Qin Zhibo and Conan, who were walking in front, turned around and saw that "Conan" had been caught by a secret whistle hidden nearby. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and his face under the mask couldn't help laughing.
Let your boy pretend to beep!
Did you get retribution?
The soldier serving as a secret sentry was covered in pitch black, wearing a ghillie suit, and held a rifle in his hand, with the dark muzzle aimed at "Conan"'s head.
"Who are you?"
"Who sent you!"
The soldiers did not lower their tone or relax their vigilance just because "Conan" was still a child.
Death orders have been issued from above. In order to ensure the confidentiality of tonight's operation, anyone approaching the "military exercise area" must be subject to the strictest questioning.
The soldiers' voices also attracted more rustling sounds in the trees. They were also soldiers lurking in the dark, each wearing a ghillie suit and aiming their guns at Qin Zhibo and Conan who were standing there.
"Put your hands up!"
When he found himself being pointed at a gun, Conan couldn't stop laughing.
Qin Zhibo raised his hands and shouted to the soldiers.
"No one will sleep tonight!"
When the soldiers heard this, they looked at each other, and after checking their eyes, they slowly put down their guns.
This is the code given by Yusaku Kudo on the phone. When you meet a soldier, just say this code.
The soldier came closer and looked at Qin Zhibo and Conan "father and son" up and down. Although they both wore masks and looked very suspicious, it was said above that anyone who could tell the secret code could enter.
"Okay, you go in."
The soldier waved his hand, indicating that he could be let go.
Qin Zhibo and Conan picked up their things and were about to continue walking towards the deep forest when a shout of "Conan" came from behind.
"Wait a minute! There's me too!"
"Oh..." Qin Zhibo, who had walked a few meters away, turned around and looked at "Conan" behind him, "So there is still your kid..."
"But didn't I say I wouldn't let you follow me? It was you who insisted on following me."
"So now you can only wait and be sent back."
"Goodbye, Conan~"
Seeing that Qin Zhibo was not going to help, "Conan" became anxious, pointed at the two people in the distance and shouted to the sentry, "I am with them! Together!"
"No one will sleep tonight! No one will sleep tonight!"
"Conan" also guessed the meaning of this code at this time, but these sentries are not fools, and it is useless to say the code now.
Conan in the distance looked at "Conan" lying on the spot, and felt some pity for this "self" in his heart.
Sure enough, there will be no good consequences for going against Lao Qin...
Conan saw in him the self that had suffered at the hands of Qin Zhibo many times before.
Although sometimes I really want to be clever, my starting point is good.
Moreover, if "Conan" cannot see today's grand event with his own eyes, it will be a lifelong regret for "Conan".
"How about... just take him with you?" Conan raised his head and begged Qin Zhibo.
Qin Zhibo: "..."
You still know how to feel sorry for yourself.
Qin Zhibo thought for two seconds, raised his head and said to the sentry: "He is indeed with us, let him come..."
When "Conan" heard this, he looked as if he had been forgiven. He quickly stood up from the ground and ran over.
"Ke Bei, thank you~"
As soon as "Conan" ran over, he thanked Ke Bei, who was as tall as him.
Although he couldn't hear the voice clearly, he could tell that it was the child who was interceding for him.
However, it is also possible that the other party saw me calling Mao Lilan using the identity of "Kudo Shinichi" before, so he felt that there was something unusual about him? Want to have more contact with him?
"Um."
Facing "himself"'s thanks, Conan nodded lightly and followed Qin Zhibo without responding.
…
The three of them walked along the forest path and heard many unusual rustling sounds in the trees.
But now "Conan" doesn't dare to look around with curiosity, he just follows the steps of the two people in front of him.
Qin Zhibo, who was walking at the front, found figures lurking in the dense forest through his night vision goggles.
These are hidden sentries arranged by Vespagna.
The sentries previously sent to guard the mining area were secretly eliminated, and Vespagna added several times the number of sentries before.
However, since Qin Zhibo had already passed the previous code test, it is estimated that the sentries also communicated this matter on the radio, so the group was never questioned again.
When they were almost gone, two soldiers waiting on the roadside ran to Qin Zhibo, raised their hands and saluted.
Qin Zhibo did not salute, but just nodded in greeting.
"this way please."
Under the guidance of the soldiers, the three of them left the trail and entered the depths of the dense forest.
Under the cover of the dark tree canopy, few rays of the bright moonlight could penetrate into the woods, causing the visibility in the woods to be much worse than on the trail.
It was very quiet in the forest, except for the footsteps of a few people stepping on the grass and branches.
After walking forward for about a hundred meters, sparse firelight appeared in the forest.
The further forward you go, the brighter the fire becomes, and there are also the sounds of human activities.
If you are unaware, you may think that a grand forest party is being held in the woods.
But in fact, this is a temporary camp built by hundreds of soldiers, and it is also the base camp for this combat operation.
Qin Zhibo and Er Ke entered the camp and found that the soldiers here had begun to prepare.
From the soldiers who have completed the equipment, you can see modern combat equipment such as night vision goggles, body armor, and light combat helmets.
This is in sharp contrast to the royal guards in the palace holding spears and wearing gorgeous uniforms.
The soldiers scattered everywhere sorting out their equipment also saw Qin Zhibo and his two small children, and they all cast doubtful glances.
After experiencing the eyes of hundreds of soldiers, Qin Zhibo and others arrived at the center of the base camp.
There is a huge pentagonal tent standing here, with a thick and long antenna towering on the top of the tent, which must be the command center of this operation.
"Please come in."
The soldier leading the way stood at the door, and Qin Zhibo opened the curtain at the door and entered.
The interior of the tent was much simpler than expected. It was not like the command center in war movies, where all kinds of intelligence personnel were walking around.
Except for a few technical soldiers sitting in front of the computer screen, there were all familiar faces inside.
Kudo Yusaku, Mouri Kogoro, Senagata Police Department, Lupine the Third, Daisuke Jigen, Ishikawa Goemon.
"Coming~"
Lupine III was the first to hear the movement at the door and turned his head to look over.
Kudo Yusaku felt much more at ease when he saw Qin Zhibo coming.
But the next second, he saw his son "Conan" walking at the back, and his heart trembled suddenly.
He didn't want his son to come over, so he didn't let Qin Zhibo bring "Conan" over.
After all, this is a battle belonging to the regular army, and "Conan" is of little use. It is better to stay in the apartment to be absolutely safe.
However, he also knew that with the character of "Conan", he would definitely not miss this opportunity and must have used some method to track Qin Zhibo.
Kudo Yusaku: "You're here."
"Conan": "I'm coming."
Kudo Yusaku: "You shouldn't have come."
"Conan": "But I'm still here..."
Kudo Yusaku smiled in relief: "I knew you would come."
The strange conversation between the two stunned everyone around them.
What's wrong with these two?
At this moment, Qin Zhibo stood up and interrupted the father and son's Riddler behavior, "Who can introduce the situation first?"
"Let me do it."
Kudo Yusaku walked to the computer screen and pointed at one of the computer screens.
"This is the camera we installed during the day. The place we monitor is the mining area..."
"Since the surveillance began, there has been no movement in the entire surveillance range, and according to reports from nearby sentries, nothing has been found leaving the ore field in the past few days."
"Now we can only think that those creatures are still underground..."
Qin Zhibo leaned forward and was about to take a closer look at the surveillance screen above when Conan tugged Qin Zhibo's sleeve from the side.
This means that he is too short, but he still wants to see it.
How to do it?
Qin Zhibo could only hold Conan in his arms like a large toy, and the two of them observed the pictures on the computer together.
"Conan" looked around and saw that he was not tall enough. He wanted to ask for help to kiss his father, but if he did so, he would be a little suspicious in front of Mouri Kogoro.
"Uncle Maori, can you hug me and let me see you?"
Mouri Kogoro put his hands in his pockets, looked down at "Conan" on the ground, and waved his hands with contempt.
"What are you doing looking at this, kid? Be careful of having nightmares and not being able to sleep, so go and go~"
"Conan":...That's not fair!
It was Kudo Yusaku who felt sorry for his son and calmly pulled a stool from the side. "Conan" could kneel on the stool and see the computer screen clearly.
On several computer screens, high-definition surveillance footage of the mining area from all angles was played.
As Kogoro Mori said, the entire mining area appears gray-white under the moonlight and the shooting equipment.
There is no living thing visible in the picture, and the silence is a bit scary.
There is also a camera that looks straight at the entrance to the underground mine, but there is no movement in the dark entrance at this time, as silent as death.
Qin Zhibo looked at such a silent scene and had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Have they left?" he asked.
"Probably not." Yusaku Kudo shook his head, "During the day, we also sent people to conduct sound wave testing on the ground in the mining area, and found that there were a lot of mixed sounds coming from the underground."
"Those creatures should be concentrated in the underground mines now..."
Hearing this, Qin Zhibo took a deep breath.
This was the last thing he wanted to hear.
Because once Mi·Go firmly occupies the mine, it means that if you want to eliminate them, you must rush inside and fight them to the death.
The environment of the mine is dark and narrow, and the army cannot take advantage of its numbers and heavy weapons. If it were to attack by force, it would probably pay a heavy price.
But there is another way...
"The best way at present is to bomb the entire mining area and bombard the mine until it collapses. This can bury those creatures underground once and for all."
"But if we do this, I'm afraid the mine will no longer exist..."
Generally, if a mine collapses, it can be re-excavated as long as more manpower and material resources are spent.
However, the Visbania Ore Mine is different from ordinary mines in that the content of the ore itself is small. Once it collapses, the small amount of ore contained in the stratum may no longer be found.
Although it is still possible to find them, the newly appointed Queen Mira may give up looking for these ores.
Because it is the existence of these ores that has brought huge disasters to this country.
However, without these ores, Qin Zhibo and Conan would lose their way to return to the original world by relying on these ores.
Although Qin Zhibo still knows that there are some Mi Ge mining sites in this world, the ore content in those places is smaller.
Hollowing out a ten-meter-thick stratum may yield fist-sized ore, which is almost impossible to discover with human technology.
And judging from the current point in time, the ore in those places may have been mined by Mi Ge.
"Um……"
Qin Zhibo fell into thinking, and he knew the pros and cons of this.
When Mouri Kogoro next to him heard this, he became more aware of the pros and cons, and immediately shouted: "No! If we bury all those monsters underneath, what will happen to my daughter's brain?"
"I must let Xiaolan's body change back!"
Maori Kogoro was determined to save Mao Lilan's body and insisted on not agreeing to the plan to bury all Mi Ge alive in the ground.
Regarding the feasibility of human brain transplant surgery, Yusaku Kudo has also asked people to consult internationally renowned brain surgeons in the past few days, but all the answers he got were negative.
Even in the next 10 or 20 years, this operation will be impossible to complete.
Therefore, the only way for Mao Lilan to regain her body is to have Mi Ge perform surgery to replace her brain.
Therefore, Kogoro Mori urgently needs a living Mi Go.
Lupine III on the other side also expressed his stance at this time.
"I also want Fujiko's original body. After all, I'm used to it after so many years~"
Kudo Yusaku looked at the crowd and knew that this plan would be collectively opposed.
But the current plan does have the least casualties, and may even achieve zero casualties.
If you attack an underground mine by force, the situation underground is completely unknown, which is equivalent to forcing a group start when the field of vision is completely dark.
By then, the casualties of soldiers may be uncontrollable, and many families will be grieved.
At this time, it is a choice between small love and great justice.
Conan and "Conan" also understood the truth and didn't know what to say for a while.
They really wanted to return to the original world and exchange Xiaolan's body, but it seemed a bit heavy if they had to do so at the expense of who knows how many new lives.
They wanted to find a compromise, but this time there was no inspiration in their brains.
Suddenly, Qin Zhibo, who had been thinking for a long time, raised his head, and the light in his eyes seemed to have thought of a way.
This chapter has been completed!