Reinhard asked Jin after finishing his breakfast. Now Jin, Erza, Reinhard, Bertsch, Reiko, and Hope were in the room.
Daikie, Cocona, Goh, Rubina, Marikka, Hanako and the others went out to the garden and looked at the flower beds with early spring flowers.
Jin was about to answer Reinhardt's question, "Yes, not yet," when he heard the following words.
"Father, the old man called. He has found Mr. Merce.
"Oh, speak of the devil!"
The place is in the town of Banyû.
You've run a long way.
Reinhardt interrupted at the mention of the town of Banyú.
"You mean they are moving along the dry road (Trockenbahn) toward the Kingdom of Celluloid. This is most likely a terrorist attack with an eye on the future."
According to Reinhardt, once they are in another country ......, they may go into exile in the Kingdom of Celuloa and wait for the right moment, or someone in the Kingdom of Celuloa may be pulling strings in the background.
"Rai is very perceptive in such a case."
Elsa gave him a strange compliment.
"We'll find out when we catch him."
The old man had already caught the kidnapper with his peepers.
They will not be able to escape unless they make some kind of discontinuous transfer.
If we send the golem to the transporter, we can get him.
"Is Ms. Mertz alive, Brother Jin?"
Yes. That's what the old man said.
Thank God.
Erza seemed to be most worried about her kidnapped sister.
Now we just have to find a way to catch her.
Jin, we have to be sure.
Reinhardt advised Jin.
"The local guards are unreliable, and even if we send out the Kingsguard knights now, they won't be able to get there in time.
"Yes," said Reinhardt. Jin should take the lead here."
"Should we use ...... deus ex machina?"
"No, I don't think that's a good idea. No, it's best not to do that. It's better if as few people as possible know about this incident.
Reinhardt and Bertsche are not members because they are human.
Reiko is also not human, and there is an assumption that she would not ignore Jin's wishes, Reinhardt said.
"Then it would be better if I catch her."
"That's what I think. You can catch him easily here."
The longer we wait, the more likely it is that more people will find out about the case, Reinhardt said.
The Emperor must know that Jin now has <," he said.
"And above all, I hope you can give Mr. Mertze relief as soon as possible."
"Yes. I understand.
At Erza's request, Jin decided on a course of action.
"Reiko will go ahead of me, and I'll take the .
Reiko returns to Horai Island by the warp gate and heads for the site by <>.
Jin then decides to go there at , the maximum emergency speed.
The distance between Loisart and Banyou is a little over 200 kilometers, which can be covered in about 5 minutes at Mach 2.
Even taking into account acceleration/deceleration and takeoff/landing time, it would take only 10 minutes to reach the destination.
"Well, I'll go with you for backup," he said.
"I'll go with you."
"I'll be there." "Thank you. ...... then Bertsche, you take care of the rest."
"Okay. I'll take care of the rest.
Bertsch saw them off, and Jin, Reiko, Elsa, Reinhard, and Hope headed for the Hurricane parked on the roof.
"Reiko, take care of it."
"Yes, father. You can count on me."
Reiko, whom Jin trusts the most, uses the warp gate inside the Hurricane and transfers to Horai Island.
"Okay, Hope. Let's go, too.
"Yes, master."
Hope follows Jin's instructions and launches the Hurricane.
An abandoned factory on the outskirts of town. It is said that they used to make golems in the past, but they have closed down due to the collapse of order by the <>.
It is eerie to see in the dark, as there are many pre-made bodies lying here and there.
In one of the rooms, the kidnappers are hiding.
"We're almost across the border, aren't we?"
"Yes. Tomorrow night, we'll be in the Kingdom of Celluloid."
Two kidnappers.
How's my daughter?
She's fine. She's asleep. She's quiet.
That's good.
You're not being followed, are you?
I didn't do anything wrong.
How's the Golem?
"It's okay. It's going to need some serious maintenance once we get into the Kingdom of Celluloid.
That's not a bad idea. It's been a hard march, after all.
They were traveling on the backs of three golems. One of them, of course, was carrying the kidnapped Merce.
Because of their conspicuousness, the trip is inevitably made at night, so the kidnappers take turns to take a nap.
They have finished their meal and are now preparing to take a nap.
"We can get a good night's sleep when we get there," said one of the kidnappers.
"Yeah, that's right."
If you want a good night's sleep, I suggest you find another place to sleep.
"Who's there?
The two kidnappers were startled by a voice that suddenly interrupted them and turned around.
It was Reiko, of course.
"Who the hell are you? Where did you come from?
"That's not important... that man there is Mr. Merze, isn't he?
What?
What? - Hey, something's wrong. Let's get this girl too.
I'll get her too. Okay. ......<>"
It's the Shoro Empire's healing magic. It is a magic that puts the subject into a deep sleep.
...... but of course it doesn't work on Reiko.
It doesn't work on Reiko. ......<>"
"Agh!"
"...... d*mn, this guy uses magic too!"
One of them fainted, but the other was wearing a robe that weakened his magic, so he did not faint.
Seeing that magic was no match for them, they decided to resort to force.
"Golem! Seize her!"
The three Golems began to move and attacked Reiko from the left, right, and rear.
The Golem was 2 meters tall, and Reiko was 1.3 meters tall.
Normally, Reiko would be at her wit's end ...... in the face of such violence.
But this was Reiko.
"It's too loud!"
Intercept at 10 percent output.
First, the golem attacks from the right, and he hits it in the chest with a palm strike from diagonally below.
Without paying attention to the golem that was blown away, he turned his body to the left and gave it a kick to the thigh, which broke both of its legs with no more resistance than breaking a dead tree.
Finally, a golem attacked from behind.
It was blown away by a single backhanded blow and slammed into the wall.
All three were disabled, and Reiko turned to face her kidnappers.
"At ......?"
Uh, yeah. .......
You're the only one left.
Don't come any closer! If you come any closer, you'll kill her!
The remaining kidnappers held a knife to the sleeping Merce and threatened Reiko.