Chapter 1939 Why do I still have to be an official even in a different universe?!

After the meeting, Sawai Soichiro immediately invited Gu Chen to his office and kindly prepared a hot cup of coffee for him.

Sawai Soichiro was well aware of Gu Chen's preferences.

"Advisor, are you really not going to consider serving as a staff officer at the TPC Supreme Command?"

"If you'd like, I could offer you the director position after I retire."

Sawai Soichiro sat down in front of Gu Chen and extended the invitation to him once again with a smile.

Gu Chen chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Spare me, Director. I finally escaped the duties of the highest commander of the Showa Space Earth Defense Force, and I don't want to be this tired again."

"You should look for another job as the TPC director."

Gu Chen naturally declined Sawai Soichiro's invitation.

Upon seeing this, a clear look of regret flashed in Sawai Soichiro's eyes.

To be honest, after spending this time together, Sawai Soichiro finally understood why Manabe, the strategist during the MAT team era, went against the majority opinion to appoint Gu Chen, a person with no roots in the Earth Defense Force or even in the political circles of Sakura Country, as the Earth Defense Force strategist.

Because both the strategist Manabe at the time and Soichiro Sawai now saw a possibility for the future in Gu Chen, and realized that Gu Chen could lead humanity into a brand new future world.

That's why Sawai Soichiro went so far as to risk his own position to try and win over Gu Chen.

If Gu Chen really agrees, Sawai Soichiro will do everything in his power, just like Manabe's strategist back then, to push Gu Chen to the position of TPC director, and not just a director in name only, but a powerful leader with real authority.

Sawai Soichiro also realized that in order to bring out Gu Chen's abilities, he should be given enough power.

At that time, even if it's the TPC police department led by Tetsuji Yoshioka, Soichiro Sawai will try every means to hand over power to Gu Chen.

However, Gu Chen's rejection shattered all those hopes.

Sawai Soichiro was very good at judging people, and he naturally saw the determination in Gu Chen's heart.

"Ugh!"

Thinking of this, Sawai Soichiro couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Gu Chen could only smile wryly at this and immediately changed the subject, saying, "Director, instead of thinking about these things, let's take advantage of the fact that we can still make contact with Jeep 3 and quickly tell them to return."

Sawai Soichiro was taken aback by his question: "Advisor, did you foresee something?"

Gu Chen nodded: "Yes, I foresaw that Jeep 3 would encounter a cosmic creature in Jupiter's orbit that has no emotions, no physical form, and can absorb energy."

"If Gypta 3 is not recalled soon, that cosmic creature will possess Gypta 3 and its crew, and after reading the crew's emotions and knowledge, it will create a monster entity."

"Ultimately, it will land on Earth in search of energy, targeting the Space Development Agency's high-purity energy and the Etsuzaki Power Plant."

For the safety of Dr. Ezaki and the others, Gu Chen recklessly spoiled the subsequent plot of Ultraman Tiga TV.

In the original storyline, Jeep No. 3 disappeared two months before the start of the fourth episode.

Therefore, by bringing up this matter only a few days after Tiga's revival, Gu Chen could most likely have avoided this tragedy.

Upon hearing this, Sawai Soichiro's expression immediately turned serious.

Gu Chen's precognitive abilities have been verified multiple times, so he cannot ignore Gu Chen's words.

Moreover, the details of Gu Chen's prophecy are so detailed, and the name of the organization he mentioned is related to the crew of the Gypsy III, which further confirms the authenticity of the prophecy.

Thinking of this, Sawai Soichiro immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I will immediately notify the Space Development Agency to recall Jeep 3."

Although exploring Jupiter is the top priority of the Space Development Agency, it is of paramount importance to Dr. Ezaki and his team, who are crew members of the Jeep 3.

As the old saying goes, what is the most lacking thing in the new century? Talent!

Without a doubt, Dr. Ezaki and his colleagues are the kind of talent most needed in the new century.

Now that he knew that exploring Jupiter would put Gypsy 3 in danger, Sawai Soichiro was determined to prevent a tragedy from happening.

Therefore, Gu Chen did not linger in Sawai Soichiro's office for long. After finishing his coffee, he got up, said goodbye, and left.

……

A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The Monster Coexistence Project has progressed very smoothly over the past month.

The reason is that Gakuma's petrification ray really is as Gu Chen had told everyone before, capable of petrifying pollutants such as nuclear waste into stone.

What surprised Gu Chen even more was that Gakuma and the others really liked the petrified nuclear waste.

Furthermore, after communication, Gu Chen confirmed that consuming these stones could completely replenish the energy consumed when releasing petrifying rays, and even leave an aftereffect.

After that, Gu Chen asked Gakuma to remove the petrochemical heavy metal sludge and toxic chemical waste.

After several attempts, it was confirmed that Gakuma prefers petrified heavy metal sludge, followed by petrified nuclear waste, and lastly toxic chemical waste.

However, relatively speaking, Gakuma doesn't like to eat the petrified toxic chemical waste. If it weren't for the fact that petrified nuclear waste could provide Gakuma with more nutrients, Gakuma might choose other metal ores if given the choice.

At this point, Gu Chen handed over the relevant matters concerning communication with Gakuma.

He has already taken the most difficult first step. Whether this path will be successful depends on the choices made by humanity in this universe.

Gu Chen believed that the humans in this universe would not disappoint him.

However, things didn't go as planned for Gu Chen. After finalizing the "Monster Coexistence Project," Sawai Soichiro actually established a special department called the Monster Coexistence Project Planning Bureau, and directly appointed Gu Chen as its director.

More importantly, Gu Chen couldn't refuse, because he was the person in this universe who knew the most about monsters, and no one else could sit in that position properly.

Rushing to put others in the position could ruin the good start that Gu Chen had built up.

Therefore, faced with Sawai Soichiro's appointment, Gu Chen could only accept it with a wry smile.

However, he also demonstrated the excellent qualities he had in the Showa era, taking control of the overall direction and delegating everything else to his subordinates, while he himself leisurely became a hands-off manager.