5. The Dance of Demonic Chaos
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“Sir, may I have your name?”
“Qi Ming.”
“Your age?”
“Twenty-one.”
“Your mother’s name?”
“Chen Yang.”
“And your father?”
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After a lengthy series of procedures, Qi Ming completed the basic information registration and received a magnetic card equivalent to an ID.
Sitting nearby with a sour expression, Kishida got up and said, “Let’s go. I’ll take you to see your dormitory next.”
Qi Ming frowned slightly, pointing to the line under his name on the magnetic card that read [Nationality: Japan], and said to the female staff member behind the window, “There’s a mistake here. I’m actually from the neighboring land of Shenzhou.”
The staff member was a young woman who looked newly hired. She had been momentarily distracted by Qi Ming’s handsome face, which led to the error.
She quickly apologized, “I’m so sorry, I forgot to change the default nationality. I’ll redo it for you. Sorry for the trouble.”
Kishida, whose patience was wearing thin, decided to let it slide, “It’s no big deal. At the TPC Far East headquarters, having Japanese nationality will make things easier for you. Don’t make unnecessary trouble. Let’s go.”
Qi Ming didn’t move, waiting for the staff to redo the process.
“Hey, are you coming or not? If you don’t catch up soon, I’m leaving without you,” Kishida shouted from the doorway, trying to assert his seniority.
Qi Ming didn’t even turn his head, leaving Kishida to stomp off in frustration, door slamming behind him.
Kishida thought Qi Ming would just be like a headless chicken without someone to guide him in this unfamiliar environment, running into obstacles everywhere.
“Well, that saves me the trouble of chasing after him,” he muttered.
Qi Ming politely declined the offer from a staff member who wanted to take half a day off to show him around. Instead, he wandered the base on his own.
Wherever this graceful and charming young man went, the staff greeted him warmly and enthusiastically, eager to introduce things to him—far better than Kishida’s indifferent attitude.
When he accidentally stepped into a restricted, sealed-off area, the guards politely and courteously escorted him out.
“Excuse me, are you Dr. Yao?” As he wandered, Qi Ming recognized a familiar figure.
The person turned around, and Qi Ming’s eyes lit up—it was indeed him, Dr. Yao, the developer of the Max Power System from the original Ultraman Tiga series!
“You’re the newcomer?” Dr. Yao asked hesitantly.
If they had met before, he wouldn’t have forgotten such a strikingly handsome face.
“Sort of. Do you have time? I’d like to ask you a few questions.” Qi Ming showed his magnetic card as proof.
Most people wouldn’t have interested Dr. Yao, but faced with such a dignified and refined young man, he readily agreed, “Alright, come to my office.”
Once in the office, Qi Ming introduced himself with the usual story—that during his visit to the past, he had rescued the Tsuburaya team from a crash. Impressed by his courage and wit, they wanted him to join the Victory Team.
“Daring to save people with three monsters attacking—that’s impressive mental strength,” Dr. Yao praised. “But the Victory Team isn’t an easy place. Your looks suit a news officer position better. I think TPC would be very happy to have you as their public face.”
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Qi Ming replied, “If we could repel monsters with just words of condemnation, I’d be more than willing.”
Dr. Yao chuckled, thinking the young man had a good sense of humor, and gradually relaxed, chatting with him at length.
“By the way, have you ever had any subtle cosmetic adjustments to your face?” The straightforward Dr. Yao asked as delicately as he could.
To him, all living things have flaws; a “perfect” face probably only exists under a sculptor’s chisel.
But seeing Qi Ming’s face, he felt as if the sculpture had come to life.
“My mother is a great beauty, and my father was even pursued by professors back in college. I just inherited their best traits.”
“No wonder,” Dr. Yao sincerely admired. “You’re the most handsome young man I’ve ever seen, far better than those TV stars. With those looks, you could make fast money, but you chose to defend the world. Truly ambitious.”
Qi Ming got down to business, “Dr. Yao, how is the research on the Max Power System progressing?”
Dr. Yao grew cautious. “Where did you hear that name?”
Qi Ming fabricated a casual reply, “A friend gave me secondhand information.”
“Just knowing that name isn’t simple.” Dr. Yao regarded Qi Ming as an insider and knew he couldn’t bluff him, but due to confidentiality, he didn’t elaborate.
Then came the key question. Qi Ming asked, “When do you think we’ll be able to cross dimensions?”
Dr. Yao was stunned. “Cross dimensions... you mean traveling to other universes? You believe in the multiverse theory?”
Qi Ming replied, “One thousand percent.”
For me, it’s no mere theory.
Dr. Yao nodded:
“You have great insight, but the path must be taken step by step.”
“People hundreds of years ago never imagined humans could fly. Now we fly planes and even venture into space.”
“Maybe in a few hundred years, humanity’s exploration will reach other universes.”
Hundreds of years... he couldn’t wait that long. It seemed his hopes of finding a way home through TPC were slim.
“Perhaps the geniuses of the Alchemy Star will have different views,” Dr. Yao remarked wistfully.
He said that if he were thirty years younger, he probably would have been one of them.
“The Alchemy Star from Ultraman Gaia... also exists in this world,” hearing that name, Qi Ming’s eyes sparkled.
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Regarding lodging, Tsuburaya’s team initially wanted Qi Ming to share a room with Yamanaka to help them build rapport.
But under Qi Ming’s firm “If you try to push me, I won’t budge” stance, the idea was dropped.
Captain Kiriyama made a special request to provide Qi Ming with a high-quality private dorm.
For the next two days, Qi Ming didn’t show up for duty or meet anyone. He stayed in his room, trying to decrypt his watch while researching on his computer.
“So TPC isn’t Japan’s only armed force. The Cabinet has its own Defense Team.”
From the high-level information, it was the same Defense Team from Ultraman Gaia known for often “creating danger where there was none.”
The chaos caused by the previously subdued monster Ridorias turning savage again, the out-of-control repair of King Haze, and the resulting injuries to Ultraman Gaia, as well as the heavy blows to Masargas who could digest the Chaos Virus... a series of reckless incidents too numerous to list.
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It is said there are no two suns in the sky, yet now Japan has “double Ultramans.”
According to media reports, there are frequent clashes between the Defense Team and TPC—two tigers in one mountain. Many believe a major showdown is inevitable.
In America, there exists an organization called TLT, which Qi Ming suspected was the group from Ultraman Nexus that captures Suit Suiters for human experimentation.
The headquarters for GUARD from Ultraman Gaia and Alchemy Star was located in Europe.
Besides that, he found introductions to many notable figures.
Keigo Masaki from Kumamoto City—a genius member of Alchemy Star.
Makoto Aizome from Ayaka City—known as a “compassionate entrepreneur.”
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What kind of “balance” did this chaotic world maintain to survive until now?
He flipped through past major events and was amazed.
In 1999, a meteorite struck Earth—apparently Yuu Tsuchihashi destroyed the V99 spaceship.
A monster called Gobu came from a wormhole and landed on Earth—the Destroyer also got wiped out.
The space iron-cutting monster Dinozor invaded Earth and annihilated the defending space forces—the Ampera aliens were also wiped out.
“Though I hate to stand by and watch, this is really...” The more Qi Ming read, the more alarmed he became. Earth was essentially a powder keg ready to explode anytime.
Arranging the reports chronologically, he saw the monsters and alien invaders’ attacks grew increasingly fierce, now escalating to a “triple assault” with three monsters attacking simultaneously.
No wonder Tsuburaya’s team was so eager to keep him—they truly needed Ultraman’s power.
“Preparing me to deal with all the villains from the Ultraman series? Captain Tsuburaya really thinks highly of me,” Qi Ming thought, feeling overwhelmed by the complex situation.
Though he enjoyed thrilling and challenging projects, this was beyond intense.
At that moment, his watch face rotated, and the main control interface changed.
Star Bestowal: 4.
Perception: 2/5.
The Star Bestowal score had increased from 3 to 4.
Qi Ming glanced at the real-world time on his watch—3:15 p.m.
This was the time three days ago when his watch officially activated after scanning the Ultraman Tiga statue.
“Three days and the Star Bestowal automatically went up by one. But what exactly is this thing for?”
Qi Ming pressed the four buttons and rotated the dial, testing hundreds of combinations before finally discovering the user manual.
Inside was a message left by the watch’s maker for him.
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