Chapter 462 – #2-41 Crisis, Crisis, Crisis, Crisis, Crisis! (5)
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‘What…?’
The blue sapphire blinked briefly and looked ahead.
For some reason, the focus in front of my eyes was blurred. Was he dazed for a moment?
‘I’m sure I saw something white…’
‘No, red…? It’s like purple… It’s shiny… What is it…?’
In the corner of his field of vision, he could see Erdo frowning at her and blinking at her.
How long has she been absent-minded?
1 second? 1 minute? 1 hours?
‘My sense of time is ambiguous…’
For a very short time, but
It was like a daydream.
“Ah…”
However, before he had time to question it, his eyes were taken by the video playing in front of him.
[Hello. I’m leaving a record for the next magical girls who may come here.]
A video that emerges in three dimensions like a hologram. The figure was a figure the two knew very well, but was far too unexpected.
A plain-looking magical girl wearing glasses.
Before coming here, Blue Sapphire and Erga tried to contact each other…
“”Clara?!””
Their voices overlapped.
The magical girl in the video was definitely Clara.
In addition, no matter how you look at the blurry background, it is clear that this 【Artificial Island】 is somewhere!
“Uh, why is Clara…? I couldn’t even contact you!”
“Shh… Er. I’m saying something…”
The two calmed down their surprised hearts and listened to the video.
Clara’s voice in the video doesn’t seem to have much room…
[Recently, tentacle-type monsters are increasing in various places. Among the dogs, there are also special dogs that are almost impervious to magic, and the war situation is getting worse day by day.]
[In addition, the tentacle-type monster did not end with simply neutralizing the magical girl, but took it to an unknown place and disappeared.]
[And I accidentally obtained the location information sent by one of them, so I started investigating with a few magical girl acquaintances.]
Certainly, the shadows of several magical girls lingered behind Clara.
Although they were acquaintances of Blue Sapphire and Erdo Clara, after listening to the explanation, they all seemed to be magical girls with special skills or magic for searching.
It may not be military force, but it is ambiguous to call two people who have flaws in many ways in such delicate work.
It is said that it is the right place.
After that, Clara’s concise but coherent explanation continued.
Upon hearing that explanation, Blue Sapphire inadvertently shut her mouth.
‘Oh My God…!’
Listening to Clara’s story, this is one of the places where [Mekrak] Has made several bases on Earth.
The main activity here is… First, the production of new and growing tentacled monsters and chimeras.
And the second is that it is a brainwashing experiment of captured magical girls.
[Honestly, I don’t know if we can get out safely. Even if I wanted to convey it to other magical girls, I had no choice but to leave it as a recorded video because some functions of the interface were disabled, perhaps due to special radio waves.]
[For the next magical girls who will come someday.]
Clara put on a solemn and solemn expression for a moment, but then smiled as if to relieve tension.
[…Hehe♪ I tried to set the mood, but it’s okay! There’s surprisingly a lot of fluff here! I’m in the middle of the sea and I don’t think anyone will come in! So you can rest assured! With our magic, we can even run away!]
[So rest assured! Then, from now on, I will tell you about what I have found out so far!]
[The video can be replayed at any time, but please take notes if possible!]
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[–That is all. I hope this record helps.]
[I will copy this video and spread it all over the island. Surveillance equipment here only detects living creatures, so things are not detected.]
[Then, bye!]
After Clara’s detailed explanation, the video disappeared with her final greeting.
It was played to the end.
Indeed, I would say that he is a smart person.
I was able to get really detailed information, to the point where I wonder how I researched and came up with this kind of information.
“W-that’s great…!”
“Therefore. I almost gave you the door lock password…?”
Placement of monitoring equipment. A few pitfalls. Enemy weapon. In addition, to the intrusion route to infiltrate each facility.
It’s to the point where I can go in and out of the other person’s house, which was at a loss because I had no information.
It’s like having a stage map in your hands in an RPG game.
However.
In other words, even after researching this detailed information…
“The fact that Clara hasn’t been contacted… Means she’s still being held here, right?”
“Yes.”
At Blue’s words, Er nodded her head.
Her eyes were full of radiant confidence.
“Then that means there’s one more person to rescue.”
“…Is it possible?”
“Is it possible. Is it possible! Nothing is impossible!”
“–Right!”
The two clapped each other’s hands and gave high fives to cheer them up.
It’s good, I’m full of energy. He is also full of confidence.
“…Let’s move right away!”
“Yes!”
After briefly organizing the information they had just obtained, the two magical girls hurriedly moved to their destination.
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――’There is a magic detection device inside the facility to capture magical girls.’
――‘Therefore, passive skills that emit magic all the time… 〈 Intuition 〉 and 〈 Danger Awareness 〉 must be turned off when invading.’
This was also advice from Clara’s video. Surprised, Er hastily changed the skill setting to 〈OFF〉.
It was just the two of them who tried to break in by relying on these two skills, so if it weren’t for Clara’s video, it would have been a really big deal.
As soon as they broke into the facility, the fact that they broke in should have been known… Without knowing anything about this side.
“Ah… Here it is. Right here?”
“I think so… To make something like this.”
Found several entrances to the facility.
However, it seemed like they all needed an ID card or something, so there was no way for the two of them to pass by.
This facility almost feels like a fortress, other than that, there were no windows or other routes to break into.
――’I tried to break into the roof. However, it was not allowed to enter outside the designated route.’
――’I did some more research, but I had no choice but to give up quickly.’
But I didn’t give up.
Clara and the magical girls who did not give up found that “Designated route”.
〈Magical Girl Entrance〉
〈 Magical girls, please use this entrance.〉
“…What is this?”
“It’s ridiculous.”
An unusual building attached to the side of a fortress. It was written on the signboard above it.
It feels very welcoming. A private entrance is also provided.
“If you use this, won’t it be known as it is?”
“That’s not it…If Clara is right.”
If the story I heard is correct, it seems that the entrance is used by magical girls kidnapped on this artificial island.
So, even if the history of using it remains, it seems that they do not know that it is an intruder…
“Let’s go in.”
There was no time to hesitate.
Clara’s words are trustworthy.
Clara had to believe her words.
No doubt.
So, the time to stay in a place like this…
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‘Well? Something seems a little strange…’
“What’s wrong, Blue?”
“No, nothing… Hey, Er. Don’t you think something is strange?”
“…? At all. What’s wrong?”
“Right? …Sorry, I don’t think it’s really anything.”
The two entered the building without hesitation.
* * *
The inside of the building felt like a ruined game room.
More than that, it really seemed to have moved the game room you usually see on the street.
The electricity seemed to work, but the lighting was gloomy and dark like a gambling hall somewhere, so it was very uncomfortable.
Blue Sapphire, who was weak in this atmosphere, inadvertently grabbed Er’s arm and clung to him.
I hate horror games.
‘Still, the overall feeling is a dark arcade…But the machine looks strange…’
What can I say, it seems to have been slightly remodeled.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like it has been remodeled so that magical girls can be used and played like toys.
At first glance, there were things that I couldn’t understand how to use, and there were things that I could understand how to use just by looking at the general outline.
There were also stains that bothered her, so Er, who looked around carefully, frowned at her.
――’If you go inside that game room, go inside…’
“Found. This is it, 〈 Sticker Camera 〉.”
Er found it first and approached it.
Booths lined up inside the game room, covered with flowing fabric.
As she had often visited with her friends during her student days, it felt somehow familiar.
And this is it…
‘The entrance to the facility!’
“I’m not saying that each person has to go in separately… What do you think, Blue?”
“As expected, it’s safe for the two of you to go together…”
“I think so. Then let’s get into it. Big.”
Blue Sapphire nodded in agreement with Er’s words, and the two of them entered a larger, larger booth at the end.
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Inside the booth, it wasn’t that different from what I had imagined.
A cute space covered with a piece of cloth that is not trustworthy to be called a secret room.
It was the same as the familiar sticker photo photo booth.
If there is a little difference, it is that one side of the front wall is almost entirely a screen, so it seems that the entire body of the two people can fit.
Unlike the outside of the booth, the bright light came in to take pictures, so the blue sapphire was a little relieved.
“Hmm… I think I just need to take pictures according to the instructions from now on… Will the AI determine it?”
“I don’t think it’s something like face recognition, but what principle is it…?”
“It’s what Clara said, so you can believe it… Oh, it turned on.”
The screen in front of my eyes lit up.
As if the camera attached to the front was capturing the images of the two, the images of the two were clearly filmed and streamed in real time on the screen.
[We will start the process of entering the magical girl.]
[Number of people… 2 people. Confirmed. From now on, please follow the instructions exactly and strike a pose.]
[Please stand facing the front.]
“Oh… Can I just write it?”
As the two stood side by side, a grid line appeared on the screen as if focusing, and then there was a click.
Is this the end…? I thought, but immediately the following instruction came out of the video.
[Stay in that position, roll up your jacket and expose your chest.]
…What?
