Chapter 1363
You know, cats and mice are the natural enemies of a house.
After Naoko and Ritsuko's upgrades.
Computer detection capabilities have been greatly enhanced.
The previously calm data stream on the screen suddenly started to jump violently, and red warning boxes popped up one after another.
Ye Rui's fingers hovered above the keyboard, his pupils suddenly contracting.
"What's this?"
He quickly amplified the abnormal signal, and the energy readings deep within the clouds were frighteningly clear.
Then they discovered the Lightning Man lurking in the clouds.
The upgraded system precisely captured all those distorted electromagnetic signals, the life reactions hidden in cumulonimbus clouds, and the intense ionospheric fluctuations that could interfere with avionics.
Cui Ming stood in front of the control panel, his gaze fixed on the image of rolling clouds on the screen, his brows furrowing slightly.
He immediately instructed Megumi Kijima to issue an emergency no-fly order.
"No-fly zone in the entire area, to be implemented immediately."
Megumi nodded, turned and walked toward the communications station, her voice steady and decisive.
"This is the GUTS command center. An emergency air traffic control order is hereby issued. All civilian and commercial aircraft are prohibited from taking off in the airspace of Tokyo-3 and its surrounding areas immediately. Again, all aircraft are prohibited from taking off."
Although there will be considerable fluctuations.
Horii crossed his arms, his face grave.
"Captain, this... this sudden flight ban will cause a lot of turmoil, the airlines will be in an uproar, and there will be economic losses..."
Zong Fang nodded, a hint of worry in his eyes.
"And the public will panic, without a legitimate reason..."
But after all, this is to ensure public safety.
Megumi turned around, her gaze sweeping over everyone present, her voice calm yet conveying an undeniable firmness.
“I support Choi Myung not because I am his wife, but for the safety of the people.”
Her finger lightly tapped the area of clouds on the screen that was flashing a danger signal.
“There’s something in the clouds, and quite a lot of it. You know better than I what the consequences would be if they attacked a passenger plane that’s currently in flight.”
Lina bit her lip, looked at the screen, and a hint of lingering fear flashed in her eyes.
Daigo stood to the side, his gaze shifting between Choi Myung and Kijima Megumi, before nodding slightly.
Everyone understands that this is indeed the situation.
Ye Rui took a deep breath, sat back down in front of the computer, and began typing rapidly on the keyboard.
"Understood. I will immediately coordinate with the air traffic control center to clear all air routes."
Horii scratched his head and sighed.
"...Okay, I'll contact the media and try to minimize the impact. Just say it's an abnormal weather."
Zongfang straightened his collar and picked up his helmet.
"I went to the airport to maintain order and prevent anyone from forcibly taking off."
Lina and Daigo exchanged a glance and stood up at the same time.
"We go on patrol, ready to respond to any emergencies."
They did exactly as instructed.
As Kijima watched her team members quickly take their positions, a slight smile appeared on her lips. Then she turned to look at Choi Myung.
Cui Mingzheng stared at the approaching Lightning Man signal on the screen, expressionless, and simply said something.
"Thank you."
Kijima smiled and gently pressed the back of his hand.
“This is my job, Cui.”
Inside the command center, the alarm was still blaring, but everyone was busy in an orderly manner.
Spike lifted his eyelids slightly in the corner, then lowered his head and continued to doze off, his tail wagging gently.
Spike's help here has been very helpful.
It lay in the corner of the lobby of the Victory Team base, seemingly dozing lazily, but its ears were always perked up and its nose twitched from time to time.
If anyone approaches the restricted area without permission, it will instantly open its eyes and rush out like a brown cannonball, pinning the person to the ground.
As a security guard, Spike only needs to deal with people who aren't as strange and eccentric as Tom and Jerry.
They were basically all under Spike's hard control.
Last time, a reporter tried to secretly photograph a classified area, but Spike slapped him against the wall with his paw, smashing his camera into pieces. He wasn't injured, but he was greatly shocked. When he got back, he wrote a report titled "There's a Monster Dog in the Victory Team Base," which the editor-in-chief treated as a joke and threw in the trash.
Tom and Jerry went out to play.
Cui Ming was mainly afraid that the two of them together could destroy the base.
After all, back in the EVA world, these two went to the S Agency at Cui's request for assistance, only to have the S Agency completely destroyed.
That happened not long ago.
That night, the lights in SEELE's secret headquarters were still dim.
Several old men sat around the iconic stone round table, wearing hoods, creating a somber yet solemn atmosphere.
Kiro Lorenz sat in the main seat, a few strands of gray hair peeking out from the brim of his hood, his futuristic goggles gleaming coldly in the candlelight. He was summarizing the recent losses in his hoarse voice.
"Rokubungi Gendo is ruined, NERV is completely out of control, we must..."
Before he could finish speaking, a slight noise came from the ventilation duct.
Kiru frowned and looked up.
Then he saw a gray cat peeking out of a vent in the ceiling, its eyes glowing green in the darkness.
"What's this?"
Before Keelow could react, the cat leaped down, landing squarely on the stone table, sending documents and teacups flying. Immediately afterward, a small brown mouse darted out from behind Tom's tail and raced along the edge of the table.
"Grab it!"
Keelu shouted instinctively, but he forgot that he was an old man in his twilight years.
Tom lunged at Jerry, but Jerry swerved sharply, and Tom's face slammed solidly into the round stone table, cracking it open.
Jerry kept running, jumped onto Keelow's shoulder, and slipped inside his hood.
"Ah!!! What is that!!!"
Kiro let out a scream and sprang up from his chair, shaking his head wildly.
His hood flew off, revealing his gray hair, which danced wildly in the air.
Jerry popped out of his collar and slid down his back, his tail brushing against Keel's waist, tickling him so much that he started tap dancing on the spot.
"Catch that rat! Quickly!"
The other SEELE old men got up one after another. Some went to grab Jerry, some wanted to press the alarm, and some went to Fuchi Road.
The scene was chaotic.
Tom shook his head, which was still dazed from the bump, and saw Jerry circling around an old man's feet. He immediately pounced on him.
As a result, Jerry made another sharp turn, and Tom crashed into the old man. The two of them flew out together, knocking over the candlestick behind them.
The candlestick fell onto the thick carpet, and the flames instantly leaped up.
"Fire! Fire!"
An old man screamed and tried to stomp on the fire, but he stepped on a banana peel that Jerry had deliberately thrown on the ground. He slipped, fell backward, and hit the back of his head precisely on the edge of the stone round table.
The round table was already cracked, and with that impact, it broke in two.
Just as Keelow emerged from the hood, he saw Tom chasing Jerry across the broken round table. Jerry jumped over it, but Tom couldn't stop in time, his four paws slipped on the ground, and he ended up slamming his whole body into Keelow's face.
"Well!!!"
Keelow was knocked to the ground, and Tom's buttocks landed right on his goggles, making it hard for him to breathe.
Jerry stood not far away, holding a peanut he had stolen from the kitchen, watching the scene with great interest, his little paws even making a cheering gesture.
The alarm finally went off, but no one paid any attention to it.
Tom finally spotted Jerry and jumped off Keelough's goggles, only to step on Keelough's stomach. The old man coughed up a mouthful of blood, and then Tom shot towards Jerry like a torpedo.
Jerry turned and ran, darting into the nearby electrical distribution box.
Without thinking, Tom slammed his paw on the door of the electrical box.
Sparks crackled and exploded, instantly short-circuiting the entire S Agency headquarters' power system. All the lights went out, and the backup generator started, but the wiring was already burned to pieces.
In the darkness, Jerry's eyes gleamed, and it deliberately waved a wire in front of Tom.
Tom lunged at it and bit the wire instead.
"Crack!!!"
Tom was smoking, his fur stood on end, and he froze in place like a black dandelion.
Jerry took the opportunity to wrap the wires around the remains of the stone table, then climbed up the wall to the fire sprinkler head.
It used its tiny paws to unscrew the valve on the shower head.
"Splash splash splash!!!"
The icy water fell from the sky, drenching all the old men, including Tom, who was still smoking.
Tom sneezed from the water, regained his mobility, and continued chasing Jerry.
Kiru lay on the ground, soaking wet, his gray hair plastered to his face, his goggles askew, and bubbles coming out of his mouth.
"What...what kind of monster is this...?"
He watched as Tom chased Jerry, running wildly down the water-spraying corridor, smashing murals, overturning vases, collapsing bookshelves, and sending confidential documents flying like snowflakes in his wake.
Finally, Jerry ran to the door of the main control room and pressed the open button with his little paws.
Tom crashed headfirst into it, landing squarely on the massive control panel.
Tom's body triggered all the buttons and levers on the control panel at once.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A series of explosions were heard underground at the S Agency headquarters, indicating that the self-destruct program had been accidentally activated.
"No!!! Run!!!"
Kiro let out a desperate wail and scrambled toward the exit.
The other old men, no longer caring about SEELE's dignity, scrambled and rolled after Kiru.
Tom and Jerry stood on the control panel, watching the old men flee in panic. They exchanged a glance and then gave each other a high five.
By the time Cui Ming received the news, the headquarters of the S Agency had already been reduced to ruins.
All the old men who were still alive, led by Keelu, also met with misfortune.
They lay on the grass in the suburbs, soaking wet, their faces blackened, some with banana peels still hanging from their skin, supporting each other, staring blankly at the sky.
Several electrical wires were still tangled in Jilu's gray hair, his goggles were cracked into a spider web pattern, and a crow perched next to him was pecking at his head.
He muttered to himself, "...Cui Ming...you...beast..."
Meanwhile, at the Victory Team's base, Choi Myung looked at the photos sent back from the scene, a slight smile playing on his lips, and reached out to ruffle Spike's hair.
"Well done, even though you didn't do it."
Spike yawned lazily and wagged his tail, as if to say, "That was the work of those two lunatics, it has nothing to do with me."
Tom and Jerry were lying in the base's lounge. Jerry was holding a peanut, and Tom was licking his paws, as if nothing had happened.
This is why Cui Ming doesn't dare to leave them at the base now.
After all, the ruins of Agency S are still smoking. (End of Chapter)