Chapter 278

"Smile, smile, smile."

After finishing breakfast, Qi Ming came to the Victory Team command room, browsing today's news while muttering softly.

Kishida on the side: "Smile... the English pronunciation of smile. Why have I been hearing you say this word for the past two days?"

Qi Ming: "You might hear it every day in the future. Let you adapt to it in advance now, so you won't be stressed and go crazy in the future."

He didn't know that the metal ball he threw with the built-in distress information had been directly intercepted by Carmeara.

Everyone looked overwhelmed and at a loss.

"Look, isn't that the bastard Minister Jiantong? He got promoted in the Defense Force and is holding a press conference!" Soldier Shan Zhong, who was also browsing real-time news, exclaimed.

Everyone gathered around, and Qi Ming was also curious about what kind of person the guy Soldier Shan Zhong called a "bastard" was.

Looking at the man with glasses in the news, Qi Ming's heart moved: "Minister Jiantong... so it's him, Minister Minister Jiantong from *Ultraman Neos*. In this world, he belongs to the Defense Force."

This is also a beastly high-level official with a dirty and filthy heart, who disregards the lives of his team members to cover up the ugly truth.

What an excellent matching mechanism; this underworld world, which is like a mass grave, perfectly achieved "not letting go of any bad person."

Kishida looked at Qi Ming: "Let me explain. An incident like this happened before you joined the team."

He recounted it slowly.

That was shortly after the new Victory Team was formed. During that time, incidents of Defense Force artificial satellites disappearing happened one after another.

Captain Moroboshi Dan sensed some unusual information, and being enthusiastic, he hoped to assist the Defense Force in investigating this matter.

The person responsible for handling this matter at the time was this Minister Jiantong, who said there was no need for the Victory Team to meddle in other people's business, and the Defense Force, which was full of talents, would handle it well.

A few days later, an unidentified strange object fell into TPC's jurisdiction.

After receiving the news, the Victory Team rushed over and saw a strange-looking object.

Kishida at the time wanted to analyze this massive object, but the surface of this thing was covered with special metal, making it impossible for the scanner to perform deep-level scanning.

At this moment, the object suddenly "came to life," became a monster, and sucked the Victory Victory Feiyan 1 piloted by Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian into its body in one go.

Everyone was anxious at the time; Moroboshi Dan wanted to contact Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian to ask about the situation, but the signal was interfered with by the monster.

At this time, Minister Minister Jiantong took the initiative to contact them, saying that the monster must be banished to outer space immediately, completely disregarding Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian's life.

Moroboshi Dan refused to listen, but Minister Jiantong used the Cabinet to pressure Moroboshi Dan, saying it was the Cabinet's order.

But TPC listens to orders but not to adjustments, and Moroboshi Dan argued on strong grounds and still refused to comply.

Minister Jiantong directly sent the air force to try to bypass TPC and forcibly take over the matter, throwing the monster into space with more than a dozen transport planes.

But Soldier Shan Zhong and Kishida refused to abandon their teammate, and the Victory Victory Feiyan 1 they were piloting almost exchanged fire with the Defense Force's fighter jets.

In the stalemate, in order not to make things worse and cause bad effects, Minister Jiantong had to tell the truth.

It turned out that this was a monster 【Gigadelade】 evolved from a meteorite, and all the previously disappeared satellites had been swallowed by it.

Those satellites contained many military satellites, so it contained astonishing energy inside.

And once a military satellite leaves its orbit, it will activate an automatic detonation device, which is expected to explode in three hours, and the power generated is enough to destroy everything within a radius of three hundred kilometers.

Such a short time is not enough to evacuate nearby residents.

This is the reason why he was so anxious to get rid of the monster; his superiors appointed him to handle this matter, and if it didn't go well, his future would be ruined.

"Future... you are still thinking about your future, what do you take the Deputy Captain's life for!" Soldier Shan Zhong at the time wished he could crawl into the screen and punch him.

Minister Jiantong said righteously: "Is your Deputy Captain's life more important, or the lives of millions of citizens around the monster more important? Can't you even do such a simple math problem? The Victory Team should have the awareness to sacrifice for the protection of citizens!"

Moroboshi Dan said that lives are equal and cannot be measured like this, and still insisted on carrying out the rescue.

Minister Jiantong said that I have already disclosed the confidential information to you. If something goes wrong, he can only express to the media that "the Defense Force wanted to carry out work actively, but the Victory Team repeatedly obstructed it; they are all cowards who fear death, disregarding the lives of citizens who couldn't evacuate in time for the sake of one Deputy Captain," and let them think clearly.

This is to shift the responsibility to the Victory Team and minimize the negative impact on himself.

When talking about this part, Soldier Shan Zhong in the command room interrupted: "No, it's still so suffocating to recall this part now. This guy is even more annoying than the initial Qi Ming."

Kishida also gritted his teeth: "If Qi Ming had been there at that time, we would have found a chance to put him in a sack and beat him up after it was over!"

Zero casualties—that wasn't worth making a fuss about in this world.

Moroboshi Dan's heart skipped a beat, thinking, you aren't serious, are you.

Hui Mei continued: "That time was really dangerous; that guy should indeed be taught a lesson."

Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian, who was the person involved, had a normal expression: "In the end, I was still saved."

She continued to recount.

At that time, Moroboshi Dan led the team to rescue, but the monster came to life and began to destroy the surroundings.

At the critical moment, Ultraman Imaginary Saiwen appeared, carrying the missiles and lasers fired by the monster, and pulled the Victory Victory Feiyan 1 piloted by Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian out of the monster's body.

Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian, who saw the light of day again, looked into Imaginary Saiwen's eyes through the porthole.

At that moment, she truly believed in this "giant of unknown origin" and believed in Ultraman.

Then Imaginary Saiwen used his Ice Axe to cut off the monster's external weapons and threw it into space when it couldn't move, and the matter ended there.

Speaking of this, Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian also involuntarily looked at Moroboshi Dan, not expecting that the giant who descended like a god at that time would actually be her captain.

After the matter was over, she still felt that the captain was very reckless. In that emergency, if he had abandoned her and destroyed the monster instead, she could have accepted it.

Kishida: "The monster was eventually solved, so Minister Jiantong, as the person in charge, was still commended and has been promoted ever since." This makes him resentful to this day.

Qi Ming thought that the direction of this past event was basically the same as the tenth episode of *Ultraman Neos*, "Decisive Action! SX Rescue Operation."

The monster is still that monster, and Minister Jiantong is still that beast.

It's just that the person grabbed into the monster's body changed from Captain Minato of the HEART team to Xin Xi Tiao Miss Qian, and the person who transformed to save people changed from Neos to Moroboshi Dan's Imaginary Saiwen.

Qi Ming: "Still angry? It's a small matter. Next time if my card draw luck is bad, let's find a chance to beat him until he's half-disabled, and we can all vent our anger together."

Considering that Moroboshi Dan was still in front of him, Qi Ming didn't say it too heavily, fearing to scare him.

But Moroboshi Dan still had an expression of "the matter has passed, why pursue those things," just not wanting to reprimand them in front of others because of the other team members.

Soldier Shan Zhong: "Great, let's do that!"

Kishida: "Card draw? Like *FGO* or *Uma Musume*? What game are you playing, Officer Qi Ming?"

He thought he could also download one, have more common topics with Qi Ming, and build a good relationship.

Qi Ming: "It's called *Earth Online: Hell Edition*."

Kishida: "?"

At this time, Soldier Shan Zhong, who was staring at his phone, said: "This guy is now at the same level as that 'Commander Shenshan', and can be considered core management."

From the perspective of authority, his task is to find the dangers brewing, nip the hidden dangers in the bud, and prevent them before they happen.

On Soldier Shan Zhong's phone screen, the promoted Minister Jiantong faced the media's cameras, his tone impassioned, as if he were the savior of humanity:

"It can be confirmed that Earth is being infiltrated by a large number of aliens!"

"They disguise themselves as ordinary humans, lurking in every corner of society, secretly planning invasion plans!"

"And our Defense Force will never sit idly by!"

He slammed the table and said righteously: "We will thoroughly investigate all suspicious targets, and even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we will ferret out these alien spies! The safety of citizens will be guarded by us!"

The scene of the press conference was filled with applause, while the few people in front of the Victory Team's phone screens looked disdainful.

Hui Mei: "He wouldn't be trying to take the opportunity to expand his power and engage in nationwide surveillance, would he?"

Soldier Shan Zhong: "But if he can find those evil aliens and destroy their invasion plans, it can be considered he did a good deed."

Kishida: "Hard to say. This guy's purpose is not pure. Compared to eliminating aliens, he is more for taking credit for himself so that he can be promoted."

Moroboshi Dan sighed, saying that walking forward with a wrong heart might cause serious consequences.

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On the other side, after the Defense Force's press conference ended, Minister Minister Jiantong summoned a group of subordinates, telling them to work overtime to find all suspicious clues and quickly find an alien to kill.

He wants results immediately.

"First, this alien must show something different from Earthlings, such as using superpowers."

"Then, it's best if he reveals his true form, like strange horns or colorful skin."

"Finally, our Defense Force will eliminate this alien in front of the cameras to show the citizens our reliability."

He said no matter what, he must find an alien within three days; he wants the citizens to see the results immediately and see the renewed internal prevention under his governance.

After the meeting, a group of people looked miserable.

Finding an alien within three days is too much to ask.

"Where are we supposed to find one." Xiang Yuan Long was also troubled.

He also wanted to eliminate evil aliens to protect Earth, but you've already made the announcement, and those powerful aliens aren't fools who don't collect information, so wouldn't they avoid the limelight?

Someone had a flash of inspiration: "Can we actively create an alien to hand in?"

Another person opposed: "Don't forget there is TPC, they are against us everywhere. If we really forge it, they will definitely find unreasonable places, and we definitely won't be able to escape then."

At this time, a man in a white coat smiled elegantly and gently:

"I don't think everyone needs to be so worried. Minister Minister Jiantong didn't say he must kill those evil and powerful aliens."

"Some aliens with weak abilities who cannot perfectly disguise themselves still have some traces to follow."

"No matter what his intention is for coming to Earth, as long as he has blood different from us Earthlings, TPC will have nothing to say."

On the work badge of his white coat was his name—【Zhen Tian Liangjie】.

That's right, he is Horii's friend from the original *Tiga* series, Zhen Tian Liangjie who transplanted the Ebolon cells.

In this world, he belongs to the Defense Force, serving as a supervisor in the research department, and recently became Minister Minister Jiantong's confidant.

After he finished speaking, a group of people except Xiang Yuan Long nodded: "Makes sense, Liangjie, you guy, your brain has been getting sharper recently."

Some colleagues who were familiar with him felt that Liangjie had undergone some changes recently. Originally, his personality was relatively withdrawn, he had IQ but no EQ, and he was devoted to research, but now he is becoming more and more capable.

Probably wanting to make progress.

Zhen Tian Liangjie didn't answer, smiled at everyone, and left.

After coming to a deserted place, a trace of scarlet light flashed in Zhen Tian Liangjie's eyes.

This is the trace of being possessed by 【Celebro】.

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Big events are about to unfold!

There will be an update around two o'clock in the afternoon, pushing the plot to a climax. I want to write ten thousand words today!

Asking for monthly tickets again!

(End of chapter)