No, I won't do it unless you promise not to hurt my father".
He follows the old man's advice and performs to see how the other will react.
"You are very stubborn.
"That's what I'm supposed to do."
You can even get rid of them by force, can't you?
But I will do my duty with all my might.
I see. Then, you may become a martyr to your mission."
The mysterious golem lightly pushed Reiko away.
......, but Reiko stumbles a little and quickly turns around in front of the Mystery Golem.
"Oh. ...... you seem to be more athletic than I thought."
I won't let you go any further.
"You're a pain in the ass. ...... Okay, I promise that whoever made you will not be harmed. How about this?
What about your promise to uphold the rules?
"...... You're a real pain in the ass, you know that? If you interfere any longer, I will destroy you.
But that doesn't change what I'm going to do.
"......"
Reiko stands a meter in front of the village chief's front door and confronts the mysterious golem.
"This is my last advice. Get out of the way."
I won't move.
This was the turning point.
If he attacked Reiko in this state, there was a high probability that he would damage the village headman's house.
Would they attack Reiko without worrying about it, or would they move Reiko out of the way while taking care not to damage the village headman's house?
Then, the mysterious golem took Reiko's arm and dragged her out of the front door.
* * * *
The brainy old man of Horai Island observes the whole thing with his <>, and then he asks, "What's going on?
The old man gives instructions to the RAND team.
* * * *
The 10 Land troops deployed in the vicinity of the village headman's house, with <> deployed, fire <> at the 5 mysterious golems.
Naturally, the five golems stop.
Furthermore, he disconnects the energy system of the five stopped golems, the <>.
The five bodies will not be able to move unless they are repaired.
The process takes about four seconds.
Since they were scattered, the remaining five could not figure out what had happened to them.
* * * *
"......What happened?
The five mysterious golems were astonished when their friends suddenly stopped moving.
They had no idea why.
"Malfunction? ...... No, there is almost no possibility that all five of them malfunctioned at the same time. It is natural to assume that someone or something attacked them. But who?
< was undetectable.
"If this is the case, there is a big possibility that our five remaining units will also be rendered inoperable. ......I am sorry to say, but let's leave it at this point."
The conclusion was as the old man had predicted.
The five golems began to retreat, each carrying one of them.
Of course, the golem that had been trying to move Reiko out of the way let go of her grip, picked up the one that had stopped moving, and pulled it up.
* * * *
"Are you leaving ......?"
Mighty looked out the window and let out a sigh of relief.
Luzo and Chioda also looked as if they had no idea what was going on.
I'm back."
Then Reiko came back and reported.
"It seems that they were taking care not to damage the village headman's house.
"Hmmm... ...... does that mean they are not the enemy? If so, what is their purpose?"
Luzo Chioda frowned and pondered.
"I had a chance to talk to him for a while. It seems that the golem was after Mr. Yozo and Mr. Maitei.
"Us?"
"Hmm. I have no idea what that means.
Yes. ......
"If I had stood in his way, he would have told me to get out of the way so he wouldn't hurt your father."
At this point Jin recalls the events of the other day.
The imperfect magic brain had been copying knowledge from many other brains to satisfy its thirst for knowledge.
(Perhaps that mysterious golem also has a purpose of <>, Jin imagines.)
Jin imagines.
And it makes a lot of sense if he thinks so.
So, he says his guess.
"I'm sure that was the target of Mr. Rouzou and Mr. Maitei," he says.
"You mean you were trying to kidnap me and Maitrei?"
"That's right."
I see. ......
What about the two of you?
Yes, that's right. ......
It would be better to go home soon, but there is no guarantee that you won't be attacked on the way back.
"In that case, I will go home and pick you up with reinforcements.
MS-081 suggested.
"I'll bring the GL-021 to 030. I'll bring them to you."
"Oh, that should be a relief."
"Do that."
"Yes, sir."
So it was decided that MS-081 would go back to their base by himself and come back with an escort.
* * * *
"...... What in the world was that all about?"
After MS-081 left, Jin muttered to no one in particular.
"I can't even guess if he knows about me and Maitei or not ...... if I don't even know that."
"I'm sure you can."
"But as you say, Jin-dono, I suspect that what you are looking for is knowledge, not us."
"I see."
In fact, you are probably right.
Jin was impressed by Rozo Chioda's insight.
As they continued to talk, MS-081 returned.
"I'm back, sir."
"Oh, you're back early."
"Yes, sir. I gave it my all.
Although not out of breath, Jin felt the temperature of MS-081's body rising.
And assuming that it had the same physical ability as the <>, this much rise in temperature would be a good indicator of how much power ...... and MS-081 were capable of producing. 81, I guessed how much power it produced.
(...... really is about as physically powerful as a five-colored golem maid. ...... That's a big deal.)
Jin evaluated that the technology of MS-081 was outstanding compared with the technology of the present age.