Academy City's Puppet Master

"So... I'll go back first." Yakushiji Mixi hurriedly said goodbye, "Mr. Mushan too, remember to eat and rest well, staying up late is a big taboo for girls!"

After all, Yaoshi Temple Meixi ran out in a hurry regardless of her ladylike image.

"How do I explain to Teacher Yaqin after I go back? Sing a song to her." Yaoshi Temple Meixi thought in her heart. In these days of experiments, she has also gained a lot - using singing to hypnotize and change people's mood This kind of thing can also be done, "Well, it's not as convenient as the squad leader's ability."

Because she ran in a hurry, and in the early morning, most of the lights in the corridors of the research institute had not been turned on, Yakushiji Mixi almost bumped into the oncoming staff at the corner of the stairs.

A security guard was walking forward with a cardboard box in his arms.

Yakushiji Mixi hurriedly apologized, and when she bowed, she glimpsed out of the corner of her eye that the name filled in the addressee column of the package was Mr. Kiyama Haruki.As for the sender column, there is a simple image of a crow in it.

It's Dr. Crow's package. It must be an experiment-related facility, right?Yakushiji Mixi thought in her heart.

She couldn't understand those research reports, but only knew that Dr. "Crow" was a very powerful scientist. Even Mr. Mushan admired him, and even changed the outline of the experiment plan repeatedly because of his suggestion.

But... Yakushiji Mixi originally only came to work part-time to earn some pocket money to enjoy the summer vacation, and didn't intend to delve into those too troublesome things.

"Those research reports, only the monitor can understand them, right?" Yaoshi Temple Meixi said to herself, "Oh, and Ling Xingye can also understand them. I'll forget it, after all, those two are geniuses."

Haru Kiyama received the package in her office.

After opening it, I found a mechanical crow with exquisite workmanship inside.

Aluminum feathers, crystal eyes, beak and claws made of stainless steel - it's just lifelike.

The body of the mechanical crow is not completely covered, but many places are hollowed out, exposing the complex internal mechanical structure, which operates in an orderly manner like a clock.

No matter from the perspective of mechanical device or appearance, this mechanical crow can be called a work of art.

After seeing the light of day again, the mechanical crow's eyeballs suddenly turned, like a camera lens, and quickly locked on to Haruno Kiyama.

===Chapter 69 New·Fantasy Hand Project===

The black and shiny eyes of the mechanical crow focused on Haruno Kiyama.Then it nimbly stood up from the box, like a real crow, pacing on the table, spreading its wings and shaking its feathers.

Kiyama Haruno calmly watched the wonderful scene in front of him.

She has seen such a scene once - just last month, before she was about to officially launch the "Fantasy Master" project.

"The crow..." Kishan Haruno called out its name.

This wonderful creation—without any electronic components in its body, but capable of transmitting information in real time, with unknown principles and unknown materials—is her collaborator, Dr. "Crow", his dialogue terminal.

After walking a few steps to move his body, the mechanical crow stood steadily and looked up at the female human researcher: "Good morning, Mr. Haruno Kiyama."

"Don't call me teacher!" Mushan Chunsheng angrily reprimanded, not at all the kindness he had when facing Yakushiji Mixi just now.

"Oh? I thought you liked the title teacher." A metallic voice came from the mechanical crow.

"Only students have the right to call me that!"

"It's really strict! Well then... Do it again," the mechanical crow tilted his head, "Good morning, Haruno Mushan."

"Enough!" Mushan Chunsheng slapped the table vigorously, "What are you doing! What is the meaning of yesterday's city-wide riot! Now the security department and the city's senior management must have all noticed my plan and research!"

"Don't panic, Mr. Mushan." For some reason, Mushan Chunsheng seemed to feel the mechanical crow laughing, "This is part of the plan."

"Plan?" Mu Shanchunsheng said coldly, "The whole city is in a commotion, and then the law enforcement officers are chasing you?"

"Don't worry, this is a display—that is, a so-called advertisement." Crow said, "As for the law enforcement... Do you think if the high-level officials of this city want to arrest you, they will wait until now?"

The crow said confidently: "So rest assured, because of intelligence control, our plan has not been exposed-at least on the surface."

Haruno Kiyama was stunned. She had seen the dark side of Academy City to a certain extent, so she knew very well that there were some shady organizations in the dark of this city—collectively called "Anbu".

If the higher-ups really wanted to take the knife on themselves, they would have done it last night, and there was really no reason to delay until now.

Academy City's network is a large local area network, and all information is monitored by the government. As long as there is a heart, there is no secret that cannot be found.Kiyama Haruno didn't feel at all that his posting of information on the Internet could be done seamlessly.

After all, she was an expert on AIM's diffusion field, not on network information.

The crow chuckled: "Do you think your previous plan - covering only 0 people, and almost all of them are low-level ability users of level 1 and level [-] - can have much effect? ​​Now I am going to expand the scale of the network, Attract more and more advanced ability users to join in!"

"Teacher Mushan, didn't you say that you would do anything to save those children! Now, according to my plan, the success rate can be increased by at least three times!"

The crow didn't lie to her, but he didn't hide his other purpose either.

Mushan Chunsheng was shocked by its wild words. She did have the consciousness to be an enemy of the world, but dragging [-] people into the water before was already the limit of her imagination.But she didn't expect that this Dr. "Crow" who suddenly intervened in her plan would be even more daring!

"You... How many people are you planning?" Mushan Chunsheng asked nervously with a dry mouth.

"Ah, how many people? I can only say that the more the better." Crow said casually, "Speaking of which, Japan is also a country with a large population. Is it necessary to be so stingy? Even if it is limited to this Academy City, there must be at least [-] people. Is the scale justified?"

"You..." Mushan Chunsheng couldn't help but slumped down on the chair, "You are really a devil!"

"However, in order to achieve your goal, you wouldn't mind cooperating with the devil, wouldn't you? Besides, although cooperating with the devil will cost a lot, your wish can indeed be fulfilled... It's more reliable than praying to those illusory gods."

"What I'm worried about is the reaction from the guards and high-level officials—they can't all be indifferent! How can you keep them all silent and not stop this experiment?" Mu Shanchun said through gritted teeth.

"Don't worry, I've already found a collaborator... As I said, this big commotion is also an advertisement—it attracts not only more users, but also those collaborators who can be used as backers!"

"Collaborator?"

"Mr. Mushan, with your qualifications, you should have participated in some not-so-legal experiments, right?" Crow asked back, "So you should be very clear—there are countless shady research and experiments behind this city, far more than you. It's just my little farce."

"Those studies... a lot of them are covered by real big shots." The crow said while raising its wings and pointing to the sky.

"You mean..." Mu Shanchun was thoughtful.