"So I guess that means someone else planted the backdoor," Reinhardt said.
Reinhardt said.
< is still pondering.
"You mean there is another mysterious mastermind somewhere?"
"Saki, that's what I mean."
Reinhard nodded to Saki.
"So you're saying that the golem sent to is a completely different case?"
Saki seemed a little concerned.
"That's what I'd prefer to think.
Reinhardt said.
"We should follow <> by <> and <> by <> respectively. If the roots are the same, they should lead to one somewhere."
"Yes, I think Reinhardt is right."
Jin also admitted that it was not a good idea to approach the case with preconceived ideas.
"Don't you know when the with the started circulating?"
This time Hannah voiced her opinion.
"We are still investigating. We don't even know how widespread it is around the world."
< to inspect it is also unknown.
"That's the problem. You can't just take care of everything."
"That's what I mean. But there's a good chance that the backdoor has been in place for quite a long time. That would put quite a few Golems at risk."
"I don't like ......."
"No, not at all. And it could even be ongoing."
What's the purpose of this?
That's the question, isn't it?
I can think of several possibilities.
Luis Kuzma was the first to open his mouth.
"Well, the first thing that comes to mind is world domination, but that's not going to happen at this level. So maybe the goal is to cause <>."
"I see. But for what purpose?"
"But for what?" "That's the difficult part. I don't know what they are trying to do by causing chaos. ......
"Yes,......."
But Lewis continued.
"That's not all. There's a very small chance it might be for ......<>."
"What?"
"No, so it's a very small possibility. No, so it's a very small possibility, but not zero.
Lewis says that this <> can not only be used for evil purposes.
"What if, for example, you have an automaton with a <> in it, and it's your secretary, and you're plotting against it?"
It was conceivable that the automaton would not betray its <>, and thus be allowed to play tricks on him.
"The same is true of the golem. They could plan a rebellion and order a golem unit to attack, but the golem unit would not join in the rebellion and instead capture the rebellious master."
"Oh, ......"
"I see. ......"
The others in the room were impressed by Lewis' idea.
"Is it possible that they are doing this for the good of humanity?"
"Even if it's a good intentioned trick, it's not the right way to go about it."
"I agree with you, brother."
Delphina agreed with Filicius.
"If there are many such things, no one will be able to trust golems and automata.
"Maybe that's what they're trying to do."
"...... If that's the case, it's a terrible thing."
"I hope you're not thinking that far ahead."
"......"
We all began to think that this could turn out to be a bigger problem than we thought.
"I think we should try to solve it as soon as possible."
Jin said, and everyone agreed.
"It seems that <> is investigating the distribution route, and we might as well help them by sending out the <>.
So Jin instructed Lao-kun to have <> support the investigators from <>.
* * * *
Toward the end of the party, Hannah, who had been thinking about it, suddenly spoke up.
"...... Hm? What is it?"
"Hannah, what's wrong?"
"Hey, honey, I've noticed something. Can you listen to me?"
No one wanted to hear what Hannah, the most gifted girl in the family, had to say.
"Well, the backdoor was planted in a Magi Crystal with a light attribute, wasn't it?"
"That's what I heard."
"The reason for that is to make it have a <> function."
"Yes. The light attribute has a strong ability to interfere with space.
"But normally, control cores use , don't they?"
"Well, that's more common."
"If ......, then why the light attribute?"
"Huh?"
"You've gone to the trouble of processing light-attribute magic crystals (magi crystals) into a control core, haven't you?"
"What ............ ah, I see!"
Jin understood what Hanna was trying to say.
In short, it's a matter of whether the egg comes first or the chicken comes first.
"You didn't plant the <> because it was a light attribute, but you made it a light attribute in order to plant the <> ......?"
"I suppose that's a possibility."
"That's Hannah!"
"Hannah, that's great."
In other words, Hanna suggested the possibility that when she purchased the Magi Crystals to be used as the control core, she deliberately purchased or delivered the ones with the light attribute.
This was a completely new viewpoint and a matter that required immediate investigation.