Academy City's Puppet Master

Ling Xingye nodded and took the bag, and poured out a mobile phone from it.

When I opened it, I saw a lot of missed calls and unread emails.

Kamijou Touma, Hijikata Go, Kanzaki Kaori and others, Nanban and Ito Arisu and other subordinates, Isshiki Chie and Yakushiji Miyu and other students.

There are also Misaka Mikoto Quartet and Misaka 10001.

And the ones with the most calls, Lu Xuyang and Hitomi Shiranui

They didn't know that Ling Xingye had changed his phone again, and at the end of the day, he almost blew up the phone.

"Ah!" Ling Xingye suddenly laughed at himself, "What the hell am I worrying about?"

Wouldn't it be okay to just tell them about this kind of thing?

From the moment my Shiranui Hitomi and I backed up each other's memories, didn't I already decide to trust her unconditionally no matter what?

Ling Xingye didn't know whether this "memory" was real or not, but he knew that this was a decision he made while being sober and calm at this moment.

"That's enough, life is like a play, how can there be so many worries!" Ling Xingye, who had made up his mind, relaxed and fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, the closing ceremony of the Daha Star Festival.Ling Xingye came to the class to gather on time.

Hitomi Shiranui looked at Ling Xingye happily, but also worried about his unusually indifferent attitude yesterday, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Ling Xingye took the initiative to step forward and said: "Tong, after the closing ceremony, let's have a good chat. Regarding my memory, I also want you to check it again."

"OK, all right!"

The closing ceremony in the morning ended successfully, followed by the final carnival and ceremony.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ling Xingye and Shiranui Hitomi came to a quiet coffee shop, preparing for memory backup and the final showdown.

At the same time, a rare package arrived in the windowless building.

Yubiao Danxi delivered the package to the room. Although she was a little curious, she didn't ask any more questions. As usual, she bowed to Aleister and left immediately.

After a while, an invisible force picked up the package, opened it in the air, and found a rather "quaint" video tape inside.

There is a line written on the tape

"Magician's last message, our agreement is complete."

Aleister took a look, and found a delicate and small memory chip from the corner of the packaging box.On the plastic case, there are three teeny-headed Xiaozhuan push back pictures engraved with micro-engraving techniques.

It was the "Book of Prophecy" that Baoliang had promised to read to Aleister.

"Antique" Aleister checked and found nothing abnormal.

A moment later, a barrel-shaped robot pushed out a projector from the back of the room, and stuffed Baoliang's videotape into it.

"Dear Chairman Aleister, no, you should be called the magician Edward Alexander." Bao Liang appeared in the picture wearing an iconic tuxedo, "The greatest magician of the twentieth century, even if your name is the same as We, who are isolated from the world, have also heard about it.”

"According to the agreement, I brought the book of prophecy. Of course, the original text is impossible. However, the memory chip made with our technology has the ability to use the one-time original text. The effect of reading it for the first time is not as good as directly reading the original text. Please forgive me .”

"Since you saw this video, instead of me personally sending the picture, I must have died, right?" Bao Liang said with a cheerful smile, "But it doesn't matter, I had expected it, so I prepared this video .”

"Please allow me to tell you a story in this way." Bao Liang bowed to the camera, then sat back and sat down, and said, "Originally, this should be a secret that we Yanshi and Baiyin kept together. It stands to reason It should not be rumored. But you are the greatest magician ever, and now you are the founder and leader of the scientific side. More importantly, you are secretly carrying out the artificial heaven project"

"I don't know what purpose you are pushing forward with this bold plan, but it doesn't matter, the key lies in the significance of this experiment itself.

"Okay, let's get to the beginning of the story." Baoliang coughed.

"A long time ago, there was an ancient and highly developed country. They were almost omnipotent and had explored the entire world.

"Then, they start thinking about what's beyond this world?

"They have made countless efforts and attempts, but they have repeatedly hit the wall, and there has been no result.

"Finally, they figured out a way to simulate it!

"They made a box and imitated the physical laws of their world in the box. The mathematical rules input all the parameters into this box, imitating the operation of the real world as much as possible.

"Finally, life was created in the box to observe how they think and research this issue; to observe whether they can break through the boundaries of the box and come outside to meet the creators; to observe the methods and ideas they use, whether they can Inspire the same kind of research in the real world"

Bao Liang paused, and then said: "Then the interesting part comes, do you know what the ending of this story is?"

Aleister's eyes widened suddenly, and the liquid in the huge test tube seemed to be boiling.

Baoliang laughed loudly: "I guess you must have thought of it, the people in the last box also made a box!"

"Fangcun Mountain in Yanshi, Pot Middle Realm in Baiyin, the artificial heaven you created by mistake." Finally, Bao Liang said, "Don't you think it looks a bit like that little box?"

After speaking, Baoliang looked up at the sky.Aleister also lowered her head, looking through the obstacles to the sky.

"That's why" at the end, when the image disappeared, Baoliang's voice came faintly, "Life is like a play."

===Chapter 524 Misaka Mikoto wants to transfer schools===

The closing ceremony ended successfully.

Misaka Mikoto squeezed out of the crowd holding flowers and trophies.As soon as he walked out of the gymnasium, he saw his mother, Misaka Misuzu, waving at him across the road.

Misaka Mikoto also waved the flowers in her hand and ran towards her.

It was because she wanted to meet her mother that she didn't ask Shirai Heizi to take her away directly.

Misaka Misuzu herself is also at the busiest time of study and work, and it is not easy to find time to attend the closing ceremony, so Misaka Mikoto does not want her mother to wait too long.

"Good job!" Misaka Misuzu praised her daughter with a smile, and took the trophy from her hand.

——The "Best Athlete" of the junior high school girl group.

"Well, it's nothing..." Misaka Mikoto herself didn't take it seriously, except for the sports idiot Shokuhou Misaki, she was the only level 5 junior high school student, and there was little suspense for such an honorary award to be awarded to her.

It's like the "Best Athlete" in the high school girls' division was given to Lily Mezas.

As a mother, Misaka Misuzu didn't care so much, she was very happy with her daughter's results, and played with the trophy with great interest.

"Okay, let's go quickly, the restaurant must be full today, and we won't be able to get a seat if it's late!"

Misaka Mikoto felt a little ashamed of showing off the trophy in public, so she quickly grabbed her mother's bag and pushed her forward.

Sitting down in the reserved restaurant, Misaka Misuzu sighed: "I didn't expect it to be really lively, so many things happened..."

"Huh?" Misaka Mikoto looked up, "So many things refer to..."

"Terrorists attacked Academy City two days ago, right? And it is said that a war almost broke out?" Misaka Misuzu said with a serious expression, "Although the news has been blocked, there are still many friends in the media who have sent information. .”

"Is it that serious?" Misaka Mikoto muttered, "It's actually okay, there have always been organizations that oppose Academy City, so don't make a fuss."

"It's that serious." Misaka Misuzu said very seriously, "This city is no longer safe, and some parents I know are already planning to transfer schools. If my husband was here, he would definitely agree to this decision, right?"

Saying that, Misaka Misuzu took out a document from her bag and handed it to her daughter.

It was an application form for transferring schools, but it was indeed the most special type—transfer from within Academy City to a school outside Academy City.

"Mom! What are you?" Misaka Mikoto looked at her in surprise.

"That's right," Misaka Misuzu nodded, "I want to take you out of Academy City and study in a peaceful and safe school."

"But I'm a superpower, how can I go to school outside?"

"Don't worry about this," Misaka Misuzu said, "The agreement was signed when we enrolled, and we can apply to leave Academy City at any time—as long as the procedures are complete and the process is completed."

Misaka Mikoto was stunned for a moment, and then continued: "There's no need to do this, although there are many sad and painful experiences in this city... But there are more happy and joyful things, and I also have many good friends."

"Also, and," Misaka Mikoto's bangs flickered, "I'm a level 5 superpower, one of the strongest people here... so mom doesn't need to worry about my safety at all..."

Misaka Misuzu grabbed her hand: "No matter how powerful your superpower is, in my opinion, you are just a little girl. How can a mother leave her daughter in a dangerous place?"

Misaka Mikoto continued to defend and persuade, but her mother seemed to have made up her mind and was completely unmoved.

The lunch that followed was very depressing.

In the afternoon, Misaka Mikoto was not in the mood to continue to accompany her mother to visit and watch the parade.Distressed and heavy back to school.

She clutched the phone tightly, always having the urge to ask Senior Shiranui to help "persuade" her mother.

But no matter what, you can't treat your mother like this, right?Misaka 10001 has already fooled her mother once, and Misaka Mikoto has been condemned by conscience.

If she wanted to tamper with her mother's memory, Misaka Mikoto would probably be the first to refuse.

On the other hand, Misaka Misuzu can also understand her daughter's mood and feelings, but she is not prepared to back down.

She took out her tablet computer, opened Academy City's official website, and checked the procedures for handling cross-border school transfers and leaving Academy City.

"It's so troublesome..." I was shocked by the long process at first sight.

Because Misaka Mikoto is one of only eight level 5 superpowers, she has to go through almost all departments of Academy City to leave the procedure.

"Looks like it's going to take a while."

Misaka Misuzu didn't show any sign of backing down, and immediately started to act.

Unsurprisingly, her actions immediately attracted attention...

In the evening, Misaka Misuzu walked out of Tokiwadai Middle School.

She turned on the tablet again: "The school has also said hello, next..."

She checked the list: "Huh? Student Management Committee? Is there still this department?"

However, Academy City is a large city, and there are so many institutions and departments in it, it is normal that I have never heard of it.

Looking at the location on the map again, Misaka Misuzu stopped a driverless taxi.

When we arrived at the destination, the sun was already setting and the sky was gradually getting dark, and it happened to be the time when the street lights had not yet been turned on.

The office building of the "Student Management Committee" is also dark, and it seems that it has been off work.

Misaka Misuzu was not reconciled, and tried to walk into the office building.

"Excuse me, is there anyone? Excuse me..."

She yelled twice at the door, but got no response, so she walked inside again.

But soon, Misaka Misuzu felt something was wrong—this building was not an office building, but an abandoned office building.

The ground has not been cleaned for a long time, and it is full of dust and scattered garbage. It seems to be used as a secret base by homeless people or bad boys.

— The map is wrong?

Misaka Misuzu was puzzled, and was about to take out the tablet computer to check, but she caught a glimpse of the reflection on the glass next to her out of the corner of her eye.