＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ [Armored Pilot (Armor Driver)] Hugo Receps

Three weeks after he was involved in the quest for the [King of Shooting Down] AR I CA, the bead hunt for the treasure beast.

There were a lot of things going on across the desert, diving into < ruins >, and moving to [armored pilot] because [high pilot] kansted.

And now we were transferring ourselves from Hermaine, where we recovered the first bead, to Cortana, a commercial city where there seems to be a second bead.

This Cortana is a commercial city lined with a variety of shops and bazaars all over the city, with the greatest concentration of wealth among the cardinas.

The atmosphere of Gideon's Fourth Street, the dueling city, has been extended throughout the city.

"In a city like this, even if you pour in one or two incredible things like those beads... I'm sure there's no wonder. … there's going to be more trouble."

I watched the streets of Cortana from the terrace of the café and whined about my heart's concerns.

There won't be many places in Infinite Dendrogram where you can stay out of trouble.

"Hugo, don't you want to eat?

"Oh. I'll eat. I was just thinking a little bit."

Now we have finished our shopping in the morning and a small noon pause to meet our master.

Cuco, who encouraged me to eat, is eating what was vanilla ice cream......

Ice cream melts instantly in the heat of the desert region.

She was also trying to eat it before it melted out at first, but ended up eating ice cream chapped like a shake after giving up.

But the person seems satisfied. Maybe that's fine if it's white.

"Good for you. Shiuri's parts."

Cuco said that to me, whitening around his mouth.

What she's saying is about the parts she bought at the store earlier.

My [White Rose] and my master's [Blue Opera], my sister's bespoke < Magingear >, have two kinds of parts in large part.

One is a part of the new axle created exclusively by my sister for [White Rose]. Instead of being costly, it has some degree of automatic repair capability, like the original brilliant jade horse.

The other is ready-made parts. This is the same one used as [Marshall II], specifications to replace and maintain parts later.

Failure to auto-repair everything would be something like a technical fault.

Combining real life with this knowledge to create a robot, but we haven't reached the famous flagman's realm of being in civilization the other day.

Although I have to buy consumable parts due to those circumstances, the difficulty of obtaining them increases in Cardina, far from the drife.

Fortunately, however, one of the only useful knowledge I learned from my master was "How to Identify a Store to Place Good Quality Parts in Cardina", so I was able to obtain it safely. (Note that the other two were "Piloting Tips" and "Location of the < Ruins > where a transferable crystal was placed in the Pilots lineage within Cardina")

I also had money left over from the crusade, so I could buy the parts myself without any problems...

"… it is a problem that genuine parts wholesaled to the Imperial Army are lined up in Cardina's shop"

Where the hell did it flow from?

This is why the distribution route in a country called Cardina is horrible.

Other countries will agree, not just the Empire.

"Still, I guess"

"... oh"

It was the Master's instructions that we chose this shop.

Master said last night, "I'm going to explore where the beads are!" He left to go to this mayor's mansion in Cortana.

And if we can't make it back by the end of last night, we were promising to meet at this store in the morning or noon.

However, the master had not yet arrived when we visited in the morning, so we decided to finish purchasing the parts first.

I visited the store again and still wasn't there.

"Is the sense of time of the master, who is Italian, loose, or has something happened"

"Mm-hmm. Hang on?

Right? You're a master, aren't you?

You have a better chance of "I'm late playing with a girl" than trouble.

"Yay. Cue to you, you're welcome." "

"Master! ……… Ah"

Thinking of it as such, the master came into the store and followed us to our table.

But......

"No, take the time to investigate."

"Really? By the way, master."

"What?

"Neck"

Pointed out to me, the master laughed to hold his neck muscles with his hands and delude him.

I don't care what that looks like, Kismark.

"Sounds like a lot of fun at the mayor's."

"I don't have a maid with a good style and a baby face. Oral and chatty till morning!

Right. Sounds like you enjoyed chatting a lot (pillow talk).

"I wish I could"

"Queer is tough! But I got it right!

The master, who was chatting with the maid overnight, still seemed to work.

"So Master. Is it Shilo, is it Cro?

"I'm going to explore where the beads are," the master said, heading out to the mayor.

At first I thought it was to attach cooperation to the mayor, but I realized it was different while my master was away.

Like one of those casino cases, the master has already grabbed the information at times like this.

So I'm sure, from the beginning, I went out there - assuming that the mayor's mansion was "where the beads are".

"Pfft. I'm starting to find out about Atashi inside. That's cro, by the way! He's definitely hiding the beads. Otherwise, we won't be looking at this gap for an assassination opportunity or poisoning a maid."

I was a little surprised by what the master said.

"... poison, was it served?

"Yeah. But I didn't have to drink it and verbally dropped it. She was super porn cute!

"This master is really already..."

Such a light reminder that he was about to be poisoned...

It is' dangerous' rather than 'future' that looks like Cassandra the Master, so poisoning can be considered the most pointless method of assassination against the Master.

... But think about it, if you don't have to be a master to poison him, you can avoid him with [a soothing all-purpose psychotropic].

Then... Was the attempted poisoning like a warning from that mayor?

"I can see the mayor hiding the beads. If the previous reputation is right, the beads here are the ones with the money and power that I want the most!

"Have you investigated the ability of Zhu's... < UBM >

"Yes. Some of the beads out there even flow information about their abilities. The beads that should be here are one of them." Give the user a healthy raw, and even a new and eternal raw, "he said.

Healthy raw and new eternal raw.

Those who do indeed possess wealth and power fear death this time.

I fear that by death, by old age, by disease, what I had will be lost.

Then what you want most, because it won't be an exaggeration.

"In fact, it's going to work. I mean, that mayor, you're using it yourself!

"This is the photo of the mayor I brought as a dossier"

The photograph shows obese men whose unhealth took shape, such as the neighborhood under their eyes, jaundice and rough skin.

"So, this is the mayor I took a hidden photo of last night. By the way, your age is seventy."

"..., ha!?

In the photograph was a middle-aged man who, even in elevation, appeared to be around forty years old.

It is crisp, has good skin gloss and is very healthy.

I don't think he's very much the same person. I'm young, not anywhere.

"I don't know anything about beads. If I let go, I might go back."

"... but the master is < Sephiroto >, right? And yet you pretend you don't know?

Sephiroto. The clan is also best located in the < Infinite Dendrogram >, a group of nine people belonging to Cardina.

And at the same time, it is also the supreme force directly under the Cardina parliament, which the country itself bucked.

The Union of Urban States Cardina operates on a council system by the mayors of each city of Cardina…

According to the master, when < Sephiroto > makes this quest, which can also be an international issue, it is necessary to obtain the permission of La Plus Fantasma, chairman of Cardina, in advance.

And this time, although it is ostensibly the president of a certain chamber of commerce who asked his master to collect the beads, he actually hears that Buck has a chairman.

Apart from cases involving foreign mafias like the first bead. Mayor like this one...... I thought you could help me with this quest if it was owned by council officials.

"Ha-ha-ha. You still don't know what this Cardina is, do you?

That's what the master says, show Cardina's map.

"This Cardina is a coalition of urban states. Sometimes they get elected in elections, like this Cortana, and there's a hereditary system. In any case, each is a nation, and the mayor is the king."

"... so extra-territorial for each city, even with the brackets Cardina, you mean?

"That's a little different. Within the framework of Cardina, there are naturally penalties if the rules are violated. But the mayor here says," Except for me, "and it's actually close."

"Where did you log in when you started out in Drife?

"It's Vanderheim."

It is natural to start in that capital after choosing a nation.

"Yeah, yeah. But in Cardina, this Cortana is the starting point."

"Huh?"

"Dragnomad, the capital of Cardina's council seat, travels (...) everywhere. The level bands of monsters around the city can change, and it's not for beginners."

"The capital, moving...?

What the hell is that...

"We'll stop by the capital anyway, so the details are fun then. I'd be absolutely surprised."

"Ha..."

"For that reason, this Cortana is the second city of Cardina, the center of commerce, and the starting point of the. It's extremely important. That's the harder it is to impose penalties."

…………

Because if we do that, it will have a huge impact on the country itself called Cardina?

"So what do you do?

"'He's definitely hiding the beads,' it's a hand to end with a report to the chancellor, but that's a bit one-handed. Naturally, I'll collect it!

"Oh, but..."

"No, no, you. The mayor told Atashi," I don't know no beads, there's no way it's in this city. "

So the master laughed,

"So, - I don't know, and there's no way there's anything missing from this city, but there shouldn't be any complaints."

Declared the robbery of the beads from the mayor.

"... ha"

I can't stop a sigh from leaking out of my mouth.

It looks just like when I got into the Yellow River Mafia casino with a bead in Hermione, the face of my master.

Even though this master has more danger than anyone else, he loves the thrill and danger of it… I've completely understood it since we've been dating here for a while.

... the opposite is true of my sister, who puts multiple safety and secondary measures on top of each other when she makes things happen.

Or the opposite of that... is that why you two became best friends?

"Oops. Yu, don't you think maybe Atashi's trying to do something rough to get a thrill and hippo?

"... are you not?

"It fits! But that's not all."

"Because you don't have time. If I can get it through, I'm going to go around the back."

Time...... back hand?

"Yu. This bead hunting quest... this isn't a two-person adventure wandering between Atashi and Yu."

"... originally I'm just involved"

"Yeah, yeah, give up there. So, if you say so, there's a rival on this quest."

"Rivals?"

"I know some of the beads out there even work," you said.

"Yes."

"There are some people in the world who want that effect so bad that they can get their hands out of their throats."

"... what about them?

"Specifically, they're craving 'Turn Water Into Soil' beads and Grandbarore is starting to move, and they're craving 'Make Monsters' beads... and they've got information that Legendary perverts are coming"

In other words, this bead hunt is a battle… that means that it is likely enough for non-masters to come out.

And what the master wants to say is...

"And the beads in this city... is someone after you?

"That's a good chance."

"Give the user a healthy raw, and even a new eternal raw," is the bead in this city.

Those who want that bead...... though that would be a lot.

"Will there be ghosts or snakes? That's coming up, but hey. I don't want to see you if I can."

to that word emitted with some pleasant voice...... I have a terrible bad feeling.

And to the future ahead...... I felt that a more tragic battle had been finalised than Gideon that night.

Open Episode [Hell VS Murder VS]