Chapter 663: Sudden Departure

"Captain Long, please pay attention to the team's affairs. All I want to say is that you should give your teammates full trust. Only a united team can exert amazing power and win the battle against monsters or aliens."

Before leaving the operations room, Gu Chen turned around and looked at everyone in the TAC team. After his gaze stayed on Ichiro Yamanaka for a moment, he spoke meaningfully.

"Yes!"

Although they didn't know what the meaning of Gu Chen's words was, the members of the TAC team still responded to Gu Chen in a sonorous tone.

After receiving the response from the TAC team, Gu Chen nodded slightly, then turned and left the operations room.

As for how much the TAC team can take this statement to heart, it depends on how they perform in the future.

If those infuriating plots in the original story happen again, don't blame him, the highest commander of the Earth Defense Force, for not looking down on them.

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In the afternoon, Gu Chen, wearing a staff officer's uniform, sat on the podium of the press conference. On his left and right were the MAT team and the TAC team, and in front of him were reporters from major media outlets who were invited to attend the press conference.

Before the press conference officially started, the flashes on the cameras of the media reporters were already flashing non-stop.

The reason is that they are very curious about how Gu Chen could become the highest commander of the Earth Defense Force at such a young age, because this has never happened in the history of Sakura Country.

Because according to convention, those who can sit in this position are basically white-haired old men.

At the very least, he is a middle-aged man with lost collagen on his face, weather-beaten skin, and deep eyes as if he has gone through some extraordinary years.

It's not like the situation now, where a young person is sitting in a seat that should be occupied by an elderly or middle-aged person?

However, Chief of Staff Manabe and others must have already anticipated this aspect, and Shi Xinyu had also prepared relevant plans early on.

If these media reporters asked Gu Chen about this matter at the next press conference, Gu Chen would not need to organize words on the spur of the moment to respond.

In front of him was a manuscript that answered various questions, to ensure that Gu Chen would not get carried away and say everything he should and shouldn't say.

Although the probability of this happening is extremely small, it is not completely impossible, so we still need to be prepared.

Soon, it was time for the press conference.

Following a buzzing sound from the microphone, Gu Chen began his speech according to the predetermined lines.

"Welcome friends from the news media to attend our handover ceremony between the MAT team and the TAC team. Time flies, and years have passed since the establishment of the MAT team..."

After a somewhat lengthy opening speech, Gu Chen then introduced the members of the TAC team and various new types of weapons and equipment to the media reporters through slides.

Although the core technology was not that new, the media reporters didn't understand much. When they saw the weapons and equipment that looked cooler than those of the MAT team and the basic information, they started taking pictures as if they were handing in their papers for free.

After everything that needed to be said had been said and everything that needed to be introduced had been completed, the press conference finally came to the question-and-answer session that the media reporters were most looking forward to.

The first reporter who was given the opportunity to speak and ask questions did not surprise Staff Officer Manabe and others, as he pointed the finger directly at Gu Chen.

"Staff Officer Gu Chen, how do you feel about becoming the highest commander of the Earth Defense Force at such a young age?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were focused on Gu Chen.

Then, they saw Gu Chen maintaining a decent smile, and said slowly and calmly in a steady and gentle voice: "Regarding this issue, I must first thank the other high-level staff members of the Earth Defense Force for their recognition of my abilities..."

According to the contents of the manuscript in front of him, Gu Chen answered the questions from the media reporters in an orderly manner.

It’s just that digging for big news has always been the goal that media reporters strive for. Even if there is no big news to dig out from the target, they will create conditions to dig it out.

For example, they would set traps in the questions raised, let Gu Chen express his views on certain sensitive events, or even directly ask some sharp questions, short of openly saying whether your promotion was achieved through secret manipulation or exchange of interests.

But the result disappointed the media reporters.

Whether facing sharp questions or sensitive questions, Gu Chen always maintained a decent smile and gave corresponding answers in a calm tone. His words gave them the feeling that he had said a lot, but upon closer thought, it seemed that he had said nothing.

After a period of verbal confrontation, the media reporters realized that the young man in front of them was a master, or there was a master behind him.

No matter what the question was, he could answer it perfectly, which was simply terrifying.

"I know that all of you journalists have asked so many questions about me because you are worried about whether I can shoulder the responsibility of being the highest commander of the Earth Defense Force Far East Headquarters at such a young age. Regarding this, after today's press conference, the Earth Defense Force will make some of my personal files public, mainly about my experience since I served in the Earth Defense Force. Interested journalists can pay attention to this matter."

"Now, let's focus on the protagonists of today's press conference. If you don't know, you might think that today is the press conference for my inauguration ceremony. In order not to steal the show, the next press conference will be co-hosted by MAT team's captain Ibuki Ryu and TAC team's captain Ryugoro. I'll take my leave first."

After answering another sharp question from a reporter, Gu Chen closed the manuscript in front of him, said this into the microphone, then stood up and walked backstage with his usual gentle smile.

Faced with this situation, the reporters were obviously not prepared and started taking pictures of Gu Chen's back.

Although they didn't dig up any explosive news, Gu Chen's behavior was enough for them to write several eye-catching articles.

Seeing this, Ibuki Ryu and Ryugoro couldn't help but look at each other in confusion, because this was obviously not within the normal process of the press conference.

But now that things have come to this, what else can they say? They can only exchange glances and tacitly start hosting the press conference.

After a while, with Gu Chen's sudden departure, the press conference finally returned to its normal course, instead of focusing entirely on Gu Chen.