Anne's comment made Jin sound surprised. But then he thought back that it was not so surprising, since he had such a means himself.
He tried to find out about the unusual concentration of magical power that Reiko had found. But Jin (his double) could not understand it.
"If only Elsa were here ...... No, we can't let her cross the dangerous bridge now ...... right!"
I thought of the mini-craftsman (Smith) I had with me. He should be able to do a precision job that is one sixteenth of Jin's.
Smith, activate.
"Hi, master."
Jin activates one of the 10 cm tall miniature smiths. Istaris and Zion rolled their eyes.
"What? What is this?"
"It's ...... cute."
"I don't have time to explain now. ...... mini-craftsman Smith, check it out."
"Hi, master."
The mini craftsman (smith) gets on Alectus's shoulder and first touches him behind the ears. Then he lies down and examines his chest. Duration: 2 minutes.
"Behind the ears, under the skin, there are magic tools. The one in the chest reached the heart. There is magic power coming out of both of them, and they are connected to somewhere. I don't know where it is at the moment.
The magic barrier is deployed, so the connection by the magic power must be broken. But now we know that the magic tool has some kind of influence on Alectus.
Can you get it out?
"Yes, the one behind the ear will be quick. The one in the chest will take longer.
It seems that it is not easy to remove the one that has reached the heart. Maybe this is where Elsa comes in.
"Okay, take out the one behind the ear."
First, Jin took out that one to see what kind of magic tool it was. Depending on the result, he would decide whether to call Erza or send Alectus to Horai Island to deal with it.
"Master, it's done!"
In about a minute, the mini-craftsman (Smith) has taken out the magical tool in question. It is a needle-like tool about 2 cm long and 1 mm thick.
After the removal, there was a reddish blot of blood, but it was healed without a trace with a beginner-level healing spell, <>.
"Now, what kind of magic tool is this probe ......?"
I decided to let the mini craftsman (Smith) analyze it as well. In about two minutes, it was done.
"I understand. This transmits the master's instructions to the wearer, and also sends the voice heard by the wearer to the master.
This surprised Jin on Horai Island.
Furthermore, the information read by <> is presented.
"I see. ......"
The old form of the Magi Formula is lined up. These formulas look older than their predecessors.
But their purpose and results are clear. It is one half of a magical tool for controlling the wearer.
"In this case, we'd better take out the magical tool that is said to have reached the heart as soon as possible. ......
The Horaijima members who had gathered around the pilot's seat of the substitute doll (double) had dispersed after the commotion was over and they had simply moved on.
Erza had also gone somewhere, so Jin asked the old man to call him again.
"Brother Jin, what is it? What's going on?"
After about 2 minutes, Elsa comes out.
"Yes. As a matter of fact. ......"
Erza's face turned serious as Jin explained.
"...... implanting a magic tool in her heart and manipulating it?"
"Yeah. That's probably what it is."
"That's just evil."
I agree.
Erza said that she would take out the magic device at any cost, so Jin instructed Reiko of Capricorn 1 to send Alectus to the relay base, , using the warp gate.
Jin, in cooperation with Erza, prepared necessary items. Jin worked with Elsa to prepare what was needed, which was only recovery medicine and magical tools for healing.
Five minutes later, Jin and Erza met up with Alectus and Reiko, who had brought him to the Shinkai. They are accompanied by a mini-craftsman (Smith) with a probe that they have extracted.
Incidentally, in order to connect the warp gate between Capricorn 1 and <, the magic barrier had to be lifted for a moment.
Also, the magic barrier is now deployed here in . That's how careful they are.
"Erza, please hurry up, we are wasting time.
Since Capricorn 1 does not inform Istaris and the others about the warp gate, they must think that Reiko has entered the small room to treat Alexas.
"Yes, I know."
With Jin and Reiko assisting her, Elsa began to remove the < embedded in Alectus.