Chapter 127

"Glass, this is the workplace that the high school has prepared for you." Yega Masamichi walked in front and opened the door of an empty teaching building for Jiali Glass. "The principal specially vacated this teaching building for you to use - the first floor is used to store the bodies of the deceased in the curse case; the second floor is used to treat the injured; the floors above are at your disposal."

"You should have met with the senior management of the Board of Governors, right?"

"Well, they hope I can start working right away." Ieiri Naoko followed behind Yega Masamichi to check out the first floor that had been opened up and converted into a morgue by the directors' meeting. She casually looked at her future work environment, "By the way, Mr. Yega, can I ask first - will there be any classmates in my class?"

——There is a perennial shortage of sorcerers, not to mention the number of students enrolled in the Kyoto and Tokyo schools.

Although Ieiri Shoko had no hope for the number of people of the same age, she thought that there must be someone of the same age with whom she could communicate. By the way, the orange-haired girl who got off a car with Yega Masamichi in the parking lot before and was called "Fujimaru" by Lancermello seemed to meet her expectations.

"Nose." Yega Masamichi stopped in front of the morgue and turned to look at Ieiri Nose who was tilting her head to look at the shadowless light hanging above the autopsy table. "Since you were brought back by the people from 'over there' Chaldea, I thought I might first tell you about some of the changes that have taken place in the technical college."

"But first—did they introduce themselves to you?"

Phoenix Chaldea, the Humanitarian Continuation Guarantee Agency - is a research institute and observatory that brings together researchers from all over the world in order to ensure that human history can continue long and strong. It is a secret agency jointly established by various countries to prevent the extinction of mankind, the "Bad End".

——This is how the three people who came to pick up Naoko Ieyuu introduced themselves to her on the way to the technical college.

"...They told me." Ieiri Naoko reached out and touched the shiny new dissection bed, raised her head and looked at Yega Masamichi, "The Human Continuation Guarantee Agency Phoenix Chaldea."

"That makes it much easier to explain." Ye Mo Zheng Dao paused, pondered for a long time, and pointed out an abnormality to Jiali Glass. "Although the higher-ups only expect you to be responsible for treating sorcerers injured in missions, and handling the bodies of ordinary people killed by cursed spirits and the remains of sorcerers after their death-"

"But you should be able to tell the difference between humans, sorcerers, and cursed spirits, right?"

Ieiri Naoko's movements paused slightly.

"The three people who came to pick me up - Romani Achiman, who was driving the car, had a magical power composition that seemed to be a mixture between a human and a cursed spirit; Marisbilli Animusphia, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had a magical power composition that was consistent with that of a sorcerer; and finally, Lord Lansemello. Although I don't know her name, her magical power composition..."

"It's the pattern of a cursed spirit, but her aura feels more like a spirit born in nature. She doesn't have the strong hostility towards humans that all cursed spirits have." Ieiri Shoko removed her hand from the dissection bed and looked away at the snow-white wall. "Also, I have a feeling that their cursed power operates in the same way as mine."

"A natural reversal technique?" Yega Masamichi helped Ieki Nozomi activate the morgue. "But the information I got from the principal is that they are different from you - you can only output the reversed cursed power for healing, while they can use cursed power to attack... and at the request of the principal, I used the cursed corpse I made to fight Lord Lansemello."

"At least judging from the situation in battle, the way they output power is no different from that of a sorcerer - this does not fit the situation of a natural reversal technique."

"Let's go upstairs and get back to the topic we talked about earlier." Yega Masamichi led Ieiri Naoko to the second floor. "The changes that have taken place in the technical high school are all caused by Phoenix Chaldea, the human survival guarantee organization."

The time point when Lansermello last stayed in the spirit particle transfer was actually the autumn of 2004 - the summer had just ended, and the sorcerers' exhausting overtime work finally came to an end.

Just like when he landed on the roof of the high school during the Demonic Hour on December 24, 2017, Lancermello's stop this time was just as light and nimble - but because the initial geographical location was located inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Jutsu High School, it unfortunately triggered the alarm mechanism of the high school's barrier.

So before the sorcerers rushed to where Lancermello was, Lancermello first knocked on the door of the Throne of Heroes with the magic wand in his hand. The Grand Magician thought about his many negotiation experiences in the past, which were classic failures, and finally bowed his head and looked for professional help from Chaldea.

Although the candidates who were considered at the beginning were the ones who lived in 221B Baker Street, but - first of all, Professor Moriarty, who runs a negotiation office in Chaldea, is obviously not a good person to turn to for help. This can be seen from the fact that all the consulting cases he handled ended in failure.

Secondly, Molly, who was still a college student, was not a good person to turn to. Lansermello said that Molly was just like her, and was only good at completely suppressing the other party, instilling information, and forcing them to sign treaties in unequal situations, and she had to have the upper hand.

Thirdly, the new Sherlock has been evaluated as a detective who has been given the nickname "Nuisant Holmes" to match the world name he was born in - after that, there is only Dr. Watson who always appears to be the most reliable at 221B Baker Street, the consulting detective who is the origin of all detectives, and the new Mr. Crime Lord.

Among the three remaining candidates, Dr. Watson was the first to be eliminated from the final candidate area. Even if we don't consider Watson's own evaluation, just looking at the content registered in Watson's heroic spirit data, he was destined to withdraw first. Because Watson is the assistant of detective "Sherlock Holmes", in terms of interpersonal relationships, he is only good at coordinating the relationship between Holmes and others.

When the elimination reached this step, Lancer Mello had already completed the addition of restrictions and knocked on the door of the Throne of Heroes beside him - the last condition restriction was the compatibility with Lancer Mello's "Summoner"; after all, the previous restrictions were all restrictions on business capabilities, so the final condition was the high compatibility required to cooperate with her next actions.

——Only when their natures match, can the Lord and the Servant unleash greater power.

So the last person to respond to the summoning was William James Moriarty.

"Lord Lansemello was the first Chaldean member to appear in the academy." Yega Masamichi stood at the window of the second-floor corridor and looked in the direction of the teaching building occupied by Chaldea. "Before the academy's sorcerers found her, she first brought a man who looked more like a cursed spirit to find the principal."

"And when we found her, the negotiation between them and the principal had already ended - no one knows why the principal agreed to such a bond that was completely dominated by Chaldea."

"So, what kind of requirements did Chaldea put forward for the high school?" While opening the window of the room on the second floor to ventilate, Ieiri Naoko asked Yega Masamichi for more details.

"No, in a sense, most of the restrictions written on paper are more beneficial to the technical college." Yega Zhengdao frowned, "Chaldea will help the technical college to exorcise the cursed spirits, and will also assist in teaching work, and will also help the technical college recruit new students...but all they need is for the technical college to provide them with a simple place to stay and teach."

"But no matter how strange the contract is, as long as it can be established--" Ieiri Naoko stopped and looked out in the direction of Yaga Masamichi's gaze, "it means that it is profitable for the proposer. But did Chaldea really gain any benefits from this contract?"

"..." Ye Moth Zhengdao paused, and changed the subject subtly, "You should remember that I stopped at the same car as the one that picked you up in the parking lot, right? They were out to pick you up and take you back to the technical college, and my job here is to recruit potential sorcerers to the technical college. I happened to be having an interview with a sorcerer who might be your classmate outside."

Ieiri Naoko: "What does this have to do with Chaldea?"

"In fact, if Chaldea hadn't appeared in the high school..." Yega Masamichi glanced at Ieiri Naoko, "You and your classmates would probably become the most talented freshmen in the history of the high school - you know Gojo Satoru, right? I started to persuade him to enroll in Tokyo a long time ago. He hates Kyoto, so there is a high probability that he will come to Tokyo... but whether he will stay is another matter."

"Oh, so he's one of the three great families, the one from the Gojo family who possesses six eyes and unlimited powers." Ieiri Shoko stretched out her hand and counted on her fingers. "If that's the case, then the rarity and talent strength of my techniques this time are indeed very high - by the way, Mr. Yemo, it won't be the one you met before..."

"That sorcerer was born into a non-sorcerer family, so he went through the enrollment process of a normal school." Yaga Masamichi briefly explained it to Ieiri Shoko, but soon he couldn't help showing a look of heartache, "His talent is definitely no less than yours and Gojo Satoru—"

"What is his technique?" Ieiri Naoko raised her eyebrows with interest.

"Like you, it's very rare - the Gojo family's ancestral technique 'No Limits' is not uncommon in itself, but the Rokugan is rare; and if you compare that technique with your reversal technique..." Yega Masamichi sighed, "Maybe his technique is even rarer - you should also know why the higher-ups value you, not because the reversal technique is rare, but because it's rare to be able to heal others..."

"At the same time, healing abilities are always more attractive than attacking ones." Ieiri Shoko shrugged nonchalantly, "So--"

"That person's technique is 'Cursed Spirit Manipulation Technique'." Yega Masamichi lowered his eyes, avoiding Ieiri Shoko's sight, and helplessly answered Ieiri Shoko's curious question, "But Chaldea saw the moment when he hesitated and pulled him to Chaldea even though he had already agreed to enter the high school."