After the slate was recovered, Dr. Makimoto ordered the return voyage. He had a hunch that there must be some earth-shattering secret on this slate, after all, he had found a huge lifeform in the place where this slab was found. Although Dr. Makimoto didn't know what that lifeform was, he knew that if he could crack it, the result would definitely be a sensation in the world.

However, just as Dr. Makimoto's crew was about to return home, he saw several speedboats intercept in front of his yacht, and then Dr. Makimto saw several Americans in suits climb onto his yacht from the speedboats.

Looking at these Americans who suddenly appeared in front of him, Dr. Makimoto suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. Because he is just an ordinary university professor, there are more than how many people in the country are the same.

Normally, there would be no foreigners in suits looking for him, but today there is, and the only difference today is that he found something that may not be out of the ordinary.

Thinking of this, Dr. Makimoto couldn't help but clench the suitcase containing the mysterious stone slab.

"Hello, Dr. Makimoto." After making sure that Dr. Makimoto was in control of his ship, a man who looked like he was Japanese approached Dr. Makimoto through the Americans who had surrounded him, and spoke to Dr. Makimoto in Japanese.

"You are?" Makimoto looked at the Japanese-speaking Asian in front of him, and felt a little more relaxed, after all, looking at the other party should be Japanese, and should be able to communicate better than those Americans.

"My name is Serizawa Ichiro, and I'm a scholar of ancient biology." Serizawa introduced himself to Makimoto.

"I don't know what you're looking for me, but you've invaded my private territory by doing so." Makimoto said some tough words, but the hand holding the stone suitcase moved behind him.

And this move of Makimoto was seen by Dr. Serizawa across from him, but Serizawa didn't say anything because it was unnecessary.

Serizawa just looked at the suitcase in Makimoto's hand, and then handed a business card of his own to Makimoto: "This is my business card." ”

As a result, when Makimoto took a look at the business card that Serizawa handed over, he realized that although Serizawa said that it was a business card, it was too simple. It is so simple that there is only one Serizawa name on the front, and on the back is the word MONARCH with a capital letter.

And just as Makimoto was looking at Serizawa's business card, an American who had gone to find out the news from the crew came to Serizawa's side, and whispered a few words into Serizawa's ear.

After listening to the words of this subordinate, Serizawa smiled and said to Makimoto, "Dr. Makimoto, can you give us the contents of your suitcase?" He's important to us. ”

Because his subordinates knew from the information told by the crew that Makimoto had salvaged a stone slab in the water before, but they didn't know what exactly was engraved on this stone slab. After all, it has been too long, and it is still soaked in water, so the traces on the slate are a little blurred. And because it was really underwater during the previous salvage, these crew members didn't see what was carved on this stone slab.

As soon as Serizawa heard it, he knew that this slate should be what they were looking for.

It's because Serizawa has come back here because they have discovered from the satellite that there seems to be some huge creature moving under this sea area. And Serizawa, who had studied ancient creatures for decades and had gained a little, immediately knew that they might have found clues to some ancient creatures.

After all, although Serizawa studies ancient creatures, Serizawa is not studying those dinosaurs, megalodons and other creatures. Rather, they are more mysterious, creatures that can be called gods.

And after listening to the report of his subordinates, Serizawa knew that Makimoto probably put this slate in the suitcase in his hand.

"This is mine, it took me a lot of work to find it!" As soon as Makimoto heard that Serizawa wanted the stone slab in his suitcase, he immediately said excitedly.

"Forget it, let's take them with us." Serizawa looked at Makimoto's performance and knew that Makimto must know something, not the slate he had found by chance. So he ordered the subordinates who surrounded this Makimoto, because he didn't know how much Makimoto knew, so no matter what, Serizawa felt that it was always right to take Makimoto away first.

"Hey, what are you doing! Let me go! After Serizawa gave an order, several people who were originally standing next to Makimoto instantly reached out and grabbed Makimoto, and then escorted Makimoto to their speedboat.

"Hmm~, let's take these two crew members away together." After Makimoto was taken away, Serizawa looked at the two crew members who were shrunk to the side, and after thinking for a while, he decided that since the arrest was opened, then these two should also be taken away.

"Don't catch us, we don't know anything!" One of the crew members saw that the Americans were going to catch themselves together, so they planned to jump into the sea to escape. But before he could jump, he was pulled back and pressed to the ground.

After Makimoto was taken away, Serizawa opened the suitcase in Makimoto's hand before, and then looked at the stone slab inside and smiled with satisfaction. Serizawa then closed the suitcase again and returned to his boat: "Let's go back." ”

Three hours later, the yacht, which had been parked in the middle of the sea, was spotted by Japanese coast patrol officers. When they got on the boat, they found that there was no one on the ship, and the things on the ship were all neat, and there was no sign of a fight. (There must be no signs of a fight, after all, Serizawa's people took the three of them by an overwhelming margin.) ）

Then these patrolmen checked the owner of the yacht and found that the yacht was now rented by a man named Goro Makimoto. The reason for the lease was to explore the undersea environment in order to provide data for his research, and it was also believed that the company where the yacht worked hired two crew members with professional salvage and rescue qualifications.

However, after some inspection, the patrol team found that all three people, including the two crew members, plus Goro Makimoto, had disappeared, leaving no trace.

The patrolmen then reported their discovery to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, investigating the incident as a missing person and telling them to pay attention to the traces of Sanri, including Goro Makimoto.

And Banner also learned about Dr. Makimoto's disappearance this evening, because when he called Makimoto to confirm his side of the itinerary, he was suddenly notified by the personnel of Makimoto's laboratory that Makimoto is now missing and his whereabouts are unknown.

"Missing?" After hanging up, Banner looked at the phone in his hand and muttered to himself. Then thinking of the discovery of a new type of radioactive element and the unknown body of the huge body that Makimoto said to him before, Banner realized that the matter behind Makimoto's disappearance should not be simple.

After a moment's thought, Banner pulled out his phone and made a call to Clark.