Temperature Control in Academy City

After living in a safe place like Academy City for a long time, there seem to be fewer and fewer things that can move Natsume Sonoko.

However, this is probably the first time that the propaganda machine has been fully activated to tell everyone in Academy City the truth of the incident, and even proactively describe the possibility of war.

This overly honest behavior made Natsume Sonoko very uncomfortable, as if the lying Pinocchio suddenly changed his personality.

The more this is the case, the worse the situation Academy City is facing. Natsume Sonoko seemed to smell something bad.

"It's not some magical force, it's the Roman Orthodox Church."

"It's that huge religion with two billion followers around the world."

"And it's not 'magic', it's 'magic'. The official propaganda says that this is also a scientific ability development agency, which is very similar to the 'alienation' mentioned in the previous statement."

As soon as Tsuchimikado finished speaking, another maid who was busy cleaning the floor came over and corrected him.

She stretched out her hands, trying to use a more intuitive way to let the two girls in front of her who were not well informed know the seriousness of the situation.

As she spoke, she sighed, and a look of worry appeared on the maid's face.

If the Academy City was destroyed by war, students like them would have nowhere to go. High-level ability users might still be able to find a place to stay, but where can maids like them go?

As long as they choose to develop their abilities, they will become aliens in the eyes of normal humans.

"Magic? What is that?"

"Did I miss a version when I slept? Have I arrived in a new world?"

Natsume Sonoko was confused, but she understood the general meaning.

If Academy City is "ability", then the Roman Orthodox Church corresponds to "magic", and the humans previously controlled by the Great God are called "alienation".

In Academy City's current propaganda tone, these three things are all based on science, but they diverge on the road due to differences in actual operation.

Magic doesn't exist at all, everything belongs to science, and Roman Orthodoxy is also part of science. Natsume Sonoko thought that this should be what it meant.

Natsume Sonoko was a little displeased with this practice of covering one's ears and stealing the bell, but she had no intention of taking the initiative to expose this lie because it was very necessary for the person with the ability.

When she first learned about the existence of magic, even though she had the memories of a time traveler, her worldview was shaken for a while. In the end, she became a girl who could calmly accept anything that happened.

Worldview is the foundation of a person's personal reality. Natsume understands its importance very well. Just because she can recover doesn't mean others can.

Especially for students who are preparing to receive or have just started their ability development, this may cause them to remain at level 0 forever.

"The 'magic' ability user who invaded Academy City yesterday is rumored to be even more powerful than a psychic."

"I heard that even Shokuhou-san from Tokiwadai collapsed in an instant. Did you, Natsume-san, also experience the same thing? The kind of coma that cannot be avoided."

The outgoing maid spoke, with some obvious fear on her face.

Her eyes suddenly fixed on a short girl with a bun on her head, and she waited for the answer from the girl in front of her with great concern.

"more or less."

After hesitating for a while, Natsume nodded in agreement.

The wind in front does have the power to kill a person with super powers in an instant. This is determined by the angel technique itself.

Just like Shokuhou-senpai, she also had no power to fight back and was easily killed in mid-air. If it weren't for the fat cat, she might have fallen to her death.

Although she still felt a little disgusted with the fat cat, Natsume Sonoko also knew what was right and what was wrong. She felt that she owed the cat a huge favor this time.

It's just that she doesn't want to show it. She has to remain cool and solemn in the confrontation with Fat Cat. This is a good quality that an intern should have (crossed out).

As for the battle that took place later, strictly speaking, it had little to do with her. She just acted as a nurse and won the victory in a daze.

What accomplished all this was the Academy City behind her, as well as many more unknown and powerful technologies.

"Relax, even if it's the Roman Orthodox Church or 'magic', it's not necessarily that powerful. Weren't the invaders defeated yesterday?"

"As long as Natsume-san's eye injury recovers, she will be able to defeat those bad guys easily. She is the strongest discipline committee member."

Tsuchimika put one hand on her waist and patted the maid's shoulder with the other hand. An inexplicable confidence suddenly appeared on her face. At the same time, she did some publicity for a girl with a red bun on her face.

All her previous anxiety and tension disappeared, and she turned into a caring girl who tried hard to comfort her classmates.

Moreover, when she delivered lunch yesterday at noon, she saw Natsume-san slaughtering everyone among those with the ability of "alienation", and she had great confidence in the girl with the bun.

By the way, it seems that no one has mentioned those people with 'alienated' abilities anymore.

Even the Academy City officials are actively reducing the related "heat". This is probably related to the fact that all the "alienated" ability users suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't get up. It really doesn't look good.

“A setback is not a terrible thing. What’s important is the heart that stands up again.”

"It's the same with war. We can only accept it and then end it."

Turning around, Tsuchimikado looked at Natsume Sonoko with concern.

There's a tendency to use lines from comics easily recently, such as those in the comics that I exchanged with Natsume-san.

Although she is also worried about war and other things, she also hopes that everyone around her can keep smiling.

"Oh, shit, the restaurant is really going to close."

"I'm sorry, Tsuchimikado-san, I suddenly have something very urgent to do."

As if she finally remembered something, Natsume Sonoko's face changed and she walked towards the restaurant door with a staggering step.

But just after entering the door, the busy maid took away the last food dishes and put them into the recycling bin, then looked at the desperate short girl who suddenly broke in with a rather strange look. By the way, her face was still wrapped in a thick layer of gauze.

"Eh? Natsume-san hasn't had dinner yet?"

"By the way, I specially left the nutritious lunch prepared for lunch today. You can eat it after heating it up a little."

Tsuchimikado-san came over with a puzzled look on his face, and he seemed to have grown taller in an instant while holding the broom.

Chapter 600: The True Meaning of a Maid

Panic began to spread among the crowd, and rumors about war swept across the entire Academy City like a whirlwind.

In the foreseeable future, we may soon face a crisis of rising vegetable and meat prices, or a sharp increase in prices of some daily necessities imported from abroad. Even more serious is that a large amount of raw materials needed for industrial production will be in short supply.

However, for most Tokiwadai students, most of their expenses are covered by the school, so they don't have any intuitive feeling about it.

There is no need to be afraid of even a head-on attack from a ballistic missile, as there are nearly two hundred people with strong abilities in the school, not to mention the three people with super abilities.

But if the opponent is someone who can easily defeat a person with super powers, then even the maids who are training on the field will feel the pressure.

Sitting quietly on a leisure bench near the restaurant, Natsume Sonoko herself acted as a microwave. The moment she took the lunch box from Tsuchimikado, it had become food that could be eaten smoothly.

Not wanting to imitate the characters in the comics and saying "I'm eating", Natsume Sonoko immediately swallowed the cream dumplings that Tsuchimikado-san had carefully cooked, and a satisfied smile immediately appeared on her face.

Every time you take a bite of the bento, new energy enters the body. A large amount of sugar and protein are dissolved and absorbed, and begin to be converted into various nutrients that can be used by the body.

It’s great, that’s how it feels.

Smooth and tender, all bacteria and microorganisms have been eliminated through high temperature.

Rubbing her cheeks happily, which were about to fall off, Natsume Sonoko had never felt that eating was such a joyful thing, which made Tsuchimikado Maika beside her show a proud expression. She couldn't help but raise her head and chest and feel proud of her identity as a maid.

Bringing happiness to those you serve is the true meaning of being a maid.

"Eat slowly. If you don't have enough, you can go to my dormitory. I have a lot of food there."

"Caviar, crab sticks, salmon slices, squid strips... there's a little bit of everything. Even Natsume-san's favorite little cake is left."

The white Katyusha on her head combed her hair neatly, revealing a shiny forehead. The meticulous little maid smiled with her eyes narrowed.

"Well, there's no need to go through so much trouble."

After swallowing the egg roll in her mouth, Natsume Sonoko hurriedly shook her head and said.

You are so enthusiastic, Tsuchimikado-san.

She doesn't need that much.

"By the way, Tsuchimikado-san's brother is fine now, right?"

After quickly finishing half of the lunch box, Natsume Sonoko's appetite was almost satisfied. She spread her hands and leaned back in the chair.

The bento boxes made by Tsuchimikado have more and more dishes, and the boxes are getting bigger and bigger, so full that it feels like camping.

I heard that this special set meal was prepared with full consideration of nutritional balance, but it was still too challenging for Natsume Sonoko.

As for Tsuchimikado's brother, he is really a very strange person. Even Natsume can't figure out what he does.

He has a head full of yellow hair, just like the most common delinquent boy in Academy City, but he used to be with Miss Kanzaki and the others.

"Thank you Natsume-san for your concern. My brother is completely fine now."

"He said that the boss of the place where he works is very strict and he couldn't get away, but he went to school normally today."

When Tsuchimikado's brother was mentioned, the maid's eyebrows curled up even more, and it was obvious that she had an inseparable affection for this brother who depended on her for everything.

She was adopted from an orphanage when she was very young, and was named Tsuchimikado Maika, and then they came to Academy City together.

However, this kind of relationship seems to have become distorted one day. Now Tsuchimikado likes to read comics about ambiguous relationships between brothers and sisters. Natsume Sonoko, who has been exchanging comics with him, knows this very well.

For example, Tsuchimikado’s favorite book, “Pillar Slayer: Yaiba the Great,” is about a brother and his sister fighting monsters together.

"That's good."

Nodding, Natsume Sonoko was very concerned about the feelings of the little maid in front of her.

As long as it didn't involve Tsuchimikado, Natsume Sonoko didn't care about the true identity of Tsuchimikado Motoharu. There were so many strange people in this world, and she had no interest in doing such troublesome things.

After finishing her lunch box, Natsume Sonoko, who had regained her spirits, said goodbye to Tsuchimikado and returned to the dormitory to start sorting out the chaotic information in her head.

She still has a lot of problems to solve. If she only solves one problem at a time, she will sooner or later be crushed by the mountain of problems.

The extreme condition of the body is only one of the problems. Natsume also needs to take time to sort out the force field control 'formula' that was previously stuffed into his brain.

We must also find time to sort out the chaotic thoughts and information that we had read from Feng Zhan's force field before, and find out how the mastermind behind the scenes controlled Feng Zhan.

After all, she hardly has any free time now. Not having to go to school these days because of her injury has given her some time to breathe.

"As I recall, Miss Hitomi's emotional fragments should have been very obvious at the time, after all, she was a person with such a distinct personality."

"But that Miss Hitomi is also me, but it's just that I am dominated by the Miss Hitomi in this fat cat's memory. Strictly speaking, she is also a part of me."

Natsume Sonoko sat at the desk, spreading out her Martian notebook and writing something. The various scribbles on it were dazzling.

A girl's own code book is as reliable as her own brain, probably.

She had just asked the fat cat some questions about the time when her existence was tampered with, and she had a better understanding of the situation at that time. It was also easier for her to sort out the force field formula that the "Tongzi" had obtained from somewhere.

Then again, this fat cat didn't know anything about the 'formula' for force field control, and it wasn't really a formula at all. It was just an inherent property of the brain's own force field, an experience gained indirectly through astronomical field experiments and result summaries.

When using the force field 'formula', the ability user is actually constantly consuming computing power to simulate various states of the brain, rather than actually calculating any ability formula, but there is no essential difference between the two.

However, since Fat Cat doesn't know about the "formula", then Miss Tongzi must have obtained the "formula" from herself.

But this also made Natsume Sonoko puzzled. She had no idea about this kind of thing. What was it about her that she didn't understand?

There were too many mysteries surrounding her, and there was also news of war in Academy City. The girl couldn't help but shake her tired head and sighed, feeling that things were becoming more and more troublesome.

Chapter 601 Princess Dress

The invader was successfully sent to where he should go, and everything returned to familiar state.

But not everything was as fine as imagined. The oppressive feeling of impending storm still hung heavily over the city.

Natsume Sonoko, who was gradually feeling all kinds of pressure in her heart, sat quietly at her desk. Her rosy cheeks made her look in good condition.

It continuously extracts various useful memory fragments from its brain, slowly sorts out and classifies the distracting thoughts of passers-by, and builds a huge brain building similar to a library.

As Natsume Sonoko found more and more emotions and memory fragments belonging to Miss 'Hitomi', a certain 'formula' that could perform basic control over one's own force field was finally perfected.

Before she knew it, by the time Natsume Sonoko had pulled herself out of the ocean of information in her head, the sky outside the window had completely darkened, and the 'formula' had become more than half complete, meaning it was usable enough.

The boring activity of collecting character fragments like in mobile games made Natsume Sonoko drowsy, but when she saw the increasingly complete 'Hitomi' character cards, she was reluctant to stop. She suddenly fell into the same entanglement as mobile game players who were trapped by game companies.

"It's a good harvest. At least it doesn't require all my strength to last for a few seconds or a minute like before."

"It has almost become a normal 'formula', but it is definitely different from the complete version used by 'Hitomi' before."

"If I want to continue sorting it out, it will definitely take more than a day or two. When 'Tongzi' disappeared, there were too many memory fragments that were instantly shattered into pieces. I have basically found all the larger ones."

Looking at the extremely complicated 'formula' combination in her head with only half of the content, Natsume Sonoko muttered with a complicated expression.

She completely couldn't understand the principle behind this half of the 'formula', and didn't know how it was deduced and developed. However, this did not prevent her from using it normally based on her past experience. This was basically how most people with special abilities came to this point.

In fact, this 'formula' is meant to be universal, rather than being developed specifically for a certain type of person with special abilities.

On the small desk, the stuffed cat was lying comfortably on a mini bed made of a shoe box. It poked its head out and looked curiously at a bun-haired girl with a complicated expression. Then, when it was about to change its posture, it was picked up by a big hand.