4-12: Quick Extract (2/3)

4-12: Quick Extract (2/3)

Huh?

What?

Hey.

Huh?

The students suddenly recovered his sanity after being flicked on the forehead and became confused when he realized what kind of situation he was in.

Normally, someone would follow up here and explain things to him, but everyone was equally shocked.

In a sense this was a lot more shocking than when he beat up Frire while she was wearing an exoskeleton.

N-Nakamura, what did you do!? Frire said.

Finger flick, Shinichi replied.

We can tell that much, thank you! Aristel said.

I smashed the skill with a lot of unprocessed photon too, Shinichi said.

Thats how you canceled the skill!? Thats way too reckless!! Werner said.

It worked, didnt it? Shinichi said.

Thats just looking at the results! In the first place, Ive never even heard of a method like that! Myuhi said.New novel chapters are published on

Shinichi couldnt understand why everyone was making such a huge fuss about this.

But from their perspective, what Shinichi had done was too crazy.

Skills either wore off on their own after some time or were canceled via a method learned through information analysis. Other than those two methods, there were also anti-skill techniques that dispelled the abnormal state of objects or the physical strengthening of an enemy.

But then Shinichi suddenly introduced a fourth method of canceling skills.

It was only natural that they would be shocked, but Shinichi had his reasons too.

Huh, really? Unprocessed photons are called pure photons, right? I was told theyre harmless to humans. This ring was also configured with a program. Its common sense that two energies of the same kind will cancel each other out upon clashing. I used a lot of pure photons too to ensure that nothing would be left. Look, I even simulated it beforehand just to be safe, Shinichi said as he projected the data and the results for everyone to see.

When they looked at the projection with intense concentration, they suddenly found their heads aching.

Afterwards they sighed, exhausted, and looked into the distance.

Some half-assed theory based only on basic knowledge actually works!? Werner said.

Youve already mastered the foster to that extent in just a month!? Myuhi asked.

We never even taught you this stuff. I know you can study on your own, but this is too much. What are teachers even for? Frire said.

To think that you could excel even at this field How wonderful, Aristel said.

As usual they were all surprised about different things. The one thing they had in common was that they all understood that expecting common sense from Shinichi was a hopeless endeavor.

One among them diverged drastically in a subtle manner, but regardless, they were too soft. They didnt understand just how terrifying a lack of common sense could be.

As well as how great the pot could be stirred when creativity and skillfulness were added on top of that.

Is it really that surprising? Shinichi said. Up you go.

But as annoyed as he mightve been for failing to notice that, the Garestonians were even more shocked.

Their shock, however, was not merely because Shinichi had broken the common sense of the Mind stat.

Teacher, could this be that theory!? Aristel asked with a complicated expression mixed with astonishment and excitement.

QE Quick Extract, muttered the fox girl.

The teacher and the noble lady nodded in response, showing that they too thought the same.

When they heard Shinichis explanation, that was the term that popped up in their head, a hypothesis that Shinichi had no business knowing.

Huh? Quickes? Shinichi asked.

Quick Extract! Ah, was it translated into English? Is that why you dont understand? You need to work harder or we Garestonians might end up better English speakers than you, Myuhi said after inferring why Shinichi seemed hard of hearing.

E-Even if you tell me that Shinichi replied reluctantly since he had no confidence when it came to this matter.

Normally, hes apathetic, but when it comes to the five basic subjects, hes a diligent student. Unfortunately, despite his efforts, his performance in English was a disaster.

He knew he was terrible at it. Because of that he had a hard time remembering words and he couldnt make the words out properly either.

In that case, allow me to translate it literally. In Japanese, it would most likely be translated as subayai chuushutsu. Its a hypothesis brought forward during Garestos academic conference a few years ago that hoped to increased the amount of photon an individual could muster. The hypothesis is exactly the same as youve said. If theres any difference it would be that the language used in the publication is more complicated. Ah, but of course, the hypothesis didnt recommend to do it dozens of times, Aristel said.

Frire wryly smiled, Actually, it didnt even become a hypothesis, it just stopped at an idea. No one could actually do it after being published, so it was labeled as an impractical theory.

Word has it that they published the method in the first place precisely because they couldnt prove it, so they wanted the Garestonians to try it for themselves, Myuhi said.

In the end, even that failed and the researchers had no choice but to give up.

This series of events became a hot topic so it was well-known in Garesto.

The researcher had previous achievements, so he wasnt released from his position or driven away, but he has always been known to have a penchant for eccentricity, so people thought he was at it again.

The Technology Class has access to the scientific articles from Garesto, but this is my first time hearing about this, Werner said.

This obviously isnt something we would choose to share, Aristel said.

The information shared with Earthlings was curated by Garesto, so a dubious idea like this couldnt have possibly been permitted.

Or at least, it shouldve been a dubious idea. Regardless, there was no denying that Shinichi had performed it right before their eyes.

But the more I think about it, the more I feel like I shouldve realized it. I shouldve thought something was off as soon as you shot several Thunder Shots consecutively when it was getting dark, Myuhi said.

Yes, casting Needle Shot consecutively is also impossible for a D Ranker, Aristel said.

Although they were both low-ranked skills, they were still not something that someone with a D Rank in Mind could cast consecutively.

Alas, he was the only D Ranker in this school, so no one realized it.

Yeah, thats right. A D Rank really leaves you wanting, because of that Im always using this technique. Umm, this err. Quick Extratekt or whatever

Nakamura-san, its Extract. Why are you adding more characters to the term? Aristel said.

Ha ha, what a strange guy. I wonder if that researcher will faint if he finds out that a kid who thought of the same thing cant even remember a single word of English? Werner laughed. On top of that you can even pull it off as soon as you thought of it.

Werner was in a similar position, so he could easily imagine it.

As funny as that would be, Frire and Myuhi ignored him and looked suspiciously at Shinichi.

No matter what, Shinichi was being too careless. Perhaps it couldnt be helped since he lacked common sense, but he was still showing too much despite usually hiding his abilities.