Meanwhile, Regulus 43, a cougar from the fifth column (Quinta), who was taken prisoner along with nine others.

(It looks like they may be on the move.)

Sam and his men have checked the area and found no humans around.

They also know that the magic conductor that sends visual information from the magic eye for surveillance has been cut.

(It would not be surprising if the paralysis would be lifted and they would start to move by now.)

The golem that had been on watch had left just before the arrival of the 25 very small golems, and has not returned.

（Deciding that now was the time to take action, Cougar tied them up.)

) Deciding that it was time to take action, the cougar rips off the ropes that bind him. He pulls off the ropes, which would be impossible for a human to do, but for him it's a piece of cake. He gently gets up and opens the door. The door is unlocked.

There is no one in the hallway, of course. The only thing he senses is the presence of Sam and the others. The first thing he does is to go to the next room, to see if he can identify the presence of the POWs.

Sam 9 and 10 were waiting in front of the room.

（Regulus 43. Are you going to open the door?)

Sam 9 spoke to me on the built-in manacam.

（Yes. The golem left our place about two hours ago. It hasn't come back since then. (It is highly probable that there is no Golem in the room.)

Regulus 43 and Cougar also responded via manacam (we agree...).

（We agree with them. (We agree with them, because we cannot feel such magic. But even if we did, we don't want our presence to be noticed.)

（I understand. So let's pretend that I'm awake and have come here alone to investigate.)

(No objections.)

After such an exchange, the cougar put his hand on the door handle.

Surprisingly, the door was unlocked.

Gently opening the door, he peeked inside and was surprised to see something unexpected.

Oranje!　And ...... are these the guys who holed up?"

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The leader of the 10 members of the < that infiltrated Fort Croix, , who had transcribed the knowledge of Doohas, immediately began to analyze the situation.

Even though was not as good as Jin's, it was enough to obtain information about their camp.

And that was not all.

What a ...... minority of people inside of us are fighting against the majority.

He learned the truth about this battle.

Hmmm, what should we do?

< as to what to do in such a situation.

In the first place, the fort is not designed for use against humans, but against demons. Moreover, they have only basic knowledge that is biased toward combat use, and they have no experience in actual operations.

< came to a conclusion.

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First, Lefort de Orange, in the control room, is incapacitated ...... and knocked out.

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Next, Bokker Ove, Oranje's chief of staff, is knocked out.

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And Oranje's men in the fortress were knocked out one after another.

One after another, they were knocked out and carried underground.

Dajour Harvey, who was sleeping as if dead from exhaustion, was carried away.

Thus, all the people in Fort Crowe were gathered in the basement lockup.

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A total of nine people, including Oranje, who was still unconscious, were lying in the room. ...... tied up.

(What the hell is this ......?)

(What the hell is this? ?) The cougar told the old man what was going on.

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The old man decided to think about the reason.

It is not impossible for the same magic brain to think.

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By thinking along the same lines, the certainty of our guesses will increase. The old man thought further.

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For the old man, humanity is supreme. But what about <>?

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Perhaps we can come to the conclusion that neither side is on the same side.

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The way that Jin has stopped conflicts between small groups of nations before, in the name of deus ex machina.

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The old man decided that there was a good chance of that.

"What's wrong, Mr. President?"

Jin, who was in the command center of Horai Island, asked the old man, wondering what the old man was thinking.

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The old man briefly reports the current situation with some guesses.

At that time, a report came from Sam1 who was searching the basement.

"I think so too. I think so too. If such a magic brain is to be placed, it should be in the basement.

The old man is also placed in the basement.

"Yes, I guess so.

Then Erza, who had been listening quietly, interrupted.

"Brother Jin, it's too hard to understand. Please make it a little easier for me.

Jin nodded. Erza had never built a large scale magic brain before.

"Oh, I'm sorry. You know where the brain should be installed, right?　I mean as stable and safe a place as possible."

"Yes."

Jin then decided to give a brief explanation of the basic setup of the magic brain.

"First of all, the reason for its existence. In your case, it is to serve me.

As long as this is the case, you can never disobey the benevolence.

"The next is the basic command. Starting from self-preservation, guarding Horai Island, and monitoring Reiko's outbursts..." "The next one is the basic order. And restrictions. New development requires my permission, and so on. ......

Jin explained in detail. Elsa listened in silence.

"...... and, well, that's about it. I'm sorry, but I don't have time right now. We'll talk more about it later.

"Hmm..."

Jin then returned to the topic.

"As I explained to you just now,......, the magic brain of Fort Crow probably has the basic order of anti-demon," he said. The idea of fighting against humans is not taken into account."

I understand that.

"So, the question now is what action to take when it is clear that the opponent is a human being.

Jin nodded at this.

"That's a good enough reason to think that, isn't it?"

"But Sam 1 to 4, right?　They can't get to you either, can they?"

Jin heard this and made a reluctant face.

"I'd like to put a stop to that. Can't we somehow communicate with its magical brain?"

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"It seems unbalanced."

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Then the old man thought of the connection with the two blue-haired automata found by the Shinobi troop.

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"Hmmm, maybe those two automata could be the key..."

"Goshujin-sama, in that case, please send me."

Jin turned around and saw a blue-haired automata named Anne standing there.