52. Explore the Cave (Part I)

"Okay, I see."

Karp stood behind Wataru and waited for Wataru to finish talking to the two investigators who had come to investigate, and found him frowning.

"As you suspected, those two special investigators are really going to investigate the problem of the transmission channel of electricity.

But ......"

Speaking of this, Wataru's frown also deepened a little.

“...... According to the two of them, it seems that an intricate passage has been dug out of the ground, and there are a large number of elves in it, and with the ability of the two of them, they can't get through it at all, so they can only give up exploring for the time being, but after going back, they told Dr. Ohki that the current may have been blocked in the middle, and I went to the power bureau of Shinshin Town to take a look, and found that sure enough, the circuit that distributed Dr. Ohki's research institute lost power.

Knowing this, Dr. Ohki originally wanted to ask the electric elves to temporarily keep the equipment running in the laboratory, and then found it himself.

But in the end, it turns out that getting the electric elves to release electricity can't get his research institute running.

In that case, maybe your previous inference was correct. Someone really did something here, and they sucked the electricity released by the elves through Dr. Ohki's wire.

If this is the case, then Dr. Oki can't leave for the time being, and the other trainers don't have the ability to break through these elves, plus the special investigators are currently on a mission - what a thoughtful guy. ”

Karp glanced at Wataru and nodded.

He had also heard from Dr. Ohki before, 'There has been a big operation by the special investigators recently', and it seems that Wataru has other urgent tasks to do after dealing with his own situation.

If it depends on the situation, it is estimated that the alliance will fight back in response to the previous incident of the Rockets' attack on Austin Island.

In this case, it is indeed normal to have no manpower recently. However, Yudu is here, and the situation of getting those two special investigators and even more trainers stuck is basically not a concern for this side.

After all, Wataru is the king of heaven.

......

Wataru apparently exchanged information with the two investigators, so he quickly found the entrance to the power transmission channel.

This passage along the power transmission path was originally built to facilitate the maintenance and repair of electrical circuits. The interior is lit with fluorescent stone, which does not require electricity, and in the very center there is a track that runs from the entrance to the exit, which was intended for the convenience of maintenance workers, but now - it seems to have been taken over by someone else.

Karp and Du walked along the passage, which was supposed to be a straight line and directly connected to the Zhenxin Town Power Bureau, but at this moment someone has dug out of it I don't know how many forks - on these forks are also hung fluorescent stones according to the scale of the original passage, and the original track in the center has also been removed, so that all the passages are exactly the same, and there is nothing at all that allows you to distinguish the characteristics of the road.

"The passage here seems to have been altered, and it's not the same as the direction the two special investigators said."

Wataru thought slightly, and Karp released his little Kirbymon, then looked around, and finally pointed to the rock wall at his feet.

"Little Kirbymon, use the armed color and grab here - just use three percent force."

Little Kirbymon nodded at Karp, and it waved its little claws directly, accompanied by white light attached to its claws, and the traces of shimmering light also stayed in the air for a moment with its movements.

Bang!

A loud sound spread, and with the little Kirbymon's grasping attack, this part of the rock was directly snapped open, and then the wiring that existed inside was revealed.

Karp has already given Kirbymon control of the force, but even if it damages the internal wiring, it is not a problem. Anyway, now that the Big Wood Research Institute and Shinshin Town are all without power, there is no difference between bad and not. It's just that Karp was afraid that the little Kirbymon would be electrocuted, so he chose to control the force.

Confirming the location of the line, Karp glanced at the crossing.

"The rocks, the fluorescent stones, and even the roads can be changed. But the only thing that can't be changed is the line that electrifies the town and the Oki Research Institute.

If it's artificial, the other side will definitely need to do something to the line.

If this time the elves did it, the same would have happened.

So following the line is probably our most efficient approach so far. ”

Listening to Karp's words, Wataru nodded.

He also thought about looking along the line, but while he was still looking around, Karp had already discovered the location of the line. This was a bit of a surprise to him.

"I was going to contact Dr. Oki and ask him to give me a copy of the construction map, how did you find out where these lines are?"

Karp looked at Wataru's curious gaze, and then swept in several directions with an expressionless face.

"The top left, the bottom right, and the top of the top—these three positions are raised—the top is probably a metal frame for the protection of the load-bearing, and this is where you can't move until the end. Failure to do so may pose a risk of landslides.

And because there are no traces of load-bearing in the upper right and lower left corners, it is impossible to design the load-bearing in the upper left and lower right corners in a certain position alone.

In this case, it is safest to tear the rocks of these two places.

In choosing one of the two, I chose the bottom right corner closest to me.

I didn't expect the experiment to be successful in one attempt.

But—aside from the bulge at the top, I wanted to tear the top left corner to see what was inside.

Although I have a lot of power lines on this side, we found two interfaces when we surveyed the power station before. If you analyze the situation, one is estimated to be a power station that links Dr. Ohki, and the other is a power station that connects to Shinshintown.

I can't say if these two lines are put together. Although the power is distributed through the Zhenxin Town Electric Power Bureau, it may be placed separately for the convenience of maintenance. ”

As he spoke, Karp thought again.

"Even the real town has a power outage now, and we can definitely find a problem if we just follow a line, but it's also possible that there are two groups of criminals in this matter - so I think it's better to investigate both.

However, it is less likely that there are two groups of prisoners at the same time. But with our current status, we naturally have to be on the safe side, right? ”

Karp glanced at Wataru, who nodded.

"Yes, the special search officer is like this, and when he does the task, he can naturally be more meticulous.

Sure enough, you are a good seedling to become a special search officer. ”

Listening to Wataru's words, Karp didn't know if it was okay or not.

"But I'm not going to be a special investigator, and this knowledge will be useful for bounty hunters - well, we only have three days, and this is almost a day, let's go."

"Well, let's go."

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