In Horaijima, Jin and Laokun were discussing with each other when they received Reiko's call.

"Old man, do you want me to send Jin D and there?"

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"Hurry up and get there."

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It may seem like a roundabout way, but it will take very little time to get there, so it will be quicker in the end.

"Okay, let's do that."

Jin made a quick decision.

He decides to take the shortest route in order to detoxify the still mysterious <.

* * * * * *

"Ah, father. I'm back."

"Oh, Reiko, welcome back."

Jin was waiting at the warp gate room for Reiko to come back to Horai Island.

Jin patted Reiko on the head as she came running up to him, and said to her, "You've come a long way again.

"Another round trip to Oeste 2, huh? I'm sorry, but I need your help.

Yes, father. Yes, father. I'll take care of it. ...... Oh, and I left the mace you gave me because it's no longer of any use to me.

I'm sorry to hear that. Don't worry about it.

"Yes. I'll see you at .......

Take care.

Reiko and Jin D, who had also returned, were transferred from the transporter room in the institute to by the transporter operated by the old man.

* * * *

The transfer took place in front of the room of the . Since there was no more , they were able to send it in without any problem.

They enter through the hole in the door that Reiko cut through.

"I'm back, <>..."

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Yes. His name is Jin.

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I'm supposed to fix it, right?

Jin D immediately offered to repair it for .

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It seems that he could not be trusted to repair the entire unit out of the blue. Jin D could understand that.

"Okay. Let's get to work right away.

< is the same as that of the , the work is quick.

I was able to finish repairing four units in about three minutes.

"I'm done."

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"How's that?　You satisfied?"

"Okay, I'll take care of it."

Reiko's threat?　With Reiko's threat, <> asks Jin D to repair it.

"Well then, tell me the authentication key (password).

"Okay. <>......<>"

<<> is stopped.

Jin D is assisted by Reiko and removes the exterior.

"The main unit is ...... this?"

The format was almost the same as the and the like, so the work went smoothly.

"Well, the material is generally deteriorating. <<><><>......"

Deteriorated components are repaired if possible.

Parts that cannot be repaired are replaced with materials brought from Horai Island.

Now that Jin is directly controlling Jin D in place of the old man, the work is fast.

In about 15 minutes, the repair of the defensive magic brain is complete.

"That's it. ...... Reiko, check it out."

"Yes. ............ all clear, sir.

"OK . ......<>"

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The <> rebooted with no problem.

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"Well, you don't have a clock built in, so you don't know how long you were down. ...... Reiko, how long?"

"Yes. Yes. 14 minutes and 54 seconds.

<<>

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"No. ...... yes,<>, I'd like to give you a name."

Jin D. said that it would be a bother to address him as <> in the course of conversation.

"Is that okay?"

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Jin D said, "Okay. How about ......, how about <>?

The name is taken from the word "protection".

<>. Good. Okay, I am <> from now on.

"Okay, <>, I hear that your <> is not doing so well. How is it?"

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"I see. I'd like to ...... fix it, how about it?"

<<

It was good news. I had taken such a detour just to hear these words.

"Okay. First of all, please tell me how to get to the brain of the controlling magician.

<>

"Yes. ......Are all the golems in the base hostile by now?"

<<> that are not under my control>>.

<<, Jin D guessed.

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"So there is a possibility that a total of six golems will be hostile to us.

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But Reiko and Hitoshi D. can get there without any problem.

"Then, please lead the way."

Until the golem that will lead the way arrives, Jin-D decides to repair the door that Reiko cut through.

"<><><>...... that's it."

<>

was a little taken aback by this quick work.

In the meantime, two four-armed golems arrived.

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"Okay. I'll leave it to you. ...... Oh, yeah. Is there a inside?"

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Now the old man can use his <> to back up Jin D and the others more easily.

"Okay. I'm off then."

Jin D. and Reiko then left 's room and headed for the .