On how PhDs become human evil

"What? It's Fafnir? Please knock next time you come in, you'll scare people to death." When Theresa saw that it was Bai Jie who came in, she immediately stood up and patted his flat chest.

"So, even with such a major event as the reappearance of the Herrscher, why are you still reading comics here, Auntie?"

"What do you mean 'reading comics'! I'm here processing documents! Can't you see this mountain of documents I have?!" Theresa slammed her hand on the desk, making the small mountain of documents on it shake.

Upon arriving at the desk, Bai Jie picked up one of the documents, glanced at it, and said, "This application for resource allocation was the one I called you here for yesterday. This document is on top. Branch Manager Theresa, who has been reviewing documents, why haven't you finished reviewing yesterday's documents yet?"

"And this, the branch can apply to headquarters for resource transportation once a month, and this resource application form was submitted in my first week here. It's almost the end of the month now, why is it still here? Do you want us to starve if we don't have any resources?"

As Theresa looked at the documents Bai Jie had taken out, her face grew paler and paler. There was no way around it; what Bai Jie said was indeed true. Come to think of it, she had been reading comics for too long lately.

"Ahem! Minister Fafnir, let's put that matter aside for now and deal with the most important issue of the Herrscher's reappearance first." To maintain her dignity as branch leader, Theresa coughed twice and said, "Normally, only one Herrscher should be born in a Honkai event, but this time two Herrschers have been born. This is definitely not normal. What do you think, Fafnir?"

"Don't ask me questions that even a three-year-old could understand, okay? If you compare Changkong City to an apartment building, when the original owner moves out, a new owner will naturally move in." Bai Jie's eyes were practically looking at an idiot. "Of course, the total Honkai energy in Changkong City is limited, so it's impossible for Herrschers to be born indefinitely. And the power of this newly born Herrscher will definitely not be as good as Mei's. I estimate it will be somewhere between an A-rank and an S-rank Valkyrie."

"I think so too. So, regarding the countermeasures—"

"I have three backup plans. First, activate the Fafnir and use the satellite railgun to carry out a devastating attack. Second, launch a Honkai energy detonation missile to cause the Honkai energy inside that Herrscher to go out of control and explode. Third, airdrop Chen to carry out a decapitation operation."

"Wait, wait, wait! What is that Honkai Energy Detonation Missile? All I know is the Honkai Energy Fission Missile."

Like a teacher exhausted from dealing with overly curious students, Bai Jie sighed and explained to Theresa: "Simply put, it's about artificially activating Honkai energy to an extremely high level, then blowing up the Herrscher from the inside. It's like inflating a balloon; if you inflate it too much, it will burst, right? The principle is the same."

"By the way, this weapon has already been tested on Parvati and Ganesha. Three missiles are enough to kill them. For the Herrscher, let's launch ten at once to be on the safe side."

Looking at Bai Jie, who was speaking eloquently, Theresa felt that her nephew seemed a little unfamiliar. He was clearly a quiet child who loved reading when he was young, so how did he become a weapons fanatic? And launching ten missiles at once? Does he have a fear of insufficient firepower?!

After thinking carefully for a moment, Theresa asked, "Which of the three options has the highest success rate?"

"The third is the decapitation operation by airdropping Chen."

"Huh?" Theresa, who had expected Bai Jie to say the second one, was taken aback. "Why?"

"Chen's individual combat ability far surpasses Durandal's. Does that make sense now?"

This wasn't Bai Jie exaggerating because Chen was his wife; on the contrary, Bai Jie felt he might have underestimated Chen's abilities.

Chen Ke is a dragon, a dragon known as the mobile calamity! When he fought Durandal, he beat her to the point of questioning her existence with just his physical abilities. He didn't even draw his Crimson Blade. If he had drawn it and unleashed a [Dragon God's Sword], the Fate Floating Island would probably have sunk.

To date, Bai Jie has only ever seen one person directly withstand Chen's [Crimson Sky Shadow], and that is Talulah, the true embodiment of the calamity!

Upon hearing Bai Jie's description, Theresa was stunned on the spot.

Who is Durandal? One of only three S-rank Valkyries of Schicksal! Captain of the Undying Blade! Rita's superior, also an S-rank Valkyrie! Schicksal's strongest active Valkyrie!

And Bai Jie actually said that Chen could beat that Durandal to a pulp? Are you kidding me!

"How about this? I happen to need to collect some samples for my research, so why don't I go with Chen on this mission?" Bai Jie suggested after thinking for a moment.

Theresa rejected the suggestion without even thinking about it!

"Impossible! What are you, a civilian employee, doing on the front lines! What if something happens to you? You're the most important talent in our Far East branch! We can't afford to lose anyone else! Besides, you're disabled, aren't you?"

Theresa, do you know that this disabled civilian employee in front of you could easily beat Siegfried? Although he has an intelligence advantage, even disregarding that, Bai Jie's raw strength is enough to overpower the B-rank Valkyrie Kiana.

Bai Jie, who possesses such abilities, is an office worker and a disabled person.

"Beep beep!"

Suddenly, Bai Jie's personal terminal rang. He gestured to Theresa, took out his personal terminal, and saw that it was Chen calling. After answering, he asked, "What's up, Chen?"

"I've already taken care of that Herrscher in Changkong City, and retrieved the Herrscher core. Send a plane to pick me up."

Because Bai Jie habitually turned on the hands-free function, Theresa heard Chen's words.

Suddenly, the office fell into a deathly silence.

After a long silence, Bai Jie finally asked, "Chen, when did you go?"

"Ten minutes ago, because I felt it was a problem to leave it there, I took it upon myself to pilot a plane to Changkong City. After being shot down over Qianyu Academy, I engaged in battle with the new Herrscher. But this Herrscher is too weak; Chixiao took him down with a single strike."

"...Anyway, just stay where you are. I'll send a private jet to pick you up right away. Remember to bring back the Herrscher core, and if possible, bring back the Herrscher's remains as well, they might be useful."

"Understood." Chen hung up the phone after saying that.

Bai Jie exchanged a glance with Theresa and gave a wry smile: "Looks like we worried for nothing."

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Section 42, Chapter 18: Hunting Foxes

Kiryu Rabbit was running quickly in the corridor on the second floor of the teaching building of St. Freya Academy.

Kiryu Usagi was originally the manager of a coffee shop at Schicksal headquarters. However, before that, she was a world-class physicist with remarkable achievements, mainly in the field of exoskeletons. Not to mention, the exoskeleton armor that Bai Jie is currently using to assist him in walking is her masterpiece, and she even participated in the creation of the Gaia Memory.

And now, she's running errands for some unscrupulous minister.

Arriving at the door of a classroom, Kiryu Usagi pushed open the door and shouted, "Captain! The experiment results are in! The compatibility rate between the Herrscher Core and the Moon Throne is as high as 98%! It can definitely be used as the main energy source!"

"Really? Well done—Fu Hua, please use Fafner's third formula to solve this equation about the operating principle of the Honkai energy fission missile." On the podium, Bai Jie, who was acting as a temporary physics teacher, called on Fu Hua after writing the formula on the blackboard.

Seeing this, Kiryu Rabbit could no longer contain her displeasure and threw the data sheet she was using to record the data at Bai Jie's face!

"Minister! We're working so hard in the lab, calculating this and that, and you not only don't come to help, but now you won't even look at the experimental results?!"

"Holy crap, you crazy woman, what are you doing?! Are you trying to destroy my dignity as a teacher?!"

Rubbing the spot where he'd been hit, Bai Jie sighed wearily, "I told you, didn't my design drawings already state that 'Herrscher Core is the best driving energy source'? Isn't it only natural that such experimental results would occur? Why should I care about a result that's 100% certain to come out?"

"but......"

"Even if the experiment had some errors, didn't I leave behind 218 backup plans? Besides, reporting results can't be done through a personal terminal, right? Coming all this way is a complete waste of time, isn't it? It takes more than 30 minutes to walk from the lab to here, even if you ran, it would still take 20 minutes. That's enough time to do another experiment. Why can't you mediocre people make better use of your time? — Ah, Fu Hua, you've finished. That's right, completely correct."

Bai Jie gave Fu Hua a thumbs up and pushed Kiryu Rabbit out of the classroom.

"I've already reviewed them. All the experiments conducted these past two days were of relatively low importance, so just send me the results via your personal terminal. I've been working continuously for over a month, so I'm taking a break these two days by being a teacher!"

After saying that, Bai Jie closed the classroom door, sighed, and said, "Honestly, she's clearly a genius too, so why can't she understand my thought process? Huh? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"No, just now, Mr. Bai Jie, didn't you say that Ms. Kiryu was mediocre? How come you're saying she's a genius now?" Mei asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I mean... if someone who can create this kind of exoskeleton armor that even I admire is mediocre, then wouldn't I be the only genius left in the world?" Bai Jie patted the armor on his leg and said, "She's one of the few physics geniuses in the world who can cooperate with me in research!"

"Then why did you just say she was mediocre...?"

"Idiot! You could have figured this out with your underdeveloped trapezius muscles!"

As soon as Bai Jie said this, the thought that came to everyone's mind was: Was it to prevent her from feeling proud?

"What other reason is there besides to mock her? Although she is a genius, she is just mediocre in front of me. There is no one else who is a true genius except me, who has god-like talent!"

This guy... is so narcissistic! And what's with that expression? It's way too exaggerated!

Below, Kiana silently covered her face.

This guy really is the culprit who made her want to commit suicide out of shame and indignation countless times during this period.

Do you all remember that Kiana made a deal with Bai Jie under Bai Jie's coercion and enticement? Bai Jie had the right to use her indefinitely for one day, and in exchange, Bai Jie would take care of Siegfried, who didn't actually exist in the Fate Prison.

Over the past month, Kiana was called out by Bai Jie four times, averaging once a week. Each time, he used the impeccable reason of "deepening the bond between siblings" to take Kiana to his room and do all sorts of things that made her feel ashamed and indignant, such as making her wear a maid outfit, a bunny girl outfit, or cat ears.

The worst time was last time, when Bai Jie covered her mouth with a towel that had been soaked in Yuhimbin all night, which almost made her unable to resist sneaking up on Mei that night!

(Waaaaah... Mei, I'm so sorry!)

Just as Kiana was secretly weeping, her beloved brother called her name again: "Kiana! Stop daydreaming! Use Fafnir's Fifth Theorem to prove why Honkai energy can be converted into light energy!"

"Huh? I don't even know where the end of the universe is, how would I know about this kind of thing?" Kiana's face immediately fell.

Naturally, Bai Jie quickly covered his face as if he didn't want to acknowledge her as his shameful sister. Although Kiana was indeed not his sister, since she bore Kiana's name, she couldn't be so shameful!

"Mei, I have a task for you..."

"Please go ahead, teacher."

"Please take care of Kiana's grades. I'm too busy with experiments to help her, so I'll have to ask you for help. I'll also let Himeko know. Thank you for your help."

Hearing this, Mei smiled gently: "Okay, no problem, teacher. Kiana will be left to me and Himeko-sensei."

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Dinner time.

"So, Auntie, you have to stand up for me! My brother is targeting me again! I have twice as much homework as everyone else today!"

At the dinner table, Kiana tearfully complained to Theresa with a look of grief and indignation.

"And sister-in-law, since I usually patrol with you, could you please ask my brother for me?"

Not only Theresa, Kiana even started crying to Chen and even tried to get in through connections!

Unfortunately, Chen wasn't the type to use connections; on the contrary, he resolutely opposed it. Therefore—

"Kiana, after you finish your homework tonight, you'll have two extra hours of combat training," Chen said calmly.

Kiana, utterly destroyed!

Sitting next to Chen, Bai Jie looked at Kiana, who was lying there like a corpse, with a cold smile, and then used his chopsticks to pick up the cola chicken wing from her bowl and put it into his own.

Seeing this, Mei said, half-accusing and half-helpless, "Teacher, you've stolen Kiana's dinner again."

"This is punishment for the foul. Habits need to be formed from a young age. If she isn't punished, she'll forget about it as soon as she turns her head," Bai Jie said with a righteous expression.

It's clearly a fight over food, yet they talk about it as if it's perfectly normal.

Just then, the door to the room suddenly opened, and a person who was familiar to everyone present, but who shouldn't have been there, walked in.

"Haha, it seems you two get along quite well."

Wearing the same bishop's robes that hadn't been changed in five hundred years, Otto appeared before everyone with such confidence and composure.

"Although it's a bit sudden, Dr. Fafnir, could you please do me a small favor?"

"Huh? Help?" Bai Jie frowned. There seemed to be nothing else that would make Otto ask him for help, but to do that...

"Wait, if you're not going to listen, please leave." Bai Jie delivered a three-part rejection without hesitation. "You want me to develop weapons for you again, right? Let me tell you, no way. Right now, I don't want to think about anything except the Moon Throne. If you want to make weapons, go find Rabbit. She should be happy to do so."

As if anticipating Bai Jie's response, Otto pulled a USB drive from his pocket and said frankly, "This is the latest information about the Moon Throne that I traded with Dr. Einstein, including how to maximize the use of the Herrscher's core power. I think you'll be interested."

"...Ahem! Well, since His Holiness the Bishop has spoken, how could I, as his subordinate, not help? So, what is it?" Bai Jie said as he put away the USB drive with a speed that even Mei couldn't match.