Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Volume 25, Chapter 5

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday there was no special movement either within the country or abroad. There seems to be a lull in the confrontation between Tatsuya and Edward Clark. But at the same time, the conspiracy of Raymond Clark’s behind them was steadily gaining momentum.

Saturday, June 15, the United States of North America, TX, a suburb of Dallas.

The National Laboratory of Particle accelerator was located here, equipped with a long linear particle accelerator with a total length of about 30 kilometers.

From the very morning this accelerator was preparing to conduct a secret experiment.

The essence of the experiment was to create and evaporate micro black holes, based on the theory of additional measurements. Last time the same experiment was conducted in December 2095 year, but then the goal was to get clues about the magic of converting mass into energy.

But this time the goal was not to observe the energy generated by the evaporation of the micro black hole. Even the successful creation of a micro black hole was not required. Today’s secret experiment was supposed to lure a spy who was supposed to infiltrate that lab.

However, for scientists, the long-awaited permission to re-experiment was a valuable opportunity. They were burning enthusiastically, conducting the necessary training, not to waste this chance.

No intelligence agents or a counter-terrorism squad will deal with the spy. This will be the stars-a group of magicians, subordinate directly to the General staff.

If the spy really exists, it is assumed that he has a serious magic ability. That was the reason why the stars were sent. and other units were absent, because the operation itself was offered by the stars.

Jack, is there any unusual activity?

“Nothing unusual, commander. No one looks like a spy at the moment.

The commander of the third squad of stars, Captain Alexander Arcturus, was present in the security room, from where it was possible to observe all the premises of the laboratory. His interlocutor on radio was a member of the third class of the first magnitude, the first Lieutenant Jacob Regulus *. [previously referred to as “Regulus ” (Those who have read the 24th volume after 30.04.2018, this will not be seen- in all places already fixed). Now your undertranslator Googled the names of the stars and will use the Russian classification.]

Regulus was in the accelerator control room, and watched the neighborhood to detect the spy when he showed suspicious activity.

Clear. Keep watching.

There.

Commander.

When Arcturus broke off the walkie-talkie, a member of the Constellation class spoke to him. The stars are divided into classes in descending order: class of the first magnitude, class of the second magnitude, class of constellations, class of planets and class of satellites. This hierarchy was separate from the army ranks, and it often happened even that the junior officer from the constellation class was under the command of a senior officer from the class of planets.

What the? -Arcturus briefly asked subordinate and called to continue.

-Is there evidence that Japan was involved in the case of First Lieutenant Fomalgauta? I can’t believe the Japanese spy is still active since that time.

Such doubts, filled with a sense of delay, arose at this stage of the operation because there were no signs of a spy.

Members of the Constellation class have sat in ambush in this national particle accelerator lab far from today. And from the next day, after it was decided to conduct a repeated experiment. That is, since last Sunday. And when it is almost time to experiment, and they have not seen and hint on the enemy, then, of course, they will be so skeptical about it.

-Last year the Japanese army, using parasites, managed to create weapons in the form of autonomous humanoid.

To avoid the fall of morale subordinates, Arcturus decided to reveal to them information with low level of secrecy.

Is it a standalone weapon that uses parasites?

“After this, one can only think that all this was prepared in advance. Though not directly justified, it is probable that the Japanese army was involved in the case of the first Lieutenant Fomalgauta.

In this reasoning the mistake crept. Initially, this autonomous weapon, using parasites-puppets-parasites- were a modified concept of the use of Shikigami * technique.

[The magic of manipulating objects under which they behave as if “came alive.]

Shikigami and artificial spirits could only move the mechanical body, and did not demonstrate the expected magic abilities. In addition, they could not seize control of the mechanical body controlled by the electronic brain. For this reason, their practicality was not recognized before their hands got parasites.

In other words, the parasite dolls were not developed from the beginning, suggesting the use of parasites. The parasites were used in weapons that were developed before they appeared.

Not only one, but all the “justifications ” provided by Regula, and transferred to them Arkturu and the commander of Base Walker, were supplemented by “circumstances ” distorted superficial facts. And they firmly believed that “The Japanese spy will definitely participate ” in the repeated experiment with micro black holes.

“Here it is… Excuse me!

This member of the class of constellations also had no doubt in these distorted justifications.

Meanwhile, no suspicious person has already penetrated the laboratory. No, to be more precise, it was not “not detected “, but simply was not considered “suspicious “.

And it was quite natural. Because this penetrated suspicious person had a badge issued by the National Research Agency.

Raymond Clark, who, using his father’s connections, received a pass not a mere guest, but a temporary worker, from the roof of the office building of the laboratory watched the majestic view of the particle accelerator.

Raymond was the one who invented the nonexistent Japanese spy’s involvement to make it a prerequisite for today’s experiment. To create a military force for the confrontation Tatsuo, he decided to once again cause parasites. For this he used the thirst for revenge of the Regula.

Regula, who was disagreed with the fact that his friend Fomalhaut was ruthlessly executed, he in this way gave a direction where you can splash the accumulated anger. and only with this “hints ” Regulus acted exactly as expected by Raymond.

Regulus and Arcturus, as magicians, far superior to him, played now in this farce, the script to which he wrote. Magicians belonging to the elite group “Stars “, to which he never reached, played in comedy on the stage created by him. Raymond came to see this from the first rows.

However, in this comedy was planned a serious end, which will not be laughing. Raymond came to make sure he was going to happen.

He was not satisfied with the broadcast through HLIDSKJALV, he wanted to see everything directly. To satisfy his curiosity and the feeling that he had achieved it.

All the real lab staff were busy experimenting, which they thought would not be a chance to get another permit. There was no one who would rebuked Raymond that he was doing nothing, standing on the roof, leaninging at the handrails.

11:00. The planned time of the experiment.

In the experiment, the stars did not participate. Regulus, located in the accelerator control room, could not intervene either.

Regulus from the beginning and was not going to interfere. He was not interested, the experiment will end with success or failure.

His mind was busy thinking about who lured Fomalgauta into the trap.

And not just about the spy who pushed the experiment that caused the parasites. Grasping the spy, you will be able to find out which organization he works for and destroy it. He sincerely believed it.

While Regulus was watching to see if someone who was behaving suspiciously was in charge of the experiment, the scientist gave the command to launch the particle accelerator.

Linear particle accelerator began its work, absorbing a huge amount of electricity.

From both ends the accelerator was injected with proton rays, and accelerated, directed exactly at each other.

The experiment ended in an instant. They could repeat the procedure until the required data were received, but only the first test run was performed, and the second run was not.

No, there was no problem with the accelerator. Just the experiment ended with a success on the first attempt.

Immediately after Regulus, sitting in the accelerator control room, heard a voice indicatinging the start of the experiment, his field of vision was filled with darkness.

For a moment he thought the electricity had been disconnected. But this suspicion lasted only a moment. The next moment Regulus felt a strong pain and oppressive feeling.

“Something ” invaded to “it “. Tried to force him to penetrate into it. Not physically. He intuitively realized that it was not an invasion of the physical body. However, this pain was completely different from the attacks of psychic interventions that he had in training.

If Regulus was an experienced woman, he would surely compare this pain with the pain of defloration. But he was a man. He could not imagine what to compare this excruciating pain.

Trying to avoid not only pain, but also a bad feeling, as something from the outside trying to get inside him, Regulus all the forces tried to repel this “something “. Regula had no fitness for the magic of mental intervention, and he did not know how to control his limbs through the manipulation of the mind. Instead, he tasted first the special control of Psionov, opposed to the magic of mental intervention, followed by non-systemic magic, and then tried to apply the systemic magic of release, on which specialized to impress itself Electrically.

However, neither the spell against the magic of mental intervention nor the non-systemic magic had any effect on invading. And suicidal electric magic was not even activated.

The invasion continued.

It felt as if invading “something ” had no own will. This “something ” just tried to merge with it.

Suddenly, “intrusion ” became “assimilation “. The pain is gone. oppressive feeling weakened.

“… Is this a parasite!? …”

Suddenly, fear erupted in him. Regulus screamed with all his strength. However it was like the last light of the fading candle.

Suddenly it became quiet. And fear and anger on the fictional spy plunged into the bottom of consciousness, and in his mind came tranquility.

“… My name is Jacob Regulus. “

“… I/us the people of this world are called “parasite”. “

So Regulus became a “parasite “.

Arcturus, in the security room, immediately after the experiment, clearly felt something trying to penetrate his mind.

“Spirit…? “

He did not feel pain and oppression as Regulus because he was a user of magic spirits. Arcturus was a specialist in motion magic and also perfectly owned the ancient magic of summoning spirits. This ancient magic called the spirits inside him so that he could use their power. Perhaps modern people have the impression that this magic allows you to master a demon to use his power.

Arcturus has long been accustomed to feeling, when inside it lives “something “, falling into it from the outside. He was not confused when “something ” tried to invade him against his will. Because he had the means to deal with what was invading his mind.

The miscalculation of Arcturus was that the invader-the parasite did not possess its own “Ego “.

This “something ” possessed another reasonable entity besides its own. But he had no will. Therefore it could not be distinguished.

Without any intention, it simply sought to get inside. It vedalos into it as the water is absorbed into the dry cloth.

In the heart of Arcturus began to emerge fear when he realized that the spells known to him do not act on this invader. He tried to summon the spirit and expel it “something “. However, the spirit did not answer the call of Arcturus. Place “Inside ” Arcturus was already occupied by this invader.

Something from the outside Vgryzlos inside him.

He and something outside merged.

Suddenly, “intrusion ” became “assimilation “.

Arcturus felt as if he had filled something. It was a sense of true oneness that could not be achieved by calling on the spirits.

“… So this is the true fusion of man and spirit… “

It was his last thought as a pure arcturus.

“… My name is Alexander Arcturus. “

“… I/us the people of this world are called “parasite”. “

So Arcturus became a “parasite “.

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts.

On the roof of the lab office building, Raymond Writhed is in pain.

It hurts painfully.

He persistently complained of pain aloud.

It was an acute pain, as if something from the outside invaded his mind.

For Raymond, never been trained to resist the magic of psychic intervention, it was an unbearable pain. Abstract pain, he did not even notice oppressive feelings from the pressure of this “something “.

However, Raymond’s strong ego resolutely rejected the essence Vtorgajushhujusja in his mind from the outside.

Intense pain was the result of intense resistance. And he couldn’t stop it because he didn’t even know he was resisting.

It hurts painfully painful to hurt…

This incessant pain destroyed his mind.

Raymond was fortunate that his ego had loosened the resistance.

The resistance of the ego decreased, so the speed of the invasion increased.

Raymond lost his strength writhe the pain and screamed the word “hurt “, he just lay still on the floor of the roof.

Raymond looked like a corpse because his will was dead inside him.

The invasion went fast.

The merger went fast.

“Something “, penetrated in Raymond, absorbed his intentions in the form in which she was, because he stopped resisting.

This “Something ” took the shape of Raymond’s intentions.

Without abilities, Raymond could not be the protagonist. But in fact he really wanted to be the main character.

Raymond wanted to play an active role in something romantic, like a heroic saga.

To conquer space with magic. He thought it was pretty romantic. And Shiba Tatsuya, who denies Raymond’s saga, was a hindrance to him.

It was impossible for him alone to force Shibu Tacuju to surrender. For him, even the power of “Sirius “, the strongest magician of the stars, does not pose a threat. So he was looking for the power of parasites.

If the Wizards of stars become obsessed with parasites, they can force Shibu Tacuju to surrender.

… That’s what Raymond thought.

For this purpose he prepared this “scene “. To defeat Shibu Tacuju by the power of parasites…

“… That’s the wish of Raymond/us. “

“… Raymond/We wish to defeat Shibu Tacuju. “

“… My name is Raymond Clark. “

“… I/us the people of this world are called “parasite”. “

“… Raymond/We will make Shibu Tacuju surrender. “

So inside Raymond Distorted desire became an oath.

The parasites were again summoned to this world.

Assimilation with parasites were not only these three, Regulus, Arcturus and Raymond. “Orion team ” of three people, patrulirujushhaja the building outside, was also captured by parasites.

After completing the experiment, 5 people, except Raymond, returned to the star base in New Mexico, and none of the people around him noticed anything.

Raymond with a carefree face returned to his home in California.

Sunday, June 16.

Kudo Minoru again came to the warehouse where the dolls-parasites were kept.

It was still a wee time, the street was dark and quiet. No one in his family knew he was here. And his father and brothers and servants must think that Minoru sleeps in his room.

No one rebuked him at home for the other day when he went to Tokyo to visit the mines, skipping school. Only his grandfather Kudo Rjecu was concerned and asked Minoru about the circumstances, but after hearing the explanation, only briefly answered “Clear “.

Except for his grandfather, he was not interesting to anyone, neither to his father, nor to his brothers. So thought Minoru, seeing their reaction.

As he thought, the next day the lack of attention to him only intensified. Perhaps they mistakenly decided that in Minoru, at last, despair woke up. Or, thinking that he could die at any moment, decided to let him do what he wanted.

Minoru was grateful for this erroneous judgment. Now he regretted the time spent on unnecessary communication with the family and the maid.

He wanted to cure mine. The thought of Minoru was overwhelmed by this idea.

Minor and did not understand why he tries so hard. No, maybe he actually knew it, but he tried not to realize it. Perhaps it was a kind of obsession, as if it were motivated by frivolous feelings, such as love at first sight, or rather in love in just 3 days.

Unlike the last time, he opened the castle with magic and entered the warehouse. This magic was the result of the practical use of magic “Electronic Gold silkworm “, which he discovered in the knowledge of Zhou Gunczinja. This magic was used by Chen Sjanshjen to infiltrate the branch of the Kanto Magic Association. However, the magic of Zhou was more advanced than the Chen Spell, and its use did not worked the alarm.

Cool dry air enveloped the body in a minor. Like last time, there was no atmosphere of mystery.

“After all, nothing else remains…” he unwittingly said in a minor.

There was no answer to that from the inside. Because these words were not a matter but were said to strengthen his determination.

Minoru went to the “coffin ” located in the depths of the warehouse.

The corpse of a East man was kept in the frozen state.

It was part of the parasite, sealed Tacuej and Mikihiko in the artificial forest of the first school in the winter of last year. It wasn’t some coma or lethargy, it was a real dead corpse. To keep the parasite, various symbols and drawings were carved on the corpse’s skin.

This corpse was a source of parasites used in parasite dolls.

By weakening the seal so that the parasite could be partially freed, they sought to ensure that the parasite trapped in the corpse sent a copy, creating a new identity.

This copy locked in Ginoide, and the Corpse seal again.

In this way, the former ninth laboratory, now known as the Ninth Laboratory for the development of magic, produced parasite dolls.

Even now that the production of parasites is frozen, the subordinates families of Kudo continue to update this print spell every 12 hours.

The update time is 6 a.m. and PM respectively. The current time is 4:00. It was a time when the effectiveness of the spell began to weaken.

Minoru pressed the switch on the wall of the coffin. The lid of the coffin is automatically opened.

The corpse was dressed in white clothes. For Minoru it was like an invitation. He didn’t want to see a disgusting naked male body there, which is also dead.

Minoru put the right palm to the chest of the frozen corpse. It was just a sense of hardness. The heartbeat, of course, was not felt.

Through his palm, Minoru sent Psiony to a frozen corpse. In a few seconds appeared pushionovye waves. Inactive inside the corpse of the parasite woke up.

Minoru swallowed and deeply breathed. He compressing his teeth and lips tightly, he held his breath.

Having overcome his hesitation, Minoru abolished the spell of the seal, wrought on the corpse.

The next moment from the corpse popped up “slime ” made of light.

The spectacle, seen in Minoru, he could describe only in this way. Glowing Muddy Light intangible shapeless creature. In terms of size, it is better to call it “mucus ” rather than “Amjoboj “.

“Slime ” has attacked a minor. Minoru didn’t shirk it. On the contrary, he pulled his hands out, as if showing that he was inviting this slime, a parasite.

On a summer sweater that wore a minor, symbols and geometric figures appeared in the center of the chest.

It was a magical formation, which was prepared by Minoru in his sweater.

The parasite flew into this magical formation, as if it were sucked in.

The voice of agony burst out of his mouth in Minoru.

Twisting face from cramped his mind foreign body, he sat on the floor of the warehouse.

He sat down, crossed his legs, throwing left foot on the right thigh. The so-called posture Lotus.

Keeping this posture through the pain, minor activated the magic of cooling.

Magic, waveforms the body temperature to the state of imaginary death.

The purpose of magic was himself.

Having brought his body to the state close to death, Minoru has directed the consciousness inside itself.

Polumjortvoe condition was needed to suppress the reaction of rejection of the parasite’s essence. Keeping consciousness, he will not miss the initiative.

At the same time as the parasite invaded into it, razedaja his mind, Minoru tried to take him under control.

He wasn’t going to give the parasite a drop of his will. He was going to get the power of the parasite by himself.

“I won’t lose a creature that doesn’t even have an ego! “

Exercising special care not to destroy the parasite, he used a spell enslaving the parasite inside himself.

“I can’t lose that feeling. “

“If I lose at least a small part of this feeling, the abandonment of humanity is meaningless! “

Mentally shouted Minoru, battling the parasite.

“If I can’t save myself, how can I keep it?”

“

He decided to become a “parasite ” to prevent mines from dying.

He wanted to get rid of his own weak body. But for this reason, Minoru was unable to renounce his humanity. He did not succumb to the temptation derived from the knowledge of Zhou Gunczinja.

He wanted to make sure he could keep his mind, his ego, becoming a “parasite.”

If he ascertains that the human mind can defeat the parasite, though it has yielded to the parasite of the human body, he will be able to use this method to treat mines.

It was a kind of self-sacrifice when he gave his body for an experiment.

Or,

It was a ritual of gaining the power of demons, sacrificing his body.

This decision may have helped him to accept the fact that he had already waved his hand on his life.

However, Minoru expected to win. No, his will led him to an absolute success.

He couldn’t find another way. He knew there was no other way, because he possessed the knowledge of Zhou Gunczinja. And once there are no other ways, there was nothing left but to succeed in this spell. Failure was unacceptable.

This strong desire was the greatest weapon in the hands of Minoru.

If it was necessary to simply kill this reasonable form of life, the decisive factor would be the magic technique. For example, such as “Kocit ” Miyuki, destroyed combined the body of the parasite.

But to subdue the sensible form of life, only the magic technique is not enough.

The enemy was not the same as the Ghost Zhou Gunczinja-The remains of reason, lost their lives.

It was a living being that has no material form, but possesses the instincts of searching for prey and reproduction.

To tame it as part of itself, you need the power of the mind, which it will not be able to “chew “.

To go to this stupid act of Minoru made a blind wish.

However, his strong will brought him victory at first glance reckless competition. “… Obey me, become a part of me! “

Assimilation with the parasite ended simultaneously with the mental scream of Minoru. “… I am kudo minor. “

“… I hear a voice associated with me. “ “… He whispers to me, let us become one. “ “… however. “

“… I’m me. “ “… Not “we”. “

Merged with a parasite, minor has remained “Kudo minor “.

He canceled the magic of cooling previously applied to the physical body and fell on his back. Frostbite is instantly healed.

This ability of healing regeneration was a bonus from becoming a “parasite “.

He somehow realized that somewhere in the frontal part of the brain formed body, which had not been before.

But at the moment it had no influence on the consciousness of Minoru.

He was covered by a laugh. Minoru laughed cheerfully, lying on the floor of the warehouse.