On how PhDs become human evil

Bai Jie looked at Ten no Kagura with some confusion.

"Hmm, Fafnir, you've just arrived at school and haven't joined any clubs yet, right? Do you want to join the kendo club?"

"Ten no Kawa, are you from the Kendo Club? By the way, why do you want to recruit me?" Bai Jie didn't expect him to try to recruit him, after all, Bai Jie didn't look like someone who had practiced swordsmanship at all - even though his swordsmanship was not bad, he could easily reach the level of Menkō Kaiden in any dojo.

In response to Bai Jie's question, Yaegashi Shizuku replied, "He just wanted you to get to know the school better. After all, he's always been a kind-hearted fool who's gentle to everyone. He probably didn't even consider whether you liked kendo when he invited you."

"I think the Kendo Club is a great club. Fafnir, you'll definitely be able to fit in if you join."

"Sorry, Tianzhihe, I need to go back and tidy up my apartment. I just moved in yesterday, and there are still many things I haven't prepared. I need to go home to see what I need before going to the supermarket."

This aligns perfectly with Bai Jie's current reasoning, and because Tian Zhihe Guanghui is an idealist, he won't doubt the validity of the reasoning.

"I see. Well, there's nothing we can do about it then."

"Yes, about joining the club—"

"In that case, I'll help you. It's easier to handle things with more people around."

Before Bai Jie could finish speaking, Tian Zhihe Guanghui interrupted.

“Fafner, you’ve just arrived in Japan, so you’re probably not familiar with the area yet. And you’ll probably have a lot to buy, so it’ll be easier if you share the load.”

"No, there's really no need. I can manage on my own."

"Don't be so polite with me. Helping foreign friends is the right thing to do. Let's go then. Shizuku, do you want to come with me?"

"Don't we have kendo practice today?"

"Well, that makes sense... Fafnir, wait here for a moment, I'll go ask the kendo club for leave."

Watching Amanokawa Kōki take charge of arranging the next steps on his own, Yaegashi Shizuku said apologetically to Hakuge, "I'm sorry, Shaniat, Kōki is just that kind of person."

"It's alright. I've met people like him before, and Tian Zhihe is even easier to talk to than him."

Bai Jie was referring to Tony, the King of Swords. That guy was unparalleled in his ability to talk to himself, giving no one a chance to politely refuse. Because he was a god-slayer, the magicians didn't even dare to offer suggestions, so in the end they could only obediently listen to him.

Compared to Tony, Amagi Radiance is actually quite easy to talk to—though not by much.

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Thirty minutes later, the group arrived at Bai Jie's temporary residence in Japan.

Incidentally, the group here doesn't just refer to Bai Jie, Amanogawa Mitsuteru, and Yaegashi Shizuku; it also includes Shirasaki Kaori and Nagumo Hajime, who were pulled in by Amanogawa Mitsuteru at the school gate.

The apartment building has about twenty floors, and Bai Jie's apartment is on the top floor.

Bai Jie took the elevator to the top floor and stopped as soon as he stepped out. The reason was naturally the two people waiting for him at the door of his apartment.

One of them was a middle-aged man in a suit, who appeared very thin. The other was a young girl with brown hair wearing a green and white shrine maiden outfit.

Upon seeing Bai Jie, the two immediately bowed deeply in respect.

Needless to say, they are from the Japanese sorcery world.

(I remember Erica was warned not to let anyone from the Japanese sorcery world get close to me—were they deliberately testing my attitude?)

Bai Jie's lips curled into a cold smile. He had underestimated the audacity of the Japanese sorcery world. Even after being warned by the Godslayer, they still dared to test the waters. It seemed that they were unaware of the Godslayer's fearsome reputation because they were located in the Far East.

Before Bai Jie appeared, three of the six Godkillers were in Europe, one in the Americas, one in China, and the whereabouts of the third were unknown. Japan had no connection with the region where the Godkillers were located, so unlike the magicians in Europe who were terrified by the Godkillers, they had no real understanding of what the Godkillers were.

(Well, he should be taught a lesson.)

With this thought in mind, Bai Jie awakened the magic power within him. Terrifying magic power was released from Bai Jie's body. Although Tian Zhihe Guanghui, being an ordinary person, could not see it, in the eyes of those two, Bai Jie had already transformed into a demon king.

"What's wrong, Fafnir? Why are you standing at the door?"

The radiant voice of the Heavenly River came from behind. Bai Jie turned around and said, "It's nothing, I just felt something fall from above my head."

In that instant, the place closest to Bai Jie, where a large number of sorcerers were gathered, was suddenly struck by lightning, leveling the entire building to the ground.

"Beep beep!"

The cell phone rang in the corridor, and the man in the suit immediately showed a look of extreme fear after answering it.

Approaching the two men, Bai Jie pointed at them with his index finger and said in a very low voice, "I told you, don't bother me. This is punishment."

In Norse mythology, pointing at someone with your finger is considered extremely rude. In the Type-Moon universe, there is a curse called "Gandr," which can damage someone's health if they point at them. But for someone like Bai Jie to unleash it—Bai Jie thinks these two should go home and prepare their coffins and funeral arrangements.

Bai Jie doesn't like fighting with women, but he'll go all out if necessary, just like when he backstabbed Artoria in the Holy Grail War.

"Alright everyone, this is my home, come in."

After using cognitive manipulation magic to erase the two dying people from the consciousness of Tian Zhihe Guanghui and others, Bai Jie smiled and opened the door to his apartment.

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The Official History Compilation Committee is a secret organization controlled and manipulated by Japanese sorcerers and psychics. Its purpose is to maintain the proper state of society and to hide magic, sorcery, and deities—none of which are recognized as part of official history in Japan—from official history.

Simply put, it is an organization that maintains the isolation between the world of magic and the real world, because if the existence of gods were made public, it would definitely cause a major incident.

Now, the committee is gripped by an unprecedented panic. —The committee's Tokyo branch has been destroyed by a bolt of lightning.

"I told you long ago not to test the Magic King, look what you've done!" An old man angrily pointed at his colleagues and said, "That girl from Italy warned us long ago not to disturb the King's life, why did you have to be so presumptuous?"

"But the legend says he was a gentle king..."

"But this isn't Italy. The magician may be kind and gentle to Italy, but that doesn't mean he'll be kind and gentle to us Japanese. This incident is a bloody lesson!"

The old man understood what his colleagues were thinking.

Ultimately, he's just a new generation king, destined to amount to nothing. The king is just a high school student; he'll be easy to talk to. A little interaction won't be a big deal... Little do they know, no matter how young, a demon king is still a demon king, not someone these mortals can manipulate.

Standing up from his seat, the old man sighed, "I will go and apologize to the King. You bunch of fools should reflect on your actions and not act rashly again until the King calms down! Japan cannot afford your recklessness!"

P.S.: The new old man in Arknights... is another one-man melee guard, but I already have E2 SilverAsh, E2 Skadi, and E2 Chen (my waifu), so I have absolutely no urge to pull for him. I'll just go for the pity pull.

Section 204, Chapter 17. Author: I don't want an old man!

Bai Jie doesn't really like going out. After all, in today's information society, you can just buy whatever you want online. There's no need to go out specifically, as it's both time-consuming and tiring.

Bai Jie didn't want to put too much effort into his temporary residence in Japan. He just needed to buy some daily necessities and eat out whenever he could—a typical shut-in mentality.

It is now Bai Jie's fifth day in Japan. After four days of school life, Bai Jie, who had finally managed to escape the invitation of the nice old man, Tian Zhihe Guanghui, and stayed at home, glanced at the clock and saw that it was already noon.

"My stomach... I'm not hungry, but I'll still order takeout." Bai Jie took out his phone to order takeout for himself.

Of course, as a human evil and the evil of this world, Bai Jie doesn't actually need to eat. For him, the feeling of hunger is simply a lack of magic power or negative emotions, which can be relieved by taking a walk in a casino or alley. The reason he still eats is partly out of habit and partly to satisfy his desires.

After all, everyone likes to eat delicious food, and who would refuse good food?

"I remember that rice is the staple food in Japan... I'm tired of that. Ramen? It'll probably be mushy by the time it gets here... Udon, that'll do."

With that in mind, Bai Jie ordered himself a bowl of miso udon noodles.

.......

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The doorbell rang, and Bai Jie stood up from the sofa to open the door. However, what he saw after opening the door was a completely new world.

"One serving of miso udon, is this your order?" Standing at the door was Kaori Shirasaki, dressed in the udon shop uniform. "The address sounds familiar. It really is the udon that Shaniat ordered."

"Because I'm too lazy to cook... By the way, Shirasaki, why are you delivering udon? Is the udon I ordered from your shop?"

"It belongs to a classmate of mine. His usual delivery person took leave to go back to his hometown, so I was asked to help him out."

As Shirasaki Kaori entered the room, she took out the udon noodles. Judging from how hot they were, the udon noodles were just the right size to eat.

"Okay, the udon noodles are served. Enjoy your meal. I'm going back to the shop to continue helping out."

"Hey, Shirasaki, slow down, that place—"

"Boom--!"

Before Bai Jie could finish speaking, Shirasaki Kaori, who was in a hurry to leave, suddenly fell forward and landed face down on the floor.

"That place is slippery, so walk slowly."

Bai Jie's second half of his sentence only came out at this moment.

Because he was so bored, Bai Jie mopped the floor while waiting for his udon noodles. The floor isn't completely dry yet, so you'll definitely slip if you walk too fast.

"Shaniat, you should have told me this sooner."

Kaori Shirasaki slowly raised her head from the floor, her face clearly red and swollen. Fortunately, there was nothing else on the floor, otherwise she might have been disfigured.

Helping Shirasaki Kaori to sit on the sofa, Bai Jie squatted down and touched her foot: "Your ankle is swollen. You probably won't be able to walk today."

Although Bai Jie could reattach her leg even if it was broken using healing magic, Shirasaki Kaori is just an ordinary person. Using magic on her might cause unnecessary trouble. Besides, it's just a sprained ankle that can heal on its own in a day.

Bai Jie tossed his phone to Shirasaki Kaori and said, "Call your workplace. I reckon your foot will be almost healed by tonight, and I'll take you home then."

"That's all we can do. Thank you, Shaniat."

"You got hurt in my own home, so what are you thanking me for?"

As Bai Jie spoke, he shrugged; he genuinely couldn't understand the Japanese reasons for their apology.

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"Speaking of which, Shaniat, do you live in such a big place all by yourself?"

Halfway through her udon noodles, Shirasaki Kaori asked Bai Jie this question.

Bai Jie's house was very large. When preparing a place for Bai Jie to live, in order to show the majesty of a king, Erica booked an entire floor, so it was more than enough to accommodate a dozen or so people.

"Shaniat, didn't you say you came to Japan because of your father's job? Doesn't your father live with you?"

"He stayed with me for the first two days, but after that, he heard about the historical sites in South America and flew there with some Japanese friends. I guess he'll be back in a year or two. It's not surprising to me."

Bai Jie spoke eloquently, and in just a few words, he conjured up the image of a father who was indifferent to his son and focused on archaeology.

Incidentally, the fictional father was based on Siegfried Kaslana.

Upon hearing Bai Jie's explanation, Shirasaki Kaori couldn't help but press further: "So, Shaniat, you started living alone when you were very young? What about your mother?"

"Open a bar in Italy."

"Don't you find it hard to live alone? You have to earn your own living expenses."

"No, my family sends me money every month. If you convert it to Japanese yen, it's about 300,000 yen a month."