Temperature Control in Academy City

Natsume-san said a little embarrassedly,

She had already discovered the traces of Chuchun and the others, but there was nothing to avoid, and she also specially picked out some things that everyone could use and put them over.

"I see. There is already a place for Natsume-san in the branch."

Hatsuharu seemed somewhat happy and nodded quite seriously.

Just like Shirai, Natsume is also a very reliable discipline committee member, although Natsume's identity as a discipline committee member is somewhat different.

"Hey, are these the legendary camping sets? I've seen them on TV shopping."

As if she had discovered something remarkable, Saten pointed in surprise at a pile of iron waste that had never been used and was huddled together.

The security guards are in charge of all the work during the Daihaxing Festival, and even the daily campus patrols of the Discipline Committee have been suspended.

However, this does not mean that the discipline committee system is completely stagnant. Some files and information are piled up in the computer and need to be processed in a timely manner.

"A large number of armed disabled people have gathered in the First School District. The security guards think this may be related to the game that attacked disabled people. It may also be a demonstration."

"There is also a group of disabled people called 'Skill Out', who are the focus of suspicion of the security guards."

Chuchun was flipping through various recent documents when she suddenly looked at a piece of information with some seriousness.

"Attacking the powerless? What kind of game is this?"

She took some black tea from the cupboard. Wisps of white smoke were rising from the coffee table. Saten stopped what she was doing in anger.

The level of ability has nothing to do with one's character, which is why there are good and bad people in the ability group.

Most people with special abilities can control their desires, which is why Academy City can barely maintain stability, but there is no shortage of people looking for trouble.

These guys can neither join the Anbu nor be good students. Even the armed powerless ones look down on them. They are scum who only know how to bully the weak.

"I heard Senior Gufa mention this matter, but since everyone knows about it, why don't you try to deal with it?"

Natsume-san asked with some confusion.

If the discipline committee or security personnel showed up, this kind of thing would be suppressed quickly.

"Because most attacks happen in blind spots where there are no cameras or satellites, even if the identity of the target can be determined, there is no evidence to convict them."

“And some of the victims were unwilling to trust the discipline committee and security officers.” Hatsuharu sighed.

Chapter 408: Yuanzi's Blame

The greatest unfairness in Academy City is the unfairness in ability development.

Even though people often preach that success comes from hard work, many factors have already determined the level of ability development, and people with abilities are divided into different classes without anyone noticing.

Even in this small group of superpowers, there are many people with great potential and those who have not made any progress. Some people are trying their best to suppress the big baby of the unified council in order to make progress, trying to get more resources, but they still can't kick away the stumbling blocks that are blocking their way.

Those who are born mediocre are destined to be full of disappointment and powerlessness, and those with outstanding talents are inevitably troubled by resources. This is the reality of Academy City.

This cruel status quo cannot be changed, and various problems arising from it will continue to emerge. The fierce confrontation between some incapable people and capable people is not even an important part of this big contradiction.

As a girl who has not been affected by the limits of her ability development so far, Natsume's situation is undoubtedly very rare, which makes it difficult for her to empathize with the feelings of other levels of ability users who have stagnated in their development.

However, she had experienced the Fantasy Hand incident last semester, faced the resentment and anger of hundreds of people with no abilities, and had an inexplicable feeling of absurdity in her heart.

In this city, people without value are really pitiful.

But how lucky are the valuable people? They are just huddling together for warmth and trying to maintain some important things.

"Even if we catch these people, as long as there are no serious consequences such as serious injuries or deaths, the most they will get is a few months of compulsory labor. This kind of punishment is enough to deal with ordinary violent incidents, but we are not sure whether it will work for this kind of organized behavior."

The chair in early spring turned slightly, and he leaned on it, looking a little frustrated. Because of the existence of this kind of competition or game, those who were carried away by the game would no longer care about possible punishment. This is probably the so-called herd effect or another level of incentive effect.

In fact, Hatsuharu has long known that the existence of the Discipline Committee cannot solve all problems. It is just cooperating with more powerful violent agencies to maintain the superficial peace in the Academy City.

The Discipline Committee is, after all, just a student organization. Their handling of student issues is always much gentler than the intervention of security guards, but that's it.

"Come to think of it, this game is probably similar to the previous case of attacks on people with special abilities, except that one is initiated by people without special abilities, and the other is initiated by people with special abilities. But there seems to be a feeling that there have been fewer attacks on people with special abilities recently."

Natsume Sonoko couldn't help being absent-minded. After thinking for a while, she spoke.

There is actually not much difference between the two, but Natsume is undoubtedly more concerned about things that are closely related to him.

"This is probably related to 'Skill Out'. They have gathered many armed people with no special abilities from District 7 and other districts, and have restricted their members from attacking people with special abilities."

"I have to say that because of their existence, there have indeed been fewer cases of attacks on people with special abilities recently. Even the people with special abilities participating in this game seem to be avoiding members of this organization."

After hearing what Natsume-san said, Hatsuharu pressed Enter and called up the database of security guards. Information of several important members immediately appeared on the computer.

"By the way, the decrease in the number of attacks against people with special abilities is actually related to a mysterious guy."

Hatsuharu browsed to the end and suddenly spoke seriously.

"It's the guy in the black cloak."

"One person attacked a group of armed powerless people that covered most of Academy City. In the end, we had to dispatch security guards from several school districts to quell the incident."

Although this is a part that has long been buried in many urban legends, Saten-san still tells it like it is a treasure trove.

"Yeah, the reason why 'Skill Out' was able to grow so fast was partly because of the panic this guy caused among the armed powerless. After all, he was the first guy to target armed powerless people on a large scale, but he disappeared after that."

"It is also because of this person that some people have been negatively influenced and have started to recklessly attack the disabled. However, they dare not deal with those powerful armed disabled groups, and only look for trouble with weak individuals."

Hatsuharu nodded in agreement, not commenting on the sneaky guy's opinion.

"Hey, is this person famous? Why haven't I heard of him?"

I couldn't help but touch my nose. Natsume hadn't heard this name for a long time, but he knew who it was talking about.

In order to fill the dark corners of the Seventh School District and shrink the experimental site of the Absolute Ability Plan, someone had unceremoniously caused trouble for the armed people with no abilities.

At that time, Natsume-san had no pressure at all to cause trouble to those bad boys because of the attack on himself and Shigefuku-san, but now he has some inexplicable emotions.

She actually has a part in it? This wave of Natsume-san is in the atmosphere.

Although she was unwilling to admit that she had led some people with special abilities astray, Natsume felt that what Hatsuharu said was not completely unreasonable, and that she had indeed encouraged the occurrence of attacks on people without special abilities to some extent.

A girl with a bun on her head unknowingly became one of the triggers of the game.

However, her eyes couldn't help but look at Hatsuharu's computer, and what caught her eyes was a boy who looked like a gorilla.

It was that guy. Natsume couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Because of her figure, she had a profound impact on the boy. I remember there was a little loli or something next to her.

"Of course you're famous. Speaking of which, Natsume-san, you're suspicious. Many people on the Internet think it's you."

"Hehe, of course I'm just kidding."

As if remembering something, Saten-san looked at a girl with a bun hairstyle with interest and said half-jokingly.

I heard that the man in the cloak is at least 1.80 meters tall, how could it be Natsume?

"That's it."

Forcing a forced smile on her face, Natsume Sonoko no longer had any doubt that Saten-san was secretly a prophet.

This is almost a dark history of someone that is not worth telling others. To some extent, it has intensified the conflict between the capable and the armed non-capable, but because of the strong power of someone, it has calmed down in the short term.

In the small branch of the Discipline Committee, several girls were discussing some events intentionally or unintentionally.

Saten-san felt the same way, Natsume-san had mixed feelings, and the girl with the wreath was filled with indignation.

But everyone has the same thoughts and no one wants this to happen.

"I always feel a little uncomfortable. I think I want to do something."

"But if I get involved, there will be one more troublesome thing to deal with..."

Natsume felt his emotions changing, as if he was facing his own heart, and his thoughts became complicated.

I talked to Misaka-senpai about a lot of truths, but I was the one who didn't understand.

But once you face your own heart, many things you don't want to think about or ignore will surface. Natsume is just a slow character who is hesitant and doesn't work hard.

Regardless of interests, regardless of oneself, regardless of good and evil, having a true moral value that belongs only to oneself, and acting simply according to the heart, such a person may be truly free.

It sounds simple, but how many people can really put it into practice? If there really is one, perhaps he or she will be the real protagonist of this world.

"By the way, has Natsume-san's mother left Academy City?"

The topic unknowingly turned to something else, and Saten-san asked with some concern, interrupting someone's troubled thoughts.

Because it was the last day of the Academy City Daibasei Festival, the parents who came here began to leave, and Academy City became the original student city again.

The closed space elevator has not yet resumed operations, which has disappointed many people, including Natsume.

"I left this morning, with Aunt Misaka."

Natsume-san nodded slightly and came back to his senses and said.

She had long since adapted to living alone and could quickly adjust to her mood.

However, until now, she has not seen her father who is suspected to be in Academy City, which makes her feel a little bit bothered.

Chapter 409: Cooperation between Fengmin

The information that can be conveyed visually is limited.

All human perception combined does not extend beyond a tiny amount. The situation of people with special abilities may be slightly better, but there are still huge limitations.

He just sat on the sofa in the branch office with a somewhat calm look on his face, but Natsume's mind was not restricted by his body at all. The images in his head kept alternating between the normal world and the bizarre world.

In this world roughly called Magical Index, countless phases are like paintbrushes dipped in paint, which can be smeared on the physical world at will, making everything colorful yet elusive.

Even Natsume was touched by the light of those magical things. As long as he focused his attention on the lightless phase, he could change his observation position by moving the relative coordinates.

It is just like being able to choose which phase to observe, except this time the range is narrowed and you can move freely within the phase.

If Natsume-san has enough computing power to digest the entire phase information, then it would undoubtedly be simpler to just use that perception to fill in the phase.

"Found it. It feels like I've become a satellite."

"The consumption of computing power is still within an acceptable range. Even if I don't transfer this part of the consumption to Lingzi, I can still hold on for more than half an hour."

"Hey, I didn't expect to get to Tokyo so soon. Mom is really quick."

While chatting with classmate Zuo Tian, ​​a certain ball-headed boy's mind changed and he inexplicably observed his mother's way home.

Although Natsume always manages her expression well and looks calm and composed, she still cares a lot about her mother's return home.

Fortunately, according to the progress of the negotiations between my mother and Academy City, I will probably be able to get the pass smoothly in early October. My efforts over the past few days have not been in vain. I just hope that no troublesome things such as a world war will happen in the next period of time.

But no matter how you think about it, it won't be as serious as a world war.

Haha, right? I’m still too worried, a guy with a bun on his head thought confidently.

The topic turned back to the phase. As long as Natsume calculated the speed of the car and the travel time, and drew a rough circle outside the Academy City, she would be sure to intercept her mother on her way home.

In fact, Natsume only needs to keep moving forward along a few major roads in the right direction, and the above steps can be completely omitted.

By blurring out some unnecessary scenery, selectively ignoring useless information, and completely ignoring the microscopic angle, she can scan a large area more easily.

As long as he adds air vibrations to his interpretation, Natsume can clearly interpret a variety of sounds, and he doesn't even need to learn lip reading.

However, her attention only stayed on her mother for a short while before she suddenly changed her observation position.

We arrived at the base of the armed incompetent group called "Skill Out".

With the emergence of this new perception ability, Natsume's original means of acquiring information, which was lacking the most, finally experienced a disruptive growth, thus filling another shortcoming besides the electromagnetic barrier.

For example, she can find the truth in her own way for things that were previously difficult to investigate.

In other words, by the time Natsume realized that he could do this, he had already become the most all-pervasive intelligence officer in Academy City.

"If it were combined with my new perception ability, perhaps this matter wouldn't be so troublesome."

As if he had thought of something, Natsume-san had a thoughtful look on his face, and his eyes were fixed on the discipline committee armband on Hatsuharu's shoulder.

The hesitant thoughts are still lingering in my head. If I want Natsume to become a diligent discipline committee member like Shirai, it is only possible in the world where Tsukuyomi is affected. The morning exercises that I have persisted for a few days are a good example.

Natsume is a very gentle and kind person, and she feels that she needs to do something, which means that the only thing that restrains her from taking action is her lazy character that has been formed over a long period of time.

Ultimately, it is the struggle between lazy character and one's own will. Interests and the like are not important. Perhaps it would be more vivid to add animated patterns of demons and angels on both sides of the shoulders.

Once you completely break free from the shackles of yourself and the environment, you are almost on a path called true will.

However, this time the wrestling match seems to be about to be decided. Natsume seems to have found a less troublesome way. If it is handled well, this so-called game may be solved quickly.

All kinds of seemingly plausible thoughts were swirling in her head, and Natsume's eyes lit up slightly. She finally figured out something.