The boy’s brainwashing has been successfully solved.
I also checked out his body. I was still curious about him.
It’s a good thing that since I messed up Shuten’s head, I’ve been maintaining the infirmary just in case.
[I’ve determined that it’s an experimental HC project.]
I couldn’t open my mouth to the results of the analysis.
This is indeed a shelter for former bigwigs. You have all the information.
HC Project. Officially known as the “HERMIT CHILDREN Project.”
“HERMIT CHILDREN,” as the name implies, are artificially created human beings who are being researched for immortality, a legacy of a previous age that has already died out.
How could they not have run amok? Well, that’s just it.
However……
“How old is that kid?”
[Assuming he is a survivor of the experiment, he is considered to be over 2050 years old. However.]
“?”
[Serial number could not be confirmed.]
“Does that mean that it was made illegally elsewhere?”
[I think we should consider the possibility that they are newly created beings in the present day based on the HC plan.]
I see.
Even though they don’t have a lifespan, they can’t live without food.
They were probably kept in a laboratory at first, so it’s unnatural that they can’t read. Children learn language even if they are left alone.
I wonder if they tried to avoid educating him. If you’re going to use him for human experimentation, is it possible to do so in a way that doesn’t sway him? In that case, I don’t think they would even give him a name.
Unless you’ve been brainwashed into not wanting to remember……. What’s the point?
I do not know. Well, it’s not something I need to know.
All you need to know is the last thing he said about the Size-Tide.
It’s a matter of speculation, but whoever sent Jiro Yamada, Somebody A, created an assassin who always fails to assassinate. He made me his target.
The reason for this could be considered vigilance.
Without showing any hostility towards me, he said that someone B from the cult state was targeting me.
That something B, according to Jiro Yamada, seems to be Johan, the ruler of the Size Tide.
It seems that the Size Tide is planning to launch an all-out war.
Certainly, there are two possible outcomes if we let the soldiers charge here.
In the worst case, the knights would be wiped out. If they persist in attacking us, we will have to think about it. If the knights are gone, this city is finished.
What if we can prevent the knights from retreating? I think the city can survive. The Holy Land will attack us instead.
Yamada says that in order to stop them, we need to take over the Size Tide.
I guess it makes sense, but something is fishy
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To solve our problems, we gathered in the auditorium with Shuten, Suzuka and Ogre for a study session.
We know nothing about the culture and situation of the other country. In such cases, the best thing to do is to ask someone who knows.
If you are a former Knight Commander, you probably know a little about the situation. Ogre often go over there to hunt tigers. That’s why I gathered them.
I think I could have teleworked at home using MOUSE and RABBIT, but Suzuka took me to the auditorium. Why?
I couldn’t leave him at home, so I brought Yakou along. So, the five of us are gathered here.
“How does the Size Tide see us in the first place?”
“Even though I am a knight captain, it is only a position in a satellite town. But Johan-sama…… Johan, as Toki-dono said, does not have positive feelings.”
“It seems that two satellite towns in their territory are supposed to be destroyed. One of them is Ogre’s, right?”
“That’s right! Gahaha.”
“I ain’t laughing, man. Also, can’t you think of another one?”
“When we went tiger hunting, East-size sent the entire army. After we intercepted them with the help of the Ogre and his men, the Lord, Count Wind, took responsibility and committed suicide. In order to make it easier for the refugees to be accepted, Count Wind and the Knights agreed with his former subordinates that I had killed him.”
“Heh. It’s so cool to be masculine.”
This is your fault!
“Well, one and two are the same. So it’s safe to say that Johan sent the boy……”
“Is everything okay? I only saw him when I went to make tea, but there was something fishy about him.”
“I don’t want to believe everything Jiro Yamada says either. But in a case like this, not everything is a lie. Maybe.”
“Why?”
“If you tell a lie that is immediately obvious, that’s the end of the story. Either there are lies mixed in with the truth, or there are no lies, but he’s not telling the whole story. Well, we won’t know until we find out.”
“Oh, I see, that’s what you mean. But how do we do that?”
“We could send the Torii Squad (Eagle/E-series) to monitor it, but I’d like to know what’s going on inside the other side if possible.”
I hate to say it, but it’s the only option.
“I know someone who can help us with the Size Tide. Do you want me to go?”
“Oh, as expected of a former Knight Captain.”
“I’m not really a Knight Captain, I just knew a few refugees.”
“Yeah, the one you were talking about earlier.”
“Derusu was a former subordinate of mine, and he was a moderately talented person. If he was recruited well, he might have a good amount of inside knowledge.”
“So, you’re going to…… in that outfit?”
“No, I don’t think I can do that directly, but could I borrow this yakou?”
“It doesn’t matter, but can’t you use him?”
Because he’s an idiot.
“It would be possible to exchange letters. It would be at least a month. Even though he couldn’t get through here, he seems to have the skills to sneak in. Let’s get ready here.”
“How do we know it’s a month?”
“On human legs, it would take a month for a round trip. Yakou has been here for half a month, and should be back in another half month. But if he doesn’t come back, I’ll send a messenger to check on him.”
“Why don’t you bring a messenger from the beginning?”
“If you want to defend yourself from the beasts, you need a certain number of people. You have to be strong enough and you have to be the hunter, not the hunted. You can’t send a large group of people to accompany an assassin.”
“You’re right, an assassin with a lot of attendants,but what is the point of assassination? That’s what I’m talking about.”
“Exactly. Therefore, the messenger will come only when he determines that Yakou will not return. It will probably take about a month before the messenger returns.”
“I see. I guess information is slow in a world without telephones or the Internet.”
Well, it gave me time to investigate.
It would take Shuten a day or two to drive there. Human legs are very slow.
“I’ll leave it to you then, Yakou. I’ll see you in a few days.”
In addition, I’ll push it to Shuten.
“Mm. I’ll take care of him.”
I want those of us without lifespans to get along.
“What do you think of Yamada-san?”
“That’s…”
I’m not really sure what I think of that guy. I thought he was really suspicious, but I certainly didn’t feel any hostility.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I guess that’s good enough for now.”
“Eh? Seriously!”?”
“I’m sure he’s up to something, but I have no idea what he’s up to. It’s the worst, worst possible scenario. …….”
“Hmm?”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if the entire Holy Land disappeared?””
“Things are dangerous!”
“No, I don’t want to do it either, not now anyway. But as long as we have a last resort, I think we should make a move to find out what they’re really up to.”
“…… I see what you mean. You’re right, there’s nothing to do but let it swim.”
“Something like that”
Believe it or not: …….
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[Come and get it.”]
“Whoo!”
Yako ran after the ball that Shuten threw, picked it up, and came over to Shuten to pick it up.
The morning after the meeting, Shuten had said he would prepare Yakou, and I had been wondering how he would do it.
I have no idea why. I don’t know why, but for some reason I knew that someday I would destroy the Holy Land.