At this meeting, he could barely get a word in. No one cared about his feelings or opinions.
However, after each side explained what they wanted, they realized there was no fundamental conflict between their demands.
The Mokujin Alien wanted to kill Lucia and Zara, while the Natan Alien wanted to kill the Maya Siblings.
There were only four of them. Killing them was no big deal; it was not as if they were short on a few slaves.
At that moment, the Crow Alien tactfully suggested that, for the sake of keeping their cooperation stable, they should at least wait until after defeating the Defense Team before presenting Zara to him with both hands.
Though he spoke respectfully and politely, everyone could tell that he feared the Mokujin Alien would leave after killing Zac, shattering their fragile balance.
The Mokujin Alien tacitly agreed. He was also worried that Abobas might come after him and capture him once he was alone. They did not know that Abobas could only fight at night.
Only the Kaitel Alien's demand could not be met, because he wanted to kill every young human.
That was naturally unacceptable.
What Abobas needed were powerful warriors, while the Crow Aliens wanted slaves capable of working.
If all the young and able-bodied people were killed, were they supposed to take a bunch of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people back with them?
In the end, the Kaitel Alien could only lower his demands. He said killing one-third of Earth's population would be enough, and that he wanted to kill Qi Ming personally to avenge himself.
And so, the five alien factions temporarily reached an agreement.
After the meeting, the Crow Alien leader privately approached Abobas. Since they were partners, he said, they should cooperate when it came time to divide the humans into slaves and avoid conflicts.
Partners... You lowly creatures think you deserve that?
Abobas sneered inwardly while putting on a perfunctory front.
As someone capable of growing gigantic, his level of life was higher than that of the Crow Aliens. During his time on Earth, he had vaguely sensed something utterly terrifying lying dormant on this planet. If he disturbed it, even he might not be able to escape unscathed.
For now, he only wanted to capture a few people and return to report back, so his trip would not be in vain.
Then an idea struck him. Were these aliens not powerful fighting forces, one after another? Unfortunately, there were too many of them. Even at night, he could not take them all down.
Thus, with their own schemes and even old grudges in their hearts, the alien alliance decided to attack the human world tonight and wipe out its living forces.
"What? You can't sense him?"
After returning to the Command Room, Lucia gestured for a while, and Qi Ming understood what she meant.
Probably because Zara had been shrunk, Lucia could no longer sense him.
Yamanaka looked disappointed. "We made the trip for nothing!"
Mamoru Shirogane sternly reprimanded him. "How can saving a life be a wasted trip?"
Just then, the Command Room doors opened, and Director Yin—the man who had wanted to kill Chief of Staff Kiriyama that day—strode in aggressively with four subordinates.
Qi Ming greeted him warmly. "Long time no see. Does your face still hurt?"
The others in the Defense Team did not know about his conflict with He Zhi's faction, so they were all baffled.
Director Yin's imposing momentum was scattered at once, and even his stiff, cold face could not help twitching.
He took a deep breath to compose himself, then stated his purpose.
"I heard the Defense Team has a friend from outer space here. We must not neglect our guest and damage the friendship between us and cosmic civilizations."
He said that he hoped Lucia could be transferred to the Security Department, where they would take good care of her.
Lucia shrank back. Director Yin's gaze made her extremely uncomfortable, reminding her of the Mokujin Alien.
The word "friendship" stirred something in Qi Ming. Could it be that He Zhi plans to torture Lucia for star coordinates, then blow up her planet?
He said blandly, "We just rescued Lucia from vicious aliens. She can only feel safe by our side right now. Aren't we getting along quite well?"
Director Yin offered several more reasons, but Qi Ming easily deflected them all.
Everyone found their back-and-forth confrontation very strange. Why was Director Yin, the head of security, so concerned about Lucia?
And Qi Ming as well—since Lucia could not sense Zara's location and could not find the Crow Aliens' hideout, she was irrelevant to this operation. What was wrong with letting Director Yin's side take care of her?
Director Yin finally dropped all pretenses. "Hand the alien over to us. Please cooperate. This is Chief of Staff He Zhi's instruction."
Qi Ming remained unmoved and replied evenly, "She will not be handed over. That is my instruction."
The atmosphere in the Command Room instantly froze to the extreme.
Kishida and Yamanaka were completely stunned. Director Yin had always kept strangers at arm's length. He was an extreme hardliner and also Chief of Staff He Zhi's representative.
They usually avoided dealing with him and went out of their way to stay clear of him, much less provoke him themselves.
In their eyes, this man was even more terrifying than Vice-Captain Nagi Saijo.
Yet Qi Ming was now clearly standing against him.
Mamoru Shirogane, who did not know the inside story, did not know what to say. He wondered why Qi Ming could provoke everyone so indiscriminately and be at odds with all of them.
Had obtaining Ultramen's power made him too arrogant, to the point that he looked down on ordinary humans? That would not do.
Director Yin said, "You..."
Qi Ming waved a hand as if shooing away a fly. "Enough. Now that you're done talking nonsense, you can get lost. Was getting slapped on the right cheek last time not enough? Do you want to offer up your left cheek too?"
Emi clearly saw the veins on Director Yin's forehead bulge.
At that moment, Yamanaka and Kishida no longer felt the slightest resentment.
What did it matter if he did not treat them like respected seniors? What did it matter if he had beaten them up? This guy even dared to curse out Director Yin. He was truly a role model for their generation!
Even Nagi Saijo, who was focused on the Umeda Siblings and had no interest in this, looked at Qi Ming with an added measure of admiration.
Sure enough, Qi Ming was not the sort to judge people by their status and bully the weak while currying favor with the powerful. He attacked everyone who did not get along with him equally.
In the end, his lesson from last time kept Director Yin from directly clashing with Qi Ming. "Next time, I will bring an official written order."
After leaving those words behind, he turned and departed. The Command Room remained silent.
Even after Director Yin invoked Chief of Staff He Zhi, Qi Ming still refused to yield. Did he not consider the consequences of this at all?
Kishida asked, "Team Member Qi Ming, from what was said just now... you and Director Yin have had a conflict before?"
Qi Ming said, "I kicked him once and slapped him once."
Yamanaka was shocked. "How come we never heard about that?"
Qi Ming said, "He did something shameful, and I caught him red-handed. Of course he did not dare make it public."
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