Magical Index: Become a Girl and Come to Academy City

Observation Report and Solutions on Prototype Control

Researcher: Kihara Tenkawa.

1. The origin and characteristics of the Kihara clan.

The Kihara clan can be traced back to the founding of Academy City, which was founded by the General Director Aleister Crowley in the latter half of the 20th century.

At the beginning, there were only seven Kiharas involved in Academy City, which was then a small research institute.

As their scientific research progressed, these seven ordinary people gradually became crazy and unable to control themselves, and finally fell into madness and evil. From then on, the prototype of "Kihara" began to take shape.

Up to today's Academy City, Kihara has spread across all areas of urban science, appearing in public with different identities, but the fate of its members is closely linked to science.

In other words, in these 50 years (less than 100 years), the number of people in the Kihara clan grew to as many as four or five thousand.

No matter how seven people reproduced, it was impossible for them to form a family of 5,000 people in less than a hundred years.

From this point, it can be seen that the origin of Kihara is not a traditional blood clan relationship, but a product that can be formed through acquired transformation.

Even more compelling evidence is the brain stem of Kihara. Kihara, who was born by the Kihara clan through developing the intelligence of animals, looks like a golden retriever. You know, no matter how long the human bloodline continues, it is impossible to give birth to an animal.

The characteristic of the birth of this kind of product is that basically everyone is a genius in the field of science, and there may be some differences due to individual differences. Even Therestina Kihara Levrein has a stronger scientific talent than normal people.

This advantage is almost a necessary talent to become a Kihara, and it is not something that is born with.

For example, as an unqualified Kihara, she couldn't even recite the multiplication table when she was young, and she had never learned to read or write.

But in the dark dungeon, he can deduce the physical laws that he can understand with just a drop of water and flying dust, and write strange symbols on the wall that only he can understand.

It was later confirmed that the strange symbols written by Kihara Enzo on the wall were actually formulas that proved the basic theory of the cryosleep device.

Almost every Kihara has his or her own area of ​​expertise. Kihara Gensei is in the field of brain science, Kihara Similarity is in the field of replacement, and Kihara Kagun is in the field of heartbeat.

After a few days of verification, it was found that Kihara Tenkawa was good at an extremely broad field of "deconstruction".

Another notable characteristic of Kihara is that he doesn't care about the line between necessary and unnecessary destruction.

When people use a chicken or a dog for experiments in order to obtain valuable medical research data, most people will agree because in their eyes this is necessary destruction.

But this would not be the case if it were a human. If the subject of the experiment was a healthy human with a sound mental personality, most people would choose to reject this option, which would be unnecessary destruction.

But Kihara has no such boundaries. As long as the experimental means can be achieved, humans or morals and ethics can be sacrificed. Even if the result of the experiment will not benefit anyone, Kihara will do the experiment for the sake of research itself, even if the experimental subject is himself.

For example, similar to Kihara, at the moment before his death, he did not feel sad or painful about the loss of his life, nor did he try to save his life. Instead, he turned his body into part of the sand for research.

But this blurred boundary seems to be an instinct. Kihara does not completely put the experiment first, just like humans generally put survival first, but there are still people who choose to sacrifice their lives.

In the eyes of some of Mu Yuan, there are still things more important than experiments.

Just like Kihara Naogan is one of the few Kiharas who can understand the concept of romance, he does not have that bloodthirsty and cruel personality.

Or maybe it's Kihara Yui, who regards her teacher Kihara Naokan as the person she respects the most. If Kihara Naokan is killed, she will not ignore it like other Kiharas, but will rarely avenge her teacher.

The most important example is Kihara Kagun, who, like other Kiharas, once conducted experiments on "safely stopping the human heartbeat" and "safely restarting the heart."

However, before he turned 20, Kihara Kagun suddenly stopped his research on near-death experiences. He gradually realized that if he continued the experiment, the value of human life would not change, but would most likely be fixed at an extremely low level.

So he gave up his research and became a teacher, turning into a Kihara who cared about human life, had a kind heart, and had normal values.

This example is the most important reference example for Kihara Tenkawa. It is also a path for her to get rid of the negative impact that Kihara brought to her and to avoid becoming a crazy person like Kihara Pathology.

That is, the boundary between necessary destruction and unnecessary destruction is established through the value of human life.

As long as you can do this, even if you become Kihara, you won't necessarily become a real villain.

Another good guy representative in Kihara is Derencher Kihara Lombard, but he cannot be included as a valid reference example in the study.

Because this person calls himself Kihara, there is a high possibility that he is a fake Kihara who has not been affected by "Prototype Control".

2. The concept and principle of prototype control.

Archetype is a psychological term.

It refers to the common understanding and values ​​that are gradually formed by all members of a nation or a group in the process of participating in a certain event.

Just like everyone generally thinks that nurses are gentle, teachers are strict, and the military is mighty.

Aleister is well versed in this, and can create, spread, and destroy prototypes at will.

The prototype is to penetrate into people's hearts in a subtle way, but in the hands of Aleister, he can use the method of "prototype control" to complete this thing that takes time to influence people's hearts in an instant.

Moreover, the value identification caused by this method cannot be changed simply through self-cognition.

That is, I know that I am being controlled by this method, and I also know that the choices I make under this control are wrong, but I just can't change it.

When Academy City was first established, Aleister created the prototype of the "Science Side", incorporating terms such as Academy City, superpowers, and science, and confining all of humanity into the framework of "scientific belief".

What limited Kihara was not the prototype of science, but the more extreme concept of "heterodox science."