Qin Zhibo was walking towards Dr. A Li's house with his three little ones.
While dealing with various questions about the United States from the three little ones, he glanced back.
He knew that with Conan's character, even if he gave up the investigation, Conan would definitely be curious about what he was investigating.
Haibara Ai also knew what Conan was thinking and followed him to prevent Conan from doing anything extraordinary.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, I saw Conan and Haihara Ai chasing after them, their small schoolbags moving up and down in time with the running rhythm.
"Conan, where did you and Xiao Ai go?"
Ayumi turned around first. Just now she noticed that the two souls of the Young Detective Team were missing.
Just as Conan was about to answer, Qin Zhibo answered for him with a smile.
"We went to the toilet together, right?"
"ah?!"
Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko immediately blushed with embarrassment and spoke for Haibara Ai who had suffered a loss.
"Conan! That's so annoying!"
"Conan! What did you do?" Yuantai grabbed Conan's collar directly.
"Conan, our parents taught us that boys and girls are not allowed to go to the toilet together!"
Conan, Haihara Ai: (⊙_⊙)
The two of them were stunned for a moment, not understanding what this was all about.
But then I thought about it, and then I remembered the scene where the two of them and Dr. Agasi visited the company of Miyano Atsushi's friend, and went into the toilet to investigate together.
What Qin Zhibo said actually implied that the two of them went to investigate together.
"We..." Conan hesitated.
"Forget it, forget it, Conan should already know that he was wrong, let's keep walking."
Qin Zhibo acted as the peacemaker at this time, which made Conan grit his teeth with anger.
But there is no way, he still has something to consult Qin Zhibo, and he must not offend him now.
I will endure!
…
The group of people walked all the way. The elementary school students loved to wander and their pace was not fast. It took them half an hour to reach Dr. A Li's house.
Haihara Ai took out the key and skillfully opened the fence door.
The three little ones rushed in first and rushed to the door of Dr. Ali's mansion in one breath.
"Dr. Ali! We are here!"
"Dr. A Li! Dr. A Li!"
Qin Zhibo looked at the noisy three little ones and truly admired Dr. A Li's ability to endure.
As the old saying goes, seven and eight years old are disliked by dogs, which means that children of this age group dislike even the most loyal dogs to humans.
The three little ones happened to be in this age group. Not only did Dr. Ali not get bored, he also took the initiative to provoke these naughty children at home.
This shows that Dr. Ali truly loves children.
It's really strange that I like children so much, but I don't have a partner at such an old age, and I never make any efforts to find a partner.
But a closer analysis shows that Dr. Ali is a pure science and engineering man. He spends most of his energy on making inventions every day. It is normal that he is not very active in relationships.
Otherwise, how did Conan get all the Ke Xue equipment?
"I'm coming……"
Dr. Ali's voice came from the door, and a few seconds later, the door opened.
"Haha, you are here~"
Dr. A Li smiled happily and let the three little ones into the room, only to see Qin Zhibo.
"Mr. Qin?"
Seeing Qin Zhibo arriving with the young detective team after school, Dr. Ali was obviously a little surprised, but he changed the topic and said: "Just in time, I also have something to tell you, let's talk about it first..."
This made Qin Zhibo stunned for a moment. What could Dr. Ali have to tell him specifically?
Could it be that he also invented Kexue equipment for himself?
…
After entering the rice cooker-shaped villa, Dr. Ali first gave the three little ones some food and drink, and then came to find Qin Zhibo.
"Mr. Qin, I have already inspected the ore specimens you gave me for testing before."
ore?
Qin Zhibo frowned. Time had passed so long that he couldn't remember what happened.
"That stone is an extremely special type of ore. A vein of this type of ore was discovered not long ago in a country called 'Vespania'. The name is temporarily called 'Vespania Ore'."
"This kind of ore will release a special kind of cosmic radiation. The most important thing is that it can also absorb electromagnetic waves. If it is made into paint and applied to the fuselage of an aircraft or installed on the warhead of a missile, it can evade the most powerful missiles in the world.
Advanced radar system!”
"So where did you get that rock?"
Dr. A Li looked at Qin Zhibo with serious eyes.
After Dr. A Li told him, Qin Zhibo recalled that he had given Dr. A Li a piece of ore and asked him to help him study it.
The ore was discovered on the eve of Valentine's Day in a Mi-Go mine near Fukito Villa, which is famous for making Valentine's Day chocolates.
At that time, Qin Zhibo discovered three MI-Gos in the mine. They controlled the seismic mining machine and hollowed out almost half of the mountain core before finding such a special piece of ore.
Qin Zhibo killed three Mi-GOs with a spray device, but did not know the function of the ore, so he took it to Dr. A Li for testing.
But after hearing the test results of Dr. A Li, Qin Zhibo was a little surprised and was not satisfied with the results.
"That's it?"
"That's it?"
Dr. Ali was confused for a moment, then repeated: "This ore will change the world!"
Dr. A Li's voice suddenly rose, causing the young detective team on the sofa to look askance.
He glanced at the Young Detective Team, then turned to Qin Zhibo, and whispered: "Whether you find this kind of ore in Japan or on American soil, I don't want the existence of this kind of ore to be made public.
"
"Once it becomes public, it may start a world war!"
Dr. A Li's voice was trembling a little, and he tried his best to control his excitement.
Although this kind of ore is now recognized by the outside world as an existence that may change the world structure.
But after all, the Kingdom of Vespania is just a small, neutral country with a kingdom system. High-end weapons are all imported, and the ores will not exert much power in the hands of this country.
But if countries with the ability to develop high-tech weapons are allowed to master this ore, then the world structure will truly change.
Dr. Ali has always insisted that science and technology should be something that benefits mankind and makes mankind feel happy, rather than bringing destruction.
Therefore, he does not want to see this kind of ore fall into the hands of any country capable of waging war.
When he was chatting with Conan before, he just teased Conan casually, saying that this kind of ore could not be found anywhere else except the Kingdom of Vespania.
But actually, he thinks it's possible.
After all, the earth is so big, if there are mineral veins in one place, the probability of mineral veins in other places is not completely zero.
Therefore, he never notified Qin Zhibo to listen to the testing status of the ore.
Now even if he tells Qin Zhibo the true situation of the ore, he still hopes that Qin Zhibo can keep it a secret and never tell the truth about the ore.
Qin Zhibo couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he listened to Dr. Ali's words.
The situation is big!
But he really didn't know what the mineral vein was. The three MI-GOs hollowed out half of the mountain to get this little ore.
Because of this, Qin Zhibo was disappointed with the "bland" special effects of this mineral.
Although shielding radar systems is very important to human weapon technology, with the level of development of the Mi-GO race, this role should not be important at all.
Mi-Go is flying in the sky and can't even be captured by cameras. Isn't this much better than shielding radar?
Qin Zhibo previously knew from Mr. Clock that the Mi-Go family has many "miners" on the earth. Presumably these miners are here to collect this kind of ore.
Nowadays, humans can hardly find this kind of ore in nature, and it is estimated that it has been almost completely mined by the Mi-Go race.
After all, if one traces the history of the Mi-Go race, it goes back to at least the age of the dinosaurs.
However, Qin Zhibo was really surprised that a complete mineral vein could be found somewhere on the earth.
"Where is that kingdom you mentioned? Why have I never heard of it..."
Qin Zhibo has indeed never heard of this country.
"This country is..." Dr. Ali was about to introduce it, but quickly changed the subject, "It doesn't matter where it is, I just hope you can keep the secret of the ore and don't tell anyone, including me!"
"Okay, I promise you."
Qin Zhibo nodded sincerely, "Is that piece of ore here with you now?"
"Well, it's at my house."
"Oh... apart from absorbing electromagnetic waves and releasing cosmic radiation, is there really no other discovery?"
"No more..." Dr. Ali frowned, "But isn't this enough?"
Dr. A Li seriously doubted that he had not clearly explained the importance of this special ore to Qin Zhibo.
"Oh, that's okay."
For Qin Zhibo, who knew the story behind the ore, this effect was indeed not enough.
MI-Go's extensive mining of special ores on Earth probably isn't for this trivial purpose.
However, since the ore itself is not dangerous and has no other uses except for high-tech weapons, in order to show his sincerity in agreeing to keep it secret, Qin Zhibo said: "Then let's put this piece of ore in your home first, Doctor. How about it?"
Dr. A Li raised his chin and considered it seriously, "That's fine. The space here is quite large, so it's not easy for people to find me."
Qin Zhibo felt a little helpless, and Dr. Ali was a little too cautious.
Who would go out of their way to find it? It’s just an ordinary-looking stone.
Just when the two of them finished negotiating, the three little ones had almost eaten.
"Doctor, didn't you ask us to help you find something?"
"Yes, let's start quickly!"
"After we find something, we can start playing games!"
Dr. Ali switched to a smiling face in a second, walked among the children, and told everyone what he had thrown away.
It turns out that what Dr. Ali is looking for is a letter. The letter contains a reply about whether to attend the wedding banquet of a friend's son. The letter was originally intended to be mailed out today.
But because I was too busy yesterday and there were a lot of clutter at home, it was mixed with other clutter. Now the letter can no longer be found.
Qin Zhibo looked at the pile of debris in front of the TV in the living room. Various newspapers, user manuals, books, notebooks, and magazines were all placed randomly on the floor. It was difficult to find a place to stay.
"Wow! So messy?" Ayumi sighed.
Dr. A Li smiled and put his hands away, "That's why I asked you to help me search together..."
The three little ones were very enthusiastic and didn't think much. They immediately rushed into the pile of debris and started rummaging through it.
But in the eyes of detective Qin Zhibo, isn't this too deliberate?
No matter how slovenly a normal person is, they would never throw debris everywhere, and each debris should be about the same distance apart.
This is obviously because Dr. Ali wanted to invite the three little ones to play at home, but he was worried that the three little ones would get bored if they came to play often, so he found an excuse to come and help.
One of the evidences for this reasoning is that Haihara Ai has never moved forward and is still standing behind.
As Dr. A Li's personal assistant, if something important is really lost, Haibara Ai cannot help.
Maybe this pile of junk was "created" with the help of Hui Yuan Ai.
Seeing this situation, Qin Zhibo did not want to put forward the constructive suggestion of "write a new letter if you lose it".
This old...middle-aged man really took great pains to find some atmosphere where his children and grandchildren live in his house.
Coupled with Dr. Ali's grand speech just now, Qin Zhibo felt that this "old man" was cute, kind, and respectable.
…
In the living room, the three little ones were either crawling or squatting, rummaging through various debris on the floor.
Qin Zhibo, Conan, Haibara Ai, and Dr. A Li were standing nearby with their hands behind their backs, watching. They all smiled but said nothing, seeing through but not speaking out.
During this period, Qin Zhibo looked up and forgot about the time. It was already 12:20 noon.
By some calculation, Tohru Amuro must have moved to Mokuba Manor with his luggage, right?
Qin Zhibo walked to the window and looked towards the wooden horse village next door, but did not see anyone moving near the window.
At this moment, a faint voice came from the side.
"Uncle Qin, I want to ask you a question."
Qin Zhibo looked down and saw that it was Conan.
The boy who asked this question was probably asking himself what kind of commission he had received, right?
"Okay, just ask."
Qin Zhibo wanted to fool him casually, saying that he was here to catch someone having an affair, but Conan probably wasn't interested. After all, Mouri Kogoro is a professional in this field.
However, when Conan's tone changed, the childishness on his face instantly disappeared, and his serious expression did not look like that of a child.
"It's about the case that happened on the American island. I want to know Uncle Qin's true opinion."
Qin Zhibo was stunned for a moment. This case had already passed a long time ago, at least in his own sense of time.
Why is Conan now like "an old sow thinking of ten thousand years of chaff" again?
"What's your true opinion?"
Conan put his hands in his pockets with a cool expression of "I already know everything", "Uncle Qin should know, right? The longevity woman on the island is actually the shrine witch in disguise?"
"There is no longevity woman on that island at all, so the people who have been pretending to be longevity women should be the shrine maiden's family."
"In this case, when there was a fire in the warehouse three years ago, the mermaid bones found inside should be the person pretending to be the longevity woman, that is, the mother of the shrine maiden."
"Because Changshou Po was very short in stature, she had to wrap her legs up at all times. This resulted in the bones found after the fire being much shorter than those of ordinary people."
"If the victims of the warehouse fire three years ago were the ones responsible for the current case, then the shrine maiden is the one suspected of committing the crime."
This chapter has been completed!