The deformed mermaid ......, or rather the fish with hands, is naturally a good swimmer. It appears to breathe through its gills, so it is unlikely to go to the surface to catch its breath.

<, they do not use tools or weapons.

On the contrary, they showed little intelligence.

The hands, which seemed to be modified pectoral fins, seemed to be able to grasp something, but they were so short compared to the length of the body that it seemed to Jin who was watching that it would be quite difficult to do any creative work with them.

"Is this an evolutionary branch ...... after all?"

They < seem to have a habit of forming groups of about 10, and three similar groups were seen far out in the ocean.

They are said to originally live on the ocean floor, but Jin speculates that they may have come up to shallower waters for some reason.

"I'll show Goose the recorded video later. I'll show Goose the recorded video later. I'll ask him to take some pictures, too. Hope, will you do that for me?

"Yes, Master."

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But for now, our priority is to determine the level of danger.

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The remaining three mermaids do the same. Hence, four of the <'s tentacles are missing.

"Oh, it's sinking. ...... Hope, I need you to get down close to the surface."

"Yes, sir."

Reiko, will you cut a piece of him out for me?

Yes, father.

The hurricane stopped 10 meters from the surface.

Reiko opens the hatch and jumps out, carrying a storage container and her special armament, the Peach Blossom.

Flying with the , she uses the Momohana to cut away the still-sinking body tissue of the , and places it in the container.

They then return to the <.

"Thank you, Reiko."

Jin receives the sample and sends it to Horai Island via the Warp Gate.

The old man who received the samples is sure to preserve them properly.

And then the < slowly sank into the sea in front of Jin and the others.

"Well, I've taken a detour, but I don't see any <> at ........."

"Yes, Master."

<

"If there is no more danger, we should return to <>. Oh, I wonder how Makina and the others are doing?"

* * * *

While Jin and the others were securing samples of the , Makina and the other members of the were staring at the air fleet that was taking out the from <>.

"Oh ...... the last < has been killed ......"

"As expected of the <>."

The delegates of the four principalities were pleased with the work of the <> and the representatives of the four principalities were pleased with the work of the <>. .......

"Ummm......Too many things have happened in the past few days, and to be honest, I'm a bit amazed. ......"

"......Well, yes, but their armed forces are formidable."

"But I hear they use it purely for defense."

I suppose we'll just have to take their word for it.

I shudder to think what they could do to us.

We must catch up with them and be aware that we too must protect the world.

"We must aim for the wider world and have a broader perspective.

"How boring it is to fight in a small world. ......

They whispered to each other ...... and seemed to have reaffirmed the meaninglessness of the quarrels between the principalities.

The deus ex machina overheard this,

(......<

).

The local fishermen were left to clean up after the Death Serpent they had killed.

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These will be the income of the fishermen affected by this disaster, and they will be able to support their livelihood to some extent.

The five airships of the <>, Makina's <>, and Jin's <> returned to <> by the giant transfer magic circle of <>.

* * * *

As expected, the did not continue any further that day, and everyone retired to their dormitories early.

Meanwhile, Jin and Makina were in the office of Chief Superintendent Tomax Bartmann, reporting to him.

"From what I saw, the <> was in good shape. From what I saw, the <> was well trained.

"Thank you, sir. I am glad to hear you say so.

Tomax Bartmann was relieved to hear Deus ex Machina's praise.

Jin followed with his report.

"I have a report to make as well."

Jin then reported on <> and <>.

"<>......?"

"Yes, well. I said <>, but I couldn't think of anything else to call them. And <> is probably a creature of the deep sea."

"I see. ......"

Jin also submits a photo he has taken.

"Umm...... sure, it's a fish with a pectoral fin as a hand. And ...... it looks like a giant squid.

"I've never seen such a creature ...... before. I'm surprised there have been no sightings of it.

Tomax Bartmann and Deus Ex Machina were both impressed and mystified by the photos submitted by Jin.

"If they both live in the deep sea, I suppose it's possible..."

"Well, ...... Jin thinks so. I'm also curious as to why these deep-sea dwellers have come up.

Makina adds to Jin's opinion.

"Did something happen at the bottom of the sea ......?"

"It's possible, but there's no way to know."

Jin and Makina are exchanging such words, but this is only an ostensible conversation.

At the same time, the old man, the brain of Horai Island, had dispatched 20 units of <> to the sea area in question.

<> golem is the >type that Jin has imagined, and can withstand water pressure of 1,000 meters.

And the depth of the sea area where they were dispatched was about 1,000 to 2,000 meters. .

> is not sufficient. ...... Master (My Lord) needs to improve it.

The old man was thinking like that.

And he was right.

Report from <<<< Mermaid>>29. Nothing to be found in the vicinity of 1000 meters depth.

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Report from <<<< Mermaid>>22. Two were found at a depth of 900 meters. <

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So, for half a day, the <> searched the area at a depth of 1000 meters, but did not find anything of note.