Conquer District 11

The eastern part of District [-], Academy City.Still the same building with no windows.

At the top, there should be only glass containers in the empty room, but now it is full of people.

They are researchers of Academy City—this goes without saying.The men, women and children who were summoned walked around with the momentum that broke the usual quiet environment in the room, exchanging various information with each other.At the same time, the work report was carried out with the general director.

"how is the situation?"

The one who asked the question was the one suspended in the glass container in an upside-down state.

Wearing a green surgical gown, he was suspended head to toe in the red liquid in a life support device made of toughened glass that was four meters in diameter and ten meters in length.Like a man and a woman, like an adult and like a child, like a saint and like a sinner, I really can't see any connection with Academy City Yuu.But he is the one who really exists at the top of Academy City's mouth, that is, the head of Academy City's top management—the overall director—Aleister Crowley.

"It's still the same as before, no progress."

The one who responded was a middle-aged man with thick eyes.What he held in his hand was not a stack of white papers, but a strange stone slab.

"The underground depth is 5000 meters. It can only be roughly determined where it is located, but it seems that it needs to be linked to a specific execution code to open it."

The middle-aged man lightly waved his fingertips in the air, and the image was displayed on the cold wall of the room.

It was pitch black and there was nothing.But there is something that can be seen in such darkness.A huge building like a castle stands in the image.

"It is said that the predicted area is more than 0 hectares, and according to the information obtained, it is estimated that there will be more than 1000 units."

"If such things are really as rumored...there are so many dispatched together, the earth will inevitably encounter the Fourth World War."

"..."

Aleister stared at the reflection, with a little bit of sharpness in his eyes.

The sense of scale, and the property being hidden underground.I'm afraid that the above factors are not just him who will think of the rumored thing.

"According to the information provided by the surviving."

The middle-aged man continued to report.

"After reaching such a depth, because the underground environment is very harsh, it seems that even the latest detection excavators can't do it... After all, with such a large scale, not only how to excavate, but also how to excavate those objects must be considered. waste soil discharge; on the other hand, having reached such a depth, of course, natural caves and the like cannot be ruled out, but the transportation of instruments and the structure of the object... In addition, so far, we have not found any information about the relevant personnel."

"So, how exactly was this place made..."

"There's no way of knowing that."

The middle-aged man pushed up his thick glasses on the bridge of his nose and shook his head.

"But what if it's not humans who built these? I mean robots that can convert these rocks and soil into self-generated energy. Look here, there seems to be something else?"

After the female researcher at the other end of the room enlarged the image, she could see that there seemed to be about 100 metal objects on the other side of the fort.

Having said that, middle-aged men seem to have noticed this.

"If this is the case, then everything can be said... But with our current science, there is no way to do that?"

Aleister smiled: "Have you forgotten that there is not only science in this world?"

"Although the ability users we created are very powerful and can control all supernatural things; but, those guys understand supernatural abilities better than us."

Aleister was talking about the magic side.The people who can stand here are naturally different from most people in Academy City. They know the existence of the magic side.

"Specifically, is it possible that this was something created by science and magic in the past?"

"People on the magic side should have only heard of the existence of such a thing, and they don't know much about it. Therefore, this is our advantage...to act suddenly and be caught off guard."

"That is to say, before the magic side knows the existence of this thing, enter it and control it? However, our current intelligence is only one step ahead of the magic side."

That is, knowing that this thing exists—other than that, there is no other advantage.

"At least it is necessary to analyze the principle by which a fortress of this size is made. This point, whether it is the magic side or the science side, if you can master this kind of ability, then you will definitely get the upper hand in the next war."

The middle-aged man said as if confirming each item.

"If possible, can we dig out a little bit like archeology?"

"However, as I said just now, the area of ​​the underground fortress is about 0 hectares. If such a large-scale excavation occurs, it is impossible for the magic side who is undercover in Academy City not to notice."

Such an approach simply does not work.

"Ten thousand steps back, even if people on the magic side can't detect it, all we know about that fortress is this image... Moreover, we don't know the true colors of the metal objects in the lower right corner of the image. If it is that kind of robot, we can't guarantee that they have stopped functioning and have no attack power..."

To put it bluntly, it means that there are quite a lot of uncertain factors in this incident.

In the final analysis, it is because the things this time are different from the past, not pure science or magic. Once there are assumptions about unknown things, the uncertain factors will multiply.

"So, we seem to need further negotiations."

"Although there are many possible ways, do you need to stand by now?"

"Judging from the results, this is the case."

"Then, I see."

As if making a concluding speech, after the middle-aged man finished his last sentence, the researchers in the room all left the place after signaling to Aleister.

Aleister smiled and looked at the people who left his sight.

Today's gathering seems to have nothing substantial. After all, it is said to be an exchange of information, but in fact there are still some unspoken information.

At least that's the case with the middle-aged man.

Aleister could see that he was going to tell about the slate in his hand, but he seemed to have changed his mind when he heard that there was a metal object.

Aleister knew that since he did this, he must have his own ideas.

"No matter what you think, it's just part of my plan."