It was November 16th, about three days after the .

At last, the had begun to settle down.

One of the , <>, has been reorganized.

"Oh, I see. Then let's get on with it."

If the old man said he has checked every nook and cranny, then he has full confidence that nothing has been overlooked.

< has been stubbornly following a half-vague order to stop the descendants of <> that had run amok.

At the end of his self-evolution, he had gotten his hands on a dangerous magical crystal <> and went berserk.

The Horai-jima forces subdued them, and with the hope of the few remaining <>, Jin undertook to start over from the initial state of resetting .......

"Brother Jin, do you have a plan?"

"Yes. I've been working on it for the past two days.

"Big brother, can you tell me about it?"

"Yes, Jin. Tell me.

Erza, Hannah, Reinhardt and the others demanded explanations from Jin.

They were curious, but they also wanted a clear assurance that this time it would not go out of control.

"Yes. The basic system is the original , but it has many shortcomings. But it has various shortcomings, so we'll make up for them."

"Brother Jin, for example?"

"Well, ...... first of all, it's a safeguard against infinite loops and time-consuming processes."

"Oh, you mean the timer that interrupts the process?"

"Yes, Hannah is right. Or we could have a sub-unit do it.

"I see."

Reinhardt asked next.

"How do you handle their ?"

"Yes, that was the most difficult question. I had a lot of trouble with it.

"I thought about it too, but it seemed to be quite difficult. So?　How do you do it?

Reinhardt asked urgently.

"I've been checking around, and the <> of <> is different from those of automata and golems, isn't it?"

"Heh?　Is that so?"

"Yes. The <> of the <> originally has a pseudo-personality routine, but I found out that it is fundamentally different.

This is the result of my analysis with the help of the old man," Jin explained.

"So, what is different is that in the case of <>, the current form was created by accumulating a great deal of experience and passing it on to the next generation ...... by repeating the method ....... It is a very good thing."

The <, the engineering magic of passing information on, is the reason for the success of this project.

"On the other hand, <>...... no, <> is the same, but <>'s way is to build <> first.

"You know what ...... is, don't you?"

"No, it wasn't."

It came as a surprise to Jin that the eight did not know about this.

However, it may not be so unusual, since even in modern Japan, it is possible to build sophisticated programs without worrying about the operating system at all.

"In the first place, the was in decline by the time they emigrated."

"Yes, they were."

"......, to get back to the point, I asked the old man to simulate the system <>, and the result is ......."

"<> was built in the first place."

"That's how it is."

Jin cut off his speech, thought for a moment, and began to explain again.

"That's why it's so difficult to add to the first .

He was trying to tweak the bottom of the pieces that were stacked in order, so one can imagine how difficult it was.

"But you did it, didn't you?"

"Yes. It took a lot of work to create the gaps to push the ......<> routines in, though."

If you eliminate unnecessary things in the initial routines or rewrite redundant routines to shorten them, you will have <> for them.

That's where you put the routines.

"I see. That's just like Jin."

"I see.

"That's my girl."

Jin concluded by saying that many other safety measures had been taken, including the installation of hardware safety circuits and a dedicated monitoring unit.

"And above all, we have erased the initial directive ."

"Well, then, what about the raison d'etre of <>?

"That was difficult too."

After looking a little tired, Jin explains.

"I'm thinking of doing something like <>."

"Is that okay with you?"

"Onii-chan, aren't you worried that we'll interpret the phrase 'to protect the base' to mean that we'll launch an attack on the outside?"

"Yes, I've thought about that too. So basically, we'll designate only the inside of the base as our area of operation. And no expansion of the base is allowed.

"Brother Jin, is there an option not to regenerate?"

"Yes, I understand what Erza is saying. We don't have to go through all that trouble.

"Yes.

"In that case, if we don't completely destroy <>, there is a possibility that someone will abuse it someday. ......"

"......, sure."

"So we want to set it up so that it's on our side."

"Marikka-san as your master?"

"Yes. It's going to be a lot of work for Marikka, but we're thinking about it."

"In what way?"

"Onogoro Island would be fine, but we'll have a hotline so that Marikka can contact us whenever she wants.

But not the other way around, Jin.

Otherwise, Marikka will get a lot of contacts.

"Hmm, is there any other way to set up ...... for Marikka, or something like that?"

"It would be nice if we could do that. ...... will you think about it with me?"

"Yes."

"Well then, ......, let's freeze the rebuilding until that's decided."

I think that's a good idea.

That is what we have decided to do, according to everyone's opinions.

* * * *

Meanwhile, in <>, <> were repairing the destroyed <>.

Since a considerable number of golems had been destroyed, it took 10 smiths to repair them.

It was almost at the end of the day.

"...... this one is finished."

"Good."

The work leader, <550, reports to the old man.

The reply came immediately.

"Stay where you are," he said.

"Yes, sir."

The old man is planning to make some modifications to < as well.