Genius Wizard Takes Medicine - Chapter 845



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The darkest dawn just before dawn.

Lennok stood deep in the wet woods, where the night dew had not yet gone.

In the middle of a steep mountain crossing between Districts 35 and 36.

“For a research institute established directly under the city council, you picked a rather strange place.”

Lennok murmured as he climbed the mountain effortlessly by manipulating the mounds under his feet.

“It is a gray area that spans Whitestone National Park, located in District 35, but is not included in the realm of the park. It may have been a measure to hide the research facility in this way in the first place.”

[Here, it is hidden on the satellite map so that the coordinates cannot be found at all.]

Darby responded as if responding to Lennok’s words.

[This is an area that can only be seen through old map scans that have not been updated on the central network, so I think the Master is probably right?]

“The level of map data that is updated in real time must be controlled by the city council. If you borrow the power of magic, it’s not difficult… You’re all here.”

While Lennok was saying that, he began to see the round shape of an exquisitely hidden laboratory at the foot of the mountain.

A strange building that looks like an upside-down semicircular sphere is erected irregularly along the ridge.

If you look down from the top of the mountain, you wouldn’t know, but while climbing the mountain like this, even Lennok had to concentrate to see the vague appearance.

Even if you are a hiker who got lost in a national park and found this place, most of them will go down without even noticing the existence of the laboratory.

And, those who succeeded in discovering the laboratory with a very low probability…

Clap!!

A jet-black muzzle protruded out of the bush.

But Lennok was not surprised, and calmly raised his hand and put it away.

A machine gun lying on a cradle without anyone using it.

It is a guard device designed to automatically shoot approaching objects without human use in the first place.

And a weapon subordinate to this system has no meaning unless it is discovered in Darby’s eyes.

In addition, Lennok easily broke through all kinds of guard equipment exquisitely hidden between the bushes and tree stumps with the help of the Brain Spirit.

[All of them are just equipment with poor security.]

Darby poked her head out of her arms and snorted with a proud expression.

[Is it only at this level to borrow the name of the master to create a laboratory? I need to show you what I saw!]

“Will you be patient for a moment?”

Now I can’t even imagine how shitty this research lab will be if Darby shows ‘what he saw’.

Once you know what’s going on in the lab, you’ll be able to think about how to deal with it.

Rather, it was something else that caught Lennok’s attention.

“This institute. It is not a recently built facility.”

[yes?]

“Boundary equipment erected here. The year model is the latest, but that holder has been stuck here for quite some time.”

Lennok said as he walked through the bushes under his feet and looked at the spot where the cradle had been inserted.

The moss growing under the bush naturally covers the cradle to which the machine gun is attached.

“The security system itself to protect this place was completed a long time ago. Equipment and system updates have only been made recently.”

After confirming the machine gun’s gun number, Lennok entered it into the deep web, looked up the year of manufacture, and nodded.

“Maybe there used to be a facility other than a laboratory.”

[Ah, Master. Look there.]

Darby wriggled his front paws in his arms and swung up.

[The amount of light seen from there is very impure.]

“Is it impure?”

I turned my head, but I couldn’t see what he was saying with my naked eyes.

It is difficult to grasp what Lennok’s low physical ability means now that he purposely turns off his magic power detection.

[That, what was it…]

Darby tilted her head with a slightly troubled look and patted her tail.

[Ah, cigarette light! It’s a cigarette.]

“……”

[There are several of them.]

The choice of words makes it seem like you know what Darby is thinking after seeing the cigarette Lennok smokes.

Well, from the point of view of the brain spirit, it is not strange that such a year seems useless.

The explanation was a bit off-putting, but I immediately understood what Darby was talking about.

If the cigarette lights are gathered in a dark place in the laboratory, there is one reason.

“It’s a smoking area.”

It must be because there is a secluded space in front of the laboratory facilities that cannot be made openly.

As he said, in the small garden where Lenok arrived, several people were gathering and smoking cigarettes.

Wearing a pure white gown, with greasy hair and a tired face.

It would be rather strange if it were not for a researcher to see him exhausted from the wear and tear of his mind rather than his body.

But instead of immediately walking there and beating the researchers, Lennok hid nearby and overheard the conversation.

“……When will the 3rd experimental research staff be replenished?”

“I overheard the call from the team leader earlier, but he said don’t expect it.”

“Damn it, to keep developing on a deadline?”

“You can’t just bring in someone and use it. At the very least, we need someone with research or advisory experience on magic theory.”

Conversations that are exchanged quietly in a voice that lacks power.

It seemed that he had already finished a few experiments and came out to rest for a while.

“It’s not like we only bring in geniuses like Professor Bylon. Any level that can help with research is fine!”

“Because the higher up seems to want more than that. They must be taking this opportunity to reorganize this place into an elite research institute.”

“Ha, no matter how good the situation is, aren’t your eyes too high?”

Researchers grumbled with all sorts of complaints, but overall, it wasn’t a big reaction.

A familiar appearance, as if he had understood the current situation to some extent and entered the laboratory in the first place.

Someone quietly muttered as if passing by.

“As expected, shouldn’t Professor Bylon be there?”

“……”

A low silence flows among the researchers.

Lennok quietly stared at the atmosphere, which felt somewhat uncomfortable.

The other researchers, who had been burning tobacco with strange expressions, stood up trying to freshen up the atmosphere.

“Okay, let’s experiment with the new format we discovered yesterday. There’s a plausible pattern I’ve been thinking of.”

“After smoking this, what are you talking about when the entire research building is scheduled to be recruited? They said I should listen to the lecture.”

“Ah, you said you invited a person to help with the research. Did that start with a lecture?”

“I heard that you are a very precious teacher in that field. First of all, if you know the person’s theory, you can connect something…”

The researchers stood up grumbling as if they were bothered and left one by one.

The image of the researchers scattering towards the back entrance of the research building, which is divided into several parts.

Lennok waited quietly, only getting up after the researchers had all left.

“The research building where the lecture is being held must be empty. Good.”

[Shall we hack the internal system of the research building to find out the lecture time?]

“No, let’s try putting our hands on that side later.”

As Lennok said, he glanced at the cigarette butts the researchers had left in the smoking area’s ashtray.

After checking the discarded cigarette butt with his magic power, Lennok withdrew his hand and turned around.

“Independent networks used by these research institutes are often closed as soon as they recognize an intrusion. You may only get one chance to easily interfere with the network.”

[Even if such an independent network is closed, I can destroy it with my own power…]

“In the direction of paralyzing systems and servers throughout the institute?”

[…I’m just working hard at what I do best.]

“It will be the most fun.”

Indeed, Lennok, who held Dabi’s cheeky mouth with both hands and pulled him straight, headed for the back entrance of the nearby research building.

The moment I grabbed the doorknob with my bare hand, the red letters floating on the door.

Beep!!

[Biopattern mismatch. Please try again.]

It is easy to be mistaken because of the reaction of the defenseless-looking researchers, but the security of the laboratory is not so easy.

As soon as the door is closed, it is set to be completely locked, and the system requires researchers’ biometric information to open again.

As soon as it recognized that it was not a suitable user, a red warning light flashed and a strong warning message was repeated.

[If no suitable pattern is recognized within 5 seconds, security forces will be called. 5, 4……]

A severe sentence that the guards will be summoned in the first place with only one pattern mismatch. It is understandable how thoroughly the security surrounding the laboratory is maintained.

Darby, clinging to Lennok’s hand, wagged her six tails proudly.

[I have no choice but to step in for the innocent master.]

“wait.”

[?]

Lennok ignored Darby’s question and raised his magic on the spot.

The moment when transparent liquid flowed from Lennok’s fingertips as he gripped the doorknob.

[Confirmation of biopattern matching. Welcome to the room.]

Cheek…!!

I heard the sound of a bell unlocking and opening the door.

Clenching his slightly wet right hand, Lennok immediately stepped into the hallway during the study.

[This is not a master-like method. What kind of wind did it blow?]

“If you don’t practice in a real battle like this, it’s very difficult to get a feel for it.”

[A sense?]

“Hermes Orochnier’s mass magic formula.”

replied Lennok, shaking his hands in embarrassment.

“Instead of modulating mana, it was created by replicating artificial biomaterials.”

The method Lennok used to get past security in the research wing wasn’t too complicated.

It was used by analyzing the biometric information of the butt left by the researchers, adjusting it using mass technology, and making it into a biomaterial capable of passing security.

“As expected, it should be simple, but it’s just too daunting… creating something isn’t easy.”

Hermes’ mass magic formula is a miracle that mimics real mass using magical power.

It is possible to imitate a creation that is impossible to even imagine with the physical laws of this world because he, as an ascendant of the old world, has obtained an answer equivalent to that of the world.

Since it is a power that does not conform to the laws of this world, its efficiency and fuel efficiency are drastically reduced, but the potential and possibilities of mass magic are truly limitless.

It was one of the highest-level advanced magic that Lennok still struggled to use properly, along with the 5th law of the scale of destiny.

“It’s more difficult to control because it’s not magic based on my image in the first place. It feels like the standard sense itself is running you.”

If used well, it can show absurdly good results even with a very simple operation like now, but the process itself is extremely difficult and capricious.

It must be because it strongly reflects the temperament and character of Hermes, the original master of mass magic.

It would be even more strange if the spell that contained the life of a virtuoso who lived as a country’s prime minister and became an ascendant as a war agent who trampled on civilization was simple and intuitive.

[That Master just made, it mimics the biomaterials on cigarette butts, isn’t it?]

While Lennok looked around as he thought, Darby muttered, deep in thought.

Darby pulled her hair up with a slightly startled expression.

[Then isn’t it just the same as the saliva of an unknown organism…?]

“Do you really have to say something to make me feel bad?”

[Keeyak! Awesome!]

“Noisy.”

Leaving his wet hands and shoving the screaming spirit like a oriole into his arms, Lennok started walking down the corridor of the research building.

Apparently, everyone headed towards the auditorium, but no sound could be heard from the research building.

The problem is that the doors to all the rooms located on both sides of the hallway are firmly locked, so you cannot enter.

When I held the door as a test, a red warning message was about to float right above the door, just like when I entered the research building.

[As before, you can apply a lot of organic saliva to your hands and touch the doorknob.]

In his arms, Darby muttered with a pouty expression.

[Please don’t call me until it’s over.]

“I think so.”

Lennok replied and walked across the corridor toward the lobby in the center of the research building.

Several corridors crossing the research building and a central hall connecting the corridors.

Lennok, casually picking up a white gown draped over a chair at the desk, was lost in thought.

‘The structure of the research building itself is not difficult to grasp. The problem is on the other side.’

Except for the special facilities and facilities, the structure of other research buildings would not be very different.

What mattered was where to go to investigate the purpose of this institute.

What Lennok wanted was not to destroy this laboratory named after Evan Bylon, but to find out the intentions of the central council that created it.

“hmm?”

Lennok’s gaze, lost in thought, turned to the monitor on one side of the desk.

Something was moving on the multiple split screens, each of which seemed to be illuminated by CCTV.

A researcher yawning while holding a cup of coffee in one hand while scratching his shaggy white hair.

Walking down the hallway, muttering like crazy to myself, I rushed into the lab without even closing the door.

“……”

A researcher would be right if you saw him wearing a white coat, but his behavior looks extraordinary in many ways.

If he remains in the research building proudly while other researchers are taken to lectures, he must be a high-ranking researcher.

Immediately after setting the target, Lennok moved.

rattle!

Opening the half-open door of the laboratory, standing next to the gray-haired researcher.

Not knowing that the door was open, the researcher who was sitting in front of the lab and operating the microscope turned his head away.

A look that is blurry and out of focus. He’s holding a cup of coffee in his hand, and he looks dazed as if he’s drunk.

“uh? who is this?”

“I am…….”

Lennok pondered for a moment, then smiled instead of replying.

Since he came here with a half-faced face anyway, there was no reason to hide or hold back.

“He’s the one who came in today.”

“……”

The researcher put on a blank expression at that strange answer, which was not a lie, and then nodded as if he noticed.

“Aha, I see. Are you a new researcher?”

“hmm.”

“Last time, the head of Team 2 said that they were planning to recruit new staff to enter the research center~ Now you’ve found applicants.”

Lennox laughed nonchalantly at this natural understanding.

“Sorry for the late greeting.”

“Yes, I remembered the face, so go.”

“Where are you talking?”

“Oh, didn’t you hear? I’m explaining the necessary magic theory through the invited lecture. All the other researchers will be there, so go and listen to the explanation.”

The researcher shook his hand after giving a rough explanation as if he had no interest in newcomers.

Lennok pretended to hesitate for a moment before asking.

“Um… is it okay if you don’t go, senior?”

“me? I’m okay.”

Just as Lennok was about to choose his words in response to that nonchalant answer, the young man spoke in a light voice as if passing by.

“I planned a lecture like that for idiots who don’t even know what they study.”

“…………”

An answer with a sharp edge that does not suit a leisurely attitude.

The young man, too, seemed to have spoken too harshly, and turned his gaze toward Lennok.

“Well, I don’t know what you mean by saying this. If you’re curious, would you like to come here for a second and look at this?”

said the young man who dragged Lennok to sit in front of the microscope he was looking at.

“A magical shaping pattern that forms the basis of the common magic system. It is a rare masterpiece created by Professor Evan Bylon and an invention that could change the history of the continent.”

“…………”

“It is said that it was modeled after very ancient magic, but there is something here that cannot be explained with just that. This lab is a garbage camp built to study it and spit out more plausible bullshit.”

“…That’s a radical statement.”

“Why do you think it would be different for you?”

“…………”

“I have been studying this magic system without missing a day since the public magic was announced. And I discovered that there is a completely different secret hidden in this magic pattern.”

The young man smiled and winked at Lennok.

“There, the microscope contains the truth of what I said.”

“……”

“Check it. If you’re useful enough to work in this lab, you’ll know right away. No, you need to know.”

“What if you don’t know?”

“If not?”

The young man’s gaze at Lennok instantly turned cold.

“There will only be one more stupid straggler to cut out next quarter.”

“……”

It seems that he has a pretty bloody personality for being lazy in the research building.

Shrugging his shoulders, Lennok turned his gaze to the microscope, and the young man immediately activated the switch on the equipment.