Temperature Control in Academy City

Letili shook her head and looked at the hanged man in front of the light curtain with a complicated expression.

I originally thought that after being detained, I would most likely be secretly executed or used as experimental material for research, but the chairman in front of me was extremely tolerant.

In addition to the necessary imprisonment, she was even allowed to continue to control the funds and power of the outside world, but the strength of the Star Track Gate Society had plummeted overnight.

And because she can contact the outside world, she recently made two anonymous donations to Natsume Sonoko's student dormitory and club through the Black Crow Force as her own insignificant thanks, but she doesn't want Natsume to know of her existence.

Although so many years had passed, the witch's successor still fulfilled her promise, but things and people had changed.

The original complaints and dissatisfaction towards the shrine maiden turned into gratitude again, and even extended to a certain bun-haired girl. After regaining her magic power, Letilie was able to peek into the future of some of Natsume's classmates through astrology.

But they were just insignificant fragments, and she couldn't stably observe what would happen in the future. Even if she had enough magic power, it would be the same, because predictive magic such as astrology was more like a possible guess about how the world worked.

"Mr. Chairman, is it true that Miss Miko can't come back?"

There was an inexplicable daze on her face as Letili spoke in a low voice.

Although she was very grateful for the help of the girl named Sonoko, she cared more about the miko who had been with her for a while. She liked to travel around and cause trouble everywhere. She was really a strange person.

"It is impossible to resurrect the witch. After reincarnation, there is no place for her in the soul anymore."

Aleister spoke, not caring whether the little magician across from him could understand him or not. However, his speech became a little slow, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

In fact, it is very simple to solve this problem. You just need to make some space. As for memory and personality, the magic of reversing time does exist.

Moreover, there is a kind of golden great magic in the magic world. It is a kind of miraculous magic. As long as you know the specific method and process of resurrection, it is not difficult to resurrect a person, but people cannot exist without souls.

After all, no matter how advanced robots are, they can never become humans.

"Determined to knock down the indigenous gods of the past, stick to your own moral values, and act according to your heart. As a price, after losing everything, the demons controlled by the prototype in the hands of the witch will sweep in."

"She also used unknown means to create the forbidden fruit of the world, and through this she gained some ability that seems to be able to sense the operation of the rules of the world. This witch is qualified enough to achieve the true will and walk her own path."

"But this latecomer was unable to truly follow her own heart. She was timid and hesitant, and Letili's prophecy was a surprise."

As soon as he finished speaking, many thoughts flashed through Aleister's mind, and a hint of inexplicable emotion appeared in his eyes.

It was natural for Letili to cooperate with him. On the first day of his imprisonment, he had a good talk with this old friend. Academy City also had no shortage of rooms for imprisoning prisoners.

Aleister himself was very familiar with prophecies. His former teacher had predicted something very important to him. However, some prophecies could be avoided, but others became a predetermined fate.

Of course, Letili's prediction can be changed, because the predetermined fate is only a very small probability event. Of course, the predetermined fate itself is 100% certain to happen.

However, Aleister was not prepared to interfere with what happened in the prophecy, and even tacitly allowed Tsuchimikado Motoharu to inform Kihara Gensei about the situation of this latecomer.

The successor of the miko will awaken some of her past powers today. This sudden awakening means that the successor will try something that she originally wanted to do but didn't dare to do. This is how Aleister understood the prophecy.

Aleister actually kept a distant attitude towards the later comer of the miko. If she had not taken the initiative to get involved in his plan, causing the plan to be modified, Aleister would not have done anything unnecessary.

After all, latecomers may not necessarily inherit the legacy of their predecessors. The miko who studies magic and the psychics of Academy City are two completely different products, at least that's what Aleister made the world think.

The greatest value of Academy City to him is to attract the right hand to come, the purpose is to complete his plan. It seems that no matter who it is, there will be no shortage of plans in his head.

When it comes to plans, there are always countless variables, but as long as you keep modifying the plan and bring all the scattered possibilities together on the same path, you will eventually achieve your goal.

Chapter 363 Essence

His long white hair was suspended in the liquid, his skin was fair and not lacking in color, and the green surgical gown made him look more like a doctor.

Aleister's eyes were dull and lifeless, and his facial nerves were stiff and numb, as if his emotions were being severely suppressed.

However, as the light curtain in front of him suddenly disappeared, he had lost interest in communicating with the magician.

Although the other party has certain value, it is not worth him spending too much energy on it.

"Do as you wish, that is your law."

An inaudible sound was emitted in the form of a mechanical synthesized sound, and Aleister's expression inexplicably changed, as if he was sighing, or appreciating something.

This sentence is recorded on the cover page of the magic book "Book of Law", and together with this magic book, it constitutes a philosophy and magic system called Thelema.

This system was proposed by the chairman who hides his identity in a bubbling jar, and he is prepared to stick to it until the end.

Similarly, the Academy City before us was also promoted and established by the Chairman, so the products inside are most likely closely related to the "Book of Law".

The so-called people with special abilities may all be products of this magic system.

In this way, the ability user can be said to be a magician in the Thelema system, but he is a magician based on the purely physical world, and has a clear sense of separation from the magicians of other systems.

Moreover, the power of the ability users is based on the laws of physics, not idolatry or imitation of raw stones, miracles, or wonders, so it is normal to call it the scientific side.

The surroundings became dim.

Aleister's thinking speed slowed down again, and then he closed his eyes.

However, he still kept a few thoughts in mind, observing some targets in Academy City that were worth his attention. And he didn't know when a girl with a neat bun appeared on his list.

Just as he gave up some of his thinking ability, the power of some instruments around him suddenly dropped.

One can't help but suspect that his thinking also seems to rely on these scientific things.

...

A building without doors and windows was struck by the thunder of justice. This is a piece of news that is neither big nor small. Maybe it will be featured on the urban legend website someday.

But now no one has much time to pay attention to such trivial matters, because a deafening evacuation alarm sounded in a certain area of ​​the seventh school district.

The nearby discipline committee members arrived earlier than the guards, but faced with this unknown emergency, evacuating the people was their first choice.

The corridors between the buildings were originally green paths for people to relax, but now, they have become ruins.

Standing in the middle of the ruins, a human-shaped luminous figure floated above the ground, with no expression on his face, and he even turned a blind eye to the danger that was right in front of him.

At this time, Senior Misaka had completely changed her appearance. Her skin was covered with a strange light, like a layer of armor made of light.

Soft pointed corners like silk ribbons began to appear on her body, gradually covering her body.

In front of her, a young man named Accelerator was bearing countless dazzling lightning bolts, his entire body wrapped in blue electric light, but he was unharmed.

Accelerator moved very quickly and soon broke through dozens of electric shock obstacles.

With one hand, he shook off the huge materialized thunder above his head, and with the other hand, he directly grabbed Misaka Mikoto who was evolving.

Just by slightly turning the vector in his hand, Accelerator tore off a large piece of glowing substance from Misaka Mikoto's body, revealing a small part of Misaka Mikoto's original appearance.

This light combines the aim diffusion field and Misaka Mikoto's own abilities. When the light covers her body, it seems to protect the person inside.

However, it was still within the range that Accelerator could understand, and in order to adapt to this power, he had to spend a little more time.

After discovering this, some concepts emerged in Accelerator's mind.

Absolute ability users in the process of evolution are still subject to some common sense of the ability user system, and their abilities still conform to the laws of the physical world, and they have not suddenly become another kind of power.

This is very important information. No wonder Kihara Gensei welcomed me to participate in this experiment. Just for this reason, sacrificing a certain railgun is enough to make up for the loss.

Moreover, the experiments are still ongoing and various useful data can be obtained.

However, Accelerator is obviously not here to help Kihara Gensei. His goal is very clear, which is to stop this experiment.

As long as we force Misaka Mikoto into a dormant state, that is, as long as we knock her into a coma, we might be able to end her condition.

However, Accelerator cannot guarantee the success rate, and no one knows whether the brain still has the function of shock in this state.

If that's the case, he can only find a way to get rid of the third one. After all, dead people will definitely not evolve.

"Suppression was successful. Although the third person's ability has been strengthened many times, he still can't break through my defense."

Accelerator's gaze became more scrutinizing.

In his heart, although Misaka Mikoto is currently in a situation that requires careful treatment, the degree of danger has not yet exceeded his threshold.

However, the corresponding pressure is increasing step by step. As the opponent's momentum continues to increase, the number and sustainability of attacks are also increasing, and even some aim diffusion field power begins to be mixed in.

The evolving Misaka Mikoto seems to be able to affect the aim diffusion field around her body.She itself may be equivalent to an unformed force field core, and it is also a very important experimental data.

Accelerator waved his arms once again, trying to attack Misaka Mikoto's body before the light was restored, but the torn parts returned to their original state in an instant.

Even though Accelerator's reaction speed was fast, when the attack hit Misaka Mikoto, the damage fell on those lights.

And at the moment when Misaka Mikoto's body flew backwards, a series of pale dazzling light beams appeared out of thin air from the sky, densely packed and without any pattern, with some buzzing sounds like flying bees.

There were many differences in the attack angles of these light beams, but the direction of attack remained consistent, appearing one after another in the direction where Misaka-senpai was flying backwards.

But the moment they approached Misaka-senpai, these pale light beams were immediately affected by the countless electric lights around them and refracted in other directions, but some of the light beams hit Misaka-senpai's body, extinguishing a large amount of the light.

Dozens of meters away, Natsume-san stood there blankly with a blank look on her face. All the attack methods she usually used were just tickling Misaka-san.

Only the atomic collapse formula temporarily supplemented by Kihara Gensei reached the point where it could be used in a battle. However, Kihara Gensei did not verify it further and directly put it into actual combat without considering the danger. This is something that Natsume-san would never do in the past.

However, in order to take electrons out of the nucleus, it is necessary to destroy the integrity of the atom itself, forming a series of particle machine waveform high-speed cannons with a retention effect, and the computing power consumed has reached an unprecedented level.

Not long after, Natsume's face, with empty eyes, turned slightly red, and his breathing involuntarily quickened.

Instead, a certain white-haired man was quite surprised. Shouldn't this be the trick of the fourth person?

Before she could sigh, the humanoid luminous figure Misaka Mikoto who was knocked away quickly stabilized her body.

At this moment, the ribbons that originally covered Misaka-senpai's body suddenly overlapped and woven together, forming a pair of hollow "wings" that could move freely.

The tip of the head also began to sprout and grow, and three angel-like white halos of different sizes appeared on the top.

But this form did not last long, and evolution immediately entered the next stage.

Under the guidance of Keiseki Kandou, the Misaka Network has begun to merge with Misaka Mikoto, and the memories of thousands of deaths of her sisters have begun to flow into the brain of the Railgun without restriction.

But all this has little to do with Natsume-san who is trapped in the body for the time being.

She has now transferred almost all of her brain memories into her soul, but there is still a backup in her brain, and none of the expected problems have occurred.

The process of transferring memories has nothing to do with the functioning of the brain itself, but is more like a kind of mental manipulation.

While Natsume was transferring her memories to her soul, her mind inexplicably began to palpitate a little.

Under this inexplicable throbbing, Natsume suddenly understood something. The soul is not something insignificant, but the essence of a person.

What is essence is what is left after abandoning the body and brain.

Just like a certain hedgehog-headed boy, his soul essence is to purify the gods and slay demons. (Mist)

Likewise, there is no doubt that Natsume's essence already exists in his soul.

Moreover, Natsume had an inexplicable premonition that this essence might be able to help her solve the problems she was facing. She realized that she seemed to have always lacked an understanding of this essence.

However, the gap between Natsume's body and soul is real. I used to think that maybe it was because consciousness comes from the soul that the body and soul were divided into two.

But now, Natsume has figured it out a little bit, because after transferring her memories, she felt some changes in herself.

As a time traveler, my consciousness was born from my soul, and naturally there is a sense of alienation between me and my body in another world.

But there are only some scattered memories in the soul, and due to the relationship between the ability user and the brain, Natsume ignores the soul and cares more about his body.

Unconsciously, Natsume's mind always subconsciously separates the body of the native and the soul of the time traveler. Under self-denial, he completely blocked the door to exploring the essence of the soul and existed only as a porter of soul memory.

But now things are a little different. Natsume moved the memories in his body into his soul and covered the memories of the time traveler with the memories of the natives. He squeezed all the scattered memories of the time traveler into the corner and occupied the main position of the soul. The sense of alienation and strangeness between the two suddenly disappeared for the most part.

Perhaps because of this, the body and soul have the same attraction to Natsume's conscious body, and the original vague gap has been reduced a lot, and there is even a tendency for them to merge with each other.

Chapter 363 Semi-normal People

Normal people cannot perceive their own souls. Natsume-san may seem normal, but he is actually not.

Fortunately, this abnormal situation did not cause her much trouble in life, so she has been living in peace.

At this moment, Natsume keenly discovered that her ability to perceive her own soul was becoming weaker and weaker, and the illusory outline representing the soul was becoming dimmer and dimmer.

This change was a bit confusing at first, but Natsume understood it immediately.

The soul that belongs to him is taking back the privilege of perceiving it and is merging with the body named Natsume Sonoko.

No one knows whether this fusion is good or bad, and Natsume, as the subject, is still a bystander. But she finds that her heart actually desires to do so, which is the most primitive desire of her body and soul.

As we all know, a beating heart doesn’t think, so what is the heart?

It's the mind, the brain, or the soul, maybe all of them.

At this time, waves of strong and genuine excitement continued to surge from his heart, continuously impacting Kihara Gensei's brain.

"In fact, the integration process has already begun, but the most important link is missing."

The outline of the soul is getting fainter and fainter, but its attraction to Natsume's mind is getting stronger and stronger. Natsume doesn't need to take any action himself, as if he will be completely sucked in in the next second.