Academic genius: Arcane Invasion of America

"Fine, I can't do anything with you." Kayla put the documents she was looking at into the drawer and locked it. She then took the exercise book and flipped through it, saying, "Your father is an actuary, and I also think being an actuary is more suitable for you than being a doctor. Hmm... let me see how you do on this problem."

At first, Kayla didn't take Nicole's homework too seriously.

She knew that Nicole's math skills had a lot of room for improvement.

Nicole's mathematical talent is unlikely to lead her to become a mathematician or scholar, but Kayla thinks she could potentially become an actuary with some effort.

The earlier exercises were fine, but when Kayla saw the last question, she was quite surprised.

After just one glance, Kayla looked up and asked, "Nicole, honestly, did you write this last, big question?"

Nicole pouted. "Teacher, you know my handwriting best. This is what I wrote, isn't it?"

Kayla snorted and said without any mercy, "You're smart, and you learn math quickly on your own, but I know your limitations. You can't solve this problem. And..."

Kayla glanced at the answer area again, seemingly unintentionally.

The person who provided Ni with these ideas must have an exceptionally high level of mathematical talent.

As a professor in the mathematics department at the University of Chicago, Kayla has seen many mathematical geniuses.

Many junior and senior students could probably answer this question as well.

But Nicole's workbook has a different solution method.

She used Gaussian elimination with unparalleled skill, and more importantly, she even extended the problem in the end.

The Westein factorization and Schul complement theory in matrix theory are simply strokes of genius.

Each proof was so clear and complete.

Kayla even felt that if she continued her research along this line of thought, she could eventually produce a complete doctoral dissertation.

No, putting aside the difficulty of advanced algebra itself, even if Kayla's own doctoral students were to study this last problem, they might not necessarily do better than Nicole and the person behind her.

Thinking of this, Kayla asked gently, "So Nicole, who exactly is this person?"

Nicole smiled and sighed, "I know I can't hide it from you, teacher. Actually, you've met this person before."

"Have you seen him before?"

"His name is Li Ang, he's new to our clinic..."

Kayla was slightly moved. "Nicole, you're kidding. You told me before that Leon never went to school, didn't you? He could help you dispose of corpses, but now you're telling me he taught himself math to this level purely on his own?"

Kayla's intuition told her that the person who helped Nicole answer the questions was Leon.

But she still couldn't accept it.

Especially considering her educational abilities, this is truly a joke.

Many of the university students she indirectly or directly mentored at the University of Chicago couldn't achieve this level of education. How can someone who hasn't received formal education and relies entirely on self-study achieve this?

What kind of talent is this?!

"Teacher, I know you may not believe it, and I didn't believe it either before I met Li Ang. But his abilities are undeniable. To be honest, I think he's wasting his life helping out at the Danube clinic."

Nicole came to see Kayla today to help clear obstacles for Li Ang. She told Kayla almost everything she knew about Li Ang without holding back.

This made Kayla, who never showed her emotions, somewhat uneasy. "Leon is from France... his family has fallen on hard times... that can't be right, can it? He has such amazing learning talent, how come it wasn't discovered before?"

Nicole: "Even if he showed extraordinary talent in France when he was young, so what if he didn't have money? Teacher, you know that going to high school and college costs a lot of money."

Kayla nodded. "It seems that Li Ang really is a genius. How about this, I'll go to the clinic tomorrow to meet Li Ang. If there's enough time, I'll test him in person. We'll talk about the rest later."

Hearing this, Nicole felt she had successfully completed her task and unconsciously smiled, revealing two dimples. "Teacher, I forgot to tell you, Li Ang has taken a day off tomorrow."

"That's easy, just go to his house and find out where he lives."

"have no idea."

"You've already brought him to your home, and you don't even know where he lives?" Kayla looked at her with exasperation.

"Could the teacher ask the police station to help investigate?" Nicole pouted and suggested.

"Forget it, that doesn't give people a good impression. I'll go to the Danube Clinic myself on Wednesday morning to see Li Ang. You can help arrange it."

"Yes, teacher."

……

Maple Leaf Town.

Li Ang has been in Ioria for a whole day now.

Today is the day he and the wizard Ryan have agreed to meet.

While eating the hard-to-swallow dark bread, Li Ang planned out his schedule for the day.

Li Ang did not rush to take the short sword "seized" from the witch hunter team.

Selling this to Martin in America might be a good idea, but his most important task right now is to make contact with Ryan; carrying it around would be too conspicuous.

Leon tried his best to search for information in Leon Aldrin's memories, hoping to learn more about this world.

"It's a pity I don't know transformation magic, otherwise it would be simpler."

"We must proceed with extreme caution today, and absolutely avoid attracting the attention of the Vatican or the witch hunts."

"Something's wrong, go back immediately."

Li Ang washed his face with water from the jug, took a deep breath, and walked out of the room.

Maple Leaf Town isn't very big; it only has one main street.

In addition to people of different races from various countries, the streets also have taverns, blacksmith shops, pharmacies, general stores, and other places.

Finding neither priests nor witch hunters, Li Ang walked around the town before finally entering the Storm Tavern in the town center.

The tavern was dark, but fortunately it was already past ten in the morning, and the light coming in made it not too dark.

Li Ang pulled down his hat brim, glanced around, and found that this tavern was doing much better business than the one in Shafan Town.

Besides all sorts of foreigners, there are also bards playing music or bounty hunters waiting to complete their missions.

The entire tavern was very lively.

Li Ang felt a little relieved. In this environment, and given that he could leave at any time, his safety was still guaranteed.

Li Ang walked through the crowd and arrived at the bar.

"Hey buddy, wanna have a drink?" The bearded boss took a sip of beer and greeted him with a smile.

Li Ang nodded. "How's the north wind?"

The bearded man glanced at Li Ang and said in surprise, "Brother, you know your stuff. North Wind is the strongest liquor in the shop. Anyone who can't hold their liquor will pass out after just one cup."

"Then I'll have this one, and please add a slice of lemon, no ice."

"Alright, three copper coins."

Li Ang placed the copper coins on the bar counter.

The bearded man happily accepted it and bent down to get to work.

At this moment, a young man dressed in leather armor and looking like a mercenary approached and said with a smile, "The north wind is too strong, isn't it, brother? I think Silver Leaf Wine is better. I recommend you try it."

The bearded man chuckled and said with a laugh, "Thomas, are you trying to sabotage me? A cup of Silver Leaf only costs two copper coins. How am I supposed to make money if you let people order this?"