Temperature Control in Academy City

I couldn't help but blink my eyes again, feeling indescribable discomfort.

Fortunately, I was not hit by the scattered shelves, otherwise I might have to be hospitalized. But my clothes were all dirty, and even my hair was full of dust.

"I should be the one apologizing."

Shokuhou-senpai shook her head, her starry eyes looking a little dejected.

Chapter 336 Deadlock

It took all of her strength to drag the driver out of the drive armor. The girl who was forced to follow orders by Shokuhou-senpai was still in a trance.

Following the advice of Shokuhou-senpai, Natsume Sonoko found a rope from the corner and prepared to tie the man up. After all, the orders imposed could be terminated at any time.

In this case, it is more reliable to use both hands.

Both of them were very weak and out of breath, and they could only barely move the girl to a position close to the edge.

The girl was accidentally covered in dust, which was considered a small malicious act by the girl with a bun.

There was still dust on Natsume Sonoko's face, and her whole body was dirty. Her expression was still dull, but she felt an indescribable discomfort in her heart.

Since she gained super powers, she has basically never gotten her clothes and hair dirty, and now Natsume is getting goose bumps all over her body.

However, this feeling was immediately put aside by someone, and the urge to run away was suppressed because Shokuhou-senpai beside her was in the same situation as her.

The long golden hair was covered with dust, and the top student in the grade became ordinary.

Shokuhou-senpai is trying to read the memories of the attacker girl, just like a beginner in terms of abilities.

A certain guy with a bun on his head felt calmer, and even a little dazed and distracted.

She is not that special, everyone is doing something important.

"Did you read the memory?"

Looking up slightly, Natsume Sonoko said with some concern.

Their plan today failed in every sense, and the biggest achievement was that it narrowed the search scope for the mastermind.

If they couldn't find anything useful, they wouldn't even be able to figure out the identities of the attackers. Shokuhou-senpai didn't know the identities of these attackers.

But after waiting for a few seconds, there was no answer. Shokuhou-senpai was concentrating on using her mind-reading ability.

A certain guy with a ball head was not idle either. He simply climbed onto the drive armor and tried to control it.

In fact, it's just fiddling with the dashboard to see if two people can sit in the cockpit, and by the way, recalling the operations of the protagonist when I read mecha comics.

The two of them chatted for a while before, and Natsume knew that this was one of the escape routes that Shokuhou-senpai had thought of temporarily.

When the abilities were disrupted and the attackers tried to break through the guards' defenses, Shokuhou-senpai came up with the idea of ​​capturing a power armor, and combining it with other escape routes to form a complete set of self-rescue and counterattack methods.

Fortunately, her retreat seemed to have a slight chance of success. A drive armor broke into the warehouse area where the interference was relatively weak. Of course, the final result was also due to her other arrangements.

However, there is one thing that even Shokuhou-senpai seems to have subconsciously overlooked. This drive armor was prepared from the beginning for Natsume-san or someone else, not for herself.

Although she has read a lot of computer-related knowledge, Shokuhou Misaki seems to have a natural resistance to machines. She can't even use a mobile phone, let alone control this kind of high-tech drive armor.

"How interesting, there is an automatic control mode."

"Shokuhou-senpai, this driver armor also has game software installed."

A girl with a bun on her head was shouting and yelling nearby, obviously she had found something fun and almost forgot about how dirty she was.

"Success, I have read something."

Shokuhou-senpai heaved a sigh of relief. Things were finally taking a turn for the better.

The mind-reading that used to be easy to do is now greatly suppressed.

Not only does it require the other party to be in a relatively still state, but it also takes five or six attempts in a row to barely read the other party's memory. This level can only be regarded as a psychic, that is, level 2.

The most affected thing about this kind of interference in the AIM force field is accuracy, and psychological control itself requires extremely high accuracy, otherwise Shokuhou-senpai would not need a remote control to refine her abilities.

If the ability is abused when it is interfered with, not only will the purpose of mind reading not be achieved, but it will also easily cause great harm to the person, and memory loss is only a minor problem.

Unlike Natsume, who can sometimes choose to catch the big and let the small go, as long as the final result is similar.

"I already know the origins of these people. They all came from an online forum called 'Ability People Mutual Aid Alliance' and were selected to join one of the discussion groups. A few days ago, they received a recruitment request to attack superpowers."

"The attack on me was not accidental. They had been preparing near the juvenile reformatory for five days, and some members even turned down the competition at the Daihaxing Festival."

Shokuhou-senpai took a deep breath, trying to keep herself calm.

So it’s not that Natsume Sonoko and the others’ plan was leaked. In fact, even Shokuhou-senpai’s coming to the juvenile reformatory was a means of inducing the other party.

Did the intermediary deliberately let her discover the information, leaving behind so many clues pointing directly to the juvenile reformatory?

"The 'Ability People Mutual Assistance' forum? It sounds familiar."

Natsume thought of the forum that senior Minghu had mentioned before. Later, she also went there to take a look, and she was immediately very angry.

Although Natsume kept saying that she wanted to take revenge on those people in the forum, she didn't do anything in the end. She was still very restrained in these aspects.

In fact, it was mainly because someone was too lazy and things happened one after another, making her mentally exhausted.

Speaking of which, before I became a person with super powers, I also liked reading gossip about these senior students who also had super powers.

If these attackers really came from this forum, Natsume-san really underestimated it in the past.

I remember that some posts said that someone was planning to teach Accelerator a lesson, and it might be true that they went to his house to throw paint and pull out the valve core of his bicycle.

It's really brave in every sense of the word.

"Deadlock."

Shokuhou Misaki said suddenly, and just by comparing the memories she had read, her face immediately became determined.

That student organization still exists.

"Dead knot? What is it?"

“Is it related to this forum?”

I was slightly stunned. Natsume had only been a psychic for too short a time, so many things were still unclear to him.

"Dead Knot is a student organization that specializes in attacking people with super powers."

"They believe that the AIM diffusion field emitted by superpowers will seriously affect the ability development of others, causing many people to be unable to make progress in ability development. In order to put an end to this 'unfair phenomenon', the Deadlock must kill superpowers."

Shokuhou-senpai whispered.

"I was attacked by them before, but fortunately someone risked his own life to save me. I thought they had disappeared, but I didn't expect them to appear in this way."

"And the Deadlock may not be called a Deadlock anymore. It has grown from a simple student organization to a certain voice and force in this city. They are parasitic on the Internet, and it is difficult to eradicate them completely."

At this point, Shokuhou-senpai's face looked visibly unnatural, as if she was recalling some memories, good or bad.

"Is there such a thing? It's really crazy."

Natsume-san was a little surprised.

There are all kinds of people in Academy City. In her opinion, it is completely unreasonable to improve one's abilities by killing people with super powers.

Do you have any evidence? Take it out and let me see it first. If not, I will break your glasses.

But Natsume can understand it a little bit. It would be really painful if one's abilities didn't improve at all.

It's like the feeling of students who, no matter how hard they try, still rank at the bottom in the exam. It's easy to give up on yourself and look for someone to vent your anger on.

But if the target is directed at the class of people with super powers, Natsume will not be able to sympathize with them, because she is a person with super powers and cares a lot about this identity.

"So who was it that saved Shokuhou-senpai?"

Putting the so-called deadlock forces aside, a certain bun-head became inexplicably curious, and even the driving armor in his hand was no longer interesting.

"Natsume-san, it's not polite to pry into other people's privacy."

Her expression returned to normal, and the blonde senior couldn't help but rub Natsume Sonoko's dusty little head, and said seriously, even changing her address to the more formal "Natsume-san".

"If that thing hadn't been deployed in time to cause the people nearby to fall into a massive coma, there would probably be a dead end at the level of a powerful person by now."

While rubbing someone's head and thinking, Shokuhou-senpai's memory returned to the time when she first arrived at the juvenile reformatory.

These attackers were actually the people who arrived later.

When I explained it to Natsume just now, I only told you part of it. Some things that are inconvenient to explain are actually hidden.

However, Natsume has always been very understanding. When he saw that Shokuhou-senpai was hiding something, he didn't ask too many questions. She also hid many things that she didn't want others to know.

Unless it is really necessary, a girl with a bun will not try to find out other people's secrets, as that would make her look silly.

Chapter 337: Shokuhou Misaki's Experience

Time went round and round, and the scene suddenly went back to dozens of minutes ago, and the blonde girl was still shining.

He used his ability to walk into the annex building of the juvenile detention center as if no one was around. Several staff members around him seemed to be unaware and stayed obediently beside a certain psychological controller.

Standing in front of the glass window on the fourth floor, Shokuhou Misaki gently put down the arm holding the remote control. The imprint of her starry pupils had already taken root in the eye sockets of the guard not far away.

Aiming at the right direction, activating the ability, and psychological control are like omnipresent spies, invading every defenseless brain.

With just a little influence on the guards and staff, she had a general idea of ​​what happened that day.

However, in order to obtain more accurate information, she needs to find more information about the person who issued the death certificate of Hamihara Hospital.

Obtaining information by reading recent memories has long become Shokuhou Misaki's instinct. Just in case, she is also prepared to copy the records of the day the person died. She has an ally with good hacking skills.

Several guards driving powered armors had been carefully controlled by her to go inside the juvenile reformatory, ready to find the person in charge of reception that day. More guards were at their normal posts, but there were little stars in their pupils.

The area of ​​the juvenile reformatory is not small, and the area of ​​the underground buildings is even larger. If some special means are not used, Shokuhou Misaki's ability cannot completely cover everyone, and can only control the peripheral personnel to a limited extent.

Some staff members were directed to the electronic archive room and monitoring room in the juvenile reformatory under certain clear instructions.

Even though she is not good at mechanics and electronics, she can use the power of others to achieve similar effects, such as imposing action routes and copying instructions, but once the scope of the instructions is exceeded, they will not be effective.

Similarly, when Shokuhou-senpai controls a person with special abilities, she cannot use their abilities through mental control, but she can issue orders to use their abilities to fight.

"Today's sun is really dazzling."

"I've found the person. It's about time I call Natsume-san."

Standing in front of the glass window, Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help but squint her eyes. The midday sun usually wouldn't shine directly into people's eyes, but now it blurred her vision.

As if she thought of a certain bun, a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

Then we have to ask Natsume to help. She is not very good at fighting, and she is very happy to find a partner to fight alongside her.

The prerequisite for selecting a partner is mind reading and personality screening. Trust is a luxury for Shokuhou Sosei, but once it ferments, it is much stronger than that of anyone else.

The sunlight seemed to be getting more and more dazzling, and Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help but take a few steps forward to see the angle of the sun.

But in the next second, her body suddenly froze, and her pupils revealed a rare look of surprise. A strange doll that looked like both clay and liquid appeared right above the glass window.

Its whole body reflects silvery-white light, and its body can make extremely exaggerated movements. There is nothing in its deep eye sockets, and there are tentacles like long hair on both sides of its head, and a strange pendant hangs around its neck.

Shokuhou Misaki reacted immediately and realized that the reason the reflection of light blurred her eyes was because there was this thing lurking above the glass.

He wanted to use his mind control ability as soon as possible, but immediately found that it was useless, and he had similar results after multiple attempts.

This liquid creature was not a person with special abilities, but rather a mechanical creature that she was least adept at dealing with.

However, she did not have time to figure out the other party's identity at this time. No matter what it was, the other party's intention was at least not to chat with her, drink tea, and eat dessert.

Even someone who tries to live a peaceful daily life will react to the other person's intentions in an instant, not to mention the blonde senior who understands people's hearts and the dark side of this city.

At the last second before the glass was about to break, Shokuhou Misaki did not hesitate at all. She controlled the staff around her to interfere with the other party. Tables, chairs, benches and the like flew over one after another, trying to hinder the other party's movements.

Even if it could only buy her a very short time, it would be enough to allow her to enter the elevator.

However, what surprised Shokuhou Misaki was that as the tables, chairs and benches flew over, the liquid doll's original movement suddenly paused, as if it had temporarily lost Shokuhou Misaki's position.

The extended liquid arm quickly smashed the furniture, allowing Shokuhou Misaki to run past the crowd and into the elevator.

Although these staff members did not directly participate in the battle, they accidentally provided Shokuhou-senpai with enough time to cover her.

At the same time, Shokuhou Misaki raised the remote control and pointed it in the direction of the guards. Although there was an elevator blocking the way, she still successfully mobilized more than half of the guards to come to her side, and constantly updated the instructions to protect herself, reconfirmed her position, and ensured that the defense could take effect as soon as possible.

"Was that an illusion just now?"

After entering the elevator, Shokuhou-senpai immediately shook her head. It was not an illusion.