Temperature Control in Academy City

Natsume Sonoko said this in the group with great confidence, and the president, Senior Amakusa You, immediately sent an encouraging expression.

Chapter 26 is true, Academy City has a lot of secret research

After someone in the group finished speaking with great confidence, Natsume Sonoko felt that she could play happily again soon.

But before that, she had to do something.

Natsume Sonoko was very smart and created a post on a website, and gave it a title that sounded very eye-catching.

In order to prevent accidents, Natsume Sonoko decided that she would never use her abilities on a large scale in Academy City until she successfully directed and acted in her own play, so as to prevent her ideas from being collected by others in advance.

[Men are silent and women are in tears, the unknown secret research in Academy City! Is the moving temperature anomaly area a mysterious machine that can control celestial phenomena! ]

I heard that the longer the title, the more attractive it is. Looking at the length of this title, Natsume Sonoko feels that it can at least win an award or something.

Regarding this somewhat long title, Natsume Sonoko said that she had thought it over carefully.

Her ability does include the ability to control the weather. Compared to any special ability user, Natsume Sonoko feels that everyone is more interested in the secret research of Academy City.

It’s true, there are so many secret studies in Academy City. Natsume Sonoko thinks this has become a very interesting urban legend.

Natsume Sonoko had indeed changed the celestial phenomena several times intentionally or unintentionally. Since the range of her ability was about a hundred meters in radius with herself, she could naturally also have an effect below the ground.

It must be mentioned here that before using their abilities, the person with the ability needs to perform a series of formula calculations in their head.

These formulas can be seen as the moves in martial arts novels. The development of these formulas is closely related to the use of abilities. Most people with abilities may have only developed one or two sets of commonly used formulas.

If we compare the ability of a person with ability to a computer, personal reality is the basis for the birth of ability, which is equivalent to the concept of the existence of a computer. The computing power is equivalent to the hardware, which determines the level of ability. These formulas are the software, which determines how to use this computer. (Making it up)

Natsume Sonoko definitely has more formulas in her head than ordinary people with special abilities, but most of them are related to specific objects, such as nitrogen, oxygen, and water in the air.

If it is a rare gas in the air or a gas with extremely small content such as carbon dioxide, the careful Natsume Sonoko also prepared a corresponding formula, but changing the temperature requires extra computing power, so she has been too lazy to use it.

The reason why Natsume Sonoko can change the ambient temperature and water temperature relatively easily is because these formulas have been used so thoroughly that even if the number and conditions are large, it is nothing more than the application or variation of the formulas.

Outside of these developed formulas, there are areas that Natsume Sonoko has not yet touched upon. She can only continue to improve her knowledge reserves, work hard to develop her own software, and enhance the universality of her abilities.

Of course, there are people who can develop formulas on the spot. In any case, Natsume Sonoko feels that she has great potential in this area.

Back to the topic, Natsume Sonoko's ability can control the air and water below the ground.

Every time you use your abilities on a large scale without deliberately avoiding the underground, it will always cause underground water vapor to rise, and it will be out of control when it encounters groundwater. Of course, the transpiration of plants will also provide some water.

So in many places, Natsume Sonoko can use her abilities to cause some weather changes.

There is no need for water vapor to rise into the clouds. As long as Natsume's garden changes the temperature drastically and cold and hot air currents converge, rainfall can form in a small area.

If the water mist can be sprayed to a certain height, the small water droplets can be solidified into ice crystals before falling to the ground, and even form snowfall in a small area, which is similar to artificial snowmaking.

"Well, I can really change the weather a lot, so the mysterious machine that controls the weather must have some basis."

Natsume Sonoko thought that the title she chose was very appropriate. After elaborating on some of her own speculations and conjectures in the post, Natsume Sonoko felt that she was almost ready to write a script.

After publishing the post, Natsume Sonoko quietly closed the website. Now, with this post as proof, who can say that they have nothing to do after eating every day and that they were just slacking off in club activities?

Natsume Sonoko plans to take some posed pictures as evidence in the next few days. Then she can ask the president and others to contact the website and change the post into a special page. From then on, she can rely on posed pictures to get by during the monthly club activities.

It seems that witnesses are still needed. It seems that Natsume Sonoko has to find a few more witnesses.

Moreover, I have to let others find my whereabouts. If I can be found every time in an area with abnormal temperature, wouldn’t it be very embarrassing to be captured by the surveillance videos that can be seen everywhere?

Thinking of this, I decided not to go to places like the School Garden where there were dense cameras.

Natsume Sonoko was walking on the road when suddenly she heard a roar in her ears, as if something had exploded.

More and more people began to gather in front. After just a glance from a distance, Natsume Sonoko didn't want to join in the fun, but was still pushed forward by the crowd behind her.

"Another explosion. Are they becoming more frequent?" A student next to Natsume Sonoko looked panicked.

"I heard that someone was injured in an explosion a few days ago."

"Was it a trash can explosion? I won't dare go near a trash can anymore."

Natsume Sonoko silently squeezed out of the crowd, it was easy because of her small stature.

Natsume Sonoko sighed helplessly. This Academy City really is not boring at all.

After observing the surroundings for a while and not finding any suspicious persons, Natsume Sonoko gave up the plan of dealing with the criminal and eliminating the trouble.

Beside a river in the Seventh School District, scattered flashlights illuminate the river surface like searchlights.

"Is this the lake that mysteriously freezes at 7 o'clock every night? Let's not look at it. It's very late now. Let's go back." Hatsuharu-san said worriedly, holding Saten-san's arm.

"Not only that, according to the post, as soon as the time reaches seven o'clock, the temperature in a certain area nearby will change strangely. Not only will a large area of ​​the lake freeze over, but sometimes snowflakes will fall. Rumor has it that there is a legendary ice dragon living under the water. Of course, there are also rumors that this is a test site in a certain Academy City."

Saten Ruiko said in a fierce voice, and Uiharu seemed to be startled and became a little nervous.

"Hatsuharu! There's nothing to be afraid of. There are a lot of people nearby who come to watch the fun like us. And didn't Natsume-san come with us?" Saten-san consoled while looking at Natsume Sonoko who was sitting blankly on the side.

"Natsume Sonoko-san, do you also believe in this urban legend?" Hatsuharu couldn't help but ask Natsume Sonoko-san who was standing beside her.

"I don't really believe it, but it doesn't hurt to take a look. However, it doesn't seem to be an ice dragon. It's a weather machine made by Academy City. It seems to have the ability to move around."

Natsume Sonoko's face showed a curious and solemn expression, and she also corrected the mistakes in Saten's words just now, just like an avid urban legend fan.

To be honest, she didn't expect to meet Saten-san and Uiharu-san here.

As the creator of an urban legend, Natsume Sonoko naturally needed someone to witness it all. As a result, she uploaded the photos she took to the Internet just the day before yesterday, and today it attracted such a large number of people.

After a rough estimate of the number of people nearby, I found that there were at least fifteen or sixteen people who came to watch the fun and act as extras.

"Watch carefully, it's time to witness a miracle." Natsume Sonoko was still sitting there blankly in the crowd. When she saw that the time was almost up, she silently began to use her ability.

She clearly didn't do anything and was just sitting there among the crowd. This can't be blamed on her.

In order to have enough witnesses, Director Natsume pondered for a long time before deciding to find a place for everyone to see the winter scenery.

The temperature around began to drop, and the temperature change was particularly eye-catching in the hot summer atmosphere, especially on the lake not far away, where there was already a little shallow layer of ice.

These ice layers continued to expand and eventually became a huge irregular semicircular object.

There was plenty of water vapor nearby, which condensed into ice crystals when it encountered strong cold air in the air. It slowly fell down to form snowflakes, which landed right on the heads of Saotome Ruiko and the others.

"It's true, this legend is true." There was excitement in the eyes of classmate Saten Ruiko. She touched the snowflakes on her head and pulled classmate Hatsuharu to dance with joy.

"We seem to be in the middle of the snow. It looks like we are very close to this machine. Do you think this machine is near us?"

Natsume Sonoko had a solemn expression. She looked around exaggeratedly, put a finger in front of her mouth to make a hushing gesture, and then pointed to the ground with one finger.

"Natsume-san, do you mean that the machine is right next to us or under our feet?" Hatsuharu-san said hesitantly, looking around with some concern.

However, Saten was still looking around curiously, as if trying to find the trace of the machine.

Chapter 27 This month's scholarship will arrive

A river that was mysteriously frozen and was rumored to be controlled by a weather machine.

As the water flows in the river, the outer edge of the irregular circular ice layer tends to fall off continuously, but even if the outer ice layer continues to break up, it will condense into ice again on the water surface.

"Saten-san, Natsume-san, let's go quickly. I feel like something is weird here. Let's stop looking for that machine."

Classmate Hatsuharu felt uncomfortable all over, as if she was being stared at by some evil eyes hidden in the dark, and said in a somewhat anxious tone.

"What's so strange about that, Hatsuharu-san? Actually, I am the weather machine, codenamed Natsume 9527."

Natsume Sonoko stood there with a dazed look on her face, and spoke in the flat tone that was devoid of any emotion in classic robot movies.

He spoke word by word in a very slow pace, his voice sounded muffled, and he waved his hands mechanically like an old, slow machine. After he finished speaking, he pointed a flashlight at his own dull and rigid face.

"Really, Natsume-san, please stop scaring me."

Caught off guard, Hatsuharu saw Natsume Sonoko's face, which was surprisingly white under the flashlight. She was so scared that she took a few steps back, her eyes wide open, at a loss, and bumped into Saten Ryoko.

"Hatsuharu you are too timid, it's just an old model."

I don't know when Saten Ruiko turned around and looked at Uiharu, and gently patted Uiharu on the shoulder. When Uiharu turned her face around, she also raised the flashlight to shine on her own face.

"Actually, I am also a robot, codenamed Saten Riri's first generation machine." Saten-san suddenly smiled grimly, like an extremely intelligent evil robot.

"Ahhh." A scream came from classmate Hatsuharu.

Without having time to find the trace of the weather machine, after playing a joke, Natsume Sonoko and Saten Ruiko encountered a big crisis.

"Don't be angry, Hatsuharu-san. I was just joking." Natsume Sonoko clasped her hands together apologetically, and felt a little overwhelmed when she saw Hatsuharu-san standing in the snow and sulking.

"Sorry, sorry, as compensation, how about I treat you to some croquettes?" Saten stood aside, his face full of apology, and hurriedly took remedial measures.

"Me too. Since Saten-san treated us to croquettes, I'll treat us to takoyaki. Don't be angry, Utsuharu-san." Natsume Sonoko didn't have much talent in comforting people, but she immediately got the essence of Saten-san's words.

At this time, Hatsuharu also turned around, pouting with a hint of anger on her face.

"If you don't forgive me, I'll be angry for a while." Classmate Hatsuharu still said angrily.

Three minutes later, the two were finally forgiven by Hatsuharu. In addition to the croquettes and takoyaki, Natsume Sonoko also agreed to let them visit her dormitory as an additional condition.

Recalling her dormitory, Natsume Sonoko remembered that her bed was so tidy that it looked as if it had never been used, and the things under the bed were also neatly arranged into categories.

Apart from the need to organize some things that were scattered around and forgotten to be packed away, there was nothing else I was afraid of letting others see.

However, Natsume Sonoko also discovered that Hatsuharu seemed to be particularly longing for Tokiwadai Junior High School and yearned for the life of a young lady. Of course, according to Saten, this was just a yearning for the upper class.

"There is so little snow, and the ice looks so crudely made. It can't be just a machine that failed in Academy City's development." An unfamiliar passerby said a little unhappily, and Natsume Sonoko next to him gave him a meaningful look.

People from all around came over to check on the situation, but as time went by, the snowflakes became fewer and fewer.

The lake nearby gradually thawed, and the water flow broke up large chunks of ice. Soon, the culprit that was blocking the flow of the river disappeared completely.

Natsume Sonoko retracted her ability and looked at the crowd around her who were constantly sighing with satisfaction. Very good, as a director, she was undoubtedly very successful. She was looking for a few places to hang out, and then she would wait for it to be included on the website.

....Ordinary dividing line....

It's a new day again. After getting up from the sofa in the student dormitory, Natsume Sonoko felt refreshed.

Today is an ordinary day, but a little different.

Today is the first day that scholarships are distributed since I entered Tokiwadai Junior High School.

By the way, the amount of scholarship this time has definitely doubled. Natsume Sonoko cares as much about financial issues as she does about the development of abilities.

I picked up a common student notebook from the desk in the dormitory. The first few pages were filled with some unclear Martian words.

During her youthful years in elementary school, because her thoughts wandered too much, Natsume Sonoko devoted herself to studying the Martian language for a period of time.

By splitting traditional Chinese characters, Japanese, and adding various symbols and emoticons, these strange words on the notebook were formed. Natsume Sonoko felt that this could be used as her own password.

I opened Natsume Sonoko's password book and turned to the middle pages, where I saw Natsume Sonoko's bank card.

Because she was a little worried that her bank card might be lost or damaged if she carried it with her, Natsume Sonoko hid her bank card in the cracks of notebooks that were everywhere in the dormitory.

The most dangerous place is the safest place. Natsume Sonoko feels that she has a talent for hiding her private money.

But today is the day for scholarship distribution, so the bank card comes in handy.

Natsume Sonoko can comfortably check her increasing balance at the ATM and withdraw some cash for daily expenses in the next month.

The only thing that makes Natsume Sonoko unhappy is that although the technology in Academy City is very advanced, it still does not support mobile payments. The possible reason is that there are too many hackers here and the network security environment is worrying.

Natsume Sonoko put the bank card in her pocket and hurriedly brushed her teeth and washed her face in the bathroom. After tidying up her appearance, a radiant Tokiwadai Middle School student appeared in front of the mirror.

Looking closely at the mirror, Natsume Sonoko discovered that her dark circles were gradually fading. It seemed that her sleep had improved recently, which might also be due to her adapting to Tokiwadai's schedule.

"Good morning, Misaka-senpai, Shirai-san." As soon as she walked out of the door, Natsume Sonoko met Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko who were also going out.

"What's wrong with you today? Normally you should still be lying in your room sleeping at this time!" A look of vigilance immediately appeared on Shirai Kuroko's face, and he kept looking at Natsume Sonoko.

"Well, it's true that I rarely meet you guys, Misaka-senpai, in the morning." Natsume Sonoko thought carefully, subconsciously looked at the current time, and recalled her usual self.

Today I woke up about thirty minutes earlier than usual, and it wasn't even the scheduled time to get up.

"So that's why you're acting strange today. Are you targeting onee-sama again?" Stretching out her arms, Shirai Kuroko nervously stood in front of Misaka-senpai, immediately attracting a lot of attention.

I, Shirai Kuroko, once swore that I would always protect Onee-sama and be her strongest support. Anything that threatens Onee-sama would be ruthlessly blocked, especially any irrelevant person with ill intentions who attempts to usurp my position.

"You, not only have you taken away onee-sama's spare time, but now you're also taking away the morning that only belongs to onee-sama and Kuroko? This is simply unforgivable!"

Just when Shirai Kuroko was immersed in her own world, she was arguing with a tough tone with a bun-haired girl who looked honest.

Misaka-senpai's hands turned into steel knives. She swung them high, gathering a huge amount of gravitational potential energy, and landed in the middle of Kuroko-san's twin ponytails like a falling meteorite.