51. As for my suggestion, let's wait a little longer. (Please keep reading and follow this novel!)

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed, and Qiming's Star Gift points reached 2.

Over these six days, only trivial matters had occurred.

Following Abbas's method, those solidified statues had indeed returned to normal.

Staff Officer Gondo treated this success as his own political achievement, widely publicizing and reporting it. At the same time, he invited Qiming over once again, hoping to have a heart-to-heart chat in a private office for just the two of them.

Staff Officer Kichiji also extended an invitation to Qiming through Kiriyama, but Qiming ignored both of them.

Staff Officer Kiriyama made the excuse that Qiming had suffered hidden injuries due to exerting himself too much during the battle against multiple aliens six days ago and was currently recuperating. Both sides accepted this explanation.

Meanwhile, after witnessing Qiming's "divine and unfathomable calculations," Yamanaka and Kishida began consciously or unconsciously siding with Qiming, asking him to calculate their futures and romantic prospects.

Nagi Saijo even remarked, "Calculate where the fleeing Golza and Melba went."

Putting on a pretense, Qiming made a divination and suggested that they keep an eye on "Mt. Kirimon."

This was the hiding place of Golza in the original plot of Ultraman Tiga, but Nagi Saijo was not satisfied with this and demanded a more precise location.

To this, the latter brushed it off, saying, "It cannot be elaborated; the heavenly secrets must not be leaked."

As a result, the investigation team actually discovered traces of Golza's activity at Mt. Kirimon, though it appeared to have left shortly before.

When Qiming received the news, he found it extremely strange.

Left? Without any external disturbance, shouldn't Golza quietly absorb magma energy to grow stronger? Why would it leave?

Further investigation reports indicated that there were traces of other gigantic subterranean creatures operating beneath Mt. Kirimon, and Golza had probably been driven away by other monsters.

It seemed that in this world, which had fused almost all Ultra-series works, competition among native monsters was also fierce.

Fortunately, he had used the excuse of "heavenly secrets must not be leaked" in advance and hadn't spoken with absolute certainty, otherwise his reputation would have taken a hit.

That afternoon, while enjoying afternoon tea with Dr. Yagome, Qiming casually brought up a topic:

"Dr. Yagome, do you think I need to return the sniper rifle you helped me borrow?"

"A sniper rifle?"

"That's right, the Dunk Shot Gun." Because circumstances had changed, it hadn't been used at all last time.

"Let me check... You can keep it for now. After all, the weapons they develop will eventually be handed over to you Guts members anyway."

Having received Dr. Yagome's confirmation, Qiming placed the rifle into the trunk of the DeLamb car.

When he returned to the Guts command room, he heard Kishida speaking eloquently:

"You know what? The research of meteorologist Dr. Mizuno has made breakthrough progress."

"Their survey team has made a major discovery within the cloud clusters!"

"With this, his hypothesis has been proven! A type of creature we have never encountered before lives inside the clouds."

Qiming was startled. "A new creature? You mean the 'Lightning People'?"

Kishida nodded. "It seems Operative Qiming's fields of expertise are extensive; you are truly well-informed."

"Exactly. Dr. Mizuno's probe entered the cloud clusters in the ionosphere and photographed this mysterious creature!"

With that, to ingratiate himself with Qiming, Kishida pulled out his phone and showed him the "top-secret data."

The photograph showed a soft-shelled turtle-like planktonic creature that appeared harmless and possessed a somewhat dreamy quality.

It was indeed a Lightning Person from Ultraman Tiga.

Strange, this world used electromagnetic waves quite frequently; how could these Lightning People remain unperturbed and not mutate into [Gazarot]?

Yamanaka chimed in, "Creatures in the clouds? Then what do they eat—air?"

Kishida replied, "That requires further research."

At that moment, Emi, who was sitting in the "Nadeshi position" from the original show, suddenly announced, "Latest update, Golza and Melba have appeared in Kumamoto City!"

The giant screen flickered, showing Golza and Melba trampling the city streets and charging forward.

Qiming observed closely for a long time, confirming that they were the "basic type" Golza and Melba.

They had received no enhancements whatsoever; on the contrary, they bore additional injuries.

Melba's wings had charred, burn marks, while Golza's tail had a missing chunk as if something had bitten it off.

Had they ventured into the territory of other monsters while fleeing and licking their wounds, only to get beaten up?

Coming to Kumamoto City, were they planning to destroy the other two stone statues? If so, he might just be able to reap the benefits.

Emi asked, "The Defense Force has already sortied. Should we still go?"

Everyone looked unanimously at Qiming, including Captain Dan Moroboshi, waiting for his suggestion.

"Operative Qiming, quickly use your peerless 'divine star' to guide us."

Qiming stated, "Based on my understanding of the Defense Force, they only display destructive power when facing harmless and beneficial monsters. Don't expect them to accomplish anything under normal circumstances."

Dan Moroboshi nodded. "Alright, prepare to sortie. Saijo and—"

Qiming interrupted, "Captain, you've been cooped up in the command room for so long; don't you want to go out for some fresh air? How about the two of us share a fighter jet? Your leg shouldn't affect your piloting, right?"

"Let the Captain sortie?" Everyone was shocked.

If this had happened earlier, everyone would have strongly opposed it, and Yamanaka's remark of "Qiming, have you lost your mind?" would have immediately followed.

However, having experienced so many events, everyone's mindset had shifted to: "If Qiming says so, he must have a profound purpose."

Dan Moroboshi looked slightly surprised. "Very well. Saijo will remain at the base, and I will go with you."

Qiming and Dan Moroboshi piloted Guts Wing No. 1, while Kishida and Yamanaka piloted Guts Wing No. 2, advancing together toward Kumamoto City.

Along the way, the group monitored the development of the battle via satellite communications.

True to their heritage as the former Self-Defense Forces, the Defense Force exhibited an imposing momentum upon deployment.

Thirty Type 10 main battle tanks rolled forward like a steel torrent, accompanied by an imposing arrowhead formation of ten F-15J fighter jets, marching majestically toward the two monsters.

However...

Flames erupted from the barrels of the thirty tanks, and a salvo of bombardment caused Golza's body to sway, yet failed to inflict fatal damage upon it.

Gathering energy, Golza swept its purple supersonic ray across the street, instantly reducing the thoroughfares and the tanks stationed upon them to ashes.

Although the fighter jets possessed high maneuverability, Melba was even faster.

Spreading its sky-covering wings, the latter pierced through the barrage of gunfire unleashed by the fighter jets, smashing their metallic bodies to pieces like a goshawk diving upon a swallow.

The Defense Force's troops were completely annihilated.

Such were the two monsters hailed as capable of [shaking the earth] and [splitting the sky]—even when injured, they possessed terrifying destructive might!

"Damn it, is it still not enough?!" Aihara Ryu roared in frustration as he parachuted from his fighter jet.

Dan Moroboshi felt no schadenfreude. In his eyes, although these people had failed due to insufficient firepower, they remained brave warriors defending the Earth.

He said in a deep voice, "Alright, now the only things standing between the monsters and the city are us. Prepare to attack!"

"After fighting for so long, the evacuation of the civilians should be complete by now..." Qiming pondered and said, "I suggest we wait a little longer."

Dan Moroboshi was startled. "What!"

Qiming replied, "Don't be impatient, because right now, someone else is in even more of a hurry than we are."