Chapter 3458 Enemy

There was silence in the dark room, and a blue light emerged from the screen, illuminating the table in front of him and the figure of a young girl, who stared at the screen without saying a word.

"All in all...that's it, sorry, I can't help it."

"I see."

The girl replied lightly, and then cut off the communication. Then, she stared at the screen without saying a word. And at this moment, the door next to it opened, and then a girl with wheat-colored skin walked in.

"What's the matter? Agnesta? This is the first time I've seen you show such an expression."

Seeing the expressionless face of the girl sitting at the table, the wheat-skinned girl frowned and asked. In her memory, this girl always had a smile on her face, a playful and cheerful look, but now she was full of sadness and anger.

In the eyes of the wheat-colored girl, this was the first time this happened.

"...The student council president sent me a message just now."

The girl named Ernesta lowered her eyes and stared at the table, her voice was completely lacking in the usual lively and cheerful voice.

"The Garden Council has passed a resolution to prohibit any intelligent machines from appearing in human form at the Star Martial Arts Festival."

"what?!"

Hearing this, the originally calm and calm face of the wheat-colored girl suddenly changed color. However, the bad news is obviously more than this one.

"...The operation committee has also made a decision to prohibit the appearance of any intelligent machines in human form... All humanoid intelligent machines produced so far must be destroyed..."

Having said this, Agnesta clenched her fists tightly and clenched her teeth. And hearing Ernesta's answer, the wheat-colored girl was also taken aback. Although seeing Ernesta's expression like this, she knew something was wrong. But what she didn't expect was that things would turn out like this!

"Why is this? Could it be because you didn't get actual results at the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival?"

Even though she said so, the wheat-colored girl herself felt that this was too unbelievable. Indeed, at last year's Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival, the chairman of the operation committee specifically mentioned the special permission for humanoid omnics to participate. As a result, the robot made by the two of them not only failed to win the championship, but was even smashed into scrap iron in the first round. To be honest, this result really exceeded the expectations of the two of them, causing them to bear considerable pressure for the next whole year.

Unlike other academies, the Alcante Institute is divided into five major factions, almost all of which act independently. The School of Thought is mainly responsible for studying basic theories and natural sciences, and the main research direction of the Lion School is Huang-style armament and weaponry. The Superman faction focuses on body enhancement and transformation, while the Black Woman faction mainly researches new materials and manufacturing techniques.

The last group of sculptors is responsible for mimicry and its control.

Ernesta Giunai and the girl with wheat-colored skin——Camila Paret are the core of the Sculpture School. Especially Agnesta, although she is usually naughty and flirtatious, she has keen observation and genius-like calculation ability.

However, although they are both members of the Sculpture School, their goals are not the same.

What Ernesta expects is to create a unique and strongest quasi-form.

Camilla's goal is to create a general-purpose quasi-form that anyone can use.

To put it bluntly, it is the difference between a dedicated machine and a mass-produced machine.

Although the goals of the two are not consistent, this does not prevent them from becoming friends.

However... Camilla was also taken aback when she heard the news suddenly.

"Why on earth is that? Agnesta?"

"...Someone has seen through our thoughts."

Having said this, Ernesta immediately gritted her teeth.

"how is this possible?"

"I don't know how he did it..."

When Ernesta said this, she also felt chills in her heart. In fact, Ernesta's ultimate goal is to create a self-disciplined mimic that has emotions and can grow, and she also hopes that her "children" To be able to one day gain the same rights as human beings.

But what Ernesta didn't expect was that her wish, which had been hidden deep in her heart, was directly seen through by the other party! ?

"...How is this possible? People who are not from our school, how could they be so familiar with Luoxing Engineering?"

After listening to what Ernesta conveyed and Fang Zheng's conjecture at the meeting, Camilla was also numb all over. She didn't expect someone to be so keen, and she could see their true thoughts just from the design of the human figure? !

"I don't know either, but now..."

Having said this, Agnesta gritted her teeth and said nothing. Not only did Fangzheng see through her thoughts, but he also directly blocked all of Ernesda's escape routes. Mimics in human form are not allowed, which means that no matter how far Ernesto develops autonomous AIs, they will never be considered human. Maybe there will be an animal protection law or something like pets, but... The future that Ernesta expected, where mimics have the same rights as humans, will never appear again.

"But this is just the academy's decision, the unified corporate chaebol..."

"The Corona is very dissatisfied with us."

Ernesta shook her head. Under normal circumstances, the resolutions of the Academy meeting will not take effect immediately, but will be submitted to the Academy City Operation Committee, which is composed of representatives of the eight chaebols, for discussion. If it is just a request to prohibit the manufacture of humanoid mimics without any reason, then maybe it will not be recognized, but Fangzheng has already made the truth very clear, and there are not no smart people in other chaebols, and they will know this as soon as they hear it. It's not groundless, but a real threat.

So in the end, the operation committee not only passed the proposal in the academy meeting, but even directly promulgated regulations, announcing that all humanoid mimics manufactured in Academy City are illegal, and all existing humanoid mimics must be destroyed.

Not only that, this incident also made the Notre Dame Consortium behind the Alcante Research Institute very dissatisfied. After all, they are also conducting similar research internally. In the past, other chaebols did not care about this issue, but now it is certain that in this After the incident, several other chaebols will keep a close eye on the research of the Cord of the Virgin on humanoid mimicry, and if they don't guarantee it, something will happen.

In the view of the Cord of the Virgin, this is Ernesta and Camilla's responsibility. If they hadn't revealed their flaws in their eagerness for success, they wouldn't be in danger of leaking the company's secret operations. So they also responded—just now, they have notified Ernesta through the student council president of Alcante, requesting that the "Sculpture School" must unconditionally cooperate with the operation committee's actions, and completely destroy all humanoid simulacra. body.

Obviously, the Cord of the Virgin is planning to lose the car.

This is the sorrow of the Xingmai Generation. Although in this city, they are far away from the discrimination of the Xingmai Generation from the outside world, but in turn, they cannot leave this cage. No matter what kind of talent and strength they have, they must At the mercy of the chaebol.

So even if Ernesta had ten thousand people who were unwilling... now she doesn't count.

But that doesn't mean she will stop there.

"... Kasugano... I will never let you go!"

Agnesta gritted her teeth and spoke viciously.

"...Ah Choo!!"

Fangzheng sneezed and wiped his nose.

"What's wrong? Kasugano-kun?"

Yongcang Imari looked at Fangzheng curiously, and asked, and the latter shrugged.

"Who knows, maybe some pretty girl misses me."

"Aha……………"

Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Yongcang Imari looked confused, and Tachibana rolled his eyes without curiosity.

"Maybe someone is secretly scolding you behind your back."

"How is it possible? A handsome, gentle and kind person like me never makes enemies with anyone."

"Forget it, I don't want to talk to you about this topic."

Juba shook her head, after getting along for more than a year, she had somewhat understood Fang Zhenggan's character, and knew that it was pointless to argue with him in this regard at this time.

"I just want to say, about that new training method... is it really okay?"

"Of course...it can't be all right."

Fangzheng pouted.

"Otherwise, why do you need to sign a guarantee?"

At the beginning of the new semester, the students, including Tachibana, were also notified about the arrival of the new teacher. Of course, for them, what was more relevant was the introduction of the "special course". According to Ninety-Nine Sakuya, this special course is specially prepared for students who have performed the Ascension Ritual. As long as they can pass the trial, they can obtain a brand new, more powerful force that can compete with other schools.

But this is not without cost. Before receiving the special training, everyone will get a guarantee letter, stating that the special training may threaten their lives. If they are not willing to accept it, they can choose to give up. But at the same time, if the special courses are given up, its status in Haoling Academy will also decline.

This naturally made Juba and the others uneasy. They wanted to ask Fangzheng clearly, and wanted to know what the special course was about. But Fangzheng said that this is an interesting secret, and you will understand it only when you experience it—it would be too boring to say it now.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat him, Juba really wanted to go up and face Fangzheng.

Of course, if she really dared, Fang Zheng would naturally welcome her.

By the way, as Fang Zheng expected, Julie and Hoya both signed the guarantee immediately, while Imari Nagakura hesitated for a moment, and followed suit. Only Tachibana gritted his teeth and closed his eyes at the end , took out the momentum of selling one's body to bury his father and signed the guarantee.

To be honest, from here, Fangzheng can tell... Maybe Juba might not be able to pass this special course.

Perhaps Tachibana didn't realize that the main reason why she participated in the special course was that she wanted to be with Hogaka Masa. Obviously, she was unwilling to give up her partner.

But the problem is, in the face of death... How long can this persistence last?

Well, Fangzheng said that he will wait and see.

"Dididi, dididi."

Just when Fangzheng had just finished eating, suddenly, the communicator at his hand rang. Fangzheng greeted Julie and the others, then walked out of the restaurant, went to the corridor and turned on the communicator.

Soon, Dongtang Daohua's voice appeared in Fangzheng's ears.

"Ah, hello, Kasugano-kun, about hosting the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival..."

"Sylvia also has trouble with me, so I only agree to comment on the semi-finals and finals. Is there a problem?"

"No."

Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Dongtang Daohua also heaved a sigh of relief.

"Then, can I invite you to Pojun Academy? I happen to have something to ask..."

If we go now, we can still catch up to see how Juba and the others were dealt with when we come back.

Fang Zheng calculated the time, then nodded silently.

"Of course, no problem."