Temperature Control in Academy City

A high school student with blue hair and earrings in his ears immediately said this, while hugging the necks of the two people next to him with a warm smile on his face.

"Blue-haired guy, you still have the nerve to say that. If I hadn't bought instant noodles for you, how could my bicycle be lost?" The black hedgehog-headed guy walking in the front said angrily. He was obviously miserable enough, but these guys still wanted him to treat them.

"Oh, he's an elementary school student. Is there an elementary school nearby?"

The high school boy with blue hair and earrings also saw Natsume Sonoko coming towards them, and whispered to the two people on their way to work.

"What elementary school student? This is the Tokiwadai school uniform, and your whisper is too loud." The black hedgehog-haired boy couldn't help but say. He had been troubled by that junior high school girl many times, so how could he not recognize that school uniform.

"Now that I put it that way, it is indeed the Tokiwadai school uniform, bun hairstyle, schoolgirl, and rich girl." The blue-haired high school student muttered to himself.

"You two-dimensional thing, keep your voice down." The black hedgehog-headed guy said angrily.

This is really unreasonable.

Natsume Sonoko gritted her teeth secretly and gave the three people a fierce look, indicating that she would not bother with them and that her own affairs were more important.

The two sides passed each other in a friendly manner, as if nothing had happened.

"There's still no clue, but I won't give up." Natsume Sonoko encouraged herself after taking a sip of soda and finally regaining some energy.

After walking around for a long time, Natsume Sonoko almost broke her legs, but luckily there was a small park nearby. She bought a bottle of soda from the vending machine and sat on a bench in the park to rest.

It was time to end the get out of class. The junior high and high school students who had finished their club activities were returning to their dormitories one after another. Even in the small park, there were groups of students passing by.

"Hi Hugh, Hi Hugh, Hi Hugh..."

The neat rhythm sounded in Natsume Sonoko's ears.

Not far away, a little girl in a pink dress was struggling to drag several oversized shopping bags, stumbling through the park, and accidentally dropped a few cans of drinks from the shopping bags.

"Is there really an elementary school nearby?" Natsume Sonoko had some doubts in her mind. If there was no elementary school, there would basically be no elementary school students nearby, after all, there were no parents here.

Chapter 40: Experimental Subject Teacher Xiao Meng (One Hundred Blades Plus)

Although the Seventh School District focuses on junior high and high school education, it cannot be confirmed that there are no elementary schools here at all.

Perhaps there is an unknown elementary school nearby.

Just when Natsume Sonoko was thinking about some unimportant things, a can of drink rolled to her feet.

In his haste to pick up the fallen drink, he forgot about the shopping bag in his hand.

As the little girl loosened her grip slightly, more things fell out of the bag. All kinds of things rolled everywhere, causing the scene to be very chaotic.

“Is this an alcoholic beverage?”

Natsume Yuan blinked in confusion, then looked carefully to make sure he was not seeing things.

There are no parents in Academy City, so naturally there is no such thing as buying alcoholic beverages for parents. There is only one truth, and Natsume Sonoko silently sees through everything.

Natsume Sonoko was inexplicably angry. The little girl in front of her looked one-third of a head shorter than her. How could she drink such a thing?

"Thank you, girl."

The little girl with pink hair and a pink dress with white sleeves breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the girl in front of her who was much taller than her.

After taking the Musashino milk from one hand of Natsume Sonoko and was about to take the alcoholic drink from the other hand, he saw the bun-haired girl opposite him bending over and looking at him curiously.

"I see. My previous speculation seems to be a bit problematic. In addition to buying alcohol for parents and drinking secretly, there is a third possibility."

Natsume Sonoko suddenly started thinking. There was a suspected experiment subject of an anti-aging surgery in A Certain Scientific Railgun, a cute teacher who was known as a legal loli.

After carefully comparing the appearance in her memory, she found that the resemblance to the little girl in front of her was very close. Because she looked too much like an ordinary elementary school student, Natsume Sonoko didn't react at first.

Since she is Teacher Xiao Meng, there is no problem in buying some alcoholic beverages.

"Don't look at me like this, I am an adult, thank you classmate for helping me pick up my drink."

The pink-haired little girl noticed Natsume Sonoko's gaze and said angrily.

"I'm very sorry, this is your drink." Natsume Sonoko reacted quickly and handed the drink to the other party.

"No matter how you look at it, she looks like a twelve-year-old girl. Could the legendary experiment to inhibit cell aging be true?" Natsume Sonoko suddenly murmured to herself.

"Well, that kind of thing doesn't exist." Hearing Natsume Sonoko's mumbling, the little girl immediately explained in a sweet voice.

Before traveling through time, I just thought that older loli had a huge contrast in cuteness, but when I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn’t help but think of a certain urban legend.

This is something that simply goes against the laws of human growth, which makes Natsume Sonoko particularly concerned. Could it be that the legendary immortality experiment really exists?

"My name is Yueyong Xiaomeng, and everyone calls me Teacher Xiaomeng. I have obtained a teaching license and am a teacher."

The pink-haired little girl said seriously, and took out her teacher's license to prove her identity, with a majestic look of a teacher on her face.

"My name is Natsume Sonoko, and I'm a first-year junior high school student." Natsume Sonoko said immediately, as if she was intimidated by the majesty of Teacher Xiaomeng, and she was serious when introducing herself.

"Natsume, this school uniform of yours is from Tokiwadai Middle School, right? It seems a bit far from here." After cleaning up the things on the ground, Teacher Xiao Meng finally felt relieved and asked Natsume Sonoko.

"Did you run away from home? If necessary, the teacher can provide you with a temporary accommodation." Teacher Xiao Meng suddenly frowned and looked a little worried.

"Oh, no, I just came here to find something." Natsume Sonoko was also shocked by what Teacher Xiaomeng said and hurriedly denied it.

"Oh, do you need the teacher's help?" Teacher Xiao Meng nodded thoughtfully.

"Is it okay?" Natsume Sonoko asked hesitantly.

"Of course, it is the teachers' duty to help students."

Natsume Sonoko handed the photo taken by senior Maeda to Teacher Xiaomeng. After looking at it for a while, Teacher Xiaomeng frowned and began to think.

"I seem to have seen these two people." Teacher Xiao Meng recalled for a moment and then answered affirmatively.

Natsume Sonoko immediately perked up. Finally there was a witness, which meant that Hatsuharu's guess might be correct. Could today be the day to solve the case?

"It's just that I can't remember where I saw them. But don't worry, Natsume, I will keep an eye out for you." Teacher Xiao Meng said with a firm face.

Because one of the shopping bags was torn, Natsume Sonoko could only carefully help Teacher Komeng carry the things back to her apartment.

The distance is very short, about 300 meters after leaving the park.

Teacher Xiaomeng lives in a very old apartment. It seems that the actual age of the building is about the same as that of Academy City.

The ceiling made of aluminum plates serves as the roof of the entire apartment. The walls are covered with green moss, and the iron stairs leading upstairs look rusty and shaky.

"Wait a minute." Teacher Xiao Meng suddenly stopped Natsume Sonoko who was about to move forward.

At this time, Natsume Sonoko looked up and saw that in this old apartment, a newspaper salesman was violently knocking on a resident's door. No one responded for a long time, so he turned and walked towards another resident.

"It's these persistent newspaper salesmen again. I have to find time to reinforce the gate."

After waiting for a while, the newspaper salesman left the apartment. Teacher Xiao Meng looked at the door of her house with some embarrassment, as if it would strike at any time, and said helplessly.

Although I smoke, drink, and drink Musashi milk, I am a good girl.

After sitting in Teacher Xiaomeng's house for a while, Natsume Sonoko thought with deep emotion.

Even though Teacher Xiao Meng hurriedly cleaned up the house, the lingering smell of smoke was still lingering in people's noses, and open beer cans and various alcoholic beverages were scattered everywhere.

The only things that are a breath of fresh air are the few textbooks placed on the bedside table and the neatly organized wardrobe.

.....

It is gratifying that today's field trip was quite fruitful. We have basically confirmed that the bicycle robbers committed the crime nearby.

Natsume Sonoko was walking on the way back, holding the high school chemistry homework notes given to her by teacher Xiao Meng.

When passing by a pet supplies store, Natsume Sonoko did not forget to help buy vacuum-packed frozen mice.

However, when Natsume Sonoko saw the frozen mice, she was a little frightened, especially when twenty bags, sixty frozen mice were placed in front of her, Natsume Sonoko felt her scalp tingling.

"Thank you for your patronage. Here are your products. Please keep them." After taking the bag from the waitress, Natsume Sonoko's arms suddenly stopped.

These frozen mice were quite heavy, but after the updrafts reduced some of their weight, they were now within a tolerable range.

Since these things can only be handed over to the married senior tomorrow, they need to be refrigerated overnight. However, Natsume-san doesn't have a refrigerator, so the most he can do is find a basin of water to freeze these things.

Before she even left the pet store, Natsume Sonoko heard noisy discussions in the distance. A large number of people gathered together, and it seemed that something had happened.

"What happened?" Natsume Sonoko thought curiously.

"Please help me pack this." Just as she was about to leave the pet store, Natsume Sonoko heard a weak voice.

When I turned around, I saw a girl with long twin ponytails and wearing the clothes of the private Shidarushakura Academy putting a bag of cat food in front of the counter to pay.

As if she noticed Natsume Sonoko's gaze, the girl from the private Shidaizakura Academy raised her head slightly, paid the bill, and walked into the dense crowd with the cat food.

As soon as she walked out of the gate, Natsume Sonoko found that the atmosphere in the crowd was a little strange. Looking through the dense crowd, she saw a slightly fat man lying in a pool of blood, with marks of being shot on his body.

"Someone was shot, call the security guard quickly." A commotion broke out among the crowd, and several people shouted loudly.

Chapter 41: Intermittent Confidence

A violent commotion broke out again among the panicked crowd. Another bullet was fired from an unknown source, making a new bullet hole in the fat man's body. Blood splattered, staining the cheeks of several pedestrians on the roadside red.

After the bullet hit him, the fat man who had been still alive was completely motionless, and a strong smell of blood filled the air.

Because the distance was quite far, Natsume Sonoko could only see an outline from afar, but as the blood-colored dust flew up, she finally smelled a faint fishy smell at the tip of her nose.

On the bustling and crowded streets, the hunter plays with his prey amid applause. The crowd seems to be the best camouflage, not only firmly restraining the prey, but also carefully protecting the hunter.

"Are you kidding me? What do you think of human life?"

Her brain was buzzing and Natsume Sonoko felt that her thoughts were having difficulty functioning. She finally recovered from the shock.

"There is a sniper nearby, everyone leave quickly." With the arrival of the security guards, the familiar teacher Aiho Yoizumikawa rushed to the scene wearing a security guard's uniform. Also arriving at the scene was a fully armed armored vehicle and a team of fully armed security guards.

"Iron suit, immediately seal off the scene and begin evacuating the students and the crowd."

"Please don't come near, it's very dangerous here." The security guard, Mr. Tetsu, spoke in a nervous voice, and evacuated the students nearby in a gentle voice.

Natsume Sonoko mixed in the crowd, walking forward somewhat involuntarily, with the scene just now still in her mind.

However, the feeling of fear did not last long in her mind. Natsume Sonoko was mentally prepared for such a thing.

When it comes to psychological quality, Natsume Sonoko says that she is first-rate. She can even hold sixty frozen mice in her hands without blushing or getting nervous.

On the contrary, this scene created tremendous pressure on Natsume Sonoko in another way. After living ordinary lives for too long, Natsume Sonoko almost forgot what Academy City was.

"If I become a person with super powers, I will definitely be much safer." Natsume Sonoko thought secretly in her head. The feeling of slackness in her heart due to becoming a LV4 super power user disappeared, and instead there was a sense of inexplicable urgency.

The gap between people with great abilities and people with super abilities is as huge as the gap between heaven and earth. According to someone's private speculation, the gap between the two in computing power and formula development level is at least ten times.

However, Natsume Sonoko thinks that she is a little stronger than the average LV4, but the gap of about five or six times still exists. If some more practical formulas are developed, the gap may be smaller.

The only problem is that the growth rate of computing power is a bit slow. In fact, it has increased compared to the previous rate of increase, but it is still a bit insignificant compared to the total amount of computing power.

The abilities of many people around me are extremely difficult to improve or cannot be improved at all after reaching a certain level, and the formulas they develop are getting worse and worse. When Natsume Sonoko was in elementary school, she had seen many classmates who stagnated at LV0 and could not improve no matter what.

Although Natsume Sonoko does not have these worries for the time being, when the growth rate stabilizes or even becomes slower and slower, it may mean that her abilities will no longer improve.

When she returned to the dormitory, Natsume Sonoko calmed down and threw away all the unhappy thoughts in her head. The shooting incident just now had caused her quite a shock, but life was still hers, and she faced it with a smile.

Just as I was thinking this, I was stopped by the warden who was waiting at the door just as I entered.

"Hello, dorm supervisor. It's probably not time to turn off the lights in the dormitory yet."

There was no emotion on Natsume Sonoko's face at first, but as soon as she saw the dorm supervisor, an awkward smile immediately appeared on her face, and she looked like she had a strong desire to survive.

"Natsume-san, don't worry. There are still two hours before lights out." The dorm supervisor, wearing a well-fitting women's suit, stood majestically at the door of the dormitory and said while pushing up his glasses with one hand.

"I'm not calling you to turn off the lights, but the school board has just issued a notice that strictly prohibits students from using a prop called the Fantasy Hand. I'm responsible for notifying each of you."

"I understand. I will never use this kind of prop." As soon as the words fell, Natsume Sonoko raised her hand and promised as if she was swearing.

"The Fantasy Hand incident has started to ferment, but even with the Fantasy Hand, there is no possibility for people to reach LV5." Natsume Sonoko thought with some emotion as she walked in the corridor.

The existence of the Fantasy Hand seems to utilize brain waves, and can borrow the brains of other people nearby for calculations, but there is absolutely no possibility of creating a LV5 superpower person by using numbers.

"Mr. Shirai, why are you here?" As soon as she went upstairs, Natsume Sonoko saw Mr. Shirai, whose face was red and whose whole body was hot, knocking on the door of dormitory 208.

"You guy, wait until the effect of the medicine wears off before coming in. How dare you add this stuff into the water." An angry roar from Senior Misaka came from inside the door.

Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but feel curious. After class today, didn't Misaka-senpai and the others go to clean the swimming pool?

In fact, it is not difficult to guess that the possibility of Shirai-san not secretly using computer accessories seems to be a little smaller than the possibility of Misaka-senpai being promoted to LV6 on the spot.

However, at this time, Shirai seemed unable to use her own abilities and could only wait outside the door without being able to enter.

According to Shirai herself, she must first break away from three-dimensional thinking, find her own coordinates in the eleventh dimension, calculate the movement vector, and then she can move in space.