Chapter 76

"The price..." After hearing Kamijou's doubts, the store manager looked at him with a meaningful look, and then said: "Young man, how much do you think these products here are worth? "Uh... it should be quite a bit... several million yen?" Kamijou boy, who knew nothing about the price of high-tech products, scratched his head and guessed somewhat unconfidently.

"...You really know nothing about the high-tech industry..." After hearing Kamijou Touma's words, the store manager shook his head helplessly, seeming to be in despair for this guy who has no business knowledge at all. .

')298'>Chapter 297 Difficult Choice

"...So, these are not for sale?" After listening to the store manager's long lecture on the commercial value of high-tech products, Kamijou, a low-school student, finally understood a small part of it.

"To be precise, it's a trial product."

The store manager said this with a business smile.

"...In other words, using customers as experimental subjects..." Kamijou Touma understood the meaning of "trial specimen" in an instant.

"It's not good at all!!!" Regarding Kamijou's false accusation, the store manager immediately denied it: "These products of mine have no problem in terms of quality and safety, but they have not been actually used. Testing, so someone needs to try it on your behalf, which is completely different from using customers as guinea pigs! Young man, don’t accuse someone of their innocence out of thin air!” At the end of the sentence, the store manager felt that he had been falsely slandered and even got excited. He slapped the tabletop and made a "bang bang" sound.

"...Yes, I'm sorry!" Under the pressure of the opponent's momentum, Kamijou Touma couldn't help but bow and apologize.

Thinking about it carefully, although the products in this store look quite unreliable, they are all said to be trial products openly, and Academy City openly pours potions and inserts electrodes into students' heads. , but it can be said to be very conscientious in comparison with the way of developing capabilities.

"Forget it, you are just a young man who is still in school anyway..." The store manager shook his hand and generously forgave the boy Kamijou for his verbal offense.

"Huh——" Seeing this, Kamijou Touma breathed a sigh of relief silently - the store manager was so angry when he was angry just now... "But, are there trial items..." Kamijou Touma turned around and looked at the shelves full of goods. He looked at the entire wall of glass counters and glanced over the dozens of products placed on it. A thought came to his mind - I wonder if I can get a trial quota... Hmm , to be honest, although he was really frightened by the destructive power of the lightsaber at the beginning, but after he calmed down, Kamijou Touma raised his head again as a high school boy, and he really felt, That lightsaber is so cool! Unexpectedly, the store manager seemed to know what he was thinking. He suddenly changed the topic and pointed at the counter with physical goods and said: "Although you are a young man who can't speak well and has no common sense, but Since you are my first customer after the opening of this store, I will make an exception and give you a trial quota. You can choose the one that suits you best. After using it, come over once a week and give me feedback on the product. effect of use.”

"Eh? Me? Let me choose one?" Kamijou Touma pointed to his nose and asked incredulously.

"Yes, think of it as a preferential treatment for you, the first customer!" Under the surprised look in Kamijou's boy's eyes, the store manager nodded.

"Is this... really okay? I'm just an ordinary high school student, and I'm also a Level 0 incompetent person with poor academic performance... Is it really appropriate to give me a trial?" Kamijou Touma is still very self-aware. of.

To be honest, except for his right hand that brought him misfortune, he thought that he had no merits, so he felt very uneasy about the "great trust" given by the store manager. He even thought in his heart, "Is this... Is there some conspiracy?”

"Hmph! It's the incompetent people who are good!" Regarding Kamijou Touma's self-effacement, the store manager had a different view: "The equipment I have here is designed to allow ordinary people to have abilities comparable to those of those with abilities. Developed for their own power, I think it would be a waste if they were actually handed over to a powerful person! You are the one who can really bring out their value!” The shop owner’s words made Kamijou Touma very happy! I'm surprised. I didn't expect that in this city whose purpose is to develop superpowers, there are still people who want to let ordinary people have powers comparable to superpowers... Well - in this way, these things in this store The product seems to match his "Fantasy Killer" very well! Xiao thought about his "phantom killing" and the cool look of his lightsaber, and Kamijou boy felt a little eager to try it out.

"But let me choose one..." The boy walked to the counter and looked at the products on the counter again, frowning in some embarrassment - which one should he choose? Although the lightsaber is cool, handsome and cool, he himself does not know swordsmanship after all, and the previous demonstration also told him that the "indestructible" of the lightsaber is not a joke. If he accidentally hurts himself or others... Hey~~ After imagining the scene of accidentally stabbing himself to death with a sword, the boy Kamijou immediately gave up the idea of ​​choosing a lightsaber - judging from his bad luck, the probability of accidentally hurting himself with a lightsaber is definitely much higher than the probability of him killing everyone with a lightsaber! Then, choose one that is not easy to hurt yourself? Kamijou Touma looked at the dazzling array of items on the shelf and was a little difficult to choose for a while.

The strong colonization armor, although it looks weird, has the word "armor" and he roughly knows the function of this thing.

However, he can't always walk around in armor on weekdays, and if there is an emergency, he may not have time to put it on... Let's put it aside for now! 　　That T virus... Forget it, the name sounds very dangerous, so I won't consider it... 　　And the sports-enhanced nanomachine, although it sounds very cool and high-tech, but when he saw the syringe placed next to the tank, Kamijou Touma immediately excluded it from the selection range - if you inject such a large can of unknown substance that looks like heavy metal into your body, you will die, you will definitely die! 　　Kamijo Touma's eyes wandered, the watch-shaped "IS Armor (High Imitation Version-No Gender Restriction)", the belt-shaped "Masked Rider Transformation Belt (Magic Modified Copycat Version)", the nameplate-shaped "Sacred Cloth (Technology Imitation Version-Seventh Sense Simulation)", the palm-sized "Nano Steel Armor (Aldnoah Power Version)", and... Although there are really many good things that look mysterious and powerful, it's so hard to choose! 　　After hesitating for a long time, Kamijou Touma finally made a decision.

He pointed to a certain grid on the counter and said, "This is it!" The store manager, who was waiting, looked in the direction the boy pointed.

"Oh? It's this?" The boy pointed to a green ring that looked like jade.

')299'>Chapter 298: Fake Green Lantern - Kamijou Touma

Unlike the delicate shapes in ordinary jewelry stores, this green ring is very simple and rough. On the ring without any pattern, there is an IOI-shaped logo, and there is no additional decoration.

Look at the label under the ring, it says - Will-driven Space Force Field Shaper (Green Version).

"Why did you choose this?" The store manager, Fang Yuan, asked curiously.

"... Well, the others are either armor or transformation, which are too conspicuous once used, so I want to choose something that is not so conspicuous.

This ring, I see the label says 'Force Field Shaper', which means it shouldn't suddenly turn into a set of armor or something? It just manipulates the force field, and looks like a real ability user, which is very suitable for me!" Kamijou, who has always been evaluated by teachers and classmates as "stupid", was smart this time. He actually noticed whether these "trial products" would be too conspicuous in daily use, and unexpectedly chose the copycat version of the "Green Lantern Ring" that Fang Yuan imitated out of bad taste.

Well, it is obvious that Fang Yuan did not master the power of the emotional spectrum at this time, and could not create a green lantern ring that uses the will power of the intelligent life in the universe as the energy source-this is also the reason why he did not shamelessly write "Green Lantern Ring" on the label.

However, the alien technology he mastered was not weak. If we ignore the nonsense parts in DC comics, Fang Yuan could still imitate the "energy materialization" part of the Green Lantern Ring in other ways.

Yes, as written on the label, the space force field control technology derived from Aldnoah technology can perfectly reproduce the Green Lantern Ring's ability to construct objects with will energy - but one is to materialize and shape with will energy, and the other is to simulate objects with a physical force field. Although the essence is different, there are many similarities in appearance.

Of course, Fang Yuan's technology has not yet reached the level of integrating such powerful technology on a mere ring.

In fact, this knockoff version of the Green Lantern Ring is actually just a connection point, connecting the material world and the real body of the ring.

——The real power core and the body of the force field generator are actually in another level that is almost completely isolated from the real world.

Although it is in another world, the extra dimension that is the foundation of Aldnoah technology in the A/Z world also exists in this world.

This special dimension that is almost completely isolated from the "3+1" dimensional universe is different from the magical phases that can be regarded as the foundation of magic. It is essentially just a part of the material universe. It is neither a manifestation of supernatural powers nor an existence based on other phases.

Although due to the differences between universes, this special dimension is somewhat different from the A/Z world in terms of specific dimensional parameters, but this can be solved by making a few corrections to some parameters in the Aldnoah technology.

The "divine power space" that Fang Yuan had envisioned back then has been fruitful through years of continuous research by clones from another universe. It is now possible to stabilize the existence of hyperspace bubbles in that dimension full of violent energy. , and at the same time can be connected with the real dimension at any time.

This knock-off green light ring, as well as most of the products on the shelf, actually use this technology - with the help of the huge space in the extra-dimensional hyperspace bubble, it is enough to install and place many equipment and materials, and the external activation The device is, at best, just a signal connector and energy material output channel.

However, Kamijou Touma, as a novice in science and technology, naturally had no way of knowing such a thing.

When he put the ring on the middle finger of his left hand according to the instructions of the store manager, he only felt a slight tingling on his finger, and then a pleasant female voice sounded in his head: [DNA is bound, brain wave spectrum Bound, unique user identity authentication unlocked... Will-driven space force field shaping device (green version) exclusive auxiliary artificial intelligence - OA, to provide you with dedicated service! 】Ahem, because this is not a genuine emotional spectrum ring, Fang Yuan did not shamelessly ask the user to recite the Green Lantern Corps oath, but simply recorded the DNA information and brain wave frequency to complete the binding.

"Eh? Eh~~!!! This, this, artificial intelligence? So amazing!" Although he has been leading the outside world in technology for at least 20 to 30 years, as a poor student among the poor, Kamijou Touma rarely has the opportunity to come into contact with the real world. High-tech - of course not counting those cleaning robots that roam the streets.

Artificial intelligence was still a very distant word in Kamijou Touma's concept, but he didn't expect that he would actually have his own artificial intelligence today? ! "Are you surprised? This ring is not just equipped with an artificial intelligence. You still need to discover its true power yourself.

If you don’t understand anything, you can ask the AI ​​inside, and it can answer most questions. "

Facing Kamijou Touma's fuss, Fang Yuan explained calmly.

"...Is that what you're asking?" Kamijou Touma asked the store manager, but it was the AI ​​in the ring that answered him: "You can communicate with me through consciousness calls. Of course, direct voice calls are also available. Can.

] "...It's really a powerful artificial intelligence..." Kamijou-san, who had never seen an advanced AI, marveled.

As soon as he came into contact with this high-end product, Kamijou Touma's youthful nature could no longer be restrained. He couldn't help but stumbled in his consciousness and tried to shout: [O, is it OA? are u there? 】 【I am here! 】 【It actually works! 】 I originally thought that conscious communication could only be reserved for those with the ability to speak, but I didn’t expect that it can now be achieved simply by using technology! [Then, then, tell me how to use this ring? ] Kamijou Touma couldn't wait to try out what kind of effect that "space force field shaping" would have.

[Understood, the teaching program is started, and the input of the instruction manual begins——] With the sweet voice of the artificial intelligence OA, Kamijou Touma felt that a large wave of information was flooding his consciousness like a tide, and he was unable to absorb the huge amount of information at once. , and the young man fell into a state of confusion and confusion in an instant.

After a long time, Kamijou Touma broke away from this state and rubbed his still painful head. The young man suddenly realized that he seemed to suddenly understand how to use this ring.

【start up! ] Following the command in his mind, a large green light emerged from the ring in his hand. No, according to the information in the manual, this should be a diffuse space force field.

But...why green? 【Lightsaber! 】 Putting the issue of color aside for the time being, Kamijou Touma imagined the scene when he just wielded the lightsaber in his mind, trying his best to depict the details.

After a few seconds, the green light gradually condensed and condensed, and finally condensed into the shape of a sword.

However... because his spatial imagination is too weak, the "sword" condensed based on his thoughts is very vague and crude, almost just a long green bar.

And when Kamijou Touma tried to use this imaginary "light saber" to poke the broken metal ingots on the ground, it was not as indestructible as a real lightsaber. Instead, it was like a physical stick, breaking the metal into pieces. It was poked to the side.

"..." Kamijou Touma suddenly felt that he had been tricked? ')300'>Chapter 299 Hey, the messy open incident is just over?

"Do you still need to study after all?! Are you trying to make things difficult for me, Kamijou Touma!!!" Walking out of the weird "Youka Shop", the boy named Kamijou Touma scratched his hair in pain. Mouths filled with grief.

Just now, before he could recover from the excitement of getting a "new toy", the cold fact slapped him in the face in a very humiliating way.

Obtained from the store manager, this ring-like "will-driven space force field shaping device (green version)" - referred to as the Green Lantern Ring, although it can condense the invisible force field into a substantial object according to the will of the person, However, ordinary objects such as swords and sticks are just that. If it is a more complex mechanical object such as a firearm or a lightsaber, you must have accurate knowledge of its internal structure - otherwise, what you condense will only be It's just a superficial appearance.

In other words, knowledge is power! If you want to truly unleash the power of this Green Lantern Ring, you must be a top academic.

"Of course, the artificial intelligence included in the ring also stores some simple shaping templates, which can be temporarily replaced for a period of time before you really master them.

However, I personally recommend that you read more and study more. The ring database contains a large number of professional teaching materials, which is enough for you to learn... If you really finish all the teaching materials in it, let alone just a handful of them. You can make lightsabers and mechas! " This was the advice given by the store manager before watching Kamijou Touma leave, but it did not bring any help to poor Kamijou-san. Instead, it made him fall into even greater despair - he thought it was finally... I picked up a plug-in, but I didn't expect it to be an even more terrifying learning hell... Is the world so unfair to poor students? ! The prickly-headed boy was so severely shocked that he looked up to the sky with grief and anger.

cough! Well, Kamijou Touma is not a martial arts protagonist and did not do this, but his depressed mood is real.

Feeling exhausted from the bottom of his heart, Kamijou Touma returned to his dormitory feebly like a dried salted fish. When he opened the door, he saw a pretty face full of anger.

"It's too late!!!" The nun in white, who was petite but had a huge appetite, was covered in black gas at this time. She looked at the young man who had just returned home with an unkind look on her face, and a sharp tip appeared at the corner of her mouth. The small tiger teeth flashed with a cold white light.

"Eh?" Kamijou Touma then noticed that he had spent too much time in that shop before, and now it was more than half an hour late from the normal dinner time.

And, most importantly...he forgot to buy groceries! ! ! "Ha-" Kamijou boy closed his eyes and let out a sigh of resignation.

The next moment... Click - Index launched a bite and headshot attack on Kamijou Touma.

Kamijou Touma received a critical blow, the damage was doubled, his health points were -99999, and his health points returned to zero.

Kamijou Touma died.

“Unfortunately——!!!”… After night falls, there are fewer pedestrians on the streets of Academy City——Although it is a holiday, theoretically there should be many students going out for shopping, but the hot weather prevents them from going shopping. Most people choose to stay indoors and enjoy the coolness of air conditioning.

However, on such a normal night, suddenly, the whole city trembled.

"Earthquake?" Fang Yuan felt the faint vibration on the ground, and carefully sensed the faintly turbulent AIM diffusion force field in the space. He immediately shook his head: "No, it's not an earthquake!" He thought of the animation. A plot of "Chaos and Openness" made me somewhat clear in my mind: "This should be 'Chaos and Openness'!" The so-called "Chaos and Openness" originally meant that things like furniture would move around on their own, which can be considered a phenomenon of disturbing spirits.

However, in Academy City, there is obviously another reason for this "unscientific" phenomenon - the collective outbreak of RSPK syndrome.

RSPK syndrome refers to a state in which a person with abilities is temporarily unable to discipline himself, causing his or her abilities to lose control unconsciously.

Although there are individual differences in the phenomena caused, when they occur at the same time, the out-of-control abilities will merge with each other, and finally appear in the form of the Sao Ling phenomenon. If the scale of this phenomenon expands, it will produce a feeling very similar to an earthquake.

And this kind of loss of control of group abilities obviously does not happen naturally.

In fact, this is Harusheng Kiyama, who was fished out of prison by the ghost hunter, trying to wake up the children who were comatose due to the experiment on ability crystallization.

But whenever the children are about to wake up, abnormalities will occur in the AIM diffusion field.

This caused them to lose control of their abilities while in a coma, triggering a collective attack of PSPK syndrome.

In other words, this is actually a follow-up to the previous [Fantasy Controller] incident. Fang Yuan thought about it and did not intend to get involved. Anyway, in the original plot, it was solved by a group of four girls, so this time it is left to Let them handle it! Think about it, in a small team, there is actually a Level 5, a sub-server disguised as Level 5, a Space Movement Level 4, and a Level 4 hacker. 6's Internet Patron Saint, as long as it is not involved in major events such as the battle between the magic side and the science side, basically anything can be solved.

Anyway, the villain in this plot seems to be a woman with a ridiculously long name, "Teristina Kihara Levrine"? It seems that he is a member of the notorious Kihara family. He himself has no great abilities. At most, he can only rely on the ability reduction device and mobile armor to show his majesty.

Perhaps it is a very difficult enemy for orthodox ability users, but for Saten Ruiko, who is not actually an ability user at all, it is probably an enemy that can be defeated with one punch! Fang Yuan did not pay too much attention to this matter, leaving everything to his lovely disciple to perform freely.

... A few days later, during which several chaotic opening events occurred, Fang Yuan logged into Academy City's intranet, and with the help of the A-level permissions given by Aleister, he saw Teresti as expected. Na has been arrested and imprisoned.

It is said that this guy was using the ability reduction device and driving the mobile armor, and he was taunting two officially registered Level 5s. When he was punched by Saten Ruiko, he was knocked unconscious in the mobile armor. of.

Well, Fang Yuan called up the scene recorded from the spirit base in Saten Ruizi's body from the spirit computer, and saw the scene at that time.

Sure enough, judging from Saten Ruiko's extremely relaxed expression, this is not even an enemy! ')301'>Chapter 300 Onmyoji, rise again!

Jingle bell——The bell hanging on the door of the store rang, another customer came.

"Ah, 'There is a Shop', this is really an interesting name!" A man with short golden hair like a hedgehog, sunglasses, and a golden chain around his neck spoke with a Kyushu accent. A boy dressed like a bad boy walked into the store.

Fang Yuan, who was sitting behind the counter, could tell the identity of the other party at a glance. The person who came was actually one of Kamijou Touma's two best friends and a member of the "Big Three of Idiots" in their class, named Tsuchigo. Men Yuanchun's ruffian boy.

Well, it is said that she is still a sister-in-law, the kind who has a real adopted sister.

Of course, these are just his superficial identities.

In fact, his true identity is a magician from the "Church of Necessary Evil" and a British Puritan spy who infiltrated Academy City.

He was originally an Onmyoji who was proficient in Onmyoji, and even the highest level Doctor Onmyoji. He was a person who could be considered a "genius" in terms of magic.

It's a pity that after being sent to Academy City by the British Puritan to work as a spy, he accepted the development of super powers, but developed Level 0 physical regeneration - which is almost useless except for accelerating the healing of broken capillaries. His magical cultivation was unable to be used due to the conflict with the physique of the ability user. It can be said that most of his abilities were abolished in one fell swoop.

However, this magical spy was immediately identified by Aleister after entering Academy City. I don’t know what kind of dirty agreement the two reached. This magical spy has the magical name of "stabbing people in the back". The magician actually became the vanguard of the science side again, directly acting as a double agent between the magic side and the science side! What is the purpose of such a complicated person coming to Fang Yuan's shop? Anyway, Fang Yuan would not believe that he just walked in here by chance.

... "What a rare visitor. You 'stabber in the back' came to me, do you want to investigate my identity?" Without saying anything to fool people, Fang Yuan pointed out the identity of the other party straight to the point. Of course, At the same time, it is equivalent to admitting that he is not an ordinary store manager - but looking at the things he sells in the store, no one would think that he is just an ordinary store manager.

"...Tsk! Sure enough, as a guy who can reach an agreement with that chairman on an equal footing, it's really impossible for me to hide my identity from you!" Tsuchimikado Motoharu also felt very direct about Fang Yuan's approach. surprise.

However, after thinking about it for a while, he roughly understood the reason why Fang Yuan did what he did - no one but strength! According to the information he investigated, this mysterious outsider who appeared inexplicably in Academy City seems to be able to communicate directly with the city's chairman, and the status between the two parties is not that of a spy like him. The position of subordinates is a very equal relationship.

This is enough to show that this mysterious outsider at least has enough strength or power to make Aleister fearful.

"Okay, I admit that I did receive the task of investigating you from the British Puritan Church, but now it seems that it is completely sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth!" Facing Fang Yuan's cautious and warning eyes, Tu Mikado Motoharu unscrupulously confessed the mission assigned by the boss behind him - if he didn't do this, God knows whether he would still be able to walk out of here with his life.

With that calm look, it was obvious that this was not the first time he had done this. The last time was probably when Aleister discovered his identity. He was such a poor spy... Seeing that Tsuchimikado Motoharu behaved quite honestly. , Fang Yuan nodded and said: "For the sake of your honesty, I won't do anything to you.

However, everything in the world follows the rules of equivalent exchange. You have obtained my understanding and forgiveness, but naturally you also need to pay a corresponding price.

So, didn't you also become Aleister's spy? If you can be a double agent, then I guess it's no problem for you to be a triple agent.

What do you think? "...You really gave me an offer I couldn't refuse!" "What else could Tsuchimikado Motoharu say, he could only accept the other party's forced recruitment with a wry smile.

"Very good, you made a smart choice, and I like smart people like you!" Fang Yuan was obviously very satisfied with Tsuchimikado Motoharu's knowledge.

“However, I won’t drive you to work in vain.

In order to add some enthusiasm to your future work, and at the same time to help you improve your strength, so that you don't know when you provoke a powerful enemy that you shouldn't provoke and get killed, I will give you a precious gift. "

"...Gifts?" After looking at the strange products displayed in the store, Tsuchimikado Motoharu had some enlightenment.

"Well, that's right, it's what you think!" As if he had seen through Tsuchimikado's thoughts, Fang Yuan nodded and said, "The products here are divided into two categories. One is the ones on your left. Developed and manufactured by me, a mysterious side creation called a 'spiritual base'. Each spiritual base contains a symbol of the power of an ancient hero, which can give you superpowers and magic. Conflicting special abilities."

"Oh? The mysterious side? Is it any different from the magic side?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu immediately noticed the difference in Fang Yuan's words.

"Well, you are very sharp and you caught the key point right away!" Fang Yuan nodded approvingly and said: "The so-called mystery can be roughly explained as all existences that cannot be explained by current science. Magic is like this, but it is not only It’s just magic in this world!” Fang Yuan did not elaborate on the difference between magic in other worlds and magic in this world, but just said: “Although these creations of mine are very similar to magic in appearance, In essence, it is different from the magic commonly used in this world, and it will not conflict with superpowers. I think it is very suitable for people like you who once had power but cannot use it again due to physical changes! "...What about the ones on the right?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu did not make a choice immediately, but asked about other products that Fang Yuan did not mention.

"Well, the ones on your right are pure technological creations without any mysterious attributes. However, their power is powerful enough. As long as the user's qualifications are sufficient, they are enough to rival a Level 5 superpower! However, I personally think that a matching spirit base is more suitable for you.”

Fang Yuan pointed to one of the boxes on the Lingji counter, and Tsuchimikado Motoharu immediately understood what the new boss meant - he said he was letting him choose, but in fact, he had already chosen it for him! The former onmyoji looked at where the opponent's finger was pointing and saw a label stuck under the ball of light, which read - Spirit Base - Abe Seimei! PS: Well... diseases all have recurring periods, especially terminal diseases like lazy cancer, which can't be cured all at once, right? So...it's a pity that there are only two updates today...')302'>Chapter 301: Knowing too much is not a good thing

Coming out of the shop with a weird name, Tsuchimikado Motoharu breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling as if he had narrowly escaped death.