On how PhDs become human evil

"You know I already have a wife. I've shown you her picture before, right? It's Cecilia."

After Bai Jie said that, Misaka Mikoto remembered that Bai Jie had shown her a picture of his wife to prove that he had no feelings for her. Thinking about it carefully, the white-haired beauty she had just met seemed to look just like Bai Jie's wife in that picture.

Misaka Mikoto sensed that something was wrong.

"Snapped!"

Bai Jie placed his hand on Misaka Mikoto's shoulder.

With a friendly smile, Bai Jie said, "Misaka-san, I remember I assigned a math homework assignment before the Daihasei Festival, did you finish it?"

"This...not yet."

"Very good. Now I'll add another assignment—write a 2,000-word apology for interrupting the teacher and his wife's reunion today, and then write an essay explaining the harmfulness of interrupting the reunion of the couple, at least 5,000 words. I'll collect them and read them after the Daihasei Festival."

"Are you a demon?! How can you take revenge like this?!"

"I'm sorry, many people say I'm a devil."

Section 543, Chapter 42: Kiana's Bizarre Adventure

Just as Misaka Mikoto was in grave danger, Kiana also encountered a small problem.

Seeing the spiky-haired guy and the blonde, busty woman facing off in the middle of the road, Kiana looked at Belfast: "Belfast, what's going on here? Are delinquent high school students trying to molest a beautiful girl?"

"No way! Why would you think that? And Mr. Kamijou isn't some delinquent high school student!"

Kamijou Touma retorted reflexively.

On the other side, Oriana Thomson's expression turned somewhat unpleasant upon seeing Kiana's appearance.

"Unrelated personnel... It wouldn't be good to involve ordinary people. Let's retreat first."

He took out a word card from his loosely dressed clothes, tore off one of them, and a line of ink text quickly appeared on the card.

"Boom—!"

A violent, powerful wind swept across the street, and an incredibly strong wind pressure surged outwards in all directions!

Seeing this, Belfast immediately moved in front of Kiana, but before she could react, Touma Kamijou dashed forward, extending his right hand towards the oncoming wind pressure—

bi——!

Amidst the strange sound, the overwhelming gale instantly vanished.

"Damn it! She got away!"

Looking at the now empty spot where Orianna had been, Touma Kamijou pouted angrily, then looked at Kiana, Belfast, and Enterprise: "Are you all alright? Sorry, I got involved."

"We're fine, but..." Kiana smiled, arms crossed, "Could you tell me about that older sister from earlier? Since I got caught up in it, I'm going to retaliate."

Upon hearing this, Belfast hurriedly said, "Miss Kiana, Lord Bai Jie repeatedly instructed us not to cause any unnecessary trouble."

“But this isn’t just adding fuel to the fire, I’m the victim.” Kiana laughed. “I was just a girl passing by, and that older sister attacked me with a strong wind. So it’s only natural to find her and get revenge, right?”

The victim... Recalling the strong wind that could hardly be called an attack, Belfast sighed, "I won't hide it from Lady Cecilia and Lady Bai Jie."

"It's nothing, rather, Dad might praise me." Kiana looked at Touma Kamijou. "So, could you tell me about that older sister, young man with the spiky hair?"

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In the outdoor area of ​​a coffee shop, Kiana was sitting with Touma Kamijou, Motoharu Tsuchimikado, and Stiyl.

Looking at Kiana, Stiyl glared at Touma Kamijou with displeasure: "Why did you drag ordinary people into this again?"

"No, no, no, I wasn't involved. It was really an accident, right, Miss Shaniat?"

"Yeah. It was definitely an accident. I was just passing by when that older sister attacked me." Kiana took a sip of her milk tea. "That's why I wanted to know about that older sister and find her to get revenge."

"Fight back... Do you know how serious this is? This is not child's play!"

"My father is Bai Jie."

Stiyl froze.

"...Who is your father?"

"My father is Bai Jie."

Stiyl sat down.

Seeing this, Kiana immediately made a V-sign.

(Dad was right! If anything happens, just mention his name!)

Before leaving the family restaurant, considering that Kiana might get into some trouble, Bai Jie told his daughter that if she encountered any trouble, she should mention his name so that she could be released immediately even if she was arrested by the disciplinary committee or the security guards.

Kiana initially took it as a joke, but now it seems her father has quite a bit of influence in Academy City; his name alone can command respect.

(That's so true to my dad!)

"I never imagined you were the daughter of the Magic King. My apologies, meow." Tsuchimikado Motoharu pushed up his glasses. "Poor Oriana, she actually managed to provoke the Magic King's daughter. Tsk tsk tsk, even I feel a little sorry for her, meow."

"Oriana? Is that the blonde woman's name?"

Tsuchimikado Motoharu nodded: "Oriana Thomson, also known as the 'Delivery Girl,' does not belong to any magic society. She specializes in transporting various magical artifacts and possesses the ability to track and blockade. She is particularly skilled at hiding and escaping, and even if she is discovered by the enemy, she will definitely be able to shake off her pursuers."

"To be more precise, Oriana is the kind of woman who will stop at nothing to escape her pursuers. Furthermore, because her tendencies are impossible to fully grasp, even if the enemy prepares a countermeasure based on prior intelligence, she can easily shake them off," Steele added.

"I see, so that's the kind of person she is... But, [the delivery person], she came to Academy City to deliver goods?" Kiana asked.

This time, it was Touma Kamijou who answered her: "You saw it before, right? Orianna was carrying a huge thing wrapped in cloth. That's what she was transporting. It's called the [Thrusting Sword], a kind of spirit weapon specifically designed to deal with saints—ah, saints are like nuclear warheads on the magic side. Now you should understand, right?"

"An ultra-rare ship girl?"

"What the hell is that?!"

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it." Kiana waved her hand. "So Orianna came to Academy City to transport that Spiked Sword?"

"Hmm. Although I don't know who it will be given to, one thing is certain: if this deal goes through, it will be a devastating blow to the balance between the science and magic sides."

Jesus Christ died once. Although he was resurrected, the fact of his death is undeniable. The method of his death was by assassination—his hands and feet were nailed to the cross, and he was finally pierced through the side of his abdomen with a spear. This is how Jesus died.

The Thorn-Piercing Sword is a spiritual weapon that extracts the religious connotations of execution and assassination, amplifies and condenses them to their limit, and is said to be able to pierce a dragon and pin it to the ground.

This spiritual armor may be of little use to ordinary people, but it is an absolute nemesis to saints.

The Saint is a magician possessing the characteristics of Jesus, the Son of God, while the Piercing Sword is a spiritual weapon that amplifies the concept of assassination to its limit. For the Saint, who bears the weakness of "the Son of God being assassinated," the Piercing Sword is a lifelong enemy. And indeed, the Piercing Sword only needs to point it at the Saint to kill him completely.

Whether hiding in a nuclear shelter, at the bottom of the earth, or even escaping to Pluto, a saint can be killed with a single point of a sword.

If this spiritual garment falls into the hands of those on the scientific side, it means that the saints, who represent the highest combat power on the magical side, will all become ordinary people who pose no threat whatsoever, and the balance between the magical and scientific sides will collapse in an instant.

Oriana Thomson was transporting just such a spirit garment.

Section 544, Chapter 43: Kenichiro's third health bar was attacked four times, but he still died.

After listening to the explanations from Tsuchimikado Motoharu and the other two, Kiana roughly understood the current situation.

In short, it means that a weapon designed to counter nuclear weapons from the magic side is about to fall into the hands of the science side, which will disrupt the balance of power between the two sides and could potentially trigger a world war. That's why Touma and the others are hunting down that blonde, busty woman.

"If you, Miss Kiana, would be willing to help, that would be wonderful, meow. Since you are the daughter of the Magic King, you must have some powerful magic at your disposal, right?"

That's what Tsuchimikado Motoharu thought.

As Bai Jie's daughter, Kiana's magical abilities are definitely stronger than the three people present, even at the worst possible level.

however--

"Magic? I don't know anything about that. My dad didn't teach me."

Kiana's words stunned Tsuchimikado Motoharu and the others.

Picking at his ears, Tsuchimikado Motoharu asked, "Perhaps it's a problem with my ears. What did you just say, young lady?"

“I told you I don’t know magic, my dad never taught me,” Kiana repeated. “Although my dad is truly unbeatable when it comes to magic, he said that as a girl, there’s no need for me to learn magic at all. He just wants me to master the family’s gun-fu.”

"Uh... does that mean...?"

"Hmm. Finding Oriana is your job, I can help take her down."

Tsuchimikado Motoharu and the other two fainted.

Orianna is known for her ability to escape, so catching her is the real problem; defeating her isn't too difficult. They were hoping Kiana would have some kind of target-finding magic, but it turns out she's just another reckless brute.

"But it doesn't matter!"

Seeing that the three were somewhat dejected, Kiana waved her hand.

"Although I don't know magic, as long as I can find Oriana, that'll be enough, right? Enterprise will come in handy!"

"Huh? Me?" Enterprise pointed to herself, somewhat puzzled. "Kiana, you wouldn't be planning to...?"

"Hmm, could you please send out a wave of aircraft? With your fleet size, finding someone in Academy City should be a piece of cake."

Send an aircraft carrier to launch its aircraft to search for people.

To come up with this method, she truly deserves to be called Bai Jie's good daughter; she never has a single proper idea in her head.

but--

"Kiana, all my carrier-based aircraft are bombers, they can't be used to find people." Enterprise said with a wry smile, "If you let me launch my carrier-based aircraft to raze Academy City to the ground, that would be a piece of cake, but if you want me to find people... I don't have any radar with me."

Indeed, what aircraft carrier carries radar?

Hearing the company say this, even Kiana was speechless.

"...It seems we have no choice but to use the Reason School's Four Formations again."

"Are you alright, Tsuchimikado? Your body can't take it anymore, can it?"

"Well, using it again shouldn't be a problem, but the follow-up tracking will have to be done by you guys." Tsuchimikado Motoharu gave a wry smile. "But I believe that with your abilities, Ogami, you can definitely catch Oriana, right?"

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on the other hand.

"......Heh heh, a spearhead sword."

Bai Jie closed his clairvoyance, a slight smile playing on his lips.