Chapter 041 Academic Exchange
Less than a kilometer northwest of the Holy Blood Hall, across the Kanda River, is Kyoto University of Science.
It is one of the only six remaining universities with enrollment capacity after the birth of the new human race, and it is also the second largest institution of higher learning in East Asia in terms of comprehensive strength. It has two submarine super laboratories for physics and medicine, as well as a comprehensive space laboratory in low earth orbit, and the teaching hardware is very powerful.
Due to factors such as its unique lifestyle and high per capita income, Neon is one of the countries with the smallest population reduction rate in the federation compared to the old era, with about 120 million new humans still alive.
However, thanks to the large-scale construction of undersea cities and floating pseudo-continents, as well as three-dimensional farms on the surface of the sea, they have no longer been as crowded as in ancient times, and academic elites like Professor Shimizu Sumizu can even own a traditional Japanese-style manor house with a large area in Wakamiya Town, next to the university.
Professor Shimizu is 99 years old this year, which is the age of a flower, and there are many suitors. Because after another year, she will be able to obtain legal marriage permission from the new human.
From the perspective of the old era, no matter how long you can live, it is obviously inconceivable that you are allowed to marry at the age of 100, but this is actually an inevitable trend and choice of history, and it is an important system to maintain the relationship between heaven and man and children.
New humans live a long life, and any impulsive feelings will slowly fade over time, and it is their instinct to constantly seek new stimuli. Set the legal age of marriage to 100 years old, and in this hundred years, new human beings can do whatever they want, if they have a good relationship, they will be together, and if their relationship is broken, they will separate, or they will simply act on the scene and become one when they are shot. The law does not interfere with this, and it is very free and casual.
However, in order to be allowed to produce offspring, it is necessary to enter into a marriage relationship, which guarantees the longevity of the relationship. This is because marriage is no longer just a ritual witness in the new era, it is a strong and powerful constraint that cannot be violated by man. Many men and women do not want to be bound by this, so they have only lovers for the rest of their lives, and no partners and of course no offspring.
After entering into a sacred marital relationship, the sympathetic module of the two parties will automatically detect the levels of various love and affection hormones in the blood-brain barrier, such as endorphins that represent warmth, dopamine that represents satisfaction, phenylethylamine that represents admiration, norepinephrine that represents heartbeat, and vasopressin that represents loyalty, and warn them when they are insufficient, and even provide external intervention.
To put it simply, when a sacred marriage is concluded, then the two people who love each other and are faithful to each other are subject to the procedure. Regulating one's mind from the hormonal level, and losing one's love for the other person is seen as a pathology that should be treated, so the relationship cannot be easily broken. This state of affairs is in some view, and it is very contradictory that the free man becomes a slave to the marriage contract.
Some people resist, but there are many more who are willing to accept this ideal country-like system, and even after being reincarnated as a celestial being, they still retain the emotional interference simulated by the device to maintain their love. And Shimizu Sumizu is a professor of medicine at Kyoto University of Science, with outstanding appearance, profound knowledge, and a gentle personality; And the broad travel, peach and plum world, clean and self-love, all these are the most ideal choices for men of school age who are interested in starting a family.
In the past, there was an endless stream of serious and unserious people who turned around all day long, and there was also a pot with a relatively large neon population density in it, but the strong charm of Qing Shui Cheng was the key internal factor.
However, in recent days, those wild bees and butterflies have disappeared, and Shimizu Sumizu thinks that it has little to do with her father Yuji Shimizu being hunted down as an evil ghost, after all, few people know this news.
There are about two real reasons, one is that she has just ushered in the third time in her life to replace her permanent teeth, and her face shape has temporarily collapsed due to this, and she is no longer as beautiful as before; The second is the two maids who are kneeling beside her at the moment to make tea for her, their eyes are sharp, their movements are capable, and they exude an aura that no one is close to, as if they will burst out and hurt people at any time.
They come from the neon branch of the Sisters of St. Paul's in Chartres, and are Blood warriors who were sent from the Church of the Holy Blood by Mother Maria, the head of the chapter, to protect and monitor her until the deal was concluded. Those who are qualified to recognize them will naturally not come up to disturb during this period, and if people who don't even have this vision can only say that they are shallow, and generally do not have any courage, I am afraid that just one look at them can stare people away.
These two kinds of people are normal like this, but after Qing Mizumizu gave hints and encouragement, some obstacles no longer made them discourage. For example, at this moment, the two maids moved slightly, and looked in the direction of the gate through the wall and began to be on guard.
One of them frowned and walked to the door of the defenseless shoji gate made of paper, his right hand pressed behind his waist, and the other stood in front of Qing Mizumi, holding a strange double-pointed staff erected like a shield.
The sisters who were arranged in the direction of the main entrance of the manor received news that two men had driven to the gate of the manor, one stayed in the car and the other was holding a bouquet of flowers and was getting out of the car, as if they were about to enter the door.
Suddenly, the nun who was defending Qing Shui Cheng with an electromagnetic shield turned around and glared at Qing Shui Cheng fiercely: "What's going on?" Why would someone come. ”
However, based on the view shared by the abstract camera with the other sentinels, she clearly saw that the door of the man's house would automatically open to him when he arrived at the outside of the manor, which was a situation that would only appear with a valid electronic invitation, which meant that the man was a guest invited by Shimizu Cheng.
The young man was full of confidence and had a smug smile on his face, and it was not difficult to guess that Qing Shui Cheng had conveyed some ambiguous message to him to behave like this. The two nuns of the date itself don't matter, but even if Qing Shui Cheng doesn't match the rumors and her private life is not in order, she will not be extraneous at this juncture, she must have other purposes in doing so.
Qing Shui Cheng held the bottom of the teacup and turned it lightly twice, raised his eyebrows, and replied rather indifferently: "Take it easy, he just came here to show off his ability." The day before my departure, he temporarily placed me in the academic exchange team with Tianfu University in China, even as the son of the president, it was not easy, and it was time to show off. ”
The other nun also turned around and looked at her sharply: "What do you mean, you dare to lie to us?" Have you thought about the consequences? ”
Qing Shui Cheng slowly put down the teacup and looked into the nun's eyes without evasion: "I didn't lie to you. As long as you divert the attention of the law enforcement team tonight, the things promised to you will be handed over to you before the departure tomorrow. ”
Neither nun spoke, and Qing Mizu's voice suddenly became firm: "But I'm going to pick up my father personally, and don't think about taking this opportunity to hold my handle." ”
"Without my code, my father wouldn't have shown up, and we won't be back in Neon for the time being. Remember, if I had to choose, I'd rather hand him over to the cross-border enforcement team than you, so that even if he loses his freedom, at least his safety can be guaranteed. ”
The atmosphere became solemn and gloomy, and the two sides seemed to be tense for a while, until the sound of light and joyful footsteps on the wooden floor gradually became clear and audible: "Cheng Chan, what you asked for has been done!" ”
Taking a deep breath, the two nuns stepped aside and began to contact the headquarters, and no longer did their duties as maids in disguise, ignoring the guests. Qing Mizumi took out the mirror, put on a delicate smile, and then stepped forward to greet the poor colleague who had been screened by the sympathetic module in her eyes and was not colored at all like a passer-by in the background.
"Dong~" The startled deer in the courtyard nodded and poured the water full of bamboo tubes, and the tail fell back, gently tapping on the granite, making an empty sound.