Chapter 29

■Suo, a sorcerer who lived thousands of years ago, possesses a special technique that can take over human bodies.

After occupying another person's body, he will inherit the original body's magic. With this ability, ■Sou has been constantly changing bodies for thousands of years and has survived for thousands of years. Of course, just like the six eyes that consume a lot of magic power, powerful magic inevitably has side effects, that is, after changing the body, the personality will follow the original owner.

This is naturally not a big problem for ■ Suo, and it can even increase some credibility when he plays the role of the original owner, which has made him feel at ease for thousands of years.

But the personality of this recent body is a little different, which really makes him feel a little troubled.

The story begins not long ago, when his deeds at the Yoshiwara site were discovered by the Tokyo consciousness. In order to escape the city's pursuit, ■Suo could only keep changing his body.

As a sorcerer, Suo tends to use sorcerers as his body, and only uses ordinary people's bodies when he has special needs. However, the pursuit in Tokyo is too close, so he has to agree to something that has been put on hold before.

Dr. Shiraishi, as an ordinary person, wants to master the power of a sorcerer. He does a lot of immoral experiments for this purpose. ■Suo thinks he is a lunatic, but the two have business dealings. ■Suo occasionally provides him with some experimental materials, and the crazy Shiraishi does use these materials to do something.

The experiment was about to see hope, but at this time, the madman was about to die.

Bai Shi, who was reduced to nothing but bones due to illness, found a clue at the end of his life: "I know you can use a human body. Please complete the experiment for me after I die. In exchange, I will give you everything I have!"

At that time, ■ Suo was using the body of a middle-aged woman. His smile was very deceptive. After gently agreeing to him, he just kept the body and did not expect to use him that day.

Until his little trick was discovered by Tokyo, all his stored bodies were used up and he could only use this body.

Here again, Shiraishi is a madman who has cut off all contact with the outside world. Even his researchers are afraid that he will die. Without social interaction, he naturally doesn't need to maintain his personality, but this is a side effect. He can't control it. Occasionally, inspiration for an experiment comes to him, and he stays in the laboratory working without sleep.

After doing this several times, ■Suo felt a little pain in his head.

When he saw the young man codenamed "Tokyo", ■Suo found that the familiar feeling came up again, his breathing became rapid, and his heartbeat quickened. Judging from his previous state, this was definitely the state of seeing excellent material.

However, "Tokyo" was a new member of their organization, and ■Suo didn't want to ruin the relationship, so he suppressed his emotions and walked over to say hello.

The memory of Shiraishi is slowly being discovered. About a dozen years ago, Shiraishi's colleague Ueno sponsored a child. Ueno is also a member of this organization. Shiraishi naturally doesn't believe that he intends to be a philanthropist, so he takes the initiative to explore the secret.

There is a blank in the following memory, probably because Shiraishi was hypnotized to prevent this memory from leaking out before his death, but ■ Suo can roughly guess that this young man is the child sponsored by Ueno back then, and he may also be an experimental subject of this organization. The experiment is estimated to be of a very high level, and researchers like Shiraishi also have to be forced into hypnosis.

■Suo looked at the young man in front of him with interest. He probably didn't know that he was an experimental subject. Although he was not curious about whether Ueno's experiment was fake, ■Suo had his own things to do at the moment, and he was more concerned about the world of sorcery. He could only keep this secret in his heart for the time being, hoping to use it in the future.

Shinichi Hinawa obediently listened to Dr. Shiraishi's explanation, thinking in his heart how to kill the ■sou in his brain.

Because Tokyo is in turmoil.

【I'm going to blow up that lab! 】

[I want to roast ■sao! Roast it with cumin and chili powder! ]

[How dare he cultivate cursed spirits in my territory? I was wondering why I felt uncomfortable recently. It must be his doing.]

Seeing that Tokyo was about to blame all his discomfort symptoms on the laboratory, Hinawa Shinichi did not refute him, even though the number of cursed spirits here was not large compared to the entire city.

Judging from its size, this laboratory has existed for a long time. I don't know where they collected some children with magical powers from, and used a special method to collect their magical powers to create cursed spirits.

The existing cursed spirits are not very powerful, there are only a few first-level cursed spirits, but the laboratory feeds them with cursed power, probably to further control the cursed spirits.

Of course, it was impossible to just leave it alone. Hinawa Shinichi stroked his chin and thought for a while: "Maybe we can create an accident?"

If Tokyo had discovered this laboratory as soon as he arrived, Shinichi Hinawa's identity would also be suspected, so he did not intend to hand it over to Tokyo or the king who cooperated with Tokyo.

There was a buildup of cursed energy here, and Shinichi Hinata and Tokyo felt the overflowing cursed energy almost as soon as they came in. It was hard to say that the overflowing energy had not formed cursed spirits in other parts of the laboratory. You have to know that this laboratory is full of ordinary people and cannot see the existence of cursed spirits, so it can just pretend to be an attack by cursed spirits.

It just so happens that Tokyo now has an ability that can be used. After absorbing the power of Edo, Tokyo has become a complete city consciousness. So it stands to reason that Tokyo can also use the barrier abilities possessed by other cities.

However, the time that Tokyo has to master the power is limited, and the new barrier capabilities are not yet fully developed and cannot be used like other city splits, but it can be used temporarily.

"You can catch some cursed spirits and put them in." Shinichi Hirin came up with an idea.

[Should I go? Will it be okay to leave you here alone?] Tokyo was eager to try, but still a little worried about the main body being here alone.

"It'll be fine. I'll find an excuse to get out of here."

The Tokyo clone still trusted his original body, so he hurried out to catch the cursed spirit.

Shinichi Hinawa, who stayed behind, chose to chat more with Professor Shiraishi, who was parasitized by ■Sou.

"Doctor, where do the materials we use come from? Won't the Spellcaster Association cause trouble?"

Dr. Shiraishi smiled strangely: "You have to know that not so many sorcerers are born in sorcerer families. Children without a background in sorcery, the better ones will be discovered by the Sorcerer Association and sent to school for training, while the other part..."

He didn't continue speaking, but Shinichi Hinata knew what was going to happen next. Not everyone in this country lived in the emerging world. People in many places still maintained the ideas of the old society, just like the example of burning witches in the West. If a child with special abilities met such an adult, it would be a disaster.

"Magic is a magical thing. Some people have powers simply because of the different structures of the human brain." Dr. Shiraishi boasted, "Of course, the same is true for other superpowers. The lucky ones who have powers don't understand how lucky they are, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people like us to gain powers. However, I personally think that this is a test for us. Only after going through hardships can we finally bloom dazzling flowers, right?"

When he said this, he was like a fanatical believer who firmly believed in his beliefs. Hiruzen Shinichi was silent. This kind of person would not listen no matter how others persuaded him.

Dr. Shiraishi's excitement lasted for a few seconds, as if he had thought of something: "By the way, are you going to join my project? Professor Ueno speaks very highly of his students."

Shinichi Hinawa pretended to think about it, then rejected him: "Although I am very interested in the doctor's experiment, I have undercover work to do, so I'm afraid I can't participate."

"It's okay. Your data acquisition is also part of the experiment." Dr. Shiraishi waved his hand. Compared with having one more researcher, the information from the Six Eyes was more important.

"Can I take a look around the lab?" asked Shinichi Hinata.

"Yes, please."

After getting permission from the person in charge, Shinichi Hinata started to wander around the laboratory on his own.

The human body in the huge petri dish hanging above his head was the remains of a human body after the cursed power was drained out. Tokyo had confirmed before that there were no signs of life. Hinawa Shinichi was very curious, what would happen after the "nutrients" in the petri dish were used up?

I just happened to see a few researchers skillfully fishing out the wreckage, while a few others walked in another direction.

"What are you going to do?"

The researcher standing at the front answered his question: "We are going to replace the material."

"Take me with you."

Seeing the researchers looking at each other, Hinawa Shinichi added, "Dr. Shiraishi said I can visit at will."

"Then please come with us."

Several people walked through the long and narrow corridor together. The environment here was not much different from the laboratory, with pale light and cold cells.

Shinichi Hinawa saw two children lying inside who looked similar, the only difference being the color of their hair.

He originally thought that there were no innocent people in this laboratory, so he asked Tokyo to release the cursed spirit, but he didn't expect that they had two children, so it was difficult to take them away.

"Spellcasters are a very scarce resource. Where did you find them?"

One of the researchers said quickly, "It was bought from a nearby village. They even thought the sorcerer was an evil spirit."

The other two people took a look and complained about their companion's quick words, but thinking that they would be in the same laboratory in the future and that he would be their superior, they just went along with him.

"The sorcerers only think highly of themselves in their circles. If we hadn't bought them back, these two brats would have been burned to death by those villagers."

"It's better for them to be our experimental subjects than to be burned to death. If the research is successful, their lives will be meaningful."

(End of this chapter)