Temperature Control in Academy City

But this scope seems to be limited to the gods in Neon local legends, and does not extend to the gods in other places. Natsume does not have such an opinion on the existence of angels, demons, etc.

"Yeah, I think so too. But the profession of shrine maiden sounds very old-fashioned. I don't think you'll see such people nowadays."

Nodding, Shigefuku Shoho seemed to agree with what the girl with the bun said. Everyone had similar opinions.

"Maybe."

Natsume thought for a moment and suddenly thought of a senior named Himegami who liked to wear shrine maiden costumes. He didn't know if she was a real shrine maiden or just liked cosplay.

My curiosity was piqued all of a sudden.

However, apart from the last time we met when I was with Teacher Komeng, we haven't met again. I think he has transferred to Teacher Komeng's class, the same class as Senior Kamijou.

There weren't many people watching the kendo match, so Natsume and his classmate occupied a bench that seemed quite spacious.

Natsume has nothing to do now and has fallen into a state of leisure.

The follow-up issues with Kihara Gensei and the General Council were resolved by Shokuhou-senpai, and the whereabouts of the escaped Keisaku Kantor are unknown.

Senior Misaka is now accompanying Aunt Misaka Miling and there is no need for me to interfere. The dorm supervisor also helped her to turn down someone's competition today.

Natsume can’t think of any good way to deal with the nanospheres he discovered last night, so he can only take it one step at a time.

As for the matter with his mother, Natsume-san already called her yesterday.

But it seemed that something unexpected had happened. She had to go to the 15th School District this morning to negotiate the purchase of the company's headquarters building.

The seller was inexplicably willing to lower the selling price, unlike before when he refused to give in on the price, which led to a deadlock in the negotiations between the two parties.

In that case, according to one lady's joyful tone, the money saved can be used to buy a larger supercomputer for the lovely little garden.

Big is beautiful, big is good.

This simple idea still exists in the lady's mind. As for Natsume himself, he also hopes that his supercomputer will be as big as possible in the future.

Because of some recent events, Natsume urgently needs more computing power to help deduce some new formulas.

Without affecting normal life, Lingzi has already added many deductions about the thermal-dynamic conversion formula.

With the help of the microscopic world, the difficulty of developing such formulas for Natsume was greatly reduced, and he could quickly gain combat effectiveness bonus like forcing growth.

But there are disadvantages as well. The use of these formulas must rely on the microscopic world itself and cannot be used independently of it.

Natsume has thought very clearly. In addition to the most simplified microscopic formula, she also plans to develop a set of conventional thermal-dynamic conversion formulas that are not so simplified but can be used at any time.

However, the difficulty of development is inversely proportional to their degree of simplification. The difficulty of developing such conventional formulas is definitely far greater than the tricky formulas that rely on the microscopic world, but the advantage is stability and repeatability.

She planned to do the same for all other simplified formulas that could be obtained with the help of the microscopic world, except for the thermodynamic conversion formula.

In this way, the computing power required can be said to be an astronomical figure.

Of course, Natsume’s focus now is still on simplified formulas based on the microscopic world.

Chapter 395: Half Sugar Supplement

Rather than newly acquired perceptions, Natsume Sonoko is more willing to trust her long-used abilities, and is even willing to spend more energy doing something that seems useless.

Even if the development is completed and placed in a corner without being used, Natsume can still gain an inexplicable sense of security, which is what she has always been pursuing.

"This kind of independent and repeatable general formula can actually reduce the difficulty of development by observing the microscopic world itself, making it easier to summarize some general operating laws. At the same time, the corresponding dependence only exists in the development process."

“Therefore, the development of these two formulas is not contradictory to themselves, but can form a step-by-step development route.”

Natsume-san was thinking about something in his head, and he already had some clear ideas.

Develop simplified formulas that are less difficult first, and then add various elements to improve the general formula.

However, the computing power that Natsume has at his disposal is too limited, so he can only focus on developing thermodynamic conversions in atmospheric control. The first to be affected are nitrogen and oxygen, the elements with the highest content in the atmosphere.

Originally, it was necessary to use the natural law that hot air rises and cold air falls to indirectly control the atmosphere, but now we can influence the thermal distribution inside atoms and thus directly control the atmosphere itself, which has greatly improved efficiency.

The noisy environment around her didn't seem to disturb Maru-Head who was exploring new toys, but part of her mind was still focused on the situation on the field.

Hanakaiin, who is not much taller than Natsume, has defeated several opponents from the high school department in succession, and his ordinary sword moves have gained some subtle edge.

As long as the opponent draws his sword first, he will basically be killed in one move. After all, any faint sound made by the opponent is within the scope of her ability.

"Natsume-san, this is for you."

The arm was poked involuntarily, drawing someone's full attention.

With a pair of confused eyes, Chongfu smiled and handed over a bottle of mung bean and cucumber juice. This flavored drink has been very popular recently among students who are planning to have beauty treatments.

In addition, many vegetable-flavored juice drinks have been added to vending machines, further squeezing the market for carbonated drinks.

In this lively competition scene, two Tokiwadai girls were drinking strange drinks and eating snacks, trying their best to cheer for the kendo girl who was working hard and sweating.

The morning seemed to pass very slowly, especially for the busy Tokiwadai girls.

Accompanying Shigefuku and Hanakaiin to travel to many places, from kendo competitions to sandbag throwing to obstacle races, the adolescent girls freely displayed their energy and vigor.

A certain girl with a bun on her head who had nothing to do ate all morning. The rate of fat accumulation increased, her face became rosy and she looked very blessed. In the process, she spent part of the budget that should not have been spent.

Fortunately, some snacks were provided by Shigefuku, which temporarily saved someone from the danger of having to replace their smartphone with an older keypad phone.

I have a lot of formula deduction tasks, so it's normal to eat more to replenish some sugar for my hard-working brain.

Chapter 395 Buy a Cell Phone Later

I stretched myself and let the warm sunshine shine on myself.

The sunny weather is always comfortable and pleasant, if you ignore the occasional gusts of wind blowing around.

"It's so strange. The wind seems to have never stopped today. The gust index in District 7 is only around level 3."

After leaving the underground shopping mall with a girl with a bun on her head, Shigefuku immediately noticed that the weather was abnormal.

"The weather forecast must be wrong. Doesn't it happen often in cities that there are small-scale air convection, like the heat island effect?"

Natsume Sonoko tried hard to maintain a ladylike smile. The young ladies of Tokiwadai would unconsciously become dignified in crowded places and explain some small changes happening around them in a serious manner.

In fact, it can't be said to be a lie. There was indeed serious air convection around here, but it was led by a certain bun-headed guy himself.

Although they were already far away from the student dormitory, there were still countless nanospheres in the air, which once again proved that this kind of technological creation was indeed ubiquitous throughout the Academy City.

"These things should be cheap consumables. High technological content does not necessarily mean high cost. Even though so much has been destroyed along the way, their density has not changed significantly and will soon return to normal. How should I compare it? It's like a flowing river. If it is cut off, it can be replenished quickly, unless something is used to block it."

"If we consider some bad weather conditions, the amount of damage in a day could reach millions or even tens of millions, so this kind of stuff must be put in and replenished every day, otherwise it will be used up quickly."

Natsume was thinking about something in his mind and gradually came up with some ideas.

Even if he destroyed all the nano spheres in the Seventh School District, it would not be a big deal, because these things are cheap consumables and he would not have to worry about attracting anyone's special attention.

Of course, the premise is that this thing is not a surveillance device or something.

However, even if this thing is very cheap, once the quantity increases, there will not be many research institutions that can afford such consumption.

It is very likely that this is another multi-departmental experimental project, and it may even have direct funding from a large company or an overseeing council.

Once more institutions were involved, Natsume became instinctively alert and became more and more sensitive.

"Yes, the weather forecast has been wrong several times recently."

Following beside him with great energy, Hanakaiin nodded in agreement.

The weather forecast, which was once almost 100% accurate, has long been brought down from its pedestal due to one inexplicable weather change after another. Even the designer of a perfect tree diagram probably couldn't have predicted the chaos of some guys.

"It's really lucky to say that the underground street is having a sale these days because of the Daihaxing Festival."

Hanakaiin-san continued happily, and the topic quickly shifted away from the weather.

I went shopping in the underground mall with a girl with a bun hairstyle, and ended up buying more things. Although I didn’t have anything in my hands, the goods had already been delivered to the student dormitory by the merchant.

“It’s great that I was able to buy a phone with only three-quarters of my budget.”

Her mind was pulled back to reality by the person next to her, and Natsume Sonoko suddenly had the urge to burst into tears. For the first time, she felt that the Daihasei Festival was not bad.

Chapter 396 Afternoon

The screen is only the size of a palm and the shell is a nice light yellow color.

The doll pendant of magical girl Kanami that Index gave me before was also hung on the small hole reserved for the new mobile phone. It was very cute as it swayed when I held it in my hand.

Natsume Sonoko seems very satisfied with her new mobile phone. Regardless of its functions, the color alone has already touched someone's girlish heart.

She can't tell the good from the bad, and it's quite troublesome to understand the various parameters. As long as the budget is right and it looks good, that's enough. Natsume's process of choosing a mobile phone is so simple and unpretentious.

"Hey, the number has been transferred."

Natsume took out his cell phone with some concern, and then he found that his number could be used normally.

His original mobile phone, including the internal communication card, was damaged, and the new communication card needed official confirmation from Academy City before it could be used, but it could usually be processed at a mobile phone store. Natsume spent more of his time on this.

“Lots of missed calls.”

Natsume's steps paused slightly, and he couldn't help but open his eyes wide. The two people beside him also noticed the slow movement.

From her own mother to senior Fanfeng, from Shirai to Saten, she didn't expect that so many calls would pile up in such a short time. Fortunately, Natsume knew that she didn't need to reply to all of them, otherwise she would have to spend the next ten minutes on the phone.

What concerned her most was that there seemed to be a phone number of a little maid in it.

"I completely forgot about what happened with Tsuchimikado-san."

Natsume exclaimed softly, she finally remembered something that seemed insignificant.

I remember that the little maid kindly reminded Natsume yesterday that if he wanted to order rice balls, he had to inform her before the evening. She was very confident in her cooking skills.

It seemed like just a normal buying and selling relationship, involving only a small order of three or four rice balls worth a few hundred yen, but for Tsuchimikado, who was very serious about food and attached great importance to meatballs, it was something worth keeping in mind.

And judging from the number of calls, perhaps at the beginning they were just asking about the rice ball, but later gradually evolved into concern about a certain girl with a bun who didn't answer the phone.

"I can only say sorry."

"Tsuchimikado-san actually made so many phone calls."

Natsume thought in her head, she was very concerned about her friends' concern.

She has never been one to reject kindness from others.

Although I may not be so enthusiastic about well-intentioned replies due to my personality, I will still take them seriously.

On a busy street, three Tokiwadai girls were walking side by side, preparing to find a family restaurant to have lunch.

Her arms were wrapped with dense bandages, and a light yellow mobile phone with the name of Magical Girl Kanami hanging on it was a girl with a full middle school style. She was busy making a phone call, attracting a lot of attention from time to time.

If it weren't for those annoying bandages, Natsume wouldn't necessarily receive so many weird looks.

"This is Natsume Sonoko."

The phone ringtone had changed to Senior Minghu's song, and the waiting time did not seem boring. Natsume Sonoko answered the call soon.

"Natsume-san, you finally answered the phone!"

"If I hadn't asked Shirai and he told me you were okay, I would have gone to Tokiwadai to look for you."

After a while, the leisurely voice of the little maid came from the other end of the phone, but she sounded a little grumpy.

"Sorry, I ran into some issues yesterday and broke my phone."

This was the embarrassed voice of a girl with a bun on her head, and she was telling her story without any details.

"It's okay, I was just talking. Actually, I can't go back to the student dormitory recently."

"Eh?"

"Your dorm supervisor has recently revoked the maids' admission to the dormitory. The leave can only be restored after the leave is over. I have been studying in the Tokiwadai Student Dormitory. There is no safety problem. They have been too strict these days."

As she spoke, the maid became unhappy.

“Is there such a thing?”

Natsume-san asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I heard that the number of security robots in the student dormitory is now more than twice the normal number. No other school is so exaggerated."

On the other side, Tsuchimikado nodded seriously.

"By the way. Although you didn't make a reservation yesterday, Natsume-san, I still have some extra rice balls prepared. But I won't be cheap on the price."

As they were chatting, Tsuchimika remembered something.