Temperature Control in Academy City

Kuroko put his hands on his hips and said to Natsume Sonoko that he had seen some information about Shigefuku Shoho in the branch, and that the level 2 ability could not hinder human vision at all.

"I can't explain this clearly, but the stun gun was there, and I only fought back in self-defense after being attacked." Natsume Sonoko said seriously, seeming a little unhappy with Shirai Kuroko's suspicion.

It took Shirai Kuroko about a minute to confirm the identity of the criminal, Shigefuku Shoho.

No surveillance footage was called up, and no witness testimony was needed from Natsume Sonoko. Instead, it was Shigefuku Shoho who took the initiative to admit that he was the culprit in this incident.

The security guard's armored vehicle quickly arrived at the scene, and a security guard teacher named Yomikawa Aiho took Shigefuku Shoho into the car.

This incident did not last long, and based on the circumstances it was not a serious incident. According to Natsume Sonoko's guess, the punishment for Shigefuku Shoho would end in about a week or two.

After returning home, Kuroko Shirai had to write another letter of apology, and Natsume Sonoko seemed a little embarrassed about this.

....Dividing line....

"That's amazing. I heard that a few days ago, Natsume-san caught the criminal who attacked Tokiwadai by yourself." Saten-san said excitedly with her mouth wide open and eyes full of curiosity.

Facing the curious Saten Ruiko, Natsume Sonoko, who habitually keeps a low profile, casually waved her hands, indicating that this was just a normal operation and there was no need to take it to heart.

In the shopping street of the seventh school district, Natsume Sonoko met up with Misaka-senpai, Uiharu-san, and Saten-san. Natsume Sonoko then handed the drinks she had bought to the three of them.

"It's great to have Natsume-san, and the drinks are ice-cold." Hatsuharu Shiori took a bottle of pumpkin juice with a smile, rolled the drink on her face, feeling the cool scent of the drink, and couldn't help squinting her eyes.

"Wow, mine is a carrot and chocolate flavored drink, what a rare taste." said Ryoko Saten as she looked at the packaging of the drink. She seemed to be very interested in the strange and wonderful drinks in Academy City.

"Is Kuroko still busy with the discipline committee matters?" Misaka-senpai took a sip of red bean soup, turned her head and looked at Hatsuharu Shikiri beside her, with a hint of inquiry in her tone.

"No, today's routine patrol has ended, but Shirai said she had to go out for something. She said she had to reserve something very important." Utsukuni said.

"Usually, Kuroko-san is always very busy. He can never rest no matter what."

Natsume Sonoko threw the can into the trash can nearby. Although she had been adding more burden to Shirai recently, she definitely did not think of Kuroko as a tool. After all, she was also contributing to the safety of Academy City.

"Natsume, how did you find the criminal? According to the intelligence, he should not be visible to the human eye." Hatsuharu continued with what Saten had just said. To be honest, she was also very curious. Natsume had just finished checking the information at the Discipline Committee Branch 177, and caught the criminal more than an hour later.

"It's really nothing." Natsume Sonoko felt a little overwhelmed. It was just a small matter, so why did everyone pay so much attention to it?

After briefly explaining their method and satisfying Hatsuharu's curiosity, Natsume Sonoko and the others had arrived at the entrance of a chain supermarket.

"Natsume-san wants to buy a lot of things?" Seeing Natsume Sonoko pushing a shopping cart in the supermarket, Misaka-senpai who seemed to be worried about something said.

"Well, we need to replenish two boxes of snacks." Natsume Sonoko turned her head and glanced at Senior Misaka and said.

Similar to before she traveled through time, Natsume Sonoko still kept the habit of saving money. Although the scholarship had not yet been distributed, it was still more than enough to cover the cost of some snacks.

"Natsume-san, do you believe that there are really people in this world whose abilities are ineffective?" Feeling a little annoyed, Misaka-senpai picked up a bag of potato chips and put it into Natsume Sonoko's cart before asking.

"Even though she looks so weak, she can block a full-strength attack with just her right hand." Misaka-senpai absentmindedly put a bottle of soy sauce into Natsume Sonoko's cart.

"Urban legend? I have indeed seen such rumors." Natsume Sonoko, who was squatting in front of the shelf picking out the latest flavors of strange-tasting candies, responded.

"If there really is such a guy, wouldn't it be enough to attack him from the back or the head?" Natsume Sonoko threw a few packets of strange-tasting candy into the cart and then answered.

Natsume Sonoko didn't know much about Toaru Majutsu no Index. She hadn't even watched a few episodes of the first season of the anime. She knew a few of the main characters thanks to A Certain Scientific Railgun, and various urban legends played an indispensable role in that.

As for the owner of the right hand mentioned by Misaka Misaka, Natsume Sonoko had naturally heard of his name for a long time.

"It's useless. No matter which direction we attack from, the opponent seems to be able to predict it in advance." Senior Misaka shook her head and rejected Natsume Sonoko's proposal.

"That's indeed difficult to deal with." Natsume Sonoko silently filled the cart while thinking about Senior Misaka's question.

If it were Natsume Sonoko, she would not be able to directly use her ability to cause any harm to someone.

Maybe Natsume Sonoko just changed the temperature of the air or something else, and the right hand exposed to the air would automatically make its ability invalid, just like erasing any good luck.

I just don’t know what the range of the right hand is. Anyway, it shouldn’t be the entire Academy City, otherwise there wouldn’t be any special ability users appearing.

"It's so troublesome. Can't I just hit him with stones?" Feeling that it would be a waste of brain cells, Natsume Sonoko decided not to think about it anymore. Even if the stones controlled by her ability were ineffective against him, it would be fine if I just threw them with my hands.

Stones and abilities are no different to Natsume Sonoko.

Walking out of the supermarket, the four of them were carrying several large and small bags in their hands, most of which were Natsume Sonoko's things.

Perhaps feeling a little embarrassed, Natsume Sonoko created some updrafts on the large and small bags to help reduce the weight.

These rising air currents are like an upward booster installed at the bottom of the bags. The air flows upward along the bottom of the package and around the body without affecting everyone's skirts or anything like that.

Looking at her classmate Saten Ruiko who was very interested in the rising air currents, Natsume Sonoko suddenly felt that she was a bit suspicious of Saten.

"Is it because of my ability that I can create an updraft? That's really interesting. It's really nice to have abilities."

Classmate Saten at the side was fiddling with the rising air currents with some curiosity, feeling the air flowing around him. His eyes widened unconsciously, full of yearning.

"Saten-san." Uiharu-san turned her head and glanced at Saten Ruiko, with an inexplicable worry on her face.

"Why are you worrying about this? Even though I'm only level 0, it's fine as long as I can live happily every day." Riri Saten smiled brightly and touched the back of her head involuntarily.

"Speaking of abilities, there seems to be an urban legend going on recently."

"It suddenly appeared on a website two days ago. It seems that there is a prop circulating on the Internet that can enhance one's abilities as long as it is used. Many people have obtained it and have enhanced their abilities."

Speaking of urban legends, Ryoko Saotome became very excited and told all the known information about this item along the way.

"Items that can enhance abilities?" Senior Misaka said with some curiosity after hearing this.

Natsume Sonoko also listened very carefully. She would also check the forum when she got back. She suspected that Saten and she were using the same website. If she was not careful, the urban legend would start to spread again.

By the way, this person hasn't officially started her urban legend investigation yet. Isn't she worried that the investigation agency will fire her as the worst of the worst?

"Does Saten want to use this item to improve his abilities?" Hatsuharu asked worriedly.

"No, that's not the case. Abilities are only valuable when they are acquired through one's own efforts." Ruiko Saten raised her fist to her chest and said with sparkling eyes.

Chapter 25: Under Investigation - Moving Temperature Anomaly Area

On the way back to the 7th District Student Dormitory of Tokiwadai Junior High School from the shopping district.

Natsume Sonoko had a friendly meeting with urban legend enthusiast Saten Ruiko. During their cordial and friendly communication, the two sides finally reached a certain consensus.

As expected, Saten-san's gossip was also learned from the urban legend website Seeing is believing, so in this case, he should be considered an internet user.

This website is different from other similar websites in that it is irresponsible and casual. It not only records various urban legends, but also conducts follow-up investigations. You can often get first-hand information on this website.

"It's amazing. There have been a lot of hot spots recently. Academy City is really not peaceful at all." Ruiko Saten said excitedly. She was also very happy to find a like-minded urban legend enthusiast.

"Well, things have been pretty chaotic lately."

Natsume Sonoko and Saten-san have very similar views. Judging from the fact that the number of posts on this website has increased recently, one can roughly infer the chaos in Academy City these days.

If there are more posts about things like vending machines breaking down for no reason, it might mean that Misaka-senpai is in a bad mood recently.

As she was thinking, Natsume Sonoko accidentally bumped into Misaka-senpai who was walking in front of her.

Unlike Misaka-senpai's usual self, she now had a look of fear on her face.

"It's the dorm supervisor, but she looks so strange." Natsume Sonoko shifted her eyes away from Misaka-senpai and saw the dorm supervisor not far away carrying a bag and not knowing where to go.

Once the matron stopped wearing that serious and neat women's suit, her whole appearance seemed to have changed, and she looked like an ordinary young woman.

Unlike the usual dorm supervisor who would be punished if she threatened someone's life for more than one second, she was wearing cool summer clothes at this time, with her hair draped over her shoulders, walking on the road somewhat absent-mindedly.

"That's great, they didn't see us." Senior Misaka said with relief when she realized that the dormitory supervisor didn't notice this place.

Although Misaka-senpai hasn't made any mistakes recently, she is still subconsciously afraid of the majesty of the dorm supervisor.

"Is Misaka-senpai afraid of the dorm supervisor?" Classmate Ryoko Saten asked curiously when she saw Misaka-senpai's expression.

"How is that possible? I just don't want to disturb the dorm supervisor's rest time." Senior Misaka quickly put away the fear on her face and explained hastily.

In the 7th District Student Dormitory of Tokiwadai Junior High School.

Natsume Sonoko threw all the bags on the bed, and her back and waist began to ache again. It turned out that she had been exercising too much recently, and she was prone to excessive lactic acid secretion.

Since Saten and Hatsuharu still had to go to the music CD store to check out some celebrity's music albums, and Misaka-senpai still had to go to the comic book store to read free comics, Natsume Sonoko just wanted to go back to the student dormitory to organize her things and take a rest on the sofa.

When they returned to the dormitory, Natsume Sonoko was the only one left.

Several large boxes were pulled out from under the bed, each of which had its own purpose. Although there were shelves in the room, there were some things that Natsume Sonoko didn't dare to put on the shelves casually.

After opening the code of the boxes, she added the snacks she bought into two of the boxes. Not only did she fill up the two large boxes, but there was still some left. Natsume Sonoko felt that her whole body was fulfilled. Maybe this is the happiness of the Squirrel Party.

"I actually bought soy sauce this time. But fortunately, it can be put together with my picnic utensils." Natsume Sonoko stuffed the two boxes of snacks back and dragged out another one from under the bed.

I put the soy sauce into the condiment area of ​​the box, and finally everything I bought this time was organized.

Lying on the sofa, Natsume Sonoko leaned against a huge bear doll, and the tablet in her hand began to light up.

Natsume Sonoko has decided to take a good rest today, and starting from tomorrow, she will actively participate in club activities and work hard to complete club tasks.

She opened a certain software, which was not an urban legend website, but an application similar to an encyclopedia. Natsume Sonoko entered a term and started searching.

"Open Day of Liaoluan Home Economics School for Girls."

The news about Natsume Sonoko came from a forum on a certain website.

There is a rumor that there is a super food festival held in a certain school every year, where you can eat delicacies from all over the world in one day. Not only is there a wide variety of food, but there is also an exclusive maid service that will make your eyes shine.

The most important thing is that Natsume Sonoko has already confirmed this rumor with Tsuchimikado Maika.

That’s right, the school and activity involved in this rumor are naturally the terms that Natsume Sonoko is searching for now - the open day of Ryoran Home Economics Girls’ School.

After reading the introduction, Natsume Sonoko took out an invitation card from the teddy bear's belly, her eyes full of anticipation.

According to Natsume Sonoko's financial situation, she could also afford a few meals in the Fourth School District, which has food from 190 countries around the world.

But rather than attending food festivals where one can taste all kinds of food for free, Natsume Sonoko prefers to attend food festivals, no, open days.

On the open day every year, Liaoluan Home Economics School for Girls will distribute invitation cards to the parents and relatives of all students, and various wealthy celebrities are also invited.

Ordinary students like Natsume Sonoko usually don't have the chance to get an invitation. However, after asking for help from her married senior schoolmate, Natsume Sonoko finally got an invitation card.

"Now we're just waiting for the open house to start, but before that, it seems that Tokiwadai Junior High School's dormitory open house - the midsummer festival is closer."

Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but think worriedly about her school's open day. Would she have to wear a maid outfit and do a lot of things? It seemed so troublesome.

....Ordinary dividing line....

[It's true, that urban legend is true! ] Message from 'Elegant Photographer'.

[Are you talking about the legend of the Fantasy Hand? I've heard of it, too. It seems like a lot of people have tried it.] -- From "Natsume-san who does not want to be named."

In order to keep up with the trend in the group, Natsume Sonoko found some time to change his nickname, but one can still tell who this guy is at a glance.

[No, it's another one, which has been topped in the trending search.] This is the statement made by the only level 3 "Elegant Photographer" student in the group.

['The immortality plan secretly carried out in Academy City, a semi-successful experimental living body exists somewhere', is this it? ] From the quiet moonlight.

[Yes, the experimental subject was recently photographed. It is rumored that he is already 35 years old, but he looks really young] - "Elegant Photographer" classmate

Natsume Sonoko downloaded the photo out of curiosity. It was a photo of a girl who looked like a twelve-year-old girl. She had pink hair and was wearing a pink dress with white cuffs. She was standing on the podium, tiptoeing and writing with chalk with difficulty.

Was this secretly photographed during class? Natsume Sonoko suddenly thought.

Judging from the other person's height, he is only slightly taller than the podium. He really looks like a child.

[I think this urban legend is very credible. Maybe the city has really developed the technology to make people immortal. I have decided that this will be the subject of my next investigation.] This is another message from Kana Maeda.

After silently turning off her cell phone, Natsume Sonoko was thinking about how to conduct her own investigation into the urban legend.

Although Natsume Sonoko had been investigating within the Seventh School District for many days, as expected, she had gained little.

It's another day of club activities. After yesterday's solemn declaration, Natsume Sonoko began to face her first investigation mission with 100% enthusiasm today.

“Really? Who leaked the news that I could defeat a certain railgun with just my right hand? This was clearly my target. Do you understand the first-come, first-served rule?”

When Natsume Sonoko saw it before, she just felt that the news spread too fast, but now she felt inexplicably panicked.

Natsume Sonoko doesn't want to have to investigate only urban legends like vending machines that break for no reason in the future.

Although I know a lot of urban legends, I can't resist the fact that various legends appear too quickly.

The last time was an incident with the right hand, and today, Natsume Sonoko actually saw the post about Misaka-senpai breaking the record of the boxing game console.

Natsume Sonoko was shocked and felt that this was definitely not just an urban legend website. Maybe it contained some unknown secrets.

However, Natsume Sonoko felt that she could still save herself. In the future, she would become a real-time reporter on the front line and rush to the front lines where various urban legends appeared.

[A moving temperature anomaly area? I did hear about this rumor, but since the person involved is not sure, it is not included on the website yet. ]

[Yes, I have been following this rumor recently and have been investigating it for quite some time. I think I will be able to find out the truth soon.]