Stay away from Conan.

As the armed personnel who disembarked from the armed helicopters took control of the crowd outside the Twilight Villa, Gin's eyes instantly darkened when he heard the leader give them such a direct order. At the same time, the veins on the back of his hand, which was secretly gripping his gun, bulged.

He stared intently at the armed leader issuing orders, then glanced at the two helicopters in the sky—clearly belonging to a higher-level force—and…

In the distance, amidst the mountains and forests, a bizarre aerial battle raged, sending turbulent waves of shock through my heart—

That sir...

They were actually forced to use this level of force directly, even bypassing Rum and issuing orders directly to them?

Moreover, even at this point, it seems...

It also failed to completely suppress that mysterious creature from who-knows-where.

While Vodka hadn't considered the situation as much as Gin, he still nervously swallowed and whispered to Gin for help:

"Big brother..."

But seeing Gin's serious expression, and being surrounded by armed men, Vodka ultimately couldn't say anything.

Meanwhile, Pisco, who was also present, twitched his face, his eyes shifting back and forth between the Golden Villa, the helicopter in the sky, and the distant explosions and flames. In the end, he let out a helpless sigh and silently put away any thoughts he might have had.

Furthermore, Rum, in the distant parking lot, naturally also heard the order through the surveillance equipment. His single eye flashed with a mixture of anger, resentment, and disbelief.

Was he, the second-in-command of his organization, now completely sidelined?

That sir...

Does this mean I've lost faith in myself?

Or is the current situation so serious that it must be taken over by that person personally?

"What...do we do?"

At this moment, Rum's driver, who was also one of his confidants, asked in a low voice. Although the armed men had not yet arrived to take control of the area, there was no doubt that Rum's people knew that it was only a matter of time.

Looking at the drone model still silently sitting on the hood, Rum's face was incredibly sinister, but in the end he could only squeeze out a few words through gritted teeth:
"Do as he says. Now... is not the time for infighting."

As he said this, Rum knew in his heart that only the very core members of the organization could mobilize such armed forces and issue orders directly in the name of "that person," or even that person himself. To disobey orders now would be tantamount to courting death. Before things reached a dead end, he figured that person wouldn't want to openly break ties with him...

Thus, as Rum's orders were relayed to the personnel at the Twilight Villa, they began to follow the orders of the armed leader on site and cooperate with their actions.

Seeing this, the ground armed personnel who had just disembarked from the helicopters left only a few to remain on site to direct operations, while the rest quickly boarded the two armed helicopters that had been hovering.

Then, with personnel in position, the helicopter engines roared to life, rotors revving, and it quickly climbed higher, speeding towards the direction where the armed helicopter numbered "Raven One" had been attacked, ready to join the encirclement and suppression. Meanwhile, the aerial battle had reached its climax—

Although the "Raven One" was damaged, it still managed to maneuver in the air thanks to its robust and durable airframe and the pilot's superb skills. It shot down no less than ten drones with its onboard weapons. However, the number of drones that Gao Yuan had deployed in this area was far greater than they had imagined.

From the forests below the cliff, from the more distant back slopes, and even from some rock crevices, new drones kept buzzing into the air, joining the fray. Their appearances were completely random, as if the entire mountain area had become the nest of these deadly "swarms".

At this moment, Gao Yuan's face was pale, and he seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, leaning against a rock. The samurai sword on his left shoulder trembled slightly with his rapid breathing, but his mind was extremely clear. His hands kept operating on the phone screen, and various data streams were constantly refreshed. The dots representing the drone's status lit up and went out.

As Gao Yuan continuously inputted concise commands, the equipment purchased with all the financial resources obtained from Nishikawa Taijo was now fully deployed. The rest…

Gao Yuan knew in his heart that they were now relying more on the cloud computing program he had secretly deployed and disseminated through hijacked base stations and the internet.

After all, he had done this in reality outside of dreams, so he naturally replicated it skillfully in the dream world. Moreover, disregarding the consequences, the cloud computing program had already learned to a certain extent in just a few days...

Furthermore, this serves as an opportunity to reconnect with the "Noah's Ark" at this point in time...

With the help of "Noah's Ark," this cutting-edge AI mini-program is now quietly running in the backgrounds of countless networked computers that have been "infected" by its spread through the network, and it is relentlessly seizing their computing power to build cloud computing power.

This cloud computing power, through the massive data stream transmitted from this self-controlled base station, processes data from all the drone sensors in real time.

Simple visual and audio data, along with data from other sensors on the drone, combined with publicly available meteorological data, and...

The intrusion into "NAZU" allowed the acquisition of satellite data, and even some military information that could be stolen...

This was almost a combination of everything Gao Yuan had learned since arriving in this world, all done in one go without regard for the consequences. The cloud computing power used massive amounts of big data to analyze the flight patterns, weapon firing ranges, and potential weaknesses of the three armed helicopters, and to assign the optimal attack path and decoy mission to each drone in real time.

This situation, witnessed by everyone in the background through binoculars or surveillance cameras—

Whether it was Gin, Rum, the armed men, or even Camus and Hanada Emi, they all felt a chill and confusion from the bottom of their hearts.

This doesn't look like a bunch of mindless toy airplanes at all; it's more like commanding a highly intelligent and autonomously cooperative mechanical army!
The drone swarm's performance exceeded all their expectations—

They will feint attacks, provide cover, sacrifice some units to draw fire, and seize the slight gaps when helicopters are turning or reloading to launch a swarm assault.

It can even predict the approximate sweep pattern of helicopter machine guns and take evasive action in advance.

"What...what kind of technology is this?"

An armed man stared at the dazzling drone trails on the screen and muttered:

"Things from the movies... have come true?" (End of Chapter)