Temperature Control in Academy City

Natsume Sonoko's speech speed became very fast and her language became fluent in an instant.

Fortunately, clear articulation has always been her strength, so there was no problem of unclear hearing.

Looking at a girl with a red face and a bun-haired look who had just finished speaking and fled out of the dormitory, the remaining girls looked at each other meaningfully. Natsume-san was really easy to understand.

But at this time, Chong Fushengfan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she confessed some things to Natsume, it seemed as if she had confessed nothing. It seemed that the other party had misunderstood their fan club as something else.

But this is indeed the main activity of their Natsume Sonoko Club, and their daily focus is to observe Natsume Sonoko's daily life.

"Huakaiin classmate and everyone, will you go to the celestial water ball tomorrow?"

The scene suddenly became quiet, and Shigefu Shengfan took a while to change the subject.

"No matter how you look at it, Natsume-san probably only wanted to invite Shigefuku-san alone."

"And there are two more students who want to join the club tomorrow, so we can't leave without anyone here."

Mei Hanakaiin shook her head and immediately responded.

Although Natsume Sonoko kept calling her Shigefuku-san, she was indeed a second-year senior, so she naturally addressed her normally.

"I'm not going to go even though the queen is here," a girl said.

"It must be very stressful to visit together. After all, that's the queen."

After a while, another girl also said in agreement.

Chapter 751: Anbu and Reinforcement

Shokuhou-senpai's reputation in Tokiwadai tends to be polarized, with both the good and bad sides having a considerable number of supporters.

Among Natsume Sonoko's small group of friends, most of them tend to be on the bad side, and are filled with fear or disgust towards the ability to control the mind.

These girls find it hard to accept going out to the aquarium with such a dangerous guy.

However, they did get a very crucial piece of information. The relationship between the eighth and fifth seemed to be too good, and they were completely unaware of the strong tension between the two second-year superpowers.

"Natsume-san is indeed the easiest esper to approach. Even the school's queen seems unable to resist him."

Student Hanakaiin paced in place with an unusual look on his face and couldn't help but sigh.

And for some reason, some indescribable emotions suddenly appeared in her heart.

As a clan that serves the gods, the Hanakaiin people either arrogantly or pathetically inherit their so-called traditions.

Long ago, every few years, a family member was chosen as a priestess to perform sacrificial ceremonies, and was used as a tool to convey the "God's will".

This reached an unprecedented peak until the 'Day of Miracles', during which time the priestess had to be re-selected every few months.

But now it is completely different. The priestesses no longer continue to serve in any form, and even direct members like her can come to the Academy City to develop their abilities. Because with the spread of various scientific concepts and the blessing of ever-changing high technology, their gods disappeared like bubbles, as if they had never appeared.

"I'm really confused. I actually felt a little bit like I was facing a god in Natsume-san. Even if I were a shrine maiden who was unemployed since birth, I wouldn't be so confused."

Hanakaiin-san stuck out his tongue stealthily, his expression slightly embarrassed.

She was very satisfied with her current life and had no intention of going back to her past life which looked terrible at first glance. The red and white shrine maiden costume had long since become a decoration pressed under the bed.

I heard that in the past, the family priestesses not only had to practice something called a ritual, but also consumed their own vitality, and their lifespan was much shorter than that of ordinary people. Once they converted their vitality without scruples, they might become old and die in a few months.

But then again, Hanakaiin's feeling doesn't seem to be wrong. There is indeed a god living in Natsume's body.

"So... this time we have to officially face that woman."

"That may be the biggest obstacle on Natsume-san's path to becoming 'Eidai-hime-kun'."

Listening to the whispers of her companions, Shigefuku Shoho, who asked the question on the other side, clenched her fists tightly. She had no intention of escaping at all.

The thick cute eyebrows gathered around the eyelids like two pickled cucumbers.

If Natsume-san happens to rule Tokiwadai for a year in her third year, she can also catch up with the title. But in order to make everything go smoothly, she must at least develop the faction into the second largest faction by the end of her second year, which is also her last year before graduating from Tokiwadai.

In this case, it is crucial to make Natsume accept the existence of factions, and all this cannot be done without a certain starry-eyed girl.

Just like when she was walking around the school garden with an electric shock device and attacking various high-level girls with special abilities, the girl named Shigefuku Shoho would find it difficult to extricate herself once she got caught up in some hysterical brain circuit loop, and she would devote herself to it wholeheartedly, even without considering the consequences.

In other words, she is a girl who easily goes to extremes, and has a strong ability to execute. In this regard, the evaluation of a certain girl with starry eyes is not wrong.

Tokiwadai External Student Dormitory, Room No. 210.

She opened her door in a hurry, and the girl with a bun-haired look, her heart beating fast, tried hard to tighten her face.

This time is much better than the previous extreme panic. At least I can recall what just happened normally.

"Be calm."

“Being expected and cared about by everyone is nothing once you get used to it.”

Natsume Sonoko breathed hard and it took her a while to regain her composure. She felt that she was really making a big deal out of nothing.

She is already a very famous person with super powers and is very popular in school. It is normal for her to be praised by her friends. Didn’t everyone often praise her as a very reliable and gentle girl?

Even if my friends formed a club related to me, even if the main activity of the club was to discuss my own affairs, even if the club held daily gatherings in a place two dormitories away from me...

But these are nothing big. Don’t these kinds of things happen all the time on the Internet and forums? Discussions about people with super powers can be found everywhere.

Keep a normal mind, keep a normal mind.

Thinking of this, Natsume Sonoko tried again to calm herself down.

Fortunately, there were some immediate effects. At least her originally red face had slowly faded away, and she turned back into the ordinary girl who liked to keep a blank expression.

"Let's put that aside for now. Tomorrow's outing to the aquarium is more important."

"Student Shigefu has already been notified. How about inviting Senior Archer and Teacher Xiaomeng? No, no, it will definitely be a dull occasion if the teachers come. Although Teacher Xiaomeng looks like an elementary school student, she is actually an adult who is proficient in everything from drinking, smoking, and perming her hair."

"And Archer-sensei has a talent discovery event tomorrow..."

Holding her chin with both hands, Natsume Sonoko thought a little troubledly.

There are many people who want to invite, but Natsume Sonoko always thinks of various reasons why it is not feasible.

If we could invite everyone without any scruples, it would definitely be more lively. Unfortunately, the world of junior high school students is also full of ups and downs and difficulties.

.....

The Seventh School District is a dark area consisting of many abandoned buildings and narrow alleys.

This area was originally occupied by a large number of armed people with special abilities and bad boys. After being swept by the security teachers, it fell into peace for a while. However, as time passed, the bad boys who had nowhere to go gathered here again.

The bad boys from the 'Skill Out' group, who had a history of stealing cars and ATM machines, and were even charged with intentional injury, were gathering in their base at this time, and all of them had the same silent look on their faces.

Obviously, they had just escaped from a trouble that could affect everyone and successfully passed the problem to a person with super powers, but Academy City had no intention of letting them go, and a fully armed recovery team had appeared around them.

These mice living in the gray area might be able to survive in the cracks between the light and the dark under normal circumstances, but when a huge threat from the magic side approaches, any unstable factor can become a reason to be eliminated.

However, since they did not make any resistance and did not refuse the work assigned by Academy City, although the previously arranged work was cancelled due to some misunderstandings, Academy City still expressed what it considered to be goodwill.

Under the arrangement of a certain document from an organization under the General Council, all members of 'Skill Out' will be split up and incorporated into the Anbu, becoming so-called peripheral personnel.

They are treated the same as other armed and incompetent groups of a certain size that are roaming around everywhere.

Because of a certain high school sister's bad habit of tearing out peripheral members, some Anbu's auxiliary personnel are already in a serious shortage. The situation of other Anbu is not so good either. The number of deployments has become more and more frequent recently, and they also need to replenish cannon fodder that can be used as consumables.

In fact, most of the outer members of the Anbu also come from these bad boys.

Chapter 752: Kihara Shuda’s research direction

People's circumstances are always very different.

While a bun-haired girl in Tokiwadai is looking forward to a trip to the aquarium tomorrow, the bad boys in the dark corners are facing the pressure of survival.

This kind of survival pressure undoubtedly includes the most basic right to life, but in front of these fully armed personnel, even this cannot be guaranteed.

what happened?

The hearts of all the bad boys were filled with thick confusion. It took only more than a minute for the other side to eliminate the guards outside and then surround them. By the time they reacted, the situation had become what it was now.

Fortunately, things have not developed to the worst situation. These armed men just stood there quietly. Only a man who looked like a captain was silently counting something, and his eyes kept passing over the bad boys.

Although these people are called bad boys or the armed disabled group, they are actually normal students with ID cards and scholarships. The only difference is that they always skip classes and don't go to school.

Over the past period of time, this armed group called 'Skill Out' has lost 60 to 70 percent of its members, and most of these members have gradually returned to normal life.

This also includes one of the leaders, Hattori Hanzo, but it would be more accurate to say that no one knows where he has gone rather than that he has withdrawn.

Those who are still staying in their so-called base can be regarded as stubborn people who are determined not to return to school.

Archer Hunter is not the only one in Academy City who chooses to hide in dark corners or even the dark side because he has nowhere else to go.

"Komaba, they don't seem to be guards."

Hamazura Shiage keenly noticed the difference between these fully-armed guys and warned them carefully.

Although the security teachers also had a bad attitude towards them, they were more harsh and dissatisfied with them, as if they were treating disobedient students. Even when they were raiding the dark areas, they would not really use harsh force, and the fight between the two sides had always been obviously restrained.

And the people in front of him not only did not move their guns away from beginning to end, but from the glances that flashed through the gaps in their helmets, it seemed that they would pull the trigger without any hesitation as long as they made any unnecessary movements.

Is he a professional killer or a mercenary?

Hamazura Shiage immediately thought of several possibilities, but this was more like a plot in a movie.

His body couldn't help but tense up, and the blood in his body seemed to solidify at the first moment, and his head quickly thought about the current situation.

Since the other party is not a security guard, their past experience in dealing with teachers has completely become invalid. Those people will definitely not treat them like students.

Just when Hamazura Shiage was so nervous that he was about to grit his teeth, Komaba Reidu, who was standing at the front of the crowd, kept his head up and chest out, with no sign of hunching over, like a wall blocking everyone's way.

The tall stature and broad shoulders immediately gave Hamazura Shiage a new strength. He suddenly didn't want Komaba to face such great pressure alone, and began to force himself not to show any weakness.

They were already people with nowhere to go, and even their last shelter was going to be taken away. Hamazura Shiage raised his head and looked at the armed mercenaries in front of him with an angry look.

"Don't you understand that any anger is a yoke around your neck?"

"And since you've chosen to stay here until now, it's only natural that you're treated like garbage. Once a student shows up at a time and place where they shouldn't be, they're naturally no longer students."

A capable female voice came from the captain of the recovery team. Her tone carried some of the gentleness common to women, but was more of a coldness and disdain.

As soon as the other party finished speaking, the bad boys who were standing suddenly felt weak in the legs and feet, and began to fall to the ground and faint one after another.

At the same time, the mechanical insects carrying residual anesthetics gradually returned to the container in the hands of a member of the recovery team.

In addition to regularly eliminating troublesome characters, Academy City's recovery team also occasionally performs normal recovery work, such as recovering some important intelligence, materials, or necessary human resources. They have sufficient experience and preparation in this regard.

"What did you do?"

Komaba Reidu looked at Hamazura Shiage who had fallen unconscious without any resistance, and the excitement on his face could no longer be concealed.

However, before his body could react, his head quickly became dizzy.

Since he already had detailed information about Komaba Reid, the amount of anesthetic he used was almost five times that of others, enough to anesthetize a cow.

However, Komaba Reid did not fall down immediately. He rushed quickly towards the nearest gunmen, but when he was three steps away, he was covered by a capture net and curled up in place, unable to move.

"Captain, aren't we supposed to send them to the ANBU 'Tools'?"

At this time, a member of the recovery team said hesitantly.

"It's the same thing if we pack them up and send them over."

The woman who was currently the captain of the recycling team seemed to lack sufficient interest in communicating with the little ghosts.

As long as she sends the people to those guys' safe house, she won't be responsible for what happens next.

After finishing the current work, the captain relaxed. It seemed that he was not used to wearing a heavy helmet all day long. A beautiful female face appeared in the air with the movement.

This is a woman with long orange wavy hair, which is combed back into a ponytail. With a dark bulletproof vest, she instantly looks heroic.

If Natsume Sonoko came here, she would definitely recognize her. This person is the female researcher who developed the "ability reduction" device, the granddaughter of Kihara Gensei, Thereseina Kihara Levrein.

I remember that the other party seemed to have made a driving armor that imitated the A Certain Scientific Railgun, and was sent to prison by the security teachers during Banri's incident. In short, the impression is still very deep.

However, even though This Therestina appeared outside the prison openly, she was still a prisoner, but her cell had been moved from the Tenth School District to a fixed safe house.

And during the period when Kihara Suta was severely burned by the high temperature and temporarily unable to fight, he took over the remaining members of the Hound Unit.

Although it is still doing some recycling and cleanup work like the previous Hound Corps, it is actually a brand new Anbu.

As for Kihara Suta, he returned to his original research work, but the direction of his research has changed from Accelerator to other projects, and the projects seem to be related to the cause of his severe burns.

Chapter 753: Star Magician