Chapter 525, Vector Manipulation

"It sounds like you two should know each other. Do you trust the character of that boss?"

"Utsunomiya Shuo, that's his name."

Caesar came to his senses after a brief moment of surprise, quickly sorted out his thoughts and asked again. Yuan Zhisheng added the name of the store owner before answering the question.

But Caesar didn't care about all this. It didn't matter to him what anyone's name was. They were just passers-by here. Even if the old... Well, Utsunomiya Shuo was announced by the vice-president in Kassel College through a pinned post, Caesar didn't think he was worse than anyone else.

Of course, the good education he received over the years would not make him proud of himself and then belittle others. That would be a cowardly act, and Caesar was loath to do that.

"Okay, do you believe in the character of that man called Utsunomiya Shuo? Do you believe that he won't kill anyone?"

"It's not as simple as trusting a person's character,"

Yuan Zhisheng put the nearly burned cigarette into his mouth, and after the flames finally illuminated his face, he casually threw it on the side of the road. Although this behavior was not recommended, no one dared to scold him. Besides, when the cigarette landed, they were already a hundred meters away, so even if they wanted to scold him, it was unlikely that they would be able to catch up.

"In fact, we only noticed him about four years ago. To be more precise, it was my father who discovered him. The family mobilized a large number of people to invite... well, Crow and Yasha probably don't know what politeness is. The family chased him for several days and finally found him on Saturday night. Sakura, Crow, and Yasha were in charge. That was also the first time we learned about this person's ability directly. In fact, in the past 18 years, he has lived like an ordinary person. His presence in school is not even as strong as that of a bad student who loves to cause trouble."

"What happened?" Caesar asked.

"We encountered an attack by the demons. The vehicle is fully bulletproof. Sakura is the driver. You should be able to imagine it, right?"

“Of course, be there.”

It is not wrong to say that they feel as if they are there in the scene. After all, they are now sitting in the car driven by Sakura. The seemingly quiet ninja is like a completely different person when he drives. If they encounter an unlucky person who crosses the road without looking at the traffic lights, they can simply skip the process of calling an ambulance after the car accident and it is more convenient to call the police directly.

In this case, it is easy to imagine the speed of the car that day.

"The enemy used an anti-armor grenade launcher and hit the bull's eye. Is that right, Sakura?"

"Exactly."

The answer came as quickly as ever. Sakura's reply came the moment Gen Chisei's voice disappeared, even though she seemed to be concentrating on driving.

"And then?" Caesar asked.

"The car was blown up. Sakura and the others jumped out in time to escape, but Utsunomiya didn't. He didn't seem to react at all."

"No professional training?"

"That's obviously the case. The vehicle was scrapped after being hit, and a secondary explosion occurred in a short period of time. In this case, even I would not have survived."

"Utsunomiya Shuo survived."

At this time, it would be natural for Caesar to use an affirmative sentence. After all, the owner of the store had gone out traveling a few days ago, and it was impossible for him to have been killed in the explosion.

"That's a general statement," Yuan Zhisheng said, "To be precise, they were unharmed. The Demonic Clan ambushed dozens of hybrids armed with firearms on that road, including heavy weapons and missiles. Oh, it seems that one of them has outstanding abilities, suspected to be Time Zero or Setsuna."

"Time zero?"

Lu Mingfei looked up in surprise, and even Chu Zihang, who was doing nothing, looked over.

There was no way. The power of this Word Spirit was too outstanding. Even though they had only met one person with this Word Spirit so far, the person was eye-catching and memorable enough, because that person's name was Hilbert Jean Angers.

"Let Sakura answer. It was Sakura who was in charge of dealing with that person at that time."

"Yes,"

Sakura Yabuki still held the steering wheel and looked straight ahead. Her voice was calm and her words were clear.

"I couldn't tell whether the opponent's ability was "Time Zero" or "Moment". I wasn't strong enough to keep up with his speed. Even if I controlled all the blades at once, I couldn't hurt him. When I came to my senses, my throat had been cut by him."

"Uh... It was really scary. Fortunately, my companions were reliable enough to rescue you in time."

Lu Mingfei shrank his neck and stammered.

The thought of having one's throat cut was painful. When he was in the second year of middle school, he once used a ruler to measure his wrist a few times, imagining that if he cut that part, would his parents, who were always away from home, come back to see him and give him more care.

But the feeling of being life-threatening was too scary. Even though I knew it was difficult for a ruler to cut the skin, my brain was still stimulated by the rough cutting sensation and my scalp went numb.

"..."

But Sakura in the front was silent for a moment, which made the three people behind realize something, and Lu Mingfei also met the eyes of Sakura Yabuki who was driving in the rearview mirror.

After Ying retracted her gaze, she said calmly:

"not at all."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The Caesar trio chose to remain silent, while Lu Mingfei opened his mouth in shock and was speechless.

Judging from the pale look on his face, this guy has begun to doubt whether the girl who is currently driving is still alive.

"When I woke up, only Crow and Yaksha were left by my side, and the ground beneath my feet was stained dark red, but Crow told me that it was not my blood."

Having said that, Ying raised her right hand, which had been loosely grasping the gear shifter, to her chin, and only put it down again when Lu Mingfei exclaimed, “Drive, drive!!”

Sakura continued calmly:
"My aorta was indeed cut open, and I could feel the obvious gap when I touched it. But my blood did not spurt out. It seemed to follow a predetermined trajectory, flowing from one end of the blood vessel to the other end along an invisible channel and back into my body. Crow said that Mr. Utsunomiya could do something like reversing time. All the blood that had originally flowed out was sent back into my body by him, and I didn't feel anything unusual except the pain from the wound."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhisheng lit another cigarette and added:

"Utsunomiya killed everyone almost instantly. No matter what kind of weapon it was, it was useless in front of him. Even the power of words could be controlled by him. Crow said that when the other party left, there was no blood stain on his clothes."

"Control ability..." Chu Zihang had already sat up straight, his face as hard as iron.

Caesar snapped his fingers and said, "It sounds much more interesting than a nightclub. There's really no need to kill people stealthily. But it's a pity that he could endure it when his wife was molested. If it were me, I would definitely cut off those thugs' things and stuff them into their dirty mouths." "It's very much in the style of the Gattuso family." Yuan Zhisheng smiled.

"That's my style, that's my girl, I can't tolerate people belittling my girl, it has nothing to do with Gattuso."

"..."

Yuan Zhisheng and Caesar had a discussion about style. Chu Zihang looked at the knife in his arms without saying a word, thinking about something. At this time, he noticed Lu Mingfei who suddenly became quiet on his left.

Normally, he should have said something like "Boss, you actually have that kind of interest. I'm going to reconsider whether I should avoid you when I take a bath." However, he was unusually quiet at this moment.

Chu Zihang turned his head and saw Lu Mingfei searching for something on his phone. When he wanted to look over, Lu Mingfei raised his phone and exclaimed, apparently finding what he was looking for.

"This! I found this! Norma said that the eight Sheqi families have their own intelligent systems, didn't you find out--"

"What, what? Let me see."

Caesar came forward and interrupted Lu Mingfei's heroic momentum. Even though Lu Mingfei was squeezed by the huge and plump pectoral muscles, he still excitedly raised his chin and explained:

"Vector operation! Vector operation!!! This is the superpower of a protagonist in a novel. It is a world where magic and technology coexist. The boss behind the scenes wants to--"

When Lu Mingfei was about to talk about how wonderful that world was, Caesar had already withdrawn his gaze from the mobile phone screen. He looked up at Lu Mingfei, seeing the other party's attitude of "finally coming to my world". Although he was reluctant to interrupt him, thinking of the long-winded words he had seen before, he chose to speak out anyway.

"We already know that this is your domain, nerd comrade. Now please be brief and explain this ability first."

“People with super powers in the academy are classified according to their abilities—oh~” ​​Lu Mingfei hung his head instantly and whispered softly.

"That is to say, it is an ability to manipulate vectors. To be more precise, it is the ability to change the direction of vectors. The limitation of this ability is that it can only change the objects it touches, and it requires precise calculations."

"Is that so?" Caesar looked thoughtfully at Yuan Zhisheng, who had suddenly fallen silent in front of him. "So you guessed it a long time ago, right?"

Yuan Zhisheng was silent and exhaled a puff of white smoke, which was quickly blown away by the strong wind and fell behind.

"That's an analogy. It only means that their abilities are similar. When Sakura was sent back for examination, Kaguya did mention this novel."

"It's not similar anymore. The ability in the novel has been used in this way. Anyone who has read the novel, and has heard what happened just now, will definitely think of this." Lu Mingfei interrupted.

"so what?"

"so……"

"Lu Mingfei." Caesar stopped Lu Mingfei from arguing any further.

Understandably, even if that person demonstrates the use of abilities in a similar way to the novel, we cannot simply conclude that the other person's abilities are exactly the same as in the novel.

In other words, it would be self-deception to insist on associating it in this direction.

Taking a step back, even if the opponent's ability is really the vector operation mentioned in the novel, then what? According to the plot in the novel, how to deal with this ability?
Caesar used his mobile phone to briefly search for the word "Accelerator" and easily found the real owner.

After a brief browse, he understood what Yuan Zhisheng meant.

Unlike the novel, in the novel, after Accelerator's brain was damaged, his computing ability decreased and his ability was almost useless. If you think about it again, the reason why this ability seems invincible is not so much that the ability itself is powerful enough, but rather that the user's brain is too extraordinary.

Can a normal person calculate vector reflection in an instant using only the brain?

Caesar felt that even if he pulled out the old guys from the equipment department to calculate the vector generated at the moment a bullet hits, they would at least need to take out a piece of paper and check it for a while.

not to mention……

...Change the direction of the force at the moment of hitting the opponent.

Novels are just novels after all. This kind of thing is simply impossible to achieve in reality. The speed change of any object will take a process, no matter how short it is. This kind of method has no reference value in reality.

Oh, it seems that is not the case...

Caesar thought of this and glanced at the man on the other side of the seat. Like him, Chu Zihang was also searching and browsing this information. Caesar looked away.

If it was that little female dragon, maybe it could be done...

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Ten-thirty at night.

Zhen glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and then used the corner of his eye to keep an eye on the last customer in the store.

According to the business plan her grandmother had set for her, it was time for her to close the store and go home to review her lessons. But the customer still stayed in the store and refused to leave.

In fact, it is not wrong to say that he is a customer. Although that person often stays in the store for a long time, or more accurately, stays in the store all day and all night, he always chooses to buy a bunch of potted plants when he leaves every night, so he is indeed a customer.

But judging from the man's clothes and appearance, Zhen was very sure that he was a gangster in this area, which made Zhen not have the courage to remind him to leave.

The weather is very bad tonight. It rained heavily yesterday and there is still water on the streets. Now the cold wind is blowing again.

Zhen has been returning home very late recently, and if she is not careful she will step into the water on the road, which makes Zhen very worried as she does not have many spare shoes and clothes.

Makoto Aso is eighteen years old this year. After graduating from high school, he did not take the college entrance examination, but has been working part-time in various stores.

She has no money to continue her studies and lives on her grandmother's pension. But she has not given up her dream of going to college. She is determined to work hard to save money for school. She has never been in love and doesn't know what kind of boy will be waiting for her in college.

But she is really lucky.

Two years ago, her grandmother suddenly told her that a store was for subletting. Due to some reasons, the rent was quite cheap. As her grandmother was old and it was inconvenient for her to go out, she asked Zhen to come and take a look and see if she wanted to run the business.

When I really heard the news, I didn't believe it at all. I thought there must be a bad guy deceiving my grandma and wanted to cheat her out of the last bit of her pension that was already not much.

However, I still agreed with a half-believing and half-doubting mentality...

(End of this chapter)