Academy City's Puppet Master

"Really?"

Chuchun shut the manuscript with a snap.

"Saten-san," she asked, "do you have a copy of this?"

"Yes, this is a copy." Saten Ruiko nodded.

Chuchun Shili nodded, picked up the red marker pen on the table, and began to draw on the "manuscript".

"Huh? Huh? Don't!!!" Saten Ruiko screamed miserably, desperately wanting to rush over to snatch the manuscript back.

But he was firmly grasped by Gufa Meiwei, and he could only watch helplessly as his hard work was destroyed.

Chu Chunli doesn't even look at her, she is stern and selfless, like a judge, she draws with a ink brush, and deletes a large number of "manuscripts" without mercy.

Soon, more than [-]% of the nearly [-]-page "The Great Adventure of Saten Ruiko" was deleted.

Only a few thousand words are left.

"Phew, I feel much more refreshed now." Chuchun Shili looked at his results with satisfaction.

"Ah! My legend! My adventure!" Saten Ruiko cried.

"At this juncture, don't make trouble for us." Chuchun Zhuli said helplessly, "We've been very busy recently."

Saten Reniko took the opportunity to break free from the shackles of Miwei Fubo, and rushed over.

The two girls immediately laughed and cursed together...

In Academy City, there is probably such an atmosphere.

In just one week, the peace in the past has been completely restored.

But outside of Academy City, this war caused an uproar all over the world.

During the "Puppet Invasion" war, everyone in the Ling family class showed their magical powers, causing drastic changes in the celestial phenomena.

The movement was so great that all satellites passing over the eastern hemisphere captured this unusual cloud cover.

During the war, due to the activeness of the puppet masters of the Ling family class, the spies from various forces who infiltrated the No. 13 school district suffered little loss and retreated unscathed.

Immediately afterwards, the first-hand information from them spread rapidly and was placed on the desks of various organizations and heads of state around the world.

Two or three days later, major news media around the world also received tips and began to report relevant information.

Information about automatic puppets and silver puppet masters spread like a virus around the world.

One stone caused a thousand waves, and parades of "resist intelligent robots" and "support robots" broke out almost simultaneously around the world.

The Yanshi organization reacted quickly, as if it had been expected, the automatic puppets lurking in various countries took the initiative to use "longevity technology" to buy local dignitaries and leaders, seeking to expand their power.

At this point, the Silver Organization also had to follow up, dispatching a large number of action specialists out of the country for the first time, to fight against the automatic puppets from all aspects.

As a branch of the silver that mainly operates overseas, the Ling family class has naturally become the command center of the "global strategy" of the silver organization.

Lu Xuyang, who had just returned to the circus, couldn't react at all, and was surrounded by puppet masters who came to report.

In the end, it was the big brother Ling Changyun who came forward to stabilize the situation.

No one thought that Ling Changyun's original intention would be realized in such an unexpected way.

But while the two sides were fighting each other, the voices against them gradually became louder.

Both the automatic puppet and the silver puppeteer are existences that are far from "normal humans".

It took decades for the world to gradually accept the existence of "superpowers" and Academy City. Of course, it is impossible to suddenly accept the existence of automatic puppets overnight. It can be called "another kind of intelligent body".

Apprehension and fear naturally appear in people's hearts.

What's more, they really didn't feel wrong-automatic puppets are "vampires" and they prey on human beings, which can be said to be the natural enemies of human beings.The so-called "coexistence in peace" itself is a false proposition.

The silver puppet master is also regarded as inhuman because of the magical property of "immortality".It will even be regarded by some bold people as raw materials for making "longevity medicine" and will be attacked unexpectedly...

All in all, both Baiyin and Yanshi quickly encountered setbacks in the process of global deployment.

But these are insignificant, innocuous little problems, and the real troubles are just beginning to emerge.

——Conservatives, represented by Christianity, have shown astonishing aversion and dislike to the existence of automatic puppets and silver puppet masters.

Among them is the Roman Orthodox Church.The Pope first delivered a speech "against the erosion of the world by puppets", and even declared that the automatic puppets and silver puppet masters were "blasphemy" of the gods.

The Orthodox Church with 2 billion believers made such a statement, which quickly deflected the wind direction of the world's public opinion.

Immediately afterwards, British Puritanism and Russian Orthodox Christianity also voiced their voices, expressing their joint resistance to the "puppet invasion" and agreeing to define it as "blasphemy".

——In this aspect, the three major forces of Christianity rarely reached an agreement.

Not only does it have a huge influence in ordinary society, but the three major Christian sects are also the main forces of the mysterious test.

Based on this level of identity, the three major sects have long known about "Baiyin" and "Yanshi".It's just that they almost never went abroad for activities in the past, and they only made noise in their own "boxes", so they simply chose to turn a blind eye and ignore them.

But this time, these two mysterious forces took the initiative to attack and expand outwards.

This had to arouse the response of the Christianity.

……

While the outside world was bustling with hustle and bustle, there was still the usual rhythm in Academy City.

Except for a few college students who are concerned about the current situation or are related majors, few students and citizens have paid attention to the voices of the outside world.

Although not many people have actually seen "highly intelligent robots" and "life extension technology", such technical information and legends are not uncommon.

Automatic puppets and silver puppet masters...in the context of Academy City, this isn't even a new sci-fi concept.

Beneath the calm and peaceful surface, the underground world is in a fierce melee.

And Ling Xingye, who suddenly disappeared and whose whereabouts are unknown...

During these days, Shiranui Tong and Yuan Shanyao tried their best to find Ling Xingye.

Since that day, Yuan Shanyao's "foreseeing the future" can no longer see Ling Xingye.

Hitomi Shiranui almost searched the No.13 school district.He released a reward task on "Fantasy Royal Hand 2.0" and almost exhausted all methods.

At this moment, Hitomi Shiranui and Haruka Yuanshan stood in front of an office building, looked at each other, and walked into the gate of "Hubrian Robot Development Company" together.

===Chapter [-] Looking for Ling Xingye===

Lucius, the president of the "Hubrian Robot Development Company", has another identity as Lu Cun, the silver puppet master, the action commissioner of "Baiyin" stationed in the academy city.

In order to find the missing Ling Xingye, Hitomi Shiranui exhausted all the resources in his hands, and even issued a reward task on the "Fantasy Royal Hand 2.0" platform.

All the way, although Ling Xingye was not found, another suspicious figure in the whole incident was investigated—the puppet master Lucun.

"Besides the automatic puppet, you are Xingye's only enemy, so I'm here."

In the laboratory on the seventh floor, Hitomi Shiranui saw Lu Cun and Kumiko Yanaka.

With the backup of Ling Xingye's memory, she is very clear about Lu Cun's identity and the grievances between him and Ling Xingye.

If it weren't for the lack of valid evidence, Shiranuo Tong would almost confirm that Lu Cun was responsible for Ling Xingye's disappearance.

For this reason, she chose to come to the confrontation in person.

Because of the existence of the iron law of silver, Hitomi Shiranui is not worried about her own safety, and Yuan Shanyao, who is with her, has also confirmed that Lu Cun will not take action against them.

But when he faced this well-mannered, tall and muscular man, and the equally tough woman behind him, Hitomi Shiranui suddenly regretted—should I ask Misaka-san to come with me?

But she calmed down quickly and remembered the purpose of her trip.

Considering Ling Xingye's position, Shiranui Tong felt that at least he and Lu Cun were in a state of hostility.

Therefore, she chose to ask her own question directly: "Excuse me, do you know the whereabouts of Ling Xingye?"

Lu Cun spread his hands and shrugged helplessly: "To be honest, I also want to know his whereabouts. Although my purpose is different from yours, from another perspective, I am also one of the people who 'cared' about Ling Xingye the most. one."

"You mean you don't know?" Hitomi Shiranui ignored his rhetoric and asked oppressively.

"That's right," Lu Cun nodded, "Actually, my precious disciples also disappeared—simultaneously with Ling Xingye. I'm also looking for them."

"That's right, but you don't seem to be in a hurry at all." Hitomi Shiranui didn't believe his words.

Lu Cun smiled: "Student Shiranui and Yuanshan, with your abilities, you should both have the ability to distinguish lies, so you know best whether I have lied or not."

"The reason why I'm not in a hurry is because I'm sure that they are all still alive and their lives are not in danger," Lu Cun said.

"How are you sure?" Hitomi Shiranui asked hastily.

"Answering machine," Lu Cun pointed to the big screen behind him? "The robot I developed...strictly speaking, it should be a function-specific artificial intelligence."

Talking? He waved his hand and signaled Kumiko Yanaka to turn on the computer.

"To put it simply? The principle is to grab a large amount of information from the Internet, screen, sort out, summarize and summarize, and finally draw a conclusion." Lu Cun said? "Theoretically, as long as the amount of information input is enough? Then The answering machine can answer any question."

"Really?" Hitomi Shiranui frowned, apparently not believing in such a magical device.

"Of course there are limitations," Lu Cun shook his head, "First, the accuracy of its answers is directly related to the amount of information it inputs; secondly, it can only give binary answers? That is, only 'yes' or 'no' Misjudgment. So it takes skill to use it."

As he spoke, Lu Cun glanced at Yuan Shanyao behind Shiranuo Tong.

The principle mechanism of the "transponder" is just imitating the "foreseeing the future" from Yuan Shanyao, and it is a "Laplace demon" device.

This is an additional product when Lucun and Jeeves built the "Fantasy Hand 3.0" system.

Seeing that he was telling the truth, Hitomi Shiranui also tried to ask the "answering machine" a few questions.

As a result, all the "answering machines" answered correctly? It even included some gossip news that was only circulated within the school—this kind of worthless information was rarely collected deliberately, so it was basically confirmed that it was the ability of the "answering machine" itself. .

"Okay? Let's start with the worst case first..." Hitomi Shiranui took a deep breath, then gritted his teeth and asked? "Is Ling Xingye... still alive?"

"Yes."

Hitomi Shiranui and Haruka Toyama let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Then where is he?" Hitomi Shiranui asked eagerly.

"..."

The answering machine remained silent, and Hitomi Shiranui remembered immediately? It could only answer yes or no? It didn't have the ability to make complex answers.

Yuan Shanyao held her hand? Let her calm down a little.

Then, Hitomi Shiranui continued to ask: "Is Ling Xingye injured?"