Chapter 1680 The key to the seal is sunlight

"Dr. Hibino, we believe what you say is true. That's why we come here to investigate again and again, to avoid the situation of crying wolf."

Seeing that Dr. Hibino was still listening, Gu Chen stepped forward and spoke.

"You're... I know you. You're the one who's often on TV. What's your name... what's your name?"

It was not until this time that Dr. Hibino turned his gaze to Gu Chen. However, he was always running around looking for Tabla, so he couldn't remember Gu Chen's name and identity for a moment. He only knew that he was a big shot or something.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Gu Chen, and I'm the highest commander of the Earth Defense Force in the Asia-Pacific region. I happened to overhear your conversation with our team this morning, and out of caution, I brought them here for a third investigation."

Seeing this, Gu Chen briefly introduced himself and brought the topic back to the main topic.

"Ah! Now that you mention it, I remember it's you. If I'm not mistaken, if it weren't for you, I might have ended up in the detention room again today."

Upon hearing this, Dr. Hibino slapped his head and then looked at Gu Chen with gratitude.

If possible, who would want to stay in the detention room? It wouldn't look good if it got out.

"This is what I should do. I also believe that as a PhD in archaeology, you wouldn't try to make fun of UGM by doing something as unskillful as filing a false alarm."

"So what's your basis for saying there's a monster on Shicang Mountain?"

Gu Chen smiled faintly and then asked.

"Sir, that's a very good question. Please look at this."

Upon hearing this question, Dr. Hibino immediately became enthusiastic and took Gu Chen's hand and squatted down.

Immediately afterwards, Dr. Hibino took out a doll from his hiking bag and showed it to everyone.

"What a strange puppet! It's almost like a monster."

Jiro Sakata looked at the rough clay doll in Dr. Hibino's hand and couldn't help but tilt his head and sighed.

"Yes, this is the clay figurine of the monster Tabla."

Hearing this, Dr. Hibino nodded heavily and spoke in an extremely firm tone.

"Tabla? Are there really monsters that look like this?"

Upon hearing this, Xingye Yong couldn't help but ask this question.

"Listen carefully!" Dr. Hibino glared at Hoshino Isamu and then said shockingly, "This was made 3 years ago..."

"3 years ago?!"

Before Dr. Hibino could finish his words, Jiro Sakata exclaimed in surprise at his words.

"This doll is actually an antique? Old man, you're just holding it like this. Aren't you afraid of breaking it?"

Hoshino Yong exclaimed.

A doll from three thousand years ago, no matter how crudely made it is, is a priceless work of art and has extremely precious archaeological value.

However, this doll was held casually in the hands of Dr. Hibino, without any intention of protecting it.

Dr. Hibino glanced disapprovingly at Jiro Sakata and Isamu Hoshino, the two men who had interrupted him. He then ignored them and said to Gu Chen, who was listening quietly, "Three thousand years ago, the monster Tabla was already wreaking havoc on Earth. Not only did it destroy, it also preyed on the people of that era."

As he spoke, Dr. Hibino slowly unfolded the cloth used to wrap the doll.

Jiro Sakata and Isamu Hoshino immediately looked over and saw some information written on the cloth in hieroglyphics and some pictures.

"Just then, suddenly, a giant of light appeared from the sky."

“He protected people and fought against the tabla.”

"Finally, the Giant of Light imprisoned Tabla in this mountain."

Dr. Hibino's voice then sounded, and after telling the story of Tabla to the three people, a look of reminiscence appeared on his face.

“After discovering the information about Tabla, I devoted myself to researching it.”

"But my colleagues in the Archaeological Society treated me as an outlier. No one believed in the existence of the monster Tabla, only I did."

"For this reason, I traveled alone throughout the Sakura Country, searching for the monster Tabla. Finally, I found its trace here. It was sealed in Ishikura Mountain."

Dr. Hibino's tone became very firm when he finished speaking.

Looking for Tabla, it seemed... no, it had become his obsession.

"Old man, why does the Giant of Light you mentioned sound so much like an Ultraman?"

After listening to Dr. Hibino's words, Jiro Sakata suddenly asked.

"Ultra Warrior... maybe it's him!"

Hearing this, Dr. Hibino thought for a moment, then nodded and said.

"But this is the first time I've heard of such a thing."

Hoshino Yong expressed a hint of disbelief at the right time. After all, he had been very talented in gathering intelligence since he was a child. Now he was in a high position, but he had never heard of anything like this.

"You still don't believe it?"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Hibino immediately became angry again. He then pointed to the hieroglyphs written on the cloth and said, "Okay, then it says here... This is it."

"Once the monster Tabla finds the light, it will wake up."

Gu Chen looked at the part that Dr. Hibino pointed at and read it out loud.

"Huh?! Consultant, you can recognize hieroglyphs?"

Sakata Jiro was suddenly surprised.

"Advisor? Isn't that the boss? Never mind, but he's definitely right. That's what's written down there."

Dr. Hibino was a little confused by Sakata Jiro's way of addressing Gu Chen, but he immediately put it aside and affirmed Gu Chen's translation.

"Then the question arises. If the information recorded here is correct, and Tabla is indeed sealed in Ishigura Mountain and will awaken when exposed to sunlight, then it seems that there is nothing we can do. Originally, Tabla, sealed here, would not be exposed to sunlight."

Upon hearing this, Xingye Yong spread his hands and said with a puzzled look on his face.

"No, have you forgotten the characteristics of the land we stand on?"

At this time, Gu Chen shook his head and asked back.

"Characteristics?"

Hoshino Yong frowned.

"It's an earthquake! Consultant, are you worried that the earthquake will cause the mountain to crack and expose the sealed Tabla to sunlight?!"

Jiro Sakata reacted immediately and gave the correct answer based on the information he knew so far.

"Yeah! Why didn't I think of that! But...it seems like we can't accurately predict when the earthquake will return."

With Jiro Sakata's reminder, Hoshino Isamu also reacted, but at the same time he thought of another problem.