Temperature Control in Academy City

After waiting at the door for half a minute, the door in front of Natsume Sonoko finally opened.

"Senior sister, something happened on the way. I'm sorry I'm late." As the door gradually opened, Natsume Sonoko said with a slight bow.

"Wow~Wow~Wow, since you apologized so sincerely, I will reluctantly forgive you. You are really slow to come today. My tea party will not wait for anyone."

Before seeing the person, I heard her laughter first. The signature laughter of the married senior sister reached Natsume Sonoko's ears, with the tone of arrogant eldest lady and a hint of joy that was beyond words.

Natsume Sonoko's previous nervousness disappeared all at once, and was replaced by a deep sense of amazement. This is really the style of a married senior.

Just as Natsume Sonoko looked up at the door, Weiwei looked at her married senior sister, and she couldn't help but retreat towards the door with a look of panic on her face.

"Snake, what a big snake." Natsume Sonoko's arms trembled slightly. She raised one hand and pointed at an extra-long python wrapped around her married senior. Hey, is there a bow tied on its head?

She wasn't too scared, after all, Natsume Sonoko had seen many Beauty and the Beast movies, and it was not uncommon for people to like to keep strange pets. But anyone would be scared if they opened the door and saw a big snake crawling on their body.

"Little Catherine is a lady. It is very impolite to look at a lady like that." After getting married, the senior sister closed the folding fan in her hand and said to Natsume Sonoko with dissatisfaction.

"I'm sorry." Natsume Sonoko said after a moment of silence. This snake is really the pet of the senior sister after marriage.

Natsume Sonoko, who was a little frightened, quickly calmed down and carefully followed the married senior into her dormitory.

Walking into the dormitory of the married senior sister, the first thing that caught my eye was the luxurious atmosphere. The two shelves were filled with various Western dolls, most of which were in the shape of gorgeously dressed young ladies.

These puppet young ladies are dressed differently, have exquisite hairstyles, graceful manners, and even their movements are carefully crafted. They seem to have more of a young lady’s demeanor than real people.

Natsume Sonoko looked at these dolls curiously. Even an outsider like Natsume Sonoko felt a sense of lifelikeness, nobility and elegance.

It seems that many people have a collecting habit.

Misaka-senpai is crazy about Quata, and Kuroko-san seems to have a special liking for collecting everything about Misaka-senpai, including but not limited to secretly taken photos. Natsume-san always feels that Kuroko-san will use her spatial movement ability to do something incredible.

As for the senior's habit of collecting Western dolls after marriage, Natsume Sonoko thinks it is a very normal hobby.

Even Natsume Sonoko herself would occasionally buy a lot of things that she never used and end up stuffing them under the bed, not knowing what use they would have.

"Please take a seat, Natsume-san. Here are some snacks that I prepared. The pastries were specially made by a chef overnight, and the fruits were just picked today. Please don't be polite to me." The senior student sat upright at the round table, still with her folding fan. She opened the fan to cover the expectant look on her face.

"This is the first time I've been invited to a tea party. Please forgive me if I'm impolite." Natsume Sonoko spoke the truth, her eyes unconsciously glancing at the pythons swimming around.

The python playing nearby seemed to notice Natsume Sonoko's gaze and looked at her with its tongue sticking out.

Only then did Natsume Sonoko hurriedly turn her head and sit opposite her married senior.

In addition, Natsume Sonoko looked around suspiciously, but did not see any other classmates coming to the tea party.

Is the tea party over? Or am I the only one here?

"Please have some tea." The married senior sister put down her folding fan, her arrogant look seemed to have subsided, and she picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Natsume Sonoko.

"Is this black tea?" Natsume Sonoko looked at the tea in the cup with some curiosity. This was probably her first time drinking black tea.

The black tea in the cup is bright and transparent, without any impurities, and only has a fragrant tea aroma.

After taking a sip, a refreshing fragrance flows from between the teeth into the lungs. It is rich and mellow, clear and sweet, and not greasy at all. Instead, it has a light sweetness.

"It's delicious." Natsume Sonoko's simple style was once again on display. No amount of adjectives could compare to the word "delicious".

After the marriage, there was an obvious blush of excitement on the senior sister's face, as if she felt that her tea ceremony was recognized.

"Wow, now you know that my tea ceremony is also first-rate, but no one can drink the black tea that I, Hou Guangzi, brew myself." Hou Guangzi showed a smug look on her face, and her eyes couldn't stop looking at Natsume Sonoko who was drinking black tea.

Natsume Sonoko felt a little awkward, but when she saw the look in the eyes of her married senior, she still drank the tea in her hand obediently.

In addition to drinking tea, the tea party is naturally about chatting. Just as Natsume Sonoko wanted to chat with her married senior sister about family matters, the married senior sister's big teapot appeared in front of her.

"It seems that you can appreciate my tea ceremony. Please don't be polite. I have plenty of black tea." The married senior sister said firmly, spreading a gorgeous fan in front of her face, revealing a pair of shining eyes.

The teacup was filled with black tea again. Being stared at by the married senior, Natsume Sonoko felt a little overwhelmed.

While drinking black tea, Natsume Sonoko suddenly felt a sinking sensation on her back, as if something heavy was crawling onto her body.

"Natsume-san, little Catherine seems to like you very much." The married senior said with her mouth wide open, as if she was very curious about why little Catherine, who was usually only close to her, was acting out of character today.

Natsume Sonoko felt nervous after hearing what her senior said about marriage.

Natsume Sonoko only felt a slippery sensation, and little Catherine had already climbed onto Natsume Sonoko's neck and lay on her body motionless.

"Is little Catherine asleep?"

About two minutes later, Natsume Sonoko, who had plucked up her courage, poked little Catherine's head with her finger. Seeing that there was no reaction, she became bolder and rubbed her hands unconsciously on little Catherine's body, just like touching a kitten or a puppy.

Huh? It's surprisingly comfortable, and it doesn't bite.

Smooth and tender, it feels like touching a ball of jelly and feels extremely comfortable.

Little Catherine also felt Natsume Sonoko's touch, and became even more lazy. She fell asleep on Natsume Sonoko's head with her snake head with a bow on it. From a distance, it looked like Natsume Sonoko was wearing a big red butterfly hat.

Although it is not clear whether the two people drinking tea and chatting can be considered a tea party, Natsume Sonoko feels that she seems to like this activity of drinking tea and eating snacks when she has nothing to do.

Little Catherine got off Natsume Sonoko and started to stroll around other parts of the room after sleep. The married senior was busy introducing the Western dolls in the room to Natsume Sonoko.

Natsume Sonoko was very interested in these lifelike dolls, but the only regret was that there were no circuits or programs installed inside them, so they could not make fun movements like video game robots, nor could they sing or dance.

After marriage, the senior's tea party started with black tea and ended with dolls. Occasionally, little Catherine would come out to make trouble. At least Natsume Sonoko's first tea party was not boring.

Although the senior sister looked a little arrogant after marriage, she was very dedicated at the tea party, and Natsume Sonoko could feel her importance and care.

By the time Natsume Sonoko came out of her married senior's room, it was almost afternoon.

Even though she missed lunch, Natsume Sonoko was not hungry at all. The taste of pastries and black tea was still lingering in her mouth.

Chapter 18: Bad Boys and a Certain Scientific Railgun

The happy and comfortable weekend is over, and soon it’s time to go back to school.

After completing a whole day of classes, Natsume Sonoko sat on her desk, looking at the sky outside the window in confusion.

I didn’t sleep well last night. I don’t know if it was because I drank too much black tea or something else, but Natsume Sonoko didn’t fall into a deep sleep until one or two in the morning.

Actually, insomnia is nothing. Natsume Sonoko has many ways to cheer herself up, but the problem is that she has a physical education class today.

Although it was just routine physical exercise, including ten squats, ten push-ups, and a one-kilometer run, Natsume Sonoko still collapsed from exhaustion, and became miserable.

Natsume Sonoko only felt sore all over. Long-distance running was the sport she hated the most, especially the last 100 meters. That distance seemed out of reach.

"I almost thought I was going to die. I hate physical education class." Natsume Sonoko had an expression as if she had survived a disaster. Her vision gradually changed from empty and confused to a slightly more solid one.

Natsume Sonoko's physical fitness is indeed a bit poor, but even so, Natsume Sonoko does not want to rely on long-distance running to improve her physical fitness. In Natsume Sonoko's opinion, riding a bicycle is just fine.

Someone felt that he had rested enough and couldn't stay in the classroom any longer.

Natsume Sonoko slowly got up from her desk and walked out of the classroom. She took out her cell phone from her backpack and went online to browse forums as usual, especially an urban legend website, which is now one of her favorite places to log in.

Natsume Sonoko kept swiping her phone, and soon she opened an urban legend website and entered the website's forum, which was filled with all kinds of strange posts posted by netizens.

[It is said that cash cards of varying amounts can be found in the alleys of Academy City]

[There is a person with the ability to move in space who will ruthlessly defeat her enemies. She also has a partner she is crazy about: the strongest electric shock user, the railgun.]

[The man who can resist a certain railgun with only his right hand]

【...】

Natsume Sonoko looked through the posts on the website forum and felt that it was full of gossip and rumors, with true and false news flying everywhere.

Misaka-senpai is indeed a celebrity. Even in the forums on small websites, her legend is circulating. Having seen the name of A Certain Scientific Railgun many times, Natsume Sonoko said that this is the power of A Certain Scientific Railgun fans.

In the various chat posts on the website, there are many urban legends that have not been confirmed or included.

Only legends that are highly credible or widely circulated can be officially included in the website and at least have a special page.

Last time, the urban legend about senior Kana Maeda, the stripping girls wandering around Academy City, has a special page on this urban legend website called "Seeing is believing", and can also earn some income through clicks.

[Shocked, the ground suddenly froze, what on earth did these people do to the earth]

Natsume Sonoko clicked on the post and saw the photo of the group of people who had robbed the bank before. Kuroko was not photographed, but several security guards and an armored vehicle were in the picture, though their faces were blurred.

It briefly described what happened, along with a photo of several robbers shivering when they were caught, and finally a photo of the poster testing the ground temperature at the scene.

Although there is no first sight evidence, the poster still insists that he encountered an unknown and mysterious event.

Natsume Sonoko was very satisfied that her story could be spread, but when she saw the few replies below, she immediately became unhappy.

[No photos of the ground being frozen? I find it hard to believe you. Oh, by the way, it seems like summer is almost here.]

[Suddenly, they said the ground was frozen or something, maybe it was just because these criminals were afraid of being caught (patting their heads). ]

[Boring post, hidden, hidden]

Natsume Sonoko thought that she could take a few photos of the frozen ground and upload them. It would be best to also include the big sun above to enhance credibility so that these ignorant people could see them.

In the end, Natsume Sonoko resisted the urge. She felt that she could create an urban legend section for herself and there was no need to waste precious photos on replying to posts.

Not only can she complete the monthly investigation mission of the Urban Legend Investigation Agency, but I heard that the income is pretty good. At least the last time I saw senior Kana Maeda, she was eating the high-end meals in the Fourth School District.

"Is there any use for temperature control and photography?"

Natsume Sonoko thought it was worth a try, maybe she could get out of poverty and become rich, to the point where she could surpass Kuroko in terms of income.

In fact, it is neither difficult nor easy to create an urban legend, but the degree of its popularity is the basis for an urban legend to develop from rumors and gossip.

After closing the post, Natsume Sonoko has already walked out of the gate of Tokiwadai Junior High School, and her fulfilling urban investigation life has begun again.

Walk out of the school garden and through the alleys, you will arrive at the bustling commercial street.

Walking on the pedestrian bridge in the commercial street, Natsume Sonoko's tiredness began to subside, and she became energetic again.

"Today's weather is really nice, very suitable for outdoor investigation. We will go to the arcade to check the situation."

Natsume Sonoko made a plan for today's investigation in just one second. She took firm steps as if she had found the meaning of the whole day. As expected, people become full of energy when they find their goals.

Moreover, the consumption in the video game center is not high, which is very suitable for ordinary students like Natsume Sonoko to spend money there.

As she was thinking, Natsume Sonoko met an acquaintance on the pedestrian bridge.

It's Misaka-senpai.

Senior Misaka was holding a can of pineapple juice in her hand and looking up at the sky, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, as if she was lamenting the impermanence of life.

Just as Natsume Sonoko was about to step forward and say hello, something strange happened.

It seems that Misaka-senpai was hit on by someone? Well, it should be considered a hit on.

"You're so cute, and you're a student at Tokiwadai."

"Oh, do you want to play with us next? Brother will take you to see the goldfish. They are very beautiful goldfish."

"Don't worry about going back late. We will take you back then." Several young men who looked like bad guys gathered around and surrounded Senior Misaka.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. They are so brave." Natsume Sonoko showed an incredible look on her face. She looked at the bad seven people surrounding Misaka-senpai with some curiosity.

Don't these people watch the news? I thought Misaka-senpai was famous, but I'm really ignorant.

Natsume Sonoko's daily divergent thoughts began again, very frequently once a day. Looking at the seven ferocious-looking bad boys in front of her, Natsume Sonoko's expression couldn't help but become serious.

"Well, I just want to move around. As expected, this city doesn't make people feel bored at all." Senior Misaka nodded helplessly, looking at the several bad boys around her and spoke.

After saying that, Senior Misaka casually threw the can in her hand into the trash can beside her.

"Natsume-san, why are you here?"

Misaka heard some noise, but her vision was blocked by a few delinquent boys. She tilted her head to see through them and realized it was Natsume Sonoko.

"Misaka-senpai, don't worry, I've already notified the discipline committee and she will handle it right away." Although Natsume Sonoko was not very worried about Misaka-senpai, she still felt that she should do something.

The best way would be to notify the nosy girl Dou Heizi to come and deal with it. Natsume Sonoko confronted several bad boys with a fearless attitude.

Even if not for Misaka-senpai, for the sake of these seven delinquent boys with extraordinary courage, maybe being thrown into the security prison might be better for them.

"Where did this troublesome guy come from? Are you trying to cause trouble on purpose, little brat?" the leading bad guy said arrogantly, taking out a folding knife from his pocket with one hand.

"Boss, this is also a student from Tokiwadai. It looks like they are classmates."

"She said she has notified the Discipline Committee. What should we do? I heard that there is a female Discipline Committee member who kills people without blinking an eye recently. It seems that she has an even more brutal and flirtatious partner."

"What discipline committee member and her partner? They're just a few little girls. Maybe they haven't gotten over their rebellious period yet. Maybe they even need to hug their baby to sleep at night. Hahaha." Several bad guys laughed while holding their stomachs.

"Take the two of them away together first." The leading delinquent boy raised his knife rudely and gestured in the air twice, only to find that the little carrot head opposite him kept retreating.

I'm not going to pretend anymore. I'm going to run away.

Natsume Sonoko turned around and ran back, ignoring the surprised looks on the faces of several bad guys. This little guy who was so aggressive just now, is running away now?

"Luckily I ran fast, Misaka-senpai seems to be glowing blue again."

Finally running to a safe distance, Natsume Sonoko took a quick breath and looked from afar at Misaka-senpai who had electric sparks coming out of her head. It seemed that this group of bad boys had made Misaka-senpai angry.