Ultraman Arbitrary Key: Dawn Chapter 24

"Cough..." He spat out silver blood, glanced back at Qi Ming, and then quickly ran into the night, escaping the pursuit of the Defense Team.

Kishida shoved Yamanaka aside. "Damn it! I'll have the police department mobilize tomorrow. We'll definitely catch him!"

But trouble had already struck tonight.

The next morning, Qi Ming, who had been notified, was the last to arrive at the command room. As soon as he entered, he felt an extremely heavy and oppressive atmosphere.

Mamoru Shirogane told him that the Kaitel Alien who escaped last night had killed someone.

Qi Ming was a little surprised. "They acted this quickly?"

Mamoru Shirogane: "The victims were a couple named [Umeda]. The Kaitel Alien killed them in front of their son and daughter!"

Umeda...

Hearing the surname, Qi Ming felt something was off. After looking at the photo, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

This Umeda brother and sister, whose parents had both died, were the same siblings who lived with Homura throughout the entire "Ultraman Leo" series!

In the original "Leo" story, it was the [Zulurk Star Alien] who killed the children's parents.

But in this world, the Zulurk Star Alien, despite its best efforts, couldn't get past Qi Ming and was unable to harm anyone.

Qi Ming had thought that the fate of these siblings should have already changed under the flutter of his butterfly wings, but he never expected...

Kishida, with a grim expression, slammed the table heavily. "Damn it! If we had dealt with it yesterday while it was still a statue, this wouldn't have happened!"

Yamanaka also looked gloomy; the wounds he sustained yesterday still ached.

He looked a bit embarrassed facing Qi Ming, regretting his actions immensely now.

Nagi Saijo, on the other hand, was pale and unusually dejected, not saying a word.

In her opinion, this was entirely avoidable. Qi Ming had planned to eliminate that alien, but it was their interference that led to this incident.

Qi Ming certainly wouldn't say inhumane things like, "As expected of Vice-Captain Saijo, being an orphan herself, she skillfully arranged for others to experience the same feeling." Blaming each other now was meaningless.

If there were to be any reckoning, it would have to wait until all current troubles were resolved. "Holding court and assigning blame" now would only exacerbate the conflict.

The situation was already severe and complex; he couldn't afford to let the team fall apart as well.

Although Yamanaka and the others were in a difficult situation, they could still be of some use.

He asked Emi, "Have you found this alien?"

Emi shook her head. "No, all surveillance cameras failed to capture it, and the police department hasn't found any clues either."

Qi Ming: "Its counter-reconnaissance awareness is quite strong. Including this released Kaitel Alien, there are now five types of aliens active on Earth."

Crow Alien, Mokujin Alien, Abobas, Natan Alien, and Kaitel Alien.

Five simultaneous attacks, enough to make one's scalp tingle.

Qi Ming's emotions were relatively stable. If he could eliminate all these aliens, it would be a huge harvest. His Star Gift points would definitely reach 10, allowing him to perform another Star Gathering.

He had a premonition that next time he would be able to "gather" a powerful existence.

Mamoru Shirogane felt the situation was dire. "If they appear and cause trouble together, even the entire military force of Japan wouldn't be enough to suppress the situation."

Qi Ming glanced at him. "If they really show up together, the Kaitel Alien should clash with Abobas first. Don't forget they have a feud."

There were also conflicts among these five aliens.

"Alright, everyone, let's pull ourselves together."

"What's happened has happened. What we need to do now is to curb the worsening and uncontrolled escalation of the situation and prevent such tragedies from happening again."

"Now, I'll share the information I have and analyze the current situation for everyone."

Despite being the newest member to join the team, Qi Ming displayed a quality called "leadership" at this moment, infecting everyone with his calm demeanor.

Everyone consciously moved closer.

"Let's start with the Crow Alien. Their heads resemble crows, but their bodies are like humans. A large group of them arrived, using the [Shrinking Ray Gun] to capture humans and prepare to take them back to their planet as slaves."

"Although they are numerous, none of them can giantize. Only one spaceship can barely hold its own, but Falcon 2 is enough to deal with them."

Emi raised her hand at this moment, saying that Abobas was beaten and fled yesterday, and all the humans kidnapped during those days were rescued.

With zero results in battle, would Abobas go after the Crow Aliens?

Qi Ming: "It's possible. Whether he'll come, I don't know, but the Mokujin Alien will definitely go after the Crow Aliens because one of his prey, [Zara], was taken by the Crow Aliens."

He informed everyone that this Mokujin Alien enjoyed a "hunting game."

He handcuffed two residents from other planets, [Lucia] and [Zara], and exiled them to Earth.

Then, he himself, as the hunter, would pursue them as prey.

He could giantize and possessed a certain level of combat power.

Emi: "That's too much!"

Yamanaka, however, had a different opinion. "If Qi Ming's information is correct, then this is a matter between aliens and has nothing to do with Earth. We don't need to concern ourselves with them."

As expected of Yamanaka, who would "hand over Ace to Hipporit Alien," it wasn't surprising he'd say something like this.

In any other team, such an opinion would have been drowned in a torrent of spit.

But within this "all-encompassing" Defense Team, his views received quite a bit of recognition.

Mamoru Shirogane hesitated, his gaze flickering.

Nagi Saijo remained silent.

Kishida also felt the current situation was complicated. With several aliens eyeing Earth covetously, there was simply no extra energy to spare for the love and hate entanglements between aliens.

As long as he didn't invade Earth or destroy cities, they shouldn't intervene.

However, Kishida clearly still had a sense of shame. After speaking, he cleared his throat and added a supplementary clause: "Of course, from the perspective of our civilization's values, such matters are naturally bad and should be condemned on moral grounds."

Qi Ming: "According to your statement, the matter between Chris Maya and the Mokujin Alien is also 'an alien affair'."