Chapter 162:
The so-called "things like this" do not refer specifically to human cloning events, but to human experiments in general.
Academy City is a city that studies superpowers, and only humans have superpowers, so Academy City is essentially a city that studies the human body.
Don't talk too far, just take the recent "Fantasy Royal Hand" incident. Don't look at Mushan Chunsheng's appearance as being too much. In fact, compared with the group of people who stayed at the bottom of the laboratory and did shady experiments, they were like little white sheep. Purely harmless. Even compared to simple killings like the "Absolute Ability Evolution Project", there are more cruel experiments happening all the time.
"What are you thinking? Although these words are not very pleasant, as a senior, I still hope that you don't do these mindless things. You are still young, you are just a child, you can't change Academy City with your ability, you are reckless. If you act, you will only hurt yourself."
"So, that's why, Dr. Roman, you stay in the hospital and don't want to change?"
"No, actually—"
It's not that you don't want to change, it's that you can't change.
This is a very helpless thing. This world cannot be pure white and dirty. Where there is light, there is darkness. There is no pure holiness and no pure filth. The reason why Academy City possesses technology that surpasses the outside world for 50 years, the dark experiments carried out in the back are the premise to support this result.
Otherwise, do you think superpowers are so easy to awaken? Just take some medicine? Do a little experiment? Can you easily develop superpowers? These seemingly ordinary tests are actually buried in the results of life.
Not to mention Academy City, there are countless places in the outside world where horrific tragedies are going on, whether it's on the science side or the magic side. What Roman can do is not to change the world, but to help those who fall in front of them stand up.
If you change the world with the idea of "saving the world", the result is likely to be unacceptable to you.
"I'm sorry, Doctor Roman."
"No, I understand what you're thinking."
However, this world cannot be judged by black and white justice.
When leaving the operating room, Roman did not push Kamijou Touma out, but let him rest in it. In addition, he must have a quiet place to organize his thoughts in order to prevent others from interrupting his thinking about life.
When I opened the door, I saw two girls guarding the door of the operating room - Misaka Mikoto, and her clone.
"Doctor, is Kamijou all right?"
"Is Mr. Weird okay? Although Misaka was worried, he pretended to be very reserved and asked, hoping that the strange doctor could answer Misaka."
"..." What should I say? Although he was used to being questioned by the patient's family when he walked out of the operating room, Roman had some desire to complain when faced with the questioning of the "sisters".
Kamijou Touma, you are really useless, you are still "Kamjo" until now, and you haven't even said the name "Touma". Are you really the dull guy in the legendary light novel?
Also, what does "Doctor Strange" mean?
"Kamjo he..."
Roman showed a disappointed expression. Although he didn't say it clearly, the meaning of "condolence and change" was very obvious.
Roman sighed, then shook his head.
"Do you still know his friends? The best thing is to contact his family."
"How, how is it possible?"
Misaka Mikoto's pupils shrank suddenly, the pain in her heart shrouded her youthful face in an instant, and tears fell without warning.
"Impossible, he can't just die like this, obviously at that time, at that time..."
"He's had a lot of wounds, he's lost a lot of blood, and he's got a serious infection - you might as well go in and have a look."
"Impossible, impossible, this is absolutely impossible..."
Her weak legs fell back, and if it wasn't for the solid wall behind her, she might not even have the ability to stand up.
Misaka Mikoto stretched out her hands to cover her lips to prevent her crying, but tears filled her entire face.
Roman shook his head and walked out, looking as frustrated as a doctor who failed the operation.
About ten minutes later, a girl's roar came from the operating room.
"You **** doctor!"
Kamijou boy, I can only help you here.
Chapter 275 Chapter 36
Summer brings to mind the seaside, as natural as a quilt in winter.
In fact, Roman is not a lover of the seaside. He feels ordinary about the sea, blue sky, beach, girls in swimsuits, etc., but I have to admit that the seaside is indeed a place where people feel cheerful.
The boundless sea and the boundless blue sky meet in the farthest places that cannot be seen with the eyes. At first glance, there are no obstructing tall buildings, no disturbing cars, and the wide field of vision makes people feel no trouble, even if people who are anxious come here, they will relax.
Since you come to the beach, you should enjoy it.
Thanks to the blessing of chasing souls in the underworld, because Roman on the 21st of August had to work the night shift, he had to take a good rest during the day. When I woke up from the bed, it was already the afternoon of the 22nd. He originally planned to wait until the 23rd, but he couldn't stand Index's soft and hard bubbles, so Roman had to set out in the evening and rush to the seaside of Kanagawa Prefecture.
Index, who was originally a stowaway, didn't have an ID card to leave or leave the Garden City, but Roman still managed to get a temporary ID card for a tourist through a little interpersonal relationship. As for Bayi Yonglin, who knows what she actually did? Anyway, she left the campus city without any pressure.
In addition to the Roman family, Jishen Qiusha was also walking together. Anyway, she was just a temporary worker-related household hired by Netherland Chasing Soul. In addition, the medical staff had come back one after another, and Jishen Qiusha left as soon as she left. Anyway, her salary was calculated according to the number of days.
When I came to bring Kanagawa, it was already night.
"Roman, the seaside is not fun at all."
When staying at a seaside homestay, Index said.
"It's just at the wrong time. During the day, it will be lively here."
"But it's really gloomy here, where can there be people?"
When I looked out the window, it was indeed a bit eerie and terrifying.
Not all places are as developed as Academy City, and it is possible to make the interior of the night as bright as the day. There will be street lights every ten meters on the street, so there is no need to worry about the lighting problem at all, and the oncoming person can clearly see who it is from a distance.
There are not many guests on the beach at night. Although there are a few people walking in groups, but looking at it from this position, people are really worried that a ghost will suddenly run out.
"Hehehe, little sister, it must be your first time to sleep out by the sea, right?"
The proprietress of the homestay is a charming aunt who shows a kind smile to Index.
"It's summer vacation now, and there will be a lot of guests during the day. If there is a weekend when you don't have to work, there will be too many guests here, and there will be no place to play."
The words of the proprietress made Index turn her head, and she asked Roman.
"Roman, is that so?"
"That's right. Summer vacation is the peak season, and many students take advantage of this time to go out to play. Office workers also rest on weekends, and usually bring their children or friends here. But..."
Roman looked around. The facilities here are not complete. Although there are several homestays, they do not occupy a large space and can accommodate not many guests. This means that there will not be too many guests here at all, but this means that Roman doesn't like it here. On the contrary, this kind of quiet place is perfect for Roman.
"Anyway, since you're here, you should enjoy the charm of the seaside."
...
...
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world.
The time difference between the UK and Japan is eight hours. While Japan has entered the night, it is still noon in the UK, and it is broad daylight for people to work.
Although they are both island countries, the climates of the UK and Japan are quite different. In addition to the sole reason, the difference in geographical location also makes the weather in the UK unpredictable in a day. Almost everyone who goes out will bring an umbrella to prevent it from raining in the blink of an eye.
"..."
Steele put down the phone with a gnashing expression on his face.
He didn't make a sound, but the cigarette in his mouth was deformed by the bite. Anyone who saw it would understand that this was his angry appearance.
Although no one heard who he was talking to, judging from his mood changes, the reason for the anger should be the other side of the phone.
At this time, as long as you're not an idiot, you won't be in trouble, as long as you win far away.
But in this world there are always people who don't understand style. Similarly, there are always people who like to look at other people's bad faces.
"Stiyl, who were you on the phone with just now, why did you suddenly get angry after just saying a few words?"
The person who was questioning again was a beautiful maiden. With crystal white skin, clear blue eyes, and shiny golden hair that is not surprising even if it is sold in a gem store, such a beautiful girl stands out from the crowd no matter where she is.
She was one of the leaders of the Anglican Church and the supreme bishop of the Church of Necessary Evil, Laura Stuart.
However, the Supreme Bishop was wearing a very simple monastic uniform and looked like an ordinary nun, but her hair was surprisingly long. The vertical hair stretched to ankle height, was folded up, returned to the back of the head, held in place with huge silver hairpins, and folded down again to about the waist. In other words, the length of the hair is almost two and a half times the height.
"Nothing, I'm fine."
Stiyl's tone was very depressed, like a powder keg about to explode, maybe just a little bit of flame.
Then, the supreme bishop of the "Church of Necessary Evil" was very happy to be the match that lit the lead.
"Let me think about it, the person who will make you give up rest at this time and run to the corner to secretly call, must be Index, right? But she has not found the right person... No, it is the guardian. Even if Sti You met her in person, and Index can't remember it either."
There was a mischievous smile on Lola's pretty face, which made people know that it was malicious at first glance.
"Could it be that you plan to contact the doctor, Stiyl, and then ask the future 'father-in-law' to marry his daughter to you."
"You idiot, don't say such irritating things!"
The flame magician held the flame sword in his hand and chased after his boss and waved it, and the church suddenly ran away.
It took a long time for everyone to calm down, and Stiyl finally calmed down. Although Lola's words just now made people angry, but it's not impossible to think about it, right... It's strange, if anyone dares to say another word, Stiyl will definitely burn him to crumbs.
"This is the end of the interesting topic, and now it's time to talk about an important thing."
"This kind of topic has nothing to do with 'interesting' at all. If anyone dares to bring it up again, I will blow his head off."
Stiyl glared at Lola fiercely, and didn't mean to take this boss in his eyes at all.
But the joke really should stop here, Lola's face has become serious, which means that there is indeed something important to say next.
"Stiyl, you should have heard about the witch who has been attacking the church recently, right?"
"Do you mean the rumored 'blond girl in a Taoist robe and holding an umbrella'?"
Chapter 276 Chapter 37
Things started a month ago.
According to the initial information, the witch who attacked the church did not appear in the UK, but she was active in Italy.
The various churches and magical associations that got the information at that time watched the incident with a lively attitude. After all, the attack was on the site of the Roman Orthodox Church, and everyone was very interested in which daring person did this. Of course, everyone also has the idea of watching the Roman Orthodox joke. Although they know that the Roman Orthodox Church will soon be able to crusade the witch who is in trouble, they still look forward to how much trouble this witch can bring to the Roman Orthodox Church.
It is worth mentioning that, at that time, no one knew about the witch's body. According to the description of the church clergy who were attacked, they just felt black and then fell into a coma. When he woke up again, the attackers had already fled, and the church was in ruins.
It was the result of the Roman Orthodox Church sending out elite troops when she really learned that the attacker was a "witch who was wearing a robe with a parasol in her hand". But even so, according to what the eyewitnesses described, he just saw a "shadow", and the image of the witch was still inferred from the eyewitness's description.
Holding an opened parasol in his hand and wearing a Taoist robe, although he didn't really see the witch's figure, it gave people the feeling of being graceful.
I don't know what method the witch used. The knights of the Roman Orthodox Church fell into a collective coma when they encountered the witch. It was the leader of the knight who saw the witch before losing consciousness.
After all the knights were wiped out, the top brass of the Roman Orthodox Church could no longer stand on the sidelines, and they had to send more powerful troops to crusade the witch.
It is a bit biased to say that it is the army. The term "troop" is only announced to the outside world, but the well-informed associations and churches know that this time the Roman Orthodox Church dispatched the pillar of the entire Roman Orthodox Church - the "Right Seat of God". However, at this time, the witch had already escaped, as if she knew that her catastrophe was imminent, and left before the "right seat of God" was found.
Another piece of information in the whole thing has to be mentioned here - no one died.
Whether it's clergy or ordinary people, believers or unbelievers, no one really died in this trouble from the witch.
So this time the witch attack will be described as "farce".
It's as if someone is simply not pleasing to the eye to play tricks and then run away and disappear without a trace before being caught.
However, the witch seems to be too naive, thinking that as long as people are not dead, the Roman Orthodox Church will not really pursue it. However, the Roman Orthodox Church, as the most powerful sect of the Cross Church in the world, its power and prestige has become the leader of the magic side. This incident has severely hit the Roman Orthodox Church's leadership on the magic side. After all, it was disturbed by a witch group for half a month. A month later, dozens of clergymen were wounded, more than a dozen churches were destroyed, and they finally escaped unscathed.
This matter can't be counted like that.
Of course, the Roman Orthodox Church has issued a wanted notice to the world's magic acceptance and the church. As long as the witch is found - life or death, even if it is just a clue, the Roman Orthodox Church is willing to pay a heavy price.
Anyway, other people are rich and powerful, and the rich church can really do whatever they want. It's just that this wanted order is very ridiculous, because there is no portrait on the wanted order, but a black shadow. As long as you look carefully, you can see a woman holding a parasol and wearing what looks like a foreign dress and a robe.
After this incident, I don't know how many people have suffered unwarranted disasters, but it is foreseeable that the witch will be purged again.
I thought this was the end of the matter, but I didn't expect the witch's trace to appear soon, and it also appeared in the territory of another powerful sect - Britain, which is also the home of witches, the most active place for witches in the world.
If the troubles in Italy before can be regarded as hostility to the Roman Orthodox Church, the witch's actions this time are hard to see. He offended two powerful forces at almost the same time, and he didn't have any plans to hide it. Is this the daring of the art masters, or is he just dying?
Whatever it was, the witch's purpose became confusing.
Because the place where it appeared was the United Kingdom, even if the Roman Orthodox Church wanted to come to crusade, it had to take into account that this was the site of the Anglican Church. It is almost an act of declaring war to rashly dispatch the knights to break in, but if you want to enter the United Kingdom through formal foreign teachers, you may wait until the Roman Orthodox Church gets permission, and maybe the witch has disappeared.
After the witch who did whatever she wanted in Italy fled to England, she was attacked by English Puritan magicians or knights. This result was unacceptable to the Roman Orthodox Church. Although they are both Christians and believe in the same god, different sects are sometimes more hateful than heretics.
The Roman Orthodox Church is sending personnel to conduct diplomacy with the Anglican Church, and on the other hand, is sending people to sneak into England. But until now, the Roman Orthodox Church has still not achieved results.
In fact, not only the Roman Orthodox Church is struggling, but the Anglican Church is also constantly trying. I thought it was a joke from an opponent, but when it happened to me, it wasn't funny at all.