When I came to the lounge again, Index had already fallen into a deep sleep. She was exhausted before. Although it was the Index of Forbidden Books, her physical strength was worse than that of the trained Leiko, and probably about the same as that of Hatsuharu. After half a night of tossing and turning, she was lying on the sofa and fell into a deep sleep.

"What are you going to do with the child?"

Shen Lie stared at Fang Zheng intently and asked in a stern voice, while Fang Zheng yawned.

"Not so good... Advanced dispel magic."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and pointed at Index. Then everyone saw a dark beam of light shooting out from Fang Zheng's fingertips and hitting Index's body. Then, between Index's forehead, a strange symbol similar to the Arabic numeral "4" quietly emerged, and then disappeared completely with a "click".

"Okay, we're done."

Fang Zheng clapped his hands, but at this moment, no one else had reacted yet.

"Mr. Fang, is this all?"

Stunned by the scene, Lei Zi couldn't help but grab Fang Zheng's sleeve and asked, while Fang Zheng turned his head to look at her.

"What else? What else do you want? Do you think I should organize a particularly grand ceremony, and make a big noise, and preferably have some accidents happen..."

"warn!"

However, before Fang Zheng finished speaking, Index, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly opened her eyes. However, unlike before, Index at this moment was like a robot controlled by a computer, speaking in a flat voice without any yin or yang pauses.

"Chapter 3, Section 2. Confirmed that the first to third barriers have all been penetrated. Prepared to regenerate... Failed. Can no longer regenerate on its own."

"What's this?"

Seeing this, Kanzaki Kaori and Stiyl also widened their eyes and looked at Index in disbelief. They could even see the blood-red magic circle in the girl's eyes, which was now shining.

But this is impossible, Index shouldn't be able to use magic!

However, before the two could react, they saw Index slowly turn around and look at Fang Zheng.

"At present, in order to protect the library of 103,000 volumes, we will give priority to fighting the invaders..."

"Mr. Fang Zheng!"

Seeing this scene, Lei Zi also cried out in anxiety, but Fang Zheng just glanced at Index.

"Lie down."

"...Understood. It has been set as the highest order. The Index of Prohibited Books will enter hibernation mode."

As she finished speaking, the bright red magic circle in Index's eyes slowly disappeared, and she fell back on the sofa and fell asleep again.

“…”

Looking at this scene, everyone didn't know what to say.

"I never thought it would be so simple..."

Back in the study, Ruizi still looked like she couldn't accept it.

“I thought it would be difficult!”

“It may be difficult for you, but it’s the same for me. If it weren’t for the fact that the Auto-Scribe has become one with Index’s personality, I would have deleted that thing.”

Fang Zheng returned to his chair, stroking the kitten while answering what Leizi was saying. At this time, Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori were still standing there blankly, not knowing what to do for a moment. Fortunately, Leizi noticed this and relieved their embarrassment.

"So, Mr. Fang Zheng, what should they do?"

"These two?"

Fang Zheng teased the cat and glanced at the two of them with narrowed eyes.

"Stay here and work for me. The tall one can move the goods or something. As for the exhibitionist woman, just be a maid for the time being, make tea and pour water. We will release her after the British Puritans pay the money."

"Uh...what money?"

"Mental damage compensation!"

Fang Zheng glared at Lei Zi.

"You had a fight with them. Look how badly you've been beaten. I don't think it's too much to ask for some compensation."

"No, no, this is really not necessary..."

Hearing this, Lei Zi was also shocked and shook her head hurriedly.

"Look, I'm fine now, Mr. Fang Zheng? Thanks to you for treating me..."

"Yeah, but you can just say sorry to get rid of my little girl after hurting her like that? Why do we need the police if an apology is useful, especially since they haven't apologized yet."

“Woo…”

When Lei Zi heard Fang Zheng say "my little girl", her face suddenly turned red, she lowered her head and dared not say anything else.

"You're going to leave us here? Do you know what that means?"

In response to Fang Zheng's words, Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori's expressions also changed.

"You will cause big problems if you do this. If you do this, it is very likely to lead to an all-out war between the magic side and the science side."

"oh."

Although Kamiya Kaori's words sounded very alarmist, Fang Zheng's response clearly stated that "no one is from Xiamen University."

"so what?"

"You... don't you understand the problem here?"

"I don't understand, because it doesn't matter to me."

Hearing this, the two were suddenly speechless.

“It doesn’t matter…?”

"Yes, you said that the magic side is going to declare war on the science side. Then I really want to ask, what are you going to do?"

Fang Zheng leaned back in his chair, stroking the kitten and looking at the two of them with a grin.

"What? Can you magicians make people stop using computers and televisions? Or stop riding in cars and planes? Or do you want to dismantle all the supercomputers and rockets in the world? That's too much trouble. You might as well just kill all human beings. As long as humans can calculate, think, and spread ideas, science will continue to develop. And the current human civilization..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed at the light on the ceiling and then at the floor.

"It was developed on the basis of science. You want to declare war on science? Fine, kill all humans."

“…”

Faced with Fang Zheng's answer, Stiyl and Kamiya Kaori were speechless again, but soon, Stiyl also opened his mouth to ask.

"Aren't you worried about the destruction of Academy City? It is a vital existence for your scientific side."

"hehe."

Fang Zheng smiled and then turned to Lei Zi.

"Tear."

"Hey? Huh? What's going on?"

“Has the World Mathematical Congress ever been held here?”

“I’ve never heard of this.”

"What about the World Physics Congress?"

“…It seems that there is none?”

"So semiconductors, organic chemistry, AI design?"

“……???”

"Look."

Fang Zheng shrugged and spread his hands.

"Let alone destroying Academy City, even if you flattened the entire Japan, the impact on the progress of human scientific civilization would not be even a millimeter. Academy City itself is a closed island. It has little impact on the world's scientific civilization. What does it mean... If you destroy Academy City, other places probably won't even blink an eye and continue to do what they should do."

"this……"

This time, Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori looked at each other in complete silence. They had always believed that Academy City, which had the most advanced science and technology, must be the strongest force in science. However, they ignored the circulation of knowledge. Only knowledge that was spread out could play a role. Academy City was independent of the mainstream scientific research community, just like the Vulture Palace in martial arts novels. It was awesome and its martial arts were high enough, but it had little impact on the martial arts world.

Even if you wipe out Lingjiu Palace, people in the martial arts world will still be doing what they are doing. Who would care about that palace in some unknown place?

On the other hand, if you wipe out Shaolin and Wudang at the same time, the impact will be huge. Why? Because they have disciples all over the world. Martial arts is also a kind of knowledge. Only when you spread it will it have an impact. Therefore, after you get into trouble, this impact will be magnified.

But what about Academy City?

So what if they claim to be 30 years ahead of the outside world? They keep their own things very secret. They neither participate in the formulation of various standards nor try to monopolize the market, and they will not be the standard setters and promoters in the field of science. If they dominate multiple scientific research fields, then the destruction of Academy City will indeed bring a devastating blow to scientific research. After all, in this way, many studies will have to be interrupted or restarted.

However, the fact is, in order to protect its secrets, Academy City does not even allow mice to go out freely, and the exchange of knowledge is extremely rare.

So whether they are alive or dead, does it have any impact on the outside world?

Of course not.

Maybe it would be better if he died, because then other forces could find something good from Academy City's research results.

Stiyl and Kamijou Kaori obviously regarded Academy City as the Jerusalem of religion, and believed that as long as they destroyed Academy City, they would be able to deal a heavy blow to the technological side. However, they probably would never have imagined that Academy City's status in technological civilization is not as good as that of the Beggars' Sect.

At least if the Beggars' Sect is destroyed, it would be a real headache if no one takes care of the beggars.

If Academy City were to be destroyed, other countries except Japan would probably be eager to watch the show.

It would be even better if we could get something good out of the corpses in Academy City.

So in Fang Zheng's opinion, the so-called war between the magic side and the science side is a joke.

Unless you, the magician, can kill all humans, then destroy the scientific side? You are dreaming.

Besides...

"If they dare to cause trouble for me, I will kill one if they come, and I will kill a pair if they come. Come on if you are not afraid of death."

Fang Zheng snorted coldly, then stood up holding the kitten.

"Okay, remember, starting tomorrow, you will work 24 hours a day, no food and lodging provided, and seven days a week. You can contact whoever you want, but if you dare to escape, I will break your legs and then reconnect them. I will break your legs every time you escape, do you understand? If you understand, then get out. I will give you one day to ask the leader of your English Puritan Church for money. Report tomorrow morning, get out."

After saying this, Fang Zheng waved his hand, and the next moment, the door opened automatically. Then, Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori felt a powerful and irresistible force rushing towards them, which directly knocked them out. The two felt a flash before their eyes, and the next moment, they fell heavily to the ground. When they stood up again, they found that they had been thrown into the flower bed outside the entrance of the institute without knowing when, and in front of them, the fully automatic door slowly closed, and then locked with a "beep".

“…”

The two stood up silently and looked at each other.

For a moment, the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

After a moment, Stiyl sighed.

"What now?"

"There's nothing I can do."

Kamiya Kaori also shook her head.

"At this point, we can only report to the Supreme Bishop."