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An interesting place.
For Tian Xiegui, even though there were no former companions there, it should be much better than being trapped in her house.
"Miss, aren't you afraid that I will do something to destroy the earth after I leave?"
"Do you know?"
Alas, that’s why he can never deceive the young lady.
Of course he won't.
The TAC team was making arrangements overnight.
This super beast hates objects moving at high speeds, as they remind it of its past as a natural enemy of flying fish, so it will destroy them immediately.
However, even if it appears on the surface, it will quickly return to the underground. What the TAC team has to do is to destroy the opponent in these few minutes.
V9 was out of the question, and the Silver Shark still had two weeks to go. The only weapons we could rely on were conventional weapons.
"Kikaji-kun, please install large-caliber weapons on the Eagle, Gaara, and Universe. Make them as powerful as possible. Use missiles and rockets with the maximum yield!"
"I understand, but this will sacrifice mobility."
"It doesn't matter. There are gains and losses, of course." Yamanaka said, "We just need to make sure we don't get hit! Do you hear me, Beidou?"
"what?"
Why did they specifically mention him? He had the lowest crash record among the TAC team. He was not the one who was always shouting "Ah bastard, it hit me, jump out".
Thanks to the fact that the TAC team's military expenses are provided by the United Nations, no country can afford it alone.
Let's not talk about other things. Just talking about the Eagle, a 210-meter-long aerial fortress, the crystallization of mankind's most advanced technology, can gallop in the sky, the sea, and the universe. A major overhaul is enough to bankrupt a small country. And Captain Long has fallen several times.
Compared to them, Beidou thinks he has the lowest error rate.
Of course it is the same this time.
With the largest caliber and maximum equivalent, we must capture the super beast in the shortest possible time.
Chapter 238 Mach Car
The entire TAC team did not sleep all night, as everyone was waiting for follow-up intelligence from the underground people.
But until the sun rose, they received no new news.
Yoshimura yawned, and his dark circles were a bit heavy. He drank several cups of coffee in the evening, and although he was no longer sleepy, he had a severe headache.
"Is that super beast really that powerful? Even the underground people can't find it?"
"After all, the underground is so vast. Even for us, it's not easy to search the entire country on the ground, let alone underground."
The concept of underground sounds like a small area, but it is actually as vast as the ground. In fact, because we don't know the depth of the super beast, it is even larger than the ground.
"Yamanaka, Yoshimura, you guys should go and rest first."
No one in the meeting room accepted Captain Long's kindness.
It was easy to deal with other super beasts, but once this super beast appeared, they had to race against time. They didn't want to waste a minute or two resting and cause the super beast to escape again.
At this moment, the machine next to Noriko at the intelligence desk rang again.
"Captain, there's news!"
Long, who had been waiting for a long time, stood up as if he had been electrocuted, and walked quickly to Dianzi's side. The printer paper was still printing.
As soon as the printing sound stopped and before the printer spit out the paper, Long couldn't wait to pull out the printed paper. The team members gathered around.
"The super beast is underground in the suburbs of Hidaka City, 300 meters deep, and is still moving south?"
Hidaka City is a city located in the southwest of Saitama Prefecture, about 40 kilometers from Tokyo, not too far away. But it is a little strange.
The super beast first appeared in Kanuma yesterday evening and attacked the Shinkansen. At night, it appeared in Takasaki City, Gunma, and attacked a passenger plane during takeoff.
Now it is Hidaka City in Saitama.
Its trajectory bypassed Tokyo, and it seemed that it had no intention of attacking this most prosperous city. It was heading south, what was further south?
Akiruno? Hachioji? Could these places be the targets of the Ultra Beasts?
Beidou walked to the combat wall of the command room. He looked at the huge national map hanging on the wall. The map marked every village in detail.
His gaze turned toward Hidaka City, then moved southward, and something suddenly occurred to him.
"I understand! The Ultra Beast's target is Gotemba!"
"Gotenba?"
"Captain, all airplanes and Shinkansen trains across the country are currently suspended, right?"
"That's right."
According to Mu Kaji's analysis, the super beasts are very sensitive to objects that travel at speeds above 300 kilometers per hour. Anyone that can reach this speed may be attacked by the super beasts.
"Except for airplanes and Shinkansen, I think there is no other means of transportation that can reach this speed."
"Actually, there is more. I have a friend named Kashima, who is my college classmate. He has a research institute in Gotemba City and is developing the Mach car."
"Mach? Sonic car?" Mu Kaji asked in surprise. As a researcher, he knew best how incredible this was.
Even if the engine can reach such power, how can it be converted into kinetic energy through the limited grip of the tires? How can the wind resistance that reaches the sound barrier be solved? How can heat dissipation be handled?
"I visited his institute last week. The car has not yet reached Mach 500, but it has exceeded kilometers per hour."
That means it is already on par with the Black Panther of the TAC team. It is truly remarkable that such a racing car was developed using only pure Earth technology.
"So Beidou, you think the super beast is heading for that research institute?"
"Yes, Kashima-kun conducts test runs and adjustments every day. I've been there and heard the noise. Once the car starts running, it can be heard from a few kilometers or even dozens of kilometers away. The hearing of the super beasts must be more acute. They hate this special noise caused by high speeds. With all the Shinkansen and airplanes grounded nationwide, this should be the only place that will attract super beasts, right?"
This is reasonable reasoning, and the super beast is indeed approaching in that direction.
"Understood. Konno, Yoshimura, you two will drive the Cosmos to Hidaka City. Yamanaka, you and I will take the Eagle and conduct aerial surveillance in the direction of the Ultra Beast. Hokuto will drive the Aira to the R&D center in Gotemba City."
Captain Long ordered.
Noriko continued to stay in the command room, ready to receive information from the underground people at any time.
Gotemba City is located at the southern foot of Mount Fuji. It was named after the fact that it was once the imperial palace and is known as the "Hometown of Imperial Chefs."
Kashima's research institute is located in the suburbs of Gotemba, surrounded by desolate land. Even if there were people living there before, they would have moved away long ago because of the noise disturbance.
The sound of a car engine at a speed of over 500 kilometers per hour can be compared to that of an airplane engine. No one can stand it.
When Beidou got off the plane and arrived at the research institute, Kashima was at the test site, arranging adaptation training for the pilots.
Such a high-speed car not only has high requirements on car performance, but also on the driver.
Blood pressure, heart rate, nerves, and even brain waves all need to collect sufficient data for analysis to prevent the final car from becoming a "killing tool" that no one can drive.
"Beidou, you're coming. Why didn't you tell me in advance? I didn't have time to entertain you." Kashima looked up at Beidou while speaking, then lowered his head to carefully analyze the data in the report.
It's not that he's being disrespectful, but he's really devoted to his work. Kashima and Beidou have a good relationship, even in school.
Beidou didn't care. What concerned him more was the woman standing in the corner of the testing ground.
The young woman was about 20 years old, and she looked pretty good, but a little chubby. She was wearing a red cotton windbreaker, which was quite fashionable, but she still had a bit of the dusty air that is unique to rural women. This is not a derogatory word. In any case, plain and simple should not be a derogatory word.
She didn't fit in here. She was obviously not a staff member, and probably not a guest either. No one greeted her, and no one drove her away.
"That is?"
"No one else."
Hearing what he said, the woman's expression became a little sad, but she still didn't speak.
Beidou didn't believe it. If it was someone unrelated, they would have been driven away long ago. After all, this was a confidential research laboratory. He knew that many American and German automobile companies were very interested in Kashima's research results and were interested in acquiring them.
Even an American car company offered a sky-high price, not in cash, but in exchange for a whole scientific research institute with complete supporting facilities. It was much more luxurious than the one Kashima had set up, allowing him to realize his ambitions.
The data here are all commercial secrets. How can we allow irrelevant people to visit them at will?
However, now is not the time to dig into the root of the problem.
"Kashima, I have something to tell you. You need to stop the experiment immediately! A super beast is approaching."
Kashima finally came back to his senses from the data world he was immersed in.
"Ultra Beast? What are you talking about? Didn't your TAC team and Ultraman defeat the Yawa people?" Kashima thought Beidou was joking.
This is indeed the understanding of most people. Thanks to Gaia's Meta Realm, ordinary people have not seen the Ultra Beasts wreaking havoc for several months. Many people really think that the Earth is at peace.
Kashima glanced outside. The sky was clear and there was no super beast alarm.
In the test field, the Mach race car was still running. The speed of the car was very fast, and it only took a few breaths to complete the five-kilometer straight track.
"I made some adjustments to the engine configuration and increased the speed. Now the car can reach a speed of 600 kilometers per hour. But the noise is still too loud."
What Kashima cares about is not the noise itself, but the resistance that noise represents. Sound is produced by vibration, which even elementary school students know. And vibration means wasting kinetic energy.
“Next, we’ll focus on analyzing the components of the noise, whether it’s caused by wind resistance or due to problems inside the machinery,” Kashima instructed the researcher next to him.
"Kashima, I'm not kidding you, there really is a super beast approaching!"
As Beidou was speaking, the TAC team's communicator rang.
"I'm Beidou!"
"Beidou, I just got information from the underground people. The super beast Mahrez has moved to the underground of Oyama City. It seems that it is indeed targeting Gotemba City and will arrive soon!"
"Mahrez?"
"This is the code name given by Dr. Kiji."
Oyama City is located on the northeast side of Gotemba and is a neighboring city. It is only 20 to 30 kilometers away from the test site.
Bokuto hung up the communication and looked towards Kashima.
"You heard it, Kashima. You should have heard about the suspension of flights and the Shinkansen. That's because of the super beast. Now the super beast is approaching here, and its target is likely your research institute. The super beast hates high-speed things, and your Mach racer attracted it here to destroy this place."
"Destroy my research institute? How can you do that?!"
"Don't tell me that. Go tell Chao Beast and see if he'll listen." Beidou said angrily. He could understand Kashima's love for high-speed racing, but human life was the most important thing. "Stop the experiment now and get everyone to evacuate!"
"Yes, Kashima-kun, my mother always said that health is the most important thing." The woman in red said.
Kashima opened his mouth to scold her, calling her a woman with long hair and little knowledge, but no sound came out of his throat.
"Okay, I understand. I will stop the experiment and let everyone take shelter. But Beidou, this institute has put all my efforts and my dream is here, and I must not let it be destroyed!"