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Unable to compete with Misaka Mikoto, Accelerator turned to look at the white-haired girl next to Misaka Mikoto.

The girl wasn't tall, but her slender figure and delicate face gave her the appearance of being tall. Especially her luxurious clothing and unique hairstyle immediately suggested that she was someone of extraordinary origin.

Unfortunately, Accelerator no longer has any concept of China or Chinese culture in his mind, otherwise he could probably guess the true origin of the girl in front of him.

Accelerator didn't know who the girl was, but he learned from her previous conversations with Misaka Mikoto that the white-haired girl would soon discuss with the council members of Academy City how Academy City should deal with the current crisis.

Based on this girl?

This slender girl looks weak and could be blown away by the wind.

If the person sitting here were Mo Mo, then Accelerator wouldn't say anything. Mo Mo has already proven his strength and resolve in front of Accelerator, so what's wrong with Mo Mo now? Why isn't he making a move himself, but instead letting this girl step in?

Seemingly noticing Accelerator's suspicious gaze, Jiang Lihua, who was busy organizing documents, looked up at Accelerator and smiled slightly, saying, "Don't worry, Accelerator, Academy City will be restored to order. Everyone can continue their lives in Academy City."

"You don't have to trust me, but please trust Momo and Mikoto, because they trust me."

Upon hearing this calm explanation, Accelerator felt a sense of relief for some reason, and his doubts and worries about the current situation quickly disappeared.

Even Accelerator's long-standing loathing for Emperor Kanemoto, and his hatred and murderous intent towards the Kihara clan, had diminished considerably, as if he suddenly felt that none of this was worth continuing to concern himself with.

Compared to his own hatred, Accelerator also realized the danger of the current situation in Academy City. If the security problems in Academy City cannot be resolved and stability restored, the collapse of Academy City is probably only a matter of time.

Accelerator began to unconsciously contemplate the future of Academy City, his impatient demeanor fading, and his mind gradually calmed. Several minutes later, still unable to find the answer, Accelerator finally snapped out of his reverie and realized something was amiss with his earlier state.

At this moment, Accelerator seemed to understand something, and his eyes became more wary as he looked at Jiang Lihua. Could his change just now have been caused by Jiang Lihua?

Is it some kind of psychological control ability?

That's impossible... Even Misaki Shokuhou's ability couldn't affect Accelerator, let alone this guy I've never heard of before.

After much thought, Accelerator couldn't come up with an answer, and finally concluded that the girl was someone close to Momo, and had the same strange and unusual abilities as Momo.

Since Accelerator couldn't resist Mo Mo's abilities, he could understand having another mental ability user that he couldn't resist either.

Feeling he had figured everything out, Accelerator wasn't angry that Jiang Lihua had affected him; instead, a slightly amused smile appeared on his lips. In his view, since she was someone similar to Mo Mo, then she could be trusted.

Now, Accelerator is starting to feel a sense of anticipation, wondering what Academy City will become once it is truly under Momo's control.

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Inside the conference room, the council members of Academy City, unusually, gathered together without any distinction of faction or morality, sitting in a circle around a round table to discuss the fate of Academy City, and also their own.

Of course, this did not change the nature of these council members. For example, Chao'an, who was known for his cautious and civilized behavior, was also present at the meeting, but he still wore his drive armor, as if he was worried that if he came out for even a second, he would be assassinated.

Therefore, the problem, which was originally impossible for them to solve, cast a shadow of despair on everyone's faces and caused everyone to fall into silence.

Regardless of their personal character, values, or interests, as council members of Academy City, each of them oversees a major aspect of Academy City, making them acutely aware of the current crisis facing the city.

A crisis that leaves everyone completely bewildered, wondering how it happened, yet is destined to bring about the collapse of the entire Academy City.

Compared to the problems they are currently worrying about, the riots in Academy City are relatively minor. Even the almost blatant conspiracy of Takane Teitoku and the Kihara clan can be postponed in their view.

After all, the biggest problem for people living in the world is survival, and right now these council members have to consider the survival of 230 million people in Academy City.

The entire Academy City has been separated from its original world, meaning it has severed all contact with the outside world. So, can Academy City, existing essentially in an alternate dimension, be self-sufficient and guarantee the survival of its 230 million inhabitants?

Obviously it is impossible.

The most basic necessities for human survival are food, water, and air. Currently, the air supply in Academy City is normal, and the water in Academy City can be recycled to a large extent, so it is not a problem for the time being.

What troubles all the board members is the food problem in Academy City.

Although Academy City has agricultural buildings for cultivating vegetables and raising meat, and uses high-tech and efficient methods for cultivation and raising, which can barely guarantee the normal needs of Academy City, the food of Academy City, including rice and flour, needs to be supplied from outside.

After all, it's impossible to set aside large tracts of land specifically for growing food in Academy City.

However, at this moment, the option of exchanging goods with the outside world has disappeared from the minds of all the board members; even the concept of it has vanished. Therefore, in their minds, it means that Academy City suddenly doesn't have enough food.

Although it's strange, that's the reality, and they have to face the problem and come up with a solution.

But... what can we do?

Even if those agricultural buildings were to completely abandon vegetable cultivation now and switch entirely to growing grains, it would be too late.

With a population of 2.3 million and 2.3 million mouths to feed, this enormous expense was enough to overwhelm the rationality of every council member, especially when no one knew why the food had disappeared or how to replenish it.

The conference room was quiet. The ten directors remained silent, while the eleventh figure pulled down his hat and gave a wry smile.

This person was Rami.

Rami wasn't there to attend the meeting; he simply appeared silently, wanting to see if the council members of Academy City could resolve the current crisis in Academy City on their own.

However, judging from the results, it is clearly impossible.

"We were negligent. We didn't realize that the management and operation of human cities is such a massive undertaking."

Rami sighed, lamenting the oversight of everyone in the Crimson World. After all, they were beings of the Crimson World; it was impossible for them to have a detailed understanding of the specific operating principles of a city, especially a massive modern metropolis.

Rami originally thought that they had considered as much as possible how to keep a city stable, and used the vast Free Law to provide Academy City with air and sunlight supply channels, but they still missed too many things.

If things continue like this, let alone considering what Momo should do, just if things continue to develop like this, Academy City will definitely be engulfed in flames and suffer enormous destruction in ten days.

This outcome is clearly unacceptable to Rami. Even if it really has to become a junk, it should only happen after the Crimson World has handed over power to the SOS Brigade, so that the Crimson World can have a legitimate reason to act.

So, Rami has to do something right now.

After much thought, Rami came up with a few ideas.

The first solution is to amend the Free Law currently enveloping the entire Academy City, and then allow Academy City to exchange materials with the original world.

However, this would essentially allow Academy City to communicate with the outside world again, and the result could very well lead to the failure of the entire Academy City separation plan.

After all, a piece of the world has been separated, which must have made the higher beings in the A Certain Magical Index plane, those demon gods, feel uneasy. If the channel for exchanging matter is reopened, it could very well give those powerful beings an opportunity to take advantage of it.

At that time, Academy City will become a battlefield. The Crimson World went through all sorts of trouble to separate Academy City, just to save it from being destroyed by war.

So, Rami only considered this first method once before putting it out of his mind.

235 Give me ten days

The second method is to use Rami's own power and Best's power to forcibly stop the chaos in Academy City and restore order to the city.

The simplest way is for the two of them to combine their powers, integrating the power of the oracle with the power of the free law, and thus sealing off the entire Academy City.

In this way, let alone ten days, as long as the Crimson World can provide enough power to exist, the two of them can easily seal off Academy City for a hundred years.

Although this method would consume a massive amount of existence power, it would still be within Rami's consideration if there were truly no other way to solve the problem.

However, Rami's second method was only a last resort, not a good one, and it was already a bit too late to use it now.

The riots in Academy City have already occurred. Even if the current situation in Academy City is preserved for ten days using the seal, the SOS Brigade will still be left with a mess.

The Crimson Worlds are not afraid of the SOS Brigade, and therefore do not worry about their retaliation. However, the two sides are currently in a cooperative relationship, and Rami and others, as Crimson World beings, are naturally not as cunning and treacherous as humans, who would scheme against their partners without any scruples.

Thinking of this, Rami shook his head and turned to consider a third method.

This third method, perhaps, can hardly be called a method at all.

Previously, Rami had hesitated and doubted whether Momo had enough power to reverse the chaos in Academy City. But now, after learning about the conditions of Jiang Lihua, the girl summoned by Momo, he was certain of it.

Momo wouldn't make empty promises; that's Rami's assessment of Momo. After all, even Best trusts Momo, which is highly credible proof.

Although Best may seem somewhat naive and innocent, anyone who tries to cheat or scheme against her will definitely be detected by her. After all, Best possesses the power of divination, and no one can truly deceive her.

Momo gained Best's trust. Regardless of Momo's ultimate goal, Rami believed that at least when facing Best, Momo was sincere and showed enough sincerity to make Best wholeheartedly close to Momo.

However, it all comes back to Rami's wariness and suspicion of Momer. What exactly is Momer doing right now for?

If Momo's arrival in Academy City was a coincidence, and her pursuit of Best was solely due to emotional reasons, then everything else Momo did must have a purpose.

What Rami was worried about was Momo's purpose, even though Rami had learned from Best that Momo had indicated in a way that Best could completely trust that Momo would never interfere with Crimson World's plans.

The subtext of this statement is that Momo will definitely interfere with the SOS Brigade's plans, and may even become an enemy of the SOS Brigade.

Rami pondered quietly, and finally made up his mind. He could let Momo do whatever he wanted in Academy City, but he also needed a guarantee from Momo, a guarantee that would allow Crimson World to remain completely uninvolved.

As for what conflicts Momo had with the SOS Brigade after that... that's not something that a mere Crimson World Apostle like Rami could concern himself with or interfere with.

After making up his mind, Rami transformed into a white dove, passed directly through the wall, and left the heavily guarded conference room, flying towards the location of Momo and Best.

After Rami left, Red's immense presence as an apostle disappeared, which seemed to relieve the council members in the conference room and slightly boost their spirits.

"Or, should we let that child in?"

The only council member in Academy City who genuinely cared about the students, the old woman, Momono Kisuna, who refused to use force and fought against the world with a bloodless principle based solely on negotiation skills, spoke up. Compared to the various thoughts in the minds of the other council members, she knew deeply that what Academy City needed now was a way to survive.

Upon hearing this, all the council members looked at each other in bewilderment.

They had already been in contact with Jiang Lihua before, and Jiang Lihua had told them roughly about her conditions. The conditions were so harsh that they were almost unimaginable to these directors.

"That brat... wants the position of chairman of Academy City, he wants to rule the entire Academy City!"

A gaunt board member said, "It's one thing for Aleister to disappear, but shouldn't the chairman be chosen from among us? This Jiang Lihua is someone who appeared out of thin air; there's not even any information about her in the library. How can we trust someone like that?"

Several board members immediately nodded in agreement, a gesture that filled Shinsenzuka with disgust. Although they outwardly presented seemingly valid reasons, wasn't it ultimately driven by their own lust for power?

Can't they think about the children in Academy City? If they don't resolve the current crisis in Academy City, destruction awaits it.

Do these council members intend to assert their sovereignty over a pile of bones amidst ruins?

"If you have any thoughts, just say them. There are no outsiders here."

Bei Jiji, one of the board members, spoke up. He could be considered a kind person among the board members. The reason he was called a kind person but not a good person was because he only did good deeds to give his kindness, and was not as pure and idealistic as Chikafune Monaka.

However, faced with the perilous situation in Academy City, he would certainly be a calm person and a staunch supporter of the ship.

“Also, according to what you just said,” Bei Jimin said, “if we really want to choose a director to be the chairman, don’t forget that Mo Mo is also a member of the board, even though he is absent today.”

The gaunt council member who had just made the suggestion caught his breath, only then remembering the existence of Mo Mo, another council member. Clearly, Mo Mo's sudden rise to council member status, becoming a member of the highest power structure in Academy City, would displease many council members.

"That guy can be considered one of us? He's just a greenhorn, we don't need to pay him any attention!"

The gaunt director smirked and said, "As for this little girl named Jiang Lihua he sent, we should indeed meet her. Let's see if she has any plans. If she can truly save Academy City, we can certainly support her."

"However, after it's all over... we can compensate her and her master Momo in other ways. Academy City must be under our control. How can we trust outsiders with this?"

His words, though seemingly righteous, revealed his despicable intentions. Apart from Chikafune Morinaka, who showed anger, the other directors merely frowned, disgusted by this duplicity.

However, his words clearly resonated with everyone. Isn't it a favorite pastime of those in power and capitalists to simply take the fruits of others' labor?

All the board members turned their attention to Okinawa Monaka. Seeing that Okinawa Monaka was still resisting, the gaunt board member immediately said, "We are now doing this to save Academy City. Afterwards, bringing Academy City under the control of us old folks will also be for the sake of Academy City. Okinawa Monaka, you'd better think about the children in Academy City."

The anger on Chika's face kept changing, but she eventually suppressed it. If the other directors agreed with the gaunt director's actions, she couldn't do anything to resist.

After all, her strengths lie in negotiation and in maneuvering situations. She herself has no real control over combat forces, and the only force she can mobilize is a small squad of bodyguards.