The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 451 - 253: Tai Gong Opens His Eyes!
Chapter 451: Chapter 253: Tai Gong Opens His Eyes!In the quiet living room, Jiang Shu calmly gazed at the pitch-black TV screen, while his heart was tumultuous.

Gary knew he possessed the ”Calm” entry.

Gary had contracted Cyber Syndrome from assembling prosthetics.

And the ”Calm” entry could immunize against Cyber Syndrome.

So when he chose to enter Thirteen District to attempt stopping Black Kler, he would face a big trouble.

Gary.

He had seen the madness of those with cybernetic psychosis, where the continuous torment of mechanical limbs on the brain could make a person brutally murderous, unable to maintain their nature.

He wouldn’t be surprised by anything Gary might do in that state.

Even though he was previously a highly principled police officer, coercing and forcefully seizing the ”Calm” entry after contracting cybernetic psychosis was a normal occurrence.

Under those circumstances, Jiang Shu didn’t know how to face Gary, because to a certain extent, Gary’s condition was his doing.

He naturally knew Fox wouldn’t let the mechanical disciples harm him, but Gary didn’t know that, hence Gary suddenly appeared at that spot to block a knife for him.

From this point of view, Jiang Shu genuinely admired Gary and if given the choice, he would be willing to hand the ”Calm” entry over to Gary.

At least so far, he didn’t feel that losing ”Calm” would really make him unsteady, especially since his way of obtaining entries was completely different from other people.

He had always been ”proving” to the Main Brain that he possessed various abilities, and then obtained entries.

So he felt he might be immune to their influence.

But that was just a guess.

Of course, if he truly lost ”Calm,” the magic performances in the future would just go from mysteriously magical to shockingly clownlike, overall, not a big change.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t help Gary in this way.

High-level entry removal devices only reduced side effects on the subject, like minimizing the chance of vegetative state, but still couldn’t freely choose which entry to remove.

What could be removed was only the golden Deception, not the purple Calm.

So the only remaining option was purchasing it on the black market, but that route...

Was nearly impossible.

Although ”Calm” was just a purple entry, it could immunize against the effects of Cyber Syndrome, and its value was indescribable.

So, this was the backup plan arranged by Black Kler when idle, to hold back Jiang Shu who might appear in Thirteen District to stop him.

”But Gary didn’t come to see me,” Jiang Shu said with a somber face, ”After the war in Thirteen District, Thirteen District had opened its external routes, but he hasn’t come to Seventh District.”

This was another point that puzzled him; given the significance of the ”Calm” entry for Gary, why hadn’t Gary sought him out?

”Who knows? Why don’t you go find him yourself and ask?” Red Clo shrugged, answering nonchalantly, ”But be careful, this guy has been driven slightly mad by Cyber Syndrome, he might lash out at you at any moment.”

”You don’t need to worry about that. I’ll handle this properly,” Jiang Shu didn’t say much further, but reserved a trip to Thirteen District in his schedule anyway.

After all, part of Gary’s misfortune was due to him.

”Of course, any other questions? Mr. Jiang.” mimicking Black Kler’s tone, Red Clo spoke to Jiang Shu; this demeanor made Jiang Shu suddenly feel like that person had come back.

He was involuntarily startled.

Jiang Shu continued undisturbed, ”How has Tang been recently?”

”Not so good, just like that,” Red Clo took no time pondering, ”He just sits there daydreaming, doing nothing, now he’s too lazy to even stop me from teasing little Elsa.”

Then he added, ”But it might also be because we three are now made of high-pressure insulating paper, violence can’t solve me, only when I get bored will I stop.”

”But I always feel I’m never bored,” Red Clo grinned mischievously, making Jiang Shu feel a bit of pity for Tang.

Having such a thing around, making noise and causing trouble, was truly tormenting.

”Hmm.” After receiving the reply, Jiang Shu too lay on his own sofa, casually folding a paper man to escort Red Clo back to the paper house.

Somehow, Red Clo was completely unresistant to his life as a paperman.

Or perhaps, he had hidden his true intentions too well.

Forget it, just make a trip to Thirteen District tomorrow.

Jiang Shu closed his eyes, but suddenly, he opened them again.

It seemed he couldn’t believe what was happening to his body; he tried again.

”Whoosh,” a large flame ignited on his body, gradually engulfing him.

Or rather, assimilating him.

Jiang Shu transformed into a flaming figure, the kind often seen in movies and TV series.

”This isn’t right,” he extinguished the flames on his body, and after using a highly mentally taxing Derivative Entry, he felt no trace of fatigue.

Such an ability was completely unusable by the him of the past, only the Tablet Spirits could use it, but now, he felt his mental power reserves had increased more than threefold since before he went to Fifth District.