Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 845

The researcher declared that if he didn’t get the answer he wanted, he would be immediately kicked out of the research institute.

However, Lenok ignored the young man’s harsh words and immediately focused his gaze on the lens of the microscope.

As he applied various stimuli to the mana array visible through the lens, the sequence of mana particles slowly began to change.

The form of the mana array returned to its original state after going through various states and conditions depending on the stimuli applied by the young man.

‘How is it?’

The young man asked as soon as Lenok took his eyes off the microscope.

He leaned back in his chair, arms crossed, and nodded.

‘If you saw anything, explain it. I might even use this as your performance evaluation for this quarter.’

‘……’

‘The mana array observed inside the lens. Do you know what experiment this is for?’

‘……’

‘Don’t you know? If you don’t know, answer me.’

The young man’s expression turned annoyed as Lenok only stared at the microscope with a curious look and didn’t answer.

In the tense atmosphere of the lab, the young man glanced at Lenok silently and then chuckled.

‘Well, it’s not that strange.’

A mocking tone mixed with a hint of acceptance.

‘If you knew this, you wouldn’t be stuck here, not even knowing the research institute’s schedule. It seems you’re not even qualified to learn the theory from the teacher I invited.’

‘……’

The young man snatched the microscope that Lenok was looking at and said,

‘Just go. Stay out of sight somewhere until the next quarter and get out on your own—’

‘Isn’t it a bit too simplistic to repeat such fragmented attempts when trying to find a rule?’

‘……What?’

‘I understand that you’re experimenting with stimuli and reactions, including infrared and radiation, but I think you’re focusing too much on the reversibility of common magic.’

Lenok, who had been casually stroking his chin, stood up and said,

‘It’s true that the mana particle array returns to its original state after reacting to stimuli, which is the designer’s intention, but that’s just a measure to maintain the versatility of common magic. It can’t be the core.’

‘You, you……’

At Lenok’s calm answer, the young man’s eyes, which had been blankly listening to the explanation, changed drastically.

The young man grabbed Lenok’s shoulders with both hands and said with a slightly excited tone,

‘You already know about common magic. No, it’s not just that level.’

‘……’

‘Have you already researched the magic system in your own way and come to a conclusion? That must be it. Otherwise, there’s no way you could have immediately understood what I just showed you!’

What the young man showed Lenok was the reversibility itself, where the mana particles of common magic reacted to various stimuli and then returned to their original state.

Originally, a magic system is knowledge based on laws that establish order through theory and are not swayed by external variables.

However, the common magic system that Lenok created flexibly reacted and changed to external stimuli, yet ultimately maintained its original form.

It was unexpected that the young man had discovered and was researching that reversibility, but from Lenok’s point of view, it wasn’t the core of the magic system itself.

In fact, if you had to pick one, it wasn’t even a particularly difficult feature or secret to discover among the various characteristics of the common magic system.

That’s why he couldn’t understand why the young man was so fixated on that reversibility.

However, just by hearing Lenok’s explanation, the young man seemed to have immediately understood that Lenok had a considerable foundation of knowledge about common magic.

The expression that had been looking at Lenok with a somewhat annoyed look was gone, and now his eyes were sparkling as he enthusiastically grabbed Lenok’s gown.

‘Come here. I’ll show you something more interesting!!’

‘Interesting……’

Lenok replied, but he was led by the young man into a deep, secret room inside the lab.

‘Now, look at that.’

A dazzling form of mana shining inside a huge glass tank.

The particle array, rotating in a graceful spiral in the air, was constantly flashing and brightly illuminating the secret room.

‘Reversibility itself isn’t special. The important thing is how the reversibility that exists in the common magic system is established. Look at this.’

The young man left Lenok standing there blankly and immediately manipulated the controller attached to the bottom of the tank, spinning and moving the particle array.

At that moment, an even stronger light began to shine on the mana particle spiral array floating in the air than before.

Crack……!!

A grating noise like glass breaking.

It looked as if the compressed mana itself was being completely covered and replaced over the mana array.

However, the young man didn’t even pay attention to the violently shaking glass tank and pointed to the screen on the wall of the secret room.

‘We’re compressing the naturally occurring innate mana that exists randomly by 144 times and forcibly covering the mana array of common magic. This way, we can observe the collision process between different mana particles in much more detail.’

The mana particle array on the screen was colliding with the natural mana that the young man had plunged in, flickering madly in place.

‘The mana array that has been altered by stimuli isn’t returning to its original place on its own.’

The young man said, unable to hide his excitement.

‘It disappears for a moment at the moment of alteration, and then it’s reconstructed in the place where the original particle array should be.’

‘……’

‘Can you believe that a single magic system can move with such independent will?’

The young man muttered, staring blankly at the reconstructed mana array of common magic.

‘It’s like… someone is watching and correcting the errors of the magic system right next to us.’

‘……Correcting, huh.’

‘A transcendent will that cannot be understood by human cognition. Or a very excellent and sophisticated algorithm equivalent to it is contained within this magic system. Either way, it’s truly amazing.’

Instead of answering, Lenok just chuckled at that statement.

Ironically, both of the possibilities that the young man had just mentioned were contained within the common magic.

Lenok’s manipulation ability to manipulate and control mana at the particle level, and the algorithm creation ability of the spirit born in the cybernetic space.

A design that ‘optimizes’ the magic itself to be universally usable using those two abilities.

In a way, that too is undoubtedly the foundation of the identity of the common magic system.

‘What we need to research isn’t the common magic that Professor Bylon threw out as a result, but the will itself that constitutes this reversibility.’

The young man said, turning away after turning off the glass tank.

‘If you’ve looked into common magic that closely, you must know it. No, even if you can’t prove it theoretically, you must have felt it.’

‘……’

Just by understanding a little of what the young man was trying to do, he seemed to have developed an excessively great favor for Lenok.

‘From the next quarter, I’m going to form a new team and focus on analyzing this algorithm I discovered.’

As if he had completely forgotten the previous mistreatment, the young man grabbed Lenok’s shoulders with both hands and shook his body.

‘If we can properly research this, it won’t just be about clarifying the versatility of common magic. The moment we understand the secret of this magic system, we will—!!!!’

‘We might be able to create a new common magic.’

At Lenok’s indifferent words, the young man’s words stopped abruptly.

His excited expression froze in place as if it had been frozen.

Without even thinking of removing the young man’s hands from his shoulders, Lenok turned his gaze and said,

‘I see why you set up this research institute and are focusing on research. Was it to see if you could expand the common magic system without Evan Bylon’s help?’

‘Th, that’s… no, that’s right, but…’

‘Your approach and idea about reversibility are good, but it’s impossible.’

Lenok smiled, looking down at the speechless young man.

‘That’s not something that was designed to be shown, but merely a fragment of inspiration that was inevitably embedded in the production process. None of it can be reproduced in this kind of research institute.’

‘……You.’

‘I think Evan Bylon would have said something like this.’

A tone and atmosphere that was clearly different from before. Just by speaking lightly, the surrounding air seemed to become heavy.

Even the insensitive researcher seemed to feel the pressure, and the young man released his grip on Lenok’s shoulder with a pale face.

‘You, you. You’re not an employee of this research institute.’

The young man stammered and then tripped over a chair and fell backward.

Thud!!

‘Ugh!! H, how did you get in here?’

‘By walking.’

At Lenok’s nonchalant answer, the young man’s expression twisted.

‘That’s impossible. The security equipment surrounding the research institute is stolen goods supplied to the defense force headquarters! We directly used Charlotte’s skin recognition technology, which is impossible to forge…!!’

‘Why is that important?’

Lenok asked back.

‘Isn’t the important thing the fact that I’m here?’

‘……’

‘It might even be a good thing for you. You got the answer to the reversibility you were curious about. I feel like I should be thanked for listening to your complaints.’

‘C, complaints…’

‘I’ve heard your theory about common magic. It was a bit more interesting than I thought.’

Lenok smiled, leaving the flustered young man behind.

‘However, even if what you said is true, there’s something I don’t understand.’

Lenok, with his hands in his gown pockets, raised his head, leaving the slowly retreating young man behind.

‘Your inference could have quite an important meaning, so why is it being researched in this outer area instead of the center of the research building?’

‘……’

‘Even though the research institute has various facilities and equipment properly set up, it doesn’t seem like you’ve used them for research…’

Lenok’s eyes, staring at the young man, darkened.

‘Could it be that this research institute was set up to research something other than common magic?’

‘……I, I don’t know why I should answer that.’

The young man fumbled with his hands, unable to hide his agitation.

The young man, without looking at the lab desk, rummaged around and grabbed a terminal.

Crack!

‘Do you even know how many cameras and systems are monitoring this research building right now? Your face and intrusion have already been captured and are all left as evidence!!’

‘So?’

‘So what!! The system installed in this research institute is the next-generation superhuman surveillance system being developed by Baritz Corporation!’

The young man’s forehead bulged with veins, as if he didn’t like Lenok’s indifferent answer.

The young man, gripping the terminal tightly with both hands, manipulated it wildly, and a transparent screen descended from the ceiling of the lab, blocking the space between the young man and Lenok.

The young man shouted, looking at the screen that was starting to load in place.

‘It records most of the existing mana patterns and even organizes the activation and system of the formulas to be used as evidence, and legal measures have been taken for it!!’

‘……’

The surveillance screen of the CCTV was rising beyond the screen.

Among them, there was also a video showing this lab right now.

The video showed Lenok and the young man facing each other from a bird’s-eye view from the ceiling.

‘Unless you’re a crazy magician who’s obsessed with covering your face like a fortress, it can dismantle and restore most disguises and noises to look inside…!!’

The young man immediately pulled it up and shouted, enlarging it in front of Lenok as if to show off.

‘I’ll submit this video as evidence of your intrusion and make you rot in an isolation ward for the rest of your life-!!!’

At that moment, the young man’s words stopped abruptly as he focused his gaze on the screen.

His two eyes, narrowed between his thick white hair, stared blankly at the video being sent on the screen, and then widened as if they were about to tear.

‘N, no…’

Beyond the CCTV video showing the lab, Lenok’s face was not visible.

It was a strange sight, as if it had been erased and painted over with noise, with even its shape not being shown above the neck.

A strong sense of incongruity that even Baritz Corporation’s superhuman surveillance system could not confirm his face.

Even his attitude, which seemed to know so much about common magic and Evan Bylon.

The young man, realizing who the man standing in front of him was and that he had just spoken his name, looked up at Lenok blankly.

Lenok slowly tilted his head and smiled.

‘Was I caught?’

‘K, Kyeo…!!!’

‘I’ve heard enough about common magic, so there’s no need to wait any longer.’

Lenok raised his hand, looking at the researcher who was foaming at the mouth without being able to speak properly.

‘Let’s turn things upside down and think about it for a moment.’

Whoosh!!

The moment Lenok lightly flicked his finger, the lights that had been illuminating all around the research building went out completely, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness.