The village headman's house was beginning to be surrounded by golems.
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One of the land troops appeared near Saki and Rubina.
"Saki-sama, Rubina-sama!"
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"What?
"Rubina, calm down. It's the Landtroop. Is something wrong?
"Yes. A mysterious golem is approaching the village. The chief's house is under siege.
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What? Where's Jin and the others?
We have 10 Land troops and Miss Reiko is here too.
That's a relief!
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We'll protect you with five of our own, just in case.
Please.
"......"
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Rubina had heard of them, but this was the first time she had seen them, so she was surprised, but after a while she got used to the situation.
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"So you work for ...... Jin-sama."
"Yes, Rubina-sama."
"...... I can feel the great performance."
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"Thank you."
Rubina seemed to have sensed, at least somewhat, the potential of the RAND team.
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Five RAND units were dispatched to Guth and Mertze's place as well, and one of them showed up and reported.
"......I see, the village chief's house......... Come to think of it, I think I saw a strange golem earlier."
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Goose and the others had seen the golem while they were talking to people in the village.
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"So please be careful. We're here to protect you."
"Okay."
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And then Lando disappeared.
"Wow, that's great. Jin-sama sent you, didn't he?"
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"I guess so."
Meltze seemed to think that Jin had sent him from
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There was no need to correct him, so Guth left his answer muddled.
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And then, the chief's house was surrounded by 10 of them.
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"Wouldn't it be better to send out MS-081 here?"
Maitai Kouno asks Rouzou Chioda,
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"No, no. We will not be able to protect ourselves in case of an emergency.
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The idea was rejected.
"But if we stay caged up, we'll be out of luck," Maitreya countered.
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Maitreya countered.
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"Yes, ......, but ......."
Mai tei tries to persuade him further.
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We still don't know what they are trying to do. Why don't we at least try to have a dialogue?"
"...... has a point. But who is going to do it?
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"Then let's let <
At this point, Jin, who had been watching from the window, made a suggestion.
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"That's the only way. But is it safe? Is, uh, Miss Lako all right?"
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"Yes, I can do that much."
"Yes, I can do that much.
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"All right,
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"Yes, sir."
In this way, Jin helped the old man to get information about the other party.
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He is also watching over Jin with <
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Reiko opens the door of the village headman's house and steps out.
She walked with deliberately awkward movements to feign low performance.
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"May I help you?"
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Reiko intentionally changes her speech to be slurred to show her low performance. The strategy was to catch her off guard.
"Are you an automata of the village head? Or are you an automaton of the owner of the car?
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The golem that had been approaching the village headman's house from the front opened his mouth.
Both Reiko and the old man realized that they could talk to each other.
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"Neither. It was my father who made me.
"I see. So you are the engineer from ......?
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That's right.
The airship outside the village belonged to your maker?
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Reiko answers, trying to feign low performance, thinking it might not be a good idea to answer in the affirmative here.
"...... I don't know."
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"Hmm, you're not that intelligent."
Right on target, the mysterious golem seems to start underestimating Reiko.
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"So, what can I do for you?"
"Yes, I'm here to see the technician inside that house."
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May I ask what you need?
You'll never understand.
I don't know what you're talking about. - I'll have to try.
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You're a stubborn one, ...... or are you simply following orders?
Reiko stands in front of Golem, refusing to move.
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I wonder if they will try to get rid of Reiko or not.......
(I heard that she attacked <
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Reiko waits for Golem's reaction in a natural way.
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The old man analyzes the reactions of the golems.
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One of the conclusions he came to was that <
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However, they did not go on a rampage inside the village.
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Nor do they try to eliminate Reiko by force.
They didn't force their way into the village, even though their goal was to get the engineer inside the village chief's house.
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The old man believes that it is quite probable, although he is only guessing based on the limited information he has.
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Then he contacted Reiko with his <