Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

Logically speaking, since what we saw was [his figure], shouldn't the attention be on him?

However...this is indeed in line with his imagination of these people in the engineering department.

As for the fact that the engineering department was able to get a video of him using Murasame, Lin En was not surprised. After all, apart from the scene of dealing with Caesar that everyone kept secret, Lin En had used Murasame several times before in public.

However, it seemed that he had misunderstood the silent Lin En's intention, and Xiang who was standing next to him quickly added.

"As long as the teacher can lend us that, we're willing to do anything!"

"…You can't just say lines like that casually, Hibiki."

After rubbing her cheeks, which had turned red as if she had thought of something, Lynn sighed with a wry smile.

"Although I understand your curiosity, I can let you observe Murasame up close and even demonstrate it to you. But for safety reasons, it's best not to touch it casually."

Seeing everyone nod, Lin En turned his hand. With the golden light, Murasame, who had not appeared for a long time, appeared in Lin En's hand.

"Oh! Spalassi! So cool! But... [Murasame], is this the name of this sword?"

As Xiang sighed, Utara, who was holding his chin, nodded slightly.

"It's a name that's very much like the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."

"This sword is called Murasame. In addition to being a tough and sharp sword, the scabbard is also equipped with a ejection device. When you pull the trigger, the blade will eject from the scabbard at an extremely high speed, thereby enhancing the power and speed of the slash."

"Eh?! Then why didn't the teacher take it when he went to the ruins--uuuuuu--"

Before the surprised Tao Jing could finish her words, Midori beside her quickly covered her mouth.

Fortunately, the people in the engineering department were all focused on Lynn's knife at the moment and didn't notice what Tao Jing said.

But judging by their personalities, they probably wouldn't care even if they heard it.

"But if that's the case... the moment the blade pops out, the impact it carries will be quite terrifying, right? If the teacher uses this weapon to fight, he must be able to control this powerful impact..."

"Yes."

Lin En nodded and agreed with Ge Yuan's speculation.

"To some extent, this is my unique weapon. I am the only one who knows how to control this force. If you rely on brute force, it's not impossible, but not to mention that this force can easily knock the mechanical soldiers away. Even if you can control it by force, the force will have been lost by 80%, and the meaning of this ejection device will be lost."

“It’s an eye-opener…in every way.”

After hearing Lin En's narration, Ge Yuan nodded seriously.

"Is it because of your unique cold weapon and fighting skills that you can split bullets with your sword?"

"Wha...what?! The teacher can actually use a knife to split the bullets?!"

At this time, Taojing had already pulled away Midori's hand that was covering her mouth and spoke in surprise.

"Well... if it's an ordinary semi-automatic rifle or pistol, then it shouldn't be a problem. After all, I've cut .45 ACP bullets before. But if it's an automatic rifle or submachine gun, please spare me. There's no way I can catch up with that firing rate."

"But even so, I think it's shocking enough..."

Midori, who was also surprised, couldn't help but complain out loud.

Seeing this, Lin En, who finally remembered something, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Um, Momoi and Midori...have you forgotten why we are here?"

Chapter 20 Sword of Light: Supernova

After hearing Lin En's words, Tao Jing and Midori looked as if they had just realized something.

At the same time, Utahara on the side also spoke.

"You're here to help Alice choose weapons, right? You can take any weapons on the table over there."

Hearing this, Yaduli nodded and added.

"These are all the proud works of our engineering department. Although they may not be as good as the teacher's Murasame, they are guaranteed to be excellent!"

Hearing them say this, Lin En turned to look at Alice who was looking at the weapons curiously.

"Alice, which one would you like as your weapon?"

"Alice has made up her mind!"

In response to Lynn's question, Alice came to a weapon that was about the same height as her and looked very technological.

"Oh! You have good taste, customer! This cost 70% of our engineering department's budget for the second half of the year to produce. It's our engineering department's ambitious work - [Electromagnetic Gun for Space Battleships]!"

After listening to Aduli's introduction to the weapon in front of Alice, Taoi couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"Space battleships and the like...Isn't that a bit too far-fetched no matter how you think about it?"

At this moment, Midori spoke out loud as if she remembered something.

"I remember there seemed to be a similar situation before. It seemed that they were planning to build a hibernation device, but it ended up freezing everyone and making them catch a cold. They had to stay in bed for several days..."

However, in response to Midori's "revelation", Utahara explained nonchalantly.

"That [Future Express] failed in terms of sending people to the future. However, if it is used as a refrigerator, it can be used to send food to the future, so in this respect, it is not a complete failure."

"Is this... is this okay..."

Ignoring Tao Jing's complaints, Xiang, who was standing next to Lin En, changed the subject.

"By the way, after helicopters and general-purpose work robots, developing space battleships is our next goal."

After Xiang finished speaking, Yaduli took over the topic and continued the introduction.

"That's right! This electromagnetic cannon is the first step to achieve our goal. It is a live-fire weapon developed for combat outside the atmosphere! At the same time, this is also an unprecedented attempt in the history of Millennium Science Academy!"

"...Space battleship?! So cool! How is the development going now?"

The moment Tao Jing, who had played many related games, heard this word, his eyes lit up.

"Judging from the skills of the seniors in the engineering department, it should go very smoothly, right?"

However, in response to Midori's speculation, Lynn shook his head.

"No, I think the development plan has been terminated now."

"Eh? Is that so? I was looking forward to it..."

Facing Momoi who showed a bit of disappointment, Yaduri sighed helplessly.

"It is indeed true... because what holds back technicians is never imagination or passion, but budget!"

"After all, just building this electromagnetic gun took up 70% of the budget for the second half of the year. If we want to build a space battleship, it will cost thousands of times more... Simply put, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it in this lifetime."

Looking at Xiang's lost face, Tao Jing couldn't help but be speechless.

"But... this kind of thing should have been foreseen during the planning stage, right? If that's the case, then why did we spend so much money to make this electromagnetic cannon?!"

"Do you still need to ask this kind of question?"

Unexpectedly, the person who asked Tao Jing this question was not someone from the engineering department, but Lin En.

Lynn opened his arms and looked as if he was about to give a speech.

"Of course, that's because big ships and big guns are romantic!"

"That's right! What the teacher said is absolutely correct!"

Hearing Lin En say this, Yaduli nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

"You don't even understand the charm of the beam cannon, Taoi, you're still far from it!"

"Caliber is justice, range is truth! And this weapon, which our engineering department has poured so much effort into, is named [Sword of Light Supernova]!"

After listening to Xiang's introduction, Alice's clear eyes suddenly revealed a gleam of desire.

"Light... Sword of Light... Alice, I want this!"

However, in the face of Alice's words, everyone in the engineering department was speechless for some reason.

"…Although, I'm glad you said that, I'm very sorry, Alice, but this may be… a little difficult."

Seeing Xiang's regretful expression, Taoi couldn't help but feel a little confused.

“Could it be…could it be a price issue? It’s okay, Alice! Even if I sell the green PS5… Oh, isn’t the teacher here? The teacher will definitely pay for Alice, right?!”

Hearing this, Lynn chuckled and patted Tao Jing's head.

Although Momoi said that she wanted to sell Midori's game console, judging from her appearance and the fact that Midori didn't even raise any objections, they really cherished Alice, who had become their companion even though they had only been together for less than two days.

Alice was lucky enough to meet such a companion, which was undoubtedly something that made Lynn very happy.

Therefore, he made up his mind that if he could afford the price of this weapon, he would just buy it.

However, to the surprise of Lin En and others, after hearing Tao Jing's words, Utahara shook his head.

"It's not entirely a matter of money... although we can agree on the production budget. After all, the teacher has given us many valuable techniques and inspirations in the past."

"Eh hey hey? Teacher, you know these things?!"

As Momoi exclaimed in shock, Hibiki continued speaking after Utara had spoken.

"The fundamental problem with this weapon is that it is too large and heavy to be used as a personal weapon."

"Exactly! The basic weight alone is over 140 kilograms. If you add the optical sight and battery for shelling, the instantaneous reaction force will exceed 200 kilograms! And this is just the minimum output!"

After listening to Yaduli's explanation, Taojing and others couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"I'm grateful that you like this weapon, but... I'm worried that Alice can't withstand the impact. If I can really take it away, I really want to give it to you."

"Really, really?"

Unexpectedly, in response to Utahara's words, Alice not only did not give up, but instead showed a somewhat happy expression.

"Of course it's true, but... do you really want to take it away?"

"Hehe... Sword of Light! I have sensed your desire for dominance, and I understand your ambition! In that case, why not follow me and become the overlord of the land!"

Following these somewhat confusing words, Alice held the electromagnetic cannon in front of her with ease.

"real or fake……"

As Xiang sighed, Alice realized something and reached out her hand towards the electromagnetic cannon.

"It says here to press the B button, this should be it..."

Hearing Alice mumbling to herself, Aduli, who was the fastest to react, quickly spoke out to dissuade her.

"Wait! Alice! Don't press that yet—"

However, her words were still a step too late.

"Light! Destroy my enemies!"

As Alice spoke, a dazzling beam of light suddenly shot out from the electromagnetic cannon in her hand, piercing through the sky!

Chapter 21: Is it because of loneliness?

“I’m… I’m so sorry!”

Facing Momoi who kept apologizing to her, Aduli couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"No... We didn't expect Alice to actually pick up the sword of light and even be able to control it to shoot..."

At this moment, above everyone's heads, the ceiling of the engineering department's studio had been completely penetrated by the electromagnetic cannon in Alice's hand, like a skylight, leaving a circular hole that was still emitting black smoke.

"Alice... next time, please be careful when using weapons. Got it?"

Hearing Lynn's equally helpless voice, Alice realized that she had gotten into trouble and nodded quickly.

"Ai, Alice understands... Alice will only use the sword of light against monsters from now on..."

Fortunately, for the people in the engineering department, explosions and similar situations are commonplace, so they didn't care too much about the fact that Alice had opened a skylight in their roof.

What's more, for them now, there are more important things to focus on.

"Since Alice can use the Sword of Light, let's do a few tests. Collecting actual combat data of the Sword of Light will also help us to update and iterate in the future. Xiang, activate all the drones that were originally planned to be abandoned."