In Sutirushiti, the Patent Contest award ceremony was taking place. Whoever won that contest could have access to an immediate patent, unlike a normal one that takes years of paperwork, that's if you like it. This year there were 3 winners and they were being awarded on a large stage in the center of the city, where everyone was present, two had already been awarded, the mayor of the city, Mr. Watanabe, a man with light square glasses and middle-aged in a Victorian-style suit, was along with his committee and the press, who were the judges in the contest, even the real Professor Yamada was there.
Shizuka was present near the stage along with her parents and Dekisugi who was also with his parents at the ceremony, the girl with the pigtails looks everywhere while she had her half-heart necklace outside her dress, although she was enthusiastic about the results and for her support towards Dekisugi, she hadn't enjoyed the events too much because of the concern for her friends, especially for Nobita, the smart boy notices this and puts his hand on her shoulder "Nobi is going to return, he is together with Doraemon and the others, and he has grown as a person, I'm sure we'll see that in a moment."
"I hope so, this wait is making me nervous" says Shizuka who remembers their farewell yesterday outside the school, where it was the last time she saw him "I think...I can't help but think about what I'm feeling"
"Finally it was time for the third winner of the Patent Competition, who impressed us the most, not only because of the detail of his invention, but because of how well made it is despite being a standard demonstration size, and with that could even reach beyond the stars. As the third and final winner we have Dekisugi Hidetoshi, the kid recommended by the Sutirushiti public school!"
Mayor Watanabe's words make the pair of guys startle, especially Dekisugi who couldn't get over his astonishment "Congratulations Dekisugi, I knew you were going to win the patent!" Shizuka tells him with emotion, the classmates who were also in the audience cheered for the boy, except Suneo who only applauded slowly while Gian was eating cotton candy.
"Meh, he won on the first try. So what? If I had entered, I would have won, but, I was busy" Suneo says, crossing his arms while Dekisugi went up to the stage to receive the immediate patent certificate.
"I still think that his invention of a space ship with gradual energy isn't bad," says Gian, who takes a bite of his cotton candy while the dwarf only exhales, dissatisfied with the situation.
Near the event, Melia, Mia and Hikaru already arrived there, but the black-haired girl gets nervous "Oh no, Dekisugi is in trouble, and not only him, Shizuka is near the fire area!"
"Melia!" It was Seiya who arrived with Nobita and Doraemon, descending with the takecopters, avoiding the glances of those present after immobilizing the soldiers of the black airship and leaving there.
"Finally! I was worried about you! We have a problem! Dekisugi is on the stage and Shizuka is nearby!" What Melia says makes the newly arrived trio react.
"I-it's true! Dekisugi is also participating in this year's patent competition!" Nobita says nervously as he searches with his eyes until he sees Shizuka with her parents "We have to get them out of there, the baron said he was going to finish the work he didn't do in the great hall incident!" The silly boy was about to go towards her but Mia grabs his arm.
"Not yet, if we go now everything will get worse, we have to make the Baron confident enough to launch the counterattack, you can go for her when that happens"
"B-but!" The boy with glasses only looks at Shizuka who was just applauding with the rest of the people. Doraemon takes him by the hand to calm him down, so he can only watch.
"Congratulations young man, your idea will expand the horizons of this world." Mayor Watanabe was about to give the patent certificate to Dekisugi when...
(BOOM!)
An explosion to attract attention happens 3 blocks near the event, everyone starts to panic, people try to flee, but the soldiers of the dark army had already invaded the center coming out of their hiding places to surround who they were watching the event, as they were armed, the population could do nothing but stay there. The invasion had begun.
"Oh no, it must be the invasion! Is that going to happen in the end and they couldn't prevent it?" Dekisugi thinks and turns to look at Shizuka who was upset when she saw what was happening "Shizuka, run, it's not safe to be around here!"
The girl with the pigtails, although she was worried about her friend, sees how her father was trying to take her hand to pull her out of the crowd, but since the people were so scared, they caused a tide that pushed the two and separated the girl from her parents "Shizuka!" Her mother screams while the couple tries to reach her and she tries to reach them, but between adults and young people who are upset and pushing, it was impossible.
Suddenly, the captain of the dark army soldiers grabs the girl by the arm. "You must be the girl who matches the description the Baron gave me, so you come with me!"
Dekisugi watches as his friend is led by the captain's arm "Shizuka!" But when he was about to jump off the stage to try to reach her, he is pulled by the arm by Katami, who with a group of soldiers had also captured the committee and the mayor.
"You're not going anywhere, little boy. Our leader will talk so behave yourself." The Baron appears from the crowd who had been forced to sit on the ground while wondering about the special forces and the police, and together with the captain who had tied Shizuka's hands with ropes, climbed onto the platform that was in front of a 15-story apartment tower, the girl with the pigtails was forced to sit on the floor of the platform next to Dekisugi, the great The black airship begins to fly over the city, flying over the apartment building, followed by the other airships.
Mr. Nobi were among the crowd worried about what was going to happen, especially the fact that Nobita and Doraemon didn't appear, the classmates were scared, Gian and Suneo were also being threatened by the soldiers while trembling, especially all the dwarf who had flashback of the salon incident.
In the subway, Mr. Hirano and Dr. Keta heard everything on the radio while the doctor had his hands on the control of the saboteurs waiting for the indication from the president of Suchimu Corp, needless to say, the workers were worried about their relatives in the city.
The Baron approaches the lectern and taps the microphone a couple of times "Citizens of Sutirushiti, pay attention! Today is the day that Independence Day will take on a different meaning, it will be the day where the strong are now at the command over the weak, you have suffered so many attacks on our part, but they were only experiments by our hand, experiments to verify who was worthy of living under our yoke! Those who died were unworthy, so their best contribution was to disappear"
"BUT MY COUSINS DIED IN ONE OF THOSE ATTACKS! HOW WAS THAT JUST AN EXPERIMENT TO PROVE VALUE?! YOU TOOK MY FAMILY FROM ME!" A civilian stands up, upset by the baron's words, and immediately a soldier hits him with the butt of the rifle, leaving him unconscious on the ground, scaring the rest of the crowd.
"As I was saying. Today is the day where we the strong are going to dominate everything, starting with Sutirushiti, feel lucky to be the first city to be dominated by our hand. Since I'm going to rule the city now, you became the subjects of this great laboratory that you call home." The baron turns to point his ray gun at Mayor Watanabe.
"P-please don't do this, I have a wife and children to support!" The man pleads while everyone looks scared as the carnage was about to begin.
In the subway, upon hearing that last thing that the Baron said through the radio, Mr. Hirano looks at Dr. Keta, nodding seriously, so that the doctor immediately begins to press the buttons of the small improvised console one by one.
"First we are going to start eliminating extra subjects, starting with the former mayor who will be (fired) immediately" Shizuka can't stop crying while looking the other way and Dekisugi looked irritated at the situation, both tied up, sitting on the ground and without be able to do anything. "WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD OF THE STRO-!"
At that moment, static sounds are heard from the soldiers' weapons, who are surprised and upon checking their condition, they didn't work. "Sir, the weapons aren't working and they just reported that they aren't in control of the airships!" One of the soldiers shouts to which the Baron looks around "Release the mechanical robots!"
Although the airships couldn't move, the mechanical robots had been released from them and were about to attack, but they also received an overload from the saboteurs causing them to only flee in fear since they had become free again, leaving only a dozen giant robotic spiders of the size of a house that resisted the saboteurs, the soldiers have no choice but to take out electric mallets like the ones Katami had in order to defend themselves and control the crowd.
"Quickly, the soldiers lost their rifles, save the civilians!" Using a homemade loudspeaker, the Sutirushiti Special Forces captain gives the order for his troops and police to confront the soldiers in the center of the city while more soldiers with electric mallets descend from the airships to help their comrades. "Civilians, if you have a free way to escape, stay away from the city center and take refuge in the Situs Hospital, which is the closest point!"
In the underground, who was in charge of the squad taking care of the temporary shelter, was using his communicator receiving instructions, so he approaches Olivier "Mr. Hirano, phase 2 is working, the soldiers can only defend themselves with sledgehammers, and although there are those mechanical spiders, we are managing to get the civilians to a safe point, they also inform me that Suchimu Corp is being liberated from the soldiers who took it, that they have already located the Baron's new hideout in the city and a squad is heading to there. They also informed me that both his son and his friends are already with the Steam Squadron to participate, it's only a matter of time to neutralize the Baron and his henchmen."
That news only makes the president breathe a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness, everything is going like the plan we had years ago, anyway I'll tell the truth of the heart to Nobita when all this is over."
"Good, the plan does seem to have worked" Dekisugi says quietly to his partner while Shizuka exhales in relief.
"Sir, I'm informed that Heartbreaker escaped along with the robot, apparently he was freed by one of the sons of the president of Suchimu!" The captain says upset
The baron turns around surprised although it doesn't show much because he had his helmet on "WHAT?! HOW IS ALL THIS HAPPING ON IF WE DISARTICULATE THEIR PLAN?! SO WHERE THE HELL IS HEARTBREAKER NOW?!"
"SHIZUKA!"
Someone's scream could be heard all the way to the stage, and when those on the stage turn to look, Nobita, Doraemon and the rest of the Steam Squadron are a few meters away from them, with their weapons and ready to join the battle against the villains, both Dekisugi and Shizuka, are happy to see that their friends had returned, especially the girl with the pigtails who stands up and, even with her arms tied behind her back, responds to the call with a smile and a loud shout.
"NOBITA!"