Just as Qi Ming was about to try a different approach to persuade him, a communication request from Chief of Staff Gondo came through.
"Is this Team Member Qi Ming? I already understand the basic situation. You don't need to be afraid..."
Qi Ming cut him off directly. "What gave you the impression that I'm afraid?"
Gondo: "..."
Emi, seated in the passenger seat beside him, said, "Team Member Qi Ming means that he didn't kill anyone, so his conscience is clear."
Gondo said, "That's good. We also know you were framed and are doing our best to clear your name, but you were still a little too impulsive in front of President Tachibana..."
He proposed a solution: Qi Ming should return to Sea Base now, and they would publicly claim that he had been detained for investigation.
That way, they would have an explanation for President Tachibana.
Gondo said, "Nothing will happen. Just get some sleep in your own dorm room."
Qi Ming sighed. "Chief of Staff Gondo, you're such a nice person. You're much better than that captain who always wants me to 'let the capable do more.'"
"I want to sleep too. Who wouldn't want to rest in a comfortable bed?"
"But the situation is urgent. After I exposed Underground Man Bokur's stand-in, both sides are playing with their cards on the table. We have to seize the initiative."
He remembered when he had first arrived in this world and secretly warned himself never to risk his life like Kengo Manaka from Ultraman Trigger.
He had only helped people within his means. He could not let himself collapse from exhaustion, and had to preserve as much strength as possible for unexpected situations.
But now, if he went to sleep, the sky might fall by the time he