In Academy City, the Paradise Project begins.

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"It's alright, everything is going according to plan."

Chapter 223 Kamijou's father is actually the mastermind behind everything!

Leaving the windowless building, Higashino Yu's figure appeared on the bustling streets of the Seventh School District.

He squinted slightly and stretched.

Although he was quite certain that Aleister wouldn't do anything to him, Higashino still felt somewhat uneasy inside. Moreover, the angel was also watching from the shadows. If Aleister suddenly lost his mind and wanted to deal with him, it would be quite troublesome.

Although he was very confident in himself now, much stronger than when he fought Laura, and could even summon Laura instantly, he would not be careless when facing this hanging man.

The next step is to resolve the issue of the fallen angels, and the key lies with Touma Kamijou. If all goes well, finding his father's location will quickly solve the problem, perhaps without even needing to meet his father.

After all, he only needed to destroy the magic circle that was created by accident; he didn't need to find someone and kill them.

Without hesitation, Higashino Yu took out his phone, found the number marked "Kamijou Touma" in his contacts, and dialed it.

"Beep...beep...hello, how are you?"

The call connected quickly, and Touma Kamijou's familiar voice came through, but he seemed to be still half asleep, his voice sounding a little groggy.

"Kamijo-kun, it's me, Higashino Yu."

Higashino Yu got straight to the point.

"Dr. Higashino?!"

The voice on the other end of the phone was noticeably more alert and filled with surprise.

"Um, is there something you need from me?"

Kamijou Touma had indeed just woken up not long ago. Last night, due to a small accident, the room lost power, and the mosquito coil got wet and couldn't be used. He was tormented by mosquitoes and the summer heat all night.

He reluctantly got up and went downstairs to buy breakfast. But the scene he saw on the way back shocked him so much that he hasn't recovered yet.

Higashino Yu thought for a moment and decided to get straight to the point. Although he and Kamijou Touma knew each other, they weren't particularly close, and there wasn't much else to talk about.

"Where are you now?"

"Me? I'm in my dorm."

Touma Kamijou's voice carried a hint of confusion.

"It's summer vacation, and there's nowhere good to go, so of course I can only stay in the dorm..."

"Alright, stay where you are. I need to confirm something with you. I'll be right there."

After finishing speaking, Higashino Yu hung up the phone without waiting for Kamijou Touma's response.

In a high school, in the boys' dormitory building, in Touma Kamijou's room.

Touma Kamijou held his phone, which was emitting a busy signal, looking completely bewildered.

"You're here already? Dr. Higashino, is something urgent that you're in such a rush..."

Just as his mind was filled with questions, wondering what this doctor, who he thought was fairly good, wanted to see him so early in the morning, he was wondering what it was all about.

Less than two meters in front of him, a tall figure dressed in casual clothes suddenly appeared and stood steadily in front of his desk, which was piled with reference books and instant noodle boxes.

It was Higashino Yu.

"Wow ah ah!"

Startled, Touma Kamijou jumped back, his back slamming heavily against the wall with a cry of pain.

"Dr. Higashino?! You...how could you be so fast? Is this teleportation?!"

His eyes widened as he pointed at Higashino Yu, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

"But aren't you a Level 5 psychic? This... what exactly is going on..."

Touma Kamijou regularly reads the news, and he knew about Higashino becoming a Level 5 and taking the top spot from the news.

The description of Higashino Yu's abilities is actually quite detailed, but it only covers what Higashino demonstrated during his ability test.

Higashino Yu waved his hand dismissively: "Isn't it normal for the mind to influence reality and even space? Don't be too surprised."

He couldn't be bothered to explain the complexity of his abilities; that would be too much trouble. "Kamijou-kun, did you go out today?"

"Ah, I'm going out..."

Touma Kamijou rubbed his sore back and answered instinctively. But he quickly realized that Higashino was the same as usual, without any change.

"Dr. Higashino! You noticed too?! Outside... everyone outside is acting so strange!"

He seemed to have opened a floodgate of words, waving his arms excitedly and launching into a rapid-fire rant.

"I went out to buy discounted eggs today, and there was a little girl holding the hand of an old man who looked to be in his seventies or eighties. The old man was calling the little girl 'Mom,' and the cashier at the convenience store suddenly became a member of parliament! There was also an old lady on the street talking on the phone in that... that creepy way! I thought it was some kind of prank! Dr. Higashino, you noticed these strange things too, right? What's going on?!"

Seeing Touma Kamijou excitedly pour out his grievances as if he had found his people, Yu Higashino also understood his difficulties.

"Yes, I saw it too."

Higashino Yu nodded, affirming Kamijou Touma's words.

"This is not a prank, nor is it your hallucination. It is a phenomenon caused by a magic called 'Angel Fall'."

Seeing Touma Kamijou's instantly bewildered expression, he changed the subject.

"It's too complicated to explain in detail, but in short, based on my investigation and analysis, the source of this incident is very likely... related to your father, Kamijou Touya."

I'll consider watching anime before I time-traveled as investigation; I'll skip all the investigation steps.

"what?!"

Kamijou Touma seemed startled and jumped up abruptly, his face full of disbelief.

"My father?! Impossible! Doctor, you must be mistaken! My father, Touya Kamijou, is just an ordinary middle-aged salaryman! How could he possibly do something like this! And magic and all that, isn't that a bit too far-fetched!"

He shook his head vigorously, completely unable to accept this statement.

He knew his family situation very well; they were just an ordinary family... well, maybe his hands were a little special.

But suddenly talking to him about magic, something you only see on TV, in a place like Academy City seems really weird!

Could it be that the doctor has lost his mind?

Magic is just too far-fetched!

In his opinion, it's more likely a large-scale prank orchestrated by someone with special abilities. While it's appalling and outrageous, it's still more plausible than the idea that Dr. Higashino's claim about the world being influenced by magic.

"Magic does exist, otherwise do you think an ordinary ability user could affect such a large area? And I'm not saying that this was something your father did intentionally; it could have been unintentional."

Higashino knew that Touma was probably not in contact with the magic side because Index hadn't fallen into his house, but he didn't intend to explain too much about the magic side.

It's too troublesome, and on the other hand, magic is something you have to see to believe; just describing it in words isn't very convincing.

"This time, the magic might have been triggered by your father accidentally touching some medium, or perhaps one of the souvenirs he collected was a key node in an unactivated magic circle. At a specific time and place, combined with certain actions that he himself was unaware of, it just happened by chance..."

He was describing the process in the original work where Touya Kamijou unintentionally triggered Angel Fall.

Kamijou Touma froze, his face filled with conflict.

Although he still harbored doubts about magic, his intuition told him that the doctor he had met a few times was not lying to him.

His father…unintentionally caused world-class chaos? The thought both incredulous and unsettling to him.

Looking at Higashino Yu's serious expression, he knew the other man wasn't joking.

"Then...what should we do now?"

Touma Kamijou's voice carried a hint of panic. If it really was his father who caused all this, then it was truly a huge problem.

Although Higashino said it might have been caused by an accident, he did not rule out the possibility that his father was the mastermind behind it all.

Isn't that how it is in comics? An ordinary, unremarkable character turns out to be the mastermind or something.

Someone who didn't want to reveal that this was exactly how hairspray was applied, said he was also deeply shocked when he was watching the anime.

"My father..."

"I need to know where he is now."

Higashino Yu looked directly into Kamijou Touma's eyes.

"Contact him immediately, confirm his location, and I'll handle the problem... Don't worry, I won't kill him."

While Aleister could probably find the location by helping with the investigation, it would be more convenient to have Touma Kamijou ask directly.

Touma Kamijou hesitated for a few seconds.

He was torn between worrying about his father's true identity and trusting Higashino Yu. In the end, he took out his phone and dialed his father's number.

When the call connected, Touma Kamijou asked about his father's current whereabouts in as calm a tone as possible.

On the other end of the phone, Kamijou Touya seemed a little surprised that his son was suddenly interested in this, but he still readily told him the location: a small place by the sea.

After hanging up the phone, Touma Kamijou's expression was somewhat complicated: "He... is in Inatori, Izu, on vacation with his mother..."

"Dr. Higashino!"

Touma Kamijou looked at Yu Higashino anxiously, his eyes filled with worry.

"You...you won't do anything to my father, will you? He definitely didn't mean it! I...can I go with you?"

He wanted to see for himself whether it was his father who caused it.

Higashino Yu looked at Kamijou Touma and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, Touma. Your father will be fine. I'm going there mainly to find and stop that magic, not to hurt an innocent person."

He paused.

"As for you, just stay in Academy City. Academy City will return to normal today."

"But……"

"No buts."

Higashino Yu interrupted him, a confident smile on his face.

"Trust me, it will be resolved soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished.

"Wait! Dr. Higashino!"

Kamijou Touma hurriedly reached out, but grabbed nothing.

"Father……"

Kamijou Touma muttered to himself, staring silently at the spot where Higashino had disappeared.

Chapter 224 Michael Chloegef

Having made a show of himself by leaving Touma Kamijou's room, Higashino Yuu had already appeared in a nearby alley.

But embarrassingly, he suddenly realized that he didn't know where the Izu Inori was.

This is no problem for him.

Higashino Yu went straight to the library, opened the map, and quickly found his destination in the coastal area. It was a seaside town, almost identical to the scenes in the anime he remembered.

However, for places without their own anchor points, direct spatial movement is somewhat troublesome. After all, such long-distance spatial movement may be prone to deviations without precise coordinates.

However, there is no faster way now. Whether by plane or car, it takes a lot of time, and Higashino does not intend to waste that much time.

Staring at the map, Higashino tried to use the power of cognition to move directly there, using the map as an anchor point.

The attempt was successful, and he teleported directly to his destination as expected. However, the energy consumption was slightly higher than he had anticipated, more than twice that of going to places with anchor points or places he had visited before. But this slight difference in energy consumption didn't make much of a difference to him.

"The scenery here is not bad. Touma Kamijou's father really knows how to choose a place."

With the beach, the sand, and his beautiful wife by his side, Touya Kamijou is undoubtedly a winner in life. Enjoying his vacation here with his wife, it would have been even more perfect if it weren't for this unexpected incident.

After all, this time it's different from the original story; Touma Kamijou didn't come here, and there's a high possibility that Touya Kamijou will be killed as the culprit.

Since my arrival saved his life, it wouldn't be unreasonable for me to ask Touma Kamijou to treat me to a meal when I get back, right?

And if I remember correctly, his wife, Shina Kamijou, is now portrayed as Index, right?

He wanted to quickly resolve the magic circle issue and restore the world to normal; he didn't want this strange situation to continue.