The road to completion starts from the Gate of Truth

“…”　　Saten Ruiko sighed silently, but finally chuckled. It was great that the precious friendship was not affected by her concealment! ')295'\u003eChapter 294 Kamijou Touma's "Death" \u0026 Fang Yuan's Return Gift

The [Fantasy Hand] incident that caused quite a stir in Academy City ended just like that. The incident ended with Kiyama Haruo's imprisonment and the birth of the eighth Lv.5.

However, no matter how big the storm is, in Academy City, where new things emerge in an endless stream and there are major or minor changes almost every day, the craze will not last long.

Especially for the two magicians who went deep into the scientific base camp, except for sighing that Academy City is indeed not to be underestimated, their attention did not stay on this matter.

For Kamijou Kaori and Stiyl, no matter what else, it is not as important as Index's safety! In particular, when the expected one-year period was about to arrive and Index showed symptoms of discomfort, the two magicians (mainly Stiyl) who had seen enough of the man and woman showing off their love had to come forward to contact Kamijou Touma and tell him the so-called "truth".

Of course, the development of the situation regarding Kamijou Touma and the Index of Forbidden Books involved the most important part of Aleister's plan. Due to the tacit understanding between the two parties, Fang Yuan did not directly intervene in it. At the same time, he also warned Saten Ruiko through telepathy not to intervene in this matter again.

So, on July 24, just like the development in the original plot, a beam of light shot out from an old bungalow and hit the supercomputer deployed in outer space by Academy City - the tree diagram designer.

And the boy who has been surrounded by misfortune since birth will also face his destined "death" - the "light feather" that falls after the magic called "Dragon King's Sigh" destroys the walls and ceiling hits his head, and "coincidentally" destroys the memory cells of "episodic memory" (memories of life experiences) in the boy's brain.

The personality named "Kamijo Touma", which is condensed by 16 years of life experience, will die on this day.

The only one who survived is another person with the same body, the same face, and the same "gentle heart" as that boy.

——Everything should have developed like this.

...　　"Since you have accepted your favor and helped me obtain the contents of 103,000 magic books, I will naturally give you something in return!"　　Far away at the other end of the Academy City, Fang Yuan looked at the beam of light rising into the sky, sensing that the nanomachine cluster in the distance finally broke through the magic blockade in the host's brain and completely completed the memory scan of Index, and said so.

Yes, although Fang Yuan had placed harmless nanomachines into Index's body early on, to his surprise, the defensive measures left by the Church of Necessary Evil in the poor girl's body were not as simple as he imagined.

The dual magic defense techniques called "collar" and "automatic secretary" not only prevented anyone from illegally obtaining Index's memory of the magic book from the magical level, but also restricted her brain at the physical level.

Pure nanomachines cannot extract Index's memory of the magic book without causing the counterattack of these two techniques.

Therefore, until Kamijou Touma's fantasy killer "killed" the "collar" that bound Index, and the perfect and strict defense measures had loopholes, the nanomachine cluster that had been on standby for a long time was finally able to enter the brain area of ​​"speech memory" (memory that controls knowledge) and successfully intercepted the forbidden magic knowledge that should not be known to outsiders.

As Fang Yuan said, in his plan, Kamijou Touma's right hand played a great role. Since the young man Kamijou is now facing a "death crisis" in a certain sense, Fang Yuan will naturally not hesitate to help him.

"Anyway, you just want to better control Kamijou Touma, right? But there are many ways to control a person. It's still too much to just erase a person's past. Don't mind if I intervene?" Fang Yuan, who was sitting in a coffee shop, said this to the empty seat in front of him, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was talking to the air, but he knew that someone could hear his voice.

Beep beep - the message alert sounded in the mobile phone. Fang Yuan opened the flip phone in his hand, which seemed a bit outdated in the main world, and saw the new email inside.

The sender position of the email was written as "unknown", which was natural, and Fang Yuan was not surprised at all.

After clicking it, there was only one line of words inside - not next time.

"Humph!" Fang Yuan snorted coldly, as if he was dissatisfied with the other party's tone, and seemed to be disdainful of the means of a certain conspirator.

However, his goal had been achieved.

Along with the command issued in his mind, a scene that could be called a miracle in medicine silently occurred in Kamijou Touma, who was being rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

——Theoretically, the neuron cells that would not divide again after the human brain matured began to divide again against common sense, replacing the damaged and dead memory cells while regenerating complex mesh synaptic connections according to a predetermined template.

If someone could see inside the cells, they would find that there were countless virus-sized micro-machines busy inside and outside these neuronal cells.

Yes, Fang Yuan's nano-machine cluster not only "infected" Index, but also infected Kamijou Touma's body like a virus transmitted by body fluids through Index's repeated "biting" of Kamijou's head.

These nano-machines had previously only lurked in the body of this unfortunate boy. Apart from stealing some nutrients to replicate themselves and recording some of the host's intelligence, they did not do anything extra.

Until now, under Fang Yuan's command, the nano-machines that had already penetrated into the brain invaded the inside of the neuronal cells in the damaged area, and through interfering with the DNA transcription and translation process, they temporarily dedifferentiated the neuronal cells and restored their ability to divide.

In the process of the formation of newly divided neuron cells, the nanomachines outside the cells play the role of "scaffolds", interfering with the growth direction of each new neuron together with the nanomachines inside the cells, ensuring that the newly formed synaptic connections are the same as before the damage in terms of key information such as quantity, position, type, and signal transmission direction.

——The way the human brain stores memory information is exactly like this. When all the new neuron cells are exactly the same as the previous neuron cells in every detail, the memory that has been completely "deleted" will eventually return to the brain of the young Kamijou.

All this happened silently. Not only the medical staff who were treating Kamijou Touma, but even Kamijou Touma himself did not realize that he had just experienced a "resurrection" at the personality level on this day.

"Just consider it my return gift, Kamijou..."')296'\u003eChapter 295 There is a store

"Huh? When did such a store appear here?"　　Kamijo Touma, who had just been discharged from the hospital, was walking back to his dormitory with bandages on his head and hands. Thanks to the fact that the construction technology in Academy City is much more advanced than that in the outside world, the apartment building that was ravaged by the fire has finally been repaired and renovated. It can be said that it is a blessing in disguise.

However, on this day, just like every other day, he returned to his residence after the summer cram school class, and suddenly found that there was a store on the street along the way that he had never seen before.

"'There is a store'...ah, this name is as careless as our 'certain high school'. The owner of the store here should have a lot in common with the founder of our school!"　　Looking at the very unique name on the sign, Kamijou Touma complained.

"Hmm... I'm a little curious. How about going in and taking a look?" Although it is very likely that a big-hearted nun will bite your head if you come back late, it is still early now, so it shouldn't be a big deal to go in and take a look... Kamijou Touma thought so, and involuntarily took a step and walked into this store that seemed to have just opened.

Dinglingling--The bell on the store made a crisp sound when the door opened, reminding the owner of the store that a customer had come.

However... Looking at the figure lying behind the cash register with a thick leather tome on his head, he was completely indifferent to the reminder and looked like he was sleeping well.

"..." Kamijou Touma didn't know whether he should wake him up.

Wake him up, disturbing others' sleep is a bad behavior after all, and his education does not allow him to do so.

Don't wake him up, but I feel something is wrong... Forget it, I'd better take a look myself! As he thought, Kamijou Touma ignored the figure who was sleeping soundly and almost unconscious, and looked around in this small shop.

"What are these...?"　　On the left hand side of Kamijou Touma, in a glass cabinet against the wall, there were things that looked like light balls neatly stacked. They seemed to have no entity, but they could be stably suspended in separate spaces.

"Is it a holographic image or something? But isn't it a bit too boring to just be a light ball?"　　Kamijo Touma walked closer and noticed that there was a label under each space on the cabinet.

"Let me see... Spirit-King Arthur, Spirit-Alexander the Great, Spirit-Joan of Arc, Spirit-Achilles... What are these?"　　Well, for the poor student Kamijou, the above names were the only names he could recognize, and the labels on the other grids were the kind he had never heard of.

Kamijou Touma felt like he could understand all the words, but when they were put together, he had no idea what they were saying. He just felt that the instructions on the labels were completely incomprehensible.

"What do these light balls have to do with the names on these labels?" Kamijou Touma was confused.

Just then - "Those are not for people like you! The products suitable for you are on your right!" A strange voice came from behind him.

Startled, Kamijou Touma turned around and saw that it was the sleeping clerk who woke up.

"Ah! I'm sorry! I walked in without permission..." The very polite boy Kamijou was apologizing, but suddenly he realized that he was a customer who walked into the store, so he wanted to apologize to the clerk who ignored the customer and went to sleep. ? "Cough!" Kamijou Touma coughed after reacting, and then he remembered what the clerk had just said.

"What do you mean it's not for people like me... Is there any personal discrimination in selling goods?" Kamijou Touma muttered softly, and had no intention of arguing with the unreliable-looking clerk. He looked at the other side calmly and saw what the other person said was "the product that suits him".

"Let's see, what's over here..." It's also a vertical glass cabinet, but what's placed on the counter here is not something that looks like a ball of light, but something real. Have physical goods.

Kamijou Touma took a few steps closer and took a clear look at the products displayed above.

Different from the light group on the other side that looks almost the same, the products displayed here have various shapes, with almost no repetition.

He saw two double-helical test tubes placed in a grid, containing blue and green liquids. He looked at the labels and saw what was written on them: "Perfect Improved Version of T Virus" and "Anti-T Virus Serum" .

Uh, this kind of virus looks very dangerous, and it's just placed in a glass cabinet openly. Is it really okay? Kamijou Touma subconsciously wanted to stay away from such dangerous items, but then he thought that this kind of street shop that looked like a grocery store probably wouldn't have any big killers like biological and chemical weapons. ... Trying to ignore the dangerous-looking double-helix test tube, the boy Kamijou turned his attention to the products next to him.

It was a metal cylinder that looked like a flashlight, with exquisite patterns carved on it. Kamijou looked at the label below - Jedi lightsaber (high imitation version).

Hey, hey, this information about selling fake products is written openly on the product label. Is it really okay? Could he have walked into a shop that sells fake goods? Kamijou Touma complained in his heart, suppressing his curiosity about science fiction weapons like "light sabers" and looking away again.

This time, what he saw was a thick black disc about a foot in diameter. It looked a bit like a rubber tire, but it was solid. There was also a triangular shell made of the same black metal on the outside. It is inlaid with a bright silver metal ball the size of a walnut, and it is hard to tell what it is on the whole.

Looking at the label again, it says - Forced Colonial Armor (Copycat Enhanced Version).

"..." Is it really a fake again... Kamijou Touma's heart did not waver.

He continued to turn his head and looked at another product - it was a jar of bright silver liquid that seemed to contain seven or eight liters. It looked like mercury, but it was not until he looked at the label that he knew it was not.

It says - Motion Enhanced Nanomachines (Human Use - Standard Version).

"..." I finally found a reliable one... Of course Kamijou Touma knew what nanomachines were, but judging from the instructions on the label, could this thing be used in the human body? Has Academy City’s nanotechnology reached this level? Kamijou Touma was deeply suspicious of this—especially after seeing so many unreliable product descriptions.

Third update ')297'\u003eChapter 296: They are all genuine!

"...This...sir? These things can't be handicrafts, toys or something, right?" Kamijou boy looked at the shelves in front of him and found that the products on them were either blatantly labeled "knockoffs" or "high-end products". Words like "imitation" or something high-tech to the level of science fiction made him very doubtful about the authenticity of these products.

"Just call me the store manager..." The figure who woke up first corrected Kamijou Touma's title, then shook his head and said, "The things I have here are all real and authentic! Those labels say 'Special' The products mentioned in "Remarks" are only because I did not obtain the original technology, but have used other technologies to achieve the same effect. From a functional point of view, they are all genuine products! " "...So, this Jedi lightsaber is genuine! , is it really the kind of lightsaber in the movie that makes a buzzing sound and can cut anything with one strike?" Kamijou Touma pointed at the metal cylinder at hand that looked a bit like a flashlight. asked suspiciously.

Well, although this world has magic and superpowers, it unexpectedly also has the Star Wars series of movies, which have also become popular classics around the world. Kamijou Touma also watched them when he was a child.

"You can try it~" the man who claimed to be the store manager said, encouraging the Kamijou boy to gradually reach out to the products on the counter.

"Really, is it really possible?" Kamijou Touma picked up the metal cylinder labeled "Jedi Lightsaber (high imitation version)", held it in his hand, and felt the exquisite patterns engraved on the surface of the cylinder. It acts as an anti-slip pattern, and when held with both hands, it really feels like holding a sword hilt.

"Uh--just a reminder, you held it upside down. The beam emission port is facing you now!" He saw Kamijou boy holding the hilt of the lightsaber carelessly, and he also tried desperately to pop the lightsaber in the direction. Aiming at his own belly, the store manager had no choice but to remind the other person to avoid any tragic consequences if he was not careful. Judging from the level of unluckiness of the Kamijou boy, this was very likely to happen! "..." After being reminded, Kamijou Touma hurriedly turned the direction of the sword hilt in his hand, his back covered with cold sweat - he almost pressed the red button just now! ! ! Kamijou Touma, who inexplicably walked around the gate of hell, felt the urge to escape from this strange and dangerous shop immediately.

But feeling the lines on the metal hilt in his hand, he felt that it was too embarrassing for him to run away without even trying.

Out of the pride of a high school boy, Kamijou forced himself to calm down. He carefully checked that the direction of the sword hilt in his hand was correct, and then pressed his right thumb to a red button on the hilt.

Buzz, buzz, buzz—"Oh~~!!! It's really a lightsaber!!!" The blade, which was like bound light, and the familiar "buzz, buzz" vibration, there was no doubt that it was, This is really the kind of lightsaber in the movie! ‘But...it’s not just a superficial thing, is it? ’ Just as this thought flashed through my mind, something suddenly came over me from the store manager.

Even though his eyes and brain didn't react at all, and he didn't even see clearly what the store manager threw at him, his fighting instincts, which he had honed in fighting with the bad guys on the street, drove him to make a move. A sword hit the object that was thrown over.

Tsk—— The sound was like a hot knife cutting through butter, as if the weightless sword blade just passed through the middle of the thing, and there was no sense of any blockage in the hand.

Cang clang—dang clang— When the object that was divided into two fell to the ground with a metallic sound, Kamijou Touma's consciousness came to his senses.

He looked at the ground and saw clearly that what the store manager had just thrown over was actually a metal ingot, which had been neatly cut into two pieces, and he could even see the red ingot still glowing on the fracture. Molten metal.

"...You're...just kidding..." Kamijou boy looked at the metal ingot on the ground, and then at the lightsaber in his hand. After looking back and forth several times, he finally came to his senses and found it in a panic but carefully. He reached for the button on the sword hilt and pressed it carefully.

It wasn't until the lightsaber blade disappeared that Kamijou Touma gently put the metal hilt back into its display position on the shelf, and then took a few steps back, staying as far away from this dangerous item as possible. .

"Look, this is a real thing, right? Although the technology I use here is completely different from the setting in the movie, the effect is the same. You can't say this is a fake, right?" Mr. Store Manager said He didn't see the embarrassment of the Kamijou boy, but instead solemnly emphasized that this was not a place selling fake goods.

"..." However, Kamijou boy had no intention of arguing with the other party about what was genuine and what was fake. His attention was already focused on other products on the shelves.

If the lightsaber is real, then are all these other products on the shelf real too? "...Mr. Store Manager, are you saying that all of these are genuine?" Kamijou Touma asked in disbelief.

"I've told you many times that I don't sell fakes here. These are all real goods that can no longer be authentic!" The store manager seemed a little annoyed by Kamijou Touma's continuous questioning. , waved his hand impatiently.

"..." Kamijou Touma was speechless, but he was complaining in his heart: Who made the product labels in your store so unreliable? Isn't it normal to arouse suspicion... He didn't dare Kamijou boy, who was talking about genuine and fake goods again, continued to look at the wall-to-wall merchandise, trying to find items that were not so dangerous.

However, at this moment, the young man suddenly realized something - "Eh? Mr. Store Manager, why are there no prices on these products?" Yes, there are only labels with product names in the display boxes of all items, but there is no label on them. The price is very unusual for a store.

"The price..." After hearing Kamijou's doubts, the store manager looked at him with a meaningful look, and then said: "Young man, how much do you think these products here are worth? "Uh... it should be quite a bit... several million yen?" Kamijou boy, who knew nothing about the price of high-tech products, scratched his head and guessed somewhat unconfidently.

"...You really know nothing about the high-tech industry..." After hearing Kamijou Touma's words, the store manager shook his head helplessly, seeming to be in despair for this guy who has no business knowledge at all. .

')298'\u003eChapter 297 Difficult Choice

"...So, these are not for sale?" After listening to the store manager's long lecture on the commercial value of high-tech products, Kamijou, a low-school student, finally understood a small part of it.

"To be precise, it's a trial product."

The store manager said this with a business smile.

"...In other words, using customers as experimental subjects..." Kamijou Touma understood the meaning of "trial specimen" in an instant.

"It's not good at all!!!" Regarding Kamijou's false accusation, the store manager immediately denied it: "These products of mine have no problem in terms of quality and safety, but they have not been actually used. Testing, so someone needs to try it on your behalf, which is completely different from using customers as guinea pigs! Young man, don’t accuse someone of their innocence out of thin air!” At the end of the sentence, the store manager felt that he had been falsely slandered and even got excited. He slapped the tabletop and made a "bang bang" sound.

"...Yes, I'm sorry!" Under the pressure of the opponent's momentum, Kamijou Touma couldn't help but bow and apologize.

Thinking about it carefully, although the products in this store look quite unreliable, they are all said to be trial products openly, and Academy City openly pours potions and inserts electrodes into students' heads. , but it can be said to be very conscientious in comparison with the way of developing capabilities.

"Forget it, you are just a young man who is still in school anyway..." The store manager shook his hand and generously forgave the boy Kamijou for his verbal offense.

"Huh——" Seeing this, Kamijou Touma breathed a sigh of relief silently - the store manager was so angry when he was angry just now... "But, are there trial items..." Kamijou Touma turned around and looked at the shelves full of goods. He looked at the entire wall of glass counters and glanced over the dozens of products placed on it. A thought came to his mind - I wonder if I can get a trial quota... Hmm , to be honest, although he was really frightened by the destructive power of the lightsaber at the beginning, but after he calmed down, Kamijou Touma raised his head again as a high school boy, and he really felt, That lightsaber is so cool! Unexpectedly, the store manager seemed to know what he was thinking. He suddenly changed the topic and pointed at the counter with physical goods and said: "Although you are a young man who can't speak well and has no common sense, but Since you are my first customer after the opening of this store, I will make an exception and give you a trial quota. You can choose the one that suits you best. After using it, come over once a week and give me feedback on the product. effect of use.”

"Eh? Me? Let me choose one?" Kamijou Touma pointed to his nose and asked incredulously.

"Yes, think of it as a preferential treatment for you, the first customer!" Under the surprised look in Kamijou's boy's eyes, the store manager nodded.

"Is this... really okay? I'm just an ordinary high school student, and I'm also a Level 0 incompetent person with poor academic performance... Is it really appropriate to give me a trial?" Kamijou Touma is still very self-aware. of.

To be honest, except for his right hand that brought him misfortune, he thought that he had no merits, so he felt very uneasy about the "great trust" given by the store manager. He even thought in his heart, "Is this... Is there some conspiracy?”

"Hmph! It's the incompetent people who are good!" Regarding Kamijou Touma's self-effacement, the store manager had a different view: "The equipment I have here is designed to allow ordinary people to have abilities comparable to those of those with abilities. Developed for their own power, I think it would be a waste if they were actually handed over to a powerful person! You are the one who can really bring out their value!” The shop owner’s words made Kamijou Touma very happy! I'm surprised. I didn't expect that in this city whose purpose is to develop superpowers, there are still people who want to let ordinary people have powers comparable to superpowers... Well - in this way, these things in this store The product seems to match his "Fantasy Killer" very well! Xiao thought about his "phantom killing" and the cool look of his lightsaber, and Kamijou boy felt a little eager to try it out.

"But let me choose one..." The young man walked to the counter, looked at the products on the counter again, and frowned in embarrassment - which one should he choose? Although the lightsaber is cool, handsome and trendy, in the final analysis, he himself does not know how to swordsmanship, and the previous demonstration also told him that the "indestructible" of the lightsaber is no joke. If he accidentally hurts himself or others, ... Eh~~ After briefly imagining the scene where he accidentally stabbed himself to death with a sword, Kamijou boy immediately gave up the idea of ​​choosing a lightsaber - judging from his level of unlucky, the probability of accidentally injuring himself with a lightsaber It is definitely much higher than the probability of him killing everyone with a lightsaber! So, choose one that is not easy to hurt yourself? Kamijou Touma looked at the dazzling array of items on the shelves, and it was hard to make a choice for a moment.

Although the force-bred armor looks weird, it has the word "armor" in it, and he probably knows the function of this thing.

However, he can't always walk around in armor on weekdays, and he may not have time to put it on if an emergency occurs... Let's put it aside for now! 　　That T virus... Forget it, the name sounds very dangerous, so I won't consider it... 　　And the sports-enhanced nanomachine, although it sounds very cool and high-tech, but when he saw the syringe placed next to the tank, Kamijou Touma immediately excluded it from the selection range - if he injected such a large can of unknown substance that looked like heavy metal into his body, he would die, he would definitely die! 　　Kamijo Touma's eyes wandered, the watch-shaped "IS Armor (High Imitation Version-No Gender Restriction)", the belt-shaped "Masked Rider Transformation Belt (Magic Modified Copycat Version)", the nameplate-shaped "Sacred Cloth (Technology Imitation Version-Seventh Sense Simulation)", the palm-sized "Nano Steel Armor (Aldnoah Power Version)", and... Although there are really many good things that look mysterious and powerful, it's hard to choose! 　　After hesitating for a long time, Kamijou Touma finally made a decision.

He pointed to a certain grid on the counter and said, "This is it!" The store manager, who was waiting, looked in the direction the boy pointed.

"Oh? It's this?" The boy pointed to a green ring that looked like jade.

')299'\u003eChapter 298: Fake Green Lantern - Kamijou Touma

Unlike the delicate shapes in ordinary jewelry stores, this green ring is very simple and rough. On the ring without any pattern, there is an IOI-shaped logo, and there is no additional decoration.

Look at the label under the ring, it says - Will-driven Space Force Field Shaper (Green Version).

"Why did you choose this?" The store manager, Fang Yuan, asked curiously.

"... Well, the others are either armor or transformation, which are too conspicuous once used, so I want to choose something that is not so conspicuous.

This ring, I see the label says 'Force Field Shaper', which means it shouldn't suddenly turn into a set of armor or something? It just manipulates the force field and looks like a real ability user, which is very suitable for me!" Kamijou, who has always been regarded as "stupid" by teachers and classmates, was smart this time. He actually noticed whether these "trial products" would be too conspicuous in daily use, and unexpectedly chose the copycat version of the "Green Lantern Ring" that Fang Yuan imitated out of bad taste.

Well, it is obvious that Fang Yuan did not master the power of the emotional spectrum at this time, and could not create a green lantern ring that uses the will power of the intelligent life in the universe as the energy source-this is also the reason why he did not brazenly write "Green Lantern Ring" on the label.