Temperature Control in Academy City

"Shirai is like this, Natsume, you are like this too. I will call the security headquarters and get a good understanding of your situation and give them feedback. From now on, no matter what happens, you will not be allowed to participate in any security activities outside the school without authorization..."

The leather shoes stepped on the floor, making a tapping sound. Perhaps because of the series of accidental injuries, the warden seemed a little anxious.

Considering that Shirai was grounded by the security teacher right after he left, there was probably also a complaint from the dorm supervisor.

The dorm supervisor also knew that Natsume Sonoko was tricked into joining the Discipline Committee, and thought that she was similar to Shirai, trying to show off her skills outside. However, she didn't know that someone didn't have a fixed task to do and was just a mascot-like existence.

He stammered and tried to explain something, but it was not easy to tell the dorm supervisor about the evolution of the absolute ability user. He could only blink his eyes, three parts confused and seven parts dumb, standing there motionless.

Let it be what it is.

It's too uncomfortable. It's troublesome without a security teacher.

Natsume misses the days when he had the security teacher to endorse him, but the situation at that time was indeed not suitable for teachers to get involved.

Even if fully armed and wearing special drive armor, he is still just cannon fodder in a battle of that magnitude.

I don't mean to underestimate the security guards, it's just that ordinary security forces are no longer able to handle such catastrophic incidents.

"There is one more thing. You don't have to go to the competition tomorrow or the next few days. I will ask for leave for you at school."

After a long chatter, the dormitory supervisor's tone finally softened as Natsume looked dejected.

Even though he looks extremely strict and cold, this warden is essentially a very gentle person. Even after his failed relationship, he still worked diligently as a volunteer at the Garden of Hope.

There was a hint of pity in her eyes. The dormitory supervisor actually quite liked this little girl who respected her too much, especially since Natsume was the youngest in the entire dormitory in every sense.

But people with super powers will attract attention wherever they go, which forces the warden to be more strict with them. This is a real concern for them, while letting them go is irresponsible.

They left their hometowns at a young age and came to Academy City to live alone, so teachers like us must take on the responsibilities of parents and guide them to form correct life concepts.

"Eh."

The drooping head suddenly raised up, and the down-and-out humanoid robot finally regained its vitality.

Natsume-san looked surprised, as if he had heard some extraordinary news.

"Master Dormitory Supervisor, that's not necessary."

"Actually... my injury isn't that serious. The bandages can be removed in a day or two at most, so there's no need to take a long vacation."

Before he could be happy for long, Natsume seemed to remember something and his intention to agree to it suddenly stopped.

After a fierce struggle in her brain, some confusion appeared on her dazed face. Natsume Sonoko took a deep breath to clear her mind, then shook her head and said.

Natsume thought of the three-legged race and Hanakaiin, with whom he had practiced hard for so many days.

If I quit temporarily, Hua Kaiyuan would probably be very disappointed.

Although she really wanted to just lie down and spend the Daihastari Festival, Natsume didn't want to disappoint others.

"Then before the bandages are removed, Natsume, you should take a good rest, and then participate in the subsequent competitions as normal."

Looking at the disheveled bun-haired girl with some surprise, the dorm supervisor took a while to continue speaking.

After leaving the dorm supervisor's office, I returned to the second floor with Shigefuku-san who was waiting at the door.

There were not many people in the corridor of the student dormitory, and there was no noise along the way. Only after closing the door of his dormitory 210 did Natsume completely relax.

Because of the bandages wrapped around his body, it was inconvenient for Natsume to take a shower.

I could only wash myself briefly and change my sportswear, then put it neatly in the suitcase together with the one I wore at noon.

There were two teddy bears on the sofa, one new and one old. One of them was a new gift that he had brought back that morning.

Only one day had passed, but the experience made one feel that things and people had changed a lot.

Natsume threw himself onto the sofa, his body sinking into it, holding on to his new teddy bear tightly, looking like he was easily bored with the old and fascinated by the new.

The wound on my arm healed much faster than I expected. Now it only felt a little itchy, and there was no severe pain even when it was touched.

I didn't seem to know what to do. My cell phone was broken and I couldn't spend time online. I would have to buy a new one in a few days.

However, Natsume apparently still remembered that he had advanced next month's scholarship to buy holographic projection devices for his sisters, so the budget would have to be reduced again.

"I almost forgot, I still need to call my mom."

Natsume raised his head from the sofa and finally remembered Miss Tomoyo who he had left alone for the entire afternoon. The embarrassment on his face was obvious.

Even though Hatsuharu and the others have already contacted each other, Natsume-san cannot fall behind.

After tiptoeing to put on his shoes, Natsume hurried to the public telephone area on the first floor and dialed a lady's number.

Under the curious gaze of passing students, a miserable girl wearing thin pajamas was holding the microphone with a bleak face.

Chapter 392 Prototype Control

Under the deep night, there is a city that is not peaceful.

The hustle and bustle of the day is just a small part of the story. More shocking changes are slowly emerging in the dark world that no one cares about.

A large amount of hot air spewed out of the mouth and nose, and countless spore-like substances spread into the air along special organs on the body.

A strange creature covered with tumors was climbing on an abandoned high-rise building, with several large bloody tentacles standing behind it. A shocking wound appeared on its chest and extended to around its neck.

This monster continued to devour the wreckage of the building with its tentacles, leaving numerous holes on the walls. It was digesting the debris rapidly in a way that was difficult for ordinary people to understand, and instead its injuries were slowly recovering.

"You openly invade the field of science. Do you think you are one of those magicians? I can smell the filthy smell on you from a few kilometers away."

"But since it was able to evade inspection from the outside, even the sniffing devices installed on the city walls were ineffective. It must have abandoned its true form and only found a way to restore it after entering Academy City."

The street lights shone on the dark corner, stretching out strange shadows, and a large golden retriever walked out slowly with elegant steps.

He was wearing a backpack of unknown purpose, with a mechanical arm extending from it, flexibly pinching the ash from the front of a cigar. The anthropomorphic expression of the dog's face was indescribably weird.

This golden retriever, who is considered a handsome dog in every aspect, has already known the opponent's tricks.

He castrated himself completely in advance in order to enter Academy City, and then used smuggled vitality crystals to prepare potions to restore his strength. It is very likely that he has unclear connections with some research institutions.

At the same time, the spores on the body can also infect people, assimilate and control them for a short period of time.

But for some unknown reason, some of the failed and inferior medicines were leaked outside, which alerted the guards in advance.

After taking a puff of his cigar, the handsome dog raised his head in a leisurely manner, looking at the strange life form that was trying to escape without any hurry. Anyway, he was just here to help, the protagonist didn't make a move, and there was only this last one left.

If Natsume were here, she would have screamed in surprise. Isn't this the dog she sensed on the space elevator?

Someone was very curious at the time, but he couldn't find it in the blink of an eye. He was puzzled for several days after he went back.

At this moment, a pale arrow streaked across the sky and accurately hit the chest of the tumor creature. With an extremely loud collision sound, the monster suddenly fell into the overwhelming dust.

As the arrow was shot, a man in a suit casually put away a small and exquisite short bow, put it in the lining of his clothes on his chest, and walked to the side of the handsome dog.

What is strange is that this small short bow does not have a matching arrow, and the arrow that previously hit the tumor creature seems to have turned into light and dissipated.

This is the power of the magic side. Magicians who are good at using bows and arrows are rare.

"Those guys hiding in Academy City have all been dealt with. My commission is considered complete."

"But come to think of it, is it worth making such a big fuss against an opponent of this level?"

At some point, the Golden Retriever's robotic arm had taken out a tablet and ticked off the last target on it.

"This is just the beginning. Those things are becoming more and more restless. They are frantically trying to remove the prototype imposed on the neon people and restore everything to its original state. And Yuanzi is their most important and almost only target."

The man in the suit showed a trace of worry, but then this worry was replaced by determination.

"Although I don't know exactly what these things are, judging from their appearance, it's better to keep the prototype."

"The prototype has both good and bad sides. It's not a good thing for the person who is forcibly controlled."

The golden retriever nodded in agreement. He felt the power of prototype control.

The so-called archetype is a psychological term that refers to the consensus or values ​​formed by people in a nation or group in order to deal with the same problems.

In layman's terms, it is a deeply rooted concept about something, such as Christmas and washing hands after meals, which can be called an archetype.

Prototype control is equivalent to finding a way to control this concept, which can control the life under the influence of this concept to a certain extent, just like superpowers or magic that can be used freely by the owner.

In fact, the more closely related the concept of this archetype is to a person, the more deeply it is controlled; the more insignificant it is, the less affected it will be.

A closely related archetype is the Kihara clan.

The reason why the Kihara clan was born in this world is only because of a prototype in the hands of Aleister. He almost controls the entire Kihara clan by creating, sending, and destroying prototypes, achieving the so-called prototype control method.

This golden retriever is also a member of the Kihara family, a product of an animal brain expansion experiment, and is called the Kihara Brainstem.

The Kihara clan is probably the product of a concept called abnormal science. If Aleister abandons this prototype, the Kiharas will no longer be the Kiharas.

Even the concept of the scientific side (not science itself, but simply people with special abilities and related things) is a kind of prototype, a product forcibly created by people for use in the competition.

This concept has influenced most of the students, including Natsume. And I am deeply influenced by it, firmly believe that superpowers are pure science, and it is difficult to understand the magic side besides the scientific side.

From the very beginning, Natsume-san was deprived of the possibility of entering the magic side.

However, this influence is not as strong as that of the Kihara clan. Even if they are deprived of it, they only lose the concept of the scientific side, and even the use of abilities will not be affected much. At most, people feel that abilities are not scientific but belong to the magical side.

After all, the scientific side is not science itself. The driving force is still the basic physical laws of this world, and it cannot deprive the personal reality and scientific knowledge that have been mastered.

Another point is that these archetypes can be superimposed. A person can accept a bunch of concepts, and naturally different archetypes can be controlled by different people.

"Speaking of which, this prototype does not affect those beings themselves. Instead, it is imposed on us, using our concepts to block the other party's form."

"Then the origins of these things themselves are very suspicious."

Mu Yuan took another deep puff of his cigar, and narrowed his eyes comfortably. He was obviously an old smoker. He only got some specious information from the man next to him.

In fact, he still had some ideas in his mind. The origins of these creatures with tentacles and tumors might not be ordinary. Could they be influenced by the thoughts of the crowd?

So, it’s something in the phase?

After all, the birth of many phases comes from various religions and myths and legends, and is closely related to the thoughts of the world, so it will naturally be influenced by the world.

This is probably another way for the world to manifest miracles. People's hearts can trigger the world's response, just like Minghu Alisa was born because of the wish of a girl on the "Orion".

At the same time, Natsume, who finally finished the call and returned to dormitory 210, lay on the sofa with her eyes blinking. She seemed to have discovered something incredible.

Chapter 393 Nano

The human mind is always unpredictable, and the desire to explore the unknown is like a mark that runs deep in the bone marrow.

Natsume is such a curious girl, especially when she doesn't have a mobile phone and is bored.

Lying on the sofa, bored, I was almost completely immersed in it, like a poor guy swallowed by quicksand.

However, Natsume particularly likes this feeling, as it gives him an incomparable sense of security.

She just tried to focus her attention on her new perception, immersed in that special phase that was similar to the real universe but dim and dull, and she discovered something remarkable without even knowing what was going on.

The lightless plane has an extremely strong sense of familiarity for Natsume, and it is the same phase as the one that carries the aim diffusion field, but in contrast, there is also an inexplicable feeling of disgust.

This feeling of disgust comes from deep within the soul and is probably related to the witch who died long ago.

Natsume didn't think much about the death of the unknown miko, because everyone will die, and she will die one day in the future.

But I still feel very concerned about the fact that two people share one soul.

She had an indescribable feeling, as if she was continuing something and taking on many causes and consequences and troubles without knowing it, but those were not what Natsume wanted at all.

Natsume just wants to go to school well and ask Tsuchimikado to be a maid in her house in the future. She even abandons her identity as a time traveler.

However, it’s not that Natsume discovered the source of this disgust, but that she discovered some secrets of the real universe or Academy City from this lightless phase.

The lightless phase has similar operating rules and material composition as the real universe, so Natsume can use its rules to perceive some of the truths of the real universe.

In fact, unless a special point containing all the rules can be found, Natsume's new perception will be limited to the location of his observation, and will be limited by the phase or universe where he perceives it. If there is something that the universe or the phase cannot understand, Natsume will not be able to perceive it either.

After observing her surroundings for a while, she discovered that there seemed to be some technological products of unknown purpose in the air around her.

These technological products are extremely small, so small that they cannot be observed by the human eye.

Even though the accuracy of her own abilities has reached a very good level, Natsume Sonoko has never noticed any heat emitted by these things. They are as non-existent as the air.

The size should be at the nano level, and the shape is similar to a chubby ball. There seem to be several metal hairs extending from both sides. There are six in total.

If Natsume hadn't been able to enter the microscopic perspective through the lightless phase, he would not have been able to discover the existence of these things at all.

This sudden discovery made the girl with a bun on her head a little dazed for a moment. The first thing she thought of was whether she had sucked these things into her stomach before.