<, the magic brain of the , is not the mastermind of the .

Then, who is the real culprit and where is he?

<<

Of course, the "Mere Old Man" has been working on the distribution route, but he has not found anything yet.

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Now, the date has changed to May 20th.

It was Saki's birthday.

"Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Saki.

Happy birthday, Saki!

Thank you, everyone!

A birthday party was held on Horai Island.

It was a party to celebrate only. No gifts were given except for a bouquet of flowers.

"Is it okay, Jin is dealing with something right now, right?"

Saki, holding a glass in her hand, said a little awkwardly.

"Don't worry. It's all settled now, and Hope is taking care of the important stuff. And Machina and are working on it. As far as I'm concerned, I'm in the waiting phase.

"Is that so?　I hope so.

Saki said, "I'd rather you work on solving the case than celebrating your birthday for the umpteenth time," she said.

"I know it's not quite right to say thank you ......, but I'd like to thank you for your concern."

"That's fine," she said.

"And there's one more thing that's convenient."

"What?　What's that?

I get to hear from all the other members of the family.

Oh, I see.

<

Jin wanted to ask their opinions about the current disturbance.

By the way, I can usually ask each one of them in Hale for their opinions.

However, when all the members are present, a virtuous cycle occurs in which the opinions of others are helpful and new opinions emerge, so I wanted to ask them in a place where all the members are present as much as possible.

"Kuhu, the technique of coating the control core with resin so that the engraved Magi Formula cannot be seen is interesting, isn't it?

"You think so?"

"Yes, I think so. The episode that Eira-san screwed up and heated it up and discovered it is very funny.

Saki said with a laugh.

"If Saki says it's good ......"

"I thought it was interesting, but I've been holding off, but if Saki doesn't mind, I'll consider it."

Seeing that the head of the party is interested, everyone seems to be thinking about it.

"As for me, I'm curious to see what kind of resin it is. ...... we know that it is <>, <>, and that its refractive index and color are almost the same as those of magecrystals.

"That would be the case."

"If that's the case, then we know that it's not made from a Magi material."

Yes.

"The fact that it's a non-magic resin with a refractive index and color almost identical to that of magi crystals means that it's definitely not a natural resin."

"I see."

Saki explains logically and step by step.

"That would mean that it is a synthetic resin, but I haven't developed any resin that isn't of the <>."

"Oh, I see."

That means there is a developer, and I think he is a very good <>," Saki concluded.

"I'd like to check out that resin when I get it. Maybe we can find out something."

"Yes, I'll let you know as soon as I get it. I'll let you know as soon as I get it.

"Yes, please."

Can I come in first?

This time it was Reinhardt.

"Well, I'm not talking about the Magi Crystal, but about the spherical base.

Reinhardt then expresses his opinion about the "spherical base".

"Yes, let me hear it.

"Is it really about of this magic brain <, to be strong?

"Yeah, that's what I was wondering too."

"Right?"

What do you mean?　What do you mean?

"Tell me so I can understand."

Jin and Reinhardt understood each other, but Goose and Saki, who were listening nearby, didn't seem to understand and asked them a question.

"Oh, sorry. Let's see, if it is written as a base command, it is easy to think of, for example, <>."

"Yes."

"But it could also be a disadvantage to be <in your desire, if you are not determined to be in what."

"Yes, that's true."

"I mean, there are disadvantages to being strong, so how do you choose between them?"

"I see."

"In that sense, <> doesn't tell the whole story, or it's a very specific structure. ......"

"I'll give you my opinion on that."

This is Arnold.

As for Jin, he wanted to hear Arnold's opinion about the <>.

"As a basic premise, that <> is definitely from the time of the <>, that is, my time. In other words, my time.

"Yes, that's right."

"And I don't know anything about such a base. I mean, it must have been built by a completely different organization than the one I was in.

I see what you're saying.

"And the man who built the magical brain was probably a man named ."

"Theodore?"

Arnold nodded.

"Yes. He was an engineer at the same time as I. We've exchanged ideas a few times. He was a pretty good guy."

"This Theodore is the man who built the spherical base?"

"The base itself may have been built by another engineer. But the magic brain is most likely his.

Arnold said that Theodore was a man of strength, because he was a man of strength.

At the time, the war was a time of emergency, and the military favored that philosophy.

"It would have been favorable, too. And. He wasn't incompetent, of course, so I don't think he would have been able to get away with just one base order, ."

"You mean?"

"Meaning he'd have solved himself by now, but he didn't let Hope know that."

That's crafty.

Well... I didn't get along with him, so I didn't go out with him, and I can't say for sure that he's the one.

"No, that's good to know."

Arnold's opinion was valuable because he knew what was going on at that time.