Temperature Control in Academy City

Chapter 458 Xiaorun

One day before the school uniform change, a large number of Tokiwadai girls wearing thin sweaters and gray pleated skirts got into a fight at school.

Although it is still unknown what caused this extreme conflict, the entire Tokiwadai student body has been clearly divided into three camps: the attackers, the Shokuhou faction and its affiliates, and the neutral group of passers-by.

Of course, there were a few discipline committee members with green shields, who were standing with the Shokuhou faction to help resist the attackers, but their numbers were too small to cause any qualitative changes. As for the spatial movement, they were probably on their way to write a letter of repentance, and they were nowhere to be seen after class.

In Tokiwadai, dozens of different abilities collided and conflicted with each other in a short period of time, and it was unknown whether the legendary "Absent Metal" was produced. But what is certain is that this situation that led to serious confrontation between students and even the outbreak of ability conflicts must have been a very serious public security incident.

This unladylike and unladylike behavior spread to most of the school in a short period of time, involving nearly one-third of the students still in the school.

"Kuchihashiko and the others haven't returned yet, so it's no longer feasible for us to wait in the faction building for reinforcements. It's very likely that they were also disturbed by the attackers."

"But including the members of the Judgment Committee and the unconscious Queen, there are only seven of us in the faction building. There is no way to break out of the encirclement."

Hokaze Junko gritted her teeth and tried to analyze the situation in her head. The purple princess curls behind her were swept by the bioelectricity all over her body and fluttered without wind.

The number of attackers who broke into the faction building was more than twice their number. Even if she was a good fighter, she couldn't ignore the combined forces of so many people with special abilities.

Although there is only one word difference between a person with great ability and a person with super ability, the gap between them is as big as heaven and earth. Even if one is close to a so-called super ability person in terms of ability, as long as he is not recognized by the unified council of the academy city, it is a kind of denial in itself.

After coming to her senses, Hokaze Junko still didn't know what had happened, but this was the only time someone had dared to attack the queen in school.

Being caught off guard and unprepared, the vulnerability of the Shokuhou faction was immediately exposed. Although the Shokuhou faction had a large number of members and strong organizational capabilities, they had no experience in dealing with such a major crisis.

In other words, the Shokuhou faction has always been too well protected by their queen.

The senior school girl with starry eyes seemed to have an unclear sense of responsibility and desire to protect these children who were about the same age as herself.

"Their target is the Queen, and they are even willing to do it in the school. So we must not let them snatch the Queen away."

"In this situation, our strength is too weak. We can only find a way to ask for help from Natsume-san. I hope we can hold on until she arrives."

She breathed in hard to ensure that her brain had adequate oxygen supply. Her cheeks gradually became redder due to her faster breathing and dilation of her capillaries.

The sympathetic nerves in her body began to get excited, the secretion of norepinephrine increased, and her heart beat more vigorously. But correspondingly, the sequelae of using her ability began to interfere with her normal performance.

Fanfeng Runzi endured the tremendous pressure coming from her brain, and a layer of translucent electric current barrier vaguely emerged on her body. This was the spillover effect caused by the large-scale control of the electric current signals in the body. It looked like a set of gorgeous clothes that could block the external environment.

This ability, called Heavenly Clothing, specifically manipulates the electrical signals of body cells to strengthen the body, including the five senses.

Not only does it allow her to face various extreme combat environments with ease, it can also affect cell division to quickly recover from injuries on her body.

Even for some minor injuries like cutting her hands with a knife, her recovery ability had already healed the wound before her body could send the information about the injury to her brain.

However, this inhuman recovery ability has a huge flaw. As long as she stimulates cell division in her body for a long time to recover from injuries, her body and mind will suffer serious negative effects, the specific manifestation of which is severe headaches.

This is also the reason why she cannot become a super-powered person, because this kind of headache is actually an unconscious self-defense mechanism of the human body, just like a person will fall into a coma after being overly sad and exhausted, it is an unconscious behavior of the human body.

You should know that the number of times human cells can divide is limited, and the upper limit is determined by the telomeres in the cells.

A person with special abilities only has special abilities, but it does not mean that his body's genes will suddenly mutate or the number of telomere divisions will become different from that of ordinary people.

Hokaze Junko, who specializes in this regenerative ability, will have a very short lifespan if her body is not instinctively restricted. Even with the current level of technology in Academy City, technology that can extend lifespan and break the limitations of the human body is still a blue ocean.

Considering Academy City's enthusiasm for developing abilities, if Senior Fanfeng successfully becomes a person with super powers, it is very likely that she will reach the limit of telomere fission in ten years or even less.

Perhaps this limited ability is good for her.

Because of her own huge flaws, Hokaze Junko seems extremely inferior compared to the psychics, so she tries to bring the Queen and the railgun together.

However, what made her feel a little relieved was that the Queen had a very good relationship with the eighth person, which also barely reduced some of the urgency in Fanfeng Runzi's heart.

If she were a person with super powers, she would definitely be able to handle the problem here. A loser like her can only delay time at best.

Furthermore, given her current condition, the strain caused by prolonged use of her abilities was already compressing the blood vessels in her brain, and her body and mind could collapse at any time. She had no idea how long she could hold on.

As for the queen who was unconscious in her arms, Hokaze Junko sighed slightly. Her own queen really needed protection.

She only remembered that the queen used the air-conditioning remote control in her faction and forcibly used her ability to read the memories of several attackers who suddenly appeared, and then seemed to have fallen into a coma due to some kind of mental pollution.

It wasn't difficult for Shokuhou-senpai to give herself another psychological hint and add a remote control option to her ability output list.

Although Shokuhou-senpai consciously avoids reading some deep memories to prevent her own personality from being confused, once someone tampers with surface and recent memories, even a person with psychic abilities will find it hard to defend against it.

The dodging and striking techniques that were implanted into the attacker's brain in advance were derived from the same ultimate move as the bow and arrow hitting the deer. As long as the memory was read, the strong light stimulation would be reproduced in the brain controlled by the psychology.

At this point it has nothing to do with a person's sensitivity to light, but rather a killer move that is directly implanted into the brain.

"I can't contact Natsume-san. It seems the signal here is blocked."

A ponytailed girl with an uneasy look on her face among the remnants of the Shokuhou faction spoke up. She pressed her cell phone hard, dialing the number she had finally gotten from the eighth person.

There was no signal interference problem inside the faction building, so the attackers must have installed some signal-blocking tool.

Although this kind of attack cannot be concealed for long once it happens, it is good to delay it for a while.

"Xiaorun, we are in a big crisis."

The invisible ghost lady floated beside the anxious Hofeng Runzi, with the same anxious look on her face.

Only the ghost lady who possessed Junko Fanfeng could know how much computing pressure the purple-haired girl in front of her was under. Her brain had become very unstable due to the extensive use of her abilities.

However, in her current state, Senior Fanfeng obviously had no intention of responding to Miss Ghost's words.

"By the way, maybe I can help Xiaorun."

After flying a few circles over Fanfeng Runzi, Miss Ghost suddenly thought of something and seemed to have an epiphany.

Chapter 459: The Violent Miss

In order to help the troublesome purple-haired princess girl, Miss Ghost, who travels between reality and nothingness, paid a lot.

"It's a bit of a headache to think about Xiaorun, who obviously cares about someone but still forces herself to push the person she loves to someone else. Because she has too much obsession with the superpower person, she has fallen into extreme self-denial. Xiaorun is really stupid and naive."

"So, if Xiaorun can understand how powerful she is, maybe she can really understand her own value."

"That's not right. Is value really that important? If there is no value, then there is no need to do anything? And whose value is that? In my heart, even if I forget everything in the past, I still can't forget you, Xiaorun. Don't let the values ​​that belong to adults deny yourself."

Dancing in the air, the ghost lady was ignoring gravity and the rules of physics, thinking about something. A force that came from her own instinct gradually emanated and was completely connected to the purple-haired princess curly girl in front of her.

Even Miss Ghost, who is in an unreal state, actually has a way to touch the real physical world. This is why she can always control Xiaorun to do some strange things.

The ability called Phantom Body Connection is to use water to create a real phantom body that is different from the AIM force field aggregation, which can enhance the body of others or control their minds in the physical world. In other words, it can affect the brain and body of others, which is similar to the principle of a certain psychological ability.

Similarly, this ability seems to have the possibility of separating its own aim diffusion field, making it an independent aim force field aggregate with its own appearance, which is also the unreal state that Miss Ghost is in now.

It is clearly just a cluster of AIM force fields in a special state, but it seems that it can still use its own abilities. This seems to show a possibility that the AIM force field is an effective extension of one's own reality, and even has the effect of placing thoughts.

This probably proves another point, that is, people with absolute abilities can break free from physical limitations. Perhaps the part of themselves that relies on the aim force field is no longer human.

If I completely abandon my body, then perhaps I could still survive in the world as a force field life form.

However, the absolute ability user should not have the hidden danger that the ghost lady cannot easily touch reality. They can easily gather enough force field aggregates to invade the real world. There may not be a rigid requirement to form a force field core, because the ability user itself is equivalent to a point anchoring the real world.

"If the adults say you can't do it, then prove it to them. It would be pathetic if you had to ask for help from valuable people when protecting important people."

"Xiaorun, bring out your hidden destructive impulse and muster up the courage to sneakily hide the Guatai cosmetics in the dormitory. Ignore your well-behaved eldest daughter instincts, beat up all those guys who are in the way, and then completely tear down this building with your fists."

Waving her fists vigorously behind her and looking fiercely at the girls from Tokiwadai who were surrounding her, Miss Ghost's aura gradually merged with that of Hokaze Junko, revealing an eager and inciting expression.

"What are you talking about all of a sudden? Now is not the time to talk about those things."

She couldn't help but cover her face, and her face turned red, as if she was finally affected by the ghost lady who was chattering and sociable behind her.

However, I don't really agree with what the ghost lady said. She does care about her identity as a superpower, but it's a bit too much to say that she denies herself. She just wants to bring the queen and the railgun together because she will graduate next year and she is indeed not as good as a superpower.

Regarding the fact that the ghost lady knew so much about her thoughts, Fanfeng Runzi said that this was all routine. She had even controlled herself to attack the queen at night, which made her embarrassed for a long time.

Having said that, thanks to this ghost lady, she finally got to see the usually lazy queen practicing yoga and working hard to keep fit. Even the queen wanted to change her current situation.

As for the destructive instinct hidden in her heart, she is not a violent girl.

"Xiaorun, you must face your heart bravely."

The illusory figure shook her head, as if lamenting that the girl in front of her was very dishonest and that she easily knew Xiaorun's thoughts.

In fact, most people are very dishonest. Even if they know their true needs, they will always be influenced by their own personality and experience, and unknowingly move away from their original ideas.

Hokaze Junko, who develops her abilities towards physical enhancement, actually hides a violent heart like a beast. Personal reality represents the ability user's view of the world, which is equivalent to the purest essence of a person and cannot be deceived.

"But you're right. Although asking Natsume-san for help is an important way to protect the queen, in this situation, we can only fight to the end."

"I'm just worried that I, a person with only great abilities, won't be able to protect the Queen."

Suddenly she found that her calculation pressure had decreased, and Hokaze Junko, who only knew about Miss Ghost, nodded heavily. It was also because of the sudden decrease in calculation pressure that she was able to spare the energy to maintain a conversation with Miss Ghost.

Maybe in her heart, protecting the queen is more important than herself.

"Really? You're saying such discouraging things even though I'm helping you. Xiaorun, let's go together and see how powerful we are."

...

A girl with a bun-like haircut, floating in mid-air with her eyes tightly closed, appeared above the faction building.

Behind him were some Tokiwadai girls who were tightly wrapped in air currents. If Natsume had not been waiting for support from the discipline committee members and security guards, he would not have needed to bring his captives with him.

As soon as Natsume relaxes her control over her classmates, they might immediately join the enemy camp again, which makes her a little worried.

Also because the captured girls took up some of his computing power, Natsume's combat capability declined again, and he needed to suppress the resistance of the captured girls from time to time.

"The degree of release of this kind of AIM force field is almost at the level of a superpower."

After a slight pause, Natsume's eyes passed through the steel forest as if he could see what was happening inside.

The situation at the gymnasium was not serious. The Shokuhou faction there was just trapped and did not suffer too many attacks. On the contrary, the situation here in the faction building was very urgent.

Junko Fanfeng was shrouded in a thin layer of aura, and her gorgeous princess curls were floating in all directions. With the tremendous power released in her hands, the air waves alone could form powerful waves that could be heard by the ears.

This is because the Tianyi expands its contact area with the air, and the intense squeezing of the airflow in an instant causes the sonic boom phenomenon.

"Hey, Senior Fanfeng is so cruel. She looks like such a lady on weekdays."

"This is probably what is called the duality of human nature."

Natsume's pupils dilated slightly, and he couldn't wrap his mind around it. He suddenly felt that his understanding of the young lady might have been wrong.

Anyone would be surprised to see the usually dignified and elegant noble lady with eyes wide open, hair flying, and punching a child and sending him flying into the wall.

However, unlike Natsume Sonoko who can choose to use gentle means, Senior Fanfeng obviously does not have the luxury of being able to freely choose her way of fighting.

Chapter 459: Semi-differential treatment

The girl who arrived late remained calm on the surface, just like the blue sky, existing but not noisy.

"The other party's target is a person with super powers, and they have set up many traps in advance. But choosing to disperse their own forces and deal with two people at the same time is too confusing."

"And according to the current situation, they are confident that they can only deal with Shokuhou-senpai. Whether it is using the strength of human perception to create light-sensitive traps or preparing helpers in advance, in fact, for Misaka-senpai and I, it is not to the extent that people lose the ability to resist instantly."

"In fact, the previous attack on me was purely a matter of luck."

Natsume frowned and felt more and more that something was wrong. This was probably a confusion in behavioral logic.

These attackers chose to use this tactic that relied heavily on luck against themselves, and at the same time deliberately trapped a large number of members of the Shokuhou faction, which was more like a delaying move.

If that's the case, why doesn't the other party wait until I leave the school before taking action? Wouldn't that save a lot of effort?

"But if they knew I could deal with the attackers, and they were prepared to do so, then we can guess what the mastermind was thinking. Everyone, including Yuya Iruka-senpai, are actually pawns that can be discarded."

"You don't need to defeat me, you just need to make me unable to move. The most critical step has long been hidden in the trap at the beginning. The bright strike directly at the eye socket will cause temporary loss of vision. As long as you collect the data of the flash strike in advance and determine the required light brightness, you can indirectly infer the time it will take for me to recover after losing my vision."

"So, the attackers probably knew that Shokuhou-senpai and I had a good relationship, and they were worried that I would interfere with their subsequent actions. But it seems that there was some misunderstanding about my abilities, probably because they lacked information about my abilities."

There were a mixture of thoughts in his head, and Natsume-san had a strange expression on his face.

As they were both people with super powers, the attackers targeted both him and Shokuhou-senpai, but ignored his senior who liked Bilibili.

So as long as you think in this direction, a seemingly plausible conclusion will appear in Natsume's mind.

The reason why the attackers treated her and Misaka-senpai differently was probably related to the different intimacy levels with Shokuhou-senpai. The attackers would rather deal with one more esper than to make sure their plans didn't have any obvious loopholes.

"However, those attackers probably didn't expect that Senior Fanfeng was such a good fighter."

"So, whether the plan is well formulated depends on the accuracy of intelligence collection."

Coming back to his senses, Natsume was stunned as he sensed the greenhouse ladies who were fighting not far away.