Now, Saki of <> had made a request to Lao-kun before.

He asked her to get the herbs used in the <<<< medicine of happiness.

This information is unknown even to the current <, formerly known as 700672, who used to be a follower of the <>.

Also, the magic brain <> built by <> did not have any information about it either.

About this fact, Jin and Jin family, and the old man...,

<<<< origin>> does not like to give all the information to one magic brain>>.

And he concludes that <> does not like to give all the information to one magic brain.

At the same time, he did not give 100% of the information to his <> either.

>.

The old man said.

After all, it is said that the mentality of the <> is quite different from that of the current Ars people.

But, putting that aside, if we are going to take measures against <>, it would be better to have as much information as possible, which leads me to the request from Saki at the beginning of this article.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

<

The old man starts his customary peep show to find out about <>.

First of all, he starts with the manufacturing plant of the medicine for good fortune that was discovered by the team.

According to the information from the <>, <> is made of <>, <>, and <>. In other words, by searching the production plant, he can find out what kind of <> are made of.

The old man continued to observe the manufacturing plant for about an hour.

From his observation, he found that <> were quite small plants ...... that were <> to put it bluntly.

<

Bean sprouts are <>, i.e. buds that have sprouted. <.

In a narrower sense, they are sprouted in a dark place and let to grow <> (grow tall and thin).

Soybean bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, black mappa sprouts, etc. are distributed.

In any case, it seems that legumes are suitable for bean sprouts, while <> and <> are members of the Brassicaceae family.

<

The old man concluded.

However, the "Mere Old Man" would like to find out what kind of plant < is,

<

That is the conclusion.

In other words, this was where the Shinobi Unit came in.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

<

"Understood."

The five units immediately begin their investigations.

(If we keep an eye on the manufacturing plant, why don't we just follow the people who brought them in when they are brought in?)

That's the first thing you think.

However, no one brings in the <> even though we have been on the watch for 3 hours.

The manufacturing plant did not stop, and it continued to produce <> in a steady stream.

<

When the plant was first discovered, the black grains were judged to be <>.

>.

Then they are brought in from somewhere once a day.

The size of the production plant is about the size of an elementary school classroom.

It would not be surprising if there was a section for growing bean sprouts inside.

We waited for what we judged to be < to be brought to the plant.

After about half a day of waiting, it arrived.

It was a special golem. Two shinobi, Ku and Jyu, were to follow.

The movement of the golem was slow. It is obviously not in good condition.

（It is likely to stop in the near future.)

(It is likely to stop in the near future.) It is not likely to stop today or tomorrow, but definitely within 10 years.

The golem moved jerkily into a room a short distance away from the manufacturing plant and stopped working.

It was not broken, but rather a pause until the next operation.

(In other words, this room is the destination.)

The room seemed to have a bright > embedded in the ceiling, which served as a kind of solar lamp.

There were nearly 50 planters on the floor, in which plants of about 30 centimeters in height were growing.

(This is what <> are. I managed to find the seeds ......)

It was not hard.

There were several spilled seeds scattered all over the floor.

They were small for a human-sized person, but enough for a 5-centimeter-tall Shinobu Ku and Ju.

The two quickly picked up the seeds scattered on the floor.

About 50 seeds were obtained in about 20 seconds. The seeds are about one millimeter in diameter, which means they are about the size of a ping-pong ball for Shinobu Ku and Jyu.

(That's good enough).

If we sow and cultivate these seeds, we will be able to get more seeds. We can make bean sprouts from them and study them.

The germination rate should be high enough to make bean sprouts.

（Let's leave this room before someone discovers us.)

Shinobu Ku and Jyuu hurriedly left the seed room.

（To send this to Horai Island, we should use the warp gate built into the aircraft that is waiting for us at 5000 meters above the ground.

So, the two bodies moved using the transporter and sent the seeds to Horai Island.

It was August 7 at that time.

* * * *

The old man obtained the seeds of a plant which he believed to be a .

The old man then called Topaz Leader, a five-colored golem maid, who is in charge of agriculture in Horai Island.

"We can cultivate these seeds, right?"

"I don't know about that."

But the Topaz leader is not optimistic.

>

"The germination rate of seeds decreases the longer it takes after the harvest. Out of these 50 or so seeds, we will be lucky if half of them sprout.

"Yes, sir."

Thus, the preparations for the countermeasure against the were steadily being made.