People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

The god of death outside the room - Ryougi Shiki was too lazy to even take a look. She had killed too many "dead" over the years and finally found that no matter what class changes these dead had, as long as she could see the "dots" and "lines", she would kill them ordinary things.

Ryougi Shiki put away the wire of the sword, then looked in the other direction and said, "It's done."

Almost at the same time, in the corner of the room with what Rubare called "fortress-level protection", there seemed to be a hidden barrier loophole long ago. At this time, this loophole began to extend and proliferate various pixel blocks, gradually filling and restoring, making the barrier look like it had not been invaded before - obviously, the steel wire of the knife just pierced silently from this loophole.

There were footsteps in the distance, and a girl with silver hair with blue highlights and cross bangs walked over. She was wearing a pair of goggles on her head that seemed to have no meaning.

"As expected of you, you're the number one in Academy City. Being with you doesn't even feel like I'm in Vampire Castle," the silver-haired girl, Silver Wolf, said these meaningless words, seeming to be very bored.

The ranking of superpowers in Academy City is a kind of "honor system" that has only recently begun. It is only open to superpowers and high-level people, and outsiders are not aware of it. Ranking does not represent strength, but "value". This value is not for research, but a comprehensive assessment of the value of "the degree of benefit to the development of Academy City". Because Academy City is not a simple group of academic institutions, but contains all the civilization elements of the "Honkai World", and has established a comprehensive integrated entity force in this world in terms of education, military, economy, politics, etc.

Currently, Academy City needs to "expand its sphere of influence externally", so whether it can "stably eliminate dangerous factors" has become an important criterion for judgment.

Ryougi Shiki frowned: "Really? I've always felt that there's something wrong with your attitude towards missions."

This was not the first time she had cooperated with this "Silver Wolf". The other party claimed that he was only running an Internet company. He was not called Silver Wolf before, but had various names such as "Brownie", "Bulfang", "Player", etc. According to him, he just "changed his name", and Ryougi Shiki automatically understood that it was for the sake of confidentiality.

But no matter what, Ryougi Shiki would not mistake this person, who was very similar to "Prometheus" in Qin Xuan's family, so even if Silver Wolf didn't tell her, Ryougi Shiki could probably guess what kind of existence Silver Wolf was. In addition, the top management of Academy City had often designated her as Ryougi Shiki's mission partner, so there shouldn't be any problem.

"What's the problem? Don't get me wrong, I take 'missions' very seriously," Silver Wolf said, seemingly in agreement with Ryougi Shiki, but in fact, his meaning was very different from Ryougi Shiki's. "For me, even a small mission is an important part of the 'unbeatable record'."

"What do you mean? You treat the real-world missions as a game?" Ryougi Shiki said as she walked back. They had snatched the prey of those Western organizations in advance. Although it was not the first or second time, it would be troublesome if they were caught.

It's really ridiculous. Ryougi Shiki knew that there were video games in Academy City that contained artificial intelligence for people to enjoy, but this artificial intelligence treated the real world as her game.

"What's the difference? First one," Silver Wolf also walked back along the passage. Under her editing operation, the layers of barriers set up by the castle were like a program bug, opening doors for the two to go out. "There are always bugs in games, and the real world is not a complete system. This is the result that humans must accept in order to constantly accept the unknown."

"Oh... Is this Gödel's (incompleteness theorem)?"

Silver Wolf didn't answer. "We're here. If it were you, you wouldn't need me to escort you all the way. Goodbye. And, when you report to the chairman, remember to give me a good review!"

The exit of the castle is right in front of us.

Ryougi Shiki walked out through the gap in the barrier, and then the barrier automatically "healed" according to the set program. Ryougi Shiki did not ask why Silver Wolf did not go out, or about her safety, because Silver Wolf, who was just beside her, had disappeared out of thin air like a piece of data stream.

"This (Silver Wolf) is also a data backup."

It was not unexpected, and Ryougi Shiki had never met Silver Wolf in person. Anyway, Academy City thought she was fine. Ryougi Shiki finished her work and disappeared in a flash.

Then about twenty minutes passed.

Barthomello and her Clone Brigade had just arrived. If you don't count the Academy City team that was in the lead, they weren't even that slow, because there were still people from the Holy Church lagging behind.

Over the years, the Clone Brigade has become more and more familiar with group combat with the assistance of the Void System. Their overall quality and combat effectiveness have been significantly improved, so their travel speed is still quite fast.

The dead apostle Lubarre actually used this vast "territory advantage" to conduct ultra-long-distance reconnaissance. The reason was that with the upgrading of human forces' armaments, although the "ancestor"-level crusades were still relatively cautious, the dead apostles below were not having a good time. In order to protect himself, Lubarre had to collect resources to improve his own defense, but it seemed that his actions were too big, and the fact that he wanted to inherit Chaos's principles was leaked, which attracted the attention of the human side.

However, Lubare could never have imagined that the one who killed him was not Barthemero or the Burial Agency who were keen on conquering blood-sucking species, but a person he had never heard of.

"'Death' again?"

Barthomello was prepared to attack, but after testing the barrier and seeing no response, she had a bad feeling. So, she relied on her own strength to break through to Lubare's private room alone, and indeed saw a dead body. Lubare was killed like an ordinary person.

Death God, this is a nickname... In the past three years, it has only been circulated among the members of the Dead Apostles Hunting Organization. Every time, the 'Death God' always gets one step ahead of them and kills the target without leaving any trace, and then the 'credit' always falls on the latecomer.

As a result, by coincidence, no one, whether it was the Burial Agency or the Clone Brigade, announced the existence of the "God of Death".

Chapter 232: Building without windows

While other forces were dealing with the aftermath of the dead apostle Lubaret, Ryougi Shiki had already set off to return to Academy City. To keep her itinerary confidential, she took a private aircraft, which was actually an armed aircraft independently developed and manufactured for Academy City.

The place where Ryougi Shiki landed was the seventh district of Academy City, of course, "xx district" is also an internal term. Because Academy City has not yet appeared as an entity, all the special titles are "internal personnel" and "internal information". Even the research and education institutions involving people with special abilities adopt a closed system, and the entry and exit behavior are strictly controlled.

Therefore, the transportation of Ryougi Shiki was very particular. For example, the return trip in the early and middle stages was arranged by the cooperation agency established by Academy City in an external place, and the place where she landed in Academy City was checked in advance, and the place where she actually met was not the same location.

The Seventh School District is a big concept as a location, and the destination of the two-way ceremony is the center of it. However——

"Hmm? It seems that this place was not like this last time?"

Ryougi Shiki looked at the various commercial buildings around her. There were a large number of signs and lights lined up one after another. In the distance, her original destination, the place where she had handed over the task last time, seemed to be under construction.

The obvious entry route is blocked.

Ryougi Shiki crossed her arms. At this time... there should be a secret code. She took out her terminal and typed something in. After a while, someone walked past her.

"What a hassle! I finally got the new address." Ryougi Shiki followed the man in the opposite direction and walked into a commercial building with a large flow of people. He entered the employee-only elevator and swiped the identification code. The elevator automatically went down, passing the underground first floor and the underground second floor, which were used as parking lots... and finally arrived at the underground fifth floor, which was not marked on the elevator button.

Outside the elevator entrance is a very neat square passage. As usual, there is a verification process at the end, and only after entering the door can you reach the real destination.

The first thing Ryougi Shiki saw was the center of the room, a cylindrical life support capsule with a diameter of four meters and a total length of ten meters, filled with red liquid. It was some kind of life support device in her cognitive scope. Qin Xuan, no, Aleister was standing here.

"You came."

"Well, the change of venue took me quite some time," Ryougi Shiki did not ask Aleister why the venue was changed this time. If necessary, the other party would naturally explain it. If he did not bring it up, it meant that this matter was unimportant. This was a kind of tacit understanding.

However, Aleister still made a special explanation, "A new building will be built at the original location. It's inconvenient to talk about the details. You can just think of it as a 'building without windows'. This temporary underground passage will also be closed for construction. The next time you see me, you will need a space ability user to lead the way."

"...I understand," Ryougi Shiki accepted the current situation after a brief thought. So...does he mean to lock himself in the 'windowless building' and not come out? Could it be that he is lying in that large jar?

"Also, you can help educate the two little girls and let them understand the strategies for dealing with professional assassins. All they need to do is simulate the battle using a virtual device. I will arrange for the device to be sent to your place of residence. This is not a mission and can be carried out in the way you approve."

Ryougi Shiki had no objection to educating the younger generation. Rather, superpowers were at the top level and were like stars to ordinary students. Not having to conduct actual combat drills on site and only using virtual equipment to train would save a lot of trouble, which was exactly what Ryougi Shiki wanted.

Therefore, this is not her focus.

"Not a mission?"

"That's right. There will be no overseas assignments in the near future. The 'unstable factors' have been almost eliminated. The remaining ones are those who are well-behaved and still have 'value' to be retained."

"Oh, so I have nothing to do?"

"That's all. If you want, you can go back to school. There's going to be a big event in a while..."

"Um... I heard it's called the 'Daibashi Festival'?" Hearing that there was nothing else to do, Ryougi Shiki turned around and left. "No, it's boring. Playing house with them... It's boring."

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Back in EARTH-KL, the fierce battle between Chloe, Miyu and Gray has reached its final stage.

“Sizzle——”

A sharp thunderclap sounded in the air, and Miyu's whole body was surging with golden magic power. At this moment, the defensive effect of her protective suit was almost reduced to nothing. At the cost of this, she gained an incomparable and amazing speed, so that she could barely deal with Gray.

Gray's body was swept by the holy spear she wielded, the atmosphere was shaken, and it became a storm of magic. Miyu could only carefully avoid the range of the holy spear's edge, using high-speed movement, change of direction, and attack to force Gray into a passive defensive posture. After all, once Gray regained the initiative and freed up her hands to attack, then the two of them would not be far from defeat.

But in fact, this level is still a bit of a let-down for Gray. If necessary, Gray can completely rely on her physical fitness to ignore Miyu's harassment tactics.

"Miyu!"

Chloe's voice came from behind. This means that the Holy Lance Projection is complete.

After receiving the message, Miyu immediately stopped fighting and used a high-speed transfer technique to exit the central battlefield, preparing to move back to get the projected version of the Holy Spear.

But it also meant that Grey had a break.

"Holy Spear——"

However, before Gray could finish her words of liberation, Chloe shot another weapon she had projected in advance.

"Fake-fake spiral sword!"

Ding!

As expected, Gray subconsciously wanted to block, but that was not a 'bow and arrow', but a 'bomb' - a huge explosion of magic power caused by the collapse of the fantasy erupted instantly, causing a huge orange-red high-energy flame to explode in the center of the battlefield. In an instant, the earth surged, the impact scattered, and Gray's figure was completely submerged.

However, Chloe had already calculated the time in advance, and the time when the explosion would occur was almost the same as the start of the final 30 seconds.

After Chloe gained just a few seconds, Miyu relied on the protection from the Pseudo-Holy Spear to increase her magic output. The materialized energy flowed through her body, gradually forming wings of light that could provide continuous acceleration. Then, she flew to the center of the explosion cloud and started the final battle.

P.S. When I wrote this, the book finally got 1,000 subscriptions. Looking back, when it was first put on the shelves, it only got 100. It's really an inspiring story...

Chapter 233: Magical Girls’ Matter Can’t Be Counted as Stealing…

The goal of the final battle was not to win. In fact, 30 seconds was enough. Relying on the projected pseudo-holy spear Lungominyad and the acceleration performance gained by almost reducing the protective suit to nothing, Miyu finally caught up and was at least qualified to fight with Gray's final outrageous form.

"Ping ping ping -"

The lights of the two identical holy spears intersected, triggering a massive torrent of magical power that continued to stir the atmosphere. The conflicting and tearing energies left aftermath, instantly opening a hole in the mottled earth.

Although she can attack and defend, Miyu's body is still as thin as paper compared to Gray. In fact, Gray recognized their efforts and let them go to cooperate with Miyu's attack.

woohoo-

All the movements in the high-speed area brought about a powerful impact torrent, and the sharp stinging sensation of the air constantly scraping against her skin seemed to paralyze Miyu's senses.

Although Miyu didn't feel tired due to the sufficient magic power, the battle rhythm with almost zero defense was like dancing on the edge of a knife, which put her in a highly tense state. Miyu had to pay attention to the range where Gray might attack with the Holy Spear, and then she had to frequently change positions and fight.

Gradually, the friction between magic and wind became more intense, the epidermis reached a certain critical point, and bright red blood began to seep out of Miyu's body.

“…There is a flaw.”

Gray noticed that the power of the pseudo-holy spear in Miyu's hand had decreased due to excessive collisions, but Miyu no longer had the energy to pay attention to it. Gray would not let this obvious mistake go. She flipped her hand and stabbed with the side of the spear -

"Ding!"

Miyu failed to block it, and her holy spear slipped out of her hand!

'not good! '

Gray took a step forward almost at the same time, and the disadvantage of 0 defense began to become apparent. Miyu's fragile skin was peeled off, and blood oozed out in large quantities -

"Wow!" There was a sound in the air, and a flying object was coming - it was the twin swords 'Gan Jiang·Moye', one black and one white.

Thinking of the 'Illusion Collapse', Gray immediately gave up her attack and stepped back to avoid it. No matter if it was possible or not, she didn't want to be hit by the explosive again.

The blade flew, turned, and fell back into Chloe's hand. Miyu began to use her hands to heal her own scary injuries.

'Four seconds left.'

Chloe said in her heart, she began to project another treasure, the light flickered and spread out, forming petals in front of Miyu's eyes, "Sevenfold Ring of Blazing Sky (Rho Aias)——"

Gray raised the holy spear, "... pull up the anchor——"

After both sides released their treasures, violent light rushed forward again, colliding with the seemingly weak petal shield. Afterwards, the light stream occupied almost the entire battlefield, accompanied by the fragmentation of petals and tiny cracking sounds...

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【You win】

After the battle, the simulated battle field returned to its original state, and the scars or dust on both sides disappeared.

"Huh, did they pass?" Miyu just felt that Chloe did not block the Holy Spear, and they were still defeated by Gray.

"Yeah," Chloe turned around with a smile, "I've been calculating the time. No need to block it. If I can delay it until the time is up, I'll win. Don't you agree, Sister Grey?"

"…Yeah. Congratulations, you passed."

Gray restored the Holy Lance and turned it into a "kan". A playful voice rang out: "Hehehehe - I haven't seen such a resilient little brat in a long time - Hey, Gray, don't hit me, I said the wrong thing, the young ladies are really amazing!"

"Wow!" After Ruby and Sapphire, Chloe and Miyu once again saw a talking dress. Could it be that magic that can create personalities is very common?

"Sorry," Gray shook Yade, almost making it faint, "It's Yade, and sometimes the tone of his words... can be a little offensive."

"Haha, it's okay..." Chloe said, but suddenly, she stopped halfway through her words.

"...?"

"No, it's okay, there's a guy (Illya) clamoring to come out," Chloe closed her eyes calmly.

After a while, Illya came back to consciousness, "Hehe! It's my turn! Ah, hello, Sister Gray, I'm--"

"…I know, Illya, and the other 'you', Chloe." Gray nodded, "Master showed me the basic information."

"Well, okay... Sister Gray, Chloe just now actually secretly looked at Brother Qin Xuan's magic wand development information..."

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you telling tales now?" Chloe's hurried voice began to sound in his mind.

"Whoosh-!"

Then, an "Archer" card flew out of the cassette tied to Illya's leg, and a magic circle automatically unfolded on the ground. Light rose, magic power gushed, and Chloe, who was constructed from the body of a Servant, appeared again.

Chloe seemed to be very familiar with this usage. She didn't check her own situation. She just said, "Illya, don't keep reporting me. Didn't you secretly watch it yourself?"

“Eh hey hey——?” Illya pointed at Chloe and asked before she could react, “How did you get out? Or can you always be like this?”

"What's so strange about this? This is a simulation space. There's no reality here. It's just an activity at the consciousness level. You and I don't share the same consciousness, so of course I can come out alone. Illya, I advise you to use your little brain more often!"