Fangzheng's paper presentation was the third in the afternoon, so no one was nervous. Or at least, Fangzheng was not nervous.
"Aren't you nervous, Mr. Harukino?"
Suika Mitsui asked anxiously as she looked at Fangzheng, who was dozing off leisurely. Fangzheng just shrugged.
"What's there to be nervous about? You've been listening for the whole day. It seems that the standard of this year's paper competition is indeed not high. At least, it's lacking …."
"It seems that the attack did have a great impact on the other schools."
Off to the side, the Northmont Lion nodded and spoke. They had also been observing the paper topics of the other schools, but they found that there was basically nothing particularly novel about these topics. After all, during the attack, the teams of the nine schools were all attacked. The students who had combat ability were fine, but the students who were responsible for backup and technical preparation generally did not have much combat ability. Many students from the School of Magic and Engineering died tragically under the enemy's gunfire. Under such circumstances, it was already quite commendable that they could still muster up their spirits to participate in the paper competition. It would be difficult for them to turn their grief into strength and come up with some innovative topic.
In fact, the school that received the most attention in this paper competition was No.1 High School, where Fangzheng was from. After all, he had consecutively presented two major papers on "Universal Flight Magic" and "Automatic Calculation Core", which were enough to compete with, or even slightly better than, the legendary Silver. But after learning that the topic of his paper was "Practical Flight Magic", most people stopped paying attention to him. In their opinion, No.1 High School was only doing this to cope with the competition.
After all, they already had the Hoverboard and Flight CAD. In their opinion, what Fangzheng was doing now was probably just a supplement to that part of the competition.
This was not surprising. A paper competition was not an innovation conference, where everyone had to come up with a shocking new idea. In fact, most of the time, the theme of the paper competition was to supplement and analyze existing research directions, so Fangzheng's approach was not unexpected.
In fact, even Erika and Shibata Miyuki didn't think there was anything special about it. They thought what Fangzheng took out was an improved version of the flight module used in the Battle of the Nine Schools.
Thus, only Mitsui Suika and the Kitayama Sea knew what a freakish thing Fangzheng had taken out.
That was why Suika Mitsui was so nervous — rather than nervous, it was more of anticipation.
Soon, the speech of the previous school ended, and applause rang out. Then, the other party packed up and left the stage. Next, Fangzheng led the Northmont Sea and Mitsuka Mitsuka up. Under everyone's gazes, the Northmont Sea walked up to the control platform and connected to his control terminal, while Mitsuka Mitsuka stood not far behind Fangzheng. Following that, they saw Fangzheng come in front of the microphone and cough.
"So, next up is No.1 High School's thesis. The topic of our thesis is …"
"Boom!!!"
However, before Fangzheng could finish his words, the sound of an explosion and a tremor suddenly spread into the venue. This made the students sitting in the audience look around in surprise, not knowing what had happened.
"Big brother?"
At the same time, Sibo Shenxue, who was sitting on a chair, grabbed Siboda's arm. The latter frowned.
"It seems to be a grenade explosion."
Unlike other students, Siboda was also the king of special forces. He could immediately tell that this was not an accident, but more like the sound caused by an armed attack. But what was going on? Why did this happen? Siboda couldn't figure it out. After the attack in the Battle of the Nine Schools, the authorities had strengthened the security level for such large-scale events. If it was an ordinary criminal, it would be impossible for them to cause any impact here.
"Bang!!!"
While Siboda was thinking, the door of the speech venue was suddenly kicked open. Several tall, blonde, blue-eyed, and heavily armed men rushed in and pointed their guns at the audience.
"Everyone, behave! Don't move!!"
One of them shouted loudly. When the students saw the attackers, they were terrified and couldn't help but scream.
Not good, they're using weapons against mages!
Seeing the guns in the hands of these foreigners, Siboda frowned. Ordinary guns were of little use to mages, so these special guns were born. These rifles for mages were more powerful than ordinary guns and could penetrate most mages' defensive barriers.
On the other hand, there were not many countries that could manufacture such guns. At least, those small countries did not have this ability.
What should I do?
Just as Siboda was thinking hard about how to solve the problem, a voice suddenly sounded.
"Get lost!"
Fangzheng, who was standing on the podium, looked at the soldiers who rushed in and roared. The next moment, the soldiers were sent flying as if they were hit by an invisible fist. Then, Fangzheng suddenly swung his hand, and the door that was kicked open by the soldiers immediately closed with a bang.
"… … …"
For a moment, the entire Speech Hall was silent. Everyone looked at this scene dumbfoundedly and didn't know how to react.
Fangzheng coughed and looked at the speech script in his hand again.
"Well, sorry for the interruption. Let me explain again, the topic of our No.1 High School thesis is flying … …"
"Boom!!!"
However, this time, before Fangzheng finished speaking, the originally closed door was directly blown open. The soldiers rushed in again. This time, they seemed to have learned their lesson. They raised the guns in their hands and pulled the trigger at the podium in front of them. For a moment, accompanied by thunderous gunshots, the podium was suddenly surrounded by smoke and dust. The students who saw this scene screamed again.
"Big brother! Are they okay? "
Seeing this scene, Sibo Shenxue hurriedly wanted to help, but was pulled back by Siboda.
"Don't act rashly! I think they should be fine. "
Even though that was what he said, Si Boda himself wasn't sure. But now, the attackers were obviously enraged. If they were angered, it was very likely that the others in the venue would be implicated. Thus, Si Boda could only wait for the right opportunity. But in his opinion, the man shouldn't be defeated so easily.
After a while, the gunshots stopped. The foreign soldiers seemed to have vented their anger and sneered. At the same time, the smoke slowly dissipated.
But after seeing the scene on the podium, everyone was stunned.
On the podium, Kitayama Ki and Mitsui Suika were standing behind Fangzheng, while Fangzheng was still standing in front of the microphone. He raised his right hand, and at the same time, bullets were floating in the air two meters in front of him, as if they were frozen.
"What … … What's going on?"
Seeing this scene, even Sibo Shenxue's eyes widened in surprise. Although she knew that Fangzheng had considerable power, she did not know what kind of magic he was using. But now … … the opponent actually stopped the bullets from the anti-magic weapons in the air?
What kind of system is this?
Sibo Shenxue was not the only one who thought this way. The audience here were all here to watch the magic paper, so they naturally belonged to the category of people who had a good understanding of magic. Seeing this scene, they were also very surprised and did not know how to explain it.
However, what really surprised them was yet to come.
"Hmph."
Fangzheng snorted coldly. The bullets that were originally frozen in the air in front of him fell to the ground with a clatter, then … …
"There's a path to heaven, but you refuse to take it. Instead, you come to hell. You're really tired of living … …"
Following Fangzheng's words, the audience was surprised to see ripples appear in the air around him. Then, countless sharp weapons of different shapes emerged from the ripples and aimed at the soldiers. At the sight of this, the faces of the soldiers turned pale and ashen.
"Mon … monster!!!"
As they shouted, they once again raised the weapons in their hands in despair.
At the same time, thousands of swords shot out.
Hundreds of thousands of sharp blades whistled through the air, crossed the lecture hall, and enveloped the soldiers like a rainstorm. In the blink of an eye, accompanied by a series of screams, the soldiers were instantly pierced by the sharp blades and fell to the ground.
"… ….."
After that, the whole lecture hall fell into dead silence. Everyone stared blankly at Fangzheng standing on the podium as if they had been immobilized. Even Kitayama Ki and Mitsuka Mitsui were no exception. In fact, after being aimed at and fired at, the two of them felt their minds go blank. Their whole bodies were like wooden statues. Although they kept staring blankly at the scene in front of them, there was not the slightest thought in their minds. It was as if they had stopped thinking.
"Ahem, sorry for being interrupted again."
Only Fangzheng, who was the center of attention, still wanted to continue as if nothing had happened. But when he opened his mouth to speak, he found that the equipment in front of him was basically broken.
"… … Well, I think the lecture is over."
Fangzheng patted the speech script in his hand helplessly and sighed. At that moment, the audience, who seemed to have been frozen in place, came to their senses. Then, the students of the surrounding joint guards quickly moved out.
"Catch the criminals!!"
Sukumonji Katsuhito roared, and then the guards immediately went forward to restrain the criminals — these criminals were basically all pierced in the hands and feet. Although they did not die on the spot, their current situation could be described as worse than death.
Just as the guards arrested the criminals, an even more violent explosion sounded again. This time, the other audience immediately became chaotic. They began to scream, roar, and curse. Soon, the order of the venue began to become chaotic.
"Not good!"
Seeing this scene, Mayumi Shichikusa's expression changed drastically. But before she could do anything, a voice rang out.
"Silence."
Fangzheng's voice was not loud, but the people who heard it felt as if their hearts were suddenly smashed by a heavy hammer. They immediately stopped shouting and everyone turned their heads to look at the rostrum. However, no one dared to speak again. After all, what Fangzheng had displayed in front of them just now was enough to amaze them.
"Everyone, don't panic. You should've noticed that we're currently in a very troublesome situation …. Does anyone know what's going on?"
Fangzheng tapped on the microphone and glanced around. At that moment, he acted as if he was the leader of everyone present, but unexpectedly, no one felt that there was anything wrong with what he did.
"I know."
Mayumi Shichikusa hurriedly stood up. Fangzheng nodded and motioned for her to go on stage to speak. So, Mayumi Shichikusa also walked up to the rostrum and looked at the crowd.
"I'm Mayumi Shichikusa, the former student president of No.1 High School. I've just received news that this city is being invaded."
The crowd burst into an uproar when they heard Mayumi Shichikusa's words. Fangzheng raised his eyebrows and pressed down with his right hand. The next moment, the crowd shut their mouths again.
"An unknown ship anchored at the port is attacking Yokohama, and the enemy squad hiding in the city is cooperating with them to launch an attack."
"…."
Perhaps it was so absurd that the students below did not know how to react. If it were not for the fact that Mayumi Shichikusa's surname "Shichikusa" represented her glory as a member of the Ten Teachers Clan, they would rather believe that this was a prank or a joke. But everyone present knew Mayumi Shichikusa, and they also knew her identity and strength, so it was impossible for someone like her to joke at a time like this.
"It may be dangerous to escape from here, but nothing is more dangerous than staying here. I suggest that the representatives of all schools immediately gather the students and begin the operation. Every second counts!"
"No, I object."
However, as soon as Mayumi Shichikusa finished speaking, Fangzheng interrupted her.
"Right now, we don't know what's going on outside. If we leave rashly, it will only bring more chaos and danger. I suggest that we stay here and wait for reinforcements."
"But Haruhino-kun."
Mayumi Shichikusa panicked when she heard Fangzheng's words.
"This is just an ordinary building. The enemy has powerful weapons. If they attack this building recklessly, it will only be more dangerous. We can go to the shelter through the tunnel. It's definitely safer there than here. "
"If the enemy knows that we're going to escape, they'll be really stupid if they don't do anything. I don't want to be crushed to death by a time bomb halfway through the tunnel. As for the other problem that you're worried about, Senpai Shichikusa …."
As he spoke, Fangzheng snapped his fingers.
Then, everyone saw a ball of light suddenly appear beside Fangzheng's hand, then instantly spread out, flew up, and disappeared into the ceiling.
"It's no longer a problem."
"… Huh?"
"If you don't believe me, how about we go out and take a look?"
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