Lost Narrative Poetry

"senior……"

The girl with long black hair and a five-petal white plum-shaped flower ornament on her head was just brought in by Jiebiao Danxi. She greeted Xia Ran very familiarly at the first moment. Her face was filled with excitement. An innocent and optimistic smile.

"It's Leizi, why are you here..."

The magician said casually, of course he knew who the person who came to the door was, and he also knew what the girl was here for, but in order to show that he was not a person who liked to read minds, he still took care of other people's emotions.

"Hehe, that's actually the case... Yesterday, senior, when you told Kamijou-senpai the address here, I also secretly wrote it down..."

The black-haired girl touched her head in embarrassment and laughed.

She glanced at the person next to her who had brought her in, but remained silent all the time. She was wondering who this girl she had never seen before was, why she was here, and what her relationship was with her senior... …Wait, wait, etc., while explaining——

"Mainly because of what you said before, senior, I am really concerned about the re-operation of the Fantasy Mitsuru Network, and I can't help but want to ask. However, because Misaka-senpai may be very worried, I can only take this approach. …”

"Huh? Are you really interested in this?"

Xia Ran glanced at the girl, picked up the syringe, and drew a tube of blood directly from Kamijou Touma with an unusually skillful technique.

The hedgehog-headed boy also listened to the conversation between the two with great interest, and didn't care about having his blood drawn... wasn't it just a tube of blood anyway? Who do you look down on? Although he doesn't donate blood often, for various reasons, he gets a bloody head every now and then.

Maybe he was unlucky enough to fall, or maybe he was unlucky enough to be hit by someone else. Anyway, the amount of bleeding was much more than this...

"Ahahaha, this... well, I'm actually very interested. After all, I don't know what else to do. I've tried all the methods, but I just don't have the ability. It's really distressing. Ah, senior."

Saten Ruiko put her palms behind her head and said with a haha, but although her iconic, seemingly innocent and optimistic smile was still on her face, deep in her eyes, she couldn't help but twinkle. There was a touch of nervousness and apprehension, and then there was a touch of sadness.

In fact, it was because I entered Academy City with the expectations of my family on my back that I had a slight sense of inferiority regarding the lack of progress in my abilities.

This is an unavoidable situation, especially since the circle she is in is not low-level. Misaka Mikoto is a LV5 superpower, and Shirai Kuroko is also a LV4 superpower... As for Uiharu Shiri, although she is not that powerful, she is He is also a capable person——

No matter how subtle the ability is, it is at least not level 0 that cannot be detected by instruments.

Moreover, she is also a member of the Discipline Committee, responsible for communications and information management, and has extremely strong technical ability...

Well, in fact, Saten Ruiko herself is not bad, she is a very good girl... But, people are such strange creatures, what they can't get is the best, but what they have is always the best. It’s a matter of turning a blind eye, which is helpless.

Moreover, as Academy City is a scientific city that originally existed to cultivate people with abilities, it is not surprising that there is such a value that attaches more importance to the development of superpowers.

"That's right...but you just ran here like this?"

The magician nodded and looked at the girl strangely. Wasn't she too nervous?

"I'm just talking casually, and this kind of thing is not about whether there are risks, but many people have experienced its risks personally before. Haven't you considered this issue?"

"Hehe, this... I think that senior is actually not such an unreliable person. Since he said such things, he must be able to solve it. After all, senior, you are so powerful, you are simply the most powerful person I have ever seen. People."

Saten Ruiko said with a smile, and took the opportunity to praise the other party a little. Her attitude was very natural and made people feel very comfortable.

No wonder she is so popular, this is the real harem king, a truly sinful woman...

Xia Ran couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and at the same time glanced at the hedgehog in front of her. Speaking of which, Master Lei seems to be regarded as a mother's trumpet?

While thinking this, he replied casually: "Actually, I'm not that powerful. The main reason is that you haven't met many people, Leizi. If you see more people in the future, you won't feel this way... Well, in this case, you Just say it a few more times, and remember not to say it again in the future, got it..."

"..."

"..."

Cold scene halo! start up!

The scene suddenly became a little quiet, and the air in the laboratory seemed to solidify a little. Several people, including Kamijou Touma, could not help but twitch their eyebrows, showing a very strange expression, and at the same time looked incredulously. someone.

"That, that, so, senior, is what you said before true?"

Saten Ruiko's smile was a little stiff, but the girl still worked very hard to maintain the sweetness on her face and spoke first to break the sudden silence.

She actually thought about the risks, but just like before, about the fact that the users of the Fantasy Hand were falling into coma one after another. Although she knew about it, she still couldn't help but long for the Fantasy Hand.

People are emotional after all, and behind her seemingly optimistic smile, she actually has her own troubles and pressures - there is no way, no matter how hard she tries, after being tortured by those perverted training classes in school, she still can't. How to bend a spoon.

I feel ashamed of my parents’ expectations.

And then because of the circle they were in, they were under greater pressure. Although Misaka Mikoto and others were not superficial people and would not think that people with low abilities or incompetence were not qualified to stand with them, but Misaka Mikoto and others were not qualified to stand with them. Tian Leizi couldn't control his emotions and thoughts.

Her friends were like heroes in movies, subduing crime and fighting evil with majesty, but it seemed that she could only play the role of being saved by the hero, or a burden that followed the hero... She was not blaming her friends, but angry at her own incompetence. , I always feel like a laggard.

If possible, Saten Ruiko would also try to catch up, but she couldn't even see the road...

Under such circumstances, it is completely understandable that she would eventually be tempted to resort to something like a fantasy gauntlet.

As for risks... Before, she had the urge to take the risk with Kiyama Chunsheng's version of Fantasy Master. Now, of course, there are no exceptions for the version controlled by Xia Ran. Saten Ruiko subconsciously felt that this person might be much more reliable than he seemed on the surface.

Moreover... the other party seems to be a magician. Maybe the problems that cannot be solved by science and technology can be solved by the other party?

"What I said before was actually not a joke, because the network of Fantasy Master can indeed be developed, and the market in this city is indeed huge. This is all true, but there is a problem..."

Xia Ran stopped, tilted his head and said.

"That is how to ensure the most critical "fairness" in the distribution of computing power... If there is no way to solve this problem, then sooner or later we will still fall into the same situation as before. "

""fair"? "The girl repeated with some confusion.

She didn't quite understand what this matter had to do with "fairness."

"On the surface, the Fantasy Controller can improve abilities, but in fact, it does not improve the quality of any user. It neither develops their brains nor improves their quality. It simply forms an electrochemical system through brain waves. The invisible spiritual network on the level..."

Xia Ran explained seriously and patiently: "Its technical foundation is based on allowing users to share the overall computing power, rather than improving the individual user's brain development level. A hundred incompetent people are connected to the Internet. , the total computing power is still equivalent to the share corresponding to one hundred incompetent people, it cannot be much more..."

"But if it is imagined that the hand can improve the ability level of each user, wouldn't it be an absurd paradox? After the incompetent people are connected to the Internet, they become weak people; after the weak people are connected to the Internet, they become strong people. Those who can……"

"Everyone seems to be stronger than before all of a sudden, and their computing power has been significantly improved, but where does the extra share come from? This network cannot be created out of nothing, right? So the only explanation is that everyone When you use abilities, you are borrowing someone else’s share of computing power..."

Assume that the numerical value of the incompetent person's own computing ability is "1", and the computing ability required to become the most basic ability person is "10", then the total computing power of a hundred incompetent people connected to the Internet should also be " 100" can only support ten people at the same time to experience enhanced computing performance.

And while ten people are enjoying the improvement effect, the other ninety people have no way to get this kind of treatment. Even at this time, not only are they not able to enjoy the improvement in computing power, but they also have to use their own computing power to support that Ten people.

"That's basically what happened. The reason why those previous users were unconscious one after another was because Harusheng Kiyama wanted to borrow their computing power..."

Spreading his hands, the magician said this.

"While she continued to allocate all her computing power to calculate a plan on how to save her students, not only were the people connected to the Internet unable to continue to enjoy the benefits of improved abilities, but on the contrary, even their basic brain functions to stay awake were temporarily disabled. lost……"

"This..." Saten Ruiko finally understood, and suddenly felt a little disappointed, "So there is actually no way?"

"It's not that there is no way, but to solve this key problem. The Fantasy Master Network can be implemented, but it is impossible to say that it supports all access users and at the same time and always enjoys the effect of ability improvement. It can only allow those in need to temporarily use it when they need it. Get bonuses, and other people can temporarily lend their calculation abilities to others when they don’t need to use their abilities.”

After thinking for a moment, Xia Ran added: "Of course, on the premise that it does not affect my normal life."

"That would be too ideal..." Jiubiao Danxi, who had been listening in, frowned and expressed her opinion, "The more people accessing the network, the less feasible it is to coordinate, not to mention the issue of user cooperation. , they have no way of knowing when they should use it and when they shouldn’t use it..."

There is no way to maintain a balance of payments, and it is almost inevitable that the entire network will eventually collapse.

"It's not that there is no way, it's just going to be a bit troublesome..." Xia Ran shrugged, then turned to look at Saten Leizi, seeming to have thought of something, "But now the Fantasy Network is being rebuilt, or I can let you Leizi first Experience it.”

"Eh?" The black-haired girl looked a little confused.

"The network that has just been rebuilt has only a few users at all. It can completely coordinate and cooperate point-to-point..." the magician said, "Now you only need to find a person with abilities, and as long as she is willing to cooperate with you, isn't this very simple? "

"This..." Saten Ruiko hesitated for a moment. Do you want to talk to Misaka-senpai and the others about this kind of thing?

But, is this really good? If I share the power of Misaka-senpai and the others but have no way to reciprocate, wouldn't it mean that I have become a drag on them in disguise? What if their power is weakened at a critical moment?

"Come on, come on, don't you take the initiative?"

The magician looked at the red-haired twin-tailed man and hinted... No, this was simply a clear indication.

"Why should I do such a thing?" Yubiao Danxi decisively refused. She and Saten Ruiko are not familiar with each other at all, okay?

"Just think of it as a medical fee, how about it? And I'm just asking you to cooperate and let her experience it. It doesn't mean that you have to keep it forever. If you don't want to, you can just log off." Xia Ran said, "And I can add a restriction so that when you want to use your ability, the sharing will not take effect, is that okay?"

"...Then let's try it."

The red-haired girl with twin ponytails opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't refuse.

Just think of it as a medical fee...she thought.

This person had said so, and she couldn't help it. She obviously didn't feel anything before, and even felt a little confused in her mind. She suspected that this guy was unreliable, and that she was also possessed by evil spirits, so she came to look for him today. he--

The so-called treatment actually ended by saying to myself, "Well, you're fine now."

Jiebiao Danxi didn't feel any changes in herself at all. She only felt that she was being played, and it was still a very low-level prank... But just when she went out to pick up Saten Ruizi, she suddenly realized that she was still I remember the previous ability failure accident, but I no longer have that fear.

Mental trauma can be so simple.

If he says he is fine, is he really fine?

Although she doesn't know the principle and even thinks it's a bit too magical, Jie Biao Danxi must admit that she does need to thank the other party for this matter... Well, another reason is that she feels that this person can achieve his goal no matter what. , you don’t have to do any useless work.

"Ah? This won't work. I...I..."

Saten Ruiko was a little panicked and waved her hands in refusal.

"It's no problem, it's just a try... If you don't think it's possible, don't talk anymore." Xia Ran waved her hands involuntarily, "We have to solve the problem with Chunsheng Kishan later, so I can take this opportunity to let you test your abilities, Ruizi. It’s not easy to snatch those primary school students over, there will definitely be obstacles…”

"Eh? I-can I?"

"Well...it depends on the situation and what kind of ability you have." The magician pondered for a moment, "As long as it's not the kind of super power that makes your knees hurt when it rains, there should be no problem..."

"If you put it this way, it seems that there are many people with abilities all over the world. Not just Academy City, but even older people have a chance of awakening..."

The boy Kamijou finally couldn't help but rant.

"What a coincidence? It seems that they must all be the same type of substitutes..." Xia Ran nodded seriously.

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at the same time.

"Another day has passed and I still haven't seen my students..."

In a certain research institute, Haru Kiyama, whose dark circles seemed to be more serious than before, said coldly, her sharp eyes staring at the corner.

There is a chair there, which is tied tightly to the corner with a large number of ropes. It is motionless, seeming to be shrinking under the shadow of the female researcher...

"You never lie to people? Have you always treated people with sincerity? Ha, it's best to be like this, otherwise, I will drag you with me even if I go to hell!"

Kiyama Chunsheng sneered, as if he heard some answer, he threatened again.