"Your subordinate is still researching the finer details. After all, our previous technological system was completely blank in this area. We were only able to make progress so quickly because Miss Utaha's curse ability gave us some inspiration—"
"Please call it Fate Weaving, thank you." Utaha Kasumigaoka puffed out her cheeks in protest.
"Ahem!" Von Noymiau coughed. "In short, once you conduct the ritual, Commander, if someone tries to restore mystery and actually succeeds to a certain extent, the ritual's counterattack will automatically trigger. It will solve the problem through 'science,' 'reason,' 'zero mysticism,' and 'what ordinary people can understand'—and if it can't solve the problem, then it will solve whoever caused it."
"Congratulations, Commander. Although you had no idea from beginning to end, you've in fact been landing powerful elbow strikes on the Carcosa Cult all along. You've been elbowing them nonstop for decades, and now you've whittled them down to just these two or three strays—honestly, Commander, if this keeps up, the ideology of us Mech Servants is going to become extremely idealistic. We won't worship anything but you."
Having said that, Von Noymiau solemnly bowed three times to Jiang Lianqiu.
"Ring the bell three times, praise the Commander! Please bless the Machine Soul of your subordinate's Experimental Instrument with great joy, and let all experiments proceed smoothly..."
"Enough." Jiang Lianqiu got goosebumps all over and sidestepped to stand beside Belfast.
He looked with pity at the last core member of the Carcosa Cult's family, who had already been reduced to an idiot by the memory reading. For a moment, he seemed to hear an illusion.
The cult's leaders throughout the generations: Man! What can I say!?
"Brother Qiu, Brother Qiu." Eriri tugged Jiang Lianqiu's sleeve and shook it from side to side. Tilting her head up, she