Besides, Misaka Mikoto didn't object to destroying the magic side. After all, in the original work of Magical Index, these magicians were really too extreme. For example, the Right Flame Stream even caused a world war. Compared with the threat posed by these magicians to the world, the conflict between Academy City and the outside world was just a minor problem.

Since there is no disagreement on the ultimate goal, Misaka Mikoto can naturally cooperate with Aleister. Moreover, Misaka Mikoto, who warned Othinus, also needs to communicate with Aleister. After all, it was Aleister who actually created these sisters. Seeing that her genetic information was abused, Misaka Mikoto had to show her attitude.

Thinking of this, Misaka Mikoto looked at Arifuharu who was standing beside her.

At this moment, Fu Chunshu looked very proud, and his expression clearly said:

How about it? Are you dumbfounded? I didn't expect that our study could collect so much information with such a simple method!

Since we know that our Study has great magical powers, then this competition is naturally won by You Fuchunshu. Why don't you, Misaka Mikoto, quickly admit defeat and bow down to You Fuchunshu?

Obviously, Fuchunshu hadn't expected that from the beginning, Misaka Mikoto only used Study as a tool to collect intelligence. As for undercover or something... With Misaka Mikoto's strength, does it really take so many twists and turns to control Study?

As for Study's group of nerds, if they don't obey, then beat them until they obey. Anyway, no matter in terms of strength or brains, this group of people is not his opponent. And these people are not good people. In the original animation, this group of people even carried out large-scale terrorist attacks. When dealing with such people, there is no need to talk about the code of conduct.

Of course, it is a bit dishonorable to simply use force to subdue others. She is not the kind of barbarian who only knows how to use brute force, so in order to subdue Study and his gang, Misaka Mikoto is ready to let these people see something big. So facing Fuchunshu's smug face, Misaka Mikoto said:

"Now that we have enough evidence, let's go meet the mastermind behind the Absolute Power Plan and have him hand over the leadership of the Absolute Power Plan to us!"

"What, the mastermind behind this?" Upon hearing Misaka Mikoto's words, Arifu Haruki was stunned for a moment, then sneered:

"Isn't Kihara Gensei the mastermind behind this plan? You don't think that old man will obediently hand over his plan to us, do you? Misaka-san, don't be so naive!"

Hearing Fuchunshu's ignorant words, Misaka Mikoto was speechless:

"You don't think that just a mere Kihara Gensei can mobilize so many resources to carry out this Absolute Specialist Project? With Fu Haruki, do you think too highly of that loser Kihara Gensei?"

"What, not him? Then who is the mastermind behind the Absolute Esper Project?"

Then, under Toharuki's surprised gaze, Misaka Mikoto mentioned the person who shocked the entire Academy City:

"Academy City's Chairman of the Board, Aleister Crowley."

……

Without much nonsense, Misaka Mikoto dragged Ariofu Haruki towards the windowless building in the seventh school district.

The Seventh District is the core area of Academy City and the largest of all the school districts in Academy City. Whether it is the high school where Kamijou Touma is, or the Kagawa Middle School where Saten Ruiko is, or the school garden of Tokiwadai Middle School, they are all in this school district. Adding Aleister's old nest, the Seventh District can be called the Ushio Village of Academy City. A considerable part of the stories in Toaru Majutsu no Index took place in this school district.

Walking on the road of the seventh school district, he was surrounded by students full of youthful spirit. In contrast, Fuchunshu had a gloomy face. Obviously, he was not ready to face the biggest boss of Academy City. Or, he simply did not have the courage to face Aleister. After all, he was just the leader of a small organization with some inventions. He might not even be able to deal with an ordinary Level 4. How could he be qualified to face the chairman of Academy City?

Of course, what puzzled Ariofu Haruki even more was, how could you, Misaka Mikoto, be qualified to meet with the chairman of Academy City?

After all, you are just a Level 3. With such strength, what is the difference between you and an ant in front of Aleister? If you go to Aleister like this, he will probably not even let you see him.

Just when Fuchunshu thought that Misaka Mikoto was going to be turned away this time, the two of them arrived in front of the windowless building and saw a girl with red twin ponytails waiting for them in front of the building. After seeing Misaka Mikoto, the girl with a bad temperament said unhappily:

"Come with me. The chairman is ready to see you."

Chapter 234 God and Man

The girl with red twin ponytails was wrapped in bandages and had an impatient expression on her face, giving people the impression of a delinquent. But Misaka Mikoto knew that the girl didn't mean to have that expression. Because the girl's name was Aoki Yuzumi, and her ability was Level 4 coordinate movement.

Originally, with her talent in spatial ability, she could be evaluated as Level 5. However, due to the psychological trauma of a failed experiment, she could not move herself freely like Shirai Kuroko. Every time she moved herself in space, it was like reliving a nightmare for Aoki Yumi, so her current level was only Level 4.

At this time, her appearance as a guide here undoubtedly proved that she would use her ability to lead people into the windowless building again, so she naturally had no good expression on her face. Of course, even if this guide job was hard, Aoki Yuuki would still choose to stick to it. Because in this Academy City, getting close to Aleister was tantamount to getting close to the center of power, which was a good opportunity that many people would risk their lives to get. Aoki Yuuki would not give up such an opportunity, and no one would.

But this time, Aoki Yume was lucky. Because she was not facing an ordinary customer, but Misaka Mikoto. Just as Aoki Yume finished her words and was not ready to activate her ability, Misaka Mikoto had already activated the substitution technique and teleported herself, Arifu Haruki, and Aoki Yume into a windowless building.

"you?"

Aoki Yuuki never thought that someone could actually teleport her. You know, there is a limit to the abilities of the space ability users in Academy City, that is, space ability users cannot teleport other space ability users. And what Misaka Mikoto did just now undoubtedly broke this limit. How could this not shock Aoki Yuuki?

Of course, what shocked Aoki Yuusaka even more was Misaka Mikoto's ability. As the saying goes, time is supreme and space is king. As the two most powerful abilities, time and space are undoubtedly the most difficult to master. Even Aoki Yuusaka, whose calculation ability is comparable to Level 5, needs to spend a lot of effort to calculate the spatial coordinates. And seeing how Misaka Mikoto easily teleported three people just now, smoothly and quickly, it is not an exaggeration to say that such an ability is Level 5.

When did another Level 5 space ability user appear in Academy City?

Not only Aoki Yui, but also Fuchunshu beside her was shocked at this moment.

He looked at Misaka Mikoto beside him, and had only one thought in his mind:

Aren't you a Level 3 electric shock user?

How come he suddenly became a Level 5 space ability user?

At this moment, Yufu Haruki finally realized how unfathomable Misaka Mikoto was. Her strong strength, broad knowledge, and the fact that she could meet Aleister whenever she wanted made Yufu Haruki realize that Misaka Mikoto was definitely not an ordinary student. This guy might be a Level 5 hidden in Academy City!

Both Yuzuki Yuzuki and Haruki Aritomi were shocked by Misaka Mikoto's ability, but Misaka Mikoto herself was not interested in appreciating the expressions on their faces. After taking a quick look around, looking at the electronic components that were as dim as starlight in the windowless building, Misaka Mikoto thought to herself:

Staying in such a shabby place all day, no wonder Aleister later became schizophrenic!

Then Misaka Mikoto walked forward on her own. Seeing this, Fuchunshu and Yuuki Yuuki hurriedly followed. Yuuki Yuuki also reminded Misaka Mikoto of the things to be careful about when meeting Aleister. Don't think that the chairman is easy to talk to and take advantage of him, otherwise you will end up in a miserable situation.

Then, Misaka Mikoto came to the center of the building. There stood a 4-meter-high life support device filled with red nutrient fluid. Aleister himself was wearing green surgical gowns, floating upside down in the red nutrient fluid.

Misaka Mikoto has been through many worlds, and has many clones in the Type-Moon world. She even spied on Gan Yan through the Holy Grail War. So in terms of her attainments in magic, she is definitely not a first-class magician in the Magical Index world, and can even be compared to the devil. So when she saw Aleister for the first time, she had a general understanding of what Aleister did.

Looking at the other person's contradictory face that looked like both a man and a woman, an adult and a child, a saint and a child, Misaka Mikoto knew that Aleister was encapsulating all the possibilities of the world. And this approach was actually no different from what Misaka Mikoto did.

From Uchiha Izumi to Kocho Shinobu, and then to Irisviel and Misaka Mikoto, she has been constantly integrating souls from different worlds, and her essence has been constantly improving. This approach may not be a way to limit her own possibilities. Because Misaka Mikoto has long had a guess, that is, starting from Uchiha Izumi, every object she has integrated is likely to be her other self in a different world.

The so-called other and self refers to the possibility of the same person in different worlds. That is to say, when she is in the Naruto world, she is Uchiha Izumi, when she is in the Demon Slayer world, she is Kocho Shinobu, and when she is in the Magical Index world, she is Misaka Mikoto. Different identities in each world are essentially the evolution of the same person in different worlds.

It is for this reason that Misaka Mikoto did not have any major problems with her self when she was constantly merging souls from different worlds. Even when souls from different worlds approached each other, they would subconsciously merge with each other. The reason is that these merged people were originally a possibility of her, another self.

Of course, the above are just Misaka Mikoto's guesses. Misaka Mikoto has never thought about verifying the correctness of this guess, because Misaka Mikoto's philosophy is to only integrate one person into one world. If more than two people are integrated, Misaka Mikoto is worried that her own self will be affected.

Unlike Misaka Mikoto, who merged the possibilities of different worlds, Aleister gathered the different possibilities of the same world, which was equivalent to completely controlling his own destiny. Obviously, Aleister hated things that were beyond his control, so he used the hovering loop to monitor the Academy City in all directions without blind spots, and used scientific equipment to deduce all future variables to ensure that everything was under his control.

What a control freak he is, he doesn't even let himself go!

Misaka Mikoto sighed secretly, then said directly:

"I am very interested in the Absolute Essence Project and would like to take over this project."

Hearing Misaka Mikoto's straightforward request, Yuuki Yuuki felt her scalp tingling. You are too brave, dare to speak to the chairman in such a tone. Unlike Yuuki Yuuki, Yufu Haruki was surprised with his mouth wide open. Obviously, this guy was frightened by Aleister's existence.

In response to Misaka Mikoto's somewhat rude request, Aleister simply responded calmly:

"OK."

The sound of his voice was strange, like the electronic vowels simulated by a machine, but it contained all kinds of noise. Obviously, this voice itself also contained his infinite future in this world. After getting Aleister's permission, Misaka Mikoto pointed at Arifu Haruki beside her and said:

"And this study, I'm also interested in it."

"This is the gift I originally arranged for you." Aleister said again.

Obviously, everything from the bank robbery to becoming a discipline committee member and then working as an undercover agent for Study was arranged by Aleister. He did this because he wanted to give Study to Misaka Mikoto as a gift and he also hoped that Misaka Mikoto could solve the employment problem in Academy City through Study.

Of course, Misaka Mikoto knew that Aleister was most likely trying to find something for himself to do. After all, a monster comparable to a demon god was sitting around doing nothing in Academy City all day, and Aleister, as the chairman, would definitely not be able to stand it. And he also hoped to use Misaka Mikoto to check and balance the demon god Othinus. All of this was calculated.

"Okay, I'm fine."

After Misaka Mikoto said this, she walked away. She didn't even say hello, and seemed to not take Aleister seriously at all. But in fact, Misaka Mikoto and Aleister had already got what they wanted. The Absolute Esper Plan was actually an exchange between Misaka Mikoto and Aleister using the magic system she built.

When Misaka Mikoto was teaching Shokuhou Misaki magic, these teaching materials must have been observed by Aleister through the hovering loop. So from that time on, Misaka Mikoto had already started a deal with Aleister. In exchange for the Absolute Ability Plan with the magic system of another world, Aleister definitely did not lose in this deal, but made a lot of money. As for Study, it was naturally not as simple as a gift. Misaka Mikoto accepted Study, and naturally she had to bear the corresponding responsibilities.

The relationship between Misaka Mikoto and Aleister was a pure exchange of interests. So Misaka Mikoto was not interested in talking to Aleister, and Aleister was not interested in communicating with Misaka Mikoto too much. It was actually the best for each of them to do their own thing and not interfere with each other. So after the transaction was completed, Misaka Mikoto left on her own. And Aleister looked at Misaka Mikoto's back and said to himself:

"The God in the Old Testament wanted to change the world, Othinus wanted to make Kamijou Touma despair, Misaka Mikoto wanted to make natural humans and people with special abilities live in harmony... Why do gods like to challenge human nature? Or is it that compared to creating the world, playing with human nature is the most interesting thing in the eyes of gods..."

It was with Aleister's whisper that Misaka Mikoto led Aoki Yuzumi and Haruki Aritomi out of the windowless building. Once again experiencing Misaka Mikoto's spatial ability, Aoki Yuzumi and Haruki Aritomi felt as if they were in a dream. But Misaka Mikoto looked back, thinking of Aleister's words just now, and smiled in her heart:

Aren't you challenging human nature?

With a calm expression on her face, Misaka Mikoto just wanted to leave here and take over the Absolute Ability User Project and Study.

"Hey, are you just leaving like this?"

Aoki Yume watched Misaka Mikoto walk out like this, and said in a panic. Obviously, she was worried that Misaka Mikoto would offend Aleister, and that she would be affected by the consequences. But Misaka Mikoto was obviously not interested in explaining to Aoki Yume, and instead looked at Fu Haruki beside her and said:

"Since the chairman has given his permission, I will be in charge of the study from now on. Do you have any opinions?"

Opinion, what opinion can I have?

Seeing that the organization that originally belonged to him had become someone else's, Ariofu Haruki was naturally in a terrible mood. But when he thought of Misaka Mikoto's aura just now, Ariofu Haruki didn't even have the courage to refute. Because even a fool like him could see that in the previous exchange, Misaka Mikoto and Aleister were completely equal in status.

So rationally speaking, Fuchunshu should even be happy. Because a mere Study organization is not worthy of being noticed by such a big shot. Misaka Mikoto can condescend to become the leader of this organization, which is completely a respect for her. Just like what Aleister said just now, her Study organization is just a gift from others to Misaka Mikoto.

If Fuchunshu is a smart man, the best thing for him to do now is to completely obey Misaka Mikoto's leadership. Then he can complete various tasks under Misaka Mikoto's arrangement. No matter whether he succeeds or fails, Misaka Mikoto will give him enough benefits. By then, Fuchunshu can easily become a big figure in Academy City and obtain a status that was unimaginable before.

But the question is, is there anyone in Fuchunshu who is willing to bow his head?

Although Toharuki has numerous shortcomings, one thing is certain. He is a self-proclaimed genius and will never bow to anyone, even to God. So when faced with Misaka Mikoto's request, he nodded in agreement on the surface, but secretly began to make his own calculations, thinking about how to accumulate strength and take Study back from Misaka Mikoto.

Of course, Misaka Mikoto knew exactly what Yufu Haruki was thinking. But Misaka Mikoto didn't care about Yufu Haruki's ambitions at all. After all, Yufu Haruki was just a nobody, and even if he fought with all his might, it was nothing in Misaka Mikoto's eyes.

Furthermore, Misaka Mikoto admired Fuharuki's ambition. After all, Study had a lot of things to do in the future. If there wasn't someone as ambitious as Fuharuki, she wouldn't be able to start many things. It's impossible to let Shirai Kuroko and Shokuhou Misaki do some dirty work, right?

In this way, Misaka Mikoto, who had accomplished her goal, left with Aritomi Haruki. After the two returned to the headquarters of Study, Misaka Mikoto announced the change of leadership of the organization. Most members of Study were dissatisfied with this. But after seeing that Aritomi Haruki, the former leader, also chose to obey with a frustrated look on his face, everyone in Study just had to hold their noses and choose to obey.

It was after becoming the leader of Study that Misaka Mikoto began her first wave of plans to create more employment opportunities for Academy City, so that the students here would not have nothing to do after graduation and would just rob banks for fun!

Chapter 235 Heavenly Man

Of all the industries, the most likely to create jobs are undoubtedly labor-intensive industries. So when Misaka Mikoto wanted to create jobs, she immediately targeted this industry. In short, she planned to set up a large factory and send those honest but idle graduates to screw.

However, this is easier said than done.

Although labor-intensive industries do not require much technology, they have great requirements for raw materials and markets. Especially the market, which is the key to the development of any industry. If a factory wants to be established and maintained, it must have a broad market to provide it with profits. If there is no profit, no matter how great the factory is, it will only have the possibility of bankruptcy.

But the problem is that the biggest dilemma facing Academy City now is its isolation from the outside world. This isolation not only cuts off the economic and trade exchanges between Academy City and the outside world, but also hinders Academy City's products from competing for the outside market.

In short, if Academy City's products want to be exported to the outside world, they must go through layers of inspection, which is almost equivalent to creating a new customs for Academy City. Before Academy City's products leave Academy City, they need to spend a lot of customs clearance fees.

But even if they leave Academy City, it does not mean that these goods can be freely circulated. After all, the Far East, to which Academy City belongs, is a country with scarce resources, and the market that this country can provide is very limited. Therefore, after leaving Academy City, the goods of Academy City have to go through customs clearance in Far East again.

Under such restrictions, Academy City products, which are already expensive, will lose market favor even if they have high technology. Because these products have already exceeded the purchasing power of most people after passing through the triple customs of Academy City, Far East and the importing countries.

Everyone knows that Academy City's products are very good, but people just can't afford them. Such products are far less competitive in the market than cheap knockoffs. So if Misaka Mikoto wants to expand the market, she must find a way to lift Academy City's export restrictions and reduce the customs clearance costs of Academy City products.

Of course, Misaka Mikoto can also find a way to compete for the market within Academy City. After all, Academy City is limited by its own scale, and the types of goods it can produce are actually very limited. Therefore, Academy City has to import a large number of goods from the outside world every year, and pay a lot of foreign exchange for this. If you can find a way to replace these imported goods, the market size will also be quite large.

However, Misaka Mikoto knew that this approach was actually more difficult than reducing customs clearance costs. The reason was simple: the market size of Academy City itself was too small. Even though Academy City had more advanced technology, the scale required for socialized mass production was far beyond what a market size of 230 million people could satisfy.

To put it bluntly, for large-scale industrial production, the larger the production scale, the lower the unit cost of goods. Adam Smith explained this in the relevant chapters on production and division of labor in The Wealth of Nations.

Even with the help of various advanced machines, it takes a lot of time and effort to produce one embroidery needle, and the production cost is extremely huge. But if 100,000 needles are to be produced, a small workshop can easily complete it in a few days with the help of professional division of labor. In this way, the average cost per needle will be greatly reduced, and this kind of large-scale industrially produced goods will be competitive in the market.

The same applies to the competition between the academy city and the outside world.

For the same product, a factory in the outside world may produce tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of products per year, and the average production cost of each product may be less than a few cents. However, the market size of Academy City is only 230 million, so the cost per product is several times that of the outside world. So even if the outside world lags behind in technology, relying on the distribution of production, they can still easily crush Academy City's products in terms of cost performance.

To sum up, if Misaka Mikoto wants to really set up a factory in Academy City and provide employment for most graduates, she can only explore the outside market. Involution in Academy City will only lead to a dead end. And if she wants to expand the market, Misaka Mikoto must find a way to break free from the many shackles of Academy City's exports to the outside world.

The original method to break through this shackles was very simple, that is to start an Internet company.

In short, it is to train the graduates of Academy City and make them happy coders. After all, software programs do not need to consider customs clearance issues, just click and send on the Internet. Moreover, the market size of the Internet industry is large enough. Academy City has a population of only 230 million, which can be easily accommodated by the Internet industry.

But this industry also has a problem, that is the blockade from the outside world.

Everyone knows that the Internet industry is a piece of fat meat, and every country hopes that its own market can be used to serve its own Internet industry. Especially in the United States at this time, the economic development of the entire country depends on the Internet industry.

Facing such a formidable competitor as Academy City, every country in the outside world has adopted an unquestionable blocking strategy. The United States, in particular, has enacted many laws targeting Academy City, not allowing software developed by Academy City to enter markets related to the United States. This is almost equivalent to isolating the Internet market of most countries in the Western world from Academy City.

One of the important reasons why the Blue Cosmos in the outside world was supported was to cope with the impact of Academy City on the economy. After all, if there were no such blockades, Academy City could completely seize a large market in the outside world within a few years, and a large number of companies would flee, and countless outside workers would lose their jobs.

It is said that cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. On the surface, the hostility of the outside world towards Academy City is a conflict between natural people and people with special abilities, but in essence it is a conflict between Academy City and outside companies. It is the economic conflict that has caused the hatred between them, which has led to the existence of Blue Cosmos.

Therefore, the Internet industry, which was originally the most suitable for the development of Academy City, has become an unpopular industry in Academy City.

Because the market demand is artificially isolated from the outside world, Academy City is unable to obtain big data from the massive market, and is thus unable to design software systems specifically suitable for the external market. Ultimately, the level of development of Academy City's Internet industry is far less than that of the life science industry.

Since involution is not feasible and the Western market is still blocking Academy City, then the only market that Academy City can compete for is actually the third world countries. However, since Academy City is still blocked by triple customs, the general export industry has no market competitiveness in the third world.

So after some thought, Misaka Mikoto found that Academy City could only export one labor-intensive industry to the third world:

Labor export!

There is actually only one kind of labor export industry that third world countries can accept, and that is: mercenaries!

In short, Misaka Mikoto plans to gather all kinds of scum such as gangsters, bank robbers, terrorists, psychopaths, etc. in Academy City through Study, and make them a mercenary army for third world countries. Relying on the ability provided by the Fantasy Hand, the combat effectiveness of this mercenary army is definitely extraordinary. Although it cannot be compared with the army of a big country, it is still easy to overthrow the warlords of the third world.

As for the honest and hardworking graduates of Academy City, they can provide logistical support services for this mercenary army.

For example, research and development of Gundam.

This not only prevents the scum in Academy City from harming others internally, but also provides foreign exchange and employment for Academy City through labor export.

"The above is my vision for the future development of Study."

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