Chapter 1946: Gakuma failed to make GUTS famous, and Silizan said, "Let me do it."

Victory Flying Swallow 1 quickly took over the position of Victory Flying Swallow 2.

Daigo Madoka: "Unit 1 has reached its designated position and is ready to be irradiated."

Munakata Seiichi: "Roger that. Begin irradiation. Daigo, keep a close eye on the monster's movements. If anything unusual happens, immediately increase the aircraft's altitude. Don't crash."

Madoka Daigo: "Understood! High-frequency generator, irradiate!"

Immediately, a high-frequency electromagnetic field enveloped the zombie monster's body from above and quickly interacted with the aluminum disc jammer on the ground.

The body temperature of the zombies and monsters inside them also rose at a visible rate.

Soon, flames ignited on the zombie monster's body.

Immediately afterwards, the zombie monster stood up from the ground to everyone's astonishment.

This scene was also broadcast live via the cameras of media reporters on board the helicopter.

"What?! The monster is actually alive?!"

“I was there before, and I can guarantee that the monster was emitting a strong stench of decay and didn’t smell like it was alive at all.”

"As expected of Team GUTS, they were able to spot this monster's disguise."

"Thank goodness for TPC, otherwise we would have been fooled by the monster."

Those who witnessed this scene on live television immediately recalled what Masami Horii had said on camera not long ago, and it also made those who had boldly gathered near the zombie monster feel a sense of lingering fear.

If those people had known the monster was alive, they would never have dared to get that close to it, even if you killed them.

Therefore, after witnessing GUTS's correct response, people naturally did not hold back their praise.

However, unlike the jubilation of the crowd, the members of GUTS dared not relax in the slightest.

Megumi Kijima stared intently at the screen. Seeing the zombie monster awaken, she immediately asked, "Daigo, can you hold on?"

Daigo Madoka immediately responded, "No problem at all. Although the monster has woken up, it seems to have been affected by the high-frequency generator and appears to be unable to move."

As Daigo Madoka said, although the zombie monster had woken up, its body had already been heated to over 1000 degrees Celsius in the high-frequency electromagnetic field created by the high-frequency generator and the aluminum plate jammer, and flames began to burn from the inside out.

Even if the zombie monster wanted to shoot down the Victory Swallow No. 1 in the sky, it was powerless to do so.

Finally, after letting out a weak howl, the zombie monster, which had stood up, fell heavily back down.

However, Daigo Madoka did not relax. He continued to maintain the output of the high-frequency generator, constantly causing the zombie monster's body to burn due to the increased temperature.

As time went on, the zombie monster's body was burned by the flames, turning into puddles of non-combustible material that could no longer burn.

Clearly, there was no need to continue burning at this point.

Before this zombie monster could even display its power, it was defeated in the Northwest thanks to GUTS's correct response. In a way, it replaced Gakuma's role and proved to the world that GUTS was capable of handling monster disasters.

This entire process was broadcast live from that helicopter.

That concludes the matter. GUTS no longer needs to be involved in the follow-up work, as it mainly involves cleaning up the battlefield, analyzing the monster's remains, and handling the final disposal. These tasks can be left to the Department of Transportation and the Science and Technology Bureau.

……

The next day, it was the same bar, and the same few people.

Onoda, with Yu Chen on his back, sat down next to Zongfang Chengyi in a very familiar manner and said, "Can you have a drink with us? It's to cheer me up since I haven't seen my lover in a long time."

With that, Onoda placed a glass of wine in front of Munakata Seiichi.

Looking at the wine in front of him, Zongfang Chengyi said, "I want to drink too."

Onoda: "Your actions yesterday were truly eye-opening."

Munakata Seiichi smiled slightly, but said nothing.

After all, the GUTS team was able to eliminate the zombie monsters so quickly and accurately thanks to Gu Chen's suggestion; otherwise, the operation might not have gone so smoothly and there might have been many more twists and turns.

At that moment, Onoda's junior, Yu Chen, suddenly handed a manuscript to Munakata Seiichi and said, "Mr. Munakata, this is a press release I wrote. I hope you can take a look at it."

Zongfang Chengyi was slightly surprised by this, but he still picked up the manuscript and glanced at it.

"Rotting giant corpses and fragile civilizations?"

The headline that caught his eye immediately made Zongfang Chengyi look up in surprise at the young reporter, You Chen.

Meeting Zongfang Chengyi's gaze, You Chen smiled sheepishly.

Seeing this, Seiichi Munakata continued reading and discovered that the press release focused on the public's reaction when they learned of the monster's appearance and their various actions after the GUTS warning.

Overall, it feels like a deep analysis of human nature, rather than an article praising the winning team.

Seiichi Munakata quickly finished reading it, then returned the press release and said to Onoda, "This article probably won't be published, right?"

Onoda couldn't help but smile wryly upon hearing this. He glanced at Yu Chen, who looked disappointed, and said, "That's true. This type of news has too few readers; not many people would want to read it."

Zongfang Chengyi shrugged, neither confirming nor denying the matter.

Instead, You Chen said somewhat excitedly, "But I still want to write what I want to write, rather than cater to the demands of the people."

Hearing this, Onoda didn't continue to discourage Yu Chen, but just smiled and patted Yu Chen's head.

After all, Onoda fully agreed with Yu Chen's idea; otherwise, if he wrote whatever the public wanted to see, he would have no integrity as a journalist.

Seeing this, Munakata Seiichi picked up the wine glass that Onoda handed him and drank it all in one gulp.

Standing up, Zong Fangcheng left the bar without looking back.

Onoda watched Munakata Seiichi's departing figure, then took out his portable recorder and began to record what he wanted to say.

Meanwhile, You Chen, after taking a swig of wine, took out a pen and paper and rewrote: "The emptiness of victory—when the 'problem' is 'solved,' rather than 'understood.'"

“We seem to be more accustomed to ‘eliminating problems’ than ‘understanding problems.’ Once the monster is dead and life returns to normal, then everything is ‘over’.”

"Has this victory of pragmatism caused us to miss the opportunity to learn and progress from the crisis?"

"If the next time it's not a zombie monster playing dead, but a truly intelligent enemy, will our 'band-aid' approach still be effective?"

Clearly, he was expressing his dissatisfaction and thoughts regarding the public statement released by the TPC Information Bureau yesterday.

Defeating the monster is certainly something to celebrate, but figuring out why the monster appeared is equally important in You Chen's opinion.

After all, only by understanding the root cause of the problem can we prevent the same problem from happening again.