"What do you think of the report from the scouting team?"

Lieutenant General Koichiro Sayama took off his reading glasses and shifted his gaze from the piled up papers on his desk to a second-class lieutenant named Yanagida.

He looked at the upright officer standing in front of him, and seemed to see the hope of neon rising.

Compared with his old self, Yanagida, a second-class lieutenant who graduated from the National Defense University with excellent grades, usually has an elite atmosphere between his usual speech and demeanor.

However, when he faces his superiors, he always looks like he can't raise his head, and I heard that he failed the list when he was admitted to the University of Tokyo before, but his self-esteem is too arrogant, and he doesn't feel admiration in the face of characters who are superior to him in all aspects, but hates the existence of the other party from the bottom of his heart.

Such a person may have affected the unity within the army in the past, but now it is a ruthless sword for the country to charge into battle, and if used well, it will help him go further.

Koichiro Sayama looked at his subordinates and thought so.

"How's it going, what do you understand?"

Lift the top of your shaved white head and lean your upper body against the back of the chair. There was a creak, and the cheap office chair let out a mournful sound.

He didn't think too much about Yanagida's hatred for himself, but he just felt that the young man didn't know what it meant to be subordinate to the order of the army, and he still needed to go down to train and train.

"According to the intelligence of the reconnaissance team, it should have encountered enemy deserters who were scattered in the Battle of Arnus Hill, and they were unprepared for a moment before they were attacked."

"Yaga!"

"Hmph, are their teams idiots, they were attacked by a group of ignorant primitives with modern weapons, and they really lost the honor of our big neon troops. There is still a face to come back, if it was before, they should have committed suicide by caesarean section. ”

"Hello!" Yanagida stood side by side, agreeing, but then added.

"Maybe I met a magician, after all, we don't know much about magic, and it is possible to be attacked by savage and cunning enemies."

"Can a Magus ever shoot a gun, I don't know enough!" Koichiro Sayama's flabby face had obvious irritability.

For his part, he is in favor of sending troops on a large scale, and he does not feel that he can get accurate information from another world just by sending a weak reconnaissance.

Faced with a savage and ignorant medieval world, shouldn't the best outcome be ruled by neon, which is more civilized and powerful than them?

However, due to the emergence of a different world, there were many political disputes in the country, so the relationship with the local population, the safety of the troops, the evaluation of Japan by the ruling circles of the other world, and the political influence had to be considered.

If rash action ignores popular sentiment and leads to resentment and even resistance, it will be worth the cost.

Therefore, it is more important to subtly educate the inhabitants of the land to regard neon as a messenger of justice who brings free dishes, and the empire that rules them is the evil side.

However, in reality, there are many groups that contact the Self-Defense Forces in the hope of obtaining inside information from another world, and they can solve even if they violate the rules.

Just as there was a lot of discussion within the army, the Itami team that had been sent out to investigate the situation was attacked, and the atmosphere suddenly became delicate.

Koichiro Sayama tapped his fingers on the table a few times: "How is the training of several combat groups, do you think they will encounter a danger that they will not be able to resist if they are dispatched?" ”

"The 1st and 4th Combat Regiments are insisting on training every day, and according to our current assessment of the combat strength of the other world, with their firepower configuration, even if they encounter a special formation of troops, there is no danger."

"In that case, it is up to you and Itami to draft a report to explain what the reconnaissance team has encountered, and it must be pointed out that thieves from another world are rampant, which has seriously endangered the safety of the ordinary people in and around the station, and if you don't act immediately, it may trigger a humanitarian crisis in your eyes."

"General Lu, my subordinates don't understand that whether the enemy abuses or massacres their local residents has nothing to do with us, why do you want to report it?"

Nichiro Sayama frowned, he didn't like people questioning him.

"Second class Yanagida, you just need to do what I say, or did you not learn to obey the orders of your superiors when you enlisted in the army?"

"You don't understand, it's a strategy. The parliament is full of a bunch of damn councillors, who know the bullshit every day, they don't know what the other world represents, and if no one forces them to quickly establish our territory here, the dream of becoming a great neon empire can be said to be hopeless anymore. ”

"Go ahead, do your own thing honestly, isn't your dream also to conquer another world and make Neon the number one country in the world?"

Yanagida looked up and saw the sparks of cigarette smoke flickering in the dimly lit chairs, and his superior's expression was subtle and cold, his face flushed with red light under the shadow of the smoke from the ceiling.

Second Lieutenant Yanagida saluted respectfully and walked out of the makeshift command room.

In the makeshift barracks built of prefabricated houses, he found Itami, who was resting, and said straight to the point.

"Edam, are you hiding something in your report?"

"Ah, no, what are you talking about?" Itami looked dazed.

Second Lieutenant Yanagida was younger than Itami, but he took up the post before Itami, who had just been promoted. When the official rank is the same, the person who takes office first is the senior.

Itami doesn't like Yanagida very much, because he has been discriminated against by Yanagida, an elite officer, as a salted fish mixed salary.

"Hmph, I hope so. The defeat of your squad this time has had a very bad impact on the Special Forces, and as a neon soldier, I hope that you will examine yourself and not forget our samurai spirit. ”

The sun slowly tilted, and in the direction of sunset, the sky in the western position was already dyed red. Yanagida leaned against the fence, lit a cigarette, and began to instruct his juniors.

"Judging from the information gathered before, this world is a treasure mountain. The genetic factors of organisms are very similar to ours, and I am afraid that there is no reproductive isolation between similar-looking species.

There is no pollution and no environmental pollution in this world. The land is also vast, and the plants are even more colorful. In addition, it is considered an underground resource of rare metals and rare earths in our world, and it is estimated that there are quite a few buried here.

The inhabitants are as civilized as we are between ants and elephants, and we can say that we discovered the New World like Columbus who discovered the Moldy Continent, and the situation is entirely favorable to us.

In such a world, the only point of contact opens in neon, and it can only be blessed by the sky. In the world's major stock markets, neon-related resource development companies are all rising. Councillors of Yeongtim City are holding a study session with key members of the Keidanren Federation for several days.

As a result of contacts with countries led by the mold country, the Foreign Affairs Office is also busy. At the same time, however, some red-eyed national organizations have begun to open their doors to the international community, and I am afraid that Japan will soon become the enemy of half of the world.

You know, everyone up and down Neon wants to know if the value of this world can be so great that it can be the enemy of half the world without hesitation. ”

"What if there's such a value?" Itami asked in a heavy tone.

"Of course, at all costs, if this world has the resources that can make our country rise to become a world hegemon, then even crazy acts can be done."

"Yanagida, I don't know if you're really thinking about the country, or if you're out of blind optimism, I'm afraid that the mold country stationed in our country and the neighbors next to us will not allow us to occupy the world.

But no matter how much you talk about the international situation, I can't raise my energy at all, does the international situation have anything to do with my work? ”

"Hmph, Captain Itami, you didn't say too much when you used the national tax, it was like running away when something happened, but I can tell you clearly now that when the other world appears, no one can stay out of it, and everyone has to sacrifice their strength for the rise of Neon."

After Yanagida finished speaking, he threw the cigarette butt in the room and turned to leave.

Neon domestic.

The battle on the opposite side of the "gate" has attracted the attention of many people. However, because there was no significant progress, the self-defense officer did not show up as a victim, so he did not care.

It was not until a report recently handed over by Lieutenant General Sayama, commander-in-chief of the special contingent force, that it suddenly caused a huge storm.

"The defeated army that was specially dispersed burned and looted everywhere, mutilated local people, killed and injured countless people, and even attacked the neon reconnaissance unit, resulting in injuries and damage to materials, don't we still act?"

In the Diet, the opposition parties advocated that the hardliners of the other world should be the first to ask questions, and others were also gearing up to question the defense minister.

I don't know who exposed the report, which has caused public opinion to boil in the past few days, and you can see the news all over the world when you open the TV page.

"Neon people died in the conflict, and the death was tragic! 》

"Special Contingent Force Personnel Attacked, Heavy Damage!" 》

"The Empire of Another World is barbaric and powerless, wantonly slaughtering civilians!" 》

At the question table, the opposition legislator asked questions in an impassioned tone, and it seemed that he was eager to immediately go to another world to punish the thieves and save the innocent people.

As soon as this incident came out, Prime Minister Hojo, who had not been in office for a few days, faced the spicy questions of reporters with a solemn expression.

"First of all, please rest assured that we will make the enemy pay the price for the previous war, and secondly, in order to ensure the safety and humanitarian considerations of the special troops, we will formulate relevant policies as soon as possible."

Sure enough, just a few hours later, lawmakers from both parties reached a consensus and urgently agreed to the request for a special force to be sent to the Rogue Annihilation Mission.

And immediately after, I don't know what happened from a certain period, and the tone of neon TV and news has changed subtly.

Many of the same film and television materials, such as variety shows, TV dramas, quizzes, weekly magazines, news, and various forms of processing information, emphasize that civilizations with a high degree of development should take the initiative to help barbaric and weak civilizations, help them go on the plate, and establish a system of common prosperity.

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