"Fine." Qi Ming nodded. Before leaving, he gave President Tachibana a parting warning: "I've said all there is to say. Anything more would be pointless. Take care of yourself."
The moment those words left his mouth, the string known as "reason" in President Tachibana's mind finally snapped.
He roared at Qi Ming's retreating back, his voice as loud as a jet engine: "Who do you think you are, talking to me like that?!"
"Just a passing archaeologist. Anyway, I'm not your dad." Qi Ming did not turn around. He merely waved, leaving without taking a single cloud with him.
Before long, Qi Ming and Emi met Dr. Koizumi.
He wore a white lab coat and thick glasses, looking like a kind, charitable old man.
After taking a small sip from his cup, Dr. Koizumi asked, "May I ask what brings you two here?"
Emi said, "It's about the urban facilities you planned for Tokyo, as well as this Underground City..."
Dr. Koizumi said, "The Underground City is humanity's dream, and Earth's dream as well. It is a great undertaking in humanity's exploration of the unknown world."
Qi Ming had no interest in such perfunctory rhetoric. He directly activated Ultraman Arbitrary Key's insight function.
The next instant, he saw a thread invisible to ordinary eyes embedded in the back of Dr. Koizumi's head.
A puppet on strings... The words flashed through Qi Ming's mind.
Qi Ming got straight to the point. "Who exactly are you? The one talking to us right now isn't Dr. Koizumi, is it?"
Dr. Koizumi looked puzzled. "What are you talking about, handsome young man? If I'm not Koizumi, then who am I?"
Qi Ming said, "Drop the act. Did you think I wouldn't recognize the lay of mountains and rivers? That portion of Tokyo's urban