65. Evil Gets Its Just Deserts

Although Dan Moroboshi felt a pang of sympathy, there was really nothing he could say at this moment.

If they were to attack the giant turtle to protect these people, it might trigger a riot among hundreds of Earth monsters seeking justice for the creature, resulting in an even greater loss of human life.

Qi Ming spoke, "There is only one way for you to survive: return the giant turtle's eggs with your own hands and beg for their forgiveness."

The captain replied, "But the turtle eggs are with K崎 and his men."

Qi Ming countered, "Those who do wrong must pay the price. If you want to make amends for the mistakes you've made, you have to take some practical action."

The expressions of the captain and the first mate shifted constantly before they finally went off to consult the other crew members.

That night, the captain and the first mate came to K崎's room carrying a bottle of sake.

At that moment, K崎 and his assistant were busy plotting their "revenge plan."

He claimed to know a reporter named "Hiramukawa," whose reports were extremely inflammatory. He boasted that once he exposed all of this to him, the members of GUTS would be completely disgraced.

Hesitantly, the captain spoke up, "Mr. K崎, we should return those turtle eggs."

K崎 was taken aback. "What are you talking about! We've invested so much time and money. Now the mother turtle has escaped, and if the turtle eggs are gone too, won't all our efforts have been in vain?"

The captain suggested that perhaps the hives were truly a curse from the giant turtle, advising him not to stubbornly persist in his ways.

K崎 scoffed, "Captain, don't listen to the nonsense of those GUTS people. What do they know? Tomorrow, when we return to Tokyo, I'll make them regret this."

The captain tried earnestly to persuade him with kind words, but K崎 certainly was not willing to let his heavy investment go down the drain.

Eventually, the polite facade shattered completely. The captain smashed his wine cup onto the floor and snapped, "Don't toast to forfeit!"

The door swung open once again, and the crew members, driven to distraction by the unbearable itching, swarmed in to seize the turtle eggs.

Naturally, the members of the capture squad were unwilling to let their efforts go to waste. The only reason they served K崎 was because they were entitled to a cut of the profits from selling the turtle eggs.

However, having been beaten to the point of being bedridden by Qi Ming earlier that day, they were utterly powerless and could only watch helplessly.

Avaricious to the core, K崎 clung desperately to a giant egg and refused to let go, only to collapse into unconsciousness after the first mate delivered a fierce kick to the back of his head, forcing his grip to loosen.

"Is this going to give him a concussion?" the captain asked before leaving.

"Who cares? As long as we survive, that's all that matters," the first mate replied.

Acting on Qi Ming's instructions, they sailed the ship back to Oron Island, where they were met by the enraged mother turtle, weeping tears of blood and letting out a roar toward the heavens.

"Good grief, this turtle is massive. It's already at the monster level."

"How dare those bastards like K崎 provoke a creature like this and drag us down with them!"

A chorus of curses echoed among the crew members. Upon seeing the return of those bearing the "mark of death," the mother turtle's eyes turned bloodred, and she rushed forward to slaughter them.

"Please spare us! It was K崎 who stole your babies, and now I've brought them back."

The captain and first mate placed the four turtle eggs on the sand and led the crew in kowtowing to the mother turtle.

However, the mother turtle had no intention of forgiving those who had preyed on her offspring. She remained menacing and murderous, leaving the crew trembling violently in terror.

At that moment, Qi Ming stepped out from the side, placing himself directly between the mother turtle and the crew.

"They had nothing more than an employer-employee relationship with K崎. Even without them, others driven by greed would have done K崎's bidding. I beg you to punish only the principal culprit."

Compared to the shivering crew members, Qi Ming maintained a calm and composed demeanor, radiating absolute poise. Miraculously, his presence caused the mother turtle to halt her steps.

"This guy is the coolest dude I've ever seen," murmured a crew member, gazing at the fearless and majestic Qi Ming.

In the end, the mother turtle reclaimed her eggs and then spat a stream of water over the crew.

"Such a refreshing feeling! Oh god, the itching is gone!"

"Captain, the hives on your body are gone!"

"Mine are gone too! The curse has been lifted!"

Several people repeatedly kowtowed in gratitude to the mother turtle, but she ignored them entirely and retreated to the center of Oron Island with her young.

"What a benevolent creature, letting the accomplices go like that," Qi Ming remarked with a sigh.

A crew member looked around and asked, "Hey, where is the father turtle?"

Qi Ming answered, "Probably out taking care of business. Every act of good or evil eventually gets its due reward."

Because they had fallen out completely with the captain of the No. 4 Sakura Maru, K崎 and his entourage hurriedly chartered another vessel to return to Japan the moment they were barely able to walk.

"Damn it, it's all their fault! We didn't get a damn thing!"

The sense of loss from returning empty-handed made K崎's heart bleed.

All the way back, he swore that the moment they set foot on shore, he would ruin the reputations of GUTS and those crew members, making them targets of universal condemnation.

"We'll take them to court and throw them in prison!" K崎's assistant chimed in, sharing the exact same bitter enmity.

Just then, a circling giant shadow appeared in the distant sky, flying toward them.

"What is that? A UFO?!"

K崎 snatched a pair of binoculars and took a look, his face turning instantly pale. "It's the turtle from Oron Island! It can fly!"

The father turtle had flown in to exact bloody revenge!

Hovering directly above the capture squad like a bomber, it opened its maw and spat out several glowing red spheres.

These were the [Spherical Fire Bombs], equivalent to devastatingly powerful explosives!

"No! It's coming for us!"

The spheres detonated right in the midst of the capture squad. A sea of fire spread rapidly, and the group shrieked in agony amidst the raging inferno until they were entirely reduced to charcoal.

"They're finally dead." Qi Ming was unsurprised upon receiving the news, knowing full well that this matter was far from over.

In the original storyline of *Ultraman Taro*, an officer named Smith viewed the giant turtle monsters as a thorn in his side.

While the turtle couple was returning to Oron Island, he dispatched a fleet to bombard them, leveling the entire island and destroying the majority of the turtle eggs.

The mother turtle protected one of the eggs by holding it in her mouth, but her head was accidentally injured by a cannon shell. Driven completely berserk, she went on a rampage in downtown Tokyo, seeking vengeance against humanity.

East Kotaro transformed into Ultraman Taro to battle the mother turtle and, for the sake of the innocent citizens, was forced to eliminate her using the Storium Ray.

The baby turtle hatched from the final egg pressed its head against its dead mother's head and choked back sobs facing Taro—a scene that had broken young Qi Ming's heart.

According to intelligence from Emi, Qi Ming discovered that this officer named "Smith" was active in this world and currently served within the Defense Force.

Emi reported, "Oron Island falls under the jurisdiction of this Officer Smith. Word is that he has always believed the giant turtles would obstruct the Defense Force's warships and submarines."

"Now that the turtles have killed people, he finally has an excuse to exterminate them."

Time waits for no one. Qi Ming prepared to pay a visit to Aizen Makoto.

"Wait, what is this? It's so beautiful!" Another new piece of intelligence was transmitted.

Night had already fallen, and the islanders of Kozushima witnessed an unbelievable phenomenon—light particles drifting down like snowflakes.

When the footage was switched to the main screen, Qi Ming's expression shifted drastically.

This was the Chaos Header from *Ultraman Cosmos*! That thing had arrived as well!