The Collection of The End

——2004.7.29——

"I have a great idea next. I would never have thought of it in the past. Let's test it?"

After passing through the short "Colorful Passage", Ryunosuke saw Olga Marie standing in front of him, staring at the record board in his hand, speaking in a rather confident tone.

But in his ears, the sound seemed to come from a deep well or cave. It was dull and echoing, and it was more like being in an extremely deep seabed, suppressed by invisible pressure and unable to move.

"Huh? Ryunosuke? What's wrong with you? Could it be that the experiment had some serious consequences? It must be my fault who gave the order, but I didn't do anything yet." Olga Marie seemed to have noticed something was wrong. , looked at Ryunosuke doubtfully.

Ryunosuke looked down at his arms stiffly. There was no one there, no one who was pierced from the back of his heart. He was motionless and lost all vitality. He showed something he had never seen before, like fallen leaves in late autumn. Lin Hao has a sense of decline.

She is still alive now.

Yes, of course, she is alive [now].

Ryunosuke is like a long-abandoned factory. The old machinery has been connected to the power supply, and the limbs, memory and mind all start to operate again in a very obscure way.

It is now...three hours before the "executor" named Leif appears.

After many experiments in the morning and noon, Olga Marie could no longer come up with any new ideas. All the experiments were more like adding superfluous information, and she only needed to do it every time after she came up with a "great idea". Telling the "already known result" will push time forward.

"Mary, where's the good news? Illya and Basaka, Hasegawa and Mashu?" Ryunosuke raised his eyes and looked at Olga Marie.

"You didn't bring 'Su' with you? And why do you look like you want to kill someone..." Olga Marie muttered a few words, then turned to Ryuunosuke's glare and said, "Xiao Hao went shopping for groceries. , I have used all the ingredients for last night’s banquet, and today I made a makeshift meal at noon, and it’s completely gone.”

"As for Matthew and Lancelot, I asked them to go to the shopping street to help me buy parts for further experiments. As for Illya, didn't you buy a lot of batteries for her? She is playing VR games in the backyard."

It seems...it's true. Ryunosuke wanted to recall what happened "just now", but it was extremely difficult. He only vaguely remembered that when Illya and Basaka jumped out, she did have a VR sensor tied to her body.

"What further experiment is it?" Ryunosuke thought of the light ball composed of black and red thunder and lightning on the "Time Machine". Although it has not appeared yet, "Executor" Leif said that it was because of its appearance that he He had to take action, but there was still some doubt as to how credible that damn guy's words were.

"Of course it's the third stage of the [Time Machine] - 'True body transfers souls'," Olga Marie pointed to the "Gear of Reach" over there, "Its function is just like the one you started with. Just like the 'space-time text message' sent by No. 12 by accident, it is different from magic and magic that are unreasonable and only rely on human will. Science needs a cornerstone, even if the principle of the cornerstone itself is difficult to explain or is too coincidental. .”

Yes, that's right. Ryunosuke, who is a teacher by profession, quickly thought of something related: because humans have ten fingers,

Mathematics uses the decimal system; because humans live on the earth, the value of G (gravitational acceleration) is 9.8; because the human body is about 70% water, the temperature at which water freezes is set as 0 degrees.

As for other more basic things that are only phenomena without explanation, but are widely used in life, production and research, it is even more difficult to enumerate, so——

"So, now that the 'Foundation Stone' is completed, anyone can continue research on your behalf." Ryunosuke said.

"Yes, the first two stages have no visible or reliable results, so it is difficult to proceed. The third stage will have certain results from the beginning, so anyone can-" Olga Marie He shut his mouth blankly and looked at Ryunosuke: "Is someone from the clock tower coming?"

"Leif, do you recognize him? He's a cuckold." Ryuzosuke twitched the corner of his mouth and tried to smile, but failed.

"Leif Lenore Floros? The child prodigy of the Clock Tower, the otaku, the research maniac, the [Fes] magician with the attribute of 'imaginary numbers'," Olga Marie frowned fiercely: "What the hell , did he turn out to be the [Executor]?”

Listening to Olga Marie's new terms, Ryunosuke's expression remained unchanged: "So, can we kill him intentionally or unintentionally?"

"...Kill?" Olga Marie looked at Ryunosuke's expression carefully: "Did he do something?"

"He drove a centaur-shaped machine to kill Xiaohao." Ryunosuke's tone became cold.

"Hiss..." Olga Marie took a breath of cold air: "Then, that should be the magical construct or familiar that he installed in his 'imaginary number space'. I heard that he has been buying consumables in large quantities, but... We couldn’t see the finished products and waste, so everyone thought it was normal wear and tear of imaginary space research.”

"Can you kill?!" Ryuzosuke took a step forward and asked fiercely.

"Hey!" The genius girl took two steps back in panic, almost hitting the courtyard wall: "Of course it is possible. Most magicians have exactly the same physical fitness as ordinary people without special means of protection. "

The "cowardice" of those who are afraid of evil? Can you stop adding attributes to yourself... Such an idea came to Ryuzosuke's mind, but he had no intention of speaking it out.

"Very good, then let's go teach Illya and Basaka," Ryuzosuke nodded: "Ask them to ambush outside the courtyard, and attack and kill the guy when he is about to make a big statement."

"Well, that's from the Clock Tower after all..." Olga Marie hesitated.

"After killing him, we will rush to London as soon as possible and hand over the project to your father." Ryunosuke has obviously already planned: "No matter how depressed your father is now, keep a project recognized by the [Time Magician] There will always be no problem with the project, and as an assistant and apprentice, I will not be [Sealed Designated]."

"I always feel that you have experienced a lot before..."

"When there is no nonsense, why not act quickly!"

"Woo..."

Two hours later, Illya, who was ambushing Barsaka outside Camelot City, was almost bored to the point of falling asleep. When the "time machine" gathered red and black thunder balls like last time, no green ones were seen. The cuckold appears.

"[Dudulu~This is Lin Hao's phone number~]" and Ryunosuke's cell phone rang.

"Hello? Ryuzosuke, look~" Lin Hao seemed to be using a video call and was looking at the back of her right hand with her mobile phone camera: "It's so strange. What is this on my hand?"

Those are three blood-red lines that are taking shape.

"Xiao Hao! Where are you? Come back quickly!" Long Zhijie was panicking and shouted repeatedly.

"I'm--uh-huh!" The girl's voice suddenly stopped, and after the camera shook several times, a ferocious face that looked like a shark and a hound was revealed.

"Mr. Yusheng, Miss Animusfia," Leif stared at the camera with his cold eyes: "I am waiting for you in the clock tower. Remember to bring all the test data and equipment."

He deliberately shook the camera to show Lin Hao, who had been knocked unconscious by him, and then ended the call with a click.

"Well... think on the bright side, she was just taken away, we might as well-" Olga Marie tried to comfort her.

"If we do as he said, we will have no chance to do it again!" Ryunosuke shook his head firmly and walked to the "time machine".

"[The Spear that shines far!]"