Temperature Control in Academy City

The wind ahead must also be recovered.

"This ill-fitting outfit belongs to someone other than Onee-sama."

"Did you intervene last night? I heard from the security guard that someone sent the intruder to the hospital. The intruder had hundreds of severe burns on his body and was in shock due to severe blood loss."

"So, that person must be you, otherwise how could a person as particular as you be in such an awkward position?"

Staring blankly at the school uniform that was snatched away in an instant, the indignant expression on Shirai Kuroko's face suddenly disappeared. After a while, he took out his usual shrewdness and meticulousness as a discipline committee member and said to Natsume Sonoko who was about to open the door.

As long as you take a close look at the school uniform, you can come to a conclusion. Although the style and taste are not much different from those of my elder sister's clothes, the difference in the degree of newness is quite large.

Even the gauze on Natsume's face seemed to be newly bandaged. She accompanied Natsume to the hospital yesterday and watched the bandage being applied next to the ghost-chasing doctor, so she could naturally tell the difference.

"Eh, um...I don't know."

Natsume Sonoko paused slightly and answered perfunctorily, then reached out and opened the door in front of her.

Even though I didn't want to bring up this matter, Shirai-san asked about it first. It turns out that the relevant information has already spread.

It's really tiring. Is this what happens when good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels far and wide?

Sending someone to the hospital in a street fight is not something to be boasted about no matter how you think about it, and if there is any credit for it, please don't give it to me.

Although she seemed to have followed the discipline committee procedure at the time and was on the side of self-defense and justice, Natsume, who believed in the doctrine of a young lady, still did not like this matter to be known by others, and was even a little scared about it.

Especially considering the terrible injuries on Qian Qianfeng's body, if the relevant information were to spread online, Natsume would definitely have a headache for a while.

Many people don't care about the event itself and just focus on a few eye-catching places.

Don't ask Natsume how she knows so much. She is the victim of a series of rumors, and she also likes to join in the fun.

If the news spread widely, she didn't know how others would view her, a pyromaniac or a sadist or something like that. This concerned Natsume Sonoko more than the incident itself, although even she herself didn't understand the source of Qian Qian Zhi Feng's injury.

If the news spreads to her own school and student dormitory, it will definitely seriously disrupt her normal life.

"Great, you're okay, Natsume-san."

"Hello, Natsume-san."

"Good afternoon, Natsume-san, is your eye injury okay?"

"..."

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Chong Fushengfan's concerned face, and a few familiar classmates were crowded beside him.

A girl with a bun on her head was slightly stunned, as if she had returned to the real world. A shy smile immediately appeared on her face. She politely greeted everyone one by one, putting all the bad memories behind her.

This is what she has always cherished and wanted, a simple yet not boring life.

She has people who care about her, things she likes and wants, and even Shirai is a companion she can't bear to give up no matter what.

The more he felt inner peace, the more certain beliefs in Natsume's heart became firmly rooted.

She looks forward to a world where everyone around her, including Feng Zhan, can live happily, because this is also where she lives, and she will always selfishly make the world turn in her own way.

Her true consciousness was gradually taking shape, and a powerful inner driving force was gradually lingering in her chest.

Even though she firmly adheres to the scientific worldview, she will not get entangled in boring camp confrontations such as magic and science. Index and Miss Kanzaki are both friends she cares about.

She will lend a helping hand to the wounded, even to her enemies; she will listen to correct, effective but disappointing advice; she can coexist peacefully with extremely annoying people; her path will extend until the day she dies.

Under the influence of negative factors such as laziness, selfishness, and mediocrity, something finally appeared that could not be crushed no matter what.

"I just heard some bad noises... Is Shirai-san okay?"

Leaning his head slightly into the dormitory, Shigefuku Shoho's gaze passed through some simple furniture and saw Shirai Kuroko, who was smiling reluctantly, at the innermost part of the dormitory.

"Of course it's very good."

"Shigefuku-san, let's ignore her and come in first. By the way, can you do me a favor? I want to ask the dorm supervisor for a few more new school uniforms."

Natsume smiled and waved to several classmates who were leaving one after another, and then spoke to Shigefuku in front of him with great concern.

Although she herself had some psychological burden towards the dorm supervisor, it would be the same if she asked Shigefuku to help her with the application.

Chapter 589: Forming the Natsume Faction

There was no small table suitable for drinking tea in the dormitory, nor was there any expensive high-end black tea produced abroad, and there was even no tea set and spoon combination needed for holding a tea party.

The snacks were not replenished due to lack of funds, and the chocolate stuffed in the teddy bear's stomach was eaten up. Some of the canned food that could have been used to entertain guests was transferred to the Discipline Committee Branch 177.

Although she clearly wants to be a young lady, she never holds any tea parties in her dormitory. Instead, she shamelessly flirts with several senior schoolmates and Hatsuharu, which is quite like a poor girl who is frugal and manages the household well.

However, once the situation required entertaining guests, the girl with a shy smile on her face had to take out her treasured strange-tasting candy, mix it into the water, and serve Shigefuku a cup of strange drink with a hint of konjac and tomato.

This practice can probably be traced back to the ancient era of Homo erectus, when people soaked wolfberries and other medicines in water to relieve fatigue.

Classmate Shirai at the side looked at a certain attentive girl with jealousy, because she did not receive such treatment at all.

Even Bingguatai didn't give this annoying bun to her, let alone treat her like a guest.

But she doesn't care about this kind of thing at all. As long as her elder sister is around, it doesn't matter whether she has the bun or not. She will always be her elder sister's hater.

Besides, she was not interested in such cheap hospitality at all.

"Thank you. Does this taste like tomato?"

"Well, it seems there's something else stuck in there."

Skillfully taking the drink handed to him by the girl opposite him, Shigefuku Shoho could only taste one of the flavors.

Natsume-san has always treated her as a guest, which makes her a little disappointed and a little happy.

On the one hand, I felt that I was not close enough to Natsume-san, but on the other hand, I was very happy about the serious look on his face, and felt that he was respected and cared for.

It is impossible to dislike Natsume-san in any way. I can't feel the authority of the leader of the first-year students in Tokiwadai at all.

However, her gaze slowly shifted away from Natsume-san, and she stared blankly at the cup in her hand and the strange-tasting candy inside that had not yet completely melted.

"Hey, Shigefuku-san, don't you like it?"

Noticing the change in the girl in front of him, Natsume tilted his big head wrapped in gauze and said with some concern that she seemed to know that the drinks she provided were actually very bad.

But there was really nothing left in the dormitory, so she took out all the biscuits that had been unpacked for several days to make up the number, and now placed them on the desk not far away.

It seemed that Shigefuku had been waiting for her outside the door for a long time. Natsume Sonoko felt a little guilty, and she had just promised to help ask the dorm supervisor for a school uniform, of course it must be her size.

The same thing happened to Tsuchimikado-san. Her phone was full of missed calls from the other party.

She has no resistance to other people's kindness, but instead feels pressured to live up to other people's kindness.

"Of course not, it tastes delicious."

Shigefuku immediately shook his head, stood still, took a deep breath, and drank the strange liquid in the cup along with the candy in one breath.

Her bangs have been completely cut off, revealing her thick eyebrows that were previously ridiculed. She exudes a kind of vitality and energy.

After coming to Tokiwadai, Shigefuku Shoho has almost become a different person. He can accept his imperfect self and will not be easily hurt by other people's words.

She wanted to be like Natsume, and live with a smile and optimism even though there were so many false rumors and slanderous attacks against her on the Internet. This was something she had not been able to do until now.

As expected of Natsume-san, Shigefuku Shoho couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the silly girl in front of him with her head tilted.

In Shigefuku Shoho's eyes, which seemed to have a strange filter added to them, Natsume's silly look suddenly became distorted and chaotic.

The tilted head vaguely overlaps with Mona Lisa's smile. A faint halo seems to appear behind her, and she exudes a mysterious and noble temperament.

It is as if all bacteria and microorganisms have been removed from the body, turning it into a truly pure and flawless being.

However, at this time, Shigefuku began to silently care about another thing in his heart.

People with super powers, especially those in Tokiwadai, can receive scholarships of over a million yuan from the school every month. They seem to live a luxurious and prosperous life that ordinary students can hardly imagine, but there is a huge gap between them.

And Natsume seems to be a negative example in it.

When entertaining guests, they used strange-tasting sugar soaked in water to make up the number, the snacks were leftover biscuits, the sofa had not been replaced for many years, and there was no valuable furniture in the dormitory except for a few large boxes.

This appearance of poverty made Shigefuku Shoho feel like crying. Only a few days had passed since their scholarship was distributed, and it seemed that his own superpower girl was completely penniless. She had even been able to drink Musashi milk the few times she came here before.

Sure enough, people with super powers are different from ordinary students, and the expenses required are far beyond the imagination of normal people.

Looking at the girl with a bun who still had a bright smile on her face and seemed to think everything was normal, Shigefuku Shoho took a breath again. She had to find a way to change Sonoko's situation.

Spending money at this speed is worthy of a real lady from a wealthy family. The reason for her poverty is probably that the scholarship is not enough.

However, Shigefuku Shoho certainly could not change the amount of scholarship set by Tokiwadai, and the first thing she thought of now was the Shokuhou faction, the most powerful one in the school.

The senior named Shokuhou Misaki doesn't have to worry about money at all. She lives her life under the enthusiastic service of faction members every day.

Even her scholarship for people with super powers is just a tiny part of the faction's huge cash flow. It is said that the value of the real estate purchased in Academy City alone is more than 10 billion yen, and more than dozens of companies of all sizes have been funded.

In the final analysis, the Shokuhou faction appears to be just a student organization in a school, but since many of its members are daughters of big groups or corporations, even the more ordinary ones are level 3 ability users.

With the help of various backgrounds and resources, coupled with the ability to control the rules, even students can earn huge wealth in Academy City.

All the large factions that have existed in Tokiwadai Junior High School so far have extended their tentacles to many corners of Academy City, because every class of Tokiwadai students is a huge social resource, and the energy behind them is enough to leverage many things.

"I want to help set up the Natsume faction."

After gritting his teeth, this thought suddenly popped up in Chongfu Shengfan's mind.

Even if she practiced her abilities hard every day, she couldn't help Natsume Sonoko, who was a person with super powers. Every time, she couldn't even figure out what the other party was doing.

Then maybe we can change our thinking and help Natsume-san in other ways.

She has secretly formed the Natsume Sonoko Club with two other girls. One of them is a senior in Natsume's classmate club. She said that joining in would make it easier to collect materials.

But it doesn't matter what kind of material they get. As long as they have perseverance and determination, they will definitely be able to help Natsume.

Chapter 590 Yongdai Jijun

It is very easy to form a faction in Tokiwadai Junior High School, and there are no daunting threshold requirements.

Strictly speaking, there is no essential difference between factions and societies. They are both student organizations that gather together for certain interests and hobbies, and are even more like hobby clubs than societies.

As long as they submit an application to the school board and have the required number of people, anyone who wants to form a faction can get a mobile classroom in the faction building. Of course, there are also huge factions like the Shokuhou faction that occupy an entire floor.

It seems that Tokiwadai Junior High School actually encourages students to form their own factions.

However, factional activities do not have funds allocated specifically by the school board like normal club activities. A portion of the expenses for maintaining operations can be negotiated and applied for by the faction from the board, but the rest of the expenses need to be prepared by themselves.

The advantage is naturally more independence. Once the school board's funding is basically freed, almost everything within the faction will be decided by the faction leader.

This also leads to the fact that the activities of a large number of factions are not limited to normal learning, exchanges, tea parties, etc., but instead include various business and social activities. Giant factions can even influence the school in turn.

Although the conditions for establishing a faction are not harsh, if you want the faction to sweep across the entire grade level, or even expand its membership to the entire school, you must have an irreplaceable leader.

And Natsume just happens to have such potential.

As a new esper, his abilities do not sound overtly aggressive, and coupled with his gentle and shy personality, his popularity among the first years at Tokiwadai far exceeds that of the railgun in the next dormitory.

Even the Queen Shokuho of the Queen Faction is inferior and can only maintain basic dominance among the first graders. Natsume alone accounts for 60% of the popularity of the first graders.

Judging from the number of potential faction members alone, the number of people that Natsume-san can now gather in a short period of time has already exceeded that of the second largest faction in the school, the Yaouin faction.

Even some of the second and third graders who oppose Shokuhou Misaki will involuntarily gather around Natsume, forming a new giant force in Tokiwadai.

If one day we can replace the Shokuhou faction, then our own Natsume Sonoko will become the most dazzling existence in Tokiwadai, and we will never be unable to put together the things to entertain guests like we are today.

or....

Thinking of this, Shigefuku Shengfan tried to keep himself calm and took a deep breath to calm his inner excitement.

Or in other words, Sonoko might become the new Eidai-hime of Tokiwadai Junior High School.

If you can maintain the largest faction in Tokiwadai Junior High School for at least one year until graduation, you will be given the title of "Eternal Princess" by Tokiwadai Junior High School.

This title is even recognized by the Unified Council, and according to some rumors, 'Eidai Princess' is fully qualified to enter the Unified Council, but it is unclear whether she will directly become a powerful director or serve as a substitute.

But for now, even Shigefuku Shoho has to admit that Shokuhou is the one who is closest to that title. She has crushed the fighting among the three major factions in the past. The remaining forces have been forced to submit or become marginalized groups, and she has established an almost stable rule in Tokiwadai.

Even if Natsume really builds a new giant force, he may not be able to defeat the opponent in the faction war.

And even if there is no direct conflict with the Shokuhou faction, Natsume will still have this opportunity as long as she waits for Shokuhou Misaki to graduate and leave.

At that time, Natsume was in her third year, which gave her enough time to maintain her rule over Tokiwadai Junior High School for a whole year, becoming a high-ranking third-year senior and the leader of the largest faction.

From Shigefuku Shoho's perspective, Shokuhou-san and Misaka-san are almost incompatible in school, and he does not allow Misaka-san to develop power in Tokiwadai at all. Perhaps he has such concerns.

Because in each grade, there is only one person who can get the title of "Eternal Princess".

If the rumors are true, this is a convenient way to enter the unified board of directors, and the supporters are naturally the huge force hidden behind Tokiwadai Junior High School, which is composed of students' parents and stakeholders.

So as long as we can establish the faction now, and develop it two years later, we might be able to seamlessly take over the Shokuhou faction's sphere of influence after it disappears from Tokiwadai Junior High School.