Jin explained the situation to Erza and the others and hurriedly headed for Loisart.

Of course, in order not to arouse Merce's suspicion, he switched places with a on the way and went to Horai Island.

* * * * * *

Jin immediately went to the control room and questioned Lao Kun.

"Old man, let me see the data right away.

"Is this the data of the control core? ......

<

The old man showed Jin the data which he had read with his "peepers".

"I didn't know such a thing was circulating."

Then, the old man reported one more thing.

>

"Yes, when I was there with Goh and Rubina.

<<>

"That's right."

<>

"Yes."

Jin and the old man checked it and found no problem, except that it was a little inefficient.

>.

"...... I see."

Jin understood.

In short, the <> discovered by coincidence this time was not copied correctly when <> was performed.

"......" What is the reason?

There are several possible reasons.

<> is an engineering magic that performs <> and <>> at the same time.

In other words, if <> is not done correctly, <> will be incorrect.

"...... I'd like to see the real thing."

Jin felt that he would like to experiment and verify with <> which has <>.

"Shall we go to <>?

"I see.

Now <> can use all engineering magic, including transference of knowledge.

Since Jin is supposed to be in Loisart, it was decided that it would be better for him to visit <> as Machina.

* * * * * * * * * * *

In the office of the chief administrator of <>.

Manon, the secretary-automata, reported.

"Sir Tomax, the Deus Ex Machina III will be here in a hurry.

"I see. Is this about the back door?

Yes.

Yes. You're a very well-informed man, aren't you? But thank you very much.

Half an hour after the call, Makina's Aristotle landed on Avalon.

"Thank you, Lord Makina, for your prompt response."

This is a big deal, isn't it?

Yes, I'm ...... at a loss as to what to do.

I'm sure it is. I contacted Jin and asked him for advice.

"Oh. What did Jin-dono say?

"I think we can do something about it by improving the transinfo system."

Improvement?

Yes. Why don't we go to the at this ......?"

"Yes. ......"

The meeting can be held in the meeting room of the .

So Makina, Squire Ray, Tomax Bartmann, and his secretary, Automata Manon, headed for the .

Of course, in a private car.

"I heard that you were the first to find it, Mister Eira?"

"That's right. She says it was a coincidence.

No, the fact that he found it is what matters now. I'm afraid that the back door could be exploited.

I agree.

We need to find them as soon as possible.

"I am ashamed to say this, but we are relying on Makina-dono and Jin-dono.

While we were having this conversation, we drove into the area where the was located.

After parking the car in the parking lot, the group went to the meeting room of the .

Arnold, the director of the <>, Eira, the discoverer of the <>, and Gromma and Cachea were waiting for them.

"Welcome, Lord Machina. Welcome, Sir Tomax."

Arnold stood up to greet Tomax and Machina's group.

"Well, time is of the essence. I would like to get right down to business. Makina is well aware of the situation."

Tomax Bartmann presided over the meeting, and it began.

He declared that no honorifics would be used in this emergency.

"First of all, we will discuss who planted this additional program called later. The first priority is how to disable it. Next is how to find it."

"Oh, one thing... have the countries been notified?"

Makina asked Tomax Bartmann.

"I've already given them an overview," he said, adding that details would follow. I've already given them a brief overview," he added, "but more details will follow.

"Okay. I'd like to see ...... first.

"Here you go, Machina," he said.

Arnold handed me a disk-shaped control core.

"So this is it. The base is a light-attribute magi crystal of general quality. ...... Are all the attributes the same?"

"Yes. I checked and they were all light."

"That could be the key too."

Makina then devoted all her energy to analyzing the control core.

It is Jin who is now controlling Makina.

<, it is a special version specialized for engineering magic, so it is not inferior to the one that Jin himself is analyzing.

And one minute .......

"Got it."

"Oh, you're the man, Makina-dono."

Can you explain it to me?

"Of course."

Placing the control core in his hand on the table, Makina began to explain the results of his analysis.......