Chapter 1523 Cooperative Investigation

"You are right, Mr. Pinkerton, that is indeed the truth." Qiao Anxin felt the same way.

"Brother Joan, let me give you an idea. You can continue the internship task at the school, but when it comes to specific actions, you and your friends don't need to follow the group of soldiers to fight fires. How about going with me to Lake Aosta and going deep into the habitat of dinosaurs to investigate why they went crazy, what do you think?"

Pinkerton looked at the young mage expectantly.

Joan thought for a moment, then hesitated and said, "I would like to accept your invitation, but the military probably won't allow us to move freely."

"You don't have to worry about that! Don't forget, my employer is also a military leader. As long as I say hello, you can move freely." Pinkerton said confidently.

"I'll go back and discuss with other companions first. If everyone agrees with your cooperation, and the military agrees that we can move freely from the main force, we will go to Lake Aosta to find you and investigate the truth about the madness of dinosaurs together."

"Okay, brother Joan, I'll wait for your good news."

Pinkerton stood up, hugged Joan, and sent him out of the tavern.

After returning to school, Joan first talked to Hailar and Zion about Pinkerton's plan.

Both Hyrule and Zion agreed to cooperate with Mr. Detective, and Audrey also went to Arnold Laval, the military's agent at Midgard University, to ask for freedom of movement during the internship.

Arnold couldn't decide this matter alone, so he took out the "advanced communication stone" and sent a letter to his brother, Baron Laval, to explain the situation.

Within ten minutes, Arnold received a reply and gave Joan a thumbs up with a smile.

"The military authorized your team to move freely during the internship, and expects you to reveal the root of the dinosaur's madness as soon as possible."

Hearing what he said, Joan breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately used the "short message technique" to tell Ted Pinkerton the good news, and agreed on a time and place for a meeting.

Back at the apartment that night, Ruby saw that Joan, Hailar, and Zion were all busy packing their bags, so she came over curiously to ask if they were going on a trip.

Qiao An hesitated for a moment, but in the end she couldn't bear to deceive little Lori and chose to tell the truth.

As expected, "Miss Ruby" immediately jumped up excitedly and begged Joan to take her to Lake Aosta to investigate dinosaurs.

Considering the huge risks of this trip, Joan, Hylar, Audrey, and Holden all tried their best to persuade Ruby to give up this dangerous idea and wait for them to come back at home obediently.

However, "Miss Ruby" was determined to go with them, and no one could persuade her, and finally she burst into tears of grievance.

Everyone, look at me, and I look at you. Facing the offensive of little Lolita's tears, all of them were defeated, and in the end they had to agree to bring Ruby with them.

"Actually, with Ruby's strength, self-protection is not a problem. When we escorted Mr. Kuntilian to the magic crystal mining area for inspection, didn't we take her with us?"

Hailaer hugged the "Miss Ruby" who was smiling through tears, comforting everyone to relax, and at the same time comforting herself.

"No matter how dangerous Lake Aosta is, it will never be more dangerous than the abyss mining area at the forefront of the conflict between the two major colonies of Jotunheim and Midgard."

...

The morning breeze blows away the mist that hangs over Lake Aosta, and the morning glow breaks in, sparkling the vast and calm lake.

By the lakeside where sparse shrubs grow, a group of Protoceratops, which is similar in size to donkeys and horses, is concentrating on gnawing on the thick fleshy shrub leaves.

Behind the undulating hills in the distance, giant beasts roared from time to time, which aroused the vigilance of the Protoceratops, and turned their heads to look in the direction of the roar.

There are many kinds of dinosaurs living in the area around Lake Aosta, most of which belong to the herbivorous animals of the order Sauriformes ornithischia, among which Protoceratops is the smaller and largest group, with plant leaves and tubers as the main body. Staple food, rarely actively attack other creatures.

In this untouched wilderness, the herbivorous dinosaurs with a large group size and lack of aggression can live comfortably if they are large enough, but "little guys" like Protoceratops have to face their own problems. The brutal reality of being lower down the food chain.

It is not easy to make a living in this prehistoric world where the weak and the strong prey on the strong. Apart from the shield-shaped bone plate on the top of the head that is hard enough to be used as a weapon, the way of making a living of Protoceratops also includes herd nature and high vigilance.

The carnivorous dinosaurs entrenched in the Aosta Lake area are far less in terms of species and numbers than their distant relatives that eat grass. Among them, the top predator that poses the greatest threat to Protoceratops is known as the overlord of dinosaurs. "Tyrannosaurus".

The roar from the other side of the hill seemed to indicate that a hungry Tyrannosaurus was hunting. Fortunately, the overlord was far away from the lake, and the Protoceratops didn't need to escape for the time being.

The focus of Protoceratops' attention was all attracted by the Tyrannosaurus far away across the hill, but it ignored the danger lurking just in front of us.

The originally calm lake surface suddenly had circles of ripples, followed by turbulent waves. A huge head rose from the water, dragged its slender and smooth neck, and rushed towards the herd of beasts on the shore.

Before a Protoceratops recovered its senses, it was bitten by the neck by a giant beast lurking in the lake. Before it could even struggle, it was forcibly dragged into the water. The lake surface was filled with blood-red waves, and the dying cry gradually became weaker. There was no movement for a long time.

The other Protoceratops by the lake were frightened, so they turned their heads and fled from the dangerous waters without even caring to take a second look at their companion who was devoured by the giant plesiosaur.

The herd of wild beasts ran across the hillside and passed by the door of a house located in the forest.

Maybe it was curious why such a building that was incompatible with the surrounding environment appeared here. One of the young Protoceratops stopped and glanced into the open door, but when it heard the noise coming from inside the house, The dog barked, and immediately turned away in fright.

...

On April 18, at eight o'clock in the morning, it was sunny.

In the big brick and stone house, Ted Pinkerton closed his diary, leaned back on the armchair, and yawned big.

Carl squatted beside the armchair, wagging his tail, looking out of the house with his dark eyes, watching the group of Protoceratops drifting away vigilantly.

"Don't worry, Carl, those are just a few grass-eating reptiles, and the threat to us is even worse than the group of blood-sucking stinky mosquitoes last night!"

Mr. Detective yawned again, secretly regretting that he forgot to buy insect repellent incense when he went back to the city to replenish camping supplies yesterday.

In this season at the turn of spring and summer, mosquitoes in the wilderness are more terrifying than poisonous snakes!

If it was just blood sucking, Mr. Pinkerton would have tolerated it. However, the most annoying thing about mosquitoes is that they always buzz in the ear of the other person before they bite, constantly teasing his nerves, making him unable to sleep peacefully.

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