Chapter 90

After the daily exercise, Qi Ming went to the Command Room as usual and found everyone looking solemn.

It wouldn't be that what you fear comes true... Did Murphy's Law take effect?

Zhuxingtuan explained the situation: "In order to develop the moon, the Defense Force launched a supply rocket into space yesterday, which was loaded with six atomic bombs."

"But after launching into space according to the scheduled plan, the rocket was interfered with by a powerful typhoon and crashed in the Pacific Ocean."

"One of the atomic bombs exploded in the deep sea 5,000 meters in the Japan Trench, triggering a not-so-small undersea earthquake."

Qi Ming was shocked: "Has the Defense Force become so brainless that they don't even check the weather forecast when launching rockets?"

Emi: "It is said that this typhoon formed very suddenly, catching them off guard."

A suddenly appearing typhoon?

Kishida continued to introduce the situation: "Four of the remaining 5 have been found, and one has not been found."

"The safety devices of the four that were found have been disarmed, and I'm afraid the last one is the same."

"Once it receives an impact, the atomic bomb will be activated, and then it will explode in 20 seconds."

"The power of this atomic bomb is more than a thousand times that of the one the United States bombed Hiroshima with back then, so all parties are trying their best to find it."

Monsters are occurring frequently now, and all parties are working hard to upgrade their weapons and equipment to improve their counterattack capabilities.

Kishida talked endlessly about how powerful this atomic bomb is and how it could turn most of the Tokyo metropolitan area into ashes, looking exuberant and not avoiding it at all.

Qi Ming thought it was reasonable; after all, in the original "Jack" series, Kishida agreed to the plan of using nuclear bombs to bomb Tokyo in order to eliminate monsters.

What he cares more about is the process of this incident.

Except for the "suddenly generated eerie typhoon," the other elements sound very similar to the plot of the fourth episode of "Ultraman," "5 Seconds Before the Big Explosion."

In that episode, the radiation produced by the atomic bomb explosion made the undersea ape-man 【Ragon】's body become very huge, and its temperament became very ferocious.

It attacked a cruise ship as soon as it appeared, and then went ashore with the last atomic bomb, scaring everyone to death.

Soldier Shan Zhong: "Speaking of which, our base is also built on the sea. Fortunately, the atomic bomb didn't fall near us."

Zhuxingtuan said that the cabinet side also entrusted the TPC to help, the radar equipped with the Tangdao rectifier is scanning the sea area, and the great scientists of the Science Bureau are also designing brand-new algorithms to perform more precise positioning.

Shinjo Aoi knew she couldn't help with this matter, so she asked Zhuxingtuan for leave, wanting to visit the two siblings, Umeda Toru and Umeda Kaori.

She still hasn't forgotten that she has an unshirkable responsibility for these two siblings becoming orphans.

Qi Ming raised his hand: "I'll go take a look too."

Shinjo Aoi was surprised: "Are you also concerned about those two children?"

Qi Ming: "A little bit, mainly to slack off. I can still browse news on my phone on the way."

Soldier Shan Zhong was indignant: "Busy? You are the most idle one, you don't even write mission reports."

Qi Ming: "This time it counts as written."

After returning to the base yesterday, Qi Ming specifically handed Dr. Koizumi's research notebook to Counselor Quan Teng.

And he warned Counselor Quan Teng: "There are constant invaders descending on Earth from space now; don't let the inside of the Earth become chaotic as well."

For a "realistic" person like Counselor Quan Teng, if you say "humans and monsters are both creatures born on Earth and have the right to live," he would definitely disagree, thinking it is womanly kindness.

But after clarifying the pros and cons, he highly agreed with Qi Ming's point of view and also felt that they couldn't fight on two fronts at the same time.

That's enough; with someone of this weight contributing, it will be difficult for similar things to happen again in a short time.

By the way, Counselor Inagaki from the Hawk Sect side personally went to apologize to President Tachibana after the incident.

But President Tachibana, after "clearing his mind," said he would no longer pursue it, and said he didn't know why, but felt Qi Ming was a very interesting young man.

This made Counselor Inagaki feel very weird, and he temporarily lost the reason to pursue Qi Ming's responsibility.

And He Zhi, who came back, said that although Qi Ming is a bit arrogant, he is a person whose ability matches his personality and should find a way to recruit him.

So even though Qi Ming had many illegal acts in this operation, with all three parties not pursuing it, it was naturally downplayed.

This was a bit unexpected for Qi Ming; he even planned to give Counselor Inagaki a head-on blow when he came to find trouble.

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Because they were dispatched in the name of "Victory Team members visiting orphans," the two drove the Drum car toward the orphanage.

"In 'Ultraman Dyna,' there seems to be a plot where members of the Super Victory Team visit orphans who lost their relatives due to monster attacks."

"I remember now, that episode is called 'Friends in the Box,' it seems Asuka and Ryo went together."

After arriving at the place, Qi Ming was silent.

This orphanage... is really the orphanage from that episode "Friends in the Box"!

Shinjo Aoi introduced it to Qi Ming while walking inside, saying that this is a welfare institution under the TPC, and this part is managed by Counselor Tongshan.

Qi Ming nodded: "That's one of our own."

For the arrival of the two Victory Team members, the children in the orphanage showed great enthusiasm.

These children who became orphans due to monster disasters felt that it was the Victory Team who avenged their families, so they have always worshipped this profession and felt they were all heroes.

But among these children, there were no Umeda Toru and Umeda Kaori.

Shinjo Aoi, who was entangled by the children, smiled obviously reluctantly; she is a good hand at fighting monsters, but how to play with children touched her knowledge blind spot.

Fortunately, most of the children were attracted by the handsome Qi Ming. Shinjo Aoi looked at Qi Ming with secret gratitude and found that he also had a difficult expression.

After playing with the children for about half an hour, Qi Ming and Shinjo Aoi found an opportunity to get away, both panting.

Shinjo Aoi: "Could it be that you also..."

Qi Ming: "If these children were as smart as Kawajiri Hayato in 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable,' I could probably communicate with them better."

Shinjo Aoi is a very boring person; she doesn't watch manga and doesn't understand what Qi Ming is talking about.

"What about Umeda Toru and Umeda Kaori? We are here to see them." Qi Ming went to find the director of the orphanage.

Director: "They should be over here."

Soon, the director of the orphanage took them to find the Umeda siblings; they were not playing with the children outside, but squatting under the shade of a tree.

The director said: "They are not used to it yet and need some time to walk out of the sadness."

Shinjo Aoi felt very guilty upon hearing this.

And Qi Ming looked from afar and found that something was not quite right.

The younger sister, Umeda Kaori, was holding a bright flower in her hand.

This flower seems to be... thinking of her "criminal record" in the original "Leo" series, Qi Ming immediately used the "See Through" function to check.

After looking, it really isn't a variety on Earth.

(End of chapter)