Temperature Control in Academy City

The two people's whispering did not cause any waves in the class. Even when they were talking to Wannei Kinubo, the two of them did not miss what the teacher was saying in class. They even finished their homework while talking.

It's finally time for club activities. Someone's club activities are always so simple and unpretentious. The first place to be investigated today is decided to be the Discipline Committee Branch 177.

The Discipline Committee 177 is located at Zhachuan Middle School. It took Natsume Sonoko a long time to finally get here. She was so tired that her hands and feet were aching.

"Is Shirai-san not here?" When Natsume Sonoko arrived at the 177th activity branch, she did not see Shirai-san, only Hatsuharu-san was there.

"He's not here. Shirai has already received the report and went out." Utsuharu was sitting in front of the computer. A small red dot kept moving on the screen. Utsuharu was busy giving directions to Shirai Kuroko.

"Is it the serial bombings? Has the situation become more serious recently?" Natsume Sonoko asked curiously.

"Yes, the explosion case has escalated. Several innocent people have been injured recently. This time, the glass of a store was shattered, and several people were scratched by the glass at the scene." Hatsuharu said slowly, frowning slightly.

"Natsume, I heard from Shirai that your bicycle is lost. Do you want to check the surveillance now?" Hatsuharu seemed to have learned something from Shirai Kuroko on the other side of the headset, then she looked up at Natsume Sonoko and said.

"That's right, the location is near the ATM machine on Third Avenue in the Seventh School District." Natsume Sonoko instantly became alert and spoke immediately.

"Well, okay, there are a total of twenty-one surveillance cameras nearby, and I have retrieved all of them." As soon as Natsume Sonoko finished speaking, the voice of Hatsuharu-san saying that it was done was heard.

Chapter 30 The bicycle ran away by itself

In the Discipline Committee 177 Activity Branch, Natsume Sonoko looked at the computer screen angrily. She was determined to find out who deliberately stole her bicycle.

The surveillance footage from that time was retrieved. From the moment Natsume Sonoko appeared on a bicycle to the moment she arrived near the ATM machine, she passed through a total of six surveillance points. Everything looked normal, and the surveillance equipment perfectly recorded the graceful figure of Natsume Sonoko riding a bicycle.

"Something suddenly becomes abnormal here." Four eyes stared at the monitor closely. When the monitor showed Natsume Sonoko entering the ATM to withdraw money, the picture suddenly changed.

The two people looked at each other as if they had seen something incredible, and could not help but look at each other in confusion.

"Natsume-san, did you see that?" Hatsuharu-san asked uncertainly, and then rubbed her eyes.

"I saw it, and I saw it very clearly." Natsume Sonoko pretended to swallow and said, her head a little confused.

"Your bicycle is moving by itself. You don't even move the pedals, but the wheels are turning by themselves."

Hatsuharu also felt that she had never seen such a strange thing, and couldn't help but look at Natsume Sonoko's somewhat confused face.

"Natsume-san, does your bicycle have remote control or autopilot capabilities?"

Hearing Hatsuharu's question, Natsume Sonoko shook her head. Although she had heard of the existence of such high-end bicycles, the technological content of her own bicycle was obviously not that high.

In fact, Natsume Sonoko is also very strange. Her bicycle has an advanced anti-theft system with a built-in IC chip and a fingerprint unlocking function on the handlebars. If the fingerprint cannot be unlocked, the vehicle will be automatically locked.

If you want to carry it with you, an alarm will sound when the bicycle leaves the ground, so there is basically no risk of it being stolen.

But if it was the bicycle's own behavior, then everything could be explained.

"In other words, the culprit is the bicycle itself? Natsume's bicycle is actually a biological weapon?" Utsuharu made an unreliable guess, but then a wry smile appeared on her face. Maybe even she herself found it hard to believe.

Natsume Sonoko thought about it, and finally looked at Uiharu and said seriously, "I suspect this is a crime committed by a person with special abilities, and the other party must be carrying props such as electromagnetic interference."

As a member of the scientific side, Natsume Sonoko subconsciously moved towards a more scientific perspective.

"Hatsuharu, quickly call up some other surveillance cameras to see where the bicycle is going?" Natsume Sonoko said hurriedly.

"It passed two commercial streets, a traffic light, and finally turned into a small alley. Behind this small alley were some abandoned buildings, and the cameras in that area were either removed or vandalized."

Classmate Hatsuharu continued to adjust the surveillance cameras and kept observing the trajectory of the bicycle, but soon lost all trace of it.

We checked several nearby cameras and found no trace of the bicycle.

"Abandoned buildings, are they the experimental facilities that were abandoned before?" Natsume Sonoko asked in surprise.

"Well, I heard that there was a large-scale riot in the past, which caused a large area to almost collapse, but that was a year or two ago." said Utsukuni.

"Natsume-san, don't act alone. Wait for Shirai-san to arrive..." Before Hatsuharu-san could finish her words, Natsume Sonoko hurriedly walked out of the door.

"I understand. I won't act alone." Natsume Sonoko waved her hand and rushed towards the crime scene without stopping.

About ten seconds later, Natsume Sonoko hurried back and forth again, opened the door, poked her head out and said to Uiharu, "I'm sorry, I left in such a hurry that I forgot something."

"Thank you very much, Hatsuharu-san and Shirai-san who has the headphones." Natsume Sonoko thanked them sincerely, and then hurriedly ran towards the destination.

"Really? Natsume-san is always like this." Hatsuharu-san said helplessly.

"Don't worry about her. If she can't handle it, she will contact me soon." Shirai's resentful voice seemed to come from the headset.

The sun slid a little lower from the sky to the west. Natsume Sonoko was reluctant to take a taxi and took a long time to get to the scene of the crime, near the ATM machine.

At this time, a tall figure was sitting near the ATM machine, fiddling with her mobile phone boredly. She raised her head slightly, revealing a pretty face.

"Senior Maeda, you came so quickly." Natsume Sonoko said embarrassedly. She was the one who asked others for help, but she ended up arriving even later.

"It's okay. I'm very happy to be able to help junior Natsume." Senior Maeda Kana said with a smile, looking up, straightening her hair slightly, then stood up and walked towards Natsume Sonoko.

Senior Kana Maeda has a camera hanging on her chest and a beret on her head. She is tall, about 1.65 meters tall, a little taller than senior Misaka.

There is always a scrutinizing look in her eyes, like a hawk, as if she is always following the clues of urban legends. She can be said to be the main trump card in the Urban Legend Investigation Agency.

As a lazy person, Natsume Sonoko has a strange feeling, as if she is an unnecessary member of the Urban Legend Investigation Club, and this intuition is quite strong.

"I recently took a look at your investigation results, Sonoko. Although each part was completed well, I always feel that something is not quite right." Senior Kana Maeda narrowed her eyes and looked up and down at Natsume Sonoko, who had an evasive look on her face.

".....I'm just kidding, why are you so nervous? To be honest, I've been wanting to investigate something with you, Sonoko, for a long time. Especially because of the weather recently, I'm almost tanned. Sonoko, please cool me down quickly, and I promise to work hard."

Senior Maeda fanned herself with her hands and acted as if she was terribly hot, then she looked at Natsume Sonoko expectantly and spoke with full of assurances.

Looking at the fair skin on Senior Maeda's face, Natsume Sonoko guessed that Senior Maeda was just making up stories again. She was almost the same as she was on the Internet, always doing what she wanted, and was another troublesome young lady.

"No problem, but you can't be too far away from me, otherwise I can't control the temperature well." Natsume Sonoko still needs to improve in long-distance control.

The error in my ability is a bit large around 100 meters, and a difference of 7 or 8 degrees Celsius is common. The error is smaller within 20 to 30 meters.

"How's it going? Is it done?" Senior Maeda looked around curiously, and suddenly she felt the temperature around her drop sharply, and all of a sudden she felt the comfortable and pleasant feeling of spring.

It is neither cold nor hot, so you don't have to worry about catching a cold even if you wear summer clothes. This is also the temperature range that Natsume Sonoko's skin has always been in.

"-----Ah, that's great." Senior Maeda couldn't help but let out a comfortable breath and then she revealed a happy smile.

"Let's go and start investigating. What kind of secrets are hidden behind this mysterious disappearance of bicycles in Academy City?" Senior Maeda is indeed an old headline-grabber. Every word she says is so thought-provoking.

The two people met at the ATM machine, and then, under the leadership of Natsume Sonoko, rushed to the alley where the bicycle last disappeared in the surveillance video.

And just as classmate Hatsuharu assured, Natsume Sonoko did not act alone. After careful and serious consideration, Natsume Sonoko finally decided to call for help.

"It's about helping you find my bicycle, not an investigation." Natsume Sonoko followed behind and tried to correct him.

"That's about it. Natsume-san has no imagination. Isn't this just a mysterious legendary event?" Senior Maeda turned her head and looked at Natsume Sonoko. There was a strange light in her eyes, deep and firm.

"Okay, what you said makes sense." Natsume Sonoko nodded silently, as if she saw another kind of burning flame, corresponding to the maid soul, the legendary soul of investigation.

Chapter 200: The ability is scene replay ( recommendation votes plus more)

"It was around 8 a.m., and this is where the bicycle was last seen on the surveillance camera."

Natsume Sonoko and senior Maeda came to the entrance of the alley captured by the surveillance camera. Natsume Sonoko looked at the not-so-long alley ahead and said.

There are tall buildings on both sides, but once you walk out of the alley, it becomes desolate. What comes into view are several abandoned buildings, which used to be the properties of several research institutes. There is a fence in the middle separating the buildings on both sides.

However, many fences are broken, making it easy to enter these abandoned buildings.

"Senior Maeda, can you find any clues?" Natsume Sonoko asked Senior Maeda who was holding a camera and observing.

"Almost, almost. I can almost see what it was like around nine in the morning. I can almost see what it was like earlier."

Senior Maeda was holding the camera, leaning forward slightly, concentrating on observing the scenery in front of the lens.

Senior Maeda can see scenes from the past through the lens, and can also press the shutter to take photos so that others can also see part of it. This is her ability - scene replay.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Natsume Sonoko felt that she couldn't help much and looked around bored.

It's so desolate. I didn't expect there is such a place in the Seventh School District. I heard that this place used to be a research institute that was highly protected.

Natsume Sonoko had also stayed in the research institute for a period of time before, and she knew how strict the security measures there were.

There have been at least four or five research institutes in this area. Anyone who wants to cause such damage and completely destroy the security measures of these research institutes must be a level 5 guy in terms of destructive power alone.

It’s just that it’s still unclear whether the unrest at the time was caused by a person with special abilities.

Stepping on the scattered concrete fragments on the ground, Natsume Sonoko squatted down and picked up some concrete residues. These concretes were already covered with moss, and it seemed that no one had been here for a while.

"Special Mineral Research Institute? So this is the place where meteorites are studied." Natsume Sonoko looked at the remaining words on the building and suddenly remembered something.

When she was in elementary school, Natsume Sonoko heard a piece of news that a meteorite as big as a washbasin had fallen in the northern part of Neon Country. Later, for unknown reasons, the meteorite was transported to Academy City for research, and a research institute was established for this purpose, named the Special Minerals Research Institute.

The most widely circulated gossip is that the mysterious patterns carved on the meteorite are suspected to be the creation of aliens.

Of course, Natsume Sonoko didn't quite believe such rumors, and if there had been a turmoil of this level, the meteorite would have been destroyed long ago.

"Sonoko, come here quickly, I think I saw something." Natsume Sonoko heard the call of senior Maeda, and someone hurriedly dropped the residue in his hand and rushed towards the senior.

"Have you found my bicycle?" Natsume Sonoko asked immediately. It seemed that Natsume Sonoko really cared about her bicycle.

"I found it, I found it, the two wheels are rolling but the pedals are not moving, this is very unusual, Sonoko-san." Maeda Kana said, her tone becoming excited. Because it happened not too long ago, the senior saw the scene more clearly.

Being able to see scenes from the past with a camera is a capability that involves time and it really doesn't make sense.

It's very unscientific, but it's one of the scientific achievements in Academy City.

In fact, Natsume Sonoko is also very interested in the thought processes of other people with special abilities.

Due to different abilities, the personal realities formed are also varied. The difference in thinking between people is greater than the difference between people and dogs.

Natsume Sonoko simply could not understand what kind of formula Senior Maeda Kana needed to develop in order for a camera to capture images of the past.

Natsume Sonoko couldn't understand Shirai's ability to move into the eleventh dimension.

What is the eleventh dimension? Why can we go from the third dimension to the eleventh dimension and then back?

Just like how non-power users can't understand how Natsume Sonoko can control the temperature with her brain? Where does the heat go when the temperature drops? Where does the heat come from when the temperature rises? Is the law of thermodynamics broken? How do people with the ability to ignite fireballs out of thin air?

"I don't understand. It's too troublesome so I don't want to think about it."

Silently kicking the troublesome problems in her head aside, Natsume Sonoko's main task now was to find a bicycle. Senior Maeda had already walked a long way away.

After running a few steps to catch up with senior Maeda, Natsume Sonoko stared at the camera in senior Maeda's hand with some curiosity. Although it was very close, Natsume Sonoko always felt that she was redundant.

"Senior Maeda, how are you now?" Natsume Sonoko inexplicably felt that she was following a bicycle that had run away secretly a few hours ago. No matter how she thought about it, it felt like trying to find a sword by carving a mark on a boat.

"It's still moving, but its speed has slowed down. Run faster. I found it's heading inside the building." Senior Maeda, who was holding a camera, didn't seem to need to look at the road. She stepped over the protruding stones on the ground in one step and walked into the abandoned research institute.

It seems that the abandoned building at eight in the morning is not much different from it is now, otherwise, on such a difficult road, Senior Maeda would have fallen over long ago.

After stepping on a piece of rubble filled with mud and sand and passing through a large hole in the wall, Natsume Sonoko jumped into a very old hall.

"The bicycle has stopped, right here." As soon as senior Maeda finished speaking, she pointed her finger at the place where Natsume Sonoko was standing.

Even though the incident happened six hours ago, Natsume Sonoko still felt inexplicably flustered. She couldn't help but get nervous and hurriedly took a few steps back.

A little moisture evaporated from the ground, and some icicles were placed around and hung on the roof, and ice fences were placed on the nearby window holes. Only then did Natsume Sonoko feel a little safer.

"What happened? What happened next?" asked Natsume Sonoko, her breathing seeming a little heavy.

"Then two people came and looked at your bicycle carefully. Although I don't know what they were talking about, I think they looked very happy. Oh, they were also checking their phones, probably to determine the price of the bicycle."

Senior Maeda also pressed the shutter of her camera and took a photo. Sometimes, Senior Maeda would think about learning lip reading by herself, but now it is just an idea.

Senior Maeda took a photo and handed it to Natsume. The photo was a little blurry, but the faces of the two people could still be clearly distinguished.

"If you come to see me tomorrow, you may not be able to see the face clearly, because the longer the interval, the blurrier the scene I see. I was quite looking forward to it before, but it turned out to be just a theft incident."

Maeda-san spoke up, placing the camera back against her chest, seeming a little uninterested in solving a mysterious case so quickly.

Although it was just a harmless photo, Natsume Sonoko still used her ultimate move and glared at the two people in the photo.

"As for the bicycle's automatic movement incident, I guess one of them may have magnetic abilities, and can control the bicycle from a distance, and can even unlock the bicycle's wheels when there is no fingerprint unlocking. The other person is his accomplice, and may be responsible for keeping watch and selling the stolen goods."

Senior Maeda touched her chin and spoke thoughtfully. Wearing a beret, she looked like a famous detective. Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but look at Senior Maeda a few more times, as if she saw the arrival of Sherlock Holmes.

Natsume Sonoko was already very satisfied to find the culprit behind her bicycle's bizarre escape. Maeda-senpai also consumed a lot of energy. The investigation, which took less than ten minutes, consumed half of her energy.

"There are indeed quite a few thugs and gangs around here, so maybe this is their work. But what's going on around here? Where did these icicles come from?" Senior Maeda pointed at several icicles on the ceiling and said to classmate Natsume Sonoko in confusion.

"Don't worry about the details." Natsume Sonoko said.

I looked around the abandoned research institute building but didn't see any people. It seemed that the bad guys who stole the car had already left.

The idea of ​​waiting for something to happen only crossed Natsume Sonoko's mind once, but was not adopted by anyone. After all, no one knew whether their nest was here or not.

At the moment, it seems that the best way is to hand the photos over to the discipline committee members and security teachers.