Iron Oz's appearance was like an endless black hole in the deep sea, setting the entire ocean in motion.
As time passed, Stussy successfully delivered the intelligence she had obtained to the Five Elders.
"Biological weapon modified from the corpse of an Ancient Giant race member."
Looking at the conclusion at the very top, Saturn frowned, seeming to consider the reliability of the information.
"A corpse from the Ancient Giant race... That's troublesome raw material."
The report Stussy had prepared was highly detailed. It even noted some of Oran's preferences—for example, he liked cats and kept a large number of them in the royal city.
According to Stussy, she had disguised herself as a fisherman and waited several days before finding an opportunity. Using a delivery of fish as an excuse to enter the royal city, she had successfully stolen Oran's experimental journal.
To avoid being discovered, she had only copied down a small portion of it.
Of course, in truth, Stussy had done it deliberately, striving for realism by mixing truth with falsehood.
According to Stussy's report, the fundamental material used to create Iron Oz was the corpse of an Ancient Giant race member. Other races were not viable.
"The Ancient Giant race?"
Pit, Jupiter in charge of agriculture, was the one remaining in the office that day.
He had not looked at the information submitted below and merely asked Saturn casually.
"Yes. According to the CP report, Country Carrier Oz from several centuries ago was the prototype for that robot. No wonder they look so alike. It's surprisingly reasonable."
"So, to build another identical one, we'd need another Ancient Giant race corpse?"
"That's what the report says. If it truly was modified from an Ancient Giant race member, then possessing such strength is reasonable.
But that means mass