The walker from Xingyue, Demon King Rimuru!

"That's true..." Hummingbird didn't expect the other party to think so thoroughly, she snuffed out the cigarette butt in her hand, and said casually: "Then it's up to you, then Limulu, please teach me more from now on."

She stretched out a hand, and with a hearty smile on her face, she clenched her fist and stretched it out.

After Limulu stretched out her fist and touched her, she continued: "The reward for this mission has already been included in your personal savings through the library, remember to check it."

"If it's okay, we'll see you next time."

Seeing that the other party was about to ride on the other party's precious motorcycle again, Limulu stood up helplessly from the position against the wall: "When is the next order?"

"Oh, I can't decide this kind of thing." Hummingbird waved lightly and said, "Just wait for the news."

Hearing this, Limulu stretched her waist, tilted her head and said with a bright smile, "That means, the rest is my free time, right?"

His question was not about the woman in front of him, but about Aleister.

……

Limuru has a lot of things to do, but she doesn't have time to play house with Hummingbird and V. Although it's good to experience teamwork once in a while, in the final analysis, there are two purposes for joining Anbu.

The first is to express your attitude. Completing the task actually means submitting a nomination certificate, expressing your willingness to serve Science City.

The second thing is to add an identity and rationality to his actions, and it is also a disguise for Aleister to conceal his identity as a magician.

In other words, Anbu himself is the disguise, and his and Aleister's real goals will definitely not end here.

Although he didn't know Aleister's ultimate purpose or what conspiracy he designed, Limuru always felt that the other party asked him to perform such an ordinary task. It was definitely not as simple as the above two purposes.

There must be a third reason.

Is it because of what?

Could it be related to Misaka Mikoto's DNA profile?

Limulu turned her head back, looked at the research institute behind her, and raised the corners of her mouth lightly—in short, the next step is my round of action.

……

Limulu first stayed in the research institute for a while, and he reluctantly left here until the processing unit came to an end—he searched most of the research information of the research institute, and entered it into his own terminal mobile phone.

Searching for information is based on the idea that thieves will never leave empty space, and the purpose of typing in the terminal is to let Aleister reconfirm that he has indeed copied all the information.

He has to show that he is quite interested in science and technology, so that he can use it on the road to control the research institute in the future.

If Limuru wants to eliminate magic and become a young man in the future to overthrow Aleister, what he needs is not only his own strength, but also a qualified [Limuru Force], and not only It's only similar to Kamijou Touma in the original work.

It needs to be bigger, stronger, and purer.

However, if you want to manage power, there is one thing that is indispensable.

That is money.

Coincidentally, there are very few free trade and means of making money in Academy City——Academy City’s main source of income comes from the development and sale of high-tech weapons, especially in the future, when more than 70.00% of Academy City’s Funding comes from the sale of war machines.

To put it bluntly, Academy City can be said to be the largest arms dealer on earth in the forbidden world.

The money from arms sales will be digested by the directors according to part of the shares of the governing council and continue to invest in their respective research institutes and various armed groups, and the remaining part will be given back to Aleister through the operation. Academy City itself contributed part of his plan.

As for other ways to make money, there are actually many ways to make money, but for example, the logistics and transportation of the No.11 school district have been completely controlled by fully automated machinery, and the operation of fully automated machinery is firmly in the hands of a certain director.

Yes, the directors don’t just throw money into it through investment. The reason why they provide Aleister’s Academy City with huge funds is because they have already divided all the future areas of Academy City——Academy There are a total of 230 million people in the city. Among them, there are as many as 180 million students who do not carry out any business and only rely on living expenses. The remaining 50 include all directors, that is, its researchers, and security personnel.

It's hard for you to believe that the biggest business in Academy City is actually small shops such as catering and clothing in the commercial center.

But they are indeed the biggest capital flowing in Academy City besides the directors, not only that, maybe they all need to pay a tribute to the directors who control the commercial school district - this is outrageous! !

But it's the truth!

However, for ordinary students, the ecology here is still very good. After all, except for the huge capital flow involved, ordinary capital circulation appears normal and stable under the [sensibility] of Aleister and all directors. , part-time job, and even daily life is no different from the outside.

Ability users will also be paid because they cooperate with the research of various research institutes - and the higher the level, the more money they will get.

At the level of Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator, the monthly money will be an astronomical figure.

And the ability users in the dark world can also exchange for high commissions through commissions from various research institutes, intelligence transactions, and mercenaries——Limuru also plans to do the same, and his personal account has been due to two One shot and accumulated hundreds of thousands of yen, not much, not much.

If you're talking about research institutes and developing armed groups... that's a drop in the bucket.

This involves another issue.

That is to pull investment.

The most convenient way for a personal research institute to make a profit is to sell the research results to Academy City and its directors after being certified by the library, or to a detached existence like the Kihara family.

But most of the research institutes will not deliberately become independent like Shokuhou Misaki, who is not short of money. The bigger the research institute, the more funds will be consumed, so it is necessary to find a funder behind it.

Chapter 010, Anbu's Way of Survival

However, there is no need to worry about finding a financial backer. What Limuru is most interested in at present is actually the technical reserves in this Academy City—after all, even if the commission from this world cannot be completed, the imperial examiner will He once said that he could apply for a retreat, but in this way, not only would he lose the help of the empire, but he would not even get a penny of the commission fee that was not worth it.

That being the case, part of the guaranteed harvest must be collected first, such as the magical knowledge and scientific knowledge of this world.

It is worth mentioning that ever since Limulu learned that this world is a catalog of forbidden books of magic, he has had a little evil thought in his heart.

One hundred and three thousand small pornographic books on the way of magic, that is the existence that one is determined to obtain.

……

Afterwards, Limulu wandered around for a while, and found a group of punks as he wished, and after repairing them, he went back to the hotel to connect to the library, and checked his authority and the information he could browse.

To be honest, his current authority is not very high, and most of the files and information in the library cannot be viewed, which made Limuru curl his lips and secretly scolded Aleister for being stingy.

After living in Academy City like this for three days, his mobile phone finally received a message from Hummingbird, telling him to gather somewhere.

Rimuru's Anbu life has finally begun.

On the other hand, after observing Limuru eating, drinking and having fun for three days, Aleister also fell into doubts, because judging from the current performance, this magician really behaved as if he had no desires and no desires, just like a vacationer. The same as visiting Academy City.

However, there is one difference, that is, unlike other magicians who tend to reject technology, this outsider seems to be particularly interested in and proficient in technology.

Video games, computers, including mobile phones, and the application of various facilities in Academy City, in any case, do not look like a magician, but more like living in an advanced city for decades.

This made Aleister a little curious.

……

Three months later, Limulu stood above the ruins with a sneer, looked at the completely destroyed research facilities under his feet, and lightly pressed the headset.

"The postman is already on his way, just hand over the things to him, be careful, don't break it."

"I know, I know." Limulu leaned lazily against the wall, put a chip on his hand that was the size of a USB flash drive, and looked around boredly: "V, who is our client this time?" ?”

During the three months of getting along, Limulu, Hummingbird and V have also carried out actions more than a dozen times, and they are considered to be familiar with each other.

And the team has added a new member again, the postman.

It was a mercenary like Hummingbird who was good at driving motorcycles and cars. It turned out to belong to another Anbu group that was completely different from [mercenaries] who did all kinds of work, but most of them were responsible for cleaning up and threatening dirty work. The kind of guy who acts as a middleman and specializes in transporting special items to various forces.

Don't look at this job as easy to say, but the danger of transporting goods for big shots is no lower than that of Limulu and the others. Just like the ancient darts, they need to deal with various assassinations, interceptions and even pursuits.

In Hummingbird's words, this is the "talent to supplement the shortcomings" that she bought from the talent dispatch at a great price.

And this also shows that because of Limuru's strength and stability, Hummingbird finally came out of the impression of the cannon fodder team and began to seriously equip Limuru with a partner.

In fact, since the intelligence of each operation is no longer as clearly visible as the first time, and it is not a clean assassination, but stalking, investigation, stealing and other operational tasks, the average time for each operation of the team is actually shorter. For more than a day, coupled with Hummingbird's seemingly carefree but cautious character, this caused Limulu, Anbu, to move at a very low speed, but even so, according to Hummingbird, nearly [-] times in three months. The number of tasks, and no reduction in staff, is simply a miraculous situation.

Limulu didn't feel anything at all, after all, he had been overwhelmed by the part of his division of labor all the time... But the performance of Hummingbird and V made him feel a little unexpected - V's position is a Although a hacker can't do everything like Chuchun, the god of hackers, let alone his own technology, the Lv3 information sequence alone is enough for him to decipher most firewalls.

Hummingbird is a mercenary who has experienced many battles. Although he is not as good as Limulu in combat, Limulu has relaxed a lot in terms of how to do it, command and judgment on the spot.

In the past three months, it was not just a period of Limuru's vacation and abuse, but also a period of Limuru and Aleister's mutual testing and mutual understanding.

Leaving aside Aleister's observations in the past three months, Rimuru himself tested Aleister's bottom line more than once.

For example, he invaded three research institutes successively without authorization, and when he finally stepped into the talent workshop, he was stopped by a phone call from Aleister, who couldn't bear it, and got a warning.

And during the mission, Limuru also encountered unexpected situations other than intelligence more than once. Not only that, even in one mission, when V's position was directly exposed, Limuru almost used teleportation magic to rush over. Saving people——If he hadn't guessed something at the time, he called Aleister to warn the other party through gritted teeth. If you want to kill the fish and tell him directly, he would have exposed another ability in front of the other party.

You know, under the influence of hummingbirds, V is even more cautious than hummingbirds. He is never even willing to leave the secret base—when the hacker is exposed to the sun, it means that he is about to die. V's philosophy.

Rimuru once talked about magic in the chat with Hummingbird, but then he received a message from Aleister - the other party didn't want any existence in Academy City to be exposed to a little bit of magic information.

Limuru complied, but then he began to destroy the air loops recklessly. The other party's wanton surveillance made him believe in the existence of the air loops in name, and began to resist——

Aleister said that this was a necessary safety measure, but after ten large-scale eradication of the lingering loop by Limuru, Aleister finally compromised, expressing that he would respect the privacy of the other party in a specific space, such as his own rooms, ordinary conversations, etc., but the layout of the lingering loop in Academy City is extensive, and there is no empty space, so even if you feel the feeling of being watched, you can't destroy it at will.

For this reason, Aleister also gave examples of cameras in other countries-Limuru also accepted it as soon as it was good, and reluctantly agreed with the other party's statement.

These days, Aleister confirmed that Limuru is harmless to Academy City - he once asked Limuru to wipe out several magicians who sneaked into Academy City, and the other party was very active. Not only that, Limu Lou seems to display an aversion to magic.

This made Aleister change his mind twice.

Whether it should be cleared at all costs, which raised faintly from the first temptation, was dispelled later.

Elimination at all costs was not because of how threatening Limuru was, but because he acted too non-threatening.

Aleister couldn't judge the opponent's purpose, and naturally felt a little bit out of control.

You must know that enemies with hostility or purpose are not terrible. They can be turned into pawns in Aleister's hands, but what makes Aleister feel the most uncomfortable is precisely this seemingly purposeless and undetermined people.

Without desire, there would be nothing to move his heart, and without purpose, there would be no goal to guide him—however, the opponent showed certain limitations, that is, the opponent seemed to care about the safety of his teammates.

And there is also this reason for the idea of ​​dispelling and clearing. Caring about his teammates means that he has a way to use it, but that is not enough.

What really influenced Aleister's thinking was actually the opponent's gradually showing strength with the escalation of the mission.

The opponent's strength seems to have reached the level of a top magician, and the Lv5s have not yet developed. The plan of Academy City is at a critical stage. It is not a wise choice to be an enemy of such a person.

Although continuing to let go, or using the other party may be seeking skin from a tiger, but...

To be honest, Aleister is really not afraid of anyone who can rely on his strength to pose a threat to his plan in the future - he has the strength comparable to that of a demon god, and Aiwass is also a high-ranking summoner. If he really wants to make a move at all costs, It is even possible to easily destroy this world without taking action...just because once it is exposed, the plan will be exposed and countless variables will be attracted.

But precisely because of this, Limulu's became an excellent chess piece in his eyes-the other party seemed to deliberately express that he wanted to be a chess piece.

In other words, the other party wants to become the sword in his hand, to accomplish the purpose that he can't see through.

This made Aleister a little amused.

"Huh? Don't you never ask about mission-related information?" Hearing this, V's low-pitched voice with a rare smile came from the headset. The encryption of the information is very strict, but I guess it should be related to Kihara."

As he said that, Limulu's mobile phone received several messages, which were full of detailed files about some of the researchers and armed personnel he had just solved.

"Based on the comparison, these people are people who left a certain research facility under Kihara not long ago. It may be that some of their research has been targeted by Kihara."

"...It's quite powerful." Limulu looked at these files and couldn't help but marvel at how quickly he got the information just relying on the captured images.

"Kihara... It's them again. Speaking of which, several of our missions are related to them. They really are a family that likes darkness."

Looking at these files, Limuru flipped through them and muttered, "And the difficulty of the task is also increasing——"

"No way, since you came, our execution completion rate has been 100%." ​​After Limuru's sudden praise, V boasted to each other in a good mood: "Besides, the Kihara family has a relatively large influence. It is also the most lucrative, and it is normal to prioritize their tasks."

"Huh...huh?" Limuru flipped through the pages, and suddenly let out a light snort: "These researchers are participants in the safe near-death experiment."

"Did that experiment be stopped not long ago?" Limulu asked.

"Huh? It should be, let me check." V was a little stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand why Limuru suddenly mentioned this, but he quickly started to collect relevant information——

"Ah, the date of disbandment was a month ago. I heard that the person in charge of this research stopped it on his own initiative... Tsk, people from the Kihara family would take the initiative to stop their own research... How strange."

"The person in charge of that experiment seems to be Kihara Kagun, right? I heard that he went to a certain elementary school as a teacher after he stopped... Well, can you help me find out which school it is?"

"This is a bit difficult. The files of the Muyuan family are very strict. Unless I invade the library, I can't find any information about the Muyuan family from the Internet..."

"Is that so?" Limulu sighed, frowned, and invaded the library?It's not that he can't do it, but in this case, Aleister probably needs to talk to him in depth again, or he can actually ask Aleister directly, but in this way, it is equivalent to exchanging a favor or saying The excuse was sent to Aleister.

I feel that it is not worth it just for one Kihara Kagun...

"However, it's not impossible." V's voice suddenly said: "Although people in the Muyuan family can't investigate, people in the Muyuan family only interact with people in their own family. Just investigate the people around him and say Maybe we can find something, but... it may take some time."

"Ah, I'm not in a hurry, thank you so much~V!"

"It's good to know, so remember that you owe me a favor. If I'm in danger, you have to rescue me as soon as possible."

V chuckled lightly and said lightly.

"Hi~ No problem." Limulu patted his chest, and at this moment, the sound of a motorcycle engine sounded in the distance, and a burly middle-aged man with a purple helmet rushed over, took off his helmet and slightly Apology: "Sorry for the long wait, there was a little accident on the road."

"Accident? Has it been resolved?" Limuru handed him the chip in his hand and asked.

"Don't worry." The middle-aged uncle nodded, put on his helmet again and said, "Confirm the transaction location and transaction identity, right? I'll set off if there is no problem."

"Well, remember the misplaced transaction, and if there is an accident, the first priority is to crouch down." V's voice came out through the headset.

"Ah, the target of the transaction is the Muyuan family... Don't worry, I know their methods better than you." The philosophy and characteristics of the Muhara family, or their personality, is to carry out "vicious" actions for the sake of science. They can be serious for science. Do no evil.

The Kihara family has different attitudes towards Anbu who serve them according to different people. In order to prevent the leakage of science and technology and keep their own information confidential, it is not uncommon for the Kihara family to kill the transaction partner during the transaction. After all, for them , Most of the Anbu are just tools that can be discarded at will.