Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 906

“By overloading magical power, and forcing the bias of thought, you move the coordinates….”

Lenok’s coordinate shift, centered around the Phoenix Hall on the top floor of the Magic Tower.

Only then did Jenny, understanding what kind of system Lenok was planning to create inside the tower, sigh.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but anyway, you’ve created a system that allows you to move freely inside the tower, right?”

“To be precise, it’s about connecting different coordinate points to shorten the sense of distance to the extreme.”

Lenok replied.

“Lightning Connector. Connecting Sequence. I haven’t decided on a name yet, so you can call it whatever you want.”

Making it possible to freely use coordinate shifts, comparable to space jumps in terms of speed, within the tower’s domain.

That was the purpose of Lenok taking the time to modify the output of the Phoenix Hall and reorganize the system.

“Once you get used to it, the recoil will probably decrease. I just did it without explaining to show you the feeling.”

“……If I move like that one more time, I think my heart will fall out.”

As Jenny grabbed her trembling legs and stood up, Lenok asked.

“So, what business do the Deep Web managers have with me?”

The Deep Web, an unauthorized community created between the cyber spaces of the city government’s central network.

A network of outlaws with no rules or restrictions, except that it is operated on a membership basis.

It was no exaggeration to say that most of those operating in the shadows of Balkan obtained information from it.

However, it was also a contradictory space where false information and dummy data, equivalent to viruses, were piled up twice as much.

Lenok had also occasionally accessed the Deep Web to obtain useful information, but this was the first time he had heard about the managers who operated the network.

Of course, since it was a membership-based community, it was not strange that there were managers.

But why would these people, who had never been mentioned before, suddenly want to meet Lenok?

Jenny, who had finally regained her composure, tidied her disheveled hair and said.

“A very big gamble was held on the Deep Web because of what happened this time.”

“A gamble… Ah, I see.”

Lenok questioned, then immediately understood the meaning and nodded.

The battle between Kyunroe and Chunbeon that took place in the outer city. Another gambling board had been set up on the Deep Web to bet on the outcome.

It was not strange considering that there were people who wanted to bet on everything in the world.

“Is it a money issue?”

“I heard that the betting that took place this time was one of the top ten largest in the history of the Deep Web.”

Jenny said, dusting herself off and adjusting her clothes.

“However, I don’t think it’s that kind of problem. The managers don’t get involved in betting. Rumor has it that they had a big problem with that issue once before….”

“They contacted me because of the betting on what I did, but it’s not a money issue?”

Lenok laughed.

“That’s not very credible.”

“Yeah. That’s why I think….”

Jenny said with a slightly serious expression.

“I think it’s probably an excuse to meet you in person.”

“Meet me in person?”

“There’s a rumor that most of the Deep Web managers are cyber life forms who have uploaded their consciousness to the network.”

“…….”

“Maybe, they think you can come into the Deep Web network.”

At Jenny’s sharp guess, Lenok momentarily closed his mouth.

Lenok also felt like he knew what the Deep Web managers wanted as soon as he heard those words.

They probably haven’t noticed Dabi’s existence or abilities, have they?

Dabi was a cyber spirit who used the anonymity of the Deep Web so well that even Lenok was amazed.

She was a very special type of spirit, born from a strong artificial intelligence and grown up.

If they had known that such a being was causing trouble in the Deep Web, their reaction would not have ended like this.

Then, it meant that they had noticed the circumstances that Lenok could intervene in the cyber space in another way….

Lenok nodded after thinking that far.

“I understand. I’ll look into this matter separately.”

“I also know a few talented hackers in this field… If it doesn’t work out, there’s also the option of requesting help from the Mirror Divers.”

Mirror Divers. The name of an organization formed by hackers who manipulate networks even in the shadows of Balkan.

Lenok had heard the name a few times since coming to Balkan, but he had rarely contacted them directly.

It was also because he had rarely needed a talented hacker since Dabi was by his side….

“The Deep Web is a community created by borrowing the spare space of the city government’s central network. It’s hard to believe that the Mirror Divers wouldn’t be involved in the maintenance of the Deep Web.”

“Are you saying they might be in cahoots with those managers?”

“Since we don’t know what they want yet, there’s no need to unnecessarily increase the number of people involved.”

“Okay. Then I’ll hold back the hackers I’ve prepared for now.”

Jenny said, taking out her phone and manipulating the messenger.

Just as Lenok nodded, Jenny looked at the surging waves of electricity and asked.

“So, how do I use this?”

Jenny also knew why Lenok was showing and explaining this to her.

If he didn’t intend to teach her this technique in the first place, he wouldn’t have bothered to explain the principle.

“You’re going to teach me how to use that system, the connector, right?”

“There are two prerequisites.”

Lenok spread his fingers.

“One is that there must be no obstacles in the movement process. It’s only natural since you’re compressing coordinates to move.”

“What’s the other one?”

“The user must be able to draw the basic magic circle of the Ouroboros magic system.”

Lenok explained to the silent Jenny.

“This is a creation magic that I created myself. You must be able to use my magic system even a little to have the authority.”

“…….”

“That’s why I brought you here.”

Lenok smiled.

“If we’re only talking about the achievement of the magic system, you’re the most outstanding among the others.”

“Ugh… To be honest, I don’t even remember how to do it anymore.”

Jenny grumbled with a dissatisfied look.

“You just wanted to teach me this, and then have me teach it to others, so you only called me, right?”

“You learn one and know ten.”

“I haven’t even learned one properly yet!”

Jenny, unable to hold back, shouted with an angry expression, then finally regained her composure and closed her eyes.

“Okay. I’ll try it, but don’t say anything even if I fail. It’s been more than a few months since I stopped practicing.”

“I didn’t bring you here to nag.”

Lenok smiled gently.

“I’ll tell you if there’s anything you don’t know. Don’t worry.”

“……Anyway, if you can’t even say that….”

Jenny grumbled at those words, but closed her eyes and concentrated.

She stretched out both hands in front of her, put them together, and extended her thumb and index finger to draw a triangle.

At the same time, a ring of pure white light rose and began to rotate within the triangle drawn by her hands.

Kiiing…!!

“…….”

She hadn’t practiced for more than a few months, but she remembered how to draw the magic circle properly.

Indeed, Jenny’s speed of adapting to the Ouroboros magic system was very fast compared to others.

If we were to look only at her talent for learning Lenok’s magic system, she was even more outstanding than Ivelin.

Was that perhaps the power derived from the name of Bajur, connecting Kaise and Ethan?

It was true that he wanted to research Jenny’s origins, but he had no intention of recommending it if she didn’t show interest in the past.

The causal relationship between Kaise Bajur, Ethan Bajur, and Jenysia Bajur, who was born under Ethan, was unclear in many ways.

Considering that both Kaise and Ethan were born with the talent to reverse time, it was clearly an intentional result.

However, he still didn’t know how Jenny felt about Ethan and Kaise.

Until now, he had been moving while thinking that he could uncover the hidden stories they left behind separately from Jenny, but the reason why Lenok had hesitated might have stemmed from the same feeling as Jenny.

He had come too far, and now it had become easier to pretend not to know than to accept that something was changing.

Apart from the journey to find answers, he now understood that the human relationships surrounding Lenok were like that.

“Haa, haa…!!”

Just by concentrating for a moment to draw the magic circle, sweat dripped down Jenny’s forehead.

Her hair was wet and stuck to her cheeks, making it even more curly.

Jenny, annoyed, brushed her hair away and muttered.

“It’s been a while, so I know what it feels like… but I can’t maintain it for long. Is it a problem with concentration?”

“The correlation between the body and the mind is not that simple.”

Lenok said.

“You get tired easily, so your concentration breaks, and because your concentration breaks, your energy consumption increases.”

“But, you don’t seem to care much about that when you use magic.”

“I….”

Lenok, who had nothing to say, laughed unintentionally.

He couldn’t directly say that it was a matter of talent that was not bound by such causal relationships.

Jenny also realized how strange her statement was and coughed awkwardly.

“Sorry. I said something stupid. It’s ridiculous to compare my achievements with a great mage.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

Lenok said, grabbing Jenny’s wrist and correcting her posture.

After that, with Lenok’s help, Jenny succeeded in raising a proper magic circle after dozens of attempts.

Kiiing…!!

“The important thing is to remember the feeling.”

Lenok said, leaving Jenny, who was sweating profusely with her eyes closed.

“First, focus on getting used to the feeling of maintaining the magic circle and receiving the authority to use it.”

“…….”

“If you properly understand the concept of compressing coordinates of different domains, the specific formula activation will be replaced by the magic circle I created-”

Whoosh!!

At that moment, Jenny’s body disappeared from that spot and appeared at the far end of the opposite corridor.

“Uwaaah…!!”

Jenny, who was rather bewildered by what she had done, concentrated and transferred her coordinates once more.

This time, her body appeared in the empty space of the Magic Tower.

Whirr!!

Before Jenny’s figure fell to the ground, Lenok immediately moved her coordinates next to him.

Crash!!

At the same time, the magic circle that Jenny had raised broke, and her body tumbled backward.

“Ouch…!!”

Jenny, who was rubbing her red wrist and breathing heavily while lying down, lay there.

“Ugh, dizzy….”

“First, start practicing slowly from the safe first floor. Once you can draw the magic circle stably, it’ll be a matter of time.”

Lenok said, checking the time.

“To be honest, it’s not that difficult of a formula.”

“…….”

Since the basis and conditions of the formula were matched by the Phoenix Hall and the tower’s domain, the burden on the caster was almost non-existent.

It was a teleportation formula with tremendous efficiency and intuitiveness, rarely seen among the magic that Lenok had created recently.

“There’s no contact even though it’s time. For now, I’ll at least collect information related to the hearing by accessing the Deep Web-”

Beep.

Dabi lightly shook the phone in his arms, as if he had been waiting.

“……It seems the preparations are finished.”

Lenok nodded after checking the message.

“Let’s check the details after we go to the hearing.”

* * *

The giant city of Balkan. Hearing Hall in District 15.

The third administrative district where government-affiliated institutions and departments were gathered.

Usually, hundreds of reporters were camped out in front of the plaza where citizens and public officials came and went.

The sight of reporters with thick cameras waiting on both sides of the black carpet that stretched from the end of the plaza to the hearing hall.

The reporters, looking at the empty street in the distance, whispered.

“Will he really come?”

“He said he would attend in person, so….”

“You never know. Who knows if he’ll change his mind at the last minute.”

“If he’s in his right mind, he wouldn’t show his face here first.”

“Then he’ll come.”

At the assertion of one of the reporters, everyone closed their mouths as if they had made a promise.

“That mage isn’t in his right mind.”

“…….”

There was no one who didn’t know how ruthless the mage who had been notified to attend the hearing was, or how recklessly he had been doing things.

In the first place, wasn’t the reason this hearing was being held because Kyunroe had kidnapped the lighthouse keeper who had visited Balkan in the middle of the city?

That was why the reporters who had come out to cover this hearing were also holding both a sense of unease and anticipation.

“He’s the kind of person who messes up every situation he appears in. He’ll probably come with a plan this time too.”

“I wonder what he’s planning to do by notifying his attendance at the hearing first….”

“He’s here…!!”

At that moment, a pitch-black sedan appeared on the empty road in the distance.

Quiet driving without even a hint of noise.

After skillfully parking the car between the edge of the plaza and stopping, a tall man got out of the driver’s seat.

He turned around with a polite motion, bowed slightly, and carefully opened the back door of the car.

Click!

The moment the car door opened and the reporters raised their cameras and tried to press the shutter all at once.

“……Huh?”

As if they had made a promise, a dumbfounded voice leaked from the reporters’ mouths.

The black-haired young man who got out of the back of the sedan was not standing properly on his two feet.

He was just sitting on a small mobile chair, with a blanket over his knees.

The young man, with the help of the tall man, calmly rolled his wheels and passed over the carpet.

“…….”

“……A wheelchair?”

“The great mage came to the hearing in a wheelchair?”

The expressions of the reporters, who belatedly realized what they had seen, were dyed with indescribable bewilderment.