Chapter 1366
You submit the report, we issue the approval.
Regarding the Lightning Man...
Cui Ming has already prepared a certain strategy.
Force them to become Gazorts and then destroy them.
He stood in front of the sand table in the command room, his finger pointing at the cloud markings, his eyes as cold as if he were looking at a herd of livestock waiting to be slaughtered.
Those guys from Lightning Man...
Cui showed no sympathy.
Yes, human development has indeed affected you, but you yourselves are developing too!
What's the point of TM if it doesn't evolve?
Humanity's progress to its current state is a reward for its earlier evolution.
Monsters are awesome, so humans should try their best not to provoke them.
Even wild animals know to seek advantage and avoid harm.
The Earth is still essentially a law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak.
If you're capable, evolve to the point where others need to coexist with you; if not, be a subordinate.
Damn it, you Lightning Men, by choosing to stand idly by when the cosmic monsters invaded, you've completely blocked your own escape route!
Cui Ming recalled the scene when a cosmic monster descended on him once before.
Those lightning beings hid in the ionosphere, watching helplessly as the city was destroyed, as humanity suffered heavy casualties, and as the Victory Team fought desperately. They remained motionless, even humming gloatingly in the clouds.
That indifference, that bystander attitude, that attitude of treating human disaster as a spectacle, disgusted Cui Ming to the core.
Since you don't consider yourselves part of the Earth, and since you chose to remain silent when humanity needed allies the most, don't blame us for being ruthless when humanity eliminates threats now.
Dan Moroboshi approves of Choi Myung's plan.
The human form of Ultraman Seven was leaning against the wall of the command room, arms crossed, his gaze fixed on the area of clouds marked in red on the sand table.
He nodded, his voice steady and powerful.
"Go ahead and do it; they've already crossed the line."
Although the Ultra race loves peace, they are all ruthless individuals...
Dan Moroboshi understood this principle all too well.
Which of those seemingly gentle Ultra Warriors in the Land of Light didn't fight their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood?
They treat kind lives with the utmost tenderness and utterly destroy any threat of evil.
In the eyes of the Ultra race, beings like the Lightning People, who are unwilling to coexist or help each other and even prey on humans, are pests that must be eliminated.
"Do you need me to transform and help you?"
Moroboshi Dan looked at Choi Myung, their eyes filled with a tacit understanding of shared hatred.
Cui Ming shook his head, a cold smile curving his lips slightly upward.
"No need, I'll handle this time. Senior, please keep watch and don't let them escape."
He turned and walked toward the attack deck, his steps steady and powerful, each step seeming to strike at the Lightning Man's vitals.
In the command room, Megumi watched his retreating figure, sighed softly, then picked up the communicator and began issuing the final operational orders.
Above the clouds, the Lightning Men were still buzzing, still gathering, still plotting their next hunt.
But they didn't know that this time, the positions of hunter and prey were completely reversed.
As soon as Choi Myung submitted the note to the TPC executives, it was immediately approved.
In the conference room, the application report entitled "Operation to Annihilate the Lightning People" was placed in the center of the round table.
Director Sawai was the first to pick up a pen and sign his name at the end of the document, his movements swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
Even the doves felt that Lightning Man needed to be killed.
An elderly legislator who usually advocates peaceful coexistence and opposes proactive attacks was now ashen-faced, his fingers pounding loudly on the table.
"I've voted against war for half my life, but this time I support fighting."
His voice was hoarse and low, filled with barely suppressed anger.
"What a bunch of bastards! Do they really think we're easygoing?" Another executive slammed his fist on the table and stood up abruptly, causing the teacup lid to bounce.
Don't think we don't know what you're up to!
He pointed at the image of rolling clouds on the big screen, his fingers trembling with anger.
"So active, isn't it just because you want to eat airplanes?!"
The screen displayed aviation data for the past week. Three passenger planes lost contact after entering that cloud layer without even sending a distress signal, like stones swallowed by the sea, disappearing without a trace.
The conference room fell into a deathly silence, then erupted into a cacophony of angry roars.
"Fuck! Beat them to death!!!"
Tetsuo Yoshioka was the loudest. He stood in front of the chair, his beard bristling with anger, clutching the operational application in his hand as if he wanted to crush it.
"I've been putting up with these lightning creatures for too long! Last time they hid in the clouds watching the show, but this time they're attacking humans head-on! If we don't teach them a lesson, they'll really think they're the bosses of the ionosphere!"
Director Sawai nodded, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.
"Unanimously approved, authorizing the Victory Team to carry out the annihilation operation, regardless of cost and leaving no future troubles."
His voice was steady and cold, carrying an unprecedented resolve.
Choi Myung stood at the meeting room door, listening to the voting results inside, a slight smile playing on his lips.
He turned and walked toward the sortie deck, his steps as light as if he were going to a long-awaited date.
Above the clouds, the lightning bolt was still humming.
But what they didn't know was that this time, humanity would no longer tolerate it.
In this situation, TPC directly authorized Cui to order EDF to take action.
The order, stamped with the highest-level seal, was transmitted from TPC headquarters to every frontline base of EDF.
The EDF has also begun preparations for war.
Tanks rumbled out of the warehouse, their cannons pointing at the gloomy sky.
The fighter jets were lined up in neat rows on the runway, their engines roaring deafeningly.
The infantrymen inspected their equipment and loaded ammunition boxes onto transport vehicles, the clanging of metal echoing throughout the scene.
Yes, this is war!
Cui Ming stood in the EDF command center, watching the deployment data constantly refreshed on the big screen, his gaze as calm as if he were examining an ordinary training report.
"Attention all units, this is not a drill. Repeat, this is not a drill."
His voice, steady and powerful, resonated across every channel through the communication system.
"Target: Lightning Man's lair within the ionosphere; combat method: saturation attack, leaving no blind spots."
The EDF commander stood beside him, holding a tactical tablet, his voice filled with barely suppressed fighting spirit.
"Mr. Cui Ming, the space carrier is in position and ready to conduct a comprehensive bombardment of the clouds at any time."
"very good."
Cui Ming nodded, his gaze fixed on the sky outside the window, which was obscured by dark clouds.
"Let them know whose territory this Earth is."
In the command center, the alarm suddenly sounded, and the red warning lights began to rotate.
The EDF soldiers stood at attention, their eyes resolute, awaiting the final order to attack.
This was no ordinary monster extermination operation.
This is a war.
A war that humanity has officially declared against monsters that hide in the clouds and prey on humans.
Cui Ming picked up the communicator, his voice low and cold.
"Begin." (End of Chapter)