Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the day after tomorrow is the day when the [National High School Students' Magic Essay Competition] will be held. But even so, there is nothing special about the festive atmosphere in the 3rd arrondissement.

The essay contest is a special event for students at Magic High School. For the students selected by the birds, it may be an important competition that will affect their future, but for ordinary citizens who have nothing to do with magic, it is just one of the dozens of events that are held every year that have nothing to do with them.

Shangguan Haohui walked into the Discipline Committee with the list of students from the Third High School who went to the [Essay Competition], and saw the busy members of the Discipline Committee who were watching the screen and the Shenxue who was lying on the chairman's desk sleepy.

"What? Didn't sleep well? ”

Hearing the question, Yutai Mingxue, who raised her head in a daze, calmly stretched out her hand and took the glasses next to her before opening her eyes, "Why does the student president have time to come to my one-third of an acre?" ”

"Here's the list of people going to [Essay Contest]!" Shangguan Haohui was obviously used to it, and directly ignored the meaningless teasing of Shentai Mingxue, and directly put the information terminal on her desk.

Yutai Mingxue slid his finger with the information terminal uninterestedly, looked at the two names on it and couldn't help but narrow his eyes, raised his head and asked, "What?" Are Wang Qinqi and Ling Qinghuan going? ”

"Yes, that's what Zhongli meant." Shangguan Haohui nodded affirmatively, and when the list first arrived in his hand, he also hurriedly questioned his friend Zhongli Baiyi, "Zhongli means that the two of them have been deceived by [International Friends], and the [Essay Competition] will definitely give them a lot of impressions and comprehension from researchers like them who take the study of magic as their lifelong goal." ”

If these few words were for Zhongli Baiyi, they might be a little warm in their indifference. But Shangguan Haohui always maintained a gentle expression, but did not comfort and encourage, nor did he sarcastically and ridicule. It's as if it's just a matter of telling the truth.

On the contrary, this mildness makes people cold to the bone marrow!

"What does the student council mean?" Yutai Mingxue became expressionless.

"The student union respects the meaning of the [essay competition] writer." Shangguan Haohui's tone was firm.

In fact, Zhongli Baiyi has another sentence behind him, that is, they are all people of the third district, and if they can change their minds, their abilities will definitely be able to serve the third district. As the heir of the Shangguan family, the actual controller of the third district, Shangguan Haohui could not refuse such a possibility.

“OK！ I know! "Now that the student council and the main writer of the essay contest agree. She, the chairman of the Discipline Committee, has no right to talk more than she can do in terms of her internal authority or the relationship between her superiors and subordinates

"Are you really not going?" Shangguan Haohui didn't mind that Yutai Mingxue was a bit of a shirk of responsibility, but he really felt that she should take a look, whether it was as a "magic high school student". is still the identity of "the daughter of a family from the Shantai family who went to study in the third district".

"The [National High School Students' Magic Essay Competition] is expected to gather in the local area at eight o'clock and open at nine o'clock. The first thirty minutes were the opening ceremony, and the presentation began at half past nine. Each team reports 30 minutes of time, and the midfield change time is 10 minutes. A total of four teams reported in the morning. The lunch break is from twelve to one o'clock. In the afternoon, a total of three teams reported. It ends at 10:10 a.m. Next up is the judging and award ceremony, which is scheduled to end at 6 p.m. ”

"What time does our school play?" Shentai Mingxue was surprised by the itinerary provided by Shangguan Haohui in one go, but still asked the most crucial question.

"The third high school is the second team in the afternoon, and the time starts at two o'clock in the afternoon."

"Forget it then."

Shangguan Haohui frowned dissatisfiedly but didn't say much, there are two large-scale activities in the magic high school every year, that is, the civil and military duel between the seven schools, but as the daughter of the Lantai family, Shenxue directly warped these two important activities, which may give others the wrong signal......

But he doesn't have the right to demand that the snow must go!

Shenxue opened the drawer and handed Shangguan Haohui an information terminal. The tone was faintly capricious, "The above are the guards selected by the Discipline Committee and the patrol team of the Ministry and Regiment Activities Federation. As for how to arrange it, you can do it! ”

"Why do you want to choose people from the patrols of the Federation of Regimental Activities?"

"Whatever the motivation, the more people the better. What's more, it's not certain that nothing will happen again. ”

"That's right." Shangguan Haohui smiled coldly, no one stipulated that as long as people were caught, things would not happen, and besides, the mastermind of the other party had not been caught.

"Not only that, but it seems that there were also cases of attacks on the way back after the race that day. Don't let go of the clues of another group of people because you value [some]! ”

"That's right." Shangguan Haohui nodded thoughtfully as if he was chewing these words carefully, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be better for you to go?" The defensive arrangement of the activity is within your purview, and participating in an essay contest may change your [illiterate] character, what about learning something? ”

"Forget it! You don't know me yet? I don't understand if I go, it's better not to go, and I will torture myself! Shentai Mingxue shook her head again and again, she once glanced at the original manuscript of the paper submitted by Zhongli Baiyi "beyond her strength", and was immediately dizzy by the nouns with unknown meanings and dense formulas.

She didn't even understand anything!

Since then, the Shentai Styx has put away some of the guilt caused by the words of the Lantai Styx and Dongfang Hanhua, and the [Essay Competition] such a lofty activity should not torture her, a mortal!

Shangguan Haohui sighed slightly, he was also speechless about the theoretical idiocy of the Shentai Snow!

The last time the teacher of magic energy gave a lecture on it, he was just using the most simple and clear language to estimate the possibility of the magic factor being energized, and the snow not only showed a confused expression, but also opened her mouth slightly and forgot to close it, looking a little silly.

"Anyway, it's all up to you, let's go!" Discovering the snickering smile on the corner of Shangguan Haohui's mouth, Shentai Mingxue remembered the same thing, and chased people away again and again in annoyance.

"Okay, then I'll go first!" Shangguan Haohui smiled and left the Discipline Committee!

Shenxue lowered her head in frustration. It seems that she is unwilling, but in her heart, she firmly believes with the only knowledge she has. The magic factor is a type of energy.

In this futuristic world, all magicians and researchers have been trying to explain the origin and use of magic from a scientific point of view. According to the knowledge and thought of Shentai Mingxue, who has traveled from the 21st century, she believes that the essence of all things is the same in the two worlds.

The simplest is the law of conservation of energy.

In Shentai's view, the essence of magic is the magic factor, and the magic factor is a special kind of energy. Categorized by the science and magic taught in the high school of magic. No matter what kind of magic it is, it will be divided into four major systems and eight categories, which are acceleration-aggravation, movement-vibration, convergence-divergence, absorption-release.

For example, the ice magic that Shentai is good at, according to their explanation. It is dry ice obtained by condensing carbon dioxide in the air into a colorless liquid, and then quickly solidifying into a solid under high pressure.

But according to the idea of Shentai Mingxue, it is very simple to say that the energy of the magic factor is absorbed by the magician and converted into mana, which is usually hidden deep in the magician's body. Wait until they unleash their magic. This energy was quickly released.

Depending on the individual's qualifications and the magic rune array, the form of expression of energy and the effect achieved will naturally be different.

Conservation of energy means that the magic factor neither appears nor disappears out of thin air, it is only transferred from one carrier to another, or from one form (magic factor) to another (magic form), and the total amount of energy remains the same during the transformation or transfer.

However, the expression of these theories is only to explain with very simple things, and she can't do it if she wants to prove the derivation process and origin of these theories in detail.

Yutai Mingxue, who had just been hit by Shangguan Haohui and wanted to prove that he was not illiterate, was hit by his thoughts again, and weakly put his face on the table. I have to admit that it's easier to be illiterate!

In this day and age, luxury restaurants are still one of the main entertainment districts in major cities. And in these restaurants and restaurants. Most of the shops greet customers as usual and close at the same time as usual.

It's just that among the many restaurants, there is a spacious and bright restaurant that is different from usual, and the door is closed at the time when business is booming, with two big words "closed" written on it, and even the lights in front of the door have been turned off.

It was just in a private room in the room, lit in a dim light, where two men sat opposite each other. On the table is a wine glass for two people, although the glass is full of top-quality old wine, but the two of them have not touched the wine, which makes people feel a little wasteful.

"Mr. Zhou, this time I am completely taken care of by you."

"Your Excellency, don't dare to be."

James said the opposite kind words in an arrogant tone peculiar to the Imperials, while Zhou Junguang smiled respectfully and bowed his head to the other party. Such conversations occurred frequently during this time, but Zhou Junguang turned a blind eye to the other party's arrogant performance, which made James even more wary and distrustful of him.

"The Empire has been notified to send warships and troops to reinforcements. Thanks to this, the next battle can be carried out smoothly. ”

"I wish you the best of luck."

James and Zhou Junguang's expressions were the same as usual, and their expressions had not changed since they sat down. But the boundaries between each other are clearly visible, but neither of them has any idea of getting closer. For example, James swept past the number of people and actions of support, without missing half a minute, and Zhou Junguang did the same.

"However, there is one problem that has not yet been solved." James' veiled words were seductive.

"Your Excellency James, what is the problem?" Zhou Junguang took advantage of the trend!

The two people, who have already mastered each other's personalities, wear masks of [as usual expressions] and say hypocritical words, probing each other's truths.

"As you may know, the adjutant with poor military luck has fallen into the hands of the enemy." James spoke in a tone full of regret.

"I heard about it, I really can only say that I was unlucky, I didn't expect Mr. Charlie to ......" Zhou Junguang showed a gloomy expression and responded in a voice of sincere sympathy.

"However, even if Charlie was arrested by the other side during this operation and showed his gaffe, he is still an elite magician necessary for the Empire." James's words are absolutely sincere, if Charlie is damaged in this operation, even if he succeeds in the mission, he will not be rewarded, but may be prosecuted for losing the Empire's combat power.

Zhou Junguang nodded silently in agreement with James's words. [Vampire] Charlie can be said to be an outstanding magician with special records marked on the intelligence records of various countries, and he is also a [super first-class] melee mage with only six people in the family.

Before this operation, the master had said that although this Charlie had a lower military rank than James, and he was also on James's orders, in terms of importance to the empire, Charlie was more important and promising!

However, Zhou Junguang did not come forward too enthusiastically, first, to avoid being caught needlessly for saying ambiguous words; The second is that even if Charlie is caught, the relationship with them is quite small.

At the end of the day, he's just a supporter who follows orders!

Due to Zhou Junguang's silence, James had no choice but to give up his original idea and put down his son and take the initiative to entrust.

"Could you please help me one more time?" James didn't bow his head and please, and his tone was as direct as ever, but his arrogance was much more restrained.

"Of course, we're collaborators!" Zhou Junguang maintained a smile on his face and leaned out of his upper body from the table. "Actually, the morning after tomorrow, Mr. Charlie will be transferred to the Foreign Prison for Criminals."

"Really?" James was sincerely surprised by the information Zhou Junguang said.

"Yes, the timing was just right. I've also looked into the transfer route. Zhou Junguang explained the details to James in detail, "This is the most sincere proof of friendship from the host to the collaborators, and I hope Mr. James ......"

"Rest assured, of course we will keep our promises." James nodded in response without waiting for Zhou Junguang to finish. The Confederation and the Empire are the two largest countries, and at this point, the more supporters they have, the easier it is for them to move, and the powerful, well-connected collaborators are preferred.

"I have told the operational commander that we will fulfill our commitments at the right time." Although James was still expressionless, his hand picked up the wine glass on the table and touched the wine glass in front of Zhou Junguang, and drank it all after signaling.

"Thank you for your attention." Zhou Junguang respectfully held the cup with both hands and saluted, and also drank it all.

At this point, there was only one day left before the essay contest, and the storm was coming. (To be continued.) )