Qin Zhibo suddenly had an idea and thought of a way.
"We can try to force Mi Ge out of the underground mine." Qin Zhibo raised his head and said to everyone.
"As long as Mi.G comes out of the mine, fighting on the ground will be our advantage."
Qin Zhibo's suggestion did not surprise everyone.
Lupine III waved his hand and said disdainfully: "I have thought of this method for a long time, but is there any way to make them come out?"
"Water filling?" Daisuke Jigen asked.
Lupine III shook his head and denied: "There is no water source nearby, and the speed of transporting water from a distance is not as fast as the speed of water seeping into the soil."
At this time, Qian Xing's eyes lit up with a sullen face, "How about putting tear gas into the mine? Or just blowing off cigarettes. When farmers in the countryside control voles, they will use smoke to kill the rats in their holes.
Smoke it out..."
"Tch~" Lupine III was still disdainful, "That kind of monster is not a mouse. It doesn't matter whether it needs to breathe oxygen or not. Why should it be afraid of tear gas or smoke?"
The reason rats are afraid of cigarettes is the same as humans. Smoking too much can lead to brain hypoxia and carbon monoxide poisoning.
But Mi-Go is not a creature on earth, let alone oxygen. As a creature that can physically travel through the ether of the universe, it does not even need to breathe, let alone tear gas.
Unless there is the kind of poisonous gas sprayer developed by the Yellow Cloth Monastery in the original world, which was specially used to deal with Mi.G.
It's a pity that this world most likely does not have that kind of poisonous gas.
However, Qin Zhibo gave his own praise for Qianxing Police Department's proposal.
"Qianxing Police Department, you are actually half right."
"Um?"
Qianxing Police Department was stunned for a moment and pointed at himself, "Which one did I say right? Do you want to use cigarettes?"
"No."
Qin Zhibo shook his head and said with a smile: "We need to use mice."
"Rat?" Everyone uttered doubts in unison.
Kudo Yusaku frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean by 'rat'?"
Qin Zhibo smiled and reached for the backpack behind him. In fact, he did not touch anything in the backpack. Instead, his right hand materialized the [Magic Flute] out of thin air.
When he took his hand out of the backpack, it was as if he had just taken it out of the backpack.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that what Qin Zhibo was holding was a very eerie-looking flute. The surface of the eerie white body of the flute had fine holes, and the end of the flute was made up of several small spiky joints.
"This is!"
Mouri Kogoro screamed in surprise, but it was not because he recognized the origin of this thing, it was just that he found that the flute was made of unusual materials.
This is a bone flute!
Qin Zhibo took the bone flute in his hand and introduced: "This is a rat-calling flute."
"Have you read Grimm's Fairy Tales? This is probably the 'mouse-calling flute' told in fairy tales."
"Probably?" Jigen Daisuke asked doubtfully.
Qin Zhibo nodded matter-of-factly, "Yes, because I bought this from an old man running a stall this morning."
"That's what he said when he sold it to me..."
Hearing this, everyone at the scene suddenly looked strange, including Conan and Kudo Yusaku, who knew Qin Zhibo well.
Isn't this person crazy?
They have all read the fairy tale called "The Pied Piper". It tells the story of a rat-caller who used the flute in his hand to solve the rat problem in a town. However, because he did not get the promised reward, he used the flute to abduct him in anger.
The children in the city.
But this is a fairy tale after all. Based on common sense, it is impossible for such a thing to happen in reality, let alone the existence of the so-called rat-calling flute...
Conan, who was standing on the ground, also looked up at his "dad" - Qin Zhibo with a confused look on his face.
The story of the Pied Piper has a long history and is also known as the "Pied Piper of Hameln".
There are many theories about the origin of this story. Some think it was a story compiled by local people to educate children; others think it was to cover up the scandal of the Children's Crusade in 1284; or it is just a fashionable story combined with the plague and child abduction.
.
But no matter what, no one thinks that such a story really happened in history.
But Qin Zhibo actually believed it?
Qin Zhibo picked up the flute in his hand and shook it, "Whether the old man's story is true or not, I have indeed seen the magic of this flute with my own eyes."
Kudo Yusaku frowned again, "Why do you see that?"
Qin Zhibo said: "Because as soon as he played the flute, the nearby rats crawled out of the sewer and came to the old man's side."
Everyone: "..."
Everyone thought: If there wasn't special bait that could attract mice, then the old man probably raised the mice himself for the purpose of selling the flute.
How dare you believe such a low-level lie...
Kudo Yusaku couldn't make a comment. He knew Qin Zhibo's identity and would not do such a stupid thing.
He could only confirm once again: "But even if this flute is useful, it... you can't play the music played by the seller, right? It's like the Indian snake dance, which requires fixed music to be played, right?"
"And if we really want to use this combat method, the number of rats needed will probably be much greater than imagined..."
Qin Zhibo nodded with great confirmation, "As for playing, I can master a simple piece of music just once."
Conan believes this statement very much, because Qin Zhibo has an "absolute sense of pitch", which is a sense of sound that is even more absolute than the "absolute sense of pitch".
Although Conan is tone-deaf, he can easily control the piano with his absolute sense of pitch.
"This is the only way right now. Even if the attempt fails, is it still no better than not trying at all?"
Kudo Yusaku's eyes lowered, now he really had no choice but to take this last step.
If there is any other way, it is impossible to believe in the props in fairy tales.
But the problem is...
"How do you know that creature is afraid of rats?"
"I don't know." Qin Zhibo shook his head honestly.
"That……"
"Let me ask you, are humans afraid of rats?" Qin Zhibo asked Kudo Yusaku.
Kudo Yusaku paused and replied: "Some are afraid, some are not afraid, but most people are not afraid..."
"What if there are a lot of them?"
Kudo Yusaku: "A lot? How many will there be?"
The golden mask was so small that Qin Zhibo's eyes were calm and he nodded lightly twice.
"Much……"
…
Outside the large tent of the command center.
"Hey, are you really going to use that flute?"
Conan caught up with Qin Zhibo who came out to release water and asked quickly.
"Well, otherwise you have other options?"
Conan gritted his teeth. It was because he had no other way that he wanted to confirm whether Qin Zhibo's method worked.
But in fact, Qin Zhibo just happened to think of this method and tried his best.
Regarding the actual effect of the Mouse Calling Flute or the [Magic Flute], there is no need to worry.
Qin Zhibo once personally experimented with the Magic Flute, and the effect was very powerful whether in reality or in fantasy.
And with the "sacrifice" of several music-related people in previous cases, Qin Zhibo's art and craft (music) skill level has reached level 3, and he can better play the red pigherd's rat song.
And this place happens to be a nature reserve deep in the mountains and old forests. Compared with modern cities, the number of rats is very scary.
The only question is, is Mi-go afraid of rats?
In fact, this question is very interesting, because rats have coexisted with humans since our ancestors.
Human beings do not need to be afraid of rats due to their physical strength.
"Rat-like" and "cowardly as a rat" all confirm that rats are insignificant and despicable existences to humans.
Even when hungry, people can eat mice.
Duck neck flavor, crunchy and crunchy.
But humans are indeed very afraid of rats. Some human individuals are afraid of single rats, and human groups are afraid of groups of rats, which can cause rat infestations, plague, etc.
Of course, this is all assumed from a human perspective.
In order to mine the earth or integrate into human society, Mi-Go should not do any research on other non-intelligent creatures except humans, because there is no need for research.
Once a group of rats appears in the mine, it must be an unexpected situation for Mi.
Even if Mi·Go may not be intimidated, he will certainly be disturbed, making it easier for him to attack.
And you can also increase the aggressiveness of mice through appropriate variations of the song...
So overall, this method is worth a try.
Hearing Qin Zhibo's confirmation that he would use this method, Conan didn't know what to say.
As for the rationality of the flute, he was too lazy to complain.
Since entering this world, he has seen many things that he never dared to think about before.
Parallel world, another "self", alien creature Mi Go...
A flute that can control mice, assuming it is real, is nothing.
And Qin Zhibo's relationship with mice is really good. Conan remembers that he seems to have raised a little blue mouse.
But Conan regretted that Qin Zhibo went to the street to find so many "treasures" this morning, but he did not follow him.
…
After draining the water, we returned to the big tent. It was already 8:00 pm.
There are still two hours left before the planned official combat time, and it is time to start the pre-war mobilization meeting.
At first, the 500 soldiers outside thought it was a regular night military exercise.
But soon some keen soldiers realized that this place was very close to the rumored ore field, and something might have happened to the ore field.
In addition, these soldiers were all related to the victims in the mining area, which caused this theory to spread quickly in the camp and soon became the most mainstream.
"It's almost time, let's give the order to gather."
Across the tent, Kudo Yusaku ordered.
"yes!"
The leading soldier turned around and left the tent, conveying the assembly order in the camp.
Three minutes later, a loud report came from outside the camp.
"Report to the commander, all soldiers have assembled!"
Qin Zhibo adjusted the golden mask on his face and solemnly walked out of the tent.
The surrounding searchlights illuminated the entire camp, with 500 soldiers lined up densely. Looking at these moving heads from above, it was even easy to get trypophobia.
Qin Zhibo stepped on the simple platform made of ammunition boxes and picked up the loudspeaker in his hand, becoming the focus of attention of all the soldiers present.
"Ahem..."
"I am the commander of your operation tonight. You can call me 'Mysterious Man'."
As soon as these words came out, countless pairs of eyes widened at the scene.
If the people standing here weren't all soldiers with strict military discipline, I'm afraid the scene would have been full of discussion.
After hearing Qin Zhibo's simple and shocking opening remarks, Kudo Yusaku was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
Mystery man……
This name is delicious!
Qin Zhibo continued: "Yes, I believe everyone on the scene has realized that tonight is not an ordinary military exercise, but an out-and-out military operation."
"As for the target of the operation, it is the ore field where Vespagna ore is mined."
"Today's ore field has been occupied, and the creatures occupying the ore field are not humans..."
"It's an alien creature!"
Qin Zhibo's voice was loud and clear.
If the name of the "mysterious man" just now did not arouse discussion, this topic is what really makes people unable to help but raise their voices.
The soldiers at the scene widened their eyes in shock, and some made faint sounds of confusion underneath.
"Yes, you heard it right, the ones occupying the mine are alien creatures."
"Next, I will distribute photos of this creature to each of you. You can observe carefully..."
Qin Zhibo tilted his head and gestured.
Then Yusaku Kudo, Kogoro Mori and others took photos of Mi Go and distributed them to the soldiers below.
These photos all show Mi Ge who died during the palace operation. Because Mi Ge has the property of dissolving itself after death, photos can only be used to keep records.
Interestingly, Mi Go cannot be photographed by a camera while he is alive. Only in the period between death and dissolution can the clear impact be photographed.
When the confused soldier got the photo, his confused eyes immediately widened.
In these photos, some of the Mi Ges were cut in half, some were charred, some were covered in bullet holes, and each had their own way of death.
But the only thing that is the same is that these creatures can be seen at a glance as not belonging to the earth.
Their bodies resemble pink crustaceans, with huge membrane-winged wings and arrays of jointed limbs on their abdomens.
The most terrifying thing is that where the head should have been, there is a huge ellipsoid with no facial features, and the top is covered with a large number of short tentacles.
After the brain received and processed this information in a short period of time, screams of shock and fear were heard from time to time in the queue.
"ah!"
"This, this is..."
"What a monster!"
This is also what everyone expected.
These soldiers have gone through training and their willpower is already better than that of ordinary people, but when faced with such a surprising and terrifying existence, they still can't help but scream in fear.
However, there were also some relatively calm soldiers who looked at the photos in their hands and discovered some clues.
In the queue, a soldier raised his hand.
Qin Zhibo nodded in agreement, and the soldier immediately asked questions.
"Why does the background of these photos look like it's in a palace?"
As soon as these words came out, other soldiers also conducted more careful identifications. Indeed, some well-informed soldiers realized that the location where the photo was taken was the palace.
Qin Zhibo nodded and admitted: "Yes, you are right."
"These photos were taken at the palace."
"And I can tell you that the former Queen Sakura and Prince Gil were killed by Kirad in collusion with these monsters!"