stop.

However, the "mad dog" comment was enough to send Nagi Saijo into a rage. She suddenly spun 360 degrees and delivered a whip kick straight at Qi Ming's face. "I have to teach you a lesson today!"

Qi Ming was overjoyed. "Excellent! It's about time!"

He wasn't like that well-behaved kid Guren, who wouldn't "stop the Deputy Captain from shooting Kyosuke Kamiki, only to be knocked to the ground without complaint."

With a dive, he swept the leg and easily broke through her attack, then retaliated with a high roundhouse kick.

Nagi Saijo's combat skills weren't bad. She grabbed his leg at close range, preparing to strike Qi Ming's right leg with her elbow, aiming to break his knee.

Qi Ming immediately bent his knee and braced himself, using triangular stability to negate the blow.

He actually... withstood my attack?

Disbelieving, Nagi Saijo's attacks became even more ferocious, almost as if she were trying to kill him.

She turned, created distance, and then slammed her elbow straight towards Qi Ming's crown.

Qi Ming, reacting extremely quickly, sidestepped and followed up with a one-handed "White Ape Offers Peach," striking Nagi Saijo's jaw with his right palm.

The jaw is rich in nerves. After being hit, Nagi Saijo immediately fainted.

"Deputy Captain!"

"What are you doing! Are you rebelling!"

Seeing Nagi Saijo fall, Kishida and Yamanaka quickly rushed towards Qi Ming.

But here, only Nagi Saijo could exchange a few moves with Qi Ming. Against them, Qi Ming delivered a high whip kick and a left hook, easily knocking Kishida and Yamanaka to the ground.

"How can I protect Earth when I'm with insects like these!" After beating the three of them so they couldn't get up, Qi Ming looked at a dumbfounded Mamoru Shirogane.

Is this what you meant by 'the fastest way to resolve conflict is to escalate it'?

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Mamoru Shirogane didn't even have time to stop it.

He didn't even notice that the door to the command center had already silently opened a while ago.

Staff Officer Gondo, who had seen all of this, stared for a moment before turning to leave.

Reika Saeki: "Aren't you going to talk to Mamoru Shirogane about the transfer arrangements for the new team member?"

"There's no need." Staff Officer Gondo thought about Qi Ming's fierce moves just now, where he instantly took down three veteran members through "subordination": "He has already passed the assessment."