As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 194 Slap in the face
For the general public, magic is a superpower, a projection of fantasy into the real world, and a feeling that has never been experienced outside of ordinary life.

This is true for individuals, but not for the whole.

In the eyes of various governments, magic is a technological system independent of Blue Star technology and is a crucial ticket to the next generation of technological revolution.

The more in-depth a country's research on magic is, the more thorough its understanding of this point is.

Although Neon has not used the magic brain, he has a full understanding of its importance.

In particular, we can see some clues from the fact that America and China have been vigorously expanding the teams of researchers within their systems.

Neon and the Kangaroo Country gave the first magic coin to England. Even though England paid a certain price, Neon still believed that it had lost money.

After Merlin appeared in public, Neon felt that he had suffered a great loss.

Now, after learning that England is still concealing information, Japan's decision-makers are furious.

Just because Japan’s ambitions have been largely emasculated doesn’t mean they have disappeared completely.

Neon spent a lot of money to buy the delayed information that they should have known from China and the European Union.

Compared with other countries, their progress is more than a year behind.

Neon chose to resell the news to Kangaroo Country.

The Kangaroo Country has historical roots with England, but so much time has passed that it has long become an independent country, but it still recognizes the Queen of England as its nominal supreme leader.

The Kangaroo Country was equally angry when it found out, and the two sides reached an agreement that one of them would use the magic coin in their custody first.

The next magic coin is obtained by the other party.

In order to have strong effectiveness, the magic coin is jointly kept by both parties, and the wallet address is divided into two halves, with each party holding half.

Then scholars who use magic coins need to be under the control of the other country.

For example, if Neon chooses to let Shinichi Mochizuki use the Magic Brain, then Shinichi Mochizuki will use the Magic Brain under the control of the Kangaroo Country.

They now recalled that when they used the first magic brain, they failed to control Wiles.

I regret it so much now.

The Kangaroo Kingdom has no worries at all that Shinichi Mochizuki will be able to escape from its jurisdiction after mastering magic.

Because the alliance between England, Kangaroo Country and Neon launched a detailed investigation into Wiles.

There is a difference between wizards and mages, and the abilities that Wiles possesses and the abilities that Merlin has demonstrated are vastly different.

They joked among themselves: This is simply the difference between a wizard's apprentice and Dumbledore.

Many of the tripartite cooperation projects are located in Japan and the Kangaroo Country.

These projects are already completely expelling scientific researchers from England.

"I'm very sorry, you have to return home now and wait for arrangements."

“Is the project temporarily shelved?”

"The project will not be shelved. Only your scientists need to return home temporarily. It should be that there is a conflict among the top decision-makers that has not been resolved."

The Japanese official in charge of handling the matter revealed some of the information that could be revealed.

The news that Japan and Kangaroo Country recalled their ambassadors, and that Japan was repeatedly scolded in person by the English ambassador, has been publicly reported several times.

The Japanese officials revealed the news that the expelled scientists would know sooner or later.

The trilateral cooperation projects include but are not limited to: ILC (Linear Quantum Collider), neutrino detectors, a new generation of space telescopes, etc.

These projects are not located in England, and now the scientific researchers sent by England to work there are being expelled in large numbers.

The Kangaroo Country even publicly announced that it would no longer recognize itself as a Commonwealth country.

Public opinion in England was in an uproar, but the only information that Japan and the Kangaroo Country disclosed to the media was that England had deceived them.

The specific reasons will not be disclosed in the media.

Most of the English media have extremely wide sources of information, and some of them have American influence behind them.

For a time, the gossip was rampant.

"According to a senior member of England, England, Japan and Kangaroo Country formed a joint research team, but England concealed important research results from the other two countries."

The Times report is closer to the truth, but it is still very vague.

"The English wizarding world has won the war against the Neon and Kangaroo wizarding worlds. The Neon and Kangaroo wizarding worlds are trying to continue this war in the secular world."

This is pure fabrication made up by the tabloids to attract attention, and the editor added a sentence at the end: "According to an insider."

If you actually ask them who the insider is, they will say it's a secret and they can't tell you.

This is how most fake news is created.

The fictitious insiders and fictitious news, combined with the fact that they met the needs of the general public, were widely circulated for a time.

The following news was discussed much more enthusiastically by the people of England than the previous one.

"Big victory for England's wizarding world" even topped Twitter's trending list.

"So there really is a wizarding world? England's wizarding world is indeed in line with our strong traditions."

"Can you urgently use magic to train the England team that will be participating in the Europa League this year? These damn guys have never won the Europa League yet."

The Europa Cup is held every four years and has been held 16 times in total. England's best result was runner-up in 2020, and it has never won the championship.

Among the three countries of England, Germany and France, only England has never won the Europa Cup, while the other two countries have won it more than once.

“The English wizarding community has done a great job. I just want to ask when Hogwarts or whatever the magic school is called will open for enrollment?

In the 21st century, magic admissions are still treated like secret societies, and this is an outdated custom that must be eliminated."

"Can you show me the video footage of the great war between the wizarding world and the wizarding world? I'll pay any price!"

"I want to ask what role Merlin played in this war."

This has caused heated discussion among the people in England, and everyone believes or hopes in their hearts that this is true.

What kind of news can be widely spread? The more information a news contains, the more popular it will be and the more widely it will be spread.

Shannon's information theory tells us that the smaller the probability of an event occurring, the greater the amount of information it contains.

For example, "Mr. Wu attended Paris Fashion Week" contains too little information, and no one except his fans would pay attention to it.

And the phrase "Mr. Wu was arrested on suspicion of committing a crime" is a huge amount of information.

What did Wu do, the time, cause, result, motive, victim, how was he discovered, a series of information is hidden under the surface, and the amount of information in just a dozen words is incomparably huge.

The latter will undoubtedly attract people's attention and discussion.

The English are also human beings, and are no different from the Chinese. They also prefer news that contains a lot of information.

Although the content reported by the Times is more credible, it is not as hot as the tabloids.

The news about the battle between the English wizarding world and the Neon and Kangaroo wizarding worlds went viral, and two days later the whole world was eating up the news.

So much so that the little golden retriever personally tweeted, saying that this statement was nonsense.

"The differences between us and Neon and Kangaroo Country are real, but we have been communicating in a friendly manner and trying to resolve these differences. As for the war in the wizarding world, I don't know where you got this news from. Anyway, I have never heard of it."

Tell him to stop hiding the existence of the magical world. Merlin has already shown up, and you yourself have publicly acknowledged that there are wizards in England. Why are you still being stubborn?
The English people in the comments all questioned the authenticity of what he said, even to the point of being dishonest.

Afterwards, Japan and the Kangaroo Country recalled their ambassadors from England, which pushed public distrust to a climax.

Just because of a disagreement, will these two countries choose to recall their ambassadors?

In the past two years, we often saw in domestic news that England had reached some kind of cooperation with Japan and the Kangaroo Country, and the leaders of the three countries frequently visited each other.

You must know that in modern society, recalling an ambassador is undoubtedly a sign of bad relations between two countries and a trend towards hostility.

If it was just a disagreement, how could there be such a big turn?

As a result, the poll ratings and trust in this government in England have dropped significantly.

"We are not in a position to reveal the specific reason to the outside world, but it is definitely not due to the war in the wizarding world. As far as I know, there are no wizards in Neon and Kangaroo Country."

The golden retriever later tweeted again.

"Hello, Professor Mochizuki, welcome to NHK TV's exclusive interview program!"

NHK TV anchor Sakurai Sho, dressed in a black suit, said welcome but his face looked very serious.

It's rare for Sakurai Sho, who is an actor, singer and anchor, to be so serious.

After all, the most important thing for Japanese artists is affinity.

Mochizuki Shinichi's face showed no emotion. He said calmly, "Hello, host."

Sakurai Sho looked straight ahead and introduced:

"Sitting next to me is Shinichi Mochizuki, a mathematics professor at Kyoto University. He has made outstanding contributions in the field of tele-Abelian geometry and proved the famous ABC conjecture twelve years ago."

"At the same time, he has another identity, that is a magician!"

"I am also very honored to be able to interview a magician in person."

Sakura Shinsho's father is the director of the International Strategy Bureau of Neon Intelligence and Communications. He graduated from the Law Department of the University of Tokyo and was previously the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

If he wasn't Sakurai Sho's father, he would never have had this opportunity.

The Japanese government sent Sho Sakurai and the NHK TV staff to fly to Kangaroo Country and find a venue in the Kangaroo Country's research institute to do this interview program.

As for why Neon chose to push forward Shinichi Mochizuki, it was because they needed to gain more benefits in the negotiations with England.

The Europa League obviously will not accept England, and England does not dare to cooperate with America.

Cooperate with America and wait for your research results to be fully utilized.

If England still wants to occupy a place in the future industrial chain, it must choose a partner.

Neon is the best option available to England.

As for China, England wants to play with China, but China says that there is no problem, but there are no substantive cooperation projects. This is a typical case of lip service.

The two sides were negotiating, and Mochizuki Shinichi's appearance was both a slap in the face and a reveal of the trump card.

Mochizuki Shinichi nodded and said, "Yes."

Sakurai Sho continued: "Professor Mochizuki, compared to your widely known identity as a mathematician, this is the first time I know of your identity as a magician."

"I would like to ask you, how did you become a magician? I believe this is also the question that the majority of people in front of the TV want to know most."

Mochizuki Shinichi: "I'm sure everyone is familiar with Merlin and the content he posted on magic.com."

"I am mainly the leader of the Neon team for the mathematical part of the cosmic coordinate system calculations."

"After we mined the magic coin, Neon allocated it to me, so I gained the ability to use magic."

Sakurai Sho's face was full of admiration: "Wow! That's amazing!"

"I can't even understand how to calculate the cosmic coordinates of a planet, let alone the Heber algorithm."

"As expected of Professor Mochizuki."

"Then I want to ask if this is the only way to obtain magic? Are there any magic schools in Japan or other countries?"

Mochizuki Shinichi: "At least based on our current understanding, magic coins are the only way to obtain magic."

"Magic academies only exist in literature and film and television works. Not only in Japan, but also in other countries, there are no such organizations as magic academies."

"There may be more ways to get magic in the future."

Sakurai Sho: "I would also like to ask Professor Mochizuki, what does it feel like to have superpowers?"

Mochizuki Shinichi waved his hand, and saw the cup placed one meter away from him moved into his hand.

"It's a feeling that's hard to describe. You feel completely different from who you were before."

"It's as if there was a layer of film in front of your eyes, and you see the world through the refraction of this film."

"After you gain magic, the membrane is broken, and the real world is no longer an obstacle to your eyes."

“It is the evolution and rebirth of life.”

Mochizuki Shinichi's casual display made Sakurai Sho envious.

As an actor, he expressed the emotion of envy vividly.

In his heart, he was indeed envious: "Wow! Professor Mochizuki, was that the traditional DND mage's hand?"

"It's really cool. After listening to Professor Mochizuki's explanation just now, I have a new yearning for magic."

“Magic is not only a superpower, but also represents a new understanding of the world.”

Mochizuki Shin nodded and said, "That's right."

Sakurai Sho had more respect for Mochizuki Shinichi in his heart, and he continued to ask:

"Professor, I would like to ask you, after becoming a magician, do you feel that you are no longer the same species as ordinary people?"

"In movies and TV shows, it's often described that some people think they are a more advanced species after they have superpowers."

Mochizuki Shinichi shook his head and said, "No, magician is just a profession."

"Just like I graduated with a PhD from Princeton at the age of 23. A PhD only broadened my horizons, but it doesn't mean I am not an ordinary person."

Shinichi Mochizuki's supervisor during his doctoral studies was Faltings, who was also a great man.

"Magician is just a profession. It expands the boundaries of my understanding of the world."

“It doesn’t mean I’m anything less than a normal person.”

After NHK broadcast an exclusive interview with Mochizuki Shinichi, a large number of Japanese people questioned Jinmao's tweets about why he spoke nonsense without knowing why.

Just as he said that there are no magicians in Japan, the official Japanese TV station came out to film an interview program to refute his statement.

Sorry for the late update, I will update it around 12 o'clock in the evening. I had something urgent to do last night.

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