450 446. Real researchers.txt (2/2)

The time is the same as in ”Otherworld,” midnight.

Before I could indulge in the emotion of returning home, I began to gather information

The magic dimensio, ----

I was about to deploy the Dimension over the entire island, and felt an object flying in on the way.

A series of three elongated, pointed, cylinder-shaped bullets.

Do they intend to inject an anesthetic or some kind of medicine to capture me?

I don't need to use magic.

Wondering about that warm attack, I move my body position with minimal movement and dodge.

In doing so, I took a step forward.

I could feel something solid buried underneath the sandy beach. Reflexively, I freeze it.

''--Magic [Freeze]''

Probably, I had buried something like a mine where I was coming out.

With the application of the earlier magic 《Default Armament Destruction (Armor Break)》, I throw the object that touched my feet into the 'possession' on the immediate agent.

Then, taking advantage of the gap in my magic, further follow-up bullets come flying in.

However, once I checked the speed of the bullets and secured my foothold, it was an attack that was no different than a magic arrow flying at me.

With all the strength in my legs, I kick and jump with the intention of piercing the sandy beach.

''--Magic 《Growth》 《Ixwind》 《Default》''

It's a magical, body-enhanced, wind-clad, distance-distorting leap.

The source of the sniping was a rocky area about a kilometer away.

To that point, I approached it in one step, passed it in the second step, and killed my momentum with a change of direction in the third step - while taking the back of the four blacked-out specials who were hiding in the rocky area.

From there, it wouldn't take a breath.

If they were opponents who were not resistant to magic power, there were endless ways to neutralize them.

However, the restraints I just used aren't infinite, so this time I lightly traced their souls from behind with the magic 《Distance Mute》 and made them comatose.

Like a puppet whose control thread had been cut, they all fell down in unison.

After witnessing this, he cautiously covered the entire island with the Dimension, covering the entire island and keeping an eye on the waters in a ten kilometer radius.

'............'

It's a quiet sea.

Only the sounds of insects and ripples echoed on the beach at night.

At the very least, there is no enemy-like enemy within the current Dimension.

''Oh, is that ......?　That's it?

I felt the same way about Rastiala.

Too warm.

I thought that the moment I moved to the world, they would fire a nuclear or gas weapon - or at least one or two of the so-called ABC weapons.

There's no reason for them to defend the treaty against me, I thought, and then a moan came from my feet.

'd*mn, ah, ah, ......'

There was only one soldier who was fainting and letting out a painful breath.

He was breathing extremely hard, his body temperature was high, and his sweating was intense.

His complexion was unusually pale and black and discolored.

Wondering about his poor condition, I checked the 'display' and found the word 'poison' on it. There was no indication that it had swallowed anything, so this was a natural occurrence.

'Abnormal condition again: ......'

It's easy to neutralize the residents of the ”original world” with magic. But I thought it was also a problem that they had too little resistance to magic.

Ordinary humans' bodies would be transformed by the 'Demon Poison'. The tracing of the soul by the 《Distance Mute》 earlier might have caused unknown symptoms.

Even now, the HP of the man's 'display' continues to decrease.

If this is the case, he will die a slow death, leaving him unconscious.

''Hmm?　It's called poison. ...... But, first of all, there's ”Caressing sunshine, chanting, carding water is a phantom, unreturned blood” and ”Hold out heaven and earth”.

Yeah. --Cure Fool.

Without consulting, I used my recovery magic in conjunction with Rustyala.

I held up my palm and wrapped it in a pale light, amplifying his HP to its maximum value.

Immediately, his complexion improved, his breath regulated, his body temperature suppressed, and his sweating slowed down.

And for some reason, during the HP recovery stage, the word 'poison' disappeared, and instead--

What?

Next, my fingertips turn black, just like his face earlier.

In a hurry, I use a recovery spell on myself as well.

''Kyu, 《Cure Fool,》--''

But unlike him, I never recovered.

Unidentified symptoms spread through my body.

If there was any harm to the body, it would be borne by the Nosfi's magic stone inside the body instead. However, that phenomenon never happened, and the magic power around my fingertips 'coagulated'.

Is this the first time you've seen magic ......?

With magic, is it really good ......?

Immediately, with the opposite hand, he wore 《Distance Mute》 and tried to forcefully grasp the symptom itself - but he couldn't grasp it.

''d*mn .......''

It's unidentified, but it's not a complicated condition.

It's simple and uncomplicated, just 'coagulation'.

But I can't read it well as a 'technique'.

The meaning of this symptom should be contained in about two letters of 'coagulation', but for some reason I cannot analyze or decipher it.

Such a thing: ......

Before you can say it's impossible, that unidentified 'something', like an 'art form', began to proliferate.

What was frightening was that the magic power that powered that magic was all derived from me.

It was invading my fingertips, eating my nest, spreading like a computer virus.

The 'coagulation' of magic power never stops.

When it has spread from my fingertips to the back of my hand, a somewhat worried voice falls from the sky.

''--The basics of warfare, Kanami. Don't touch the well, don't touch the blanket, don't touch the people. You don't know what they put in there.

Before I knew it, about ten meters in the air, Serdra was lingering against the starry sky.

Spreading mimic-colored black wings on its back, it slowly descended, looking down with black eyes that peeked out under its swaying black hair.

Mixed in with the sea breeze, the 'dragon wind' was blowing.

However, that 'dragon wind' has no intention of attacking. Unlike the 'coagulation' of the arm that is currently encroaching, the 'magic formula' on that 'dragon wind' could be clearly analyzed.

In order to offset dimensional magic such as 《Dimension》, a ”Jutsuiki” similar to the one Nosfi used to create was incorporated.

In addition, it also contains a complex and flexible 'jutsu' to guard against 'strings' and 'future vision'.

There is only the will to defend.

Seldra appeared with a wind coating that adapted to everything.

Seldra: ”Seldra: ......

I take a breath of relief.

Seeing my reaction, Serdra frowns.

”You seem to have plenty of time to spare, Kanami. You didn't come here without 'looking into the future', did you?　If you had seen it, you would have realized it was the type of thing that interferes with reason when it meets the requirements. And that it uses knowledge from this world.

I don't mean to take your word for it, but that 'type of interference with reason' felt right to me.

In the first place, I had the feeling from earlier that it was off to analyze this as a 'magic formula'.

Probably, just because it resembles a 'jujutsu formula', it is a power with completely different rules than the magic of the other world.

For example, it's a different dimension (genre), such as psychic powers, weirdness, and urban legends.

Then you can shift the dimensions that far and match them.

While I was doing this work with Parallel Thinking, I concentrated on Seldora and listened to what he had to say.

Could it be that your loved ones there won't allow you to do so?　Even reading the story ahead of time.

Serdra turned her gaze to the empty space next to me.

She seemed to believe that Rastiara was there and was talking to me.

I'm sure you'll be able to find it in the future,” he said, ”because seeing the future is not always a good thing. I learned from my battle with Yotaki that it can also work against you. In fact, Serdra did a lot of countermeasures against 'future vision', right?

'Hmm, well. If Kanami hadn't been caught in the sprinkling there, I'd have thought of another trap for 'future vision': ....... But still--

If it's being countered, it's better to put the amount of magic and strength for 'future vision' into something else.

Serdra seems to have read this idea and wonders about my fighting style while staring at the special soldier at my feet.

'...... You really haven't seen anything. If we had interrogated one of the otherworldly people we secured over there with magic, it would have given us a shot at our intentions.

'I wanted to hear it directly from Seldra, not from magic. I'm acutely aware of how important that is to The Stealer of Reason.

'Haha, that's exactly what I think. I think (...), too (・・・・・・). ...... But you sound like a 'hero'. That's right. I'm still being watched. Can't you say something bad?

I thought I was having a serious discussion, but Serdra laughed and refused to take it seriously.

She continues to stare into the air where Rastiara would be, not me.

'How did Seldra move the soldiers over here?　The world over here should still be in turmoil with Yangtaki's Winter's Other World (Wintry Dimension).

'It's so confusing, it's easy to move them around if you just make contact. ...... I've always been good at getting the powers that be to suck the sweet juice out of me. I've let them dangle new interests in front of me, threaten them with unreasonable violence, and mix one lie with important information ...... anyway, and I've let them guide the anti-Hitaki forces at my convenience.

Serdra reveals his misdeeds here as he boasts of his prowess.

I can see that I've been involved in the upper part of the 'original world' in quite earnest, and I decide that the enemy's weapons are many.

Wary of the other latest technology, I lightly cast a short, warding-type magic.

''-- Magic 《Default Field》''

In the meantime, I'm going to stretch a dimensionally refracting magic in a radius of about one kilometer to prevent light and sound from leaking out. I'm sure that this will prevent any satellite cameras from being seen.

I don't want to spread information such as magic to the ”original world” yet.

It would only add to the confusion and danger.

”Don't worry about it, Kanami. Anyone who knows too much about us should be killed. Individual souls are much weaker over here, so it's easier to erase them.

You kill a man and that's not the end of it. The families of those who died will come after you. And if it's between the worlds, we won't be alone in this.

If it's not good, there will be a war between the 'other world' and the 'original world'.

When the conversation had progressed to that point, Serdra shook his head while letting out a faint smile.

It was an expression that showed that this was the main point for him.

''If there's a war, I won't be bothered. ...... burn, Kanami praises you, but the world over here is a thousand years behind because of Yotaki, you know?　Most importantly, due to the thinness of the 'demonic poison', it's really warm over here. As far as I'm concerned, you haven't suffered any problems as far as extinction is concerned?　Billions of level 1s can't do anything about me or Kanami.

'Levels are ......, those things are just decorations (fashion) that I, as a game lover, thought up. To begin with, the strength of this world isn't levels and magic, it's science and technology.

”...... science and technology, huh? The science over here is really interesting. But it's also very warm. There's a limit to how far your mind can go. I'm not sure that developing a technology that can be replicated by anyone is going to help protect the world. --The most exciting part of science is when you receive the clear water from someone else's work.

As if to prove it, Serdra pulled a single pistol from her pocket.

He had seen it across the LCD screen in the distant past.

Even though it was difficult to obtain in Japan, it should not be a special type if it was overseas.

Serdra crushed that pistol like a sugar cube.

And from the shattered wreckage, he holds a single bullet with his fingertips.

The 'dragon wind' that he wears on his body was blown away.

With the perfect control of the dragon man (Dragon Newt), the wind crunches and shallowly scrapes the surface of the bullet and puts in the words. It was the writing of the 'jutsu formula' and also the packing of magic power.

'It's fun to play with the technology you've given me as you please ....... A thousand years ago, we tried nuclear weapons and railguns from your story, so what shall we try next?　There was a lot of technology (stuff) that I was interested in.

As soon as he finished saying it, the magic bullet was completed.

In an instant, the wind struck the fuse, and with the absence of the tube called a gun, it was fired with a combination of physics and magic.

The mechanism is very similar to the ”Magic Bullet (Flyshoot)” used by ”The One Who Stole the Reason of the Wind” Titi.

I take the fired projectile in my right hand and look at the finished product.

It's fun to play around with science without permission ....... Is that why you want to experiment with it this time?

'No, I think it's simply ......, because that's the order (・・・・・). Of course, it's fun, so I want to try it out more and more. Unlike Helmina and Ayde, who had fine aspirations, I just don't stop with my vile desire to try out, to try out, to try out, to try things that I don't know what's going to happen in the future at any rate, ....... Yeah, that's right. So I--

True feelings are exchanged.

It wouldn't be wrong to hear this directly from Seldra's mouth, not through magic.

However, the request is not something that can be easily accepted--

”I'll be the 'Lord of the World' over here. Kanami, be the 'Lord of the World' over there. The thing I'd most like to try is a war between worlds.

Serdra hoped as he used his fingertips to urge me into the 'other world'.

After coming this far, I no longer had any magic or skills, and I was beginning to understand his intentions.

It will be a different story than the friendly competition between the North and the South of the past. There will be a different human capacity to adapt and evolve, and we'll see a fresh competition for survival. I still believe that people have the potential to become stronger, ....... That there are no limits to the growth of the soul: ......

I don't sense any malice from Serdra.

There is only desire.

I want fresh experiments and research.

And I want to see new results.

And I want to see new battles as well.

So I want to stir up two 'worlds'.

As for everything else, I'm really, really tired of it. ......

--it would be evil, even if it wasn't malicious.

It's the 'villain' (boss) that is often the long-lived species in the story.

For the majority of people, it's an enemy that needs to be stopped.

Naturally, Serdra is well aware that the 'protagonist (me)' is also among that majority.

'Of course, I know Kanami won't like it, and I know she's going to stop me from now on (・・・・・・). Now that's what I'm talking about, if by any chance I win, that's what's going to happen. It's just a set-up.

War is not the true purpose of the story so far, and he has turned it upside down.

Like an unfulfilled 'dream', Serdra speaks of a war between worlds.

He spoke of himself as being among the majority who believe it is an enemy that must be stopped.

If he just wanted war, Seldora would not be in sight now.

His true purpose was here now.

'Only, I won't be able to stop him that easily. Even if I'm rotten, I'm still the 'most powerful' creature. All I need to do is connect the two worlds and create a spark, but ...... that one needs to be able to overpower me, or else you're in a lot of trouble, right?　We're in the middle of a very important reconstruction project.

Looking at me, Serdra's smile deepens.

War and research were secondary.

Seldora's greatest pleasure was proving to be in her gaze.

'I wonder what Kanami is going to do now for that overwhelming victory?　It's clear that the magic stone hasn't adjusted to it yet. The more you fight, the more strain it will take on Kanami's mind. If she struggles, will she need to 'chant' as well?　But can you really do business with the 'world' over here, too?　Which way was Kanami's complex soul born now?　If you can get a double dose of 'compensation', does that 'curse' simply double?　And if the 'stricture' worsens, how far will the kanami fall?　--There are many other things to try. Yeah, haha, it's all a bit unpredictable. You're unpredictable, so it's new, and fun, and really exciting.

What I really want to study and war and try is Aikawa Kanami, who is looking at the Rustyala Fooziers.

I'm beginning to be fascinated by the inexorable and unbearable interest in me, and Serdra's rapid speech is not stopping.