Skill extraction starting from Dragon Clan

Zheng Shu followed the voice he heard and took the elevator to the top floor.

The hotel had just been built and no guests had checked in yet, and everyone was celebrating the completion ceremony on the first floor, so this floor seemed empty.

Although the organizer hired a lot of guards to prevent accidents, most of them were stationed at the area where guests gathered on the first floor just in case. Only a few guards randomly patrolled the remaining floors.

So in a sense, the top floor is indeed the weakest security place in the building at this stage, so no one has discovered such an obviously weird situation on this floor.

As soon as Zheng Shu arrived on this floor, he heard a subtle but clear "click" sound, which was the sound caused by the movement of a large number of clock hands.

On such an empty floor, even ordinary people can hear clearly.

Unfortunately, at this time, the guards were probably lazing around on the lower floors with the air conditioners blowing on, so no one noticed such an unusual situation.

Zheng Shu observed and found that the doors of all the rooms on this floor had been violently broken.

I randomly chose the nearest room and walked in. I immediately saw the undisguised time bomb placed next to the table.

The shape of the bomb can even be said to be quite classic. It is just a few things that look like explosive tubes gathered together, and a "ticking" clock countdown is tied to the outside.

Because the workmanship is too rough and the shape is too classic, this thing may even be used as a prop when taken outside.

Zheng Shu walked over, picked it up and checked it carefully, and was surprised to find that this thing was actually genuine.

Although the internal explosive formula may have been configured by the person who set it up, the power is not very great, but such a large number together is enough to blow up the entire floor.

All in all...weird.

Zheng Shu looked at the countdown on the bomb with few seconds left, without any desire to escape.

Not to mention rough-made soil bombs, even some high explosives used in the military industry, once the unit is less than "tons", it is impossible for Zheng Shu to break through the defense.

Zheng Shu had just used magic to roughly scan the entire building, and found that the other party had only deployed enough explosives on this floor, and the amount of explosives was only enough to blow up the top floor.

It seems that the other party has no intention of killing, but simply wants to destroy the topmost building. It is most likely that some competitor wants to disrupt the hotel owner's business.

What makes Zheng Shu feel strange is that the other party is obviously doing "secret" dirty work, but his behavior is unusually "upright".

Whether it's the location of the bomb or the crude intrusion techniques, or even the countdown clock on the bomb that doesn't use a silent structure at all...

This is not a question of whether the craftsmanship is familiar at all, but that the guards are not taken seriously at all!

Zheng Shu had a very clear feeling that the other party was not afraid of being discovered by the guards at all. It could even be said that the other party was sure that the guards would not discover him.

Of course, the fact was just as the other party expected. If it weren't for Zheng Shu, no one would have discovered the problem until the bomb exploded.

"Are all the people doing this job so bold now? No... No, he is not being bold, but he is 'confirming' that no one will find out." Zheng Shu looked at this strong sense of déjà vu and began to feel in his mind Thinking about relevant information.

Soon, he found the corresponding character among the characters who appeared in Sora no Kyoukai - the professional bomb demon: Nasukura Mitsuru, or Kuramime Ruka.

Hakukura Mitsuru is the "stage name" of Kurami Ruka, the name he uses when taking on business as a bomb demon.

If he was the one who arranged the explosives this time, it would be understandable why such a thing would happen. Because Ruka Kuramimu has a very high level of future vision, and it is not a predictive future vision but a determination type of future vision.

The difference between these two types of future vision is that predictive future vision only sees one or several future possibilities, but the types of future possibilities are almost endless. No matter how good people are at this, they will make mistakes. possibility.

Determinative future vision, on the other hand, forces one to use one's own power to limit what may happen in the future.

Future determination, which determines the future with one's own will, is an ability that overrides future prediction.

That's why he dared to arrange the bomb like this, because his original purpose was not to hurt people, but to simply destroy the hotel.

Ruka Kuramime is a professional bomb demon, but unlike those lunatics who specialize in causing casualties, some of the secret commissions he accepts are mainly about the destruction of certain buildings or artifacts in order to achieve the purpose of destroying the opponent. Purpose of business.

You must know that Japan's economy was developing rapidly during this period, and the police paid great attention to cases that disrupted public security.

Once the blasting plan enters the implementation stage, no matter how deep the main suspect is hidden, he will be arrested soon, and then he will reveal who entrusted him. In this way, the proportion of work and reward is completely different.

But Kurami Ruka is different. His future vision is enough to help him find and clean up all traces that may lead to his whereabouts being exposed.

Even if the reward is reasonable, he is willing to do everything from crime warning to actual explosions, and can ensure that he can successfully escape the police after completing the task as entrusted.

So much so that the bomb demon with the name "Hasokura Mitsuru" may even be considered by some to be an urban legend created by everyone's imagination.

Because he does things cleanly and leaves no trace, Kuramime Ruka is very popular in some dark places.

Although Ruka Kuramime said that he would also accept a murder commission, until he was "killed" by the two rituals to kill his own future, he did not come across a price that could afford to ask him to kill someone.

Because in his opinion, human life is a very precious thing and cannot even be converted into money in a certain sense, so he really doesn't want to deal with a trust that involves human life.

...Belongs to some kind of tsundere...probably.

In short, although Kuramime Ruka's main method of action was to use explosions, the nature of the things he actually caused was not that appalling.

After all, in his view, what he did was actually just a performance. Some people expected him to show off his skills and were willing to pay, and the stage he created also gathered a large number of audiences.

So although the method was indeed a bit extreme, in the eyes of Kurami Ruka he just took on some "small performances".

The effect of those explosions is actually similar to that of fireworks. They are just props used to incite the crowd in order to attract attention.

And because of his determination-type future vision that can determine the future according to his own will, Kurami Ruka's belief that although he uses explosions, it will not hurt anyone at all, can be implemented.

In a sense, because the bomb's destructive power is huge enough, it makes it much easier for Kurami Ruka to achieve the goal of a "visible future."

The most important thing is...if an adult did this, it might be considered that he had malicious intentions, but Ruka Kuramime was only fourteen years old until Mirai Shiya was "killed" by the two rituals in the original work.

If it were now, he might even be only thirteen years old, a child who couldn't even be considered a teenager.

And the reason why he accepted these commissions was very simple, just to earn some pocket money for his living expenses.

"Hmm... Although there is some suspicion of hypocrisy, since this kid doesn't intend to hurt anyone, I won't care about it." Zheng Shu thought for a while and decided not to bother with this matter.

Of course, the reason why Zheng Shu chose so straightforwardly was partly because he wanted to take revenge on the hotel president who made him listen to his nagging in the sun for hours.

drop……

At this time, the countdown of the bomb in Zheng Shu's hand had come to an end, and the bombs on the entire floor sounded a clear alarm sound at the same time.

Then……

boom! ! !

The surging firelight and harsh explosions completely enveloped Zheng Shu in an instant. At the same time, corresponding explosions also occurred on the entire top floor.

The violent shock wave completely shattered the glass of the entire floor in an instant. When these extremely simple-looking bombs were detonated together, they achieved a very exquisite destructive effect due to various "exquisite" arrangements.

The explosion accurately completely collapsed the top floor, but it did not affect any pedestrians below. The glass shards and gravel that were blown away only hit the flowers and plants planted outside the hotel.

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"It looks like the effect is quite perfect." Kurami Ruka looked at the hotel that was emitting violent flames in the distance with a telescope and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he can see the corresponding picture in his future vision every time, he will still continue to return to the scene to take a look according to his own habits.

If I really want to say the reason, it is probably similar to "showing off".

Of course, with the reminder of future vision, Kurami Ruka would not foolishly return to the scene of the crime alone, but would choose to use other means to observe from a distance.

Kurami Ruka grew up watching the future of his family's collapse. As a child, he was unable to stop it, and he didn't even want to stop it.

Full of powerlessness, but also a little unrestrained.

Later, through future vision, he chose to be adopted by relatives who "will not care about him as long as he can get alimony", became their adopted son, and then went out to rent a house by himself.

It is conceivable that such relatives are naturally unlikely to find him or pay him living expenses. It can even be said that the other person is somewhat grateful that he has left the family, so that they can take all the child support with peace of mind.

In order to be able to support herself, Kurame Ruka, who was still in elementary school at the time, could only find a way to find a job that could make money.

Then due to some coincidences and the help of future vision, he inexplicably received his first commission.

He didn't know what kind of person the client was, and he didn't bother to investigate in depth. Because Kurami Ruka neither desires to show off nor has any persistence, his only reason for doing this commission is to fill his stomach.

To be honest, at that time, he didn't even know how to make a bomb. Being able to make the first bomb was entirely dependent on his future vision.

Relying on this special ability that he has acquired since his birth, Kuramimu Ruka completed the task perfectly in accordance with the commission and beautifully escaped the police's pursuit.

And as he completed the first commission, the client came over in tears shortly after and commissioned it again. Then, under the introduction of this person, other people came to commission... When he reacted, he found that he The commissions have continued continuously, and he has become a professional bomb demon, relying entirely on this industry to make a living.

However, no one knew the true identity of the bomb demon from beginning to end. He had no base, no hiding place, and no organization behind him. He only relied on a mobile phone to conduct business.

And because the purpose is only money, he will not do anything insignificant other than entrustment, so Kuramime Ruka is unintentionally more in line with the needs of modern society.

So unknowingly, the commission fees he could obtain were getting higher and higher.

Now, he only needs to complete three commissions a year, which is enough for him to live very comfortably.

"Just as the client requested, the top floor of the hotel was completely blown up, and no unrelated personnel were injured. It seems that this commission was a complete success."

As always, if you want to get the results you want (the future), just act on what you see.

Kurami Ruka was just about to put away the telescope when he suddenly realized something was wrong. In the thick black smoke, a very conspicuous figure appeared.

The other party's appearance looks very normal, and the most conspicuous thing is probably his bulging muscles that hold up his suit, and his height that looks very tall when compared with the surrounding objects.

And with such an unusually strong body, combined with the burning flames of the orangutans around him and the wreckage of the hotel floor, he looked more like a Shura who had survived a tragic battlefield.

Judging from the appearance of this man, he should have been within the scope of the explosion when it exploded, but there were no traces of burns on his body. Even the normal-looking suit outside had no damage, as if the surrounding flames It doesn't work for him.

"How...possible?!" Kurami Ruka's hand holding the telescope was trembling, and for a moment he couldn't even see the other person clearly.

He was not shocked that the other party actually survived the explosion unscathed, or it could be said that he was no longer able to think about it now.

What shocked Kurami Ruka was that he did not see this person in his future vision.

For a time, Kuramimu Ruka's heart was filled with various emotions, and these emotions also contained a little curiosity and a little expectation.

At this time, it seemed that he was aware of his sight, or turned his head unconsciously. Kuramimu Ruka clearly saw through the telescope that the person standing in the flames in the distance glanced in his direction.

Although the distance and the black smoke made it difficult for Kurami Ruka to see clearly, his inner intuition told him that the other party had indeed seen him!

So on this day, Kuramimu Ruka discovered for the first time a person whose future he had not seen, and it was also the first time that he became a bomb demon without the purpose of money.

——No matter who the other party is, his identity has been discovered by the other party, so he must carry out risk management and seal this guy's mouth.

And with the "professionalism" that he has cultivated over the years, the first thing that Kuramime Ruka thought of was naturally to try and see if he could kill that person!

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"It's really a good momentum, quite good for a child." Zheng Shu felt the murderous intention coming from the building in the distance, and his mouth opened happily.

In fact, at this distance, if he wanted to, he could rush in front of Kurami Ruka and easily subdue him.

However, Zheng Shu did not choose to do this, because he suddenly thought just now that he might be able to use this child's future vision to help him find the location of Araya Zongren.

Perhaps because he was so harsh in trying to scare off the enemy before, Araya Zonglian completely hid his figure. Even if Zheng Shu went to the test site he arranged: Ogawa Apartment, he could not find any trace of him.

After the attack on the hospital, Araya Soren did not take any action for half a year, as if he had given up on the plan for the two rituals.

But Zheng Shu knew very well that this guy would not give up the two rituals. Likewise, Zheng Shu, who had caused huge damage to his plan, was probably at the top of the list he wanted to deal with now.

Although Zheng Shu himself is not afraid of this guy, it is not a good thing to have an enemy who is eager and patient. Who knows what irrational things this guy will do in the future.

Kurami Ruka's future vision is a very good ability that can help Zheng Shu find what this guy is hiding.

Because unlike the conventional future vision, which can only passively view the future, Kuramimu Ruka's future vision can show the method of completing the result (future) according to his desires.

And such an ability is naturally unfavorable when used to find people. Araya Soren has made a lot of preparations for the direct death demon eyes of the two rituals, but when faced with a type of future vision like Kuramimu Ruka, there is probably nothing in advance. Countermeasures.

So the problem now is how to get the help of Kurami Ruka.

If it were before, Zheng Shu only needed to find his contact information, contact him as a client and pay a large amount of money.

However, the situation is different now.

Because he is born with future vision, even though he is young, Kuramime Ruka already has a very complete personality.

Because of his future vision, Kurami Ruka developed a contradictory character of being extremely free and easy yet extremely stubborn.

Zheng Shu knew that he should have been discovered by Kuramimu Ruka by now. Faced with someone like himself who could not be seen by future vision at all, the stubborn side of Kuramimu Ruka's character began to take over.

"If I entrust this child now, he will probably resist..." Zheng Shu touched his chin regretfully and thought quietly, "Unfortunately, although what he did is not appropriate from a legal perspective, in the past My moral perspective doesn’t think he is a bad person, so I had to give up some of the more drastic measures.”

Recalling the plot in the original book where the two rituals completely convinced Kurami Ruka and changed his ways, Zheng Shu had a rough idea:

"The more appropriate method...is to show enough strength to let him know that the future can be broken? Well...it's not difficult, it just takes a while, but it doesn't take much time anyway."

At this time, Zheng Shu was somewhat fortunate that Cang Mimu Liuxia was a "proactive" person. Perhaps because of his age, he acted very quickly.

If Cangmimu Ruka is as patient as an old guy like Araya Soren, then Zheng Shu will have to consider whether to capture Cangmimu Ruka now and use other methods.

"I really like the energetic action efficiency of young people. It's too annoying to compete with Lao Yin."

Feeling the smell of the distant building leaving, Zheng Shu stretched leisurely and walked down the stairs leisurely.

"It just so happens that he has been a little bored recently. It would be a good activity to have someone like this to help relieve his boredom."

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"After finally going out to relax, something like this happened. Fortunately, the payment for the goods has been credited to the account in advance, otherwise the old man would probably default on the payment based on his expression."

In the office, Aozaki Orange put his legs on the table without paying any attention to any image, holding a bankbook and looking at the numbers on it and giggling.

"I advise you not to spend too much. After all, you haven't paid Kurogiri Mikiya for several months."

Zheng Shuwo went to the chair where he usually sat, picked up a magic book from the side and started reading: "In addition, the sentence 'employees should find ways to raise their own wages' is really problematic. Taking it to court is enough to shut down your firm."

"Oh... that's what I said. Don't you think Mikiya's expression at that time was quite interesting." Aozaki Chengzi showed no remorse at all, and was even complacent. His bad character was clearly visible.

"Although I have considered your bottom line according to the lower limit of my understanding, I didn't expect that the moral concepts of you magicians are worse than I expected." Zheng Shu pinched the bridge of his nose helplessly, "Don't do it It's too much, after all, that kid had a falling out with his family just to be able to join your office, and now he's in a state of severing ties with his family."

"Okay, okay, because he has such a heart, I'd better use this money to make up for all the salary I owed him before." A certain magician finally discovered the last thing in his heart. A little conscience.

"Really? That's great! I feel like I'm going to cry."

A voice came from the door of the office, and Kurogane also opened the second floor door of the office with two ceremony and walked in.

He ran to Aozaki Orange at a speed that was almost crazy, reached out to take the bankbook in her hand, and spoke as fast as a machine gun without stopping: "Thank you very much, boss, for finally having a moment to make sense. Then I will go and pay my salary immediately." Please rest assured that I will complete all the paperwork for the transfer today!”

Aozaki Orange looked at the bankbook that was getting farther and farther away from her, and felt her heart throbbing. So in order to prevent herself from dying of heartache, she could only find other topics to divert her attention.

"What happened to the information I asked you to investigate? Which bastard interrupted my party?!"

"Hey, are you sure that's your party? Isn't that a party held in someone else's hotel?" Zheng Shu complained at the side.

"I heard that you were detained by the police station?! Is Zheng Shu okay?" At this time, the door of the office was suddenly opened, and Fujino Asagami appeared in front of everyone with a panicked look on his face.

After seeing Zheng Shu still sitting on the chair as usual, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, I just asked us a few questions and will be back after a few hours." Zheng Shu waved his hand to her

"Oh, I came just in time, everyone is here." Aozaki Orange clapped his hands and looked at Kurogiri Mikiya, "Tell me about the information you investigated."

"Okay." Kui Tongqian also held his eyes and nodded calmly.

Only at this time can we see what is unusual about this young man.

"Because time is tight, I can't collect much information." Kurogane also came up to express self-blame, but several people present were used to his self-effacement, and their eyes did not change at all.

"Based on the information I learned from the police, I heard that criminal notices of crimes were left at the scene a few days ago. From the time of the explosion, the scale of the explosion, to the number of injured people and the circumstances of the injuries, the records are completely consistent with the incident.

Although the police thought it was a crime notice, based on what I saw, it didn’t seem like it. The content recorded on the piece of paper was very concise. It was more of a report than a notice displayed to highlight oneself. "

"Report? So the prisoner doesn't have any grudge against the hotel or the owner there, nor does he want to cause a commotion as a righteous thief, but just wants to complete a job?" Aozaki Orange looked very curious.

"Yes, that seems to be the case based on what I have investigated. Of course, the person who requested the commission from Bomb Demon may have similar thoughts. After all, the market competition is equally fierce no matter what industry it is in. It would be unavoidable to directly attack the opponent. It’s too impatient, but harassing the other party like this might be quite effective.”

"Can an explosion of this level be called 'harassment'?" Asakami Fujino was a little curious. As a good girl, she couldn't understand such thinking.

"Although the method was quite violent, in terms of the result, he didn't hurt anyone, and he only blew up the top floor, and even the main structure of the hotel was not affected in any way. Calculated, it's probably the same as A small fire breaking out on the top floor of the hotel has the same effect. From this point of view, it can really only be regarded as 'harassment'." Kuroyuki explained carefully.

Zheng Shu and Aang Qi Chengzi looked at each other. Although they did not speak, both sides understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

"Are you sure this guy really doesn't have any special abilities? Or maybe he has a special origin or something."

"Of course, are you looking down on my magic level? I carefully checked him on the first day he joined the job. This guy is just an ordinary person."

"No, are you sure ordinary people really have this level of intelligence search capabilities? It probably took less than three hours from the time we encountered the explosion to the time we returned here. This guy has collected almost all the intelligence that can be collected. Well… even if it’s magic, it’s nothing more than that.”

"You're overthinking it. Ordinary magicians don't have this level of intelligence gathering capabilities."

The two looked at each other for a fleeting moment, but they transmitted a huge amount of information to each other.

And Kurogane continued to explain the information he collected:

"Similar situations have happened in other cities before, with explosion warnings time and time again, and they were presented truthfully again and again.

The other party can easily escape the police search every time. This ability to break through the encirclement network has even exceeded the limit of what one person can do. There is no reason to explain why he can get rid of the police organization.

Anyway, it can no longer be explained by common sense understanding. The only explanation now is that it goes against common sense. "

Kuroyukihime also turned to look at Aozaki Orange, and everyone else in the room also looked at her. As the crown magician with the highest level of magic in the room, she is the best one to explain such unreasonable things.

"Taken together, this guy should have the ability to predict what will happen in the future, which is what magicians call 'future vision.'" A certain magician who enjoys cognitive privileges The teacher said unhappily.

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Aozaki Orange was still explaining the information about future vision to Mikiya Kurogiri and the others, but Zheng Shu suddenly felt that eyes were focused on him.

He took his eyes back from the book and turned his head to look in the direction of his eyes, only to find that the two rituals were staring at him, with bright red and blue light emerging from their eyes.

"Did you run away again?" Zheng Shu acted very calmly.

Awakened by his voice, Liang Rixi suddenly came back to his senses, tried hard to control, and his eyes returned to their normal color.

She did not answer Zheng Shu's question, but turned her head and looked to the other side as if she was angry.

When Asakami Fujino saw this scene, he quietly moved closer to Zheng Shu. Although he knew that the girl in front of him had someone he liked, he was still wary of the way he looked at Zheng Shu from time to time.

Kurogiri Mikiya and the others also discovered this situation. Aozaki Orange picked up a cigarette from his clothes and held it in his mouth. He shook his head helplessly: "You have made rapid progress in controlling the magic eye, but you still have to exercise restraint." It’s better to let go of the fear in your heart. After all, there may be only one special case like this guy in the world. If you want to find a sense of security, it’s better to control it with your own will.”

Kuroyukihime also walked to the side of the two rituals with some worry, but he was also helpless in the face of such a situation.

In fact, this kind of thing happened often from the first time Liang Li saw Zheng Shu.

After obtaining the Magic Eye of Direct Death, because the method of obtaining it was not correct, it was difficult to control the Magic Eye of the two rituals, and I would often see the death of objects.

Yes, it's not just a dead line but death, that is, what the object will eventually look like if she cuts to the dead line.

Therefore, for the two rituals, once the magic eye went out of control, the surrounding scenes she could see were in ruins, and such horrific scenes would be seen from time to time in the months after she was discharged from the hospital.

At this moment, she saw an exception like Zheng Shu.

No matter how violent the Demonic Eye of Death becomes, Zheng Shu's eyes in the two rituals remain as stable as ever.

At the beginning, the two rituals couldn't even believe that their eyes could not see each other's dead line, so they deliberately improved the ability of the magic eyes to observe.

However, the final result was that her eyes were almost blinded, but she did not see any trace of a dead line on Zheng Shu.

Because of this, every time the magic eye went berserk, the two rituals would unconsciously look at Zheng Shu to stabilize their spirits.

Zheng Shu was quite indifferent to this. He also knew what was going on with him. Anyway, it was just being looked at twice, so there would be no loss.

But the only drawback is that every time after watching the two rituals, Asagami Fujino seemed to be stimulated by something, and she had to stare at him for a long time before it ended.

"But looking on the bright side, you have been looking at me less and less recently, which shows that your ability to control the magic eye is rapidly increasing. Maybe it won't be long before you can decide the magic eye at will according to your own will. It's on and off." Zheng Shu commented casually, and then immersed his attention in the book again.

"That's right... Zheng Shu helped stop my demon eye from going berserk before." Asagami Fujino smiled gently.

But for some reason, her gentle expression made the remaining people present feel a chill.

"Ahem, I suddenly thought that I still have some things to deal with with the hotel president, so I'm leaving first." Aozaki Orange coughed and honestly put his legs back on the table. .

"Ah, yes! I'm going to transfer my salary too. Come on, Shi, I'll treat you to some ice cream." Kuroyukihime laughed dryly, and left the office with the two men in tow.

For a time, only Zheng Shu and Asakami Fujino were left in the office.

(PS: The update is complete. The 8,800-word chapter is considered four chapters by others. I’m too lazy to divide it into chapters.)