Temperature Control in Academy City

Natsume, who lacks sufficient knowledge of computers and only knows how to read comics online, obviously has limited knowledge. She hardly tries to understand these things. (She doesn't know anything about computers, so just read it casually)

There is another point that is also conceivable.

Once the auxiliary tools covered by this ability are formed, even if Natsume uses the temperature rise to operate and calculate, he still needs various formulas in the brain to control it, such as the batch use of temperature rise formulas.

Putting aside whether Natsume can achieve such precise and high-frequency control, in other words, she has taken on the function of electricity in a computer.

As long as the computing power provided by this computer does not reach the computing power required by the "electricity" she paid, it will be a definite loss.

However, if we look at the history of computer development, from vacuum tube computers as big as a house, to transistors, and then to semiconductors and very large-scale integrated circuits, it shows that as long as we find the right direction, the potential is still considerable.

Chapter 471: The Final Weapon Among the Two Billion

More than half a century or more ago, the scientific forces led by Aleister appeared on the land of this island country in a dignified manner, and forcibly took away a large amount of land in western Tokyo with harsh terms, an area equivalent to one-third of the Tokyo area.

This part of the land that was taken away later formed the Academy City.

However, in the general impression of the general public, the mysterious chairman simply used commercial means to purchase the land, and to this day, the two parties in this business transaction still unexpectedly maintain a relatively good relationship.

Although nominally entangled with the island nation, this city surrounded by high circular walls has actually formed a separate power center and turned into a place with important rights such as declaring war and diplomacy.

Even if a third-party force declares war, it will only skip the existence of the island country and directly face this special city.

The students living in Academy City, unable to completely leave here, have actually become residents of another country long ago and are forced to be embedded in this huge science-side chariot.

As for the various destructive crises that Academy City has encountered, they can probably be traced back to the moment it was established.

But even so, the city still exists intact, which makes people feel that the word "destruction" is really a misnomer.

While Natsume was still busy with the intrigues in his own school and several seniors, known or unknown, were hostile to each other for their own purposes, a certain unlucky high school student thwarted a plan to destroy Academy City.

Although it was hard to understand how the unlucky high school senior could win a trip to Venice in the lottery, the fact that he could easily leave Academy City was even more surprising.

I have to say, everything was arranged.

The flagship of the Queen's Fleet, 'Queen of the Adriatic', had its core destroyed by Kamijou Touma, and then stopped in the waters near Venice. The magic ritual that was enough to erase Academy City itself and all the information that had ever existed was forcibly terminated.

It was getting dark, and there were still a few minutes until midnight of the new day.

Natsume, with his mind full of thoughts, has fallen asleep on the sofa. No matter what happened during the day, it has nothing to do with him now. Maintaining adequate sleep is an important way for Natsume to deal with crises.

Invisible nanomachines were floating around the dormitory, silently observing this superpower who had finally calmed down.

At this time, on the outskirts of Academy City, a strange girl with a very metal punk style, but actually belonging to some conservative forces, was looking up at the huge city wall that was towering into the sky not far away.

From her eyelids to her nose, from her lips to her earlobes, she was covered with small iron rings of unknown meaning. Her eyes were decorated with exaggerated eye makeup. She was wearing a medieval women's robe, but the color was bright yellow, with a large light yellow cross embroidered on it.

With such overly rebellious and non-mainstream dressing, even if she originally has a beautiful face and a good figure, people still won’t like her.

In other words, the aesthetics are ahead of their time.

Around her, a large number of armed personnel wearing modern equipment had fallen down. A large number of them were garrison personnel stationed on the outskirts of Academy City, and perhaps there were also emergency response forces affiliated with the Unified Council.

Whether it is the complete version of the drive armor that purely piles up firepower and can eliminate high-level ability users with one shot, or various unmanned weapons, they have all become scattered parts.

Kicking a struggling armed man aside, the punk girl crushed the headset he was using to communicate with the inside of Academy City without hesitation.

There was a smile on her face, and with the iron ring on her tongue, she looked a little more crazy and weird.

"Science is such a cold thing, following the almost cruel rules of this world in an unchanging way."

"So, I want to destroy it completely and let a warmer force envelop this world."

A strange blush appeared on her cheeks, and the girl's hands couldn't help but tremble.

She has waited for this day for too long. This time, no one can stop her from declaring war on Academy City. This also means that the battle between the Roman Orthodox Church and Academy City has been completely exposed.

The Roman Orthodox Church, a religious organization that only exists in the world of Magical Index, is a powerful force that has nothing to do with anything in Natsume's memory.

Among the frictions between Academy City and many other forces, the conflict between magic and science has only become more acute. It seems that under someone's deliberate manipulation, they have become two completely unrelated and even opposing forces.

Unlike the science side where the Garden City is the dominant force, the magic side has forces such as the Roman Catholic Church and the British Puritan Church. Among them, the Roman Catholic Church is probably the most hostile to the science side.

After the core of the 'Queen of the Adriatic' of her own church was wiped out by Kamijou Touma, the girl in front of her took the opportunity to force the old Pope to sign a secret order to investigate and eliminate Kamijou Touma, and then came here with her own people.

Her goal is to destroy the scientific forces on the largest scale possible. In addition to Kamijou Touma, the more additional results the better, and it would be best if the existence of Academy City could be destroyed in one go.

However, even with her almost cruel intentions, this girl still retains some unexpected kindness.

None of the armed men in front of her lost their lives, because except for those who needed to be eliminated and cleaned up, this conservative girl did not kill people at will.

"Kamijo Touma, Index of Forbidden Techniques, General Council, Psychic Power Users..."

Muttering her goals to herself, this strange girl did not feel how heavy her task was.

As the ultimate weapon among two billion people, it is far beyond the reach of the technology or mass-produced espers in Academy City.

The scene returned to Dormitory 210, and Natsume, who was in a deep sleep, turned over.

Some AIM force field clusters of unknown origin quietly appeared beside her, forming virtual tentacles that seemed real and illusory, which came into contact with the AIM force field emitted by her own body, transmitting unknown information through the characteristics between the force fields.

These special force field clusters suddenly paused for a moment, and then dissipated at once, as if they had sensed that their owners were quickly waking up from sleep.

Not long after, Natsume suddenly sat up from the sofa, looking around at the familiar environment with a confused look on his face, tilting his head as if thinking about something.

She actually had such a strange dream?

Also, she seemed to know where the phase of the dream was.

Chapter 472 No Need to Go to School

The end of September happens to be the season change of Academy City uniforms.

On this day, many schools, including Tokiwadai Junior High School, will change from cool summer uniforms to warmer winter uniforms.

Although she had some complaints about the fact that the bottom of the Tokiwadai winter school uniform was only changed to a slightly thicker dark blue plaid pleated skirt, when she thought about the fact that all schools were the same, even Natsume, who liked to give suggestions, didn't have much temper.

This may have a lot to do with the fact that she has lived in a warm and pleasant environment all year round. The existence of the constant temperature layer makes someone have no personal experience and feelings.

Back to the topic, without considering the issue of skirts, Natsume still likes the winter school uniform very much, because the top has more pockets. It is a beige three-button women's suit and a white long-sleeved shirt worn inside.

"Thank you for your care, Mistress Dormitory."

Natsume respectfully took the bag from the dormitory supervisor. As one of the few injured and sick people who remained in the student dormitory after school time, he showed a shy and well-behaved smile on his face.

The bag contains three sets of winter school uniforms that were officially distributed today. The specific sizes are still modeled after the summer school uniforms.

After watching his dorm supervisor walk away with unexpected footsteps in his flat shoes, and then disappear at the end of the corridor, the guy with a bun-haired bun breathed a sigh of relief and carefully closed his dormitory door.

With her eyes damaged, Natsume doesn't need to go to school. After all, in a normal sense, she doesn't have the ability to study, and even normal actions are inconvenient.

So before going to the hospital to remove the gauze on her eyes, she had a legitimate reason not to go to school. In order to cooperate with the investigation of yesterday's incident, the security teacher even allowed her to go there a few nights to take notes.

"Actually, I don't really want to stay in the student dormitory."

"It's so hard to have this kind of free time, but it feels so uncomfortable to be supervised by the dorm supervisor."

With a slight curl of his lips, Natsume felt a little annoyed.

Whether she goes to school or not does not have much impact on her. She has already taught herself what she needs to learn, and even finishes her homework a month later. The biggest benefit is probably that she can legitimately skip a few physical education classes.

I escaped from Shirai's clutches, but I couldn't avoid the proactive concern of the dorm supervisor.

As long as the dormitory supervisor is around, she, a disabled patient, will not be able to leave the student dormitory normally for the next few days.

However, this problem is not without a solution. As long as Natsume understands the dormitory supervisor's behavior patterns and her location information, he will be able to sneak out of the dormitory.

They have become very familiar with sneaking out of the apprentice dormitory since the beginning of the school year. From time to time, there are shallow shoe prints left on the edge of the windowsill. A girl with a bun on her head said that she is very experienced.

This is the working time of the dormitory warden, and he may come to your dormitory at any time, so you have to wait until the dormitory warden leaves for something before you can consider doing something else.

After packing up the summer school uniform and stuffing it into the box under the bed, Natsume quickly changed into the new winter school uniform, and then sat on the sofa with a bored look on his face.

The new school uniform, which has not been modified for half a year, still fits me just as well. I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad. An unspeakable pressure quietly creeps into my heart.

[Hey, will Tsuchimikado-san bring me a lunch?I remember that even if it was a school day, lunch would be prepared in the student dormitory restaurant. 】

[That’s different. Patients must eat specially prepared nutritious lunch boxes, and they must pay attention to balanced intake.]

[That makes sense. I also think I should take more nutrition. I seem to have lost some weight recently, and it’s definitely not a psychological effect.]

The blindfolded girl typed quickly, discussing the side dishes for her lunch box with the maid on the other end of the phone, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

Natsume always feels happy when chatting with friends.

On the other side, Tsuchimikado was also feeling very happy and was slacking off in the cafeteria on the Tokiwadai campus. Her life motto was to combine work and rest when studying and working.

As for how Natsume, who was temporarily blind, responded to their messages so quickly, no one seemed to care.

【By the way, how is the situation at school? 】

Natsume-san asked, thinking of something.

The school forums were abuzz with the news about yesterday's attack, and Natsume was an eyewitness. But since she didn't go to school today, she was still very concerned.

【School has returned to normal, um... probably. 】

[I heard that Tokiwadai was originally planning to suspend classes because of a serious public security incident. However, the security guards defined this incident as an incident of technological abuse, and most of the students involved were not affected too much.]

【…】

Messages from Tsuchimikado-san come one after another. It seems that slacking off is an addictive thing.

The sunlight from outside the window poured in, shining directly on Natsume's smooth forehead. His bangs were all hung to one side because he was sitting crookedly.

Putting down the phone, Natsume Sonoko rubbed her swollen head, then fell straight on the sofa, like a dried freshwater fish.

Even though she had just woken up, Natsume still felt a little tired, as if the sub-health condition was tormenting the lazy twelve-year-old girl.

In fact, this was probably the reason why I was suddenly awakened by that inexplicable dream last night. In that dream, Natsume discovered the coordinates of the dream phase and spent more time doing some curious attempts.

“No matter who is dreaming and being dragged into a bizarre place while conscious, they will feel scared.”

With some strange expressions on his face, Natsume couldn't help but complain.

Is this a lucid dream? She had only heard of it before.

At that time, she immediately realized that she was dreaming, because she was in a surreal environment, and her mind was still in a normal state. It must be said that Natsume, whose mind is full of science, is still very discerning.

However, she did not realize the existence of the dream phase at first, but in that bizarre place, she could actually use her perception ability, which made Natsume react immediately.

In the dream phase, the concepts of space and time become blurred, leaving only a pale world that is infinitely far and deep, dotted with dream bubbles from countless people.

These bubbles overlap, touch, and separate in the pale space, and seem to be not in the same spatial scale, not in the same time dimension, infinitely large and infinitely small, carrying all the dreams that have gathered here since the formation of the phase in a way that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Dragons, knights and princesses, this is the orange dream of a middle school boy.

Dissection, aliens, scalpels, this is the purple dream of a fanatical scientist.

Just like the different types of dreams are divided by colors on Indian playing cards, there seems to be a similar classification method here.

Chapter 473 Breaking in

Phases exist layer upon layer on top of the real universe, together forming the whole world called the Magical Index.

Natsume didn't know how she suddenly found clues about dreams from the dense and vast ocean of phases, but this discovery was undoubtedly a good experience for her.

In fact, each phase represents an aspect of the whole world, allowing people to see more clearly this real universe that has been changed by many filters.

For Natsume, who lacks ambition, it was like finding a big toy that was interesting enough, because she had long been very curious about the world of dreams.

In the seventh school district, there is no building with doors or windows.

Aleister, who was secretly controlling the energy direction control device and inputting the AIM diffusion field numerical settings into the personal realities of some key guys, hung upside down in a huge glass container with an expressionless face.

Modifying the personal reality of a person with special abilities is not an impossible thing. Even Indian Poker from a subordinate research institute can achieve a similar effect, not to mention the chairman who is at the top of the entire scientific side.

However, in addition to inputting the numerical value of the aim diffusion field, the effects of abilities similar to telepathy and copying are also good, enough to transmit the required information into some people's heads.

"As long as the right information is passed to the eighth person, the other party can be guided in the desired direction. This has also been proven in reality."

"Compared with the information from the previous shrine maiden, the transformation of the eighth person is in line with expectations. It can be confirmed that there is a power beyond personal reality. At the same time, it can also be confirmed that the shrine maiden has found a way to make her power applicable to the scientific side and transmit it with the soul as the bond."

As Aleister thought about this, he silently paid attention to everything in Academy City.

He did not tell Natsume Sonoko about the location of the dream phase. Such guidance with too strong directionality would often lead to twists and turns, and he preferred to let nature take its course.

In other words, Aleister just imported some of the research results of the former miko on his own abilities, which was also the part that the other party did not take away at the time.