Temperature Control in Academy City

Chapter 32 Purifying Social Morals

"How should I put it, Natsume-san, you're really quick. By the way, are these photos reliable? It's rare to find someone with the ability to take photos of the past."

There were some skin abrasions on Shirai's arm, and Hatsuharu was helping to apply ointment on the wound.

"It was the work of Maeda-san, a sophomore in the school. Since not too long had passed, her ability was still quite effective, and she was able to finally find out what the criminal looked like."

Natsume Sonoko answered while sitting on a stool nearby, looking at the scars on Shirai's body with some concern.

"Shirai-san, is your wound okay? It looks like it hurts a lot."

Natsume Sonoko asked with concern. In fact, the danger of the discipline committee members is not that high, but it is not necessarily the case for guys like Shirai who are always fighting crime outside the school.

"Natsume, I've received professional training and can endure any pain. This is just a minor wound." Raising a finger, Shirai emphasized.

Sometimes Natsume Sonoko really admires Shirai Kuroko. It can be said that Shirai has achieved levels that ordinary people can't even dream of in many aspects.

Not only does she have an extraordinary sense of responsibility and justice, but even Misaka-senpai, who is a certain railgun, is becoming increasingly haggard under her powerful pressure, and the frequency of her discharges has increased drastically and unconsciously.

Natsume Sonoko is different. She eats well and drinks well three times a day, studies hard in class, occasionally plays video games in the arcade after school, and surfs the Internet in the dormitory at night. Her every day is a bit nonsensical, but being an ordinary student who studies by interest is also a great thing.

Although she is an ordinary student who can be seen everywhere, Natsume Sonoko also has a temper. No matter who does something that makes her angry, Natsume Sonoko says that she will definitely make them experience the feeling of ice and fire.

"Natsume-san, could you introduce this senior to us? Her abilities are very useful for our current investigation. With her abilities, we should be able to find the guy who dropped the bomb."

Hatsuharu looked at the photo, which was said to have been taken in the past, curiously. No matter how they thought about it, this ability would be very helpful to them.

If this ability can really recreate the past, then we can find the murderer near the explosion.

"Okay, but whether to help or not depends on what the senior wants. I can only give you her contact information." Natsume Sonoko came close to Hatsuharu, glanced at Shirai who was applying ointment with her sleeves folded up, and said.

After applying ointment to Shirai-san and tying a white bandage, Uiharu-san scanned the portrait in the photo and began to help search for a person with the same appearance in the library.

Although the library claims to have recorded almost all the people with special abilities in Academy City and their information, after Hatsuharu completed the search, she still couldn't find the corresponding person.

"I haven't found it again. Is there something wrong with the library in Academy City recently?" Natsume Sonoko said somewhat unhappily. The usefulness of the library has been greatly reduced in recent times.

"In fact, recently we often find people with special abilities that are not in the library records, or people whose abilities suddenly increase drastically, causing the information in the library to not match them."

Shirai lowered her folded sleeves and stretched her arms. In addition to this unsolved bombing case, the number of other cases has been gradually increasing recently.

Even the wound on Shirai's arm was left after the investigation into the explosion case proved fruitless and he went to the crime scene of another person with special abilities. The other party seemed to be a level 3 wind-type user, but the one recorded in the library was only a level 1 low-level person with special abilities.

"So, is Academy City very chaotic now?" Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Natsume Sonoko knew some of the connections behind the chaos. When she thought of the various experiments and plans hidden behind Academy City, she felt tremendous pressure.

"Since most of the students in the Seventh District are junior and senior high school students, the security situation is actually quite good. Some other districts have already seen small-scale riots by armed groups." Shirai stood up and explained, frowning slightly.

"Armed groups, do you mean those incapable armed groups?" Natsume Sonoko asked in surprise.

Natsume Sonoko had also heard that the incompetent armed groups in the Seventh School District were mostly composed of guys who skipped classes and acted at night, and they would attack students with lower abilities in groups.

However, these incompetent armed groups would not steal my bicycles.

....Ordinary dividing line....

Nothing was found and things became troublesome again. After reporting to the security teacher, Natsume Sonoko prepared to go back with an unwilling look on her face.

Even if you know the other person's appearance, it will be useless if you can't find the person. It's impossible for Natsume Sonoko to wander around the Seventh School District or let Hatsuharu keep an eye on the surveillance camera.

However, before returning to the dormitory, Natsume Sonoko remembered something. She thought she could buy a computer on the way back and use consumption to soothe her inner sadness.

After walking around the mall for ten minutes, Natsume Sonoko walked out of the mall carrying a computer bag and holding the mall mascot monkey doll that she had given her as a gift.

Natsume Sonoko didn't know much about laptops. Based on the little knowledge she learned online a few days ago, she chose a reasonably priced laptop with good performance.

The cost was not that much, much cheaper than the bicycle he had lost.

Just as she walked out of the mall and was walking on the nearby street, Natsume Sonoko suddenly heard several deafening exclamations.

Natsume Sonoko suddenly stopped and saw a woman in a white shirt and a miniskirt, standing in the sun with a confused look on her face.

"Wait a minute, what are you doing?"

Under the horrified gazes of several passers-by, the woman actually began to slowly unbutton her shirt, revealing her somewhat fair neck.

"There's nothing I can do. The weather is too hot today." The strange woman looked up at the sun in the sky that was emitting huge heat, and said weakly, then found an impeccable excuse for her behavior.

"I've been walking in the hot sun for a long time, and I feel like my whole body is going to be burnt." With one hand blocking the sunlight in front of her forehead, the strange woman continued to unbutton her clothes.

"Strange, this button can't be unbuttoned."

Natsume Sonoko was also stunned at this time. Although she had known that there was such a person in Academy City, it was indeed shocking to see this scene without any preparation.

"Hurry up and button up your clothes, there are so many people here." A female passerby said angrily. It seems that everyone has similar opinions in some aspects.

"Oh, this button seems to be frozen. No wonder it suddenly feels a little cooler." The strange woman's eyes were tired and dull. She didn't react much to the suddenly frozen button, as if it was a matter of course.

When this strange woman passed the frozen button and continued to unbutton the lower buttons, a cold wind suddenly blew around, making everyone's pores stand up. However, those who were farther away did not feel much.

The strange woman also frowned, and after a while, she curled up unconsciously, seeming to feel a little cold.

"Where does the cold wind come from? The weather today is so strange."

"What a weird weather. It's a hot day."

"Why do so many strange things happen today?" Passersby were talking about it one after another.

Natsume Sonoko's face also turned a little red. Has the atmosphere in Academy City become so corrupt?

As expected, today's task of maintaining urban law and order and purifying social atmosphere will be handed over to a passerby classmate named Natsume Sonoko who does not want to reveal her name.

A certain Natsume Sonoko felt that she should do something, such as asking everyone to wear more clothes in the summer, so that no one would go shirtless casually.

The buttons of her clothes were frozen silently, and the nosy Natsume Sonoko also thoughtfully prepared a cooling service for everyone.

Seeing the strange woman start to button up her clothes and pull the collar inward, Natsume Sonoko finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That’s great, Natsume Sonoko’s red face has returned to normal and she no longer feels embarrassed.

It really kills two birds with one stone, as it not only solves the problem of weird women being too hot, but also purifies the social atmosphere of Academy City.

Chapter 33 Knowing the plot is actually not good

When I went to the clothes, I learned the name and the name.

Silently purifying the gradually corrupting bad atmosphere in Academy City, the low-key Natsume Sonoko once again did good deeds without leaving a name.

The legend of the stripping and clothed woman has been circulating on urban legend websites for a long time, and has been on the hot search for almost half a month. It was only today that Natsume Sonoko actually saw the legendary figure.

Intuitively speaking, this legendary entity appears to have a gloomy personality at first glance, with empty and somewhat dull eyes. No one knows what he is thinking, but he can do some bold things without any scruples.

If you look closely, you can see that his lower eyelashes are quite thick, and with the faint dark circles around his eyes, he looks like he is sleep-deprived and will fall asleep at any moment.

This strange woman has a good appearance and figure, but her gloomy expression makes her look a little difficult to get along with.

"It's so cold, I want to leave here." Unable to bear the cold wind anymore, the strange woman no longer had the inappropriate idea of ​​taking off her shirt in public. Instead, she walked towards a luxurious-looking car next to her.

Although she didn't know the strange woman in front of her very well, Natsume Sonoko knew her better than the average passerby.

This information comes from some unknown place and can only be understood by some indescribable existence.

Before traveling through time, Natsume Sonoko did not finish watching A Certain Scientific Railgun T because it had not yet been completed, but at least she had finished watching the first two series.

Natsume Sonoko also had a deep impression of the strange woman who played a role in connecting some of the main plots in the first A Certain Scientific Railgun.

In addition to her very recognizable appearance, Natsume Sonoko immediately recalled a lot of things in bits and pieces when they met for the first time.

As usual, Natsume Sonoko still didn't know the other person's name, and she was completely clueless about factors such as her living address, age, and marital status.

Without going into details, Natsume Sonoko recalled it carefully and still knew the general outline of the plot.

Pushing her non-existent glasses, Natsume Sonoko's eyes were filled with a hint of thought. As expected, there was only one truth.

Someone has almost understood everything at this point. What is hidden behind all this? When will the secret buried deep inside come to the surface?

The strange woman in front of me is not only the real stripper, but also the creator of the fantasy hand that is spreading wildly on the Internet.

In the future, he is the culprit who caused nearly 10,000 people, including Saten, to fall into a coma. He is the only teacher that the abandoned children can trust, and he is also the developer of the Fantasy Hand healing program.

"Where's that weird woman? Is she leaving so soon?"

Just as Natsume Sonoko's thoughts returned from their divergence and her brain started working again, the legendary figure in front of her had already gotten into the car, started the engine and drove towards the road towards Natsume Sonoko's side.

Natsume Sonoko subconsciously walked a few steps toward the inside of the sidewalk, watching the car slowly drive past her.

Through the car window, Natsume Sonoko could still see the pair of empty and dull eyes in the car. Their eyes were calm, but seemed to conceal the countless waves in the heart.

The strange woman seemed to notice Natsume Sonoko's gaze and turned her head, and the two people's eyes suddenly met each other. Natsume Sonoko rarely looked away, staring straight at her, but as the car moved, Natsume Sonoko soon lost sight of the other person.

"Can this person really be considered a bad person? But she is the murderer who caused so many people to fall into a coma."

Natsume Sonoko stood there feeling a little troubled, her head in a mess. Although she felt that she should do something, she didn't know what to do for a moment.

As if she felt the computer bag in her hand was a bit heavy, Natsume Sonoko unconsciously put it on the ground to let her arm rest.

With thin arms and legs, he was exhausted after walking for a while. It was indeed a lot more troublesome without a bicycle.

Someone watched the car drive out of his range and soon disappeared. Although he had already built the formula in his head for some reason, he did not make any special moves in the end.

"Ah----, knowing too much is not a good thing. I'm just an ordinary student." Natsume Sonoko rubbed her head in distress.

Fortunately, someone only watched the plot of A Certain Scientific Railgun. If he knew the content of the main film, A Certain Magical Index, he would be unhappy every day.

Natsume Sonoko thinks that there is nothing too special about her, and her personality is not very reassuring. If she was like in some novels, she would not have to be so uncomfortable and entangled if she was at level 5 and killed everyone decisively from the beginning.

Walking on the road, Natsume Sonoko still had a sad look on her face, which was in stark contrast to a guy who was riding a bicycle to the ATM machine happily to check his deposit in the morning.

At the end of the day, not only was my bicycle lost, but I was also thinking about things that were extremely troublesome just thinking about. The only consolation was the new laptop I just bought.

[Saten-san, how are you doing recently? Nothing happened, right?] Natsume Sonoko was a little worried about Saten-san, so she sent a message.

[Of course it’s great, Natsume-san’s question is really strange (smiley face).] This is the reply from Saten-san.

She wanted to ask Saten about the Phantom Hand, but after asking indirectly, she didn't find any problems, so Natsume Sonoko breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Fantasy Hand incident ended safely, Natsume Sonoko did not want her friends to be involved in such a dangerous incident.

[Are you free recently? Do you remember what I promised Uiharu last time? I just wanted to invite you to visit the dormitory. How about this Friday?] Natsume Sonoko organized her words and continued to send a message.

[Okay, Hatsuharu-san has been wanting to come and see it for a long time, but can I come along too? ]

[Of course, Saten-san and Hatsuharu-san are both my honored guests (fist bow).]

....Ordinary dividing line....

"Natsume-san, you seem to be in a bad mood these days?" Senior Misaka said to Natsume Sonoko, who was standing at the door of a shaved ice shop and looking at the price list.

"I heard from Kuroko that Natsume Sonoko, you lost a bicycle recently. Do you need my help?" After taking the strawberry flavored shaved ice from the boss, Senior Misaka said to Natsume Sonoko with concern.

Just like Misaka-senpai as usual, as a concerned citizen, A Certain Scientific Railgun-senpai offered to help without Natsume Sonoko even asking for help.

"Boss, I want the blueberry flavor. The more shaved ice the better, and the thicker the blueberry jam the better." Natsume Sonoko picked out the shaved ice and pointed at the blueberry shaved ice on the price list and said to the boss.

"Don't worry, Misaka-senpai. Shirai and the others as well as the security teachers are already helping with the bicycle matter." Natsume Sonoko looked up at Misaka-senpai, waved her hand and said in rejection.

"So there are already so many people here. But as the saying goes, one more person means one more strength. I also want to teach those petty car thieves a lesson." Senior Misaka scooped the shaved ice with a spoon and said after swallowing a large spoonful of shaved ice in one gulp.

"Well, thank you very much for helping me, Misaka-senpai. But I have other plans today." Natsume Sonoko put away the troubled look on her face and revealed her usual dazed look.

"Actually, today I invited Hatsuharu and Saten to visit my dormitory." Natsume Sonoko said, stirring the shaved ice and blueberry jam together with a spoon. Maybe someone thought that the taste would be better after mixing.

"Really? I remember classmate Hatsuharu mentioned it to me once before. You all can come and visit my dormitory together." Senior Misaka showed a look of astonishment on her face and nodded.

"Besides, today is also a memorable day. It's exactly one month since Natsume and I met." Senior Misaka counted on her fingers and said seriously.

Natsume Sonoko was eating shaved ice, her mind was a little scattered, she counted the days and it has been a month since she and Misaka-senpai and Shirai-san have known each other. So today is also the day when Shirai-san moved into Misaka-senpai's dormitory for exactly one month. Shirai-san has been a little mysterious recently, it must be because of this day.

"It's been a month, time flies." Before she knew it, it had been quite a while since Natsume Sonoko entered Tokiwadai. Fortunately, during this time, Natsume Sonoko made many new friends.

"Where are we going to meet up with Uiharu-san and the others?" Misaka-senpai couldn't help but ask.

"At the Communication Plaza around four o'clock. It's only a little after two o'clock now, so there's probably more than an hour left." Natsume Sonoko looked at the time on her mobile phone and spoke.

"Let's go earlier and don't keep them waiting too long."

Chapter 34 Visit the Dormitory

In the convenience store in the Communication Plaza, two people seemed to have arrived quite a while in advance.