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"kill him?"
"To be precise, it is 'purification'."
"Ahem, it's all the same. Do you think we still use the burning at the stake in modern times?"
"If we can bring that reckless guy back alive, that's probably how it will be."
Looking at the transmigrator alliance member dressed in church attire before him, Cade, who had foreseen the plot's abrupt turn a few days ago and fled Academy City in advance, tried to ask, "Are you planning to join?"
"What do you think? Why don't I just leave the side quests in England and travel all the way to Academy City to watch the show?"
Smash his cigarette, the magician stared at the dim flame: "If it were a character from the main story, I, an idiot, would have turned around and left without a word. But this time it's our 'colleague,' and I'm not the only one making a move. I reckon all the transmigrators who intend to join the Anglican Church have received this 'side quest' by now."
"Can I take a look at this task? I'm quite interested."
The mage glanced at him and casually displayed his quest log.
Side Quest: Purification
The judgment is made on the evil heresies that led to the fall of saints, or brought under the Lord's gaze to receive His just judgment.
Success reward: Ability Rank +2 (Judgment), Ability Rank +5 (Decree)
"Killing someone doubles the ability strength, capturing them alive increases it fivefold?"
Even though Cade, as one of the "culprits" indirectly causing the plot to go awry, had foreseen this, he still gasped when he saw the reward for this mission: "If a LV5 completes it, wouldn't that directly turn them into a LV6?!"
"Level 6 is impossible, but reaching the level of Accelerator is still possible."
The mage turned off the displayed task and glanced at the struggling ability user with a subtle hint of mockery, but quickly concealed it before the latter noticed: "You're interested too?"
"Haha... Just kidding, I have to go now."
"farewell."
The ability user left in a hurry, leaving the magician alone to drink. A short while later, another figure dressed in church attire sat down opposite him: "Aren't you afraid I'll report your behavior to the High Bishop?"
"You're reporting me for leaking information to the scientific community?"
"Humph."
After downing half a glass of red wine in one gulp, the brown-skinned, blonde woman said impatiently, "Tell me, why did you do this?"
"Sherry, do you think Aleister would be willing to allow magicians into Academy City?"
"They had already entered before."
"The situation is different now. Back then, there was the 'Index Prohibited Books' as bait. Even knowing there was a trap involved, Aleister would still accept Kanzaki Kaori and the others into the country. It was an 'exchange' between the two sides—exchanging information from the 'Index Prohibited Books' for intelligence on Academy City. But now it's different. Regardless of whether Academy City is willing to let so many obviously hostile magicians in, the Supreme Archbishop's order alone dictates that we must confront this city with force."
Shirley Cromwell gave a disdainful smile: "So you leaked our information to the ability users in your city?"
"How likely do you think we are to survive if we enter that city given our capabilities?"
The magician did not answer, but simply took a second sip of red wine.
"How likely do you think we are to bring that 'singularity reversal' out of the city?"
The magician asked impatiently, "What are you trying to say?"
"Heh, Sherry, you may already have enough qualifications to be a magician, but as an inquisitor of the Church of Necessary Evil, you still need to learn more. Trying to capture the 'Singularity Reversal' with the power of magic on Academy City's territory is tantamount to directly confronting the entire city, but what if it's a psychic who makes the move?"
His pupils contracted slightly, and after a moment of silence, the mage asked in a low voice, "Are you sure those people you're talking about will act as you expect?"
"As someone who was once one of them, I have a piece of advice for you. Never underestimate the abilities of the wise among them, but never overestimate the stupidity of the useless ones. Within the 'Transmigrator Alliance,' their potential and their limits are equally astonishing."
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Your abilities are weakening.
After successfully eliminating the "seventh person" at the cost of 5.58% of his ability strength, a communication call came from Kiyama Haruo.
There was no panic whatsoever after the lie that sustained their livelihood was exposed; instead, there was only a dismissive retort: "Didn't you already know that?"
"...I need to reassess our partnership."
"I think I don't need it."
【What's the meaning? 】
He crushed the communicator in his hand, and the wreckage suddenly stopped falling halfway: "The experiment is over."
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 579 The Real Plan
According to Kiyama Harumi's plan, things should have developed in this way.
He joined the "Absolute Ability User Project"—became the project leader by relying on "external intelligence"—secretly collected the weaknesses and loopholes of the "Singularity Reversal" ability—made demands on it as blackmail—obtained the right to use the tree diagram designer—and saved the children who lost consciousness in the experiment.
As for how many things she did against her conscience during this process, and what kind of reckoning she would face from Academy City and the "Singularity Reversal" after it was all over, Kiyama Harumi was prepared to bear it all: when she found her "destiny" from those "external intelligence".
It must be said that the first three steps of the plan were quite successful. By stealing "external intelligence," Kiyama Harumi successfully avoided several flags (she didn't quite understand the unique terms in this "external intelligence," but she still knew that these were bad things), and successfully used this intelligence to join the second phase of the "Absolute Ability User Project" as one of the main people in charge.
The subsequent information gathering on the "Singularity Reversal" ability went quite smoothly. Although he felt uneasy about deceiving a power user who knew nothing about him, this unease dissipated after the other party attacked other power users with an indifferent attitude.
Now, the plan has reached its most crucial moment.
Thanks to "external intelligence," Kiyama Harumi knew the limitations of these people of unknown origin who belonged to the "Transmigrator Alliance." At least at this stage, they would suffer from a phenomenon that could not be explained by science: every time they attacked the ability users of Academy City, their abilities would be weakened.
In the worst-case scenario, it could even lead to their own death.
Knowing full well about this situation, Kiyama Haruo used his authority as the head of the research to make "Singularity Reversal" hostile to powerful ability users as much as possible, euphemistically calling it "data collection".
She clearly succeeded. In her records, the danger level of the "Singularity Reversal" ability has dropped dramatically from almost instantly destroying the entire research institute to just LV3. If it weren't for the dual characteristics of "gravity" and "repulsion", it would probably have been exposed long ago.
In the researcher's mind, the other party would definitely panic after he revealed the fact that the "Singularity Reversal" ability had decreased: naturally, as the core of the "Absolute Ability User Project" that Academy City had spent countless resources and huge costs on, if others knew that the ability had not increased but decreased with the implementation of the project, anyone would be like this. After all, this not only represented the failure of the project itself, but also represented a lot of reckoning and retaliation afterward.
Taking advantage of the panic caused by the "singularity reversal," Kiyama Harumi was more than 90% confident that she could blackmail the other party into granting her access to the tree diagram designer by concealing the fact that the other party's ability strength had decreased. However, at this point, her plan seemed to have taken an unexpected turn.
"Your abilities are weakening."
Didn't you already know that?
The response to the "singularity reversal" was somewhat strange, but the nervous Kiyama Harumi didn't care: given his behavior before the "singularity reversal," this level of emotional concealment wasn't difficult.
After a brief silence, Kiyama Harumi tried to force the other party to speak first: that would mean she had already succeeded halfway.
Unfortunately, compared to the hidden emotions of "singularity reversal," Kiyama Harumi was more anxious about saving those children, so she spoke first: "I need to reassess our partnership."
The plan suddenly veered off course in an unpredictable direction at this point.
②疚Owu⒊扒卄qiy〨〩i三【I think I don't need it. 】
He blurted out, almost instinctively, "What do you mean?"
This time, Kiyama Harumi received no response; the armed men who broke in from behind had already crushed all her resistance.
"Kiyama Harumi has been arrested. Requesting further instructions."
Eliminate those involved in the Trojan Horse plan.
Even if Kiyama Haruo was slow to realize what had happened after hearing the militants' report, he would know.
"you--"
"boom"
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Lin Yi never underestimates anyone, after all, the world he has come into contact with does not allow such "mistakes" to happen at all - even the "Immortal Execution Sword" which is trapped in the spiritual world and is already weakened to the point of collapse has the ability to devise a counterattack. Underestimating the opponent, even if it happens only once, is enough to plunge him into an abyss of no return.
After entering this world, Lin Yi never observed the scientific side of this world from a "normal" perspective. At the very least, it was impossible for him to treat the "plot characters" of this world as NPCs who knew nothing about the "plot" like those "transmigrators".
Perhaps these "plot characters" were indeed completely ignorant at first, but after the "Transmigrator Alliance" moved into this world on a large scale, and many transmigrators brought information about this world into it, if they still thought they knew nothing, then they would be either idiots or extremely naive fools.
Clearly, the Academy Board of Directors, with its network of informants throughout Academy City, knows quite a lot.
They knew the "plot," they knew the "plot characters," they knew the "transmigrators," and they even knew some information about the "Transmigrators' Alliance." However, they were not angry about the fact that they were just a fictional existence. Instead, they disguised themselves based on the information brought by the "transmigrators": pretending to be NPCs who knew nothing.
Humans are complex beings. When they are noble, they are comparable to saints; when they are vulgar, they are more filthy than rats in the sewers. The same is true in terms of intelligence. Perhaps a smart time traveler will rationally maintain the blockade of information in all aspects of life, but for another time traveler, actively leaking the existence of the "plot" to the "plot characters" may be exactly what he likes to do.
But what did Lin Yi see after entering this world?
A school city that is exactly the same as described in the "plot", even with the appearance of such an unreliable "transmigrator alliance" in this city.
Rather than fearing retaliation from the "Transmigrator Alliance," they were deliberately maintaining the original "plot," even ignoring the transmigrators' various heinous acts in the city.
Given all this information, why would they go to such great lengths to devise the "Absolute Ability User Plan" for themselves, a "transmigrator" whose abilities could be weakened at any moment...?
"Huh? So it's you?"
Stepping onto the cracked concrete, the former head of the "Absolute Ability User Project" stood before me, his malice undisguised: "If I kill you, I can become a Level 6?"
P.S.: Five Watches
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 580 The Same Trick...
The core of the "Absolute Ability Project" has never changed; only individual test subjects have changed.
"Anyway, I'm tired of killing those puppets, so it doesn't matter if I switch to another one."
Compared to the 20,000 clones of "Railgun", "Singularity Reversal", with its two contradictory abilities of "gravity" and "repulsion" and a high potential for growth, undoubtedly has a greater potential for data collection.
"Hey, doll—"
To make this experimental subject more valuable, the tree diagram designer specifically formulated a second "Absolute Ability User Project"... or rather, an "Absolute Ability User Experimental Material Cultivation Project".
"Don't die too quickly."
The plan's creators were not unaware that the "Singularity Reversal" ability would gradually diminish as the plan was implemented; rather, that was precisely their objective. Otherwise, a "Singularity Reversal" at its peak (LV5) could very well cause irreversible damage to the true absolute power user and the main body of the plan, "Accelerator." Therefore, both for experimental value and for safety reasons, the "Singularity Reversal" could not stand here in its full form.
The experimental material culture has now been completed.
He possesses a vast amount of combat data—from battles with other ability users.
Not too dangerous – just barely at level 3.
Naturally, it will be time for the true "hunter" to complete the harvest.
The air in front of him suddenly shattered, and the power marked by "vector" fell violently, crushing the dozens of square meters around Lin Yi into powder.
Perhaps it was his personality, or perhaps he had received instructions before arriving here, but Accelerator did not engage in the "massacre" that those "transmigrators" had described. Instead, he unleashed his most powerful abilities the moment the battle began.
If those "holders" who believe they have everything under control were to witness this scene, they would likely gain a deeper understanding of these "NPCs"...
"Hahaha--"
Vector manipulation granted the shattered rocks powerful kinetic energy. Faced with these rocks that were sweeping towards him at three times the speed of sound, Lin Yi did not try to block them head-on. Instead, he used his remaining abilities to create a singularity in mid-air while trying not to open most of them. Although he could not shatter them, he could at least deflect their trajectory.
Unfortunately, a single LV3 ability is far from enough to fight against the No.1 in Academy City.
Realizing that the ballistic attack was ineffective, Accelerator stomped down, and the entire road seemed to come alive, twisting and turning wildly as steel twisted and concrete crumbled, rolling towards Lin Yi's side.
Facing the impact of this concrete that could easily destroy a carbon-based body, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.
The next moment, a tremendous roar erupted.
The storm tore through the air and spread in all directions, while the deserted buildings on both sides creaked and groaned, as if they might collapse at any moment.
The dust has settled.
"Useless doll. My calculation ability is three times that of yours, my power is seventeen times that of yours, and I have acquired this power thousands of times longer than you. Do you really think you can fight me with your meager abilities?"
The hemispherical defensive layer formed by the attraction and repulsion forces shattered due to the power being withdrawn. Through the scattered sand and gravel, the superpowered individual, hands in pockets, looked over with disdain. "Or did you think that guy Aleister would lend a hand to you?"
Lin Yi neither confirmed nor denied it.
"Don't forget about the doll. You're just a pathetic creature used to replace clones. Your fate is to be killed by me obediently!"
The powerful kinetic energy swept down again, and most of the shops on one side collapsed with a crash.
Noticing the figures still "stubbornly resisting" inside the store, the espers from Academy City spat impatiently.
"I suppose you already heard that from them before you came here."
Pushing aside the shelves blocking his way, he stood up. His weakened abilities were barely enough to maintain even the most basic defensive capabilities. He had to rely on his less-than-sturdy body to withstand a small portion of the impact, but fortunately, it was still within his tolerance range.
As he calculated the coordinates for the next defense model, Lin Yi slowly spoke: "Just as you can obtain all the data for the plan to become an absolute power user by killing me, I, who already have enough data, only need to obtain a portion of your data on 'vector manipulation' to complete my power advancement."
Therefore, the superpowered individual is currently exhibiting this contradictory approach.
On one hand, it used all its abilities to try to eliminate Lin Yi in one go, while on the other hand, it was concerned about leaking too much data when using its abilities. According to the calculations of the tree diagram designer, once the amount of data obtained by "Singularity Reversal" reaches a certain limit, it is very likely to automatically deduce that it will become the first LV6. At that time, even if it has been weakened to LV3, the absolute difference between LV5 and LV6 will be enough to easily defeat the so-called Academy City NO.1.
If he couldn't also profit from this experiment, why would Lin Yi continue to participate in the plan knowing that he was the "experimental subject"?
The current situation is quite clear: either "Singularity Reversal" is destroyed by "Accelerator" and "Accelerator" becomes an absolute power user; or "Accelerator" dies after "Singularity Reversal" obtains the data and becomes the source of "Singularity Reversal" becoming an absolute power user.
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