Siegfried froze for a moment, then smacked his forehead. He had completely forgotten.
With Kiana as she was now, she would not notice even if he quietly showed up nearby.
The Herrscher of the Void had not awakened either, so there was absolutely no problem.
Most importantly!
He needed to see what kind of person that little brat trying to steal his daughter away was!!
"Huh? Welt? What happened to your face?"
It was only now, because of the lighting, that Siegfried noticed Welt's face was still red and swollen.
There was even a shoeprint on the chest of his clothes.
What had happened to the Schicksal Alliance Leader?
Had he been beaten up?
Welt's expression became somewhat awkward. "Ahem, how should I put it? There was a little accident."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Lin Nai did it."
"???"
Siegfried was dumbfounded. The guy stealing his precious daughter had done it?
No, was that kid really that bold?
He even dared to hit the Schicksal Alliance Leader?
Welt proceeded to explain what had happened during the test.
After learning about Lin Nai's combat ability, Siegfried went blank for a moment.
Only several seconds later did he ask Welt, "You're really not joking with me, are you?"
Welt spread his hands.
Siegfried silently sat down. One beam of light had wiped out ten Anti-Entropy mechs.
And Lin Nai apparently possessed the same power as the Herrscher of Reason.
That final flaming spinning kick had even shattered Welt's shield, which could withstand an attack from a Herrscher.
Seriously.
If Welt had not said it with such a serious expression, Siegfried would have thought he was joking.
A shield that could withstand a Herrscher's attack had been shattered by a single kick!
In terms of combat strength, that kid might...
"Forgive me for asking, but is he really just a child? He isn't actually some ancient monster, is he? Like Theresa, someone who looks small but is actually very old?"
"If Theresa were here, she would probably show you how Judah is used."
The corner of Welt's mouth twitched as he complained.
Then he said, "Dr. Einstein and Dr. Tesla gave him a physical examination."
"Lin Nai is indeed only in his teens."
"Bone age?"
"More or less."
"Then what would Theresa's bone age be?"
"Why don't you ask her someday?"
Siegfried fell silent again. Never mind what would happen if he appeared before Theresa.
If he actually dared to ask...
Theresa would probably tie him up with Judah, beat him up, then toss him into Schicksal Headquarters.
"So, are you going to Anti-Entropy to see Kiana?"
"I'm going. I've been stifled here long enough! I need to get out and breathe some fresh air. I'm suffocating!"
And so, under Welt's lead, Siegfried saw daylight again...
Hmm?
Was there something wrong with that?
Well, it did not matter. He really was seeing daylight again.
Lin Nai's Unchanged Thieving Heart
"Aaaaaaah..."
"Are you calling ghosts or something?! You're so damn loud!"
Red-haired Tesla slammed a hand onto the desk in front of Lin Nai.
Lin Nai looked up at Tesla, then continued crying out quietly.
A vein immediately bulged on Tesla's forehead.
This brat!
He was not taking her seriously at all!
Hmph! She would show him the mighty heavenly dragon!
With that thought, Tesla was about to do something.
But Einstein beat her to it, stuffing a peeled apple into Lin Nai's mouth.
Lin Nai: "Mmph mmph mmph!"
"Lin Nai, be good and do your problems properly." Einstein set the fruit knife aside.
Lin Nai looked distressed at those words. Still biting the apple, he slumped onto the desk.
Studying was really completely impossible for him.
The two of them did not even start with the basics. After asking whether he knew arithmetic, they had thrown a huge pile of physics books at him.
Was that not like teaching someone WASD, sprinting, and attacking in a game, then making them fight the boss?
Ah...
Lin Nai felt as if everything before his eyes had gone dark. Maybe his death was near.
It had been nearly a week since the last test.
During that time, Einstein and Tesla had originally planned for the three of them to teach together.
But after two days of teaching.
Kiana was simply too lacking in talent. She was a theoretical idiot one might not see once in a century.
When it came to combat, that girl picked things up quickly.
But studying...
Put it this way: no matter whether it was math, physics, or chemistry, Kiana could reliably fall asleep in every class.
Lin Nai could too, actually.
But Einstein would knock him awake whenever he fell asleep. Lin Nai had once voiced his strong dissatisfaction with that.
Though it had been useless.
History?
Did they look like the sort of people who would go digging through ruins?
Not to mention that Einstein and Tesla specialized in this area.
Forced by Kiana's problem, Einstein and Tesla simply handed the teaching task over to Bronya.
Do not underestimate Duck Duck.
That so-called children's concentration camp even provided education. All that could be said was that the threshold for becoming an assassin was not low either.
Bronya was very smart too.
Put it this way: if there were a pop quiz, Bronya would take first place every time.
As for Lin Nai?
At any rate, he would not come in last, since there was still a bookworm beneath him.
"Sigh, but I really know absolutely nothing about studying." Lin Nai took the apple out of his mouth, looking listless.
Besides, his original intention had been to give the Herrscher of Reason Core to Bronya.
But Bronya had gone to teach Kiana.
That slowed down the learning progress.
And what was most important?
He really did not want to study!
Learning this stuff was simply too painful!
"Be good."
Einstein spoke in a calm tone, continuously rubbing Lin Nai's head.
Lin Nai rolled his eyes at Einstein. You made that bird's nest hair on purpose, didn't you?
"Let me off, please. I'm really not cut out for studying... Why don't you just let me see how mechs are built instead?"
That was what Lin Nai said. Since the Herrscher of Reason's Authority could construct things as long as he understood them.
Once he completely understood the "explanation" of something, he could recreate it with his own power.
Then if he watched how a Titan was built once, would he be able to construct one too?
Lin Nai had brought this up before.
But Einstein and Tesla had jointly rejected it.
Even though Lin Nai felt that would be the fastest route.
"Lin Nai, haven't we told you many times? Using the available funding to build outdated mechs would be a complete waste!"
Tesla looked stern. "Funding should be used to develop and research new mech models!"
Lin Nai raised a brow. "Yet the outdated mechs you keep talking about are still continuously being added to Anti-Entropy."
Tesla rolled her eyes. "Those things aren't built with research funding, and they aren't made by Anti-Entropy Headquarters either."
"They aren't?"
"No. Some mechs are built by other operatives. For example, ME Corp. has been tasked with producing mechs."
Einstein explained.
After all, ME Corp. was extremely wealthy, so most of the mechs were supplied by them.
Understanding dawned on Lin Nai's face, and he then asked, "So when will you build new mechs? Otherwise, how about letting me take apart Lobster Doctor's mech?"
"In your dreams, brat!" Tesla flew into a rage!
You were still thinking about taking apart my mech?
You really had not given up, you little thief!
"Since Lin Nai wants to take one apart, Dr. Tesla, just indulge him a little."
"Absolutely not! Bird's Nest Head, you don't feel bad because it isn't your mech being dismantled, right?!"
"Yep."
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