The Amazing son in law Chapter 7853

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was immediately in an uproar.

Leaving dozens of people and a ship stranded in Antarctica is not considered dangerous, since the ship and research station have ample supplies, enough for these people to stay until the Antarctic summer arrives.

But the key question is, who the hell can afford to lose face like that?

While the news of the research vessel’s departure wasn’t exactly attracting widespread attention, it did garner interest from a segment of polar enthusiasts and the families of the research team. If it didn’t return, and the news got back to Japan, wouldn’t that be a disgrace to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology? And if it got back to Japan, it would be a disgrace to the entire Japanese scientific community.

This isn’t just the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology being overly worried; there are precedents to follow. Not long ago, two American astronauts were stranded in space for 286 days due to a Starliner malfunction, ending their planned eight-day mission. The image of one of the astronauts, who had become skin and bones, shocked the world, and NASA almost lost face. With American astronauts stranded in space and Japanese researchers stranded in Antarctica, if this gets out, it will be enough to give the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology a run for its money.

Although the fine tradition of seppuku (ritual suicide) by the person primarily responsible for the Fukushima nuclear accident is no longer popular in Japan these days, the tradition of hanging oneself still exists in Japan. For example, Yasuhiro Sato, the person in charge of the Fukushima nuclear accident, knew that he had made a huge mistake and ultimately chose to atone for it with his death.

If a major blunder occurs in polar scientific research and causes an international scandal, the person in charge will be under at least 70-80% of the pressure, even if it’s not as great as Yasuhiro Sato. The public pressure would be unbearable for most people.

Therefore, the person in charge convened a top-secret internal meeting. After some discussion, they decided to send a request to the Antarctic expedition team members and the crew of the research vessel, asking them to tell their families that they were carrying out a secret scientific research mission in Antarctica and would not be able to return home for a short period of time. They also asked them to keep a consistent story and not mention that the ship had broken down.

To appease everyone and ensure their full cooperation, they even offered a rule of ten times the daily wage. That is, if everyone stayed in Antarctica for one more day than originally planned, they would receive ten days’ worth of wages, continuing until they returned.

The research team members and crew had completely submitted to Wu Bolin (Bick) and had truly become uninterested in money. When Wu Bolin (Bick) asked them to agree, they immediately and without hesitation agreed.

The fact that everyone agreed so readily and without exception moved the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to tears several times. They thought their researchers were the most dedicated in the world. Reassured, they immediately announced that Japan would launch its largest and longest-running winter scientific expedition to Antarctica in history. This made the Japanese public think that there was some major discovery that could not be announced for the time being, and everyone was excited online.

Little did they know, it was all the work of Wu Bolin (Bick), the Guanghan Immortal.