Since Zion and the others also stayed at Horai Island, the modern gathered to watch over <> and its exclusive golem for its activation test.
"Speaking of which, Jin, what is the golem's name?"
Reinhardt wonders if it would be better to give it a similar but different name, like Lao Tzu and Lao Kun.
"Well, ......Erza, anything?"
"How about ......<>?"
It's an < in the style of the Shoro Empire.
"Yes, let's go with that. ......<>!"
"Yes, master."
Your name is Ardler 1.
"Yes, my name is . Pleased to meet you.
Check it out. How does it feel?
Ardler1 performs a self-check and reports that everything is fine.
The data for basic operation had already been installed, so there should be no problem in working, but in the case of Ardler 1, it was originally a for piloting, so he was very careful.
"Okay, that's good. ......Well, ......Reiko, just play with it for a little bit. Start with 5 percent output and work your way up."
"Okay."
So, a mock battle to see the fighting power of <> is started. They were to face off against each other without hands.
Normally, the smaller Reiko would be at a disadvantage. .......
"Oh! I haven't seen Reiko's brave figure in a long time!"
"Ardler1 is also quite good."
At about 5 percent of Reiko's current output, it's a level of movement that humans can't reach, so it's quite powerful to look at.
And Ardler 1 is able to keep up with her without any problem.
Reiko sees this and increases the output.
"Oh, oh!
"Oh, I don't know what's going on. ......"
Ludmilla says to Rhodes,
"No, neither do I. ......
Rhodes is also staring at her.
By the way, Reiko's output is at about 15%.
She could no longer catch the movement with her eyes.
"Okay, that's enough."
Jin also stopped Reiko and Ardler 1.
"Reiko, how high did you increase the final output?"
Yes, father. 21 percent.
Twenty-one percent. - Well, that's good.
Jin was satisfied that if he could beat Reiko's 21% output now, he would be no match for the average golem.
Then he checked the wear and tear on Ardor 1.
"Yes, less than 0.01% deformation, no scratches. That's good enough."
The 0.01% deformation was fixed with engineering magic, and now it was time to test the connection.
< has been on the airfield since yesterday, Ardler 1 remains in the cockpit.
After putting on the helmet-shaped headset, <> and <> are <>.
The seatbelt secures the body, but the belt is automatically set by the will of .
Connection complete. All is well.
Ardler 1 reports his findings to Jin and the others via an external speaker.
Since the launch and landing sequence had been completed yesterday, activated the and had it take off.
"Yeah, you're doing fine."
The downwash was much milder than yesterday. But even though it was calm, it was enough to make a light-weight person stagger.
After all, the < is a huge <> measuring 50 meters in length and width.
The cargo hold is suspended below, and the height is 25 meters. Including the landing legs, the height is 30 meters.
After a slow takeoff, retracts its telescopic landing gear.
The ascent speed is slow at first, and then gradually increases.
At an altitude of about 500 meters, the aircraft stops climbing, and then transitions to level flight.
From there, the test flight is repeated as in the test flight conducted yesterday.
There is no abnormality in the maneuverability of the aircraft. No problem with the delayed response of the aircraft.
After a series of test flights, it is confirmed that there are no problems with the control system of the .
"Hmmm, from now on, I wonder if it would be better to use the aircraft control method together."
When Golem pilots the aircraft, he uses the <. When Jin flies, he flies in the normal cockpit, and so on.
However, it is 99.99% unlikely that Jin or any of the family members will pilot the aircraft themselves.
"Aircraft are just a matter of time, just in case. ......"
Ships and cars can be maneuvered with human reaction time because their speed is below the speed of sound, but aircraft can go faster than the speed of sound, in which case the danger is greater with human vision and reaction time.
"It wouldn't be a bad thing to have two control systems, though."
It's good to have more reliability, Jin thought to himself.
* * * *
"Well, now we are ready to go to Shoro.
While eating a sandwich for lunch in the institute's cafeteria, Jin told the assembled members of the group.
"We're going on the 15th, right?"
Reinhardt asked to confirm.
"Yeah, that's the day after tomorrow. That means the day after tomorrow. Because of the time difference, we will leave here in the morning.
"So you'll be here for the whole day tomorrow?"
That's the way it's going to be.
Jin had expected that there would be many things to do in Shoro.
"Well then, let's have a good time together today and tomorrow. It would be nice to go to Hale for the first time in a long time.
"Yeah, that sounds good.
"Yes!" "Yes!"
"Yes!" "No objections!"
We all unanimously agreed to go to Hale the next day.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
January 14.
The , including Zion, Rhodos, and Ludmilla, boarded the Jin flagship and headed for Hale.
Of course, they were all traveling to Hale via the exclusive .
Passing through the Warp Gate Bridge, which connects about 300 million kilometers, they arrive at Hale in a short time.
slowly lands at the and the group steps onto the land of Hale.
The is a flat, leveled area of land about two kilometers square, located on a plateau about 500 meters above sea level, close to the east coast.
It had been about 10 months since our last visit, and the land had been nicely paved.