Chihaya Aine is a member of the team Zero

The silver-white time capsule seemed to sense something, and the lower half that had not yet been broken suddenly slid open, allowing the object hidden inside to finally see the light of day.

Under the sunlight, the blue substance that looked like both liquid and gas hidden in the jar inside the time capsule suddenly seemed to come alive and slowly surged inside the container.

Dr. Ichinose handed the ammonite fossil in his hand to Kita Kenfumi beside him, and then moved closer to observe the blue substance sealed inside the jar. However, even a talent like Dr. Ichinose could not decipher the secret of the mysterious blue substance in front of him just by observing it with the naked eye.

"Kita-kun, please call a truck and transport the time capsule and the can of mysterious blue substance hidden inside to the research institute. We might be able to use some equipment at the institute to test and find something valuable."

Ichinose

The doctor turned his head and gave instructions to Kita Kenfumi beside him, and handed him the silver metal plate in his hand.

"Okay! I promise to complete the task."

After Kita Kenfumi saluted, he immediately took the metal plate and ran away to arrange for personnel.

The people brought by Chihaya Masafumi were also whispering to each other.

"Do you think there are any unexcavated objects around here?"

"What? What did you say? The Earth's crust has shifted countless times over the past 350 million years. How come we keep finding these bizarre time capsules?"

"Some are definitely still sleeping in the river, or buried deep beneath the surface! It's even possible that they're buried in the mountains."

At this time, no one noticed that in the high pile of earth nearby, a strand of red substance contained in the same sealed can was slowly flowing.

At this time, in the classroom of Group A of the first grade of Yugaoka Girls' Academy, the youthful girls were gathered together to discuss topics related to the ancient times theme of the variety show last night.

"350 million years ago, dinosaurs and mammoths inhabited the Earth, and humans were still apes. How could humans at that time have created this kind of time capsule?"

"Wait! That's not right! Dinosaurs and mammoths lived 100 million years ago, before we humans existed!"

"So, 350 million years ago?"

"That was during Earth's Ice Age. Modern speculation suggests that a more advanced and developed human civilization existed then, possessing extraordinary intelligence. Of course, all of this is just speculation, and the specific circumstances remain a mystery."

“Everyone understands me so well~”

Chihaya Aine, who had just joined the conversation, clapped her hands with a smile on her face, her cute little fangs reflecting the morning sun.

"Kita-kun, do you think this time capsule contains some super weapon from ancient times?"

Chihaya Masafumi, who was waiting for the results of Dr. Ichinose's experiment in the office, asked Houben, who was trying to sit upright but also wanted to jump around.

"Ah? Well, I think it must be the splendid heritage of civilization left to us by our ancestors."

Kita Kensuke didn't expect to be asked a question by Chihaya Masafumi out of the blue, and he immediately blurted out his thoughts.

"Ding-a-ling, jingle-a-ling."

At this moment, the intercom phone next to Chihaya Masafumi rang.

Chihaya Masafumi grabbed the receiver of the intercom phone next to him, put it to his ear, and listened attentively to the content inside.

"Okay, I get it now."

"Chihaya-senpai, is there any result from Dr. Ichinose?"

As soon as Chihaya Masafumi put down the phone, Kita Kensuke couldn't wait to ask.

"Dr. Ichinose said they found something that looked like data in the sealed chamber."

Chihaya Masafumi never thought that the romanticism of her lively and cheerful junior could actually guess the true identity of the object from the 350 million-year-old capsule.

"It's just as I guessed!"

Kita Kensuke was also very excited that he guessed what was inside the time capsule.

"Kita, prepare the car, we'll set off immediately to Dr. Ichinose's research institute!"

Chihaya Masafumi gave the order.

"Yes, I understand! Are we going to be Dr. Ichinose's lab assistants?"

Kita Kensuke was very happy and left the office happily to prepare the car.

"Kita, please don't cause trouble for Dr. Ichinose."

Chihaya Masafumi could only sigh helplessly at this junior of his.

"Uh... yes."

When Kita Kensuke heard his respected senior Chihaya Masafumi say this, his tone became a little aggrieved for a moment.

Soon, Chihaya Masafumi and Kita Kensuke drove to Dr. Ichinose's laboratory.

"There must be some information recorded in it, but we used X-rays and ultrashort-wavelength radiation to no avail."

Dr. Ichinose handed the silver metal plate in his hand to Kita Kensuke, with a helpless tone in his voice.

"Huh? As expected, there's nothing on it."

Kita Kensuke looked at the silver metal plate in his hand from left to right, trying to figure out what it meant, but the result was naturally disappointing.

Afterwards, when he was turning the silver metal plate in his hand again, Kita Kensuke accidentally slipped his hand and the silver metal plate fell onto the table, just exposed to the high-brightness desk lamp.

Kita Kensuke was shocked and was about to reach out to pick up the silver metal plate.

"Wait a minute, Kita, Dr. Ichinose, look!"

Chihaya Masafumi first stopped Kita Kensuke from picking up the silver metal plate, then stood up and pointed at the wall behind Dr. Ichinose.

"Ok?"

Although Dr. Ichinose had some doubts in his heart, he still turned his head and looked in the direction where Chihaya Masafumi's finger was pointing.

"what!"

As soon as Dr. Ichinose looked over, he stood up in surprise.

It turned out that the words written on the silver metal plate were reflected on the wall behind him.

"So, it turns out that the secret written on the silver metal plate can only be seen through reflection!"

Dr. Ichinose's face was filled with a smile as if he had solved a mystery.

"Yamanaka-kun, come here quickly! We've discovered the secret of the silver metal plate!"

Dr. Ichinose first lowered his head and pressed the paging button on the table to inform his assistant Yamanaka of the situation.

After he finished his report, he raised his head with a smile and said to Chihaya Masafumi and Kita Kensuke in front of him, "Thanks to you! Otherwise, I don't know when I can unlock the secret of this silver metal plate."

"How can this be so embarrassing? This is so embarrassing~"

Kita Kensuke touched his head with a smile on his face, and turned to look at Chihaya Masafumi beside him.

At this moment, the door behind Dr. Ichinose opened, and a young man in white quickly walked out.

The visitor was none other than Dr. Ichinose's assistant, Yamanaka. He was anxiously asking Dr. Ichinose what secrets the silver metal plate from 350 million years ago held.

Volume 1: Chapter 183: Red Flame Monster Vanilla

"Dr. Ichinose, what is the secret of the silver metal plate you just mentioned?"

"It's right above your head, Yamanaka-kun. Look there."

After hearing the question from his favorite student, Dr. Ichinose immediately turned around and pointed at the projection on the wall.

Yamanaka followed Dr. Ichinose's finger and soon found the secret of the silver metal plate he mentioned.

"Yamada-kun, please quickly take a picture of this and then develop it so that each of the linguists in our institute can have a copy. The sooner we decipher the secret of this text, the better."

　Dr. Ichinose gave instructions to his assistant Yamanaka in a concise and quick manner.

"I see."

After listening to Dr. Ichinose's words, Yamanaka also understood what he should do now.

Shortly after we finished taking photos in the mountains and left, the originally sunny weather suddenly changed. It was like dark clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it. Frenzied silver snakes were also dancing wildly in the clouds.

At this time, in Dr. Ichinose's laboratory, since the secret of the silver metal plate has been solved, the only thing left is the mysterious blue substance sealed in the jar.

In Dr. Ichinose's research institute, several researchers are trying to find a way to open the outer shell of the blue jar in order to take out the mysterious blue substance for research.

However, even after breaking several chainsaws, the researchers still couldn't open the jar containing the mysterious blue substance.

After several attempts with chainsaws failed, the researchers turned to using the high temperature of flames to open the jars.

"That kind of writing is very similar to that of the sunken Mu Empire. We will definitely be able to decipher it."

Dr. Ichinose was pacing back and forth with a cigarette in his hand.

"The photos are out!"

At this time, the door behind Dr. Ichinose opened again, and Yamanaka handed a dozen photos to Dr. Ichinose.

"Thank you for your hard work, Yamanaka-kun. Please also deliver the other photos to the linguists at the institute as soon as possible."

Dr. Ichinose took the photo and took a look at it, then asked Yamanaka to distribute the photo as soon as possible.

"I know, I'll go right away."

After saying this, Yamanaka turned around and ran towards the end of the corridor.

"Really? She's so impulsive at her age. I don't know who she takes after. My daughter is much more well-behaved."

After Dr. Ichinose finished speaking, he turned around and was about to walk into his laboratory with the photo.

"Dr. Ichinose!"

Chihaya Masafumi suddenly stood up from his seat and walked behind Dr. Ichinose.

"Ok?"

Dr. Ichinose stopped and turned around with some confusion.

"If we can decipher this text, we'll be able to solve the mystery of this 350 million-year-old time capsule!"

There was some excitement in Chihaya Masafumi's tone.

"I'll do my best, Chihaya-kun."

Dr. Ichinose is also very curious about what secrets this time capsule from 350 million years ago hides.

"Dr. Ichinose, please let me be your assistant!"

Kita Kensuke also jumped up from his position and rushed in front of Dr. Ichinose.

"Okay!"

Dr. Ichinose said to Kita Kensuke with a smile on his face.

"Please wait a moment."

As he spoke, Dr. Ichinose put the cigarette in his hand into his mouth, turned around and entered his laboratory. After detecting the entry of the owner, the door of the laboratory closed automatically.

"Hey! Dr. Ichinose! Your assistant Kita Kensuke hasn't gone in yet!"

Kita Kensuke, who wanted to follow Dr. Ichinose into the laboratory, hit his nose directly on the closed laboratory door.

The pain from his fragile nose bridge almost made Kita Kensuke cry.

"Alright, alright, Dr. Ichinose was just being polite to you. Don't go in and cause trouble for him."

Chihaya Masafumi grabbed the collar of his troublesome junior and dragged him back to his previous seat without any explanation.

At this moment, even though he was in Dr. Ichinose's laboratory, Chihaya Masafumi could vaguely feel the unusual weather outside.

"Aine, the weather is a bit strange today. For safety reasons, do you want me to send someone to pick you up and take you home first?"

Chihaya Masafumi took out her cell phone and sent a message to her sweet friend.

"Ding dong!"

"A friend will come pick me up soon, so I won't bother Dad. But you have to pay attention to your own safety while you're working~"

Chihaya Aine on the other side of the screen replied to her old father's message almost instantly.

After seeing the caring little girl's concern for her, Chihaya Masafumi put away her phone with a smile.

Kita Kensuke on the other side naturally also showed concern for his daughter and arranged for someone to pick her up. After all, such weather really makes it difficult for a father to feel at ease.

The sky was already suffocating under a wall of pitch-black cloud. A dull roar rolled from deep within the clouds, like an ancient beast grinding its armor within a bronze cauldron. A pale chasm suddenly split open on the southeastern horizon. In an instant, thousands of wind blades roared, splitting the stagnant air and sweeping up dead branches and leaves in a frenzied dance in the air.