Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

“More complicated things are yet to come. Among the freshmen who enrolled this year, there are some interesting characters, including a Laplace's Demon.”

Mayoi Sakurajima hummed softly, speaking meaningfully.

“Let me guess, the interesting characters you're talking about are all girls, right?”

“You know, you're actually right.”

“Already setting your sights on the underclassmen, huh?”

“I can't help it.”

Yae Hoshi spoke with a straight face, uttering words that made the Overload Club members in the communication blush, while Nijiru Minamikata and Suzuha Amane were puzzled.

“Your stats don't match the intensity of my Harem God at all. For your safety, I have no choice but to continue expanding the team.”

… …

Meanwhile, as Yae Hoshi went to attend Dr. Nakabachi's lecture, on the other side of the venue, Yui Yuigahama and Miko Yotsuya were walking together, like two ordinary high school girls, stopping in front of a vending machine where you could get what was called a Upa figurine by inserting a coin, and there were even special editions.

They seemed to be chatting casually, but in reality, their attention was all focused on Kurisu Makise, who was holding a brown paper bag not far away, looking down with an unreadable expression, leaning against a pillar.

“Have you found any traces of a psychic?”

Hearing Yui Yuigahama's hushed question, Miko Yotsuya shook her head, replying in an equally low voice.

“Right now, I don't have the ability to directly distinguish a psychic when they're not using their powers… The future me should have acquired some special eyes, like the Murdering Ghoul's and Hatao's eyes, so I have that ability.”

If you include the eyes of the Soul True Body that were distributed to the Overload Club members, the total number of Miko Yotsuya's Soul True Body Hundred Eyes has now reached more than fifty, but among them, only the Murdering Ghoul eyeballs, which specialize in tracking evil spirits, and Hatao's eyes, which can rewind time, possess special abilities.

The rest are just eyeballs that were born with the increase in spiritual power and have no special effects.

At this stage, Miko Yotsuya has not yet become the "Hundred Eyes" that Suzuha Amane described, which SERN fears, who can find all the psychics in a city.

However, there is no need to rush.

According to the theory of worldline convergence, the birth of "Hundred Eyes", which forces SERN into a desperate situation, forcing them to use a time machine to gamble on this timeline, is destined to happen, and may even happen earlier due to SERN's interference in the timeline.

Just then, Miko Yotsuya and Yui Yuigahama saw Kurisu Makise, who had been looking down, suddenly raise her head, as if she had made up her mind. She took a few deep breaths in place and then walked towards the venue where the lecture was being held.

They pretended to be strolling casually, even buying an Upa figurine first. They were very lucky and got a special limited-edition metal Upa.

Of course, Yui Yuigahama and Miko Yotsuya didn't know what this thing was. They just held the box, pretended to be very happy, and followed Kurisu Makise's steps while chatting.

Kurisu Makise tightly held the brown paper bag, as if it contained not just a paper, but the most important hope of her life.

When she walked to the entrance of the conference hall where the lecture was being held, listening to her father's voice coming from inside, which she hadn't heard for many years, she first put her hand on the doorknob, but then showed a look of loneliness and stood to the side, leaning against the wall, continuing to look down, without choosing to go in.

This scene was seen by Miko Yotsuya and Yui Yuigahama, who were hiding behind a distant corner.

From beginning to end, Kurisu Makise didn't say a word, but just looking at these actions, one could feel the entanglement in her heart, the carefulness towards her father, and the psychological pressure and pain brought about by her original family environment.

Yui Yuigahama has both parents, and is one of the few members of the Overload Club who has both parents and a happy family life.

Although Miko Yotsuya's father has passed away, she has a good relationship with her father.

But Kurisu Makise… …

She still doesn't understand that her father, Akihito Makise, is jealous of her talent.

Being hated by her own father… …

Yui Yuigahama and Miko Yotsuya can't imagine what kind of feeling this is.

Just then, Akihito Makise, who was giving a lecture in the hall, saw that there were only a few dozen listeners in the audience. He first bit his teeth unwillingly, and then pretended to smile indifferently.

“So, does anyone have any questions?”

“Dr. Nakabachi, I have a question.”

Hearing this familiar voice, Miko Yotsuya and Yui Yuigahama exchanged glances, both feeling a little dazed.

Isn't… …

Is this also part of the plan?

“Oh?”

Among all the people who raised their hands, Dr. Nakabachi noticed Yae Hoshi at a glance, who had extremely high looks and didn't look like a science enthusiast at all. He smiled and said.

“This gentleman, what is your question?”

Yae Hoshi slowly stood up, looked directly at Akihito Makise, who was standing behind the podium, and slowly spoke with a charming smile, posing a question that stunned everyone present, as well as Kurisu Makise outside the door.

“Dr. Nakabachi, I would like to ask, how can you have the nerve to come here to hold a science lecture and meet-and-greet when you have been removed from the academic community?”

Hearing this question, Akihito Makise's face changed. After a few seconds, he said angrily.

“Presumptuous, presumptuous! Who are you listening to nonsense… …”

“Don't shout.”

Yae Hoshi directly interrupted Akihito Makise's words, continuing to maintain a smile.

“Speaking of which, compared to researching a time machine, you are more like a professional scholar studying the thickness of your skin. You have already been removed from the academic community, and you still have the nerve to come here to hold a meet-and-greet. It's not that I'm saying, there are only a few dozen people in total, and more than half of them are here to join in the fun. I just want to ask, your popularity is not even as high as that Upa vending machine. Why are you giving a lecture here?”

“Why don't you do this? You hang yourself full of Upas, put your mouth as a coin slot, you go sell Upas, and let the vending machine share your insights.”

Akihito Makise's face was twisted, and he gritted his teeth.

“You bastard… …”

“Furthermore.”

Yae Hoshi didn't give Akihito Makise a chance to speak at all, just with a look of disdain.

“The theory of time machines? You didn't even talk about the most important things, such as what kind of impact crossing the timeline will have on the future, and the destruction of the timeline due to event changes. You've been talking about irrelevant things that everyone can see in science fiction magazines. If you can be a scientist just by talking nonsense here, then I can too, and I can do it even better than you.”

Hearing Yae Hoshi's words, the people present were stunned at first, and then whispered to each other.

“What he said… …seems to make sense… …”

“Yeah, I originally thought that someone called a doctor would have some brilliant insights, that's why I came to this lecture, but after listening for so long, it's no different from those amateur scientists online.”

“It's such a waste of time, didn't you see there are so few people here? Let's go, let's go, let's go buy Upa.”

… …

Watching the already sparse audience get up one after another and walk towards the door, Makise Shouichi on the stage stretched out his hand, a look of panic on his face.

“No… don't go, don't go… I still have a lot to talk about…”

“I have never used such descriptive vocabulary on anyone, you are the first.”

After everyone had left, Ye Xing walked to the door, glanced at Makise Shouichi standing on the stage, and shook his head.

“What a disgusting fellow.”

… …

After leaving the venue, Ye Xing hadn't walked far when he heard a burst of footsteps behind him.

“You… are you deliberately trying to make trouble?”

Ye Xing turned around, looked at Makise Kurisu with a slightly furrowed brow and an unhappy expression, and nodded with a smile.

“That's right.”

“Eh?”

Makise Kurisu was completely stunned, she really didn't expect that the other party would admit it so frankly.

This unexpected response directly interrupted her original plan for a combo attack, and after a few seconds, she frowned and said.

“Regarding the theory of time machines, Dr. Nakabachi, he…”

“No need.”

Ye Xing interrupted Makise Kurisu's words once again.

“The truth is very simple.”

“Time machines may be able to be manufactured, perhaps time travel is possible.”

“But Dr. Nakabachi does not possess the talent to research theories of this level, he has not recognized himself.”

“Effort, enthusiasm, ideals…”

Ye Xing looked directly into Makise Kurisu's eyes and slowly opened his mouth.

“The research of time machines cannot be successful with just these things, without the matching talent, everything is just illusory and unrealistic fantasy.”

Chapter 384 Art is Explosion, Overload Society's Ambush Strategy

“Perhaps time travel is possible?”

Makise Kurisu frowned slightly upon hearing this.

“I originally thought that you were an opponent of the time machine theory, that's why you said those things to me… to Dr. Nakabachi, but now listening to you, it seems that you think time travel is possible?”

“Yes.”

Makise Kurisu instantly became interested, looked at the handsome young man of her age in front of her, and softly asked.

“Then what about the questions you raised before, regarding the impact of time travel, and the paradoxes that arise from it? You can't possibly think that time machines are theoretically feasible, but not come up with convincing arguments, right?”

“This is very simple.”

Ye Xing walked forward, and when he saw that Makise Kurisu had followed his pace in order to continue the topic, he continued to say.

“Worldlines will converge on their own.”

“Self-convergence?”

“That's right.”

Ye Xing nodded with a smile. What Makise Kurisu didn't notice was that the direction he was leading her was a deserted corner of the venue. At this moment, all of Makise Kurisu's attention was focused on what Ye Xing was about to say.

“You can think of time lines as a kind of creature with instincts. Those very subtle changes, such as someone's breakfast today changing from fried eggs to fried bread, these small things that are irrelevant to the world, even if they are changed, it doesn't matter.”

“But the general direction that can affect the future of the entire world is composed of several important nodes. No matter what kind of behavior is made, as long as these important nodes are not changed, the progress of the time line cannot be interfered with, which is the so-called changing the future.”

“And under the self-convergence of the world line, any attempt to change important nodes may eventually become meaningless, just a futile struggle.”

Suddenly hearing such an outrageous theory that the world line would self-converge, Makise Kurisu didn't react with any surprise. It seemed that she didn't think Ye Xing was talking nonsense, but was lost in thought.

“So… you think that changing the future is originally impossible under the self-convergence of the world line? Hmm… this is the first time I've heard such a theory…”

“I never said it couldn't be done.”

Ye Xing walked into the elevator, pressed the button to the top floor of the building, shook his head, and said in a calm tone.

“I'm just saying that the convergence of the world line is an obstacle to those who try to change the future, and the changed future may not necessarily become a good future. Some seemingly insignificant choices may eventually bring unimaginable terrible disasters in the future.”

… …

Meanwhile, Makise Shouichi, who was still in the venue, clenched his fists on the table, his face becoming increasingly distorted and ferocious, gritted his teeth, and muttered to himself.

“That guy… it's all because of that guy… to actually say that I was expelled from the academic world… I just didn't want to associate with that group of ignorant people who only know how to laugh at me… That's right, ignorance, it's ignorance!”

“Time machines are feasible… they must be feasible… there is no mistake in my theory, absolutely not!”

A thick black mist emerged from the surface of Makise Shouichi's body, and his eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.

“They… are all laughing at me… even that kid who hasn't even grown all his hair yet… dares to laugh at me…”

“I am the greatest scientist in this world… greater than anyone…”

Makise Shouichi's expression became more and more ferocious, and a blurry black shadow slowly appeared behind him.

“No one recognizes my talent… then they can all just die…”

… …

On the other hand, Makise Kurisu, who had followed this boy she didn't even know the name of to the empty top floor, finally came back to her senses from the scientific discussion, looked around at the empty surroundings, and a hint of nervousness appeared in her eyes. She hugged the kraft paper bag in her arms even tighter and took two steps back.

“Um… what are you doing here?”

“Makise Kurisu.”

Ye Xing turned around and said with a smile.

“The scientific genius girl who has published papers in famous American science magazines, wouldn't really think that I wouldn't recognize you, right?”

Makise Kurisu didn't expect that she could still be recognized by someone who had read the magazine even after coming to Kyoto City in the Sakura Province, especially being in such an environment, she felt a little nervous. She took a few more steps back until her back was against the wall. Although she tried to appear calm, her voice was obviously a little flustered.

“You… what are you going to do? I warn you… don't mess around…”