Now, Rozen finally understood why Komurasaki was so scared that she threw herself at him and hugged him tightly. Even Irori, who was always calm and dignified, couldn't help but shake.
The reason was that their hearts showed signs of being tampered with.
"Even if you haven't read my book collection, as long as you are a qualified puppeteer, you must know how important the heart is to an automaton, right?"
Kaayusai Shizuko's voice seemed to come from a distant place.
"It doesn't refer to the organs in each of our bodies, but the magic circuit of Eve's Heart, the miracle that gives life to the automaton."
The reason why the automaton in this world was so lifelike, even no different from human beings, was because of Eve's Heart.
Generally speaking, the automaton's self and life were all preserved in it, including the soul and spirit.
Therefore, once the heart was destroyed, no matter how powerful the automaton was, it would die.
On the contrary, as long as the heart was fine, no matter how much damage it suffered, it could be restored to its original state.
That was why Xia Lu bought the hearts of the automaton she once regarded as her family one by one, and hoped that one day she could give them a new body and resurrect them.
Therefore, for the automaton, the heart was undoubtedly the most important thing.
What did it mean that such a thing was tampered with?
It meant that the automaton's existence itself might have been rewritten.
It was possible that the memory was modified.
It was possible that the spirit was disturbed.
It was possible that the mind was affected.
It was even possible that the automaton's self was replaced and became a completely different thing.
Just think, if such a thing happened to humans, then, who can not feel fear?
Irori and Komurasaki encountered such a thing. In that case, how could they not feel uneasy? How could they not feel afraid?
Rozen could even feel that Ye Ye, who was standing behind him, was also stiff.
Obviously, Ye Ye was also frightened.
But …
"If that's the case, I finally understand why Ye Ye and the others were affected by magic."
Rozen murmured.
There was no doubt that the automaton would have such an anomaly because of the interference of magic.
Rozen, who personally saw the abnormality at that time with Eye of the Mind, could guarantee that he did observe the fluctuations of magic and the changes in the sound. Even Frey confirmed that it was a song, which proved that Rozen's observation was not false.
Perhaps it was some kind of magic that used singing to perform magic, thus interfering with the automaton's ability.
However, as mentioned before, due to the Magic Activity Incoordination Principle, two different magic cannot work on the same person. Therefore, there should be no magic that directly works on the doll itself.
It was precisely because of this that Alice was so shocked when Rozen broke this principle.
But now, there was some kind of unknown magic that could directly affect the automatons, even making them confused and out of control. This made Rozen wonder if there was some secret that he didn't know.
Now, Rozen finally understood what was going on.
"Because the effect of this magic is to directly invade and tamper with the heart. Once the tampering is completed, it will stop working on the automaton."
In this way, even if the automaton uses its own magic, it will not offset the effect, because it directly tampered with the heart. After the tampering is completed, it will leave the automaton's body. There was no such thing as two kinds of magic working at the same time.
The reason why Taboo Dolls were less affected was that they could generate their own magical power and use their own magic. If the external magic wanted to invade their body, it would naturally be offset.
On the contrary, those regular automatons that were not Taboo Dolls, because the user basically did not provide magical power when they were not fighting. Even if the user provided magical power, the magical power was quite limited. It was only enough to maintain their daily actions, not enough to use magic. As a result, they were naturally invaded by magic, and their heart was tampered, and they directly lost control.
The only problem was …
"Who the hell is using this magic? What's their intention? "
This was the question in Rozen's mind at this moment.
When he was in the infirmary, Rozen thought it was like what he said before. Because of the Night Meeting, some guy who was unwilling to give up the throne of the Demon King secretly attacked them, which led to such a thing.
But now it seemed that if what Sharukazai said was true, and the automatons in the entire city of Liverpool were affected in this way, then this idea could naturally be ruled out.
The other party was not targeting Rozen's group, nor the participants of the Night Meeting, but the entire city of Liverpool.
"And, it happened at this time."
The Automaton Expo.
In this festival that was about to gather excellent mechanical works from all over Europe, the number of automatons could be said to be higher than mountains and wider than rivers.
And this magic was not targeted at anything, but it was targeted at automatons.
If …
"If all the automatons at this Automaton Expo go out of control …"
At that time, there was no need to think about what would happen.
Rozen was very sure.
"Something dangerous is approaching Liverpool, approaching the Walpurgis Royal Academy of Mechanical Engineering."
Someone was plotting something in the dark, trying to use this unknown but terrifying magic to do something shocking.
"Can you analyze the specific effect and influence range of this magic? Sharukazai? "
Rozen asked Karyuusai Shizuko that question.
"It's not confirmed yet." Sharukazai shook her head and said, "However, the other party's magic should not be completely completed. This is certain."
If the other party's magic had been completed, then the hearts of the automatons affected by the magic would be completely tampered with and would no longer return to normal. Instead, they would continue to go berserk and lose control.
But Sharukazai had already said that the abnormality of the automatons only lasted for a short period of time, proving that the other party's magic was still in the experimental stage.
"After all, it's such a terrible and whimsical magic, and the range of effect is so large that it is enough to affect the entire Liverpool. Not to mention the other things, just the magic required is massive. If you want to reach the practical stage, it is impossible to complete without continuous experiments and adjustments."
What Shoko Karyuusai meant was …
"If you want to stop it, then you have to do it now."
Sharukazai looked at Rozen.
"What are you going to do? Little brother? "
Sharukazai gave all the initiative to Rozen.
Rozen was silent.
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