Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he recalled his adopted daughter, who had become exhausted after suffering a massive backlash of elemental power due to overusing the Demon God Armor.

"By the way, how is my adopted daughter doing?"

"Don't worry, your daughter is in much better shape than this kid. For a 'fusion warrior' who has undergone modification surgery, using the Demon God Armor might be a bit of a strain with that kind of physical condition, but it's not a big deal."

"Moreover, the surgery I arranged for her was a 'Light Dimension Creature' of the ice element, and she already possesses the Eye of the Ice God. For that girl's constitution, it was just a slight exhaustion. After resting for a while, she would be fine."

After hearing Dotole's reply, Pantalone nodded slightly.

"In that case, after my adopted daughter wakes up, please have your people tell her to remember to come back to my mansion."

"Looks like you're planning to go back."

"Well, I plan to go to Sandoni to see what the arrangements are for 'autonomous machines'. If things go well, you might find you have something in common."

"Oh, that's hard to say."

Dotole simply smiled noncommittally and did not choose to delve further into the matter.

Pantalone didn't say anything upon seeing this, but then he suddenly remembered a small gift he had prepared for Ajax before he came, so he took out a booklet from his pocket.

He then tossed the booklet in front of Ajax under the watchful eye of the "Doctor".

Ajax glanced at Pantalone with some confusion as he looked at the booklet in front of him.

"This is……?"

"Here's the Fools' Executive Handbook. I'm sure it will come in handy for you. This little book will tell you what you can and cannot do."

"As an executor of the Fools, this contains some guidelines on how executors should conduct themselves. Although you are not currently an executor of the Fools, there are still some rules and regulations that you need to follow."

To the puzzled look on Ajax's face, Pantalone simply replied as follows.

This forced Ajax, who had wanted to ask more questions, to shut up and was unable to ask anything further.

Of course, given his current state, he can't very well object to anything.

Although it feels like being labeled by Pantalone has a sense of being officially appointed, in a sense it might be considered a recognition of him.

Just as young Ajax fell into such deep thought, Dotole, who had witnessed everything, raised an eyebrow and then subtly asked Pantalone.

"I've never heard of this executive manual you mentioned."

“Actually, Sandonne said this to me before.”

"So what was your answer?"

"I said that I just made this up on the spot."

"..."

Looking at Pantalone's calm expression, he showed no embarrassment at having his lie exposed.

This caused even the "Doctor" Dotore, the executive officer, to fall silent.

However, what Pantalone said next left him speechless once again, even though he had initially thought Pantalone was just talking nonsense.

"But don't worry, I've already consulted with the Commander-in-Chief about these terms. So even though these terms were just made up before, once I make them real, they won't be made up anymore. They'll be perfectly reasonable, won't they?"

That makes sense, absolutely makes sense.

It was so reasonable that he couldn't even find anything to say in response.

In a sense, this could be considered a case of keeping one's word.

Chapter 105 Catherine, the Cybernetic Doll (3k)

"I already know why you've come."

The elegant young woman gently brushed aside a strand of khaki hair by her ear.

Gazing at the kind-faced figure before her, the girl named "Puppet" maintained her dignified demeanor and gave Pantalone her answer to the 'Autonomous Machine Project'.

"Regarding your previous proposal to try using 'imaginary internal energy' for 'autonomous machinery,' it is now basically complete after I replaced the machinery that originally drove the 'puppet' with the energy you call 'imaginary energy.'"

"Most of the designs for the 'autonomous machinery' are now complete. All that's needed is for the Fools to issue the orders so that it can be put into production. According to your plan, once this plan is completed, we will no longer be troubled by productivity issues."

"The research and development of 'mechanical prosthetics' is basically complete. If you are planning to use it immediately, I can provide you with the 'mechanical prosthetics' you need right away."

"However, if you want to use a satisfactory 'mechanical prosthetic body,' it will take some time before you can use it. Of course, if you are willing to use the current model, I have no objection."

After reviewing the results of the 'Fusion Warrior' project with "Doctor", Pantalone visited Sandone, another of his chief partners.

I plan to ask my other chief partner how their project preparations for the 'autonomous machinery' are going.

Before he could say anything, Sandoni immediately saw through his intentions.

And he answered all of what he was about to say in one go.

This immediately extinguished Pantalone's original plan to continue the discussion at the table, and made him start to think about what topic he should use to continue the conversation.

After thinking for a long time, he slowly came to his senses and replied.

"Hmm? Oh! So it's almost finished with research and development? I didn't expect it to be completed so quickly. I thought that I would need to invest more research and development funds to fully complete the 'mechanical prosthetic body' that meets my needs."

"This is mainly thanks to the introduction of the alien energy source 'imaginary internal energy,' which made everything that would have taken some time to complete a task much easier after adding the variable 'imaginary internal energy.'"