In the building without doors or windows, the "human" hanging upside down in the red liquid device quietly looked at the increasing number of data windows around him.
To be more precise, there was a problem with the recycling of "The Final Work".
The team leader Kihara Tsuta's whereabouts are unknown, and the hound unit he manages is in a state of paralysis. Even the research institutes related to their experiments have been hit to varying degrees.
It was a complete failure.
Academy City's Chairman of the Board closed his eyes indifferently.
It was clear that he was the driving force behind this operation, but he showed that he didn't care at all about the outcome.
That's not pretending to be calm.
Maybe it's because.
As the cause of everything, Feng Zhan Binghua's existence form has not been out of control as expected so far, and the final work related to it is still under monitoring.
Moreover, it is of considerable significance to be able to test Accelerator's growth as the "key" to the future through some unimportant subordinates.
Next, as long as proper ‘guidance’ is provided, the expected goals can still be achieved.
The pace of "humanity" has never stopped.
Regardless of success or failure, good or evil, as long as he can achieve his goal, he will not hesitate to take action or give up.
This is the existence named 'Aleister Crowley'.
Not to mention.
(…I didn’t expect that the ‘harvest’ this time would be far more than what was reported.)
The non-human human smiled inexplicably.
at this time.
‘Guests’ who rarely get a chance to visit also arrive here.
Under the leadership of the girl with the space movement ability who was responsible for the teleportation, the tall man with short blond hair put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked carelessly to the front of the life support device.
He wears a colorful shirt with shorts similar to those often worn on the beach, and wears a golden pendant around his neck, giving him the style of a bad boy.
His name is Tsuchimikado Motoharu.
Nicknamed "The Backstabber", he has a very special identity and is a double agent who passes "information" between "British Puritan" and "Academy City".
He is also a guy who puts his adopted sister in a maid outfit, which is ethically dangerous.
As he got closer to his current employer, Tsuchimikado was no longer as casual as before and raised his head with a serious expression.
Although he knew how terrifying the person in front of him was, he still did not hide his impatience.
after all.
"I shouldn't be your direct subordinate, right? My outstanding sister has prepared the dinner with love. To be honest, I have no interest in talking to you."
He didn't even use his usual accent, which is enough to prove how dissatisfied this man is now.
Although, the content he expressed is very ambiguous.
As for Tsuchimikado's venting of emotions, Aleister didn't care.
He just smiled faintly as before.
"It doesn't matter, but I think you might be interested in the next topic."
"what do you want to say in the end?"
Tsuchimikado frowned.
It is impossible for this "human" who can theoretically live for 1,700 years with the help of machines to find someone to come and chat with.
According to previous experience, this usually means that something troublesome is about to happen to you.
But the nature of Tsuchimikado's job meant that he couldn't escape.
I can only stay here and discuss those unpleasant topics.
"Academy City has a lot of enviable research and technology. In the final analysis, roles such as commercial espionage are actually irrelevant. There are no less than 53,000 ways to completely 'close' this city."
Aleister said slowly, as if boasting.
But Tsuchimikado knew that the other party had no such intention at all, and was simply stating a premise.
That is to say.
"The problem is that there are camps that are completely opposite to our 'position'."
it is as expected.
The eyes under his sunglasses became serious, and Tsuchimikado spit out an inaudible curse.
Academy City is the base camp of "science".
Then, it is naturally self-evident what it is opposite to.
--"magic".
Including Tsuchimikado himself, there is a group of people in the world who have mastered that kind of thing.
If someone from 'over there' really sneaked in, it would be the turn of an 'expert' like him to be able to handle this kind of thing.
"Is there another guy who is unwilling to give up? Okay, which association sent him this time?"
The corners of his mouth twisted slightly, and the man who was once the highest-level Yin-Yang Doctor said resignedly.
only.
"Finding out this is your area of expertise, isn't it?"
"...?"
what happened?
Tsuchimikado's brows wrinkled again.
He seemed to hear something else from Aleister's words.
"You mean, investigate? Not rule out?"
If this is the case, one, two, and three of them are even more worthy of scrutiny.
This is not the first time he has received a similar mission, but this is the first time he has encountered such a directionless mission.
Feels... a little rushed?
Tsuchimikado stared at the "human" uncertainly.
"If you have the confidence to deal with an existence that has been hiding here for nearly a year, of course there is no problem."
"!?"
At this moment, as if he thought he had heard wrongly, Tsuchimikado looked over in disbelief.
However, Aleister's performance was still understated and unpredictable.
"Are you kidding? What kind of magician can lurk under your nose for so long?"
Roaring almost out of control and wandering around the empty room.
"Aleister Crowley!"
At this point, Tsuchimikado believes that no one has a better say than him, who has experienced it personally.
Because at the beginning, his forged identity only lasted for thirty-six hours before it was discovered.
This is also the basis of his doubts.
And when someone shouted like this, the latter just had a look of indifference on his face.
even if.
He indeed has the past of being the 'greatest magician of the 20th century'.
"Do you think too highly of me?"
The voice of the man hanging upside down did not change at all.
"It is impossible for me to control everything about these 2.3 million people. In this case, there is nothing strange about occasionally ignoring some things."
Go ahead and cheat!
Tsuchimikado cursed secretly in his heart.
I don’t know which aspect of what Aleister said he was denying.
Maybe all of them are possible.
in the end.
He still has to do the behind-the-scenes stuff that can't be brought to light.
"So, who on earth has the qualifications to make you go to such trouble?"
"It's just a possibility, but it's not a reason to ignore it."
Answering the question whose voice revealed annoyance, Aleister turned his gaze slightly.
Soon, several data windows appeared in front of Tsuchimikado.
On it, the data of that person's activities including daily life after arriving in Academy City were clearly listed.