Chapter 977 Arriving at the scene, serious dereliction of duty

There was no conversation that night, as if nothing had happened.

However, before dawn, a call reporting the crime made the entire ZAT team nervous, and they urgently recalled the resting team members back to the headquarters.

Because someone claimed that a monster appeared and ate an adult male alive.

The matter immediately received high attention from the ZAT team. Gu Chen threw the work that needed to be handled today to Shi Xinyu, changed into the ZAT team's uniform, mixed in with the on-duty team and rushed to the scene of the monster crime claimed by the reporter.

However, as soon as everyone arrived near the scene, Kitajima Tetsuya's expression suddenly became a little ugly.

"Beidao, are you feeling unwell? You look so bad."

Gu Chen glanced at Kitajima Tetsuya, whose face was a little pale, and knew that this guy had reacted by now, and he couldn't help feeling a little gloating.

"Counselor, I'm fine."

Hearing Gu Chen's caring words suddenly, Kitajima Tetsuya came back to his senses immediately, his expression panicked for a moment.

"I say Bei Dao, if you feel unwell, just tell me. You can't just pretend to be strong."

Upon hearing this, Shuhei Araki turned his head and looked at Tetsuya Kitajima.

"Deputy Captain, actually, the place where I saw the will-o'-the-wisp was right around here..."

Kitajima Tetsuya thought about it and realized that this matter could not be concealed forever, so he gritted his teeth and confessed it.

"what?!"

Hearing this, Shuhei Araki exclaimed and looked at Tetsuya Kitajima with wide eyes.

They are still in the review period, and Shi Xinyu is watching their every move.

Now that this has happened, if the person who reported the case did not make a mistake or deliberately reported a false case, then their fate will be dire.

As a result, it may not only be this month, but also next month and even the month after that, all the rotating shifts and daily attendance will be taken up by the three of them.

"Bei Dao, you'd better pray that the will-o'-the-wisp you're talking about is not the same as the will-o'-the-wisp the reporter is talking about."

At this moment, Nanhara Tadao suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. He couldn't help but swallow hard and was almost about to put his hands together and pray to God.

After a while, Wolf 777 and Rabbit Bear arrived at the scene one after another.

After getting out of the car, the person who reported the case came towards him. He was a policeman working at a nearby police station. Judging from his appearance, he should be quite old.

"Thanks for your hard work."

The person who reported the case came up, bowed to everyone and greeted them.

"Thank you for your hard work. Are you the one who called the police to report that a monster appeared here?"

As the leader of the group, Gu Chen naturally stepped forward to communicate with the person who reported the case.

Seeing this, the others dispersed consciously and began to investigate the surroundings.

"Yes, it's really surprising that the will-o'-the-wisp is actually the eyeball of the monster."

The person who reported the case nodded, still feeling a lingering fear.

Close contact with monsters is really too exciting for a middle-aged or elderly person like him.

"Is that the boy's father swallowed by a monster?"

Gu Chen glanced at the person who reported the case, then his gaze fell on the teenager standing not far away.

"Yes, his name is Jiro. He is such a poor child. His mother died of illness last year. How can he survive alone? This is really worrying."

The reporter followed Gu Chen's gaze and also fell on the teenager, and a look of pity immediately appeared on his face.

As a police officer in the police station responsible for the security of this area, the reporter is very familiar with the residents living here. It is not an exaggeration to say that the child named Jiro grew up under his care.

What's more, he is a kind-hearted policeman, so he hates to see such sad things.

Hearing this, Gu Chen walked towards where the young boy Jiro was.

Before that, Minamihara Tadao had already stepped forward ahead of Gu Chen and contacted Jiro together with Higashi Kotaro.

However, when Gu Chen walked over, he happened to hear Jiro angrily saying, "What are you talking about! If you had eliminated the will-o'-the-wisp last night, this wouldn't have happened! I clearly called ZAT specifically, but they told me to find the Children's Counseling Room!"

"Did you make that call, young man?"

When Nanyuan Tadao heard this, the look on his face turned pale instantly, and he obviously realized what a stupid thing he had done.

"You are all cowards. You all ran away!"

After saying this, Jiro pushed Nanhara Tadao away and ran to the person who reported the case.

"Last night? Nanyuan, didn't you say that nothing special happened last night?"

Before Nanyuan Tadao could react, Gu Chen slapped him on the shoulder.

Although there was no hint of blame in the words, they somehow made Nanhara Tadao's legs tremble.

"Advisor, I don't think Nanyuan did it on purpose."

Seeing that Nanhara Tadao was inexplicably frightened and speechless, Higashi Kotaro quickly stepped forward to smooth things over for him.

"I believe this, but do you think Assistant Officer Shi believes it?" Gu Chen shrugged slightly, took his hand off Nanyuan Tadao's shoulder, and pulled down the headset. "Hey, Beidao, what's going on?"

“No abnormalities have been found so far.”

Knowing that he had made another mistake, Kitajima Tetsuya was very serious this time. He was paddling a hovercraft over the swamp and investigating the depths of the swamp.

"Wait, I think I hooked something."

But at this moment, Jiro Nishida, who was working with Tetsuya Kitajima, suddenly exclaimed and began to quickly retract the rope that had been released.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on Jiro Nishida.

After a while, a pair of black boots was fished out of the swamp by Jiro Nishida.

"It's Dad's boots!"

Seeing this, Jiro cried out in surprise and rushed to the shore of the swamp.

"Hey, slow down."

The person who reported the case was worried about Jiro's safety and followed closely behind.

Ever since they hooked up the boots worn by Jiro's father, Jiro Nishida and Tetsuya Kitajima began to continuously fish out all kinds of daily necessities from the depths of the swamp.

Upon seeing this, the person who reported the case immediately went forward to check.

"It's really pitiful. Those boots are indeed Mr. Ohba's, this umbrella is Mr. Sato's, and the handbag was bought by Mr. Tomita's wife during a sale, and she was very happy to say 'What a bargain, what a bargain'."

Listening to the reporter identifying who the salvaged items belonged to, the faces of the ZAT team members became even uglier.

Obviously, this means that not only Jiro's father was attacked by monsters, but many people were attacked by monsters before Jiro's father was killed, and their ZAT team knew nothing about it.

From this perspective, it can be said that this was a serious dereliction of duty on the part of the ZAT team.