Chapter 1194 Birds of a Feather Flock Together (Today the Wind Was so Strong that It Almost Blew My Bike Over)

An and Qianshu have the same personality, both of them are the type who do what they say, so the next day, under her entanglement, Duanmu Huai had no choice but to bring her to the coffee shop.

"Hey? This child is Takina, um... so... hehehe, it's really interesting."

Looking at the black long straight hair in front of him, An opened his eyes wide and circled around her with curiosity. Facing An's undisguised staring and sizing, Takina seemed a little uneasy.

"Then, um, may I ask who this is...?"

"Ah, my name is An, you are Inoue Takina, right? Please teach me, it's our first meeting."

"Ah, yes... "

"How is it? She is a very honest, cute and obedient child, right?"

Qianshu next to him put on a proud look of "This is my wife, she is very beautiful, right?" By the way, who are you so proud of?

"Oh, she is indeed very honest and cute, and people want to tease her. Ah, in this respect, she is similar to Gu Leya, but it's a pity that Gu Leya is not here..."

"Is she similar to Takina?"

"They have similar personalities. They are both obedient but strong children."

"Ah, I understand, I understand. On the surface, she seems to be obedient, but in fact, she is very opinionated and persistent, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's it..."

Takina blinked her eyes and looked at the two people who were talking happily, and then looked at Duanmu Huai next to her.

"Um, may I ask what this is..."

"Just pretend you didn't see it, do what you need to do, these two people get crazy when they get together, I'm used to it."

Duanmu Huai drank coffee silently and looked at the news on his mobile phone, pretending that it had nothing to do with him.

"Haaah..."

Perhaps Takina also judged that this was not a situation that he could intervene in, so he just sighed and then obediently went back to the counter to continue his work. After a while, a guest came to the door, Qianshu was busy greeting them, and An, who had just finished chatting, reluctantly returned to Duanmu Huai's side.

"Oh, Qianshu is such a lovely child, Mr. Knight, have you ever thought about letting her join the Tribunal? I think she would get along well with me."

"Impossible, forget it."

"Hey? Why?"

"Because she won't kill people."

Faced with An's inquiry, Duanmu Huai decisively gave an answer. In fact, he had considered similar questions before, but after talking with Qianshu, Duanmu Huai gave up the idea. The reason is very simple, that is, Qianshu is unwilling to kill people no matter what - no matter who the other person is, she said that she doesn't like to take away the other person's time. So this is why Qianshu has been using non-lethal bullets.

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai decisively gave up the idea. If the three views are different, then there is no way to talk. It's fine if you don't kill ordinary people, but the court of justice has to deal with heretics who believe in evil gods and have blood on their hands. Such people are a disaster if they are kept, and since Qian Shu is so determined not to kill people, it is simply asking for trouble to invite her to the court of justice.

If you don't even dare to kill people, what's the point of entering the court of justice?

"Oh, what a pity..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's explanation, An also sighed with disappointment.

"I was thinking that if Qian Shu could enter the court of justice, we would become good friends."

"Will Gu Leiya not be jealous?"

"I shouldn't... Hahahaha... After all, I won't tease her."

That's right, if the two of you get together, you will harm others.

"So what? What progress have you made in your plan?"

Duanmu Huai glanced at the coffee shop. It was not yet lunchtime, and there was no one else in the coffee shop except them, so there was nothing to be taboo about.

"Wow... it's difficult, to be honest, very difficult. Everyone still thinks the best way is to use QB's wishing system..."

"Impossible, give up on this idea."

Duanmu Huai directly rejected this suggestion.

"I guess so, so the remaining one is... Miss Ellie's proposal."

"Ellie?"

"Yes, she said that she could imitate the Holy Grail system, reset the entire magical girl network, and transform it into a situation similar to the possession of the Heroic Spirit, which should be able to reverse the process to a certain extent."

"The Heroic Spirit of the Holy Grail system... I remember that the Heroic Spirit needs the magic power provided by the Master to stay in the world?"

"Yes, but Miss Ellie said there is another technique, that is, the Heroic Spirit takes the initiative to descend to the world, and after merging with humans, it can appear in the world, but there are high requirements for the possessed person. The wavelength must match and have a certain degree of magic power to be able to possess the soul. Although the souls of these magical girls have been taken out, their bodies are still in the world, and they are well maintained by magic power. They are not destroyed like the Heroic Spirits. So in theory, the method of using the Heroic Spirit to descend and possess should allow the souls of the magical girls to return to their own bodies-after all, it was originally their own body, and there should be no problem in coordination."

"Then what are the disadvantages?"

"It should shorten your lifespan... As for whether you will turn into a witch, it's hard to say. After all, there is a difference between the two. Although according to Miss Ellie, Chaldea has been studying the manifestation of the third law and the Holy Grail system, this world does not have the Holy Grail and spiritual veins, so whether it can be applied is also a question."

"So we still need to do experiments? That's no problem. We just happen to have a little white mouse here. If it's not enough, we can go to Shenbin City to catch a few more."

"Mr. Knight, you sound like a villain."

"It's been so long, do you still think the Inquisition is a justice organization?"

"That's not what I mean..."

An pouted, looking unhappy.

"But we are also fighting for humanity, right? I think we can do better."

"That's your problem, not mine."

Duanmu Huai spread his hands.

"Where in the world can you have the best of both worlds? You have given a solution, but this solution needs to be verified by experiments, so we need mice. The nature of this experiment also determines that we can only find magical girls to be the mice. So what? You mean, we should not catch people, but persuade them to join this experiment voluntarily? Don't forget that we also need a control group."

"Wu........."

Hearing this, An Dunshi stopped talking. She also understood what Duanmu Huai meant.

To put it bluntly, this is like a moral dilemma.

It's like someone has developed a drug that can treat advanced cancer. How to test whether this drug is really effective? Of course, clinical trials are required, and in clinical trials, the placebo effect is very important. The so-called placebo effect is to give patients ineffective pills without informing them, and then compare them with the group of patients taking anti-cancer drugs to determine whether the patient feels that his body has improved due to mental effects or drug effects.

This is not a meaningless experiment, because there are experiments showing that there are indeed cases of mind controlling the body. Take painkillers for example. A doctor once did a similar experiment, which was to first create pain in the patient, then inject painkillers to relieve the pain. After a few days, the painkillers were replaced with saline on the last day, and injected without informing the patient.

As a result, a miracle happened—it was just saline, but the patient still felt the same as if the painkillers were injected.

Of course, it’s okay to do this with ordinary drugs, but what about patients with advanced cancer?

If you do this, it means that you have to watch the people in the control group die. Because the control group takes a placebo that has no effect, not a real anti-cancer drug. So in theory, if this anti-cancer drug is really effective, it means that the doctor has given up the possibility that half of the patients could have been cured.

The same is true for magical girls. Even if the plan proposed by Aili is very feasible, Duanmu Huai still needs mice to be the control group. Even more cruelly, he still wants to see what the magical girls who have been transformed into heroes and the magical girls who have not been transformed into heroes will look like after the magic power disappears, and what kind of impact it will have on the world.

Although Ai Li's plan seems perfect at the moment, what if there are any additional risks that she and others have not thought of?

So from this perspective, magical girls are guinea pigs, which is neither humane nor just. Admittedly, Duanmu Huai may be able to persuade some magical girls to join voluntarily, but he has no expectations for this.

After all... who knows what fools who can be fooled by QB's words can do.

So just keep it a secret from them and do it to the end. Anyway, the Tribunal is not just, and it doesn't care about human rights and humanity. For the Tribunal, as long as it can maintain the continuation of mankind, nothing else matters. In addition, the Tribunal does not need to rule anyone, so they don't need to pay attention to means and style like the rulers.

These things are necessary for the rulers of a country or a civilization, but the Tribunal is just a tool that needs to complete a given mission.

Since it is a tool, then there is no need to pay attention to its use. You can use this knife to chop people, cut vegetables, smash garlic, cut sealed tape, or make handmade paper paintings. It doesn't matter.

Anyway, for Duanmu Huai, if it doesn't work, he can blow up the entire magical girl network. With this backup, he really has nothing to worry about.

An is actually very clear about this. After all, she is the princess of Manalia, and she has encountered similar political situations that require trade-offs and sacrifices.

So although An's personality is lively and innocent, she will still be serious when she should be serious.

Just like the original fate of the fragments of the Manalia world—even in that future, An and Gu Leiya still have a deep relationship, but for Manalia and her people, she resolutely chooses to confront her friends and fight to the death.

From this point of view, although An likes to play, she is still very clear-headed when it comes to action.

This is also the difference between An and Qianshu. The latter... well, Duanmu Huai thinks that if she encounters such a situation, she will definitely not make up her mind so easily.

"Then, should we choose Mitakihara as the location for the experiment?"

"Take it step by step. First, let's see how the little white mouse is doing. If there is no problem, we can expand the scale. It just so happens that we can compare it with Kamihama City."

"You mean the system in Kamihama City that can release witches? To be honest, I am also quite interested in that system, but it is not without risks."

"Oh? Really?"

"Of course, according to what you said, Mr. Knight, the system in Kamihama City is that the magical girl transforms herself into a witch for a short period of time to eliminate filth. Maybe this is indeed no problem at the beginning, but if the filth is eliminated frequently, will there be some unknown effects? I have read about similar situations in books. There was a brave man who had the blood of a dragon and could use the power of a dragon to fight. But gradually, as he exerted his power more and more frequently, he got closer and closer to the dragon. Scales began to appear on his skin, his teeth turned into fangs, and his temper became irritable. In the end, he completely lost his human sanity and turned into a giant dragon."

"Well, this is indeed a problem."

Hearing An's answer, Duanmu Huai touched his chin and nodded.

"Maybe I should find an opportunity to experiment."