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Shan Tong and Lao Lao Huo also have their own methods. Only Tian Xie Gui, who is at the front of the team, did not use any ability and just walked. He led the team and gathered the fear of hundreds of ghosts. At this moment, he is the general!
If my former companions were here, they would probably laugh their heads off when they saw this "One Hundred Demons Night Parade". There wasn't even a real big monster, but they dared to call it one hundred demons. Even Tian Xiegui himself was just standing at the back of the team.
But this night march was more grand than ever before.
Because the entire "humanity" temporarily retreated in front of their team. Because of His words, at this moment in Tokyo, humans gave up their position as the protagonist of heaven and earth to this group of "hundred ghosts".
Follow your words.
Just like Heian-kyō a thousand years ago, the bones in the wilderness were left unpicked, and ghost fires filled the capital.
It’s not that no one noticed the strange phenomena in the middle of the night, but in today’s world where Scientology is so popular, after today, when the sun rises again, it will just be a few urban legends to add to the after-dinner conversation.
Night greets dawn in the flow of darkness.
Ling opened her eyes at the same time as usual. 6:30
It was a little early. She liked to read a book in bed for a while to clear her mind before getting up. Just like in her previous life.
The difference is that she used to hold a mobile phone. But here, she holds a paper book. Although she has a mobile phone now, she finds that she likes the feeling of paper books.
But today, before she picked up the book, she saw the hunched old man in the corner, so she had to give up this habit.
"did you find it?"
"found it."
The old man's answer made Ling smile. The monster was indeed powerful, just as she thought.
"But Miss, we found more than two pandas."
"Eh? One is missing?"
"No, there is one more. We found the warehouse. There are three living giant pandas in the warehouse."
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Of course there wouldn't be one more panda for no apparent reason.
The thief must have stolen the panda from other places besides Ueno Zoo.
From where?
So far, China has not started its "panda diplomacy" business of leasing pandas to the world, so there is only one place where pandas can be stolen.
China Mainland
"Capturing the enemy is of course important in this operation, but the first thing to do is to ensure the safety of the panda!"
Captain Long was making final arrangements before the battle.
In addition to the two pandas in Ueno Zoo, there are also pandas that were stolen directly from China, which makes the incident even more sensitive.
Without Captain Long's reminder, everyone knew the importance of protecting pandas. If they died, or even if only one or two were injured, there would be no avoiding a diplomatic dispute.
This is not Tokyo.
No one expected that the place where the panda and the toys were hidden was not in Tokyo, but in the neighboring city of Kawasaki. The thief had already run out of Tokyo.
If the mice hadn't followed the lingering scent of the zoo's panda, the hundred ghosts would have almost missed it.
If it were not for the unexpected intelligence, the TAC team would not have gotten any results even if they spent two weeks investigating the entire Tokyo. As for where the intelligence came from, no one asked.
The TAC team has surrounded the warehouse. Not only the TAC team, but also the defense forces and the Metropolitan Police Department have set up a meticulous net outside, surrounding the place.
If the suspect is a human gangster, he will be unable to escape no matter how well-equipped he is.
But they are most likely not facing humans.
Beidou and Konno, Yamanaka and Yoshimura, worked in pairs to form tactical teams and approached the warehouse.
The warehouse area was several kilometers away, and the people had already dispersed. Only this area was not disturbed. As the four people advanced, the expected resistance did not appear. They approached the warehouse gate without being attacked.
The empty industrial park seemed to be normal, except for an old man in nylon overalls sweeping the floor at the door.
Beidou and Yamanaka exchanged glances, and Yamanaka and Yoshimura went to open the warehouse.
Beidou, who was in charge of security, walked up to the old man sweeping the floor.
"Old man, are you a worker in this warehouse?"
The old man ignored it and continued sweeping the floor.
"Old man, have you seen a strange man in a black cloak?"
When the old man didn't answer or even look up, Bokuto pulled out his gun.
"Hey, Beidou! It's over!" Konno said quickly. Who would shoot without answering? "Maybe he is deaf-mute?"
At this time, the old man finally responded. He uttered "ah, ah" twice, with a strange voice unique to damaged vocal cords, and he really looked like a deaf-mute.
But Beidou didn't believe it.
"Konno, this guy is not deaf-mute, he is an alien."
"Alien?" Konno was a little surprised. He looked at the other person and then laughed.
"Beidou, you can't say someone is an alien just because he looks ugly, like a skeleton. Maybe it's just his parents who are ugly?"
Beidou also smiled when he heard that. He knew that Konno had believed what he said, so he was deliberately making fun of the alien.
Because Konno also pulled out his gun.
He, or it, was indeed very ugly, because he was too thin, his face was sunken, and veins were exposed. His whole face looked like the one in the famous oil painting "The Scream".
But other than that, the old man was really no different from the humans on Earth. If he hadn't known it in advance, even Beidou wouldn't have been able to tell him apart.
As for why he knew the other party's identity, it was because Ling had already told him.
She said the man who stole the pandas disguised himself as a warehouse worker.
Beidou was not surprised that Ling would know this. On this planet, Gaia could always find out what she wanted to know.
What surprised Beidou was how she knew.
A Hundred Demons Parade at Night. I never thought that such a strange and bizarre legend actually exists.
Last night, the TAC team's radar warning went off all night, and the whole team was busy for a while, but nothing happened. No super beasts, no monsters, and no aliens.
Although strange phenomena appeared throughout Tokyo, with rampant rats, rain falling from a clear sky, and even will-o'-the-wisp sightings, even though the TAC team sent the Cosmos to patrol the sky over Tokyo, they still found nothing.
Airborne radar showed nothing unusual in Tokyo. Except for the exceptionally deep darkness of the night, everything was as peaceful as usual.
It seemed to be just a natural phenomenon, some slight changes, such as subtle changes in certain constants that were equivalent to the truth of the universe.
It makes people doubt whether the things they firmly believed in the past were wrong.
If there is a deviation between human cognition and what happens in the world, it is certainly not the world that is wrong. After all, it is rare to find a scientist like Einstein who firmly believes that his theory is correct and that the Creator is wrong.
Normal people doubt themselves.
The scientific system established by successive human sages over the past few hundred years seemed to have been broken last night. Fortunately, it was only last night.
Captain Long didn't know what to think and turned off the warning. Fortunately, otherwise the other members of the TAC team might be fine, but Dr. Kiji would have gone crazy.
The more you believe in science, the more you cannot understand the contradiction.
Beidou also learned this morning when Lingye contacted him that it was the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, but the legendary one hundred demons did not wreak havoc, but found the panda for them, and also found the alien who stole the panda.
No matter what, the ending is good. Although Kiji is still in a state of despair, staring at the observation data of the homework stupidly, muttering "impossible" to himself.
It doesn't matter, you will feel better after two days if you fill your stomach. People's minds will always change.
On the other side, Yamanaka and Yoshimura also received good news. After opening the door of the warehouse, they found that the warehouse was full of lost panda toys.
The panda toys are secondary. The most important thing is that the three pandas are inside. They are rolling around vigorously.
The "deaf-mute" worker looked back at the warehouse.
[I am very curious, how did you find out my identity and find this place? ]
He no longer pretended, and his voice was sharp and thin, as if it was squeezed out from a crack. But his lips did not move, and no one knew where the sound came from.
The aliens didn't seem scared at all when Beidou and Konno pointed their TAC guns at them. They looked more curious.
He was confident in his own methods, and believed that human technology should not be able to detect him. But the fact was that he had only been hiding for one night when the TAC team discovered his tracks. He was surrounded by the human army in the early morning.
"Who are you and where are you from?" Beidou asked, not expecting an answer.
But I didn't expect that the other party had no intention of hiding anything.
[Me? I am from Steele. My homeland is seven hundred light years away from here.]
It's a very long distance, but not too far in the universe. It's a few star systems away from the solar system, barely a neighbor.
"What are you doing on Earth?"
[Of course I'm here for tourism, what else can I do? Do you think I can invade the Earth? I'm not that stupid. The Earth is protected by the Kingdom of Light. The powerful Yabo people lost, and we Steele people are far behind.]
He told the truth.
Although it is unclear how long Steele has been on Earth, it is clear that he has never harmed humans or destroyed anything. Except for this time -
He stole the panda.
[Put down the dangerous weapon. I know the laws of your country. I didn't kill anyone, nor did I destroy anything. There's no death penalty for theft, right?]
Beidou felt it was absurd that an alien was talking to him about the law. But what he said was indeed correct. Although Japan has not abolished the death penalty, the review is very strict, and even murderers are rarely executed. Theft is a crime that cannot be punished by death.
"But why did you steal the panda?"
[Huh? That's not a problem. The children on Earth love pandas so much, so of course I want to bring a few back to my own planet. It's a pity that these cute creatures are in the hands of you humans. They might become extinct in a while. Isn't this a rare thing? And our biological technology on Steele is much more advanced than yours. When we return to our planet, with this pair of male and female pandas, they will soon become a large population. At worst, I can return the extra one to you.]
The extra one he mentioned was obviously the one stolen from mainland China.
But Beidou obviously couldn't agree to this.
He had no right to agree to this. Even Captain Long and even senior government officials did not have this authority.
This is a diplomatic issue involving both countries.
"If you want pandas, as an alien visitor, as long as you have no bad intentions, you can take the diplomatic channel." The speaker was Captain Long, who had just heard the conversation between the two sides from the communicator and rushed over from the battlefield command center.
An alien who, although not well-intentioned, does not seem to have completely malicious intentions is a rare visitor to Earth.
In the past, aliens always wanted to invade the earth, which makes this weird-looking Steele seem a little cute.
"In the name of Steele, in exchange for goodwill with Earth, I personally think that the United Nations should consider the feasibility of using pandas as diplomatic tokens."