A certain scientific Saten Ruiko

Time soon came to the end of school, so let’s temporarily abandon Saten Ruiko’s perspective.

Our leader, Kamijou Touma, opened his eyes in a dark space and saw darkness.

"Where...where is this?"

The space Kamijou Touma was in was extremely dark. Even if he opened his eyes desperately, he couldn't even see his own hands, so he could only tentatively explore around.

His hands were less than one meter long when they hit a hard "wall", and even his legs could only curl up.

The walls are some kind of resin board with a smooth feel.

This place is very narrow, this is the conclusion he came to. It is so narrow that even he, who usually sleeps in the bathtub for some reason, feels that this place is particularly narrow.

'I won't be stuffed into the refrigerator, or buried in the ground, right? '

Kamijou Touma couldn't help but have such absurd thoughts.

At this moment, a buzzing vibration sounded in the narrow space, and a little light lit up in the darkness, but it was only a little more than the fairy sticks and fireflies that would stand out from the darkness. The light is just a little stronger.

But even so, it was still extremely dazzling for Kamijou Touma, whose eyes had become accustomed to this darkness.

This was a quadrilateral light source that was slightly smaller than a business card. It took Kamijou Touma a while to get used to it before he recognized it as his old-fashioned flip-top second-hand knock-off mobile phone.

Someone called him.

But Kamijou Touma's first reaction was not to answer the phone, but to use the light to observe the surrounding situation.

Different from the darkness where he couldn't see anything just now, with the faint light of his mobile phone, he could faintly see the outline of his surroundings.

Kamijou Touma didn't feel any sense of relief after getting more information.

It was very narrow here, narrower than he thought, almost like a washing machine.

The place he was in was more like being stuffed into a box than a narrow room.

The tip of his nose was so close to the wall that he felt almost suffocated.

After observing where he was, Kamijou Touma picked up his phone.

It was a call from Tsuchimikado.

"Tsuchimikado?"

"It's too late to explain too much, I'll keep it short, Ashang."

"what happened?"

Kamijou Touma heard the heavy voice of this double agent and best friend of both the science and magic camps. This gave Kamijou Touma a bad feeling. He always felt that something must have happened, such as Magician, like magician, like magician.

Sure enough, just as he had guessed, Tsuchimikado on the other side was very serious.

"A new magician has sneaked into Academy City. If we don't deal with that guy before he takes action, it will cause great damage to the city."

"Are you a member of Gremlin again?"

This was Kamijou Touma's first reaction.

After all, not long ago, a conflict broke out in Academy City between the Nordic-centered magic group [Gremlin] and the Orrels forces who opposed them, in order to compete for a girl named Floran.

If Kamijou Touma and others hadn't guided the two sides in the dark, once a war started randomly in the city, the melee between the saint, the half-demon, and Academy City's top superpowers would have turned most of the city into ruins.

When he thought that this kind of commotion might happen again, Kamijou Touma felt a chill rising up his spine.

"No."

However, Tsuchimikado simply denied it and explained:

"This time he is a magician from the Tantric system. I guess he is not from the same group as Gremlin."

"Why did someone come again?"

Kamijou Touma is helpless, can't he be allowed to live a normal life?

And Tsuchimikado told him this.

"Gramlin is not the only magician. There are some magicians whose actions have nothing to do with those guys. There are also some magicians who want to take advantage of the previous commotion to pursue their own interests."

"Ah~"

Kamijou Touma exhaled an old breath full of vicissitudes of life sincerely from his mouth.

"The enemy's name is Umesaki Elegance. This person is a magician in the Tantric system. However, this guy is only a small character, or should be said to be very weak. With the current Agami, he can be dealt with by himself."

"Huh? Then why is it called an emergency?" Kamijou Touma asked doubtfully. Based on his experience, the reason why an emergency is an emergency must not be a trivial matter, even if the other party is a very weak person. People, but an emergency is an emergency, literally.

"Well, the problem lies in the spiritual equipment." Tsuchimikado Motoharu said in a serious tone: "Meiou's altar, that guy uses a special altar... Have you heard of the Goma altar?"

"Um...please explain." Kamijou Touma sincerely expressed his ignorance and eagerness to learn.

"That's a prop used by Tantric sects to cultivate their spirit. They will use this thing to burn something called goma wood, and use the fire and smoke produced to disperse distracting thoughts."

"And this kind of thing comes in many sizes. The small one can be as big as a small candle, and the big one can be as big as a campfire."

"However, there are also inner Gomulas who imagine a Gomo altar in their minds."

Listening to Tsuchimikado's explanation, Kamijou Touma twisted his neck uncomfortably, and felt a strange pain in his waist. The awkward posture had already begun to make his joints wail.

After Tsuchimikado finished speaking, Kamijou Touma asked in a timely manner.

"How big is it this time?"

“It’s foldable like an outdoor table, making it easy to carry, and the thing itself is small enough to fit in a suitcase.”

"Then what's the relationship between this and this incident?"

"Usually, the Gomo Altar is a spiritual device that interferes with the user's own spirit. It is mainly used to eliminate distracting thoughts and concentrate. It is not dangerous in itself. However, the Altar of the King of Ming uses this function in reverse."

"Ah?"

Kamijou Touma's knowledge of magic is very shallow, so he made such a confused sound.

"In other words, that thing is not for external use. It is a special entity made for the purpose of interfering with outsiders other than the user. To put it simply, it can absorb all the knowledge and technology of everyone within a five-kilometer radius with just one use. Come on, what will happen if it is used in an important area of ​​Academy City?"

"Able to quietly steal technical information related to superpowers..." Kamijou Touma answered tentatively, feeling that if it was just like this, it wouldn't be very urgent.

"That's not the point. The Altar of the King of Ming will forcibly absorb people's selves and technology. From a scientific perspective, it is equivalent to destroying synapses and autonomic nerves. The victim will not be able to walk on both feet, and even his breathing and heartbeat will be completely lost. Finished."

These words made Kamijou Touma's expression darken instantly. This was not a funny thing.

The entire Academy City is almost a densely populated area. Once this spiritual device that annihilates a five-kilometer radius is activated, how many people will die? This is a very scary number.

"How much time is left?"

"The worst is within two hours, no matter how relaxed it is, it will probably be less than three hours."

That means there are only two hours, or one hundred and twenty minutes.

This was really too short. Even though the location was in the 7th School District, Kamijou Touma still didn't think that he could stumble upon his target just by looking around with his eyes closed.

"Who is from the Tantric system?" Kamijou Touma confirmed the name again.

"Umesaki is elegant."

"Then do you know where he installed the Altar of Myooh?" Kamijou Touma asked seriously after writing down the name.

"I know that I know, but there is some special reason why it is difficult to enter there. Although I don't know whether Umesaki Elegance's purpose is to kill people or steal technology, the place he plans to attack is an important area after all."

"No one without 'official status' is allowed to trespass, even if the reason is to maintain the peace."

"So, it's a place that's difficult to enter?" Kamijou Touma frowned, wondering in his mind why is this place so formidable?

"It's especially difficult for people like me and A Shang. Really, sexism is troublesome enough."

"what?"

Is Kamijou Touma surprised? After making a sound, Tsuchimikado honestly made additional explanations:

"The school garden is a garden for girls jointly managed by five well-known girls' schools, led by the prestigious Tokiwadai."

After hearing this answer, Kamijou Touma couldn't help but groan with a headache.

It is true that important information related to the development of super powers should be hidden in that kind of place, but for Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado, who are men, this is simply terrible.

"What should I do now?"