It was already midnight in the city of Sutirushiti, many had gone to rest for the big day tomorrow and others continued making preparations. And not only them, in the warehouse that was used as a practice field for the special program team, there was a door in the floor that had been used, this led to a part where it was connected to the underground, the doors were closed with sliding steel doors that covered all the walls from the inside.
The area was now illuminated by light bulbs, there, Nobita, Doraemon, Seiya, Melia, Mia and Hikaru were putting on some kind of blue steel and tough leather vest that had been created just for this mission, despite that, they were incredibly light but they were quite protective, they also had gloves and boots of the same material and color. The Hirano brothers' legs and arms were uncovered and Mia was in front of them with some papers to give directions. "Aren't the Special Forces coming with us?" Doraemon asks.
"No, most of the Special Forces will be in the city to make the false plan that Baron Kurai's right hand stole more credible until we begin to weaken their forces, but a part of the forces will be waiting for us in another place in the subway, Baron Kurai believes that they will come with us, so it's better if the 6 of us go, they will know about the signal as soon as we give it to them." Mia says as she points to her suit.
"This protective equipment was designed by Hikaru and other inventors for the Special Forces to use, but they have lent us these for the mission" The mechanic points to the chest gear "Although the protective suits will protect us from the rays of guns, there will be occasions where there are very strong explosions and falls from great heights, if that happens press the gear to activate a protective shield that will protect you in extreme cases, but the battery only works for 3 times, so use them wisely."
The entire team puts on what seemed to be a transparent golden protective mask with gears that covered the ears "Those protective masks are part of the suit and will prevent any lightning from hitting us in the face, the gears on the sides are communicators, when you need to communicate, just press the surface while you talk, so we will stay connected even if we separate."
"Now listen, our objective is to prevent Baron Kurai from taking over Sutirushiti with his master plan that will happen precisely at the Patent Contest award ceremony tomorrow, it's the main event where the mayor and the rest of the public servers will be. For that the plan is divided into 2 phases: Sabotage and Assistance. The first phase, which is Sabotage, will consist of going to Baron Kurai's lair and preventing most of the weapons from working" Mia says while Hikaru shows a kind of red gear medal.
"We have designed these devices that contain a large amount of voltage that would be capable of malfunctioning even the largest inventions, we will stick them on the airships and with their appearance they will go unnoticed, when the time comes, we will use the command control found on the office of the President of Suchimu Corp., this will make the airships useless as they will have to make an emergency landing without being able to use their weapons and explosives." Hikaru shows a red badge in the shape of a round medal. "And we will also use this for when we have to face the soldiers"
Hikaru shows a blueprint of a soldier from the baron's dark army, it was drawn pointing to the armor "Thanks to the spies sent to put together this plan, we know that their armor has a weak point right in the leather areas of the uniform, they are points complicated but a lightning bolt there and we will immobilize them, although the most viable and effective option would be the neutralizers that will deactivate the suits making them fall into pieces, you just have to place them anywhere on the armor, press the button and that's it."
Mia looks at the guys seriously "But for now we will limit ourselves to the airships first, they expect us to use conventional routes thanks to the false plan, surely even if we go earlier than stipulated, they will set traps for us. That's why we have a secret route through the pipes that lead directly to an unprotected part of the lair sector. Upon arrival we will put the saboteurs on the airships, let's try to put them in small areas that can't be reached, we will also do it with the modified mechanical robots, that will reset them to free them from the modifications that have been made so that they obey them. We must also disable the explosives and weapons that will be used by the soldiers when they invade the awards ceremony, we will also use the saboteurs."
"After that we will rescue the inventors and mechanics. Since... According to what has been found out, when Baron Kurai makes his move, he will blow up his own lair" The children are surprised since they didn't know about that.
"Why would he do that? What would he gain from that?" Nobita says, a little worried about that information.
"Get rid of everything that he says no longer serves him, since he thinks that since he's going to get his way, he won't need anything else." Mia looks at the time on her pocket watch. "If I understand it, they must be moving everything now to a hideout somewhere in the city, the Special Forces are in charge of locating it, so for now, it isn't on our agenda. But what is there is the lives of the prisoners, so they're probably locked up somewhere in the lair to prevent them from escaping, we will free them and take them to the secret route, we must do it carefully to avoid being discovered"
"Leave that to me, there's a reason I'm also in this besides being with Nobita" Doraemon says that with pride
Mia nods "So, we will split into teams as soon as we arrive: 81 and 807 will take care of the saboteurs, 80 and the mechanical cat will be in charge of freeing the prisoners and taking them to the secret route and I'll take care of the mechanical robots, the explosives and weapons. 52 will be outside the area supervising everything and warning us of any surprises, he will be our eyes"
"Ironic coming from the girl with the bionic eyes" Hikaru laughs saying that but sees how the girl looks at him angrily and shakes his hands "I was just trying to liven up the atmosphere a little!"
"Spending time with Hanz during the subject selection process for the mechanical heart has taken a toll on you, 52" Mia just sighs in annoyance as she pulls the intern's cheek.
Nobita whispers to Doraemon "Hey, what happened to Hanz? I thought he would be here because he was part of this too"
"No idea, he'll probably be around being strange as always, don't pay attention to him" The mechanical cat just rolls his eyes sullenly remembering the theater man.
"What's next?" Melia asks curiously.
"We will move on to the second phase of the plan which is Assistance, you will not like the beginning, because it will be in the morning, the moment where they will wait for us, we will have to pretend that they surprised us, but that is why we will have to fight against them, resisting until it's time to activate the saboteurs. And when that happens, the special forces will act and we will help them control everything. That's why this phase has that name." Mia looks at Nobita. "This is where you will have to do a lot of your part with 80, 81 and with me, 807. Your skill will be the key, that's why we have been training to improve your physique. And if something happens, we will need that mechanic skill to help the special forces. Understood?"
"O-okay. Yes" Nobita says with a little nervousness.
"I know that since you and the robot are the ones who only entered this situation a few months ago, you must be the most nervous about doing this, but think that this is going to get us rid of a guy who hurt us all, took our families, friends, our lives and our souls for the idea of proving a rather selfish point that the strong should be above the weak. It's time to prove him wrong."
Nobita nods with determination to what his group leader says, the boy takes the guns out of the black suitcase and places them in holsters that were on the hips of a belt that they gave him to carry them, as if it were the old west. With everyone ready and prepared, Hikaru opens the trapdoor at the base revealing some stairs, so one by one they begin to go down through the direct entrance to the underground, Doraemon and Nobita look at each other and smile to proceed to go down too, the mechanical cat being the last one down, he closes the entrance with the trapdoor.
For some it was a party atmosphere, for others it was the definitive moment to stop a monster that has done a lot of damage to their home. Olivier was looking out the window of his office knowing that the plan was already in motion, he had to pretend to be doing nothing in order to achieve tomorrow's success.
On the other hand, Shizuka had woken up and looked out the window of her room lying on her bed. The mere fact of knowing that her friends were now on a risky mission to avoid a great catastrophe didn't let her sleep well. She was more worried about a certain person in particular. So she just clasps her hands with a look of sadness and hope looking at the night sky "Nobita, please come back safely"
The sabotage team reaches the underground, a dark place that was only illuminated by some lamps on the ceiling, it was an underground labyrinth, so it was very easy to get lost in that place if you didn't know it 100%. Hikaru sets up a tent quickly and accurately and inside he installs a couple of computers like those used between the years 1940 - 1952 and a homemade generator that Mia created. "Okay, I'm ready, go now, I'll use the communicators to guide you to the secret entrance, when you finish the first part, tell me to go there for phase 2"
"Are you going to fight too Hikaru?" Nobita asks curiously "I thought you didn't like doing it"
"Yes, I can use a ray gun and I prefer to be out of the fighting area, but for phase 2 you are going to need all the help you can get. So, see you, be careful" Hikaru smiles with a thumbs up giving the pass to the rest of the team that starts running with Mia in front.
After running for a while, Mia stops, making the others do the same. Nobita is the last to arrive because although he improved his physique a little, it was still a bit difficult for him to keep up. "Why are we stopping?" The silly boy asks, breathing deeply.
Doraemon notes that they had stopped at an intersection that led to a road where there were a pair of tunnels, one on the left and one on the right. "Which road do we take now?"
"None" The orange-haired girl's response leaves the other 4 confused "This is the conventional path they expect us to use, this is one of the shortcuts to the lair but Baron Kurai knows about these, so it's not safe use them, it's more likely that they will be full of weapons or soldiers ready to capture us"
"So where is the secret route?" Seiya asks confused.
"It's next to you, right on the right wall." The intern's voice fills the ears of the rest of the team, who turn to look at a large pipe cover that was the size of the mechanical girl which only opened with a steel rudder, apparently it was already rusty because it hadn't been used for years. "The pipe was part of the tin factory that the baron now uses as a lair, it was connected to a tank but that tank has since been removed, so if you use the pipe you will get there without having to use the main entrance or conventional shortcuts"
"Wow, that's very convenient, they really did do a thorough investigation" says the mechanical cat, impressed by that precision.
"But I don't understand. Why, knowing all this, didn't they surprise Baron Kurai a long time ago to prevent him from doing something on Independence Day?" Nobita asks confused.
"It's...complicated" Seiya says "Baron Kurai would have detected that from the beginning and would have escaped, abandoning everything to return in a while as he did 50 years ago, if we want to catch him now, it has to be in the act, for that's because we are going to sabotage his plans, since with everything and evidence we will prevent him from leaving prison when they catch him, it's a good way to see the situation, but knowing what he is like, he would have already escaped."
Mia grabs the steel rudder-shaped handle on the lid to open it but it didn't turn at all. "I got this!" Melia walks over and uses her mechanical arms to turn the handle, but she barely moves a bit. "This thing is stuck!"
"It makes sense, it seems like they haven't used it in years" Doraemon takes out the power gloves that looked like welder's gloves and gives them to Nobita, who puts them on, approaching the lid, the black-haired girl turns a little to the side and they both began to turn the handle carefully since they didn't want to break it with so much force from the mechanical arms and the gadget.
Finally the pair manages to open the hatch by pulling to the side revealing the inside of the pipe "Cool, we did it!" Nobita says excitedly as he takes off his gloves and high-fives Melia, but she accidentally knocks him down due to the force of her mechanical arms.
"Sorry Nobita, I got too excited!" The black-haired girl says with a nervous smile to proceed to pick up her partner who also smiles.
"We have to move, we must go to the Baron's lair to proceed with phase 1, time is our worst enemy right now"
The guys agree with what the orange-haired mechanic says, the silly boy returns the gloves to Doraemon who puts them in his pocket and the 5 proceed to enter the secret route with time passing and bringing them closer and closer to the main event of the Independence Day, where it was the limit for the terror of the steel monster to end once and for all.