Temperature Control in Academy City

In addition to being able to observe the opponent through non-human eyes such as creating ice mirrors and water surfaces, Natsume Sonoko can also directly capture the opponent's position and movements through her ability to control temperature.

Since Natsume Sonoko's abilities cannot directly affect living things such as humans, when she uses her abilities on a large scale, an obvious area of ​​ability vacuum will appear in the space where the living things are located.

This vacuum was as conspicuous as a flame in Natsume Sonoko's brain. The other person's movements and expressions, and even the tiny changes in his chest due to the rise and fall of his heartbeat, could all be reproduced in his brain through his ability.

It's just that Natsume Sonoko is not able to regularize this kind of large-scale temperature control, otherwise enemies within a radius of 100 meters can be predicted in advance, and it is equivalent to having eyes in the sky and on the ground, as if there is an anti-human radar.

Of course, enemies who can be shot in the head from eight hundred miles away are no longer included in this category.

Similarly, the heat energy released by the other person's body will affect the temperature nearby, which can also be the basis for Natsume Sonoko to observe the other person, but this ability will become gradually difficult to observe as the distance increases.

Back to the point, if this guy named Shigefuku Shoho didn't commit crimes everywhere in the school garden, it would be difficult for Natsume Sonoko to find her.

If the scope was limited to the school garden, and considering her proactive attack on Tokiwadai students, Natsume Sonoko felt that she should be able to find her by walking around the school garden a few times.

Her appearance information has been confirmed before, so there is no need to worry about finding the wrong person now. This guy is still using the electric shock device to commit crimes everywhere, and we can catch him red-handed in one fell swoop.

I swiped my student card at the entrance of the school garden.

Ding, student card.

Natsume Sonoko grabbed the handbag in her hand, ready to use it on someone when she got the chance.

It's a bit of a waste to use this backpack that can withstand and fight only to carry some information. It's better to attach a layer of ice chips on the outside and convert it into Frostmourne to fight people.

However, as an ordinary student, Natsume Sonoko can be said to be very restrained in the use of her abilities.

For example, raising the temperature of the environment by dozens of degrees can cause the opponent's brain to go into shock or even brain death just by breathing. Natsume Sonoko can do this easily, but this is already abusing her abilities.

Senior Misaka often uses her electric shock ability to make bad boys or criminals faint or go into shock, but it is all high voltage and low current, with huge computing power and precision. Not only can it not kill people, there is no risk of damaging the brain.

Normally, Natsume Sonoko's methods are mainly defense and restriction of opponents. If her calculation ability and accuracy can be improved to the level of Misaka-senpai, she may use these potentially lethal attacks on a regular basis.

"What's going on? Why did the temperature around us suddenly drop?" Students were walking on the street in groups of three or four, chatting with each other in confusion.

Although the temperature drop was not much, it still formed a certain contrast with the original high temperature. However, the temperature changed quickly and recovered quickly, and soon returned to the original high temperature.

In order to save computing power, Natsume Sonoko does not have the ability to use it continuously. She usually shoots and moves to another place. She has a scanning frequency like a radar, observing the people around her while comparing them with the people in her head.

This abnormal temperature area began to appear continuously, with an uncertain direction, as if it was moving everywhere. During this period, several curious students appeared and chased this abnormal temperature area, but they were all lost in the end.

The abnormal temperature area gradually moved from the entrance and exit of the school garden to Tokiwadai Junior High School, then to the private Shidaezakura Academy, then to the stationery store, and then to the vicinity of the research institute, and soon passed through half of the school garden.

During this period, Natsume Sonoko also encountered some troubles. Several unrelated students suddenly appeared and followed Natsume Sonoko.

On the map in Natsume Sonoko's head, these people were lingering around until Natsume Sonoko deliberately moved the temperature control range away from them, and the few followers who couldn't find their target disappeared.

Walking in a small alley in the school garden, Natsume Sonoko's radar seemed to have scanned something, but her eyes still saw nothing.

As Natsume Sonoko expected, the other party was hiding in such a secluded place.

"Well, the clothes and facial features are very similar, and there are two buns on the head. By the way, is this hairstyle called double buns or something?" Natsume Sonoko thought involuntarily as she walked.

Natsume Sonoko likes to wear a bun on her head. Besides the fact that it is easy and convenient to comb, and she can comb her hair with just a twist, it is mainly because this hairstyle is neat and convenient.

Not only are you not afraid of strong winds, you are also not afraid of people grabbing your hair, and there will be no hair to get in the way during your daily movements.

"Here she comes, here she comes. As soon as she starts to make a move, I will burn out her stun gun and then hit her on the head with my schoolbag to knock her out."

Natsume Sonoko, who had already planned everything, sat back and thought of various fighting game techniques in her mind.

Natsume Sonoko can use these techniques with ease, although most of the moves are not very effective given her physical fitness.

For example, there is a move that Natsume Sonoko likes very much. First, throw the enemy into the air, and then kick it 150 degrees high, like hanging a kite to drain all the enemy's blood.

As she was thinking, Natsume Sonoko had already reached the end of the alley. Right in front of her was a research institute. The four glass doors outside the institute were tightly closed.

There was no road ahead, so Natsume Sonoko had to return the same way. However, to her surprise, the other party did not continue to follow her, but suddenly ran away.

The girl with double buns was still some distance away, and it only took two or three seconds to run out of Natsume Sonoko's temperature control range.

"I was discovered? I didn't do anything." Natsume Sonoko was a little confused. What was going on? But then she saw several glass doors around her and immediately understood.

Natsume Sonoko's pace involuntarily quickened, and soon turned into a jog, because she couldn't just let the prisoner get away.

But at this moment, the second-year senior of Shigefuku Shoho, who was about to run out of the alley, suddenly looked back with a look of surprise on her face.

Although Natsume Sonoko couldn't see her, she could infer the changes in her expression from the changes in her muscles.

Oh, it was discovered, but it doesn’t matter.

I had originally planned to wait until the other party made their move and catch them red-handed, but finding the stun gun on her shouldn't make much of a difference.

It's just a little troublesome, and I have to retrieve the in and out records of the academy as evidence. She definitely doesn't have any in and out records. It's a pity that I can't use my fighting skills.

Chapter 23 I think there is a big problem

As soon as he got out of the alley, Chongfu Shengfan ran directly into the crowd. With a large number of students as cover, it was much easier for him to avoid someone chasing him from behind.

As expected, Natsume Sonoko lost the chase and couldn't help gasping for breath with her hands on her knees. Normal long-distance running was difficult for her, let alone obstacle running in such a dense crowd.

After bumping into a student walking towards her, Natsume Sonoko gave up and sat down on one of the leisure benches that could be found everywhere in the school garden to rest for a while.

The consumption of the brain's computing power is still within an acceptable range, and it can become stronger by using it more, but the physical consumption is the biggest expense.

No one expected that a skinny and weak guy like Shigefuku Shoho could run, but Natsume Sonoko was not unprepared. An idea immediately came to her mind and she remembered that she had learned roller skating for three days at the roller skating rink during the holiday last year.

After passing through the dense crowd, Natsume Sonoko came to a remote alley.

Little ice crystals have begun to condense on Natsume Sonoko's feet. As the ice crystals continue to condense, Natsume Sonoko's height is lifted up by seven or eight centimeters, forming four small ice wheels on her feet, forming a pair of strange-shaped roller skates.

At the same time, two small tornadoes appeared on Natsume Sonoko's body, and the bottom was connected to her back like wings, providing her with a forward thrust.

The tornado is about the size of a basketball and looks like a pair of translucent, twisted wings.

"Let's go." Natsume Sonoko was about to shout the slogan when the push from behind pushed her out.

Although the tornado was not big, it was not easy to control, especially when turning, the thrust direction of the tornado needed to be constantly changed. At the beginning, Natsume Sonoko was a little uncomfortable with it.

Feeling the speed like the wind, it is actually not much faster than riding a normal bicycle, but compared with Natsume Sonoko's running speed, it is already very fast.

She also thought about controlling the air pressure to create an updraft and reduce her weight, but her skirt showed signs of being blown away, so she hurriedly stopped this attempt.

Natsume Sonoko, who was roller skating, walked straight into a small path. After walking for a while, Natsume Sonoko discovered something again.

The path was a bit congested, and was about to hit a pile of debris. Natsume Sonoko controlled her wings and flew four or five meters off the ground, narrowly avoiding the collision.

Before she had time to savor her wonderful operation, Natsume Sonoko hurriedly turned around and looked at Shigefuku Shoho who was hiding behind a pile of debris.

This is not a dead end, but because there are some piles of waste cardboard boxes blocking the road, it looks like a good place to hide from people's sight.

Chong Fushengfan had been using his abilities for such a long time today that he could only find a place to rest for a while to recover his computing power.

"Don't run, your ability is of no use to me." Looking at classmate Shigefuku Shoho who was gradually disappearing from her sight, Natsume Sonoko said kindly.

But at this moment, Natsume Sonoko noticed something and swung the black handbag in her hand high up and threw it into the air.

The black backpack seemed to hit something, making a dull sound in the air, as if it hit a watermelon or something else.

Then he swung the schoolbag backhand, creating a gust of wind in the air and hit the target again. The only sound was heard of a heavy object falling to the ground, and when it fell, it crushed two cardboard boxes.

However, Natsume Sonoko's stomach was also hit by something, but it was not serious.

"Ah." A scream sounded in the trail, and a stun gun with a deformed appearance was revealed. It fell out of the hand and fell to the side. White smoke was still coming out of it, and it seemed that it had short-circuited.

Although Natsume Sonoko could not see the stun gun, she could clearly see the trajectory of the other party's attack.

The visual obstruction on Shigefuku Shoho also disappeared, and Natsume Sonoko was able to see the other person clearly.

She looked similar to the profile, about 1.5 meters tall, with brown buns and long bangs that covered her eyebrows. There was a red mark on her hand, probably from being burned by the hot electric shock device.

Chong Fushengfan hurriedly got up from the ground, with a look of unwillingness on his face. He looked down at the smoking electric shock device, gritted his teeth and ran towards the street corner.

The intersection is only a hundred meters away from where the two are now, but this happens to be within Natsume Sonoko's sphere of influence.

Natsume Sonoko watched as Shigefuku Shoho, who had become invisible again, ran 29 meters, but just stood there stupidly without moving.

"It hurts so much." Chong Fushengfan seemed to have hit a soft wall. He stood up with great difficulty and then looked at the wall carefully.

A tornado three or four meters high blocked her way like a barrier. The howling wind and waves made it difficult for her to walk, and it was even more difficult to break through it.

To Natsume Sonoko's surprise, the student named Shigefuku Shoho actually gritted his teeth and rushed directly towards the tornado wall again.

There was no chance of luck. Even though Natsume Sonoko took the initiative to slow down the wind speed, Shigefuku Shoho was still sucked into the tornado and was trapped in place, unable to move.

In a small alley, classmate Shigefu Shengfan had a small tornado tied to his back, hanging in the air three meters above the ground. His bangs were blown up by the wind, revealing his thick and short eyebrows from time to time.

The following is Natsume Sonoko calling Kuroko-san, telling him the rough location, and in the other party's unbelieving tone, saying that she would be there in ten minutes.

"It's ridiculous, right? Just laugh as much as you can." Hanging in the air, the student Chongfu Shengfan, who seemed to have lost all hope in life, said in an aggrieved tone.

"Laugh if you want to. I'm used to it anyway, just like that person." As if he had seen through the world, Chong Fushengfan became extremely sad and angry.

Natsume Sonoko was sitting on the ground feeling a little uneasy. I’m only here to catch the murderer, not to care about his mental health.

Natsume Sonoko not only did not find Shigefuku Shoho's short and thick eyebrows funny, but instead found them cute. This is clearly a cute point, okay?

"In the spring, I fantasized that the happy time would last forever, but the spring ended suddenly, and I was not prepared at all."

Shigefuku Shoho spoke sadly with a mournful face, and Natsume Sonoko immediately understood that this was clearly the trouble of growing up. Young people nowadays are really worrying.

"I was here first, but why did you break up with me? Is it better to be the eldest lady of Tokiwadai?"

"That person said he disliked my eyebrows. So I hate the person who abandoned me, and I also hate the Tokiwadai student who took him away. As for what I hate the most..."

“What I hate most are all the eyebrows in the world. So, I want to make everyone’s eyebrows funny.” As if making a great declaration, Shigefuku Shoho, with tears in his eyes, clenched his fists tightly, and ignoring the rustling of his skirt in the wind and waves, he excitedly swung his feet.

"I'm sorry, although I felt something was wrong halfway through, I still admire your determination."

Natsume Sonoko listened calmly to Shigefuku Shoho's announcement, and a sense of inexplicable emotion welled up in her heart. It turned out that the thinking of adolescents is full of unknowability.

Like a little adult, Natsume Sonoko frowned, thinking hard with a solemn expression. Her words made Natsume Sonoko inexplicably want to complain.

"What are you thinking about? Are you organizing words to make me laugh? What's wrong? Just laugh at me." Chong Fushengfan lifted his bangs and revealed his thick and short eyebrows.

"No, your eyebrows are cute. I don't think there's anything strange about them. It's all your boyfriend's fault." Natsume Sonoko felt that Shigefuku Shoho seemed to have suffered a huge blow to his eyebrows, and couldn't help but speak out her opinion.

"really?"

"Really, it's very cute. I like it very much." As soon as Natsume Sonoko finished her words, a blush appeared on Shigefuku Shoho's face, which made Natsume Sonoko a little confused.

"I roughly understand your reason. Because your boyfriend disliked your eyebrows, he left you and found a girl from Tokiwadai, so you want to take revenge on Tokiwadai Middle School. I think this is very important. Problem."

Natsume Sonoko felt great sympathy for what happened to her senior classmate and other classmates after they got married, because if they told others about such things that involved being implicated and retaliated against, no one would believe it.

"Shouldn't the target of your revenge be your boyfriend? And do you know how many people your behavior has hurt?" Natsume Sonoko said with some dissatisfaction. She didn't have a good face for this guy who took revenge on society when he was provoked.

Uh, it seems like Academy City is full of people like this, always wanting to take revenge on society, always wanting to destroy Academy City, and always coming up with some evil plans.

Natsume Sonoko felt a little tired. Even though there were various reasons, so many unrelated people were involved. Natsume Sonoko felt that she had to teach them a lesson.

"When you come out from the security guard, we will go together to teach your boyfriend a lesson and let him know why the flowers are so red." Natsume Sonoko accidentally said the Internet slang from her previous life, and a serious look appeared on her face.

Not taking Fukusho Fan seriously, Natsume Sonoko felt much more relieved for a moment.

Chapter 24 I Give Out the Stone

The wind today is a bit noisy, and the manic breath makes it impossible for pedestrians to open their eyes.

After having a calm exchange with her classmate Shigefuku Shoho who was hanging in the air, Natsume Sonoko felt that she could almost retire.

"Um, can I write to you later?" Student Chong Fu Shengfan said hesitantly in the air, supporting his head with both hands, as if he felt his head was a little heavy.

"It's already the 21st century, especially in Academy City where technology is 20 to 30 years ahead of the outside world. You have to learn how to use a cell phone, and of course a tablet or computer will do."

Natsume Sonoko, who didn't answer the question correctly, created two mini tornadoes on her palms out of boredom, then looked at Shigefuku Shoho and said.

After rejecting the other party's troublesome proposal to write a letter, Natsume Sonoko, who had nothing to do, habitually exchanged mobile phone numbers with her classmate Shigefuku Shoho for easy contact in the future.

Kuroko always comes unexpectedly. Just when Natsume Sonoko threw two mini tornadoes to the ground to simulate a gyroscope battle, Kuroko suddenly appeared and successfully stomped out one of the mini tornadoes.

"Kuroko-san, please watch your step next time you show up."

Natsume Sonoko said with dissatisfaction, looking at Shirai Kuroko who had just landed, and casually canceled the ability of the mini tornado.

The surviving mini tornado ran on the ground for a while and then quickly dissipated into the air.

"It's really surprising that Natsume-san, you actually used a tornado to hang people in the air." Kuroko-san said as if there was an exclamation mark on his head, looking at Shigefuku Shoho who was hanging in the air.

"Who made her so fast at running? I can't outrun her, so I had to hang her up." Natsume Sonoko defended herself, seeming to have completely forgotten that she could use her ability to speed up.

"Natsume-san, according to what you said, Shigefuku Shoho is the culprit in several attacks, but her ability is only level 2."