2641 - - 70-37 At remote control facilities






 At 7:00 a.m. on October 8, Horai Island time, Jin D, accompanied by Mini Reiko, flew westward in Hope's , piloted by Hope, to the west.

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 The destination is the southernmost of the seven islands, including Fuso Island.

 < arrived at the island in less than an hour.


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"Okay, let's go down there. Hope, come with me."

"Yes."


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 The , which is linked to Hope and can act autonomously, waits in the air after Jin D, Reiko and Hope, the pilot, have landed.



"Well, the <> is just up ahead."

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 Since Jin D is now piloted by the old man, he knows all about the results of the survey of this island with the <>.

 By the way, not that anyone is watching, but when the old man is piloting Jin D, his tone of voice is like that of Jin.

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"Here, here."


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 We have confirmed that this facility has been shut down.

 So there should be little danger, but since this is the facility of the , we cannot predict what will happen.

 Jin D. explores the entrance and exit, which is disguised by a large rock protruding from the ground.

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 This is because, unlike in the air or in transparent liquids, it takes time to < in solids, which do not allow light to pass through.

 It is necessary to scan in the order of microns. Such a system would take too much time and would have to be analyzed onsite.

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 And since Jin himself was not present in this case, it was easier to make arrangements (risk management) to avoid danger.



"I see, so this kind of system ...... requires after all, and if you fail to do so, the trap will be triggered."

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 There is not enough data to < the authentication system.

 Fortunately, the energy in the facility has been cut off, so there is no danger of triggering the trap as it is now.

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"Hope, give me a hand."


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 Jin D. speaks to Hope in his own tone of voice.



"Yes. What do you want me to do?

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"There is a sliding doorway hidden in this part of the big rock. I can pry it open, but I don't have enough power to do it by myself.

I understand.


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 Reiko can probably pry it open with ease, but it takes two of us, Jin-D and Hope, to do it.

 It is not a door that can be opened by force to begin with. .......

 After all, the door disguised as a rock weighs about 10 tons.

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"We could use engineering magic, but there is a possibility that the system would detect the magic and activate the system."


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 In this sense, when dealing with <> facilities, pure <> is often the most effective.

 However, this is the only difference from Jin. Jin himself would not be able to move the door disguised as a large rock even if 10 people gathered together.

 Knowing this, the old man was piloting Jin D. He said to Jin D, "Well, let's go.

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Let's go!

Yes, sir.

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"Ready!"



 The combination of Jin D and Hope's power made the door start to move.

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 In this respect, as the old man predicted, the structure is similar to the <>.



"I guess we can assume that this is because they are the same <> as ......."

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 That's all I know about the factions. But if they are <>, they must be either <> or <>.

 Since the understanding of the situation does not make the future any easier for the "Mere Old Man" who is piloting Jin D, his first priority is to investigate the inside of the facility.

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 We knew from the Peeper that the power was down, and we have a rough idea of the cause of the problem.



"The safety device equivalent to a circuit breaker has been tripped.

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 According to the old man's estimation, this island is closer to the equator than the Tropic of Cancer and has a history of low free-magic element (ether) concentration.

 The energy system that was adapted to such an environment became overloaded by the increase of free-magic element (ether) concentration, and the safety device was triggered.

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 That's what the old man thinks.



"However, the fact that neither the golem nor the automata in charge of maintenance were inside the facility suggests that there may be personnel in charge of repairs, including other facilities.

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 In that case, the question remains as to why they left the building unrepaired.


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"Maybe they haven't been patrolling since the safety devices were activated?"



 Responding to Jin D's words, Hope offered her own opinion.

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"No, I don't think that's likely."


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 In a more friendly tone, Jin D replied.



"Judging from the cleanliness of the interior, I don't think it's more than ten years old."

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"Oh, yes, that's true."

"Given that, the possible reason for not repairing it even though it has been patrolled is that you have judged that <>."

"......Why did you decide that?"

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"I think they may have learned that there is no one using this facility anymore."



 This facility is for the .

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 And that origin is no longer here.

 What would you do in that case?


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What would Hope do?




"Well, I guess we should ...... try to keep the facility current, right?"

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"Yes. If there is a golem or automata maintaining this place, we can't just let it fall into disrepair. But it is useless to repair it if there is no one to use it. Rather, it is better to leave the power off to prevent it from being used by suspicious people."

"That's for sure."

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 Jin D said that he thought so, and Hope agreed with him.



 We then entered the facility with the power still off.

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 The only light was an emergency light, an ethereal luminescent substance (AL).

 Since he knew the internal structure of the facility with his peepers, and had confirmed that the traps and security golems had been stopped, Jin-D proceeded at a brisk pace.

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"This is the room we want."



 The room was also white.

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 <, but it was white.

 There was a large magic screen and a row of what looked like control panels.

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"Is this the remote control unit?"

"It's kind of simple, isn't it?"

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 Hope gave an honest impression.



"Perhaps the pilot only gives rough instructions, and the actual control is done by some kind of built into the submarine."

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 Jin D explained to Hope that if the submarine made some of its own decisions, rather than the pilot making all the decisions, it would be able to make some pretty sophisticated moves.

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"I understand."

"Then let's analyze the controls here."

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 I hope we can find many things of interest to Jin D." The old man, who was piloting Jin D., thought as he continued his analysis.