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Chapter 295 Gaskegan

An hour later, the next combat operation was launched, and Yamanaka and Konno each returned to the battlefield in an Airo.

The weapon rack under the Aira was modified in just half an hour, which was very easy for Mu Kaji.

The device installed was similar to the nozzle of a pesticide sprayer. It also acted like a pesticide sprayer, and began to spray a green mist of neutralizer.

The neutralizer itself is colorless and odorless, but it is somewhat toxic and excessive inhalation can cause suffocation, so it is specially marked with color.

The huge 'gas tank' below remained motionless, as if it was really just an ordinary building. The release of the neutralizer was completed surprisingly smoothly, and no danger occurred.

It even makes people wonder if it was a misunderstanding. There was no monster from the beginning.

"Captain, the concentration of neutralizer in the air has reached the standard for flame retardant gas."

Long and Yoshimura were already on standby in the Eagle. Upon hearing this, Long immediately ordered the Eagle to take off and gave the order to attack.

"Okay, switch missiles and start attacking now!"

The first round of attack was from Yamanaka's Airo, who was TAC's sharpshooter.

"Well, I'll let you try this!"

Yamanaka was quite confident. Whether it was firearms or airborne missiles, his hit scores were the highest in the military, and he was selected into the TAC as a real "soldier king". Moreover, this time it was a fixed target, and there were not many opportunities to shoot fixed targets in actual combat.

However, surprisingly, facing the fixed target, Shan Zhong's first round of missiles all missed the target. He didn't believe it, so he tried another round and the same thing happened.

"Captain! This monster can actually bend the trajectory of the missile!" Yoshimura, who was sitting behind the driver's seat of the Dragon, shouted.

However, Long just shook his head and opened the internal communication.

"In the mountains, don't use missiles with air jet engines, use rocket engines."

This is a missile with two propulsion modes.

With this mentioned, Yamanaka realized that the missile he had used before needed oxygen in the air to burn, and there were flame retardant neutralizers all around here.

It's not because the enemy has the ability to change the missile's trajectory, but because the neutralizer they themselves spread in the air extinguished the missile's thrusters halfway.

Yoshimura, who had made a fool of himself by shouting and yelling, was too embarrassed to say anything and silently switched the Eagle's weapon system.

Missiles that use rocket engines as their propulsion system have their own oxidizer and fuel inside, do not rely on air, and can be used in a vacuum.

This time, the missile finally hit the "gas tank".

A huge gas tank that was as high as 20 to 30 meters broke open. The neutralizer was very effective and did not cause a gas explosion. A monster came out of it.

It was indeed parasitized, and Cupid II became its incubating egg. It could even camouflage the satellite it was parasitizing into the same shape as the surrounding gas tanks.

This kind of mimicry is not uncommon in the animal world, including the dead leaf butterfly that mimics a dead leaf, the orchid mantis that mimics an orchid, and the leaf sea dragon that mimics seaweed.

Either to catch prey or to avoid natural enemies.

However, it is still rare for a monster to have such an ability. The TAC team is used to those super beasts with strong bodies and powerful bodies, and they are not used to this kind of sneaky and cunning monsters.

The monster was also not used to being woken up from his slumber.

"Captain, the scan shows that gasgage is in gaseous form."

At the TAC headquarters, Mu Kaji received the data from the scene as soon as possible and drew a conclusion after analysis.

"What, a gas meter?"

Mu Kaji was silent for a moment, and rarely realized that the code name he gave to the monster was a bit bad.

"Captain, you heard me wrong, I meant Gasgegon"

Gas means gas. If Captain Long asked again what gegon meant, Mu Kaji could only say that it was just a word he made up on the spot.

It sounds pretty cool, like a devil's name.

Fortunately, Captain Long did not ask any further questions. He didn't care about it.

"You said that this monster, er, Gaskegan, is gaseous?"

It was clearly a physical monster that looked a bit like an insect, with huge bubbles on its cheeks that made it look like a frog.

"That's camouflage. Its outer layer is made of a layer of oily substance similar to petroleum. It may be a small amount of tar impurities in gas. It can disguise itself into any appearance and is also very flammable."

"Under that oily surface, most of it is the gas that was inhaled before. And the substance wrapped in the gas is an unidentified gas."

Just as Ling had seen in the satellite image before, the dark cloud-like gaseous substance was the true form of the monster. The previous gas tank, including the current monster form, was its disguise.

After absorbing a large amount of gas, this monster becomes a huge bomb with a huge equivalent.

At this time, a long dragon of fire spewed out of the monster's mouth, almost burning the plane in the mountain.

"What's going on? Why is it still burning?"

The concentration of the neutralizer has not decreased. Even if the monster swallowed a lot of gas, it should not be able to ignite in such an environment.

"The monster has its own combustion aid inside its body, perhaps produced by that part of its body, the same principle as a rocket engine."

This is a problem. After absorbing a large amount of gas, the main body can secrete combustion aids.

All that’s missing is a high temperature.

Shanzhong pulled up the nose of the plane and barely avoided the oncoming flames. The plane performed a difficult Imaman loop and finally got rid of the subsequent pursuit of the flames.

"So, if you attack a monster, it will explode?"

"Yes, that's very likely. Once it explodes, the entire Nerima area will be wiped out on the map."

Upon hearing this, Captain Long quickly ordered everyone to stop attacking.

"Captain, we just received a call from the municipal government. Because the gas station's storage has been drained, there are supply problems in several districts of Tokyo, and the gas has been cut off. The lives of the residents have become a problem."

This monster must be dealt with as soon as possible. But Captain Long had no other options for the time being.

"Kuji, any suggestions?"

"My suggestion, you know the best solution, Captain." Mu Kaji said.

Yes, the dragon does know.

Meita field

There is no better way. That wonderful space can take all dangers away from the earth. Gaia has used this ability again and again to save cities from destruction.

And Captain Long believed that as long as they prayed, Gaia would appear.

She is always like that, never stingy in responding to everyone's expectations.

"But I don't think we're at the end of our rope yet. We haven't exhausted all the options. Try another one."

"I understand." Mu Kaji knew the captain would say this.

They can trust Gaia, but they cannot depend on Gaia.

"Then I suggest using freezing bombs. Gas is mostly made up of methane, and the boiling point of methane is minus 161 degrees Celsius. Below this temperature, methane will liquefy, and below minus 182 degrees, it will condense into a solid."

The TAC team's freezing bomb can reach an instantaneous ultra-low temperature of minus 200 degrees. Theoretically, it is enough to freeze the monster. Even if it cannot kill the monster, it can stop its movement.

"Freeze it with a freezing bomb, then use the Eagle to send the monster into space, and finally destroy it in space."

This plan sounds good, at least it is feasible.

While they were talking, the monster spewed a large amount of flames, turning the gas station into a sea of ​​fire. Fortunately, the gas was sucked out, so there was no huge explosion.

Shibata took a few photos of the monster, and then was pulled away by Beidou who was left on the ground.

"You don't want your life!"

Beidou shouted angrily that the heat from the flames was almost roasting them, and this inexplicable reporter was only busy taking pictures.

"This is the kind of photo I want!" said Shibata.

Beidou already understood why the previous newspaper fired him. It was also because the leaders of MFC magazine were bold enough to hire such a person.

"I say, your TAC team will encounter such dangers every time they fight, right? Why don't you let me report? Everyone should know what you do and the risks you take."

"The TAC team doesn't fight to be known or praised by others," Beidou said seriously.

They are the first line of defense for protecting humanity, and they don't need to be decorated with fancy things. It's better if they are unknown and don't cause panic.

"But I think everyone should know. Since defeating the Yabo people half a year ago, people suddenly feel that the war is far away from them. But it is not true, right? TAC is still fighting. Even if TAC does not want to brag about it, people have the right to know."

"What will stop panic is never blocking the news and using ignorance to protect everyone. Only by knowing, understanding, and then overcoming it, can we truly overcome panic."

Beidou didn't know if what Shibata said was right or not, but he felt that TAC's job was to keep people away from danger. Monsters and super beasts were too strange, and for some monsters, the very act of "knowing about them" would bring danger.

"And Ultraman, why hasn't Ultraman appeared yet?" Shibata looked at the monsters wreaking havoc and thought that Ultraman would appear immediately, whether it was Gaia or Ace.

But none of them showed up.

"Because of us TAC, we humans have not reached the end of our rope. If we don't fight to the end, Ultraman will not appear."

Without trying hard to the end, Ultraman would not appear. Shibata read this sentence carefully and quickly took out his notebook to write it down. He felt that he had the title of the news.

"Yamanaka, Konno, you continue to release the gas neutralizer." Captain Long, who was driving the Eagle, ordered, "Do your best to prevent the fire from spreading. There are freezing bombs on the Eagle, you use the neutralizer to cover me, and I will fire after I get close to the monster."

After all, the neutralizer is still effective. At least the fire on the ground ignited by the monster was easily extinguished by the neutralizer. It is much more effective than the fire department's water gun.

The monster also didn't like neutralizers. Looking at the two Airos piloted by Yamanaka and Konno, which kept spraying annoying gas at it, it was like two buzzing flies that annoyed it.

It kept waving its two hands that had turned into long whips, making a whirring sound of tearing the air. It looked quite intimidating, but Yamanaka and Konno's driving skills were excellent after all, and they shuttled freely between the whip shadows.

So much so that the monster didn't notice at all that the Eagle was hovering above its head.

The Eagle opened the weapon bay door, and two fat special bombs fell freely. A few seconds later, the bombs hit the monster. There was no fire, but smoke.

The freezing cold seemed to dim the light for a moment. In the ultra-low temperature of minus 200 degrees, even microorganisms would lose their activity.

The oily substance on the monster's skin solidified, and the gas also condensed into a solid.

It lay motionless, like an ice sculpture.

"Success!"

The operation plan was executed well, and everyone in the TAC team breathed a sigh of relief. Captain Long landed the Eagle and prepared to use the restraint rope on the plane to tie up the monster and take it to space.

The Eagle's power is enough to carry a monster weighing tens of thousands of tons.

The plan went well, but Ling didn't think so. The light appeared in her hand.

Almost at the same moment, the monster Gaskegan moved. It was clearly not frozen. It was just acting like a cunning mantis, and it attacked with thunder the moment its prey stopped in front of it.

The monster's long whip pierced the hovering Eagle at an extremely fast speed. Perhaps only a few milliseconds, a moment that human nerves could not react, and the Eagle was unable to make any response.