"If we continue in this order...... "Chiba suddenly thought of something." Before July 15th, the red Siamese cat will launch its next operation? ”

"yes," Hattori nodded. "And the police headquarters still don't know what the red Siamese cats are doing these things for - their behavior is too weird and too abnormal."

"That's right," Qian Yu suddenly thought of something. "Since it's a red Siamese cat, do you have any ideas for the leaders who have been caught?"

"At the very beginning, we sent people to contact the Metropolitan Police Department and visit the old leaders – but they didn't know."

"Then what do we do now," the corners of Qianyu's mouth twitched. "Wouldn't we be in danger if we were to follow this reasoning?"

Just over ten days ago, they had just experienced a dangerous biochemical attack in Matsumoto City, and they never wanted to encounter a second one.

"yes," Hattori sighed. "There was only one biochemical attack two weeks ago without a specific source, and now we have to face another ...... That's a ......."

Chiba was also troubled, because they had come here with the intention of staying for a long time - after visiting the whole of Osaka on July 14th, they would go to a local Suzuki observatory on July 15th to make astronomical observations.

But if that's the case, you'll have to think about whether it's necessary to leave here, even if it's somewhere else.

……

After the necessary exchange was reached, Heiji Hattori, who was obviously still preoccupied, quickly said goodbye to them and left the place.

After Hattori Heiji left, Chiha's worried eyes were immediately caught by Dr. Agasa.

"How's it going?"

"Anyway, what is certain now is that the Red Siamese Cat is definitely not a large-scale indiscriminate attack group," Qian Yu said after thinking for a moment. "Otherwise, it's just a matter of spreading the virus, and there's no need to mention it to the public – that in itself affects the suddenness of the virus attack."

"So, they're going to use these viruses purposefully?" Dr. Asa immediately understood Chiha's thoughts.

"Hmm," Chiba nodded. "So let's take care of the environment here a little bit, and then we'll wait until tomorrow for the press conference at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Until the details of the virus can be ascertained, the best thing they should do is cut off from the outside world and wait for the press conference at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Considering that the whole thing has been poked out by reporters and it is no longer possible to hide it, the police headquarters should provide some useful information about the virus in order to appease the public.

Then contact Sister Yuanzi's side to see if the astronomical observation should be changed or something.

With a little worry, Chiba and everyone made some simple closure of the room, and then after enjoying the sushi that Chiba had brought back, they turned off the lights and rested - it was already past eleven o'clock, which was quite late for children.

……

The next morning.

When Ash Yuan woke up, Chiba was standing in the space between the curtain and the window, looking outside. The sunlight that leaked in from the curtain that had been stretched out where Chiba was standing allowed Gray Yuan to dimly see the hands of the clock—seven-twenty.

"You're up?" As soon as he got out of bed, he saw Chiba tiptoeing back from the edge of the curtain, and the room darkened as the curtain reattached to the wall.

"What are you looking at?" In the darkness, Gray Yuan gave up his actions and sat on the edge of the bed and asked.

"There are still so many people outside, it hasn't decreased much, and it doesn't seem like the red Siamese cat thing has seriously affected the city." In the darkness, Gray Yuan couldn't see anything, but she noticed Chiha's voice getting closer, and then she felt a subtle sinking to the left of the edge of the bed where she was sitting. "Don't worry too much, if we're here, the virus won't affect us much."

"I think you're the one who worries about this the most among us," Gray Plains looked in the direction of Thousand Feathers in the darkness. "It's up to you to relax.

"Me?" Qian Yu smiled bitterly. "Well, it may indeed be a bit ...... Compared to the people out there, I was a little nervous. ”

"However, I thought about it last night, and judging from the characteristics described by Hattori Heiji before, this virus should be the highest-level BSL-4 virus in terms of efficiency," Ashbara's voice was a little helpless. "They...... Where did you get this stuff? ”

"It's a mutant," Chiba snorted. "I'm curious if they will mention today how this virus ended up at the Tokyo National Center for Microbiology."

"Hopefully this thing is only at the BSL-4 level," Ashbara lamented. "If it's just BSL-4, it's somewhat limited and won't cause massive chaos. But if it's something more terrifying...... Hopefully, the virus they found was just an ordinary weapon, not a world-destroying curse. ”

"Anyway......" Qian Yu asked quietly after hesitating for a moment. Did those people find the devil? ”

"Found it, but the devil is still in the cage." Gray Yuan Wai immediately understood what Qian Yu was asking. "In the frozen soil of Siberia, we have found the devil who has witnessed 30,000 years. We know who they are, but we don't know why they are the way they are – they seem to construct themselves in a completely different way than the younger generations of today...... Fortunately, they seem to be alive all along, but they pose no threat to humanity – but not only them, not the devils. ”

(Gray is referring to the Siberian wide-mouth tank virus, which was historically collected in 2000 in samples of Late Pleistocene sediments in the Siberian permafrost and identified in a 2014 paper.) This virus is the largest known virus, up to 1.5 microns long, and most of the proteins are different from those found in existing viral systems. It is worth mentioning that this big guy does not need to replicate with the help of the function of the host's nucleus like other viruses, but can independently complete the replication cycle in the cytoplasm of the host. Thankfully, the virus has only killed amoebae so far, and it seems completely harmless to modern humans. ）

"Mad scientist—" Qian Yu said as he said abruptly.

"Don't scruple," the corners of Gray Yuan's mouth curled slightly. "I'm happy to be crazy about knowledge."

At this moment, a voice came from behind Gray Yuan's mourning.

"Qianyu, Gray Plains, what are you talking about?" Ayumi's listless voice rang out.

"It's nothing, it's just some interesting facts about pathogens." Qian Yu looked at Ayumi, who couldn't focus her eyes on him because of the darkness, and said lightly.