Once the specifications were finalized, Jin immediately set to work on the production.

"...... is surprisingly troublesome."

Since the specs were the lowest he had ever made, even the materials were troublesome to handle.

Even so, <>.

In one hour, he had created the body of .

"What do you think, old man?　Is the face good enough?"

The old man asked him to create a montage of in his younger days, and he made the body according to the montage.

"Good. Let's show this to first.

The old man then used the transporter to transfer the body of Malchitas to a facility on the western side of the continent of Pandor. Of course, <> has not been informed yet.

The body was received by the > who had been dispatched, and carried to the place where Lao Tzu and <> were having a discussion.

"I brought the body.

"Thank you."

"...... Yeah?　What is a body?

The craftsman (Smith) and Lao Tzu were conversing without a care in the world.

"It's the body that Mr. Jin made for you, Mr. Markitas.

"What!　When did you make this?

Lao Tzu's natural expression contrasts with the surprised look on <>'s face.

"Well, just take a look.

Since the restraints have not yet been released, <> places Markitas's body in view of <>.

"Oh oh oh, ......!　Ma, Mr. Markitas, ......!!!!"

"What do you think?　< when he was young."

"Mm, mm!　I have no complaints about this one!"

is very excited. Seeing him like that, you can tell that the <> is a good product.

"So, I have a suggestion. I would like to present a body of the same level as this <> to <>, will you accept it?

"What!　...... the same level as this body?　Ummm ......."

I am indeed worried about that <. The old man had expected this.

I mean, <> must be very attached to this body since he built it by hand.

"No, you don't have to throw away the current body, since you are only going to replace it. You can keep it as a souvenir."

"Ummm ......"

Still wondering <. Laojun also has a suggestion for such a case, and he lets Lao Tzu suggest it.

"So, how about having the body modified based on that body?"

"...... that's one way to do it."

Again began to worry.

Then Lao Tzu gave a final push.

"Wouldn't it be nice to have matching bodies with <>?"

"M...... that's one way to think about it. I think so. ......Maybe I'll have them made."

As the old man had expected, the word <> drove a wedge into <>'s stubborn attitude.

"Okay. Now let's see what you think of the appearance.

"Appearance. ......I guess you'll have to leave it the way it is.

"Well, I guess so. I will let Mr. Jin know. I'll let Mr. Jin know.

* * * *

The exchange between Laozi and was transmitted in real time to Jin and the others in Horai Island.

"As I thought, it turned out as you predicted. I am impressed.

Reinhard was impressed and praised.

"Well then, let's get to work!

Jin started working again.

Since he had already made it once, he could work much more efficiently this time and completed the base in about 20 minutes.

"Old man, I want to leave the appearance of the base to the . < to .

Jin wanted to make it look exactly the same rather than similar. After all, he wanted something that < would like.

He thought that if he had Lao Tzu--Lao Kun--<> send him the data, he would be able to make it more similar than Jin could make it by his senses.

It turned out to be a great decision, and <> created an automata that looked exactly like <> in about five minutes.

Her hair is gray and her eyes are gray. The overall impression is still very plain.

"Oh, it certainly looks like him.

It seemed that <> would have no complaints about this.

"Okay, let's send it to <>."

<

* * * * * *

The finished replacement body for <> was immediately delivered to Lao Tzu.

It was immediately shown to .

"How do you like it?"

"......Oh, this is good......."

"The specs are human by default."

"Ummm...... this is the skill of <>......"

< admires.

"First, , then , I'd like to refit the in that order."

"Yes, please do that."

In order to replace the control core, it is necessary to stop <> for a while. .......

"I'm not going to cheat you at this late stage."

Lao Tzu says. Because you need > to stop it by someone other than the creator.

"Well, I guess so."

Since they captured <<> in the first place, they could have destroyed it if they wanted to.

The fact that they did not do so proves that they did not intend to trick <> into stopping.

"......<>."

"<> is it ......?"

Somehow, this seemed to be a sense typical of Markitas.

"So, <><>"

* * * *

"Oh, you have stopped."

Lao Tzu chanted <> and >, and <> was stopped properly.

"This is safe, isn't it?"

Just in case, <> and Rand and the others keep an eye on <>.

Then, one of the > opens the head of and takes out the .

Now it is time to replace the control core.