Holes drilled on the slopes are covered with coral. It's hard to tell from a distance that there's a hole, but the hole isn't completely hidden by coral either.
"Is coral in such a deep sea too? Imagine being in a shallow ocean for the most part."
Midori turned to Junko and asked.
"Yeah, corals are mostly bred in shallow waters. Exceptionally, non-reef-building" hippocampus "corals can live in the deep ocean, so I guess this is that way."
"Hitsurugi - Coral?
Midori reacts to an unfamiliar word spoken by Junko.
"Corals have reef-building corals and non-reef-building corals, and reef-building corals are always symbiotic with an algae called the brown insect algae Kamayu. Algae are plants, so naturally they need sunlight. So, the mechanism whereby the energy obtained by photosynthesis from brown insect algae is also supplied to the host, the coral. Non-reef-building corals are carnivorous corals that don't symbiote with brown insect algae, so they don't need light."
"Well, carnivorous coral is out of my mind, too."
"Even coral in a common image reef is carnivorous. I'm stretching my tentacles and eating plankton. But reef-building corals get most of their nutrition from symbiotic brown insect algae, and when brown insect algae disappear, they mostly die from whitening."
Junko, who saves money for fun.
"That hole is very unlikely to fit in a submarine. If there were two or three humans, I'd be able to afford it."
True said. Although the hole is covered with coral, its clearance is relatively large.
"Right. But my lab has a live, unmanned deep-sea explorer."
Junko grins when she looks at Midori again.
"Yes, sir. But it's a weird word for a live, unmanned deep-sea expedition."
"Midori's a really handy character."
"Uh-huh... I don't know what it is, but when my true brother treats me like a handy character, I'm really upset."
That's what makes me look so flashy, and Midori stares at the truth.
"Why not?"
"Why not? Why don't you ask your own chest?"
(You said that in front of Snow Oka...)
I know why, but I can't speak in front of Junko, it's a secret matter between True and Midori.
Don't get stuck with me lately.
(True brother thinks Midori is just a convenient character or something?
(I think we're partners in a community of important destiny. I guess I should have said all-purpose character. I apologize if I'm disturbed, and I'll be careful not to say it anymore)
(Honest and fine. I mean, it's also a good place for a true brother to apologize honestly and lightly)
While interacting with True on the Mindfulness Talk, Midori projects his schizophrenic body outside the submarine, causing it to head into a hole that opens into the continental slope.
Midori enters the hole through a gap in the coral. Soon after entering the hole, an astonishing sight jumped into Midori's eyes.
The hole was clearly a passage with artificial hands. It's not a natural cave. It is a substitute that is beautifully polished in cylindrical form and properly maintained no matter how you look at it. Light emitters are then embedded in the walls at equal intervals. The gaze by Midori's schizophrenic body can identify colours and project objects, even in the absence of light, but perhaps this can discern passages even with the naked eye.
"So while O'Annes is in a deep ocean out of light, there are aspects of him that rely on light"
Seeing the sight on the display, True said.
"Sounds like it. And there seems to be a way to get to this entrance without light. I don't think so."
and Junko. At some point there was a culture of painting, and I knew it was a species that relied on vision.
Eventually Midori arrived at the end of the aisle.
I could see the sea level overflowing with light on top. The three breathe wondering if a submarine city exists ahead of them.
When Midori's split body came out of the sea, there was a huge space. Bright light exists. Air exists. And - cities existed.
The schizophrenic flies up. That was clearly a city. Buildings lined up far away. And the figure of a bipedal creature could be seen all over it.
About half of the road is in the water stream, but the building itself is not submerged. On the ground, in the air. There is also a stone road.
Various plants grow there. Similar to seagrass, but obviously also trees.
The light is filled with light all over the top. The ceiling itself is invisible. It is also unclear whether we should call it sky or ceiling.
O'Annes and the others are swimming in the path of the current. Many come and go swimming at high speeds through the water stream, but life itself seems to be spent in an airy space. The park-like place was exposed to rocky ground and O'Annes and the others stood and walked.
"I'm pretty much with the memory footage of Mr. O'Annes, whom Midori projected earlier and protected at the lab. There's a lot of things in there that I didn't see."
and Junko.
"There's a human being..."
Squirting like a true groan.
Truth be told, some species looked human no matter how they looked at it. It's not just the species we call O'Annes who are in the city. Multiple races are crossing. Four types can be ascertained: Oannes and those who can only be seen by humans, half-fishers who look even more fishy than Oannes, and translucent dwarves with heads but no facial equivalent.
The most percentagely high of the four races were the half-fishers. The head is a complete fish, you can check your back, and your whole body is covered in scales. But other than that, it's human, walking on two legs. Variations in the head of that fish vary, and the body colors vary from one to the next.
The lowest percentages are of races similar to people. This can only be seen as occasional pounding. He is the only of the four races to wear clothes. Hands and feet are exposed, and both men and women wear clothes that fit their bodies perfectly, like competitive swimsuits for women. They are also swimming and traveling along a path that has become a water stream.
"The half-fish man with the head of the fish was in the painting that Mr. O'Annes and the others painted."
"Huh... I wonder if you're really human"
"It might be a little different to live further down the ocean."
Midori uttered a question, and Junko put his hand on his chin and said with his imaginary face.
"Is this a little wider than Tokyo?
Truth squeals.
"Midori, check the ceiling."
"Okey, pure sister"
When Midori responded to Junko's request and flew the schizophrenic body up for confirmation, she reached the luminous ceiling lightly. The ceiling was surprisingly low. Looking down from the ceiling section, the ceiling looks less than 100 meters tall from the ground. But it seems certain that there are more than 50 meters. Skyscrapers and condos can't be built. In fact, many buildings are low. It's about four stories tall at best.
"I'd like to find out a lot about whether the air is a percentage that even humans can live in..."
and Junko.
"I can't do that to a boulder. But if you look at it all the time, it looks like a human being could get inside."
And, Midori.
"But this is amazing, isn't it? Maybe we're Underwater Civilization Discoverer Number One."
"Taro Urashima may have already visited."
"Oh...... well. It's possible that Taro Urashima was telling the truth."
He was a pure child with an excitement, but he was annoyed by the words that the truth uttered.
"Can you look inside the building or something?
"Okey, pure sister"
At the request of Junko, Midori lets the schizophrenic slip through the building.
It's a stone house.
Junko squeaks. Walls, ceilings, floors, stairs and furniture are all white stones.
"There are people... hey, now"
"Ugh... it's a supernatural force."
Junko and Midori give a shout of surprise when they see a woman of a humane race cooking out of their hands.
"It's not the tools that start the fire, it's the power of this woman."
"I wonder if using paranormal powers in life is the default?
"Not all of them, just some of them. What?
Midori and Junko turn a true gaze, as the true dialogue they spoke after Midori and Junko seemed to have some certainty.
"The O'Annes they protected didn't have that power, and neither did their paintings."
Oh, I see.
Junko convinced by true insight.
"Besides, O'Annes' paintings barely depicted any race other than ourselves, and I guess we didn't really trust this one. I picked out the information and took it out."
True to extrapolate further. Junko and Midori soon had the same thing in mind.
"Hmm... I knew we wanted to get into that place directly."
Hands on his chin, Junko said with an exciting face.
"I can't travel that far in the subspace tunnel I make, and I mean, it's a bad ability. Let's go back here. So, let's get a manned small submarine for three and get back out. I thought you could rely on Midori, but when this happens, we can get in right away."
Junko decides. There was no objection. True and Midori felt the same way about Junko.