Academy City's Puppet Master

===Chapter [-] Truth and Lies===

Chihara Kihara stared closely at Haruka Toyama in front of her, and slowly shook her head after a while, saying solemnly, "No one can control time."

"That's why I'm level 5." Yuan Shanyao said immediately.

Kihara Chime showed a distressed expression, and did not speak again for a long time.A trace of irritability began to appear in his expression, as if he wanted to do it directly.

Seeing this, Yuan Shanyao immediately began to talk endlessly.

"Kihara Truth! Facts will prove that you still lost after all. The evidence is that I still exist here—you failed to kill me!"

Yuan Shanyao ignored the killing intent from the other party, and continued: "I have never heard of you in the future timeline, which proves that you are nothing more than that, or you were eliminated before the third war."

"So, you have nothing to fear!"

Kihara Chime suddenly laughed out loud.

"What a sharp-tongued little girl, if you want to use words to deal with this old man, you are still far behind."

He stretched out his hand and patted his head: "The old man is also confused, and he was led by the nose by you for a while, but..."

Kihara Chime sneered and said, "Why should you care about what you said? Think about it carefully, you really are bluffing!"

"I didn't..."

"No, you are lying!" Kihara Chime interrupted unceremoniously, "I say yes, no one knows lies better than this old man-I never lie! Ah, this sentence is indeed true at a fair price. .”

Yuan Shanyao's complexion changed, and his calm expression was finally moved, revealing surprise and a hint of horror.

At the same time, following Kihara Chime's last words, the image of Toyama Haruka swayed like a reflection in the water, as if it might shatter and disappear at any time.

Kihara Chime defines the existence of Toyama Haruka as a "lie", and the effect it produces is to crack the lie and return to "truth".

Then the existence of "Yuanshanyao" will also be affected and disappear!

But soon, Yuan Shanyao's figure stabilized again.

Her face was pale, she held her chest and gasped for breath, she was still in shock - for a moment, she felt that she was going to be wiped out of thin air without leaving a trace.

But she quickly calmed down: "Very powerful! But facts are facts after all, and cannot be changed by personal will! I can be killed, but I will definitely not be erased by you in this way!"

Yuan Shanyao bit his lips lightly and said, "Unless you can tamper with my memory and cognition, you will never kill me with words!"

Yuan Shanyao did not hesitate to continue the dialogue by reminding the enemy.

This is actually equivalent to telling Kihara Chime the correct way to erase herself

At the same time, he was also reminding Kihara Chime that he had mastered the secret of his ability.

But in this way, it is impossible for Yuqing and Rikihara Chime to let her leave alive again.

——It’s just asking for death!

But Toyama Haruka had reasons to do so.

She is stalling for time.

——While encountering Kihara Chime and having a conversation, Toyama Haruka continued to search for Ling Xingye's whereabouts.

As a "prophet", Toyama Haruka knew at the beginning of this operation that he would inevitably encounter Kihara Chime.

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The difficulty lies in how to stabilize the enemy, so that he will not kill the killer immediately or knock himself out.

Therefore, we must start with what the enemy is best at - fighting language with words.

Being proud of Chime Kihara, he would definitely be hooked and interested in chatting with her instead of attacking directly, or calling the "shadow troops" to deal with the intruders.

In order to achieve this goal, Yuan Shanyao carefully prepared the topic.

Kihara Chime can be described as a master of "lie", but also a cruel and inhuman villain.Ordinary topics certainly won't grab his attention.

The pure truth is not attractive to Kihara Chime - what can attract him is "lie".

But the other party has the ability to distinguish lies in a certain sense, and trying to make up a lie to fool him is tantamount to playing tricks.

Unless Yuanshan Haruka can make up the lie as if it were true, it is possible to deceive Kihara Chime.

But there is no impeccable lie in the world. For Yuan Shanyao, it is too troublesome and unreliable to make up a lie that can stand scrutiny.

In contrast, it is better to just tell the "truth".

Therefore, Toyama Haruka decided to blew his own secret—using facts, facts that are more absurd than lies, as bait to attract Kihara Chime.

As it turned out, the plan was indeed successful.

The two key words level5 and time travel caught Kihara Chime's heart at once.

Perhaps in other places, Haruka Toyama's words might be taken as delusion, but this is Academy City.The stories narrated by Yuan Shanyao are not only not funny, but even quite operable!

As a senior researcher of the Kihara clan, Kihara Chime knows this best.

Then, the second difficulty is procrastination.

Yuan Shanyao's strategic goal is very clear, which is to find Ling Xingye's whereabouts.

She has confirmed that Ling Xingye is in this research center, but she doesn't know where it is locked.The purpose of her trip was to scout the target and find Ling Xingye's location.

It seems that he is standing still and talking to Kihara Chime, but in fact, Toyama Haruka has already activated his ability.

——Level 4 great ability, "foreseeing the future" is fully activated!

If someone can observe through the latitude of time, they can see a magical scene——

From the corridor where Yuan Shanyao was located as the center, Yuan Shanyao "split" from her body one by one.

Then, at every fork in the road, "split" again...

In just a few tens of seconds, the entire research center was filled with figures of "Yuan Shanyao".

Encountered a trap, was found and chased by the "shadow troop" of men in black suits, and came to the end of the dead end...

Each "double" is a possibility for the future.In this way, Yuan Shanyao can find out every corner of the entire research center even if he stands still!

Countless clones of Yuan Shanyao were not afraid of sacrifice, and tried every means to search through all the rooms of the research center.

In the end, nothing came of it.

Suddenly, a clone on a timeline found a secret door to the same underground space.

Yuan Shanyao immediately decided to continue the investigation!

——In order to continue delaying time, she had to take the initiative to reveal more information.

"Found it!" Yuan Shanyao saw Ling Xingye in an empty room in the basement.

At this time, Kihara Chime also lost his patience, and directly called his "Shadow Troop" to take down Toyama Haruka.

Seeing the men in black gathered in the distance, Yuan Shanyao was not surprised or panicked at all.

Suddenly, a flat and smooth opening was cracked on the side wall—like a hot knife cutting butter, a few flashes of cold light flashed, and a square opening was cut in the wall.

Wearing sunglasses and holding a guide stick, the "blind swordsman" Hijikata appeared on the stage.

Seeing the men in black who were about to attack Toyama Haruka, Hijikata drew his sword out of its sheath and beheaded them mercilessly.

For a while, Tu Fanghu single-handedly killed the "Shadow Troop" on their backs.

"Let's go!" He reached out and grabbed Yuan Shanyao, and the earth guard retreated quickly.

Watching them leave, Kihara Chime still stood where she was, not seeing any more movements.

It's not that he doesn't want to move, but that he can't.

Because at this moment, Kihara Chime is meeting two level 5s, Accelerator and Misaka Mikoto.

What appeared in the research center was just a holographic projection that he manipulated distractedly.

"Time is an absolute order and rule." Kihara Chime muttered to himself, "The world line is in turmoil—the boundaries are unclear. It seems that the world is really going to be in chaos."

===Chapter [-] Invitation from the Academy House===

Tufang Hu took Yuan Shanyao and ran away, waving the sharp blade in his hand all the way, cutting through all the obstacles in front of him.

Yuan Shanyao had foreseen this scene a long time ago, so he was not surprised at all, but ran along with him very cooperatively.And from time to time, he opened his mouth to give directions, avoiding the men in black who were chasing and intercepting him in advance.

In this way, the two quickly escaped from the research center when even the earth guard felt surprisingly smooth.

Tu Fanghu's motorcycle was parked by the side of the road, he pulled the girl into the back seat, started the engine and drove away.

Feeling the speeding acceleration, Yuan Shanyao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the light in his eyes gradually went out.

"Why did you run to such a place alone?" Tu Fanghu asked loudly, "If I hadn't noticed you leaving and came to find you, you would have been in trouble today!"

"Go back and explain." Yuan Shanyao said wearily, "By the way, don't turn left at the intersection ahead."

Although it would take a bit of a detour, Tufang Hu followed her guidance and chose to turn right.

"What would happen if you took the left road just now?" Then he couldn't help asking.

"I'll meet that old man just now—the owner of the research center."

"Catch up? How fast is he?"

"No, what we saw just now was just a projection of him, and he himself is on his way back." Yuan Shanyao said, "Otherwise we wouldn't be able to escape so easily."

The earth guard didn't say anything more, and drove to the underground bar at full speed.

Back in the underground command center, Isshiki Chihui, Yakushi Tera Miyuki and Saten Ruiko who were staying in the conference room rushed up to greet her.

"How is it? Have you encountered any danger?"

The three of them clearly knew what Yuan Shanyao had done.

"It's very dangerous." Yuan Shanyao didn't hide it, his face was full of fear, "It's really close, like walking a tightrope."

While talking, she patted her chest, not at all as calm and composed as she was when she was chatting and laughing with Kihara Chime not long ago, but changed back to the shy girl everyone knew in normal times.