That night, the Metropolitan Police Department came with the not-so-good news that after a detailed inspection, they had not found a bomb in any of the internal structures of Tokyo Tower, including the elevators. While they are still trying to find out if the bomb was placed in a structure outside the Tokyo Tower viewing area, it seems that the possibility that the attackers targeted Tokyo Tower has dropped to almost zero.

However, all the members of the detective group still chose to take a leave of absence at the request of Chiba - after all, they still couldn't rule out the possibility that the school that the big bomb was going to hit at three o'clock in the afternoon was Didan Elementary School.

So, if there are no bombs in Tokyo Tower, and there are probably bombs everywhere else, where is the safest place to spend the blast time?

。。。 The next day at 9:20 a.m

Take the Toei Subway Toei Line 12 (author: after 1999, this line was renamed the Tokyo Loop Line by popular vote, but then Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara changed the name to the Oedo Line) to Akabanebashi Station, and the red and white Tokyo Tower appeared in front of Chiba and Ashbara Ai.

"Have you been here before?" Gray Plains asked.

"Haven't been," Qian Yu shook her head. "That's why I brought you to see it together."

"Is that a dog statue?" Gray Yuan Wai suddenly looked at a group of stone statues on the edge of the iron tower and said curiously.

"Birch Dog Statue." Chiba explained. "When the Japanese Antarctic expedition was forced to retreat in 1958 due to weather conditions, 15 birch dogs were abandoned. But when they returned the following year, they found that two birch dogs named 'Taro' and 'Jiro' had survived. So at that time, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hired the sculptor of the loyal dog Hachiko to make this statue for the fifteen birch dogs, and finally placed it here. ”

"I see." Gray Plains mourned in thought.

Tokyo Tower itself is a four-story tower in the center of the four towers that splay so much that the four feet of the tower are very large to support the 332.6-meter-high tower.

"A thousand yen... Holding the two tickets, Qian Yu pursed his lips and threw them into his school bag. "Forget it, the price is barely acceptable... Gray Plains, which one are you going to see first? ”

"Hmm... Gray Yuan glanced at the street sign in contemplation. "Go first ... How about this? ”

She pointed to the aquarium sign.

"Tsk," Qian Yu raised an eyebrow. "Okay, but there's an aquarium here...

"And since you can call yourself an aquarium, the content must not be too shabby." Gray Yuan Wai is also looking forward to it.

But...

"Really?" As the two of them strolled into the aquarium to the sound of soothing music in the aquarium, Chiba was startled by the display cases on the right—not because they were like fish cabinets in a fish store, but because of the contents of the water tank.

"Amphibians?" Gray Yuan also frowned, looking at the turtle that was crawling slowly on the stone island inside. "Isn't this an aquarium?"

"Maybe they count amphibians as aquatic animals?" The corners of Chiha's mouth twitched. "Let's take a look, there seem to be normal fish in front of us."

The two walked forward together, slowly coming to the area marked with the sea tropical fish, but...

"Uhhh Qian Yu looked at the sign and was speechless for a long time. “coral reef fish？ So is this a tropical fish or a reef fish? (Tropical fish prefer acidic waters, while reef fishes are accustomed to weakly alkaline waters because they live in coral reef areas...) ）

"What kind of translation is this... Gray Yuan also sighed. "It's so lame!"

Although there is no big problem with the signs and other things in the back, they are still complained about by Gray Yuan Ai and Qianyu, who are quite disappointed because they have too high expectations.

"That is, the Japanese garden at the end is relatively good," said Gray Yuan after walking out. "And that goldfish showcase."

"The others are a lot worse than what you can see in the underwater restaurant of Xu Shengyi before," Qian Yu also had a boring expression. "After all, Tokyo Tower is limited in hardware, and it's unlikely that it can compare to that kind of place."

"Let's go up and have a look," Gray Plains suggested. "After that, come down and walk around this building."

"Yes." Qian Yu nodded.

Today is Monday, so there are not many people, and when Chiba and Gray Yuan came to the elevator leading to the 150-meter-high observation deck, they found that there was no one here at all.

"Even if the elevator just went up, it means that there are not many people today." Qian Yu said with interest. "Maybe you can get a relaxing viewing space up there."

"But it will take a while for this elevator to come down," Gray Yuan looked at the elevator floor. "I'm going to get a commemorative coin first."

"Commemorative coins?" Qian Yu was stunned, and looked in the direction of Gray Yuanai, only to find that in the corner of the wall not far from them, there was actually a commemorative coin press machine - this is a machine that uses manual rotation of the handle as a power to press the commemorative coin, and this machine obviously has two handles of different heights placed in order to adapt to the shape of adults and children. "I didn't even notice there was one here... I'll have one later. ”

"Hmm." He shoved the 500 yen coin into the slot, then put his hand on the handle of the coin press and turned the handle.

Just as Qian Yu walked towards the gray plain, the handle was suddenly blocked by a powerful force in an instant.

"Ahh Gray Plains, whose hands were stretched, let out a small exclamation, and when he tried to turn the handle again, he found that the handle could no longer be turned, even if he grabbed both hands on the handle, he couldn't turn the handle.

"The original commemorative coin has entered the suppression link... Qianyu hurriedly came to Gray Yuanai's side, observed it for a while, and said. "Although this machine is not very difficult for adults, it seems to be more strenuous for us, after all, the power arm is a bit short and there may be a little rust on the inside. Otherwise... Let's turn the handle together? In this case, you may be able to turn around. ”

“。。。” After hesitating for a moment, Gray Yuan Wai nodded. "Okay."

When Chiba was about to pull her hand on the handle as well, she found that the handle might be able to hold an adult in its entirety, but it was not enough for two children's hands to hold side by side. If you grasp your hand on the edge of the handle, it will be very easy to slip off.

Not...

"Gray Plains, you let go of your hand first." Qian Yu said. "I grab the handle, and then you grab my hand, and we pull together."

"Okay." Gray Yuan lowered his head and said softly.

Chiba walked between Gray Plains and the handle, and the eight fingers of the two hands except the thumb crossed together, grabbed the handle, and then used the thumb to hold the handle in place. "It's your turn."

"I know," Gray Yuan Ai subconsciously wrapped his two hands around Qianyu's neck, but found that his hands were not long enough. "You move forward."

"Oh, okay - wait a minute," Chiba was about to move forward a bit, but realized that something was not quite right. "You can't stand in front of me to the right."

"It's okay" Gray turned to the right front of Chiba, and then pressed his two hands against Chiba's hands holding the handle.

"Three, two, one," Qian Yu took a deep breath and then counted down softly. "Pull!"

Qian Yu and Gray Yuan Wai exerted force at the same time, and the handle slowly rotated with this force.

"Smack!" With a crisp sound, the originally jerky handle instantly turned smoothly again, and the unprepared Gray Yuan Ai instantly let go of his hand, and his whole body fell backwards, directly hitting Qianyu's body.

"Uh... Qian Yu let out a muffled snort.

"I'm sorry!" Gray Yuan Ai immediately stabilized his body and turned to look at Qian Yu. "Are you alright?"

"It's okay... Qian Yu glanced at the position of his chest. "The area of this auxiliary unit is large (the auxiliary unit is attached to the chest by a thousand feathers, remember?) So you hit this and it causes a dull ache ... But it's basically good now. ”

"That's fine," Gray Plains took out the commemorative coin they had just pressed out from the outlet. "I'll give you this commemorative coin, I don't think you have the strength to press out the second one."

"If you don't want to put it in the house yourself, why don't you just put it in the living room? What to do for me ... Qian Yu shrugged, and then suddenly looked in the direction of the elevator. Ah, the elevator is down. ”

"Let's take the elevator first." Gray Yuan Ai glanced at the elevator floor and walked to the elevator with Chiba.

The elevator door opened, but no one came out, so Chiba and Gray Yuan Ai walked in and pressed the button that led to the Grand Observation Deck.

The elevator doors slowly close, then begin to accelerate upwards.

The watch in Qianyu's hand pointed to nine forty-five, and time froze at this moment.

"Boom!" The blasting was deafening.