We have a level system in place for mankind.

According to the story Misaki told me, by processing the seeds of the production tree, the fruit-producing tree will grow.It's a kind of machining method, but it seems to resemble "cardiac stone machining."

Elena acquired knowledge while she was talking about it.

Well, we're almost there, let's keep checking the ship.

We searched the ship for anything else.But there was nothing else.However, we found traces of the Quél tribe living in several rooms.

I found something like a child's graffiti.It also says something that looks like a letter, and if you can decipher it, you might find something.

The river opened its mouth as it gazed at the graffiti.

"Hey, are you gonna report this to the government?"

I don't know what to do. and worried,

You'll have to report it.

"Why?"

"The government lives in palm trees.I can't hide this much from you. "

"... nh, that's right. Can't you hide it?"

Misaki sandwiched her mouth.

"This giant ship was discovered by Mr. White Stone.We also need to hear their opinions on whether to report it to the government. "

"Yes, and I'll give you permission to look inside."

Previously, it was forbidden because it could be dangerous.The people of Jesus would also like to see it.

I turned to Misaki and Elena.

"By the way, what else can a productive tree produce besides the ship's materials?"

Elena came up with an idea first.

"For example, how about producing materials that make cotton and silk?"

Misaki nodded in agreement.Both I and Kawai agreed.

The river said something strange.

"Can a single tree produce bananas, apples, pears, grapes?"

Elena searched for the knowledge in her head and came up with ideas and answers.

"It is possible to produce different kinds of fruit in one tree.But I think the harvest is going to be smaller.And I think there are two or three kinds of limitations. "

"Is it impossible to plant one in the garden to eat fruit all year round? Too bad."

"There's so much land, why don't you plant a lot?"

"That will increase the number of farm jobs that take care of trees."

Exhaling, I turned to Misaki.

What kind of fruit is Misaki thinking?

"I wonder if I can get a lot of good oil.Originally, Japan's vegetable oil self-sufficiency rate was a few percent, so if we ran out of recovered oil, we wouldn't be able to cook as much as we like. "

I had one question.

"But it takes years for the trees to grow, right?"

"That's where the Khuel tribe's technology is solved.It's going to grow so fast in about ten months. "

"How do we increase the number of trees?"

"It's the same as Somei Yoshino, and it looks like it's going to increase with a bush."

I'm in Misaki's hands.The number of seeds was checked.Fourteen. It means that only fourteen types of production trees can be made.Isn't that enough?I thought so, so I checked with Misaki.

"I'm sure there's a way to increase the number of seeds.I'm going to leave the three raw and use them for research to grow seeds. "

"So, eleven seeds can be processed?Current candidates can produce four building materials, cotton, silk, and vegetable oils, and seven more. "

"How about sugar?"

Kawai proposed it.

When I heard that, I rejected it.Yoshino, who farms in the food area, has started growing sugar daikon beets in the food area, and that's what's going well.

If beet can be grown, sugar can be secured.I told the river well about it.

"What, is the sugar okay?How about alcohol? "

Misaki shook her head to deny it.

"Alcohol is a hobby.Maybe milk. "

"Haah, it's milk. You can't do that from the plants."

"Synthetic milk is being studied for vegetarians.I don't think it's impossible with the technology of the Khuel tribe. "

"... that's right. But if it's milk, why not just keep dairy cows?"

"You don't understand. Livestock is tough.And since there are fewer dairy cows surviving in Japan, I think it's difficult to collect them. "

"Hmm, milk. I'm glad we could make cheese and butter, but what kind of tree would that be?Is there a milk bottle in the branch of the tree? "

In Kawai's words, I don't think so, imagining that the milk bottle is completely fruitful in the tree of production.

That's all I decided to talk about, and then I decided to go back to Palo.When we returned, we called the white stones who discovered the giant ship and Sakuma to discuss it.

"Hee, there was such a turtle. Let me see it later."

Oh, that's good.

I'm storing the carcass of a giant tortoise in subspace.I'm going to have the government look into it.

As a result of our discussions, we have decided to report the huge vessel to the government.The discoverers are white stones, and we're the ones investigating.

The next day, when we returned to Jesus, we contacted the government and told them about the giant ship.Then they said they would dispatch an investigation team immediately.

The research team was Minister Ikoma and several technicians.Apparently technicians from the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Why is Minister Ikoma here?

"The minister in charge of the food area has also been appointed.They're the only Japanese politicians who've ever seen the food area in person. "

Because it is a food area, it seems good for the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to serve concurrently, but the Minister seems to be extremely busy with agricultural issues.

Far from Japan, agricultural products have become unavailable in various parts of the world, and there seems to be a lot of problems.I think we have to source food from the food area, but some towns in some regions do not have Guardian killers, and some of them seem to be in trouble.

On the other hand, it seems that Minister Ikoma, who had the prospect of solving the energy problem, has become a concurrent position because he has become free.Appointing another politician, if true, seems to be a shortage of talent.

Me and Misaki are going to show you around.I heard there were six investigative teams, so I had an eight-person off-road car.

When I moved from the transfer dome to the food area, I got into an off-road car.Go to Yashiro, rest there, then head northwest.

The first member of the investigation team to see a giant ship stopped moving with his mouth open.

"... this is really huge."

Minister Ikoma told him to narrow down his words.

We'll lead the minister to the giant ship.Into the interior from the damaged part and looking around the empty room, the investigator looks disappointed.

"Are all the rooms empty?"

Minister Ikoma asked.

"Yes, it was empty. The only thing left behind was the remains of the Khuel clan on the back of the giant tortoise."

"It's that artifact, but it seems to have been destroyed.I wanted you to stay. "

One of the technicians said.

"We had to destroy it in order to acquire the knowledge left by the Khuel tribe.But I should have told you everything about the message. "

"But there was no way to make sure the message was true."

"We are Explorers.What we found belongs to the discoverer, that's the rule.If you own it, you're free to destroy it. "

"I think I got it by defeating a Weird Beast.Not this time. Can you judge the fate of Japan or the world? "

In that case, I wanted to say back whether I could be judged by Japanese politicians and bureaucrats, but Misaki stopped trying to tell me.

"So, what are you thinking?"

The technician who answered the question seemed to be having trouble responding.They don't act without ideas, they just complain.

Minister Ikoma smiled bitterly and sandwiched his mouth.

"I'm sorry our member said something rude.But we think information about the Khuel tribe is important. "

"So do we. So I told the government."

"I appreciate that.By the way, it's about production trees, but can we grow them in Japan? "

"I think it's better not to.Japanese agricultural products have become unexplained crops.The cause could be the tree of production. "

"Well, that makes the Guardian Killer important."

"You're continuing to increase your Guardian Killer activity, right?"

"Of course, I'm continuing. But there aren't many Explorers who have raised their level to become Guardian Killers."

The failure to raise the Explorer was an obvious failure of the Japanese government.I sigh. Looks like the Guardian Killer job is coming around again.