I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Ai Haibara's gaze became rude.

However, before she could breathe on it, Chen En casually slipped a chocolate bar that Suzuki Sonoko had given him before she left into her hand.

Although it's not very good as a main meal.

But something is better than nothing, after all, the ads often tout the satiating effect of chocolate bars, saying things like "have a chocolate bar when you're hungry and sweep away hunger to be yourself"... It just feels like a simple advertising slogan.

"So, this is the temporary base you prepared for yourself?"

Ai Haibara's voice was somewhat muffled.

She followed Chen En, moving deeper into the bat cave. The surrounding environment made her frown, as it looked very unkempt, though it could also be intentionally designed that way.

After all, the Batcave in the comics seems to be such a dark and gloomy place.

Chen En walked ahead, his gaze sweeping over every part of the bat cave.

Because Suzuki Jirokichi was drunk and unable to come, he had no choice but to bring Ai Haibara along to explore the unfamiliar Bat Cave. However, he wasn't entirely unprepared for this.

He asked Noah's Ark to send over the design drawings of the Bat Cave from Suzuki Jirokichi's computer.

Although he had never been to this unfinished bat cave before.

But Chen En wasn't entirely unfamiliar with this place.

After walking along the road for a while, Chen En frowned slightly. He could vaguely see some ferocious and huge shadow appearing in the darkness.

Monster? Or some kind of large construction machinery?

Chen En stopped.

Ai Haibara, who was chewing behind him, almost bumped into him. She poked her head out from the side, somewhat annoyed, and was about to ask what was going on when she was stunned by the enormous thing in front of her.

If she wasn't mistaken, this should be... a dinosaur?

"Uh, did you put this here?"

Ai Haibara blinked and asked in surprise.

However, she received an answer she didn't really want to hear.

"No, the design drawings don't seem to mention a mechanical dinosaur here."

"This was probably added on a whim by Uncle Suzuki, but he was too drunk to tell me about the mechanical dinosaur beforehand. Besides, this mechanical dinosaur isn't connected to the internet."

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Accompanied by the sound of sparks, two realistic pupils suddenly lit up in the darkness, looking dangerous and ferocious.

The enormous mechanical dinosaur suddenly moved, and only then did most of its body appear in the dim light, allowing Chen En and Ai Haibara to see its full form.

Rather than comparing it to the mechanical dinosaur from DC Comics, this thing is more like the Type-3 Dinosaur from the movie.

The metallic body suggests that this machine has the ability to easily take lives; under normal circumstances, this would be a physical security measure that Batman has prepared for his Batcave.

But now, this mechanical dinosaur, resembling a Type 3 Dragon, is clearly about to attack its owner.

"Step back, leave this to me."

"Let me see where the battery or cables are. I don't want to tear down my bat cave, which I'm about to finish, and this mechanical dinosaur that I'm using to guard it."

Chen En stretched his muscles a little.

His finger rested on Cassandra's ring, and the next moment, he turned the ring, instantly unleashing his superhuman abilities. However, against an opponent like a mechanical dinosaur, which had no human structure whatsoever, the superhuman effect was noticeably less than when fighting a normal enemy.

However, all Chen En wanted was the enhanced intuition that came with super intuition.

"Ah, um...that looks really dangerous."

Ai Haibara nodded and said in a low voice.

She took out a grappling hook from her waist and fired it at the rock wall behind her. The next moment, Ai Haibara was pulled by the hook and disappeared from Chen En's back in an instant.

Meanwhile, the massive Type 3 Dragon began to move.

The weapons on this thing are obviously just for show, but the sheer size of this mechanical construct is enough to crush a person into a pulp. Therefore, Chen En has no intention of engaging in a power struggle with the Type 3 Dragon Machine.

At the moment the dragon claw slammed down.

Chen En landed lightly on the dragon claw and moved quickly upwards along the arm of the Type 3 Mecha Dragon. Although the Type 3 Mecha Dragon's simple intelligence included countermeasures, its movements were still too stiff.

Before its other arm could strike Chen En, Chen En had already leaped up and landed on the head of the Type 3 Dragon.

His gaze swept over the mechanical dinosaur's surroundings, quickly landing on the thick back connecting to the cable. Immediately, he jumped down towards the cable.

The Type 3 Dragon has temporarily crashed due to losing the enemy's location.

However, the built-in thermal imaging system in the eye quickly located Ai Haibara's presence. But before the Type-3 Dragon could move, Chen En had already grabbed the cable on the back of the Type-3 Dragon and pulled it out, causing it to fall to the ground with him.

The massive Type 3 Dragon lost its kinetic energy and immediately returned to its previous stationary state.

Chapter 524 The Bat Cave Nearing Completion

"It looks like it's straight out of a tokusatsu (special effects) movie."

"The mechanical dinosaur in the bat cave should be a completely realistic Tyrannosaurus Rex, right? It has nothing to do with this thing. Why would Jirokichi Suzuki choose to put such a mechanical dinosaur in the bat cave?"

Ai Haibara returned to the side of the Type-3 Ryuki.

She looked up at the enormous thing, which was enormous for her current height, and muttered something to herself.

"If you're after thrills, why not go all the way with the real thing?"

Hearing this, Chen En, standing next to Ai Haibara, stroked his chin and said,

"It's possible that they deliberately retained a bit of Japanese style so that you would know this is Batman from the Japanese region."

"However, the Type 3 Dragon is quite cool. Moreover, it is amazing that such a huge machine can be built and made to move without any external support."

"The person who built this Type 3 Dragon is no ordinary person; he may be no less capable than Professor Agasa in terms of scientific research."

Chen En didn't find this strange at all.

In the movie "Lupin III vs. Detective Conan", Lupin III and his friends praised the gadgets used by the Detective Boys as masterpieces, but they didn't show much surprise.

This suggests that there are probably other scientists in the Detective Conan universe who are no less capable than Professor Agasa.

Moreover, he had previously learned that the Edo-era mechanical master, Misui Kichiemon, was able to create movable humanoid mechanical puppets during the Edo period. It is not surprising that someone in modern times has improved the technology and gone even further.

However, he decided that after seeing the Bat Cave, he would visit the designer who created the Type 3 Dragon.

Chen En believed himself to have the ambitions of Cao Cao.

Of course, this refers to the eagerness to find talented people, not to the desire for married women.

After all, Professor Agasa couldn't possibly create weapons or gadgets that would be lethal to ordinary people, and the weapons dealer could only manufacture various special bullets. He now needed a design master who could provide assistance in this area.

Sometimes, it's like dealing with something like Hawke, which can hardly be considered human in the conventional sense.

He can't do any damage by relying solely on weapons and tools that aren't lethal to ordinary people. He needs something more substantial, something he might not use regularly, but he can't be without.

Just like Batman in the comics always carries around kryptonite that he doesn't want to use, and even the styles are all different.

"What are you planning to put in this bat cave?"

"If it's just for a base, I don't think there's any need to prepare a Batcave. After all, you have the ability to send a Batmobile the size of a minecart to places that are normally inaccessible."

"What is it that absolutely has to be made into a bat cave?"

Ai Haibara stared at the Type 3 Dragon machine in front of her for a while, then suddenly asked a question.

Although she didn't know what Chen En was going to put there, if she followed the example of the Black Organization, the Black Organization usually built bases near cities to store weapons and aircraft that were inconvenient to bring into the city.

Could it be that Chen En is going to build a bat-shaped airplane?

Thinking of this, a hint of surprise appeared in Ai Haibara's eyes.

However, before Ai Haibara could ask the question, Chen En had already passed the Type-3 Dragon and officially entered the Bat Cave area, forcing Ai Haibara to jog to catch up.

It served as his base in the bat cave.

The area is still somewhat empty.

After all, this place has not yet been put into use as a real bat cave; it has only been reserved as a workshop, garage, hangar, laboratory, study, and other spaces.

Inside the hidden rooms of the Bat Cave, there are also special rooms prepared to house supercomputers.

"...It seems that Uncle Suzuki has put a lot of effort into the construction of the Batcave. It has everything that is needed. Once the Batmobile and Batplane are installed, it can be put into use immediately."

Chen En said calmly.

He led Ai Haibara on a tour of the Batcave, and what caught her attention most was a room with many monitors, which looked like the Batcomputer that Batman used to monitor Gotham City in the comics.

If Ai Haibara were to ask this, Chen En would answer directly.

It's not just a resemblance; it's the Batcomputer used to monitor Gotham City.

Once the surveillance system covering the entire city of Tokyo is put into use, all the lines will be connected to this computer, making it a veritable "Bat computer" capable of monitoring the streets and some alleys of the entire city of Tokyo.

At least there won't be a situation where a child and their parents are robbed and murdered while walking in an alley, and the robbers can't be caught.

Just to clarify, no Batman was harmed during this conversation.

The entire bat cave—the laboratory, workshop, and study—was already filled with things.

The workshop contained tools for repair and manufacturing, while the laboratory was filled with bottles and jars—like a more powerful version of Ai Haibara's experimental equipment. As for the study…

The study was filled with DC comics.

Although it's not very useful, it has great sentimental value.

Chen En randomly picked up a magazine and saw a publication related to the "Infinite Crisis" event in DC Comics.

At the same time, Ai Haibara also noticed the DC comic book in Chen En's hand. At this moment, she paused for a moment and finally asked the question she had wanted to ask before, but hadn't.

"Chen En, the teacher you found for me named 'Noah' is actually Noah's Ark, right?"

"Although their computer technology far surpasses mine, their mental and language abilities are still at the level of a ten- to fifteen-year-old. It won't be difficult for me to obtain their true identity in the conversation."

Ai Haibara warned,

"Many scientists have warned that artificial intelligence will be the last invention of mankind."