Chapter 1821 Departure into Space for Investigation

"The Bird Monster?"

The UGM members all showed curious expressions after hearing Dr. Shirono's name for the monster, clearly it was the first time they had heard of it.

"Such a large group, if they were to attack Earth..."

Immediately, Junkichi Ito frowned and said with concern.

"Don't worry about that."

Upon hearing this, Dr. Shirono immediately explained, "When the weather gets colder, swallows will fly south."

"On the contrary, winter birds such as wild ducks come to the land of cherry blossoms."

"Similarly, Balu also travels through the universe in large groups every 10 years."

"But don't worry, Balu is a very docile monster and won't attack Earth."

After listening to Dr. Shirono's explanation, the UGM members couldn't help but understand, and even Gu Chen nodded in agreement.

Dr. Shirono was not lying; there were reports of observations of the treacherous bird monster, Bal, 10 or even 20 years ago.

For some unknown reason, these reports were not made public at the time, but were instead compiled into secret files and sealed away.

Until the establishment of the Earth Defense Force in recent years, this part of the secret files has been gradually declassified.

Gu Chen only went to the archives after meeting Balu and found relevant records.

"I see. That baby monster is acting all cute and affectionate with Assistant Hoshino, it's like it's treating Assistant Hoshino like its mother."

Seeing this, Nishida Jiro immediately changed the subject and started teasing Hoshino Isamu.

As soon as Nishida Jiro spoke, the UGM members immediately turned their attention to Hoshino Isamu, who had a look of utter despair on his face.

It has to be said that being recognized as a mother by a monster was a very impactful experience even for Hoshino Isamu.

He still hasn't recovered; the image of Balu following him step by step to the Chaodi mine is still in his mind.

"That's how living things are. They assume that the first thing they see after they are born is their mother. This is called imprinting, and it's a habit of animals."

"Just like a newborn duckling, if you show it a toy car instead of its mother, the duckling will mistake the toy car for its mother."

"Wherever the car goes, it will follow."

"In other words, no matter where you go, the duckling will always follow behind something that is moving."

"Baru is in the same situation as the little duck, except that the moving thing is Assistant Hoshino."

Before Hoshino Yu could recover, Dr. Shirono gave him a further explanation that pierced his heart.

Upon hearing Dr. Shirono's words, Hoshino Isamu, who had just come to his senses, immediately pictured a giant monster following him wherever he went.

Thinking about it this way, Hoshino Yu suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed.

"So, Assistant Hoshino is Bazu's mother."

Seeing this, Ito Junkichi didn't let Hoshino Isamu off the hook either, and teased him with a smile.

"Wow, what a young mother you are, Assistant Hoshino."

Upon hearing this, Shirono Emi didn't miss the opportunity and teased him with a charming laugh.

"How could this happen?!"

"Advisor, please think of a solution!"

At this point, Hoshino Yu finally couldn't hold back anymore, let out a wail, and collapsed next to Gu Chen.

Looking at Hoshino Isamu's pitiful appearance, Gu Chen smiled, reached out and patted his head, and said gently, "Hoshino, you're not a child anymore. As my assistant, you should shoulder the responsibilities of your mother right now."

"what!!!"

Upon hearing Gu Chen's words, Hoshino Yu shouted and rushed out the door in a panic.

Watching Hoshino Yuu's retreating figure as he fled the operations room, the UGM members couldn't help but burst into laughter.

As for how to settle Balu, the Earth Defense Force has accumulated enough experience.

If Baloo is able to return to its kin, then take good care of it until it is able to return.

If Balu doesn't want to return to its kind, the Earth Defense Force can afford to support such a monster.

Therefore, the UGM members were not very worried about this, nor did they think it was a serious problem.

That's why they had the time to tease Hoshino Isamu.

On the other side, after leaving the operations room, Hoshino Yu didn't know where to go for a while, and as if by some strange twist of fate, he went straight to the ground base.

Upon seeing Hoshino Isamu emerge from the ground base, Pazu, who had been obediently squatting to the side, immediately let out an excited cry, its two legs shaking incessantly, its hands rubbing together, and its mouth uttering soft, childish cries.

Clearly, it was being affectionate with Hoshino Isamu again.

Although Pazu didn't understand why its mother was so small, it didn't matter. All it needed to know was Hoshino Yu was its mother.

Although his mother was so small that Baloo couldn't curl up in her warm embrace, he was content just to see her.

Looking at Pazu, who kept acting cute towards him, Hoshino Isamu's heart, which had been on the verge of collapse, seemed to be struck by something. After a sudden tremor, the shameful feeling in his mind gradually disappeared.

He gazed silently at Pazu, at the tender look in Pazu's eyes as she looked at him, and Hoshino Isamu murmured, "Mom...?"

……

"Alright, enough with the jokes. Now, we'll need to pay a little more attention to Balu's matter."

In the operations room, after the UGM members had finished laughing, Gu Chen stopped them from joking around and spoke seriously.

"Okay, Counselor!"

The UGM members immediately nodded in response.

“Baru’s egg wouldn’t have fallen to Earth for no reason, and judging from the meteorite fragments that Vice Captain Ito and the others brought back, those fragments are very likely from Baru’s body.”

Immediately afterwards, Dr. Shirono also reported the analysis results of the "meteorite" fragments brought back by Junkichi Itō and his team.

"Dismembered bodies... Could it be that something happened to Balu and the others during their migration?"

Junkichi Ito frowned immediately and guessed.

"It's not impossible."

Daiyama Kazuki pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, Ito, you take the team and take them on a trip to space aboard the spaceship Mami, and see what exactly happened to Balu and the others."

Junkichi Ito immediately stood at attention and replied, "Yes, Captain!"

Then, he looked at his teammates and said, "Ueno, Tajima, Harada, let's go!"

"understand!"

The members of Ito Junkichi's squad immediately responded in unison, and then quickly followed Ito Junkichi out of the operations room.