Day 501-510/Day 505

Straight GT

"Day 35" / "Fifty-five" -Approaching the destruction of Oia Depardos, which took place overnight. ――According to information from neighbors, it seemed that you were being attacked by countless things. --The headquarters of Oia Depardos' leader, Depacadra, had only a few traces of the battle, and all items, including furniture, had been lost. ――It is a former member who appeared and was protected by the Public Security Organization, but he seems to be in a state where it is not possible to conduct detailed interviews simply by repeating "Doni, oni ..." like delirium. ――What is the jewel armor demon who appeared in the other day's raid? ――The savage dragon Akemunara has been found on the Adram Mountain Road with ice, and the mountain road is temporarily closed. --Diablotron Toads, which occur annually in the Tesla Raiden Plains, are destroyed overnight. It seems that the thunder that is more intense than usual is roaring, is that relevant? ――Narutra Kaja, a high-level pollution teacher of the Fallen Religion, who had been pilgrimaged, and his followers disappeared near the Madaralen Mission City. ――The adventurer Andrey, who suddenly appeared a few days ago and ran up the heavenly tower of rocks that stretched straight into the heavens, says that the tip of the tower was connected to Tenkujima. It may be a new trade route.

Articles that featured on extra pages and evening pages were mostly about attacks. A number of information magazines have taken up similar topics at the same time, and it seems that activities are increasing in intensity both on the outside and on the outside.

I was reading a lot of information and technology from a bound madman while reading through an information magazine with various other interesting information.

A madman is a pale-colored beast who is a humanoid version of a naked mole rat, wearing a white robe with noticeable stains of blood and some chemicals. Six-armed arm, which has been remodeled as well as others so that one person can perform the remodeling operation without any problems, and a fake arm that can be precisely operated like a living body has been added to the shoulder and armpits. The eyes are special magic eye prostheses, and a translucent tempered glass tube with an extra brain stuck to the back of the head.

It's flying out of all its appearance, and its overflowing knowledge, skills and ideas are at the level of being a madman, but a madman is definitely a genius. He seems to have lost his sense of ethics and was unable to return to his former research facility, but he cannot help but feel it.

It was a way to get information out of such a madman, but at first I was thinking about torture. Or rather, actually. However, torture was meaningless, as the madman made his own will almost completely block pain. This is inefficient, and if you do too poorly you will die before you extract information. Judging from that, I stopped immediately and wondered what to do, but when I heard about the remodeling technology in a normal way, he answered without a surprise. Apparently, the madman is more interested in developing and exploring remodeling techniques than in his own circumstances.

I don't like being killed because I can't pursue or develop, but if someone inherits ideas and techniques, that's fine.

After listening to a certain extent, I asked about the difference from the madman's remodeling technology based on my knowledge of the remodeling technology of the past life, and it seems that it contained a lot of ideas that the madman did not have. The bite is terrible, and you can give your thoughts and new ideas just by popping up and telling you endlessly while raising the tension. It is a troublesome type of personality. I get tired of dating. But if you are talkative, it may be worth the patience for a moment. Please refrain from long relationships, but once you know how to handle it, controlling the madman was extremely easy.

There is too much information to pull out and it takes time, but we're done for the first time. The ant boys were to be rehabilitated for independence, so I had some time to spare. For a while, it seems that the work of dating a madman and recording all the information in [Digital Library] will continue.

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“三十五日目”　／　“五■五■目” ――たった一夜にして起こった≪イア・デパルドス≫壊滅事件に迫るッ. ――近隣住民からの情報によると、無数の何かに襲われていたそうです. ――≪イア・デパルドス≫の首領デパカドラ氏の本邸には戦闘の痕跡が僅かに残されていただけで、調度品などあらゆる品が無くなっていた. ――出頭し治安維持機構に保護された元構成員ですが『鬼に、鬼に……』と譫言のように繰り返すだけで詳しい事情聴取は行えない状態にあるそうです. ――先日の襲撃事件にも出た宝石鎧鬼、その正体は一体何なのかッ. ――≪アドラム山道≫にて山蛮竜アケムナラが氷付けの状態で発見され、山道は一時通行止めになっています. ――毎年恒例、≪テスラ雷平原≫に大量発生するディアブトロン・トードが一夜にして壊滅. 普段よりも激しい雷鳴が轟いていたらしく、それが関係するのか？ ――巡礼していた【堕神教】の高位汚染教師ナルトラ・カジャと信者一行の行方が≪マドラレン宣教都≫付近で途絶えました. ――数日前に突如現れ天に一直線に伸びる岩の天塔を駆け上った冒険家アンドレイ氏曰く『塔の先は天空島と繋がっていた』そうです. 新しい交易路となるのやもしれません.

号外や夕刊の一面を彩る記事は襲撃事件についてが多かった. 幾つもある情報誌が一斉に似た話題を取り上げ、外では表裏両方で活動が激しさを増しているらしい.

その他にも色々と気になる情報が掲載された情報誌を流し読みしつつ、俺は束縛した狂人から様々な情報と技術を吸い出していた.

狂人はハダカデバネズミをヒト型にしたような血色の悪い獣人で、血や何かの薬品の汚れが目立つ白衣を羽織っている. 改造手術が一人でも問題なく出来るように自分自身も他者と同じく改造していて、生身のように精密操作できる偽腕が肩と腋に追加された六本腕. 目は特殊なマジックアイテムの義眼で、後頭部には増設脳が入った半透明の強化ガラス管が引っ付いている.

色々と外見からしてぶっ飛んでいるし、溢れ出る知識と技術と発想は狂人と言うしかないレベルが、狂人は間違いなくある種の天才である. 倫理観が無さ過ぎて元居た研究施設に居られなくなったそうだが、それも仕方ないと思うしかない.

そんな狂人から情報を引き出す方法だが、当初は拷問でもしようと思っていた. というか実際にした. しかし狂人が自分自身の意思で痛覚などをほぼ完璧に遮断出来るようにしていたので、拷問は意味がなかった. これでは非効率的で、下手にやり過ぎると情報を引き出す前に死ぬ事になる. そう判断して早々に中断し、さてどうするかと思ったが、改造技術について普通に聞いてみたら呆気なく答えてくれた. どうやら狂人は自分自身の境遇よりも、改造技術の発展と探求にしか興味がないらしい.

自身が殺されるのは探求も発展もできなくなるので嫌らしいが、誰かが思想や技術を受け継いでくれるのならそれはそれでいいらしい.

ある程度まで話を聞いた後、俺が前世の改造技術に関する知識を元に狂人の改造技術との差異について質問すると、そこには狂人にもない発想が多分に含まれていたらしい. 食いつきが凄く、自分の考えや新しい発想などをポツポツ提示するだけでテンションを上げながら延々と語ってくれる. 面倒なタイプの性格だ. 付き合うのがとても疲れる. しかし饒舌になるのであれば一時的には我慢しようと思うだけの価値はあるだろう. 長い付き合いはご遠慮願いたいが、扱い方が分かれば狂人を制御するのは物凄く簡単だった.

引き出す情報が多すぎて時間が必要だが、一先ずの用事は済んでいる. 蟻人少年達には自立に向けてリハビリしてもらう事になっているので、時間も少し余裕があった. 暫くは狂人に付き合って、情報を全て【電脳書庫】に記録する作業が続きそうだ.