Opening the door at the end of the spiral staircase, they found themselves in another small room.
It was a little strange, since all the previous floors had been one room per floor, but this floor probably contained something important ...... such as a <.... However, I was excited to find something important on this floor, such as a <<>....
I tried to open the door at the end of the small room, but it was locked and would not open.
Craftsman (Smith)1, who had been clanking around for a while, said
"Perhaps you have to close the door you came in through to unlock this door. Please try to close the door.
He said, "Try to close it.
"Yes, sir."
When Land 1 closed the entrance door, he felt it unlocked, and this time it opened easily.
"So it's built like an airlock?"
"Yes. It seems to be a mechanical structure, not a magical one.
The group passes through the door. Beyond that is another small room.
We guessed that the door to the next room would not open unless we closed the door we came in through, and we tried it, and that is exactly what happened.
This time, the group was able to smoothly pass through the small room.
They emerged from the room ......, which was lit dimly by > as before, but there was one crucial difference: "This room is almost intact.
"It seems that this room has been preserved almost exactly as it was before."
"Yes. Yes. It has been shut down, but it is well preserved.
Craftsman (Smith) 1 is cautiously surveying his surroundings.
Rand 1 remains vigilant.
Then, Jin D. decides to go around the room slowly.
After all, he has not yet found the final goal, the .
"This room seems to be a room to observe this town.
Craftsman (Smith) 1 said.
It is the top floor of the tallest building in town, so it has a view of the whole town.
However, as with the other floors so far, there are no windows, so we will have to look through the monitors rather than visually.
"There is a magic tool equivalent to a > embedded in the wall.
I see. So that's what this room is like.
Yes. There must be some kind of magic device equivalent to a camera, like a magic eye, attached to the outside of the tower.
If it was working properly, it would show the town on the wall as if it had a window.
However, they were unable to find the "control magic brain" at last.
We know that the floor above our current location is a rooftop, and that nothing has been placed there, as confirmed by the peepers.
Then, we are left with the basement.
Jin D. said.
Then, as if to confirm his guess, he received a call from the Shinobi Unit, which was on a separate mission.
< in the basement.
* * *
<
"Oh, you finally found it!
"It was in the basement after all.
"So the Shinobi Unit, who were working separately, found it.
How do we get to the basement?
The stairs did not lead to the basement.
Maybe an elevator?
"You'll find out when you hear how the Shinobi found us."
Jin and the others listened to the Shinobi I report: .......
* * * *
The Shinobi Unit, which had taken separate action, checked the area around the elevator after Jin D and the others had gone up the stairs.
There was a high possibility that some kind of facility was also located underground.
In the first place, high-rise buildings (a 60-meter tower is also a great high-rise building) need to have a solid foundation and basement, so the underground part is often built deep.
At least not . It should have been .......
So, the Shinobi troopers concentrated on finding a passage to the basement.
(Shinobi 1, there seems to be a clue here.
Shinobi Sansan said using the built-in manacam.
There, in front of the elevator door. There was a small hatch for maintenance on the right side of the elevator.
Although it was for maintenance, it was not large enough for a human being to pass through, and a special small golem was probably used.
Therefore, a 5-centimeter-tall "Shinobi Unit" would be able to use it with no problem at all.
Leaving <<ku> and <pickup> for emergencies, the eight bodies from I to Hachi went through the maintenance hatch and dived into the narrow pipe-shaped pit.
They then descended down the pit.
(After all, this is a passage for maintenance.)
(Yes, it is. The cable running along the side must be some kind of magic power conduction line.
(The rather large pipe is probably for ventilation.)
(I guess so.) (I guess so.)
And then the eight bodies arrived at the bottom.
(They descended about 20 meters.)
(Yes, that's about right.)
The bottom of the pit was pitch black. But it was no problem for the <>. They can see in the infrared.
(I guess we have to find a hatch somewhere to get out of here.)
Worst-case scenario, I think we can get out of here by using the transporter, but I would like to go out through the hatch if possible, Shinobuichi thought.
(Isn't this it?)
Shinobi 5 has found something.
It was a hole about three millimeters in diameter.
Shinobi I guessed that a small golem for maintenance might have a mechanism to open the hatch by using some kind of key.
However, since not many people would enter such a place, it was thought that the rationalist <> would have made it simple.
(Shall we try using the <> first?
Shinobi-ichi uses the equipped Shinobi-ichi Force Rod to carefully probe into the hole. He feels like a locksmith.
(It is ...... simple, after all.)
Turning the knob at the end of the 3mm hole unlocks the lock.
The locking mechanism is very simple.
However, it is very difficult to turn the knob at the back of the 3mm hole.
(It opened.)
The lock is released with a click.
Pushing from the inside, the hatch slowly opened with a slight creak.
As a precaution, I looked out through the slightly opened hatch, which was also dimly illuminated by an etheric luminescent substance (AL).
The air coming in was almost the same as that on the upper floor.
(Okay, I <1> to <4> go out first. < to <8>, you stay here until I call you. Understood?)
(Understood.)
And the four Shinobi troopers ran out into the basement.