Behind the Scenes: From Pirates to Tokyo

Chapter 39
Sea monster attack?
Attack the freighter?

And watch the news?
There is no need to search for news on the mobile phone page anymore, the police station TV program is broadcasting in real time.

"According to relevant sources from the Coast Guard, the ocean-going cargo ship [Baijiao Maru] has completely sunk, but fortunately, the crew on the cargo ship had escaped through escape boats before the sinking, although we still don't know the specific casualties The number of people, but presumably should not be large, this is a blessing in misfortune."

There was also a picture of the sinking site hanging on the TV screen - it was just an ocean.

Not to mention that a cargo ship sank here, even if there is a submarine war of the century under the sea, the audience will probably believe it.

"It is believed that the Baijiao Maru loaded 16 tons of grain from Thailand..."

Watching the news, Nanao Shiranui fell into a daze again.

If an ordinary person simply reads this news, he will only think it is an ordinary shipwreck accident. Ship accidents are not very common in Japan, which is busy with shipping. Mauritius hit the rocks, and a huge oil spill caused a marine ecological disaster in Mauritius.

This time, it's just a ship sinking in front of our house, so it's not a big problem, it's not a big problem.

But the minister actually said it was a sea monster attack?Nanao Shiranui can probably guess it. The minister is so sure that it was a sea monster attack, probably because he has conclusive evidence beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

And being able to sink a cargo ship with an overall weight of 10,000+ tons, this is no ordinary sea monster!

"Shiranui, what's the matter? Why don't you speak?"

Shocked for a moment, Shiranui's expression immediately became as serious as "JOJO": "This is not my guess, Minister. This is the conclusion I have drawn from my careful logic analysis. It is a fact. How could it be a guess?"

"Since there are problems on land, isn't it natural that there are problems in the ocean?"

"That's why I applied to you as soon as I knew that a sea monster was suspected to have appeared in Chiba County."

The tone of Shiranui's righteous words made the minister on the opposite side startled for a while.

Too serious and responsible, Tai Gong is loyal to the country.

Being in this shit-like supernatural countermeasures department has not wiped out the fighting spirit, young people are good.

After calming down his excitement, the minister who was rejuvenated continued: "In this way, the manpower in the ministry is now concentrated on Jianyu Leishen's side, and there will not be many manpower available for a while. The sea monster will trouble you." Thank you for your hard work, we will replenish your manpower as soon as possible, but we don’t have many talents related to the supernatural, if you have any trustworthy talents, you can also be included.”

"No problem, Minister! I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Nanao Shiranui's eyes lit up again. This is temporarily delegating some personnel power to herself—the power has been further promoted!

And speaking of candidates, a familiar figure immediately appeared in Nanao Shiranui's mind.

…………

Off the coast of Japan, where the ship sank.

It was obvious that there was an ordinary shipwreck here, but it was not ordinary maritime rescue ships that rushed to the scene, but several naval ships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and Amelika blocked the sea area.

Those who didn't know thought that some kind of joint military exercise was going on here.

A special ship sails across the sea, and the equipment on the ship uses multi-beam lasers to scan the underwater site.

"The depth of the wreck is 44 meters."

After confirming the underwater situation, one order after another was communicated to each ship.

"Equipment inspection is complete, you can dive!"

"thump."

"thump."

One by one, the equipment was hoisted and dropped into the seabed. Dozens of divers carried oxygen cylinders and began to swim immediately after sinking into the seawater. They were vigorous and equipped with professional equipment.

And under the sea surface, scientific unmanned submersibles have been launched long ago, and the situation on the bottom of the sea will be transmitted to the ship in real time.

This is just an ordinary shipwreck, right?Why let us soldiers come to dive? ——Many of the soldiers who dived into the water were confused. They really couldn't figure out why a civilian ship had a problem, but there was such a turmoil. The Amelika Navy and the Maritime Self-Defense Force were dispatched at the same time.

In the command ship on the water, a naval adjutant asked worriedly: "Is it really good not to tell the self-defense team about such things? What if the sea monster appears again?"

For those divers who are completely unprotected, facing Hailong is simply delivering food.

"Appeared again?" The sea general of the Maritime Self-Defense Force snorted coldly, "We have called in the biological radar, as long as it dares to appear, it will be discovered immediately, no matter what unconfirmed creature it is or an ultra-ancient dinosaur. Well, a torpedo can blow its flesh and blood flying."

"Don't blow it up, don't blow it up."

Listening to the words of the sea general, an old pedant wearing thick glasses next to him sweated profusely: "This is an unprecedented super creature, the research on it will change our existing biological system, if such a treasure dies If we do, we will be the sinners of history."

He is a professor of the Association for Atmospheric and Oceanic Research at the University of Tokyo, and he is definitely the No. 1 existing in Japan in terms of marine life.

"I know, Professor Zoko. We won't take the initiative to launch an attack until the sea monster shows a strong enough aggressiveness." Hai Jiang said to the professor, "But this matter must not be disclosed to the outside world."

"A super sea monster that can sink more than [-] tons of freighters, you should know what this means."

Swallowing his saliva, the adjutant said: "This means that sea monsters can sink other cargo ships, and Japan's sea areas will no longer be safe."

Japan's life is all on maritime transportation, from food to industrial raw materials. If some shipping companies reduce or even suspend their routes because of fear of sea monsters, it will be disastrous for Japan.

Even if the frequency is reduced by only [-]%, no, only [-]%, the Japanese economy will be greatly affected.

Not to mention, once the existence of the sea monster is known to the outside world, the reduction in freighter frequency will far exceed the [-]% figure.

At that time, the economic problem will be a trivial matter. With Japan's poor food self-sufficiency rate, people will inevitably die because of the food problem.

"You don't have to be so pessimistic. Maybe we will catch this sea monster soon? Then allocate a small sea area to keep it in captivity."

When the professor at the University of Tokyo remembered the image of the sea beast, he couldn't help but tremble with excitement. Compared with making himself famous in the history of biology, the country's economic recession and a few people starving to death seemed not that big of a deal. Anyway, it is impossible to live in embarrassment with one's own status.

Just as a few people were talking, divers and submarines under the sea had found the sunken ship.

(End of this chapter)