The Genius of Cloning in the Academy City-Chapter 163: Parallel Computing Violet! (2)

In one corner of the factory, the Violets set up a small workshop.

Since the place we used as our base was originally a factory, it wasn’t difficult to prepare the space.

The tools Ennis requested were unfamiliar but not particularly hard to procure.

「Alright, delivery team, move quickly! I’ve already made the calls, so go pick up the items in person.」

「Ugh! Why are there so many things we need?」

In less than an hour, we managed to gather the equipment, which left Ennis looking astonished.

"You managed this so quickly?"

"There’s nothing impossible for us Violets!"

With everything ready, we began pressuring the “slave” to get to work.

"If you can’t fix this, your meals will be reduced to just bread and water starting tomorrow!"

「Bread and water? Forget that—just give them cup noodles instead.」

"Yes, understood... By the way, Violet Boss?"

As I was turning to leave, Ennis called out to me from behind.

Curious, I turned to look and saw her slowly raising her hands to reveal her restraints.

"I’m really sorry, but could you please remove these restraints? I need magic for the work."

I removed the restraints, then stood behind her with my gun in hand, watching carefully.

"Alright, here! But don’t even think about trying anything funny."

"We’re watching you!"

The guard Violets kept a close eye on her to ensure she didn’t try anything suspicious.

At first, Ennis seemed wary of us, but she soon put on a peculiar glove, took out equipment resembling a soldering iron, infused it with magic, and began working with the wands and components piled on the desk.

By dinnertime, there was news.

When I entered the workshop, she showed us the results of her work.

"Here it is. Although it’s not as good as the original performance used by the agents, it should be able to perform all the basic functions."

Violet No. 1001 tilted her head as she looked at the wands.

Seven wands were lined up on the desk.

"What the? Why are there so many?"

"The parts you gave me? The core components were intact. At this level, reconnecting the magic circuits was enough to fix them quickly. Back at the clan, I’ve repaired worse things than these."

"Really? I didn’t know that."

Intrigued, I picked up the wands and examined them.

Just from their appearance, they seemed credible.

"Alright, let’s activate one!"

I grabbed one of the wands on the desk and infused it with magic.

As I raised the wand boldly, a cross-shaped light shot out from near its tip.

"Whoa! What is this?"

"Oh, that’s the aiming reticle."

Listening to her explanation, I aimed it around.

So, this was how wizards targeted their enemies—it came equipped with a targeting device.

The Violets held a brief discussion.

「The exterior seems fine, but aren’t researchers usually people who just write papers and read books?」

「Well, I looked into the department she worked in. It seems like they actually dismantled and developed various things there.」

「I don’t know. Wouldn’t it be better just to buy new ones?」

We were divided in opinion.

After a five-minute marathon meeting involving 300 Violets, we decided to conduct a field test.

"Boss...?"

"Hold on!"

I picked up the wands and stored them one by one in my inventory.

Seeing this, Ennis’s eyes widened in surprise.

Moments later, the wands were transferred to an uninhabited workshop on the outskirts of Rustlum Island.

「Wow! I was getting bored while cooking, so this is perfect.」

「Alright, let’s see what these can do!」

The Violets, who had been grilling sausages over a campfire in front of a tent, couldn’t resist their curiosity and got up one by one.

Standing at the front, Violet No. 102 inspected the wands.

Using the system interface, she filtered out the 1-star and 2-star wands, leaving about four wands.

Three were 3-star, and one was 4-star.

Unfortunately, the system interface couldn’t reveal their specific abilities.

「...Standard armament for Magna Nabis operatives. Damaged after intense combat, repaired through similar-type conversion. Each wand possesses unique abilities...」

「That’s all it says. What’s this about unique abilities?」

In the end, we needed to test them directly.

No. 102 headed to the pebble-covered beach.

Targets were lined up in rows there.

「Alright, prepare for shooting!」

She raised a wand, aligned the holographic crosshair with a target, and prepared a spell.

The spell was a fireball, a basic area-of-effect attack technique.

While we could perform it ourselves, its power surpassed standard magic bullets, making it suitable for testing the wands’ performance.

As the calculation process began, a visualization resembling tangled abacus beads appeared before us, with twelve beads attached to it.

To complete the calculation formula, the beads had to be moved back to their original positions.

「Okay, let’s assign the calculations. Four of you, step up! Whoever’s ready gets an ice cream tub each!」

「Me! I’ll do it! I want chocolate!」

「No way, I’m first! I want vanilla!」

After a brief scuffle, the Violets divided the workload and began the calculations.

In the past, we could barely move one bead at a time when we first learned this.

However, our skills had slightly improved, and now, each Violet could move two to three beads per second.

Thus, launching one fireball per second required about four Violets.

「Three, two, one. Fire!」

As the calculation finished, the Violet fired the fireball.

From beyond the wand, a fireball the size of a fist shot out and flew toward the distant mannequin.

-BOOM!

With a loud explosion, the mannequin blew apart.

「Great! Let’s keep testing them like this!」

The Violets tested several wands in succession.

「This one’s spell-casting speed is too slow, and this one’s too ordinary. Wait, hold on?」

「Wow, look at this! It uses less magic power!」

I summoned several fireballs in my hands as I spoke.

The professor sighed.

"It’s strange, really strange. How can someone barely passing math and theory excel so much in computation? I’ve never seen anyone like you."

"That’s what I’m saying! I’m different! I’ll study on my own if I have to. Please teach me some powerful combat magic!"

At my plea, the professor rejected me outright.

"No. Starting from advanced combat magic, there are serious risks involved. If you fail basic magic computations, it just consumes mana and that’s it, but beyond that, it could lead to severe problems."

"What kind of problems?"

Feigning ignorance, I asked Professor Albert. Though, to be honest, I already knew—this kind of thing was mentioned in game settings.

If you make a mistake while computing complex magic...

"The mana could backfire, injuring you, or cause a severe overload to your brain. Sometimes, both could happen. Do you understand? This is a safety issue. Basic magic may be fine for now, but if you recklessly attempt higher-level spells, it could kill you."

As the professor finished, I nodded. Safety issues were indeed important.

However, I still had more to explain.

"Actually, Professor, I have something to confess!"

"What is it? Did you steal my wallet or something?"

I shook my head at his not-quite-joke and created a clone.

"Ah, so it’s your unique ability. What are you going to do with it?"

"This is actually the secret behind my magic!"

I performed parallel computation right in front of the professor.

Surprised, he stared at us with his mouth agape before collapsing onto the sofa.

"Oh, dear God..."

I casually explained, "For reasons I don’t fully understand, I can delegate calculations to my clones."

I withheld the core secret of the Violet Network and its collective intelligence. That wasn’t something he needed to know right now.

When my lengthy explanation ended, the professor sighed.

"…I thought something was off. A guy who can’t study yet casts magic so well. So you can delegate part of the computations to your clones?"

"Yes, that’s correct!"

As expected of a smart person, the professor quickly grasped my explanation.

After thinking for a while, he rummaged through his bookshelf and pulled out thick grimoires with multiple locks on them. They were spellbooks. One by one, the locks clicked open.

"Wow, no way! Are you giving me all of them?"

"Don’t get the wrong idea, you idiot. You couldn’t use them even if I did. Here, start with this."

The professor handed me the smallest and thinnest of the grimoires.

"Well, you’re not entirely without practical ability. You’ve completed basic magic, so you might as well have this."

The professor snapped his fingers. A single sheet of paper slid out from between the books and landed in front of me.

"This is...?"

"It’s the area-of-effect attack magic you’ve been wanting so much. Just take a look at it. I’m giving it to you so you can see how hard it is. I’m taking it back afterward, so just look at it. Don’t cast it! And no taking pictures!"

The sheet of paper, titled <Dain-Curren’s Fusion Beam>, was covered in intricate magical circles and numerous formulas.

"I need some time to think. I’ll have to consider what to do next. Would you like some tea?"

The professor stood up and headed to the kitchen. Meanwhile, greed sparked within me for this spell.

"Scan ready!"

I immediately sent the paper to my inventory, captured it on my phone, and scanned it. Then I swiftly placed it back on the table.

"…So, did you understand it?"

"I don’t know! I really don’t understand."

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"I thought so. Let’s begin the lesson. The stratification within the two-dimensional space according to the interpretation of ether is..."

A few hours later, as Violet finished her class and was on her way home, Violet No. 506 on the deserted island raised her staff.

It was to test the stolen Fusion Beam spell.

"Let’s practice this magic! Once we succeed, the professor will have to acknowledge us, right?"

"Let’s show them the greatness of Violet!"

The spell <Dain-Curren’s Fusion Beam> was a powerful technique that fired an intense heat ray.

After studying it a few times, we figured out what this spell truly was.

"This is it! It’s the same beam the Vanguard bastards used to shoot at us!"

I felt a chill run down my spine.

I couldn’t count how many Violets had been slaughtered by Magna Nabis’ elite forces using this.

"All the more reason to learn it! Let’s use this spell to repay them for what they’ve done to us!"

Violet No. 506 activated the spell’s formula.

What appeared before her eyes was far more massive and complex than the calculations for a fireball spell, accompanied by countless glowing spheres.

The number of spheres quickly surpassed three digits.

"Ahhh! This won’t work. Gather 100 people!"

No. 506 urgently called for reinforcements, summoning 100 Violets into the factory.

The gathered Violets began computing together, and the spell’s formula advanced at an accelerated pace.

"Ugh! This is so hard! My head hurts!"

"Hang in there! We’re almost there!"

A minute later, the computation was complete.

No. 506 raised her staff. All that was left was to cast the spell!

But at that moment, an anomaly occurred.

"Oh, oh no! My mana! It’s out of control!"

"Ughhh! My head!"

Inside the factory, the Violets who had been sitting and concentrating on the computation began collapsing one by one, blood streaming from their eyes, noses, and ears.

No. 506 panicked.

"What? What’s happening?! This isn’t right!"

The Violets either fainted or dropped to the floor in succession.

To make matters worse, No. 302 and No. 217, who had also been part of the computation, started writhing as if dancing in agony.

"Ahhhh! The world is spinning and spinning!"

"Ackkkk! I made a miscalculation! The mana is backfiring!"

No. 302 screamed as she jumped around wildly.

At that moment, someone threw the door open and entered the factory—it was Irene.

"Violet, I came to ask you something...what are you doing?"

"Kyaaah! No!"

-BOOM!-

Unable to withstand the overload, No. 302’s head exploded.

"Wahhh!"

A moment later, No. 217’s head also burst.

The two headless Violet bodies collapsed to the ground.

Irene stared at us in shock, her wide eyes frozen in disbelief.

Her face twisted in horror, unable to grasp what had just happened.

A few seconds later, the Violets brushed themselves off and casually got up to clean the floor.

Seeing this, Irene returned to her usual calm demeanor.

"Good grief..."

She let out a small sigh.

"...Honestly, Violet, I know you don’t die, but this is really too much. What kind of experiment are you doing? You’re not manufacturing bombs for the barracks, are you...?"

"Hehehe..."

We awkwardly chuckled, struggling to meet Irene’s exasperated gaze.

Violet’s first combat magic experiment was a complete failure.