On Horai Island, Jin and the others are staring at the images sent by the Shinobi Forces.

"Oh, the one that was stopped has restarted."

"The other one can't walk even if it's ...... reactivated. ...... is, ah, sending it back to the base."

"But I guess <> has more golems than I thought."

There are about 1,000 Golems belonging to <>.

Ten percent of them, or 100 of them, were used to maintain the town, walking around in place of people.

"It seems that they were built up little by little."

It's been almost 4000 years, so it's not surprising that there must have been about 1000 of them made. It would not be surprising if they made about 1,000 of them.

But the same is true of the Oeste base.

"We should expect at least 1,000 golems that are more powerful than the one at the Jonahl base.

Lewis suggested from a strategic point of view.

There are 1,000 Land troops on Horai Island. In addition, there is Reiko,

"<>. ...... that's what an old tactician once said."

Lewis looks at her with difficulty.

"<>......This was another tactician, wasn't it?"

<>

"...... Still, if Reiko had been around at the time, I wonder how these words would have been changed."

Reiko is not a tactical player, but a strategic one.

She is a one-hit wizard.

She can turn the tide of war by herself.

Oops, I digress. ......<> seems to be a brilliant magic brain who can think logically and also think out of the box. But ......"

"At the same time,......, he also inherited the shortcomings of <>. You want to say ......, don't you?"

Reinhardt anticipated Lewis's thoughts.

"That's what I mean. First of all, ......<, right, Jin pointed out."

"Yes. <<>...... I think that because of his individualism, <> has a tendency ...... to try to settle things alone. This is evident when we look at its creature, the magic brain."

Turles agreed with Jin's opinion.

"Yes, the view of Jin-dono, Reinhardt-dono, Lewis-dono, and others is correct. < is always stuck on the idea that ."

I guess that's true.

"Yes. I have just come to realize that it is better to consult with many people, like Jin-dono and the others.

Of course, it takes some time to gather a large number of opinions, so if you can make a quick decision, that is one way to do it.

It is not possible to unilaterally decide which is superior.

However, however.

"...... I wonder if it is not acceptable not to give an interim report at this point."

"Yes, Mr. Jin. I'll give you a heads up next time.

Marikka agreed with Jin's comment.

Marikka agreed with Jin's comment. She put aside the fact that Jin and the others had also conducted the investigation without telling <> this time.

The reason for this is that this is a strategic move that is separate from <>.

At that moment, Marcia, who was watching the screen, shouted.

"Oh, there he is again!

<

Then they looked at the screen again.

* * * * * *

［<<<1>>, there it is. A patrolling golem.]

［I see...it looks almost the same as our golem.]

Perhaps because 10 of them were moving around noisily on the ground, a golem that was presumed to be from the <> arrived.

［The identifying name of the one at ...... shall be <>.]

[Okay, I got it. <

［That's right. ......, did he recognize us?]

［Perhaps.]

［But it doesn't seem to be responding?]

［It seems like they're ignoring us.]

［That's what I'm trying to figure out.]

If we try to contact them, they ignore us. If you try to force contact, you will be attacked.

It was a dead end situation.

［Maybe we should ignore Siku and try a different approach.]

［What do you mean, "another approach"?]

［Look for a way in or out where he came out or went back in.]

［I see.]

［If he's ignoring us, there's a chance he'll go straight back in if we watch him from a distance.]

［I see, you're right.]

［Everyone, spread out in pairs, at least 30 meters apart, and keep an eye on Siku.]

［Copy that.]

* * *

On Horai Island, the exchange was being observed through the eyes and ears of the .

"That's certainly a good move."

"Yes. That's the only way to do it.

The location of the patrolling golem had already been identified by the satellite , but for the time being it was decided to keep it quiet.

This is out of consideration for , who is working hard for Marikka.

"You are coming out of the transfer magic circle, aren't you?"

is now, so if <1>and the other ten are tracking him, they will find him soon.

* * * *

Just as the old man had predicted, twenty minutes later the patrolling golem <> reached the transition magic circle for ingress and egress.

［What is this place ......?]

<, who was piloting <<1>, could not understand the place for a moment.

［So this is how they hide the magic circle of the transition.]

It was an open space. It just looked like that .......

But when you look at it with the eyes of someone who understands magic circle, you can see what is there.

［Is the magic circle carved into the ...... bedrock of the earth?]

Most of the magic circle was covered with soil.

Nevertheless, the magic circle still functions and is still in operation.

［...... and the rocks are used as poles ......]

The area under the soil is large, and we could see that the < given to the magic circle compensates for the loss of efficiency.

［Still, I suppose they do maintenance from time to time.]

<1>, that is, <> judged so.

And then, in front of their eyes, the transfer magic circle was activated and <> disappeared.

［This is definitely the way in and out. Let's all go.]

［Yes, sir.]

<, is aware of everything that has happened so far.

He has decided that it would be better to go in with the maximum force to investigate.

First, <<9> and <<10> get on the transfer magic circle. It was not big enough for all of them. It was probably designed for one body.

However, two of them could get on the magic circle if they packed it.

Then, the magic power is channeled into the magic circle. The two bodies were transferred to the other and were then transferred to .

The two were transferred, and I thought that they were ......, but suddenly the ground exploded.