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It seems that Index has completely abandoned her original plan, which is to "escape to the Church of England".Maybe she didn't want to force Kamijou, who was seriously injured, to go to church with her.

In Index's sleep talk, Kamijou's name often appeared, which made Kamijou feel very embarrassed.

Kamijou felt very complicated when he saw Index who fell asleep defenselessly like a peaceful kitten.In fact, no matter what decision she made, it would still fall into the hands of the church in the end.Regardless of Indy

Whether Kesi finds the church safely, or is caught by a magician on the way, no matter what the final result is, she will be sent back to the Church of Necessary Evil to erase her memory in the end.

Just then, the phone rang suddenly.

The phone in Teacher Xiaomeng's room is a black rotary phone that can already be called an antique.Kamijou slowly turned his head to look at the black telephone that was beeping like an alarm clock.

In common sense, if the phone rings, of course you have to answer it.But under the current situation, Kamijou is not sure whether he should casually answer the phone in Teacher Moe's room.

However, Kamijou hesitated for a while, and finally grabbed the microphone.It wasn't that he wanted to answer the phone, but that he didn't want the harsh voice to wake Index up.

"It's me—can you hear who I am?"

From the other end of the microphone came the voice of a girl who used polite honorifics.As if whispering, even through the microphone, she could feel that she was lowering her voice.

"I remember your name... Kanzaki?"

"Don't remember each other's name, it's good for both of us. That child... Is the catalog of forbidden books there?"

"Sleeping next to it... wait, how do you know the phone number here?"

"It's the same as if I know your address over there, as long as we investigate." Kanzaki's voice sounded like he didn't want to explain to Kamijou at all: "Since the child is asleep, that's just right. Please listen carefully What I'm going to say next."

Kamijou frowned suspiciously, only to hear Kanzaki continue:

"─As I said before, the child's final time limit is at midnight tonight. We are all ready, and we will definitely end all this according to the plan."

Kamijou's heart froze.

Although he already knew that this was the only way to save Index.But now that he is forced to face the "end" of everything, Kamijou still feels extremely hesitant.

"But..." Kamijou breathed out lightly and said, "Why did you tell me this in particular? You mentioned it like that, and it made me want to resist desperately..."

There was silence on the other end of the microphone.It's not that there is no sound at all, but mixed with the sound of low breathing, a very humane silence.

"...Since parting is coming, you should have time to say goodbye, shouldn't you?"

"what……?"

"In fact, when we first erased her memory, we started trying to 'create memories' for her three days ago. On the last night, I even cried bitterly while holding her. I think, you They should have the right to do so."

"Are...what a joke..." Kamijou couldn't help but clenched the microphone, and said, "On the other hand, do you mean to tell me to give up resistance? Tell me to give up the right to work hard to save it, give up the right to risk my life against you?"

"..."

"Listen to me, since you still don't understand, I'll tell you. I haven't given up yet! I will never give up no matter what! If I fail a hundred times, I will get back up a hundred times! After one failure A thousand times, I will get up again a thousand times! I will definitely do what you can't do!!"

"I'm not talking to you, I'm not negotiating with you. I'm just passing on my orders. No matter what your thoughts are, we'll take that kid back when the time comes. If you try to stop us, it will only cause you self-destruction."

The magician's tone was as smooth as that of a bank teller.

"Now you may have seen that I still have the 'softness' of human beings in my heart, so you want to convince me...but I strictly order now." Kanzaki's voice is as cold as a Japanese sword unsheathed at night:

"Before we arrive, you must say goodbye to the child and leave the scene. Your duty is only the shackles. If you don't leave, the useless shackles can only be cut off."

These words spoken by the magician were not just pure hostility or ridicule.It sounds like trying to stop a person from continuing to do something futile and scarring themselves.

"I hear you... talking nonsense!"

But this made Kamijou even more unhappy.Kamijou said into the microphone with a tone that wanted to swallow the other party:

"You guys, just let others wipe your ass for your incompetence? Aren't you magicians? Aren't you magicians who claim to be able to make the impossible possible? Now what is this? Is magic just not working? You Dare to puff up your chest in front of Index and say that you have tried all possibilities?"

"...Magic is useless at a time like this. Although this is not a result that can be said with a straight chest, at least in front of that child, you can't lie about magic."

Kanzaki said in a voice that seemed to be gnashing his teeth, "If there was another way, we would have done it long ago. Otherwise, who would be willing to issue such a cruel ultimatum?"

"……What does it mean?"

"It seems that you won't give up until I tell you the whole situation. Although it's a waste to spend the last time explaining this kind of thing, since you want to taste the taste of despair, I will help you. .”

The magician said in a fluent tone like reading the Bible: "The child's 'full memory ability' is not a superpower like yours, nor is it our magic, but a simple physique. It is like bad eyes or Like hay fever. Not like some curses that can be undone by casting spells."

"..."

"Although we are magicians, as long as we use the environment created by 'magic', it may be broken by other 'magic'."

"You mean that she was given a special defense system against magic by magic experts? So what? As long as you use the knowledge of [-] grimoires, there should be a way to crack it? Don't you claim that as long as you get her, you can get it?" God's power? How could it not even heal a girl's head!"

"Are you referring to the 'demon god'? But in fact, what the church is most afraid of is the 'rebellion' of the forbidden book catalog. So the life support system that will kill her every year if she doesn't erase her memory is also tantamount to being imposed on her by the church." 'collar'. Do you think the Church is stupid enough to leave the child with the possibility of uncollaring himself?"

Kanzaki said in a calm tone: "...I think the [-] grimoires should not be complete. For example, if there are grimoires about memory manipulation, she may not be allowed to recite them. Such insurance measures, Definitely predictable."

Kamijou cursed in his mouth.

"...You said before that [-]% of Index's head is occupied by the knowledge of [-] books?"

"Yes. To be precise, it is 85%. We cannot destroy the memory of these 15 books. After all, the original book of Grimoires cannot be destroyed even by the Inquisitor of Heresy. Therefore, we can only start from the remaining Let's start with the next [-]%, which is to erase the child's 'memories'."

"—Then how about using the scientific method?"

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Is there such a possibility?Kamijou thought.After all, magicians are in the field of "magic", but they still can't succeed after exhausting all means, so they can only start to try new fields other than "magic"... This is also a natural logical deduction.What new field?Say "science" for example.

In this case, there must be a character who acts as a bridge between the two parties.It's like if you want to negotiate with all kinds of people in a strange foreign country, you must hire a local interpreter.

"...There was indeed a certain period of time, and I thought about it too."

However, Kanzaki's answer was surprising.

"To be honest, I don't know what is the right way to do it. Since the magic I am proud of can't save even a girl, maybe I can only rely on science to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, but..."

"..."

Kamijou can probably guess what Kanzaki will say next.

"—Even so, I'm not willing to hand over such an important friend to science."

Although he knew it in his heart, Kamijou still felt a bit frustrated when he actually heard it.

"After all, I still have the pride of 'things that can't be done by magic, and science can't do it'? I poured inexplicable medicine into the child's body, and cut the child's body with a scalpel... This kind of The crude way will only shorten her lifespan. I don't want to see that child being violated by a machine at all."