The Amazing son in law Chapter 7878
A high-ranking official from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who usually works a relaxed 9-to-5 job, surprisingly stayed late to work overtime today.
They were having a heated discussion in the fully enclosed conference room about the icebreaker’s fleeting liquid level signal.
The person who discovered the problem reported: “I personally believe that this matter is extremely serious. These people are keeping it from us and doing something in Antarctica. Moreover, they are using all Japanese scientific research equipment, but they are not carrying out exploration missions issued by Japan. I have reason to suspect that they have committed treason!”
The person in charge at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was completely bewildered.
Although he knew the situation was serious, as the person in charge, he didn’t want to admit it was serious.
Nobody wants such a serious systemic problem to occur under their jurisdiction. Once it’s reported, how can they report it or give a performance review? They might even be removed from their posts.
So he tried to speak in a gentle tone: “Mr. Watanabe, please don’t get too agitated. We don’t have any other evidence to prove that our Antarctic expedition team has betrayed the country. Besides, the signal you mentioned only appeared for a moment. What if it was a false alarm?”
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!” the reporter immediately said. “The liquid level signal is not a high-precision device, nor is it a micro-control device. Its existence is to provide a backup redundancy for all electronic systems. So the fact that it can show that height data proves that the float must have reached that height. Unless someone jumps in, holds the float, sinks rapidly in a short period of time, and then lets go instantly, it is impossible for such data fluctuations to occur.”
The second-in-command asked him, “You said there’s a difference of 1,300 tons. Does that mean they’ve used that much fuel behind our backs?”
“Yes!” the reporter explained, “Their previous fuel consumption curve was very linear, slow and reasonable. After all, the icebreaker was frozen, so they wouldn’t start the main engine, only the generator set. The fuel consumption rate couldn’t be fast no matter what, unless there was a fuel leak.”
The person in charge said, “That might just be a fuel leak!”
For him, an oil spill was far better than a mass defection.
Even if the icebreaker were blown up and destroyed, it would be far better than the entire crew betraying their country.
After all, no scientific expedition team in history has ever committed such a colossal act as the entire crew of a traitor; if word got out, it would likely become an international laughingstock.
The second-in-command, wanting to amplify the matter, said sternly, “If the consumption of over a thousand tons of fuel was truly kept secret from us, it proves they are carrying out a large-scale operation. We still don’t know what they are doing. What if they are carrying out some kind of terrorist activity? What if they are massacring scientific expedition members from other countries in Antarctica? If this is exposed, our country will lose all face!”
Everyone immediately expressed their strong agreement.
That place is frozen over now, and people can’t usually get in. What if these people really go crazy and cause trouble up there?
Moreover, everyone knows that the person directly in charge of such a big matter will bear primary responsibility, and the top leader will bear secondary responsibility. Therefore, everyone hopes that an investigation can be launched as soon as possible to prevent the situation from escalating. Otherwise, everyone may lose their jobs.
The person in charge was also on the verge of collapse. He asked everyone, “Can you help me think of something? Under what circumstances could dozens of scientific expedition team members from different teams, different units, and different companies simultaneously betray their country?”
Even if you had eight brains, you still wouldn’t be able to figure this out.
This is a group of scientific expedition members, and they are not from the same team. Some of them are from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, while others are from other research institutions. After all, all research institutions across the country, and even some companies, will ask the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for help in renting research stations or purchasing quotas if they have any needs for Antarctic scientific expeditions.
It’s like a hastily assembled tour group; how could it possibly have such strong unified action?
Someone exclaimed, “Shouldn’t we quickly check everyone’s survival status? What if many of these people have already been killed or imprisoned? We can’t guarantee that all reliable individuals are psychopaths or extremists, but what if there are a few, and these few have taken control?”
“Holy shit!”