Chapter 9: Marine Life
This is perhaps the worst crisis in the history of Sushimoto.
The press conference ended in a hurry, but the problems exposed by society and the government need to be solved as soon as possible.
That's the consensus of UPC executives.
Especially the dog blood sprinklers that are almost all sprayed.
However, this has nothing to do with Hui Xia.
At this time, he was busy again.
Days like this have been going on for days.
He's now figured it out.
Before nine o'clock, and around twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and after six o'clock in the evening.
It's the busiest time for coffee shops.
Especially at night.
After work, the singles were sipping coffee and eating snacks in the store, watching Yoshimoto Sakura's busy figure.
In particular, Sakura-chan gently wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead with her sleeve.
and the slight bow at the checkout, revealing a white neck.
There is also a gentleman's curvature of the short skirt that rises due to the tilt of the body.
Well, the world of men is so simple.
Although Hui Xia, who was deeply poisoned by the 21st century in his previous life, said that there was no temptation at 100 million points.
…
Compared to Sakura's happy work, Hui Xia is much more miserable.
There are only two employees in the store.
He is the only man...
So he had to do some dirty work and tiring work.
In the middle of the night, sometimes he touches the spark bracelet and deeply questions his identity.
He now feels that he is definitely the least "capable" guy among the Ultra World Traversers.
The only pleasure these days is that many UPC personnel come here for afternoon tea.
Occasionally, they would tell interesting stories about training and patrolling.
After a crisis of confidence, the UPC and the Sumoto government are trying to divert public attention through various policies, competitions, and public welfare activities.
For example, the recent rise in opposition to marine pollution.
And Hui Xia will take the opportunity to stop them from bringing coffee and stay for a while.
It's not a military secret anyway.
These UPC members may be taking care of their boss's business, so they come here every day for coffee.
Through the last press conference, Terasha learned that Mr. Yoshimoto was actually a high-level commander of the Defense Forces...
The tank group that attacked Tinozolu last time was commanded by him.
The powerful beam cannon made him very impressed.
"Ah, it's finally done again."
Hui Xia stretched.
Before he could chat with the cherry girl next to him for a while.
I saw the door of the café being pushed open again.
A somewhat familiar figure appeared in front of him.
Wow? Is it a spicy woman?
Rei Mana, who was expecting it, also saw the man she thought was "dead".
I'm not afraid of a man and a woman being alone, I'm afraid that the two of them will stare at each other and don't know what to say.
The awkward atmosphere is always broken.
"Ha, do Hui Xia San and Mana-chan know each other?"
"I don't know."
The two shook their heads in tacit agreement.
Yoshimoto Sakura tilted her head: "..."
Really don't know? So why look affectionately? Isn't it all played like this in TV dramas?
The fire of gossip is burning.
This is just a small episode.
Soon, the two took on the role of normal.
"Your coffee."
Hui Xia stiffened her head and gently placed the coffee in front of Li Zhenna, who had been staring straight at her.
"It's a blessing to see you're safe and sound."
Rei Mana seems to have something to say.
So Hui Xia could only stand there stiffly.
In the end, the woman just held back such a sentence.
Hui Xia didn't know what to say.
Say, oh, each other, aren't you not dead? …
When falling into a somewhat quirky atmosphere inside the café.
Kyoto City's H Marine Special Zone, a remote sea area.
"Hurry up, if we are discovered by the UPC, we will definitely not be able to eat and walk around!"
Flying the flag of the White Eagle Country, dressed as a merchant ship, and doing unsightly things in the name of commerce and trade, these people are really a group of talents.
This 10,000-ton + "freighter", laden with nuclear wastewater, is rapidly discharging into the ocean at an imperceptible angle.
The crew members are being urged by the staff of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Sushimoto government, and these crew members are all secret government forces and are not under the jurisdiction of the UPC.
Sometimes man is a complex and contradictory creature.
While assuring the outside world to control environmental pollution, we are releasing it to the sea and land to the fullest.
And it's led by the government's environment department.
Carry out this nuclear sewage discharge to conceal the outside world.
What's even more ironic is that today is World Oceans Day.
"How?"
The person in charge urged his subordinates to move while questioning the observers.
"Without the UPC's patrol vessels, we are safe for a short time."
The observer lowered his goggles and then reported back to the person in charge.
"Ah, that's good."
The expression of the person in charge gradually slowed down.
Another few minutes later.
The sewage was completely discharged.
All crew members wearing chemical hazmat suits began to operate the freighter in preparation for departure.
And the ocean has long since become turbid, emitting a fishy stench.
But so what?
It has happened, and some people have never regretted it, regardless of whether it is irreparable.
Perhaps only another catastrophe can wake up these people who have fallen into a lost way.
At this time, the depths of the seabed.
In a dark world.
A giant mountain-like creature, its body shrinking and retracting.
As it moves, the sea water also retracts, and it gurgles.
Dense bubbles are born in the sound, and then burst as the sound ends, and are filled by the gaps and the swarming seawater.
And the sewage on the surface of the ocean is also being slowly but steadily attracted, and it is slowly absorbed in a regular manner.
And the departing freighter retreated in a hurry, but did not notice this unreasonable scene.
At the speed of this unknown creature, it will completely absorb this nuclear sewage by tomorrow morning at the latest.
"Snorr..."
The sound of the giant creature's breathing came and went, and if you looked closely at the black water around it, it was full of garbage, industrial waste, silt, metal residue, etc., which together formed the monster's rations.
I don't know what will happen when it is completely absorbed, but for now the big guy is still in a deep sleep.
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"The pollution seems to be getting worse lately... Yesterday I went to the beach and found that it stinks, the air is very fresh when I went before, and there is a salty smell~"
The pressure from the UPC hierarchy was not transmitted to the UPIC team, and after a few days of recuperation, the UPIC had re-completed the selection and a new team member joined.
Shun Ling's team members complained while looking in the mirror.
"My skin is so bad..."
Resentment from a cute girl.。
The new members of the team are still relatively rigid and are sitting straight.
Maybe it's because he was born in the biological and chemical forces of the Defense Army, but he still can't let go.
Compared to him, Kasaka Kawamura, who is also from the ground forces of the Defense Forces, is very cheerful.
With her joining, UPIC's average appearance has increased a bit.
"If Ling-chan's skin is still bad, then what am I?"
When Muraka heard this, she smiled and carefully approached Shun Ling, who was sitting in front of the computer, and rubbed Shun Ling's small face with her white and tender face.
"Hmmmm, Muraka?! What are you doing! ”
Shun Ling, who was suddenly attacked, was a little stupid, until the other party arched her neck with her nose like a mischief, and the hot breath hit her delicate skin, which suddenly made her a little numb.
Only then did she react and said angrily.
"Wow, the angry Reika-chan wants to bully even more?!"
"Clams?"
The fight between the two did not affect the captain.
Ihara took a sip of coffee comfortably, as the captain, even if the sacrifice of the team members was very painful, he would not be immersed in the pain and could not extricate himself.
War is always cruel, and even the elite of UPIC cannot escape the fate of death.
Ihara, who experienced the Demon Dragon Rebellion twenty years ago, has already seen it through.
Maybe one day, he will also stand on this deep land of love and fight to the death for his homeland.
Just as UPIC's mission doesn't change with the departure of someone.
What can be changed is only the ability to constantly improve tactics and break through.
This is the key to protecting the earth, and it is also the meaning of UPC's existence.
Ihara squinted slightly, stopping the tears of memory alive and controlling his emotions well.
People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless.