Temperature Control in Academy City

"I think we can delay the curfew of each school for a while, especially Tokiwadai Middle School."

Natsume suggested this in a serious tone, but this suggestion obviously has a low success rate.

After chatting with this high school senior for a while, I unknowingly brought up many of the thoughts in my mind.

While giving her suggestions, Natsume also shared some of the snacks she had bought with this hard-working senior.

Natsume could see that this senior really wanted to hold the Daihasei Festival well.

"My name is Fukiyose Seiri. Thank you very much for your help this time. I was able to collect some useful opinions." As he spoke, a smile appeared on Fukiyose Seiri's face.

Chapter 236: The Wreckage

I discussed the Daihasei Festival with a girl named Fukiyose Seiri, and before I knew it, quite a bit of time had passed.

Natsume picked up the packaging bags that were accidentally dropped on the ground and threw them into the trash can.

Just as Natsume straightened up from his bent position, he looked at the sudden pile of vehicles on the road in surprise.

One after another, both private cars and public transportation, soon the road was almost blocked.

The traffic volume in Academy City is not heavy, mainly because students account for 70 to 80 percent of the population, so traffic jams rarely occur.

But if it really happened, Natsume would immediately think of a certain railgun, because Misaka-senpai has caused traffic jams many times.

Just like Natsume Sonoko had caused water pipe bursts many times before, the largest one was probably when she was dealing with a giant tentacle monster, which caused the seventh school district to be without water for a long time.

But Misaka-senpai should be shopping with Shirai-san right now, Natsume-san couldn't help but think in his head.

After walking for a while, the traffic light that originally controlled the traffic flow seemed to have malfunctioned, which caused the traffic problems here.

After a slight hesitation and some protective measures on his hands, Natsume touched the iron railing under the traffic light, and as a result, he felt a tingling sensation.

"The current above hasn't disappeared yet, if nothing unexpected happens, it must be Misaka-senpai."

"But something happened."

A look of confusion appeared on Natsume's face, even though everyone was fine not long ago.

in that position.

Natsume's field of vision became exceptionally broad, his pupils slightly dilated, his brain began to calculate rapidly, and the world suddenly became different.

Taking one's own position as the base point of ability, this area affected by personal reality instantly obeyed Natsume's will.

Natsume has always believed that the so-called personal reality is the reality that people with special abilities can observe with the help of their own calculation and judgment abilities.

This observation is also different from normal observation. The perspective of the person with special abilities seems to be distorting normal reality, causing some changes in the microscopic world or something that would not occur under natural circumstances.

Under this chain reaction of changes, the external manifestation of ability is born.

Although Natsume has not seen any specific information, he is a person with special abilities after all, so he thinks the situation should be similar.

A familiar figure was immediately observed in Natsume's head.

The electric current released from the body brought more heat than that of an ordinary person, and the specific outline began to become distorted. Sometimes, the image of Misaka-senpai in Natsume-san's head was an irregular, hot sphere.

Sometimes, Shirai-san is a vague afterimage of heat, the temperature on Hatsuharu's head is always even, and Saten-san generates more heat than ordinary people when exercising.

Miss A Certain Scientific Railgun moves very quickly and is beyond Natsume's radar range in the blink of an eye.

Natsume's leisurely time ended much faster than he had imagined, but fortunately he had finished all the snacks he had bought, which helped him replenish his energy.

He found a deserted spot, similar to the creatures that Mr. Shafulin wanted to destroy, and Natsume-san suddenly disappeared from the spot.

His whole body was hidden in the light, but the tornado wings that kept spinning behind him exposed someone's position.

However, after many improvements by someone, when flying at a reduced speed, the movement of the two wings is much smaller than when fighting with Accelerator.

"Misaka-senpai?"

Suspended in mid-air, Natsume's face showed a slight surprise because she saw that Misaka-senpai seemed to be chasing someone.

Also because many traffic lights nearby were interfered with, there was a serious traffic jam in the area, and two people were chasing each other in the traffic.

"Misaka Mikoto, you may not know this yet. One of the important reasons why the Absolute Esper Evolution Plan was terminated is that the designer of the tree diagram has been destroyed."

The unknown person with special abilities suddenly stopped and hid his body behind a tree with a diameter of one meter. Judging from the voice, it should be a girl.

She had fiery red hair and was wearing the winter uniform of Kirigaoka Girls' School. Her upper body was exposed, with only a thick bandage tied around her chest, and a military flashlight hanging around her waist.

This girl seemed to know Misaka-senpai, and perhaps she spoke intentionally or unintentionally in order to distract the railgun.

Just as the other party expected, when Misaka-senpai suddenly heard the other party talking about the Absolute Ability User Plan, her face became solemn and she stopped in her tracks.

I originally thought I had just witnessed an ordinary robbery, but when I followed them, I heard from the robbers that the tree diagram designer had been destroyed.

The box that was robbed seemed to contain some remains of the designer of the tree diagram.

But what was even more unexpected was that among these robbers there was actually a person with very powerful abilities.

In order to prevent the opponent's accomplices from escaping with the box while she was confronting the ability user, Senior Misaka chose to interfere with the surrounding traffic lights.

"Although the plan had such a big flaw, many people knew that the calculation results of the tree diagram designer were not fatally affected."

"After all, the person who defeated the monster is also a level 5 now. No, it should be two level 5s working together. And the situation of the new level 5 was not clear at the time, so we can't be % sure whether it was a victory or a draw."

Having said that, the person with special abilities hiding behind the tree began to observe the surrounding environment.

"It's just that the Academy City upper echelons were too arbitrary this time and ignored everyone's opinions. In addition, that terrifying and desperate guy didn't seem to be interested in carrying out the plan, so it was shelved."

"In order to prove that even if Accelerator is defeated, it will not affect the normal experiment. Some people hope to use the tree diagram designer to recalculate and use solid evidence to make the upper management change their minds. Therefore, the remains of the tree diagram designer were recovered."

As if she had found a way to escape, the girl suddenly walked out from behind the tree.

"My goal is to take the remains of the tree designer away from Academy City. In a sense, we shouldn't be enemies."

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl with fiery red hair raised the military flashlight in her hand.

The big tree next to her was uprooted and suddenly fell on top of Misaka-senpai.

Next came the cars parked on the roadside, railings, and even concrete bricks and cleaning robots, but the target became the crowd watching the excitement around.

A dazzling electric current surged out of Misaka-senpai's body, and the crazy silver snake smashed all the parabolic objects in the air into pieces.

I turned around and looked at the red-haired girl, only to find that she was running towards a nearby alley.

The scene immediately became chaotic, but the crowd seemed to be accustomed to it. They just moved a little further away from the battlefield over there, and some brave people began to take pictures.

With her body pressed against the wall of the alley, the red-haired girl suddenly felt her footsteps become heavy. She had no idea when a thick layer of ice had climbed up her body, binding her tightly to the wall.

The icy cold air was inhaled into the nasal cavity, and I immediately felt a strong chill in my chest and abdomen, and my body slowed down involuntarily.

Her face still looked calm, but the hand holding the military flashlight was slightly raised, and the other hand was shaking unconsciously, not sure if it was because of the cold or for some other reason.

"Caught."

Although he didn't know what happened, Natsume still chose to help Misaka-senpai as soon as possible.

But unexpectedly, Natsume's freezing tactics, which were like a thorn in the side, were cracked in an instant.

There was only a hollow ice sculpture in the shape of a human figure left in the alley, but the person imprisoned inside had disappeared.

"Space teleportation? The same type of ability as Shirai-san."

Natsume immediately turned her head and looked in one direction. An unknown heat source suddenly appeared on the radar map, and she once again realized the other party's location.

But the opponent seemed to be more vigilant than expected. About three seconds after the unknown heat source appeared, the opponent's position changed again and directly left Natsume's ability range.

"It seems that the opponent's ability to move is about three seconds, which is much slower than Shirai-san."

Natsume Sonoko was thinking about something.

Chapter 237: No Need to Chase?

"But if she can use space to move, then why doesn't she move herself from the beginning?"

As if she thought of a rather confusing question, Natsume Sonoko immediately started thinking about it.

Natsume just saw Misaka-senpai chasing that ability user all the way, but she didn't expect that the other party would be a space ability user like Shirai-san.

According to Natsume Sonoko's observations of people with abilities like spatial movement, it's actually because she has been with Shirai for too long.

If they are determined to leave, even people with super powers won't be able to stop them.

But those with the ability to move in space have a CD, and this period of time is their biggest weakness, so sometimes Shirai-san cares more about the calculation speed of the formula rather than the accuracy of the landing point after moving.

If I had not chosen to use a milder freezing method just now, but instead completely destroyed the opponent's ability to move during that period of time, then the situation would have changed.

However, considering Natsume's personality, it should be unlikely. At most, shock therapy can be used.

Because he has acquired abilities beyond ordinary people, it has become very easy to hurt others, and Natsume has never wanted to use overly drastic measures.

"Natsume-san, why are you here?"

Senior Misaka also took advantage of this time to rush over, and looked at the human-shaped ice sculpture on the wall with some surprise, and knew what had happened.

"There was a traffic jam at the park just now, and later we found out that the traffic lights were broken. I thought it might be Misaka-senpai, so I came to check it out."

Natsume-san said honestly with a dazed look on his face.

Listening to the overly honest words of a certain bun-haired girl, Misaka-senpai's face suddenly turned red and she couldn't help grinning.

What should I do if I am caught by my schoolmate after doing something bad?

Waiting online, very anxious.

"Misaka-senpai, what just happened?"

Looking up at Misaka-senpai's face, Natsume Sonoko asked seriously.

As if she noticed Natsume Sonoko's serious gaze, Misaka-senpai's face was slightly stunned.

"Just now, the esper and her companions stole the remains of the tree diagram designer, and they seem to want to take them away from Academy City."

"And according to them, someone inside Academy City is trying to repair the tree diagram designer and restart the Absolute Esper Evolution Plan."

After hesitating for a moment, Misaka-senpai finally spoke.

"The treemap designer was destroyed?"

As if he had heard some incredible news, Natsume's mouth opened slightly.

By the way, the designer of the tree diagram seems to be in outer space. Which country or force has deployed an "anti-satellite" satellite, or launched an orbital electromagnetic cannon?

"I'm not 100% sure yet. After all, all the information comes from those people. But what is certain is that there seems to be something important in that box."

Misaka-senpai said, shaking her head, but her heart began to lean towards the news that the designer of the tree diagram had been destroyed.

"So are we going to chase them?"

Natsume looked towards the dark alley, but the person with the ability had already disappeared into the alley.

As for restarting the Absolute Ability Evolution Plan, Natsume feels that the possibility is not very high.

Natsume-san and the white-haired guy met once after the plan was aborted, along with Misaka 20001, the last order.

It seems that Accelerator no longer wants to continue the experiment, and according to what he heard from the Misaka sisters, Misaka No. 20001 and White Hair seem to have a good relationship.

In Natsume Sonoko's opinion, without experimental subjects, this plan would not be possible to implement.

"Since the other party wants to take the remains of the tree diagram designer away from Academy City, there is no need to fight. Let's go back quickly. I heard from Tsuchimikado-san this morning that there is cake for dessert today."

Forcefully putting on a smile, Misaka-senpai gently patted Natsume-san's shoulder before speaking.

"Really? No need to chase after me."

A strange expression appeared on Natsume Sonoko's face, and she always felt that something was wrong.

"Really? Anyway, let's go back quickly. Speaking of which, Tsuchimikado-san's cooking skills are getting better and better."

Misaka-senpai said once again, the smile on her face finally looking more genuine, but there was always a lingering shadow in her eyes.

Time and time again, he has involved Natsume in his own affairs many times.

Senior Misaka didn't want this junior to be put in danger again because of her own affairs.

If it is really as the person with the ability to move through space said, then the other party did help me to some extent.

Whether he destroyed the remains of the tree designers himself or took them out of Academy City, there didn't seem to be much difference between the two.

But for Misaka-senpai, she won't feel at ease unless she has this kind of thing in her hands.

It seems that both are fine and there is no difference. How can such an ambiguous result satisfy this railgunner?