Ultraman Arbitrary Key: Dawn Chapter 31

"They're all really dead..."

Not long ago, Mamoru Shirogane reported remotely that all the aliens had been dealt with by team member Qi Ming and could no longer threaten Earth.

Staff Officer Gondo at the maritime base thought it was a pipe dream and immediately went to see for himself.

After arriving at the scene and seeing the carnage and devastation, he fell silent.

Reika Saeki, as cold and sharp as Nagi Saijo, was also stunned. "He did all this alone? This is unbelievable..."

Staff Officer Gondo: "He's like an alien killing machine!"

He looked around. "Where is team member Qi Ming? I want to talk to him personally."

Faced with such a terrifying record, Staff Officer Gondo couldn't sit still and wanted to recruit Qi Ming himself.

Just then, a commotion could be heard from a distance.

"It's reporters! Many reporters heard the noise and are coming."

Staff Officer Gondo frowned. "These reporters are faster than anyone when there's any disturbance. Get the press officer over here quickly."

Qi Ming, also alerted by the noise, walked out. Seeing so many reporters, he immediately sent a private message to Emi via his PDI communicator, telling her to have Lucia stay in the car and not come out.

"My goodness, this person looks... Is he also a member of the Defense Team?"

"Look at the gun on his waist, that's Defense Team equipment!"

The reporters immediately surrounded Qi Ming, their cameras and microphones pointed at him.

They believed that even if Qi Ming said nothing, countless female viewers would pay for his face, and newspaper and magazine sales, as well as TV show ratings, would be secured.

Qi Ming was taken aback because he recognized the "reporter trio" from Ultraman Gaia among the crowd of reporters.

News director Kenji Tsurugi, cameraman Norifumi Inoue, and female host Reiko Yoshii.

It was good to see them, adding a touch of vitality to this grim world.

But there were also grim people here. That scumbag reporter Hirukawa had also arrived.

He stepped on the feet of countless reporters and forcefully pushed his way to Qi Ming, looking like he was about to shove the microphone into Qi Ming's face.

"Team member of the Defense Team, please tell us, did you take so long to achieve results after the Defense Force because you were playing the long game?" Hirukawa asked.

Staff Officer Gondo, overhearing the question, turned pale. This was a trap question with two possible answers.

If he denied it, it would confirm the statement that "TPC is inferior to the Defense Force."

If he said they were playing the long game, Hirukawa would seize upon the victims killed by aliens in the past few days and blame them, using public opinion to attack the TPC for disregarding civilian lives to achieve their goals.

This guy's intentions were truly malicious!

"Tell Qi Ming not to answer. Don't say anything until the press officer arrives," Gondo said in a low voice, but the order clearly couldn't reach Qi Ming, who was surrounded by reporters.

Kenji Tsurugi frowned, disliking Hirukawa's behavior, and was about to speak up righteously.

Qi Ming spoke with a calm expression. "The TPC has always prioritized protecting the public and maintaining peace. It is under this spirit that we dare to confront ferocious aliens and eliminate them all."

No matter what they ask, just state your own opinion.

Hirukawa was stunned. He had seen how young Qi Ming was and thought he would be easy to break, perhaps guiding him to say a few keywords he wanted.

But this statement left no room for any loopholes.

Hirukawa quickly recovered his fake professional smile and continued, "It seems you had everything under control. Then why didn't you announce your operational plan earlier to reassure the panicked citizens? Are there any inside stories that the public doesn't know about?"

Qi Ming: "That's not the point. The point is that we resolved multiple aliens with minimal losses. The operation in the suburbs resulted in zero casualties and no property damage to the public. Don't you think the results we achieved were very substantial?"

If they continue to ask this question, reply with "The problem isn't here. I think the real problem is..." and then continue to state your opinion.

Hirukawa's face turned green and then white. He knew this young man had seen through his tactics.

He couldn't continue asking tricky questions anymore. If it was too obvious that he was deliberately making things difficult for Qi Ming, he would be blacklisted by all the female viewers in Japan.

Staff Officer Gondo and Reika Saeki on the side were amazed. They hadn't expected this guy to be not only powerful but also skilled at handling the media!

The members of the Defense Team, however, had strange expressions.

Yamanaka: "Why do these words sound familiar to me?"

Emi remembered clearly: "This sounds like the 'response formula' that Qi Ming used when the captain was being difficult with reporters on TV."

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

"I believe the reason the public feels uneasy is that some unscrupulous media outlets are exaggerating the facts."

"This reflects our unhealthy social values. I hope the industry will boycott reports that lack professional ethics."

"I believe the authorities must apply pressure to hold some unscrupulous reporters accountable for their biased reporting."

Staff Officer Gondo and the Defense Team members were amazed once again.

Qi Ming, after blocking all of the opponent's moves, was actually able to counterattack!

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