People are forbidden by magic, just become mercenaries

It is the leading research institution in the field of material development in Academy City. Although it is private in nature, it is still Academy City behind it.

Incidentally, this research institute is exactly the institution named under Sigurd's name.

For example, Kihara Gensei's "Advanced Education Bureau Kihara Research Institute", "Special Cultural Corporation rfo" and "Hammerhara Hospital Kihara Research Laboratory".

Or the "Third Resource Recycling Facility" and "Institute of Subatomic Particle Engineering" of Kihara Kanzuki.

It is worth mentioning that the Higuchi Pharmaceutical Seventh Pharmaceutical Research Center, which is preparing for the "Superpower Mass Production Plan", is in the hands of a researcher named "Kihara Daisuke".

Sigurd didn't look around much, seeing the familiar and no longer familiar environment and annoying noise really didn't make people want to stay for a while.

Entering the building of Mitsui Chemicals and Materials Third Research Institute, although it is said to be a materials research institute, its nature is subtle.

In the research of the "surface" layer, the region is a research institution specializing in the fields of materials chemistry.

But on the "inside" side, it is operating as one of the five superpower development agencies in Academy City.

In a certain testing ground at this time, which was originally used to test the strength or heat resistance of materials, a man with brown hair and wearing orange and black patterns looked like a tiger-striped shark. The girl in the normal test suit in the swimsuit was facing a special metal plate used to manufacture Academy City's latest unmanned armed aircraft "Four Feathers".

Goo! ! !

The right arm that was raised horizontally before trembled slightly, and a pale light beam burst out with the fingertips as the aim. Although it was only a thumb-thick beam, the researchers who were observing at the side had to wear special goggles to observe directly. .

A small red spot appeared on the high-strength metal plate designed to withstand even large-caliber sniper rifles, and then it began to turn red like metal being thrown into a large furnace.

Although the area of ​​redness and heat expanded, it was finally "punctured" in the center of the armor plate.

Looking at the small piercing wound and the surrounding melted and deformed parts, the twelve- and three-year-old girl seemed quite dissatisfied with the result.

"Tsk, is it only to this extent?"

A little dissatisfied looking at his hands, the girl frowned and the others seemed to be used to it, collecting data on their own, and no one paid attention to the girl's complaints.

"The power of a powerful person (level.4) is already quite inconceivable. Do you have an accurate understanding of your 'target'?"

"Huh? Bastard researcher, tell me something I can understand?"

Looking at Sigurd walking by, the brown-haired girl seemed to be still feeling uncomfortable about the experiment just now, and said in a bad tone.

"To put it simply, in Academy City, there are no more than five capable users who can directly destroy this armor plate by relying on their own abilities. You are the third among them, but the two people in front of you One counts as relying on 'characteristics', so you are now the No. 1 ability user when you hit the destructive power directly, so you can understand it?"

"Tch, I'm not in a good state today, and I could have been stronger."

I don't know if it was because of Sigurd's words that made her feel a little bit flustered or what, but the girl's anger seemed to have subsided.

However, it is one thing not to get emotional, but the problem that there is still more room for improvement in her abilities is that the girl is still a little confused.

"My abilities seem to have not improved for a while, can such ability development courses really allow me to reach superpowers (level.5)?"

"Just like losing weight, there will always be a bottleneck period where you can't lose weight."

"Is there no way to break through quickly?"

"It is very harmful to the body to increase the amount of 'exercise' rashly while the 'nutrient intake' cannot keep up."

Seeing herself drinking coffee, the girl with long brown hair also felt a little thirsty.

I don't know if it's because of the fully enclosed design of the test site, or because the tight-fitting test suit used for data collection is a little too tight. The girl pulled her neckline in discomfort.

"So, there are also safe and effective 'weight loss methods'?"

"Yes, although there is no direct experimental proof, the physical strength, mental state, and special physiological period of the ability user will have a slight impact on the output of the ability. Simply put, exercising can also improve one's ability to a certain extent. ability level."

"There is no basis. Is it okay to say such irresponsible words from a researcher like you?"

"But the fact is that some people's ability level suddenly improves after falling in love or drinking saliva, but some people are exercising and self-suggesting, and even those who have taken special medicines for several years are low-ability people (level .1) even incompetent (level.0). Some things just don't make sense."

"I don't want to train to be a muscular girl."

Seemingly giving up entanglement in this aspect, the girl went back to the lounge, intending to change out of the clothes for the test, while Sigurd went to check the latest test data.

Although this guy is a magician, he is not the same as magicians in the traditional sense who don't like science, and he doesn't object to science, a mercenary.

In his own words:

Sometimes pistols and bombs are better than wands and familiars.

"What happened to the data?"

"Mr. Sigurd, Mugino Shirley's data has been rising steadily. According to the feedback from the 'tree diagram designer', he will be able to stably join the superpower (level.5) stage in about three months."

As a result, the report from the assistant researcher under him showed that Mugino Shenli's ability hints had always been in a steady and slight upward stage, but recently it began to level off, and there were no problems overall.

Mugino Shirley is one of Academy City's existing training targets who have the qualities to become a "superpower" and can steadily rise to superpower without investing too many resources.

Compared with others, Mugino Shinri's growth is the most stable, and his ability is also the easiest to analyze and apply to the military field.

After going through the routine above, it was natural to choose her as the "pioneer" and take the lead in starting the training plan for superpowers.

As long as the success is confirmed here, then other facilities will start to screen and train personnel one after another. According to the preliminary plan, Academy City will train five superpowers including Mugino Shitoshi.

Chapter 59: The Gentle Teacher Who Was "The Worst Kihara"

He needs something that is readily available and cheap, and that demonstrates a minimum of sociability.

As it turned out, the male teacher chose off-the-shelf slacks, formal shirts, and cardigans.He will wear different styles of woolen sweaters according to different days.

As a teacher, he can barely escape it, but it's weird in normal society.

And one does not have any requirements for what he needs, and comfort is the only criterion.

So he directly handed over the troublesome matters of "selection" and "matching" to the maid lady.Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, he would be a relatively tasteful researcher.

The outside is the white researcher's white coat that will never change as long as he appears in Academy City, but the inside can be changed into a shirt or a T-shirt according to the day and weather.

Of course, sometimes jeans and boots are also optional, but because he is always on a whim, the maid also spent a lot of thought on matching.

Compared to a mercenary or researcher, he is more like the young master of a rich family.

Although the two do not have any intersection at first glance, at least in terms of their identities in Academy City, they are both outliers in the group dubbed "Kihara".

"I didn't expect the 'guest' to be you."

"When you know that this special lecture is 'Ability Development and Application Theory', you should have guessed it."

"I thought it would be Kihara Gensei or the number of Kiharas. I personally hope it is Kihara Gensei, after all, the guy with the many numbers tends to scare the students."

"That guy from Shudu will jump up angrily when he hears it, but they have been busy recently, so they won't have this kind of leisure time."

"I'm not curious what they're doing, in fact I think it's best if I don't know."

"For you, it's hard not to agree."

The conversation between the two was dull, but it revealed that the identities of the two were incompatible with the specifications of the elementary school they were in at this time.

The man with short black hair sighed unconsciously, as if he didn't care about the research at all.

"..."

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The two were walking slowly in the corridor and were about to leave the teaching building, but when they passed a certain floor, a different "bang bang" sound attracted the teacher's attention with short black hair.

It's after school now, some children didn't come home and were playing around at school. Another researcher didn't think it was a strange thing, but the man as a teacher went over to take a look, confirming and urging them to go back quickly. Home.

Who would have thought that such a gentle teacher used to be the guy known as "the worst Kihara"?

The teacher poked her head outside the after-school classroom and saw five or six kids with synthetic leather bats, tapping away at a roll of discarded printouts they no longer needed.

His hand was out like a whip, nonchalantly grabbing the swung ball before asking a question.

At this time, Sigurd, who came over unhurriedly, also saw the children in the teacher.

"What are you doing here?"

"Ah, Kihara-sensei! Researcher Kustodi!"

"Really, I'd rather you call me by my first name."

A mentally troubled kid with curly black hair lifts her makeshift bat.She seems totally focused on improving her batting, but at least the two "kiharas" wish she cared more about her skirts.

The black-haired girl didn't seem to care about Sigurd's whispered complaints, and said with an innocent expression.

"We have no other choice. We were playing in the clearing, but the stubborn old hag was going crazy!"

"Sounds scary, what happened?"

"It's true that we broke the glass, but she didn't have to yell at us."

"Jaqun, some of you are busy."

The teacher, whom Sigurd called "Gaqun", sighed softly, knelt down to be at eye level with the girl, and asked her what she meant, while being careful not to make her shut up in fright.

He can't relax just because she's full of energy now, ten or so kids aren't simple, it's not like as long as you plant them in pots on a windowsill, make sure they get plenty of sun and water, they'll grow.

A student guardian's job doesn't end after saving them.

Children with psychological problems will continue to have greater psychological ups and downs in the future.

Just because she's now happily going to school every day doesn't mean she won't refuse to leave the dorm again after what happened.

In fact, it was present when the girl briefly refused to go to school again.

It's like stacking pebbles in a child's psychic dilemma, but if that pile of pebbles collapses like an avalanche, he can only give up and bemoan their fate.

A teacher must consider the impact of what he does on his students.

On the other hand, Sigurd was quietly moving something in his pocket, and the teacher named Kihara Kagun also noticed this.

But he knew very well that the "Kihara who wasn't like Kihara" in front of him was not someone else's kind of pleasure criminal, and although he might behave strangely, it was certainly not a bad thing.

Not paying attention to Sigurd behind him, the teacher named Kihara Kagun chose not to continue the formulaic "education", but chose to listen to what these children had to say.

He had to deal with it carefully, after all, if he made a rash judgment on this matter, it might hurt the hearts of the children.

Anyway, the little curly-haired girl frowned, turned her bat around, and continued to defend her mistake.

"But everyone makes mistakes! We felt bad about breaking the glass, so we apologized right away. But the old hag kept yelling at us and wouldn't listen to us. We couldn't even get in!"

"After that, you won't go near that clearing again, will you?"

Kihara Kagun tried to confirm whether the girl's attitude towards this matter was to "escape" or "face". This detail played a very important role in the handling of the whole matter.

The girl who was a little emotional looked at the two "Kihara" in front of her, her expression began to calm down, and she continued talking in a low voice.

"She kept yelling at us when we tried to clean up the broken glass. We didn't know what to do so we didn't go there."