When Reiko stepped into the room, a shout echoed through the room.

<>

Reiko frowns.

"...... is that it?"

What was in front of her eyes must have been a magic brain, but it looked very different from the <> of <>.

It was cylindrical.

"......Similar to the submarine base ......<> or <>>?"

That means the lineage of the makers is close.

And one more: .......

"Aren't you the <>?"

These words brought the confused, out-of-control brain back to its senses, if only slightly.

<

"So you're the one giving the golem orders to the defensive ......."

<>

"......"

Reiko was surprised, stunned, and a little impressed.

It is a very emotional magic brain, she thought.

No, it is not necessarily a good thing for a magic brain to be emotionally rich, since it is now in a state of confusion.

"If you stop the golem, I won't destroy it?

Reiko tries to say so.

The reaction of the <> was dramatic.

<>

"...... you are not. The reason I came to this base in the first place was to stop the invasion of , right?

Reiko has come this far while laying an , so the communication by <> is connected.

So the old man contacted me immediately.

> have been stopped.

In fact, all golems had been disabled by <>, but they have been stopped.

"...... I see that the golems have stopped."

<>

"Fine. Don't reboot me for the time being, okay?"

<>

Since Reiko doesn't seem to be doing anything as promised, <> seems to have calmed down a bit.

"There is one thing I would like to confirm."

>

But when Reiko asks him, he is clearly agitated. If I were a human, I'd say she's timid.

<

But then again, what is it that we have to confirm?

"I heard that the <> of this base is out of control, is it true?"

<

"After all. Can't ...... fix it?"

<<

"Spontaneous shutdown?　Isn't that a system failure?"

I can only be appalled to hear that conclusion. Reiko, the old man, and the < on Horai Island.

* * * * * *

>

"Oh, my lord. How did you come to that ...... conclusion?"

As expected, Jin could not guess the cause of the conclusion that the <> came up with, because it was not logical.

"Do you understand, old man?"

<

It seems that even the old man does not seem to understand the non-logical magical brain.

"Still, let me hear it."

<<

"Wait a minute. <

>.

"......Oh, so that's what you mean."

"Okay. Continue.

In other words, the "Mere Old Man" guessed that as long as the base is safe, it doesn't matter even if the system of the control center is down.

"Hmmm, I see. ......"

<> and the > are different. So I guess they don't respect each other much.

"Oh, I see."

Since we also receive Reiko's visual information, we know that <> is not spherical, and that it resembles <> of <>.

"<> was created by the <> of the <> and that the <> created by the <>> is not so important?"

Jin wondered why and had cheated Serius if the old man's guess was right.

He asked the old man about that too,

and are autonomous independent of the defensive magic brain, aren't they?

The answer came back.

"...... can you put it that way ......?"

Jin thought that it might be a good idea to modify his future behavior a little.

"Then, should we repair first, and then decide what to do after that?"

"Right?　...... Oh, and <, things have calmed down, haven't they?"

Jin decides that since there is now a grace period, it would be good if we take control of them in order.

He decides to start by restoring the <> to normal.

* * * *

"...... are you aware that you are not normal?"

Reiko asked the <> after receiving the instruction from Jin.

<

"Then, why don't you repair it?"

<>

"There is a person here who can repair you ...... and even the "general control magic brain".

> wanted? >>

Yes.

<>

> ponders. Reiko folded her arms further.

"If I wanted to, I could force you to stop and repair or modify it. Since you won't do that, shouldn't you trust me a little?"

"Yes, sir. Please remove the magic barrier."

"Yes, sir."

Reiko informed Horaijima.

Thus, the situation moved a little.