On May 21, in <>, Deus ex Machina III gathered all of Tomoshide Yoda and the others for a discussion.

"I would like to ask you about the control cores you have been producing and selling to earn your living.

"Yes, please ask anything you want.

Tomoside Yoda is cooperative.

"First of all, where did you get the magi crystals you used?

"They were purchased by Sujin Siden, who was in charge of purchasing them."

Yes, I purchased them.

Where did you get it from?

Uh, a distributor in the town of Ulaanbaatar.

A distributor?

Yes.

It turned out that the sales route and the purchase route were the same.

Makina continued to ask questions.

Do you know how many units you have sold so far?

"Yes. Uh, about 150, approximately.

Do you know who the buyers are?

No. No, we left that to our distributor.

I see. ...... One more thing. ......Why did you buy the Magi Crystal with the light attribute?"

"Because I was taught that the light attribute is better for the control core.

"Oh?"

That is the conclusion Jin reached based on the concept suggested by Turles in the past, 700672......<>. That is the conclusion Jin reached based on the concept suggested by <> Thales in the past.

Such teachings seem to have been passed down from the <> to their descendants and disciples.

"It is true that all attributes are easy to handle, but for a high performance control core (control core), the light attribute with its high magic frequency characteristics is better.

Tomoside Yoda answered.

"That is correct. But if it was to be sold to the general public, wouldn't it have been better to use all attributes?"

"Yes, that's right, but for some reason, we were able to get light-attribute magi crystals at a lower price."

"What ......"

Here, another new fact came to light.

"Oh, that's right. What is the name of the person in charge of purchasing from the agency?"

"Mr. Maaliks, the manager."

"...... I see."

A few more questions were asked, and Makina was satisfied with the discussion.

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The old man, who had been observing Makina's questioning session in real time, pondered.

He is involved in both sales and purchase routes, and he is the one who supplied Tomoside and the others with the magical crystals of the light attribute (magi crystals).

engraved in it as a control core, is it possible? ......>>

Since the "Mere Old Man" could not come to a definite conclusion about this, he decided to ask Jin in Loisart to confirm it.

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Jin had been cleaning up his workshop in his house in Reuthert, and he immediately responded through <>.

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"Yes."

Then the old man told Jin what Makina had confirmed.

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Jin said that if you write on the magi crystal that has a <> engraved on it later as a control core, the engraving point will not be fixed.

Therefore, there is a possibility that the <> will not work, or that the Magi Formula will interfere with each other and will not be established as a control core.

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The old man ended his communication with Jin there. He decided not to disturb Jin's private time too much.

The kidnapping of the clerk at the time of the incident at the <> was a completely different matter, which must have been unexpected even for the manager Maolix>>.

The Maoriks were probably in a panic and worried about the safety of the clerk.

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But from another point of view, he might have been a criminal.

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"......Yes, I got it."

Deneb15 received the data in about 0.2 seconds, since it was a compressed data transmission.

He then decompressed the data, took about a second to confirm it, and replied.

"Are you saying that the manager is suspicious after all? If that's the case, he knows that the magic crystal (magi crystal) we're sending is a trap, so it's no wonder he's not doing anything about it.

It seems that we are finally one step closer to the truth.

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Now, Peggy Xenos was stuck in the distributor's quarters.

"It seems that ...... this is the center of the shipment. ...... From here it is sent to each country and to the customers. ...... It would be inefficient to work from here onward. It would be inefficient to work on it from here. ......"

There are countless destinations (including individual customers), and it would be too inefficient to work on all or part of them.

"Then, somewhere along the way, they must have been manipulated, ...... but nothing happened this time."

Peggy was troubled by the lack of clues.

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<, also had nothing to show for his efforts.

"What a strange thing ......."

In our experience, nothing is ever caught, which means that <> is going on.

However, there is a contradiction in the fact that a backdoor has been planted.

Zega Ramban, who is a veteran of this project, was at a loss this time.

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Deneb 15, aka < of <>, is here to support the <>.

But how to tell them that Maaliks, the distributor manager, is a suspect?

It was a very difficult mission .......