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There's certainly nothing wrong with just making a cameo appearance.
"Bad guys, okay?"
"No, I want to choose a good person."
That's a bit difficult, the protagonist's group is already full. Kagome, Inuyasha, Kikyo, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo have all appeared. If it's the good guy camp.
Oh, Ling suddenly remembered.
Coral's younger brother Amber, no one stipulated that he must be a younger brother, it doesn't matter if he becomes a younger sister.
There's only one problem then.
"When filming, check your shots and don't kill 'Naraku'. The Red Leaf Hunter is pretty good."
"Inuyasha" actual combat power ranking:
The strongest fighting force, ordinary human little girl: Ling
The second combat force, the mastermind of the lost battleship of the fourth-level civilization peak destroyer star: Kagome
Possessing the Yin-Yang Jade that grants authority to Gensokyo, Amber, the guardian of Gensokyo, is undoubtedly the third fighting force.
Chapter 363: Meteor Project Equipment
This year is a warm winter. Except for some snow in some mountainous areas, no white elves were seen in Tokyo throughout the winter.
The rivers are not frozen yet, and spring is just around the corner.
"Will-o'-the-wisp? Okay, little guy, I think you dialed the wrong number. This is the ZAT team. We deal with monsters, you know? I'll give you a number, 4266342, this is the phone number of the children's counseling room."
Naruto said and hung up the phone.
"What's up, Nanyuan? Who's calling?"
"It was a child who said he saw a will-o'-the-wisp." Nanyuan didn't take it seriously.
Araki, who asked the question, also didn't care.
"But Nanyuan, why are you so familiar with the child consultation room's phone number? You must have called it a lot when you were a kid, right?"
"I'm calling now. We're all children. Just call this number and someone will chat with you no matter what you say. It's really interesting."
So the ZAT team burst into laughter.
Only Kotaro didn't laugh.
"Deputy Captain, what if what the kid said is true? What if it really has something to do with monsters?"
"Kotaro, you joined the team late, and I've received too many calls like this." Before the deputy captain could say anything, Nanyuan interrupted, "I would believe you if you said there were will-o'-the-wisp fires in the wilderness on a hot day, but it's not even spring yet, so where do will-o'-the-wisp fires come from? Right, Kitajima?"
"Oh, yes! Besides, even if it's a will-o'-the-wisp, it's caused by phosphorus spontaneously igniting in the air. What does it have to do with monsters? We have to believe in science."
No one in the ZAT team took it seriously. Just as Nanyuan said, there were indeed many such calls. If they believed and investigated every one of them, then the ZAT team would not have to do other work.
Only Kotaro.
"Kotaro, if you're still worried, go investigate it yourself." Captain Asahina came in from the door, "I heard you guys making a lot of noise when I got here."
"Captain, you're back? What did the Defense Force say?" asked Araki.
As everyone knows, the captain has been negotiating with the defense forces recently about the use of the TAC weapons depot.
"The defense forces are like a bunch of pixiu. Once something enters their mouth, they won't spit it out. If you contact them when you encounter a powerful monster, they will help. But they won't reveal any weapons except for some common items."
They don't need TAC teams for conventional weapons, they have their own supply channels. The defense forces simply treat them as garbage collectors to clear inventory.
"Ah? Then it's all in vain?"
"That's not it." Who is he, Asahina? How could he work for several days in vain?
Considering his old face, he should at least bring back some benefits after risking his life.
"Have you heard of Project Meteor?"
Everyone, including Araki, shook their heads.
"That's right, you haven't heard of it. This plan is highly confidential. If we weren't all testers, I wouldn't be able to tell you."
Asahina was quite proud. He was actually quite satisfied with the result of his fight this time. It didn't matter if TAC didn't have the equipment. It was hard to say which was better, the Eagle Flying Fortress, the Silver Shark Car Cannon, or the like, compared to the Meteor Project.
"That's a research team that studies alien technology. They are all the most capable researchers from various countries. Later, some of their research results can be used as tests for us to use in the front-line battles."
"Testing? It doesn't sound reliable." Beidao said, stroking his chin. How can a weapon that is still under testing and not yet finalized be good?
"Idiot, the good stuff is what you test! Have you seen Ultraman Jack's bracelet? It cut the giant space monster Bemundstan into pieces in one go. They say they've developed a cutting weapon with the same power, and you don't want it?"
"Ah? As powerful as the Ultra Bracelet? Is that true?"
Kotaro wondered why he didn't believe it.
He did not comment on other things he did not understand, but the Ultra Bracelet was something that even the Technology Development Bureau of the Kingdom of Light could not replicate.
The only second one I saw was at Gaia.
It's not that he looks down on the people of Earth.
Unless Reiya Oshima's name is on the list of researchers for the Meteor Project, this statement has no credibility given the Earth's technology.
Of course, it is unlikely that these researchers are lying. Kotaro is more inclined to believe that these researchers do not know the true function of the Ultra Bracelet. It is not just a cutting knife.
"I don't know whether it's true or not, but that's what they said. As for the specific performance data, you will know it after you use it in battle."
"Back to what we were talking about earlier, Kotaro, if you think the will-o'-the-wisp that kid mentioned is suspicious, then go investigate. Isn't our job at ZAT to investigate any suspicious situations? Kitajima, you go too."
"Ah? I want to go too?"
"Didn't you just make a very clear statement? Something about will-o'-the-wisp being phosphorus spontaneously combusting in the air or something like that? Since you know so much, let's go investigate together."
Captain Asahina always arranges work as she pleases. Because she doesn't like the smell of curry, anyone who eats curry will be kicked out of the field work. If he wants to go, the person who eats curry will stay.
So much so that even the ZAT cafeteria tries not to make curry now.
"Oh, there's one more thing. I think everyone has heard that Team Member Nishida has been transferred to the space station due to work adjustments. A new team member will come to take over Nishida's position in the next two days."
Everyone knew this, and Nishida had already left in advance to report to the space station. In the past, the Space Army was part of the Defense Army, and this was the first time that their professional team had set up their own Space Army without the Defense Army.
Human beings are indeed paying more and more attention to the universe outside. There are even rumors that they want to build defense bases in outer space beyond the Earth's orbit to keep enemies outside the Earth.
So Nishida is considered an internal job rotation.
"What a pity. We are missing one of the four." Araki said.
"What do you mean four missing one?"
"Tokotaro, Nishida, Minamihara, Kitajima. East, west, south, north, all of them are here. Now that Nishida is gone, isn't there one missing?"
It really is such a coincidence when you think about it.
"So Araki, what do you think about me letting you be the stationmaster of the space station?"
"Captain, please spare me. I still like the feeling of stepping on the earth." Araki begged for mercy, but soon he realized that the captain was not joking. "Captain, are you serious? If necessary, of course it's no problem."
If it was a joke, Araki would often talk back to Captain Asahina, but if it was really necessary for work, he would not refuse any arrangement.
Of course Asahina knew that, and that was what he admired about Araki.
"Not now, just to prepare you. You know, because of what Ace said, many people, including the top brass, now want to coexist harmoniously with the monsters on Earth, so they focus on the universe. The real threats to humans mostly come from the depths of the universe."
With the continuous development of human technology, people are no longer afraid of their fellow earthlings, and the direction of defense has also been placed in space.
"I even heard that during the previous world leadership meetings, the human leaders had the idea of forming a special team to fight against space monsters (Monster Attacking Crew). So what I mean is, if the conditions are really ripe, you should go to the universe first and set up the framework of this team."
"Monster Attacking Crew... Is it the MAC team? I see. If I'm really needed, I'm always ready."
On the other side, Kotaro and Kitajima reconnected with the child who called earlier and confirmed the location of the scene.
"Hatashi Town in Kumano? That's pretty far."
No wonder Nanyuan didn't want to bother with it before.
Kumano City belongs to Mie Prefecture. To get there from Tokyo, you have to cross Kanagawa, Shizuoka, and Aichi Prefectures, which is more than 500 kilometers away. It really feels a bit unworthy to call the police for an inexplicable crime.
Kotaro and Kitajima went there in a Condor 1 fighter.
"Hatashi, that place is also called 'Qinzhu'." Kitajima said this on the plane.
"Why, Kitajima-kun is familiar with that place? What does Qinzhu mean? This name is weird."
"I'm not familiar with it, I've only heard of it. 'Qinzhu' means the place where people from the Qin State once lived. Do you know Qin Shihuang? It happened more than 2,000 years ago. Legend has it that Xu Fu was ordered to come here, and the fleet landed at Hatasu. They said they were looking for elixirs, but where can we get any elixirs here?"
But the locals do remember that period of history, some claiming that they are the subjects of the Qin State. To this day, there is still a "Xu Fu Palace" in the middle of the village, which is said to be the tomb of Xu Fu.
When the plane landed in Hatasu, it really felt like traveling through time. Tokyo and here are two different worlds.
“They are all ancient buildings.”
"Well, the Kumano Kodo has been preserved since the Kamakura period."
The Kamakura period lasted approximately two hundred years from China's Southern Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, and has a history of six or seven hundred years ago.
Of course, the two men did not come to Kumano Kodo for tourism. They quickly found the place mentioned by the boy who called the police. It was a lake not too large.
"The time says it's after midnight, but it's still two hours before nightfall. It's too early."
"But Beidao, why did you take out the fishing rod again?"
"You can see that there is no will-o'-the-wisp now. If there is, it will be after twelve o'clock. What else can I do if I don't go fishing during such a long time?"
Bei Dao said this, and just found a rock on the shore to sit down, then he really threw out the bait and started fishing.
"If you're okay, stay away from me and don't scare my fish away."
“Can there be fish in the water at this season?”
"Not only are there fish, but there are also hibernating frogs."
Kotaro had no choice but to wander around alone. As Kitajima said, there was really nothing in broad daylight.
At this time, not only Kitajima was fishing, but there were also people fishing in Gensokyo, but this fishing was a bit absurd and cruel.
There is no summer or winter in Gensokyo, only spring and autumn, and the climate is always comfortable.
By the pond, a group of frogs were croaking. A gust of cold wind blew by, and the sounds suddenly stopped.
All the frogs were frozen into the ice.
"What are you doing, Cirno?"