On how PhDs become human evil

The only way out now is for Bai Jie to enter that frenzied state again and forcibly increase his combat power to break through a path to survival. However, considering his Oripathy, he may not even be able to sit up after this.

What? Command Seals? Bai Jie was certain that if he dared to be distracted even for a moment, the other party would pounce on him like a cheetah hunting its prey and kill him.

A faint red light appeared in his eyes, and just as Bai Jie was about to receive the blessing of the natural disaster once again, a sudden change occurred!

Awooo————————！ ！ ！

Roar!

A furious roar echoed through the sky, instantly drawing everyone's attention. In the sky, the silver wolf and the black dragon, bathed in moonlight, sped across the night sky like shooting stars, crashing straight into the Berserker!

Boom-!

In his hasty defense, Berserker was sent flying. It was then that Bai Jie and Kallen discovered the true forms of the Silver Wolf and the Black Dragon.

"You piece of trash, what are you trying to do to my PhD (man)?!"

Facing the Berserker, Lappland and Chen roared, their eyes flashing with ferocious killing intent!

P.S.: Update

P.S.: Actually, I originally wanted to write SilverAsh as the one who saved the day, but then I thought about it, and SilverAsh was still with Cliffheart and Frostleaf at that time, so I changed it to Lappland at the last minute—of course, there was also the reason that I had just watched a few Lappland MMDs on Bilibili.

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Section 122, Chapter 24: Two Wolves Under the Moon

Under the moonlight, Bai Jie looked at the two people blocking his way and couldn't help but show a surprised expression: "Chen, Lappland, what brings you here?"

"It's all because you and Sin Kallen didn't come back for so long, and seeing such a big commotion here, I rushed over." Chen quickly explained, "Luckily, I arrived in time. Leave the rest to me. Lappland, you take the Doctor back first."

"Huh? What's going on!" Lappland immediately became unhappy. "Chen, you can take the Doctor back. I'll fight him here! It's been so long since I've done it!"

Actually, only Chen originally came. Lappland saw her on the road and insisted on following her. Her intuition told her that something interesting would happen if she followed Chen, so Lappland followed without hesitation.

Chen glanced at Lappland and sheathed his sword: "Then I'll leave it to you. Let's go, Bai Jie."

"Okay, okay, leave it to me!" Lappland was as excited as an old man playing with vector graphics.

"Don't even think about leaving! Take Sakura away and I'll use Command Seals to command you, Berserker!"

Seeing that Bai Jie and the others were about to run away, Matou Kariya shouted anxiously and even used a Command Seal. The Berserker's aura, which was enhanced by the Command Seal, immediately soared to its peak!

Boom-!

With a single stomp, the street shattered, and the recoil propelled the Berserker towards Bai Jie like a cannonball.

"Stop right there!"

With a roar, Lappland unleashed two sword strikes, the wolf-shaped silver-white sword energy tearing through the darkness of the night sky and cutting off Berserker's path!

Because of Lappland's obstruction, Bai Jie and the others completely disappeared from Matou Kariya's sight in less than two seconds.

“AAAAArrrrrrr!!!”

Losing its target, Berserker unleashed a furious, impotent rage, slashing at Lappland with two lampposts on its left and right, each accompanied by a rapidly flowing whirlwind.

Since we've lost our target, let's target the person closest to us!

"Clang—!"

The lamppost and the silver blade clashed violently, and dazzling sparks illuminated the darkness around them. Feeling the power transmitted through the blade, Lappland revealed an expression of ecstasy. She was certain that this guy could have a good fight with her!

After a brief stalemate, the blade and the lamppost suddenly separated, but the next moment a loud bang rang out, the sound of air being violently compressed and bursting open. The rapid impact stirred up a strong wind that swept out in all directions!

Although it was invisible to the naked eye, in that instant, Berserker and Lappland clashed with lightning speed. Because the speed of their swords was so fast, the air was compressed to its limit in that instant, and then they exploded.

"You're the best!"

Awooo————————！ ！ ！

Lappland launched a frenzied attack with a maniacal laugh. With a wolf howl, the blade flashing with silver wolf spirits wove together a violent wolf pack sword dance at lightning speed!

"Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang!"

Endless flashes of sword light erupted on the street. At incredible speed, the sword light even sublimated into a realm of shimmering light, and the rampaging pack of silver wolves was also enveloped in light, becoming a chaotic meteor shower flying all over the sky!

Lappland's fighting style is inherently wild. For her, the best fighting style is to kill her opponent. So every move she makes is deadly. All her slashes seem chaotic, but their target is clearly the Berserker's fatal point!

Even though they are followers, their physical structure is no different from that of humans.

Cutting off someone's head will kill you, piercing their heart will kill you, bleeding to death will kill you... So, this is Lappland's specialty: human combat!

However, under Lappland's relentless onslaught, Berserker was like a rock undeterred by wind and rain. The slashes that came toward him were blocked by the lampposts as soon as they got close to his body. Even though the speed of the slashes was already beyond human limits, Berserker still accurately blocked every single one of them!

"Sizzle—!"

The lamppost, which was clearly a blunt object, became as sharp as a spear in Berserker's hands, and the force of his swing left cracks all around it.

laugh--!

Suddenly, Berserker changed his defensive stance, and the lamppost in his right hand truly transformed into a spear. Entangled in a whirlwind, he thrust out with incredible speed, as if a black flash had streaked across the air. The next moment, the tip of the lamppost pierced Lappland's waist, and then he twisted it forcefully!

"Ouch! You..."

Despite the excruciating pain in her lower back, Lappland immediately launched a flying kick into Berserker's chest, shattering his chest armor and sending him flying backward.

[Pfft!] With a thud, she pulled the lamppost out of her waist, clutching her bleeding wound, and Lappland gave a bitter smile: "Ah, what a long-lost feeling, this feeling of almost being killed... It's all the Doctor's fault for spoiling me too much, I almost forgot those days of living on the edge."

Lappland has never been a pushover. Even though she usually looks like a silly dog, when it comes to fighting, her ferocity is definitely among the top in Rhodes Island. In fact, many new operators have cried and begged Whitebeard not to put them in the same team as Lappland after fighting alongside her.

Kill if you can, trade blows if you can. As long as the opponent is injured, you're not at a loss. If you can kill the enemy while you're seriously injured, that's a huge win... These are Lappland's combat philosophies.

"You silly dog, you've done something reckless again."

A flat, monotonous voice rang in Lappland's ears, and then a deluge of swords rained down from the sky, completely sealing off the area around Berserker not far away.

Lappland knew of only one person about this method of attack.

Texas?!

Lappland looked at the person who had come to her side in surprise.

There was no reply. Texas looked at the wound on Lappland's waist, then tore off a piece of her own sleeve to use as a bandage for a makeshift dressing.

"It shouldn't be so serious that you can't move, right?"

Why are you here?

"The Doctor said you were fighting alone, and considering you might act recklessly, he came to keep an eye on you, and you actually did act recklessly." Texas's tone was very calm, but for some reason Lappland sensed a hint of...pampering?

Texas drew her sword and said, "Go for it, cover me."

"...meddling in other people's business, but—it's fine too!"

P.S.: Update

P.S.: My setting here is that Texas and Lappland have been working together on Rhodes Island for some time, so they wouldn't deliberately keep a certain distance. I also mentioned in the Tanabata special that Texas, Lappland, and Exusiai share the same dormitory, so it's normal for them to fight side by side—of course, I'm just saying that because I don't mean it, and you all know that.

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Section 123, Chapter 25: The Future Lady Crane No. 2

The day after Bai Jie demolished the Matou family's house, he brought Sakura to the Fuyuki Grand Hotel and forcibly dragged Kenneth out of bed while he was still asleep.

[The following is a news report: Last night, an unexplained explosion occurred at the Matou residence in a remote mountain town. According to relevant personnel, the preliminary cause of the explosion has been determined to be a gas leak.]

Kenneth turned off the TV that was playing the morning news, looked at Bai Jie sitting in front of him drinking fine red wine like tea, then looked at Xiao Ying next to him who looked like a doll, and rubbed his forehead as if lamenting the brevity of life.

"So, you were the one who caused the explosion at the Matou residence?"

"To be precise, it was created by Kallen; her Noble Phantasm is the kind with great destructive power."

"Can you honestly say you weren't involved?"

"Um... I'll finish with a Heavenly Judgment."

Kenneth wished he could twist Bai Jie's head off and use it as a football. He grabbed Bai Jie's collar and roared, "How many times have I told you! Did you feed the Magic's stealth to the dogs?! Can't you make a fuss?! Can't you just give me a break?!"

As we all know, the most important thing for a magician is to remain hidden, because the total amount of mystery in the world is limited. The more people know about magic, the less power each person can gain. Therefore, in order not to affect themselves, magicians try their best to remain hidden when they are in action.

Bai Jie knew Kenneth was right, but the problem was, the Judgment of Heavenly Fire was a purely technological product! It had absolutely nothing to do with magic!

Seeing Bai Jie's nonchalant attitude, Kenneth knew that no matter what he said, he couldn't get his sworn brother to reflect on his actions. He could only sigh helplessly, "Hey, so what are you doing here? And you even brought a little girl with you."

"I found her in the basement of the Matou family's house. She was probably undergoing body modification through insect magic."

Upon hearing Bai Jie's words, Kenneth's face showed obvious disgust: "Insect magic? I didn't expect that such a low-class magic would still be used by people. The Matou family is a magic family with more than two hundred years of history, yet their inner nature is so despicable."

"Well, let's leave that aside for now. When I found her, she had already been modified for some time, but not completely. I barely managed to save her magic circuits. And then comes the key." Bai Jie tapped his wine glass. "This little girl's magic circuits are excellent, at least eighty, and her magic attributes are even more fictional, unreal."

Click!

Kenneth immediately crushed the teacup in his hand, ignoring the cuts from the shards. He pressed on, his voice trembling with emotion, "Are you sure? This little girl's talent is really as you described?!"

With over eighty magic circuits and a fictional element, these two concepts alone are enough to make Sakura the top genius in the Clock Tower. And if this talent blossoms, her name will surely be among the future Grand Order masters!

In Kenneth's eyes, Sakura is like an unopened treasure chest.

“Fafner, I think I understand why you came to see me.”

"Well, so I'd like to trouble you to find a less cruel family in the Clock Tower to adopt her. I think her name is Sakura—"

"Wait a minute! Fafnir, have you lost your mind?" Kenneth interrupted Bai Jie, abandoning all aristocratic etiquette. "Such an outstanding child should naturally be nurtured by me, the foremost magician in the Clock Tower. How can he be handed over to another magic family?"

Kenneth is right. The more outstanding one's talent, the more excellent the teacher one needs to be taught. First-class teaching methods, abundant magic resources, and one's own talent are the three necessary conditions for a magician to stand out.

As one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower, the leader of the El-Melloi faction, and the head of House Archibald, Kenneth's reasons for being a teacher are simply impeccable.

"Brother, although I don't want to badmouth you, but... you wouldn't happen to be a lolicon, would you?" Bai Jie chuckled, half-covering his mouth. "You already have such a beautiful fiancée like Sister Sora, yet you're still thinking about this clueless little loli. Do you think I should call the police?"

"Huh? Fafnir, you're joking again—"

“Fafner is right, Kenneth, do you really have that kind of interest?” Sora grabbed Kenneth’s arm from behind and asked with a friendly smile. “Excuse me, Fafner, your brother and I have something to discuss. Please wait here for about half an hour.”

"Wait, Sora... Fafnir, save me!"