Chapter 162

"...They came to us to discuss the joint concert." Hinata Ryu also put away the staff information that Fujimaru Ritsuka had spread out on the table. "Basically, if nothing unexpected happens, they will directly enter the preparation stage for the joint concert after the SMS exhibition ends. If they start preparing in advance, they should be able to start shortly after the end of the exhibition."

"Which venue did you choose?" Fujimaru Ritsuka recalled the map of this special point. After making sure that he knew all the venues that could be used for concerts, he asked the four people from Shining Office, "Is it a small venue or a large venue? Or... the biggest one?"

Strictly speaking, there are four venues in this singularity that can hold concerts - the most basic stage, which is the central street that Fujimaru Ritsuka entered when he first entered the singularity of the Holy Grail Concert. Anyone can perform there; after making some progress, you can perform on a small stage, but the venue is very small, in a sense, even worse than the central street; further back is the idol arena, which can be counted as one of the large venues. It is the stadium that most idols who have debuted in normal society would choose for their concerts; finally, the largest venue, the central stage located in the center of the entire singularity, is also the venue for future Holy Grail concerts.

"It's the central stage." To Fujimaru Ritsuka's surprise, the person who answered her question this time was Camus, who hadn't said a word before. "The president wanted to build a super-large castle set at the concert - the idol arena was still too small, so he rented the central stage."

"Besides, even Raging Agency has come to visit us - it seems that the president has already started preparing to build the castle."

"As for the costumes, I heard that he has already made an appointment with Xing." Mifuze Lan touched her chin and contributed some information circulated in her social circle, "For him, the clothes for this concert are in a sense not challenging at all, and the completion speed will be very fast - basically, they will not conflict with the subsequent projects of "This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"" and "The show must go on"."

"Mankai Theater has no intention of preparing new performances during this period, just like we have no intention of releasing new songs."

"However, speaking of building a castle..." Kurusu Sho subconsciously glanced in the direction of the central stage, and only came to his senses after seeing the snow-white walls of the lounge, "The only professional maker of large scenery props is Mr. Tetsuro of the Mankai Theater, right? There is still a lot of work to be done in setting up the scenery, and it may not be able to catch up with the president's arrangement?"

"If that's the question, I suggest you ask Mr. Ichinose and Mr. Seikawa who went to the filming site of 'This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"' today." After getting the answer he needed, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was about to leave, stopped and looked back at the four people in the lounge with a smile, "Although I didn't tell them, they were there anyway, so they should have heard something."

——Although Fujimaru Ritsuka was negotiating with Saesa Kii to lend some manpower to assist in the development of "The show must go on", Ichinose Tokiya and Seikawa Shinto, who were free at the time, were also with them.

After finishing the communication with Shining Agency, Fujimaru Ritsuka returned to Chaldea earlier than everyone else who went out to work today—bringing with him a lot of new work and the good news that Chaldea had finally obtained the first batch of idol song cover licenses from the agency.

However, the adults who were usually in charge of the affairs were rarely away from the conference room. After searching high and low, Fujimaru Ritsuka finally found the adults gathered together in a multi-purpose laboratory on the bottom floor of Chaldea, outside of the nuclear power plant area, to discuss something seriously.

Yes, the Universal Laboratory - although this is not its official name, this laboratory is the one with the highest safety factor in Chaldea and also has the best conditions - not to mention that since the establishment of Chaldea, at least 99.9% of the important research has been conducted in this laboratory.

- Such as the spirit particle transfer experiment and sub-servant experiment led by Marisbilly; the tuning magic upgraded to creation magic led by Lancermello; and the creation simulation planet birth experiment promoted by Fujimaru Ritsuka, Kirshtalia and Lancermello after receiving inspiration from the world of magic recently.

"I'm back—" After confirming in the observation room on the upper floor that the adults were not conducting some extremely dangerous experiments and had already entered the stage of summarizing and reviewing the experiments, Fujimaru Ritsuka used his authority to open the door and sneaked into the experimental site below, "Doctor! What are you doing?"

Roman, who was picked out by Fujimaru Ritsuka to answer questions, scratched his hair, looked at the people around him who were looking down on him, and decisively pulled Fujimaru Ritsuka into their discussion circle - and on the experimental table they were surrounding, a microphone was lying there quietly, just like Marsh who was watched by the experimenters in the past.

"We are researching the Hypnosis Microphone." This time, Goldroof took the initiative to answer Fujimaru Ritsuka's question. The magician who specialized in alchemy was talking to her. "The Hypnosis Microphone you saw in the dream anomaly is a pure technological product - and the technology that created it is something that will appear in the future at least after the time we left the planet."

"That is to say, although we drifted for a long time, we were asleep for most of the time, and our research focus was still on the magic of creation..." Lansemello pursed his lips and subtly avoided meeting Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes. "Our technological level is actually only the level that humans can achieve in 2017."

“To put it simply, our technology cannot replicate a hypnotic microphone.” Da Vinci turned his head and smiled at Fujimaru Ritsuka who was standing next to Roman. “But this is still within the scope of magic. After all, our technology can also hypnotize someone and affect their mind, thereby causing the human body to reach a different state.”

"We just can't reduce the whole process of hypnosis to just a microphone."

"So we are trying to replicate it with magic." As the monarch of the astronomy department, Maris Billy, who also has some knowledge in theology, explained to Fujimaru Ritsuka why they gathered here, "And the word hypnosis 'Hypnosis' is derived from the name of Hypnos, the god of sleep in Greek mythology."

"Anyway, let's skip the process and talk about the results directly." Paracelsus, who is regarded as the ancestor of alchemists, cleared his throat and presented the results of their experiments to Fujimaru Ritsuka. "In terms of the form of magic costumes, this copy can be considered a success - through this successful copy, we can also draw a conclusion..."

"Even those who come from the world line with the hypnosis microphone must abide by the rules within this singularity as long as they appear in this singularity."

"We have tried it." Da Vinci said in a very delicate tone, "The current idol elements accumulated by Chaldea members can be divided into three levels - the first category, members who are not suitable for debut performances; the second category, members who only have debut performances and currently have no other work; the third category, members who have received other work and started to accumulate idol elements."

"We pulled a Heroic Spirit without Idol Elemental accumulation from the Throne of Heroes and divided the Servant Spirit Base here - don't look around, it's Phillips - and then pulled a magician who has only participated in the debut performance. Then let Phillips try to attack with a hypnosis microphone - by the way, there are also experimental records without the hypnosis microphone."

"Whether to use it or not," Roman summarized for Fujimaru Ritsuka, and signaled Da Vinci to shut up with his eyes, "In short, without the idol element, even a Servant cannot defeat a modern magician - and you also know one thing, when it comes to the power of a Servant, the gap between a magician and an ordinary human is not that big."

"This is the 'rule' within the singularity." Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged, extracting the correct and effective information directly from the adults' words, "So, you created a magic dress, the Hypnosis Microphone, to prove that if Mr. Random and his friends don't have any idol elements, they will definitely not be able to cause harm to us who have already obtained idol elements."

"That's it." Lansemello nodded and stuffed the magic costume, hypnosis microphone, fresh from the laboratory into Fujimaru Ritsuka's hands. "If you think it takes up too much space, we can also transform it into a concept costume. Well, what did you bring back today?"

"Then let's change to a concept costume first." Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly handed the magic costume, hypnotic microphone, to Da Vinci, and started reporting today's actions directly in the laboratory. "Then, I took on some work that ordinary idols don't do - probably all over Chaldea..."

"…How do you mean?"

Everyone in the laboratory looked curiously at Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Ah, there's no one in the Special Point except for the idols, so basically everyone has to do multiple things." Fujimaru Ritsuka briefly explained the background and then got straight to the point. "Logistics staff here are a scarce resource, and people working on the sets and props are even rarer - so I came here to do this part of the work when they were discussing the lack of people."

"They can be used for formation and item creation, right? As long as you're a magician, you can always do these jobs - ahem, a magician - after all, we use magic to achieve our own goals, not to explore the root... but we have indeed already come into contact with the root."

“You’re right.” Roman tilted his eyes slightly, “This is indeed very suitable for our work.”