Temperature Control in Academy City

"You suddenly say something, and no matter what you have planned, everything will be shorted next."

Accelerator said this viciously, but his expression immediately became uncertain.

The manipulated air quickly shattered the black chains in the sky, but then quickly reshaped them, like a puzzle that was constantly being destroyed and reassembled, and Accelerator did not find anything that might be the core.

"The Misaka Network is not just in Academy City now. It's impossible for you to find the core."

"The experiment has already begun. If you do not forcibly interrupt Misaka Mikoto's evolution, when she evolves to a certain level, not only will her consciousness be wiped out, but she may also devour the entire Misaka network. By that time, those mass-produced clones may never wake up, so use all your strength to stop it."

With his eyes still empty, 'Natsume-san' said meaningfully, not worried about Accelerator's actions.

However, Natsume-san's head shifted slightly at this moment, looking at a building a hundred meters away. A certain railgun did not take the usual route, but instead liked to travel on the wall of the building.

Just as Misaka Mikoto approached the safe house building, the AIM diffusion field on her body was unconsciously attracted to the Misaka network in the sky. Before she could even react, endless black chains began to rush towards her frantically.

The black chains suddenly dissipated, and the sky regained its light, as if all of them had entered Misaka-senpai's body.

Before there was silence for a second or two, countless lightning bolts appeared in the sky, followed by a dazzling blue electric light. The shining light radiated outward in the form of a cylinder, causing all electronic products within hundreds of meters around to be scrapped, probably including the smartphone in the pocket of the girl with the bun.

Misaka-senpai, who was inexplicably connected to the Misaka network, seemed to be unable to control her brain for a moment, resulting in abnormal large-scale discharges.

"It's Misaka-senpai. That guy wants her to become an absolute esper now."

The real Natsume, who was watching from the sidelines, was unable to calm down and was in a state of extreme anger.

He tried desperately to take back control of his body and drive this annoying old man out, but failed every time.

Although being an absolute ability user sounds great, it is not a good thing for most people. Just like what Kihara Gensei said, once Misaka-senpai evolves to a certain level, her own will will disappear.

"There's nothing I can do."

Natsume, who was watching from the sidelines, failed in his struggle once again, and there was an indescribable panic in his thoughts.

If Natsume hadn't been unable to control her tear glands, she would have felt the urge to cry for the first time. She never cried normally, but this time she was extremely afraid that Misaka-senpai would die because of this experiment, but she was powerless to do anything.

Whether it was senior Kamijou Touma or that annoying guy with white hair, anyone would be fine, as long as senior Misaka could be saved, she would not be so worried about her situation.

Natsume-san can probably understand the feeling of hoping to be rescued when you are in despair.

"There must be a chance. It's impossible for Kihara Gensei to have perfect control every moment."

Natsume-san thought to himself as if to encourage himself, and regained his spirits.

As long as she could find the time when Kihara Gensei was relaxed, she might be able to use the activity of her brain to break free from his psychological control.

Ordinary commands are simply unable to control a person with psychic powers, because the person's brain will quickly break through the limitations of the commands. Only by Kihara Gensei's continuous precise control and adaptation to various changes can he keep up with Natsume Sonoko's brain activities.

However, Natsume, who was just watching, became quiet at this time.

Her eyes were dazed, and she seemed to see her own soul, a mysterious outline that was no different from her own.

She discovered that after losing control of her brain, her thoughts could still enter the spiritual world normally.

Moreover, after briefly being freed from the various hormonal interferences and some shallow distractions in the brain itself, Natsume's perception of the soul became even more acute.

Chapter 361: Moving Memories

Few people understand the soul, and perhaps even the magic side knows very little about it.

Natsume, who is seriously lacking in information in this area, is in a state of ignorance, but through life over the years, he also knows that other people cannot reach the soul level.

Others cannot sense my soul, so why can I? Is it just because I am that inexplicable time traveler?

For Natsume Sonoko, this special perception is more like a clear barrier that separates the body and soul from each other, allowing the mind to wander between the two places.

"Was my thinking born from the brain of the body, or was it born from that soul? When I first came to this world, did my consciousness already appear? Have I been ignoring something?"

Natsume Sonoko's thoughts were immersed, and she seemed to slowly break free from the constraints of her body and began to float in a vast spiritual space and time.

The images from her retina were transmitted continuously, like a glowing door, allowing her to see everything that happened in reality.

At this moment, Natsume cannot control her body at all. She can only influence her thoughts, or consciousness. Of course, she can also feel the various changes in her brain.

"What am I wasting time on? The most important thing now is to find a way to get rid of Kihara Gensei's control."

The conscious being shook her head violently as if she were a real person, and used her non-existent little hand to give herself a slap to wake herself up, as if to drive away these sudden problems. She didn't have time to explore her own origins now.

She was going to wait for Kihara Gensei to make a mistake, and then take back her brain in one fell swoop.

However, Natsume-san also murmured a little. Judging from the ability used just now, Kihara Gensei's performance seems to be much more stable than he thought. He has a deep understanding of a heat system ability user like Natsume-san.

What surprised Natsume even more was that in her brain, the Kihara Gensei was actually trying to perfect her atomic collapse formula.

While controlling a certain bun-head, she used her computing power to perform small-scale calculations and supplements on several key parts. It was unknown what she was thinking. Obviously, Natsume already knew who was controlling her.

As soon as Natsume thought about the bad old man Kihara Gensei who used the mind control, she started to worry about Shokuhou Misaki. The Tokiwadai trio that Natsume had full confidence in turned out to be so vulnerable.

Speaking of which, the atomic collapse formula has not been developed to a practical level until now. Although I got some data on Mai Ye Shenli's abilities in the Anbu 'study' last time, there are many differences between the abilities of the two after all, so it is impossible to apply them directly.

Kihara Gensei seemed to be very interested in his own research, and he knew a lot about atomic collapse. He even modified many parts of the formula at once, and it was unknown to what extent.

"But I am a little concerned. Kihara Gensei doesn't seem to have noticed the existence of my soul, even though I can find it with a little sensing."

Natsume's consciousness was slightly dazed, and some things appeared in his mind that seemed irrelevant to the current situation.

At a certain level, human thinking is nothing more than the interaction and movement between atoms and molecules, involving many physical and chemical reactions.

Psychological mastery can project one's own thoughts onto others, using water or other atoms to control the brain's functioning.

People with this ability can not only read other people's memories, but also manipulate other people's bodies and abilities, and even receive various internal and external sensory signals from the body.

From this perspective, Kihara Gensei is now equivalent to the mind of Sonoko's body, but he is an outsider who may leave at any time.

If someone can control everything about others and have their brain operate according to their own wishes, then it is basically this other person, just like a human being controlled by a parasitic beast.

By analogy, Natsume can also control everything about Zero.

The two people have the same brain waves and share Zero's body and brain, so their memories and perceptions can be shared. Natsume is actually equivalent to one of Zero's thoughts. The only difference is their identities as a native and an outsider.

Moreover, Kiyama Chunsheng had previously erased an unformed thought born in Reizi, and Reizi could only be regarded as a latecomer.

Perhaps in the world of Toaru Majutsu no Index, the brain's thoughts or consciousness can be replaced temporarily or permanently, and perhaps magic that can replace another person's body really exists.

However, Kihara Gensei, who was temporarily acting as the thinking body of this body, did not notice the existence of the soul in Natsume's body.

Does this mean that the thoughts in the brain cannot perceive the existence of Natsume's soul, or that Natsume is special?

According to this immature idea, if one's thinking consciousness was born in the brain, one might not be able to feel the existence of the soul, and would be as normal as all the people one has ever met.

The unknown and mysterious world of souls always releases strong attractions, and Natsume's thoughts always wander between the soul and the brain.

So, it is very likely that one’s thoughts were born in the soul from the very beginning.

In fact, before I was born, I was an ignorant ghost for a period of time. The broken soul memory could not support a conscious entity with thinking ability?

But do ghosts exist in the world of Toaru Majutsu no Index? By the way, shouldn’t I have been a shrine maiden in my previous life? Could it be that I was formed after the shrine maiden died?

Natsume also figured out what happened next by following the clues.

My thoughts instinctively left my soul and took control before consciousness was born in my brain. That's why I could vaguely sense that I was a time traveler when I was born, and I discovered the existence of my soul. I could also sense the obvious gap between my soul and my body.

And his large amount of memories as a time traveler were indeed moved out from his soul one after another later on.

This inexplicable speculation seemed to answer many of Natsume's doubts, but there was no actual evidence.

And Natsume can sense the existence of souls, maybe it’s just because he is a native of this body. Maybe the soul has a concept of territory?

But even if this guess is correct, what use will it have on me now?

As soon as Natsume-san finished his thought, his entire consciousness suddenly rushed towards his soul.

If this is the case, perhaps I can try to do something, such as moving my memories into my soul.

The memories of the past life (previous life) in the soul have all turned into messy fragments. The former Natsume was a little cautious, worried that putting the memories of the brain in would also become fragmented.

Not only will it make collecting memories of past lives more difficult, it may also cause unnecessary problems with the brain's own memory or function. When you know that there are no memories of the shrine maiden left in the soul, you will be more cautious.

After all, for people like Natsume who have special abilities, the brain is the most important thing.

But the situation now is a little different. Instead of letting that Kihara Gensei mess around in my brain and maybe even modify my memory, it is better to try to move the memory into my soul.

If it really has an effect on the brain, maybe it can be used to break through Kihara Gensei's psychological blockade. If it has no effect, it can exist as a backup memory to prevent anything bad from being implanted.

For example, the nine true and one false memory modification method that Shokuhou-senpai mentioned before, even if Natsume-san carefully searches his memory, he may not be able to distinguish it.

If Kihara Gensei keeps himself away from Kamijou-senpai and Shokuhou-senpai any longer, it will be even more difficult to recover.

At this moment, outside the door formed by vision, the ahoge on Misaka-senpai's head was glowing, and the light that continued to flow out of her body was like a big light bulb. No one knew what was happening to Shokuhou-senpai, who had lost contact again.

The stone in his heart was becoming heavier and heavier. Natsume thought that he had to do something. Even if there was a little risk, it was better than having his brain controlled by the bad old man Kihara Gensei.

She felt that Kihara Gensei was a dangerous and sympathetic person, while her own soul seemed harmless and as cute as she looked, so she must be safer.

And according to my own guess, if the thoughts in the soul can enter the brain, then the thoughts in the brain may also be able to return to the soul.

This does not refer to the daily wandering between the two. Natsume can retain real memories in the soul world because most of his thoughts remain in the brain.

This time, Natsume was wondering if he could temporarily detach from his brain and let his thoughts exist in the form of a soul.

However, Natsume is worried that after losing the memories in his brain, he might become confused, so he also needs to move his memories to the soul world to see the situation.

Although she didn't know what effect such a move would have, Natsume was still prepared to give it a try. Maybe she would have some different changes as a result. She hated this kind of situation where she could only watch.

Chapter 362 True Will

What was shining in the sky was the roar of a person with super powers, layer upon layer, boundless, and lightning snakes in the sky were entangled and climbing on each other, biting tightly on the building without doors and windows.

The huge amount of heat released by the large-scale discharge immediately caused the surrounding air to expand continuously due to the heat, and deafening groans appeared one after another. It was released to the outside world at a lightning speed, achieving an effect similar to that of a natural disaster.

The power of a superpower is limited, but as long as they take a small step forward, even if it is far from level 6, it seems that a drastic change will occur.

This change reached dozens of times the original level of Misaka-senpai, and it seemed to be constantly improving. This kind of thunder that was comparable to a real celestial phenomenon, except for some people who knew the inside story, could not guess that it was an attack from a person with special abilities.

Even if he is just a member of the Absolute Ability Group, he is still far superior to the previous class. He is the product of that perfect state, which is what many scientists in Academy City have been striving for, to reach the realm of God in a mortal body.

If viewed as pioneers, these crazy scientists are exploring a certain possibility of human evolution.

But the mice who were sacrificed just hoped that the people they cared about could survive the experiment. There was no right or wrong, but the positions were different, and both sides were going further and further down the path of using any means necessary.

Even though subsequent people with special abilities can enjoy the benefits brought by these experiments, those who died in the experiments cannot come back.

The intensity of the lightning strike reached a level that could not be ignored. The high temperature generated in just an instant could cause the building materials of an ordinary building to age and break rapidly. However, in front of this building without doors and windows, this level of physical attack could not even give it a surface polish.

The building's strength is astonishing.

Since adopting some of the technology deduced from the first person, the building is able to offset external attacks by vibrations, and there is basically no risk of this building being breached by direct physical attacks.

However, one of Natsume's acquaintances, a certain Kuroko, who is pronounced as perverted, can move through space and might be able to easily demolish this building. Of course, he can only demolish buildings.

The electronic interference from the outside world did not penetrate into the building at all, as if nothing had happened.

The long-haired figure hanging upside down in the transparent glass container had a normal expression. The bubbles around him kept passing through the hair. He seemed to notice something and suddenly opened his eyes.

This level of attack could not affect the life-support device he was using, so his mind was naturally not on this attack, and he did not even intend to pursue the attacker. However, his sight seemed to extend to the things happening not far away through some kind of observation device.

Speaking of which, today was the first time that the chairman opened his eyes, even though it was almost afternoon.

If the job of the chairman of Academy City is just taking a bath and sleeping, a certain bun-haired girl thinks she can do it, and can do it better.

"Laetili Tanglod."

The chairman seemed to be finally ready to work. The technological products around him began to work, and as he was called softly, a materialized video screen appeared in front of him.

The light curtain was connected to an important institution in a certain school district, and a loli girl who was under strict detention appeared on the light curtain. The girl looked very familiar, after all, she had just put on a gorgeous show a few days ago.

The girl was surrounded by walls made of soft materials, and even the furniture had no sharp corners and was embedded in the walls.

There seemed to be nothing above her head, and she could see the entire sky when she looked up. But if someone floated five or six meters in the air and touched it, they would find that there was a glass wall.

However, compared to the life-threatening state she was in a few days ago, this girl is now much calmer. She seems to be enjoying the feeling of slowly aging, although her physical age is only about ten years old.

"Laity, now that you have lost the shackles of immortality, you can transform the life force in your body into magic. Your Greek astrology can already predict some things in the future."

Aleister's voice came out, sounding somewhat neutral, like a mechanical synthesized sound.

"I can see snippets of the future, and right now it's only limited to people I have a close relationship with."