On the same day, October 5th, Horai Island was crowded with people.
<, including Xiong of , were all present.
Also invited as a special guest was 700672.
Luncheon was held at the appointed time. The time was right for a lunch meeting, since it was a standing buffet party, so people could come here and there and talk to each other.
"Marikka, it's been a long time.
"Mr. Zion, it's been a long time.
"Hello, doctor, it's been a while."
"Well, Rhodes, you look great."
"......, you're a great bunch of people. ......"
"Ludmilla, behave yourself. You're one of us now.
"Yes, yes, Master Theon."
< seem to be having a good time talking with Marikka since they haven't seen her in a while.
"I've been talking to Marikka for a while now, haven't I?
"What's that, Gin?"
Reinhardt heard Jin's murmur as he looked at Marikka and the others sideways and asked him a question.
"What? Oh, it's a greeting to apologize for not seeing you for a while. I didn't know there was such a phrase.
"Well, that's interesting. Is it a historical or classic way of saying that?"
Vivian came in.
"Hi, Vivien, it's been a long time. Sorry it's been so long since I've heard from you."
"...... So, this is what you mean when you talk to each other like that."
"Ha, that's what it is."
"...... then, I'll be generous as well. Good to see you, Jin."
Luis comes over and says hello.
"You look good, Lewis."
"Yes. Hale is a big place. You'll never be able to finish all the maintenance.
Is Bina helping you?
Yes, it takes two of us to finish the job.
In the midst of all this, the one who is attracting the most attention is 700672.
"Oh, Marikka, thank you very much for inviting us.
"Ah, <>, no, it was Jin-sama who invited me.
"Elder, this way please."
"Oh, Miss Elsa. Persica juice. ...... mmm, it's delicious."
Since it is a luncheon party, various drinks are prepared, but the elder prefers Persica juice the most.
The elder preferred Persian juice the most.
"Now that we are all here, I think you already know the purpose of this meeting.
As the luncheon was drawing to a close, Jin addressed the group.
"Once again, to put it simply, the relics of the were discovered at the bottom of the sea, and now that we have finished analyzing them, I thought I would show them to you all before I put them back in their original location."
And they all headed for Tatsumi Bay. Of course, we all went to Tatsumi Bay by the warp gate.
The submarine is a flat, triangular submarine and a hard capsule-shaped storage unit.
"Oh, this is great."
"Ummm...... this is the submarine that built......"
It's a very unusual design.
"Interesting."
Then, each of us went to the direction of our choice and visited.
Each of us was accompanied by a who answered our questions and guided us around.
"Wow, this is what made after the remodeling of the planet. ...... very interesting."
< looked deeply moved as he observed.
Jin looked around with the and was glad that he had invited him.
< pointed to a place that Jin and the others had not noticed. <.
A round pillar inserted as a structural material. Its diameter is about 10 centimeters. <
"The liked to put little gimmicks in places like this."
"Haha ....... We didn't notice that, so thanks for the help."
<> who knows the mentality of the could have made.
"So, what is it?"
"Hmmm... ......"
< took out from the pillar what appears to be a .
Jin refused, and tried to analyze it to see if any information was engraved on it, but there was nothing written on it, and it was just a <>. However, the quality was very high.
"......It's probably <>."
"What?"
Jin asked back at the unfamiliar word.
"<>. ...... well, how about <>?"
(In short, navel-gazing. ......)
It seems that some of the <> also tried to secretly store something.
"Then, are there such ......<> in the other pillars?"
"I'm sure there are."
"Let's check it out. ......Reiko, help me out here."
So, Jin, < and Reiko checked the 64 <>.
As it turned out, half of them (32 of them) contained hidden Magi Crystals. They were all of high quality.
"I was hoping for a little bit that there might be some information in them..."
"Well, I understand your feelings. But <<> is not of that nature. Thank you for allowing ...... to touch a part of your <>, Jin-dono."
"You are welcome."
Jin was glad that he had been able to catch a glimpse of the human side of the <>......<>, and he composed himself when the <> quieted him.
"But it's still too early to be discouraged.
"What?"
"There is a pattern in the way the Masters hide their secret information.
What's that?
For one thing, they hide it in the back.
"Oh, I see."
For example, the books on the bookshelf, and further back. Jin remembers this.
But it seems more like a place to hide .
"The other one is ....... Hmm, of course."
"...... what's going on?"
"Jin-dono, the titles of the documents on this shelf, you can read them by connecting the first letter of the title."
"What? What? ...... is ......."
Jin guessed that this was the pattern he had read in someone's mystery novel, <>.