Temperature Control in Academy City

"I know a little bit about the Roman Orthodox invasion and the Indian poker leak, but what about the park fire and premonition?"

"Is it something like horoscope divination?"

Tilting her head, Natsume's mind was in a mess. She suddenly couldn't keep up with everyone's train of thought.

It seemed like I was rejected inexplicably, and the other party was an elementary school boy whom I had never seen before.

"Sorry, I almost forgot this is my first time meeting Ms. Natsume."

"My name is Miyama Xieying. My ability is to predict the future through photos. The principle is probably to calculate the future results within the scope of three dimensions."

Miyama Xieying had a blank expression on his face and his tone was rather bland, just like an overly mature adult.

"Natsume-san should know the predictive APP that was popular for a while. He is the developer of the software."

Hatsuharu on the side thought for a moment and reminded.

"...It seems to be the case."

Trying hard to find the content about the predictive APP from her memory, Natsume Sonoko answered somewhat unconfidently.

Were there prediction apps that were popular before? She had no recollection of it, as it was not convenient for her to go online during that period.

Chapter 623: Unobservable Dimension

Those who can predict the future are as precious as giant pandas among the many ability sequences in Academy City.

Although he has no direct help in daily life or combat, he is the kind of person with the most research value. If the boy in front of him can become a superpower, if he is simply classified according to research value, he may even be ranked ahead of Accelerator.

Having said that, Natsume, who has certain soul memories, can probably be used as a half-cognitive person. Just those seemingly plausible future information have dragged her into a vortex of trouble.

She had wanted to attend Tokiwadai Junior High School since she was very young, and it was inextricably linked to those memories.

"I have a very strong feeling that this is an elementary school student who will always be in trouble. This is what people with precognitive abilities do."

"And it sounds like the kind of foreknowledge that can't be changed even if you know it, which is like living in hell."

With a sad look on her face, Natsume Sonoko, who had had similar experiences before, couldn't help but sigh. The other person looked like the kind of person who felt troubled and painful because he knew too much.

She is almost the same. She always sees things that normal people cannot see, and she can't help but suffer from nervous breakdown.

As the number of angles from which we observe things increases, the number of troubles we encounter will naturally increase.

If possible, Natsume doesn't want to have any contact with such an elementary school student, and she doesn't want to know the future at all.

Even if Natsume Sonoko can easily get a more comprehensive future direction by calculating the big data of the universe in the future, she is too lazy to do so. This is simply a typical example of looking for trouble.

"If the predicted event cannot be changed, then all we have to do is minimize the impact after the predicted event occurs."

"As long as you keep thinking that you can't change the outcome, you will only move towards an even more tragic future. But if you do something, maybe the outcome will be less severe. Just for this reason, it's worth taking action. I've always believed in this..."

After thinking for a moment, Natsume Sonoko said earnestly, her face full of the vicissitudes of life.

As an old veteran with rich experience in premonition, Natsume Sonoko felt that she needed to comfort the other person. This was the life motto she had summed up over the past twelve years, and she hoped it could be helpful to the young man.

And it sounds like this elementary school student's predictions were all about unfortunate events, which makes him seem even more pitiful when you think about it.

"But we have found a way to change the predicted outcome."

Hatsuharu poked Natsume Sonoko's belly with her finger and couldn't help but speak.

Natsume's serious look is really interesting. She has a kind of maturity and sadness as if she sees through the world, even though she is obviously younger than me.

"Eh."

After a slight pause, Natsume Sonoko was ruthlessly interrupted before she could finish her life motto.

"It seems that because the predicted events are only the results of three-dimensional deduction, it is impossible to calculate the information of the eleventh dimension. In other words, when Shirai-san, who is involved in the eleventh dimension, intervenes, the future originally determined in the three-dimensional dimension no longer holds."

After organizing his words, Hatsuharu spoke seriously.

The three-dimensional and two-dimensional things are easy to understand, as they are nothing more than the difference between paper people and natural people, but the eleventh dimension is like listening to a foreign language.

Hatsuharu and most of the boys and girls present were unable to understand the concept of the eleventh dimension, and even Shirai-san only had a vague understanding of it. Shirai-san's spatial formulas were basically derived from research institutions, and it was extremely difficult for her to develop them herself.

After all, when Natsume Sonoko developed the formula, she had a lot of scientific theories in reality as a basis, which can be seen and touched every day and are part of the part that humans have already understood relatively well. The difficulty of development is definitely much lower than that of Shirai Kuroko.

As for the eleventh dimension, it is completely a blind spot of human vision.

The so-called space system ability users are just a simple description summarized and compiled by tiny and humble human insects when looking up at the universe, without understanding the true appearance of the eleventh dimension.

If Shirai-san can really establish a connection with the eleventh dimension through her brain and develop multiple ways to interfere with the eleventh dimension, then her potential seems to be much stronger than a group of frog-in-the-well psychics like Maru-tou-san who are confined to the three-dimensional world of the real universe.

In his perfect form, Shirai might just be a superhuman who can launch a dimensionality reduction attack at will.

"The eleventh dimension? The third dimension? Hmm, it's such a complicated theory."

Natsume Sonoko blinked to indicate that she didn't quite understand.

Of course, Natsume fully understood what Hatsuharu meant. It was simply that the impact of a dimensionality reduction attack was not included in the predetermined fate of the three-dimensional world.

To put it simply, everyone’s operating logic is different and they are not subordinate to each other.

But does the eleventh dimension really exist? But Shirai's ability seems to prove that it exists.

However, when Natsume Sonoko observed the universe through her perception ability, she could not find the so-called entrance to the two-dimensional dimension at all, even though she was a relatively high-dimensional creature, let alone something like the eleventh dimension.

If something clearly exists but cannot be observed, then it is no different from not existing.

The more she thought about it, the more headache she felt. Natsume Sonoko sighed slightly. The more she knew, the more uncomfortable she felt.

If one day I were to become close to omniscience in the three-dimensional world, I would be extremely upset.

Everything she observes now is basically based on the normal three-dimensional perspective, that is, the normal cognition of a person with special abilities, and all the anchor points are also in this dimension.

Perhaps this phase-filled world of Magical Index is completely different from other dimensions; perhaps there are other similar universes, but they do not touch each other at the three-dimensional level, but are arranged in a certain pattern in the wonderful axis of the fourth dimension.

"That's the only explanation at the moment. I can't think of anything more specific."

"Shirai-san's spatial movement can indeed interfere with these predicted events. We have dealt with a lot of them in the past few days."

Uiharu thought for a moment and continued.

"If we can't find the cause of the fire in advance, then Shirai-san will have to save the people who will be injured in the predicted incident. And according to Miyama-san's predictive ability, even if the cause is found, it must be dealt with when Shirai-san uses his spatial teleportation ability."

"In that case, all the rest of us can do to prepare is to evacuate the crowd and put out the fire in advance."

Pushing up her glasses with one hand, Senior Gufa said thoughtfully.

As soon as the voice fell, several people turned their eyes to Natsume-san at the same time. This was probably what the bun-haired guy just mentioned, "do something" and "something worth taking action on".

Although it is not very useful in solving predicted cases, it is still very valuable as a fire-fighting tool.

Chapter 624: An attempt to fight against fate

As a girl who is always at the forefront of various events and has achieved an S-level reputation as a discipline committee member in the security department, Natsume Sonoko is always inexplicably placed with high hopes.

Fortunately, this high hope currently only exists in this small discipline committee branch. At most, some news has spread to other discipline committee branches or security systems. It has not turned into a terrible situation like Sogiita Gunba brother, where there are always a lot of people running to him for help.

"Actually, I have some experience in putting out fires."

"I'm here to help."

Natsume Sonoko said with a blush, feeling a little embarrassed by everyone's stares.

She had been planning to come and help, and it wouldn't affect her other things. Natsume Sonoko was running around these days anyway.

Putting out a fire is a piece of cake, and its difficulty is no different from eating a cake.

"Hehe, I told you that Natsume-san wouldn't refuse this."

With a smile on her face, Hatsuharu took the tablet from her hand and handed it to a girl with a bun.

"This is where the fire occurred. As for the predicted time, it will be around tomorrow evening."

"We have asked the security guards to submit a request to close the park and evacuate the crowd. However, due to the lack of solid evidence and the fact that the security guards are very busy right now, it may not be approved by tomorrow."

"In that case, we'll need to block them manually. Here are the approximate groups for tomorrow. Natsume-san might be able to choose one of them to join."

After giving some information to a certain bun-haired girl, Hatsuharu-san explained the situation carefully.

"After the fire, we have already made a variety of plans to deal with possible situations, including handling the injured, wind direction changes, dust explosions, temporary traffic jams, etc. However, with Natsume-san, these plans will definitely not be used."

Some confidence inexplicably emerged on Hatsuharu's face, and she had a special trust in the girl with the bun in front of her.

As long as you get to know Natsume more, you will know how reliable this girl is. She is simply the strongest trump card among the discipline committee members.

"Hey, it's okay. I'll try my best."

Natsume Sonoko nodded slightly, her expression a little hesitant.

Hatsuharu's deep trust made Natsume very happy, but it also added some pressure. The more others expected of her, the more overwhelmed Natsume became. Can she really respond to everyone well every time?

Forget it. There’s no point in thinking about it now. The most important thing is to try to make everyone happy.

"Huh? The fire happened here."

Natsume Sonoko was a little surprised. This place seemed to be the park where she often used to practice her abilities.

When she first entered Tokiwadai, Natsume Sonoko would often hang out in this place because there were many trees there and it was far away from the student dormitory, so she didn't have to worry about meeting acquaintances.

However, there are several rows of cherry trees planted there. When they are in bloom, tourists come to visit from time to time, which causes some minor troubles for Natsume's ability training.

I really don’t know what’s so beautiful about flowers.

Every day, some people with nothing to do come to enjoy the flowers. Even the dormitory supervisor likes to plant flowers in the student dormitory. It is not as interesting as reading comics.

But for the young ladies, flower arranging and learning the language of flowers are courses that need to be learned, and Natsume Sonoko can only barely get an excellent level in the class.

"You also know this place."

"There are no student dormitories around this park, and there are no large shopping malls. However, because the cherry blossoms are blooming again, many people have come to enjoy the flowers these days. It's really puzzling. The time doesn't match the cherry blossom season, but they are indeed blooming recently."

"But then again, I also received a report from there some time ago, saying that there were always areas with abnormal temperature changes near that park, and some people even caught a cold in the middle of summer."

"It couldn't be you who did this."

Shirai Kuroko walked over with his chin in his hand, looked up and down at the increasingly nervous face of a girl with a bun, and suddenly asked suspiciously.

"Well, that... I'm not sure."

Natsume-san tried to stay calm and spoke hesitantly.

It turns out that this kind of thing has happened.

Fortunately, she was not caught by Shirai at that time, otherwise she would have been caught by the other party.

But there was nothing she could do about it. She hadn't yet been promoted to a person with great abilities, and she was training her abilities diligently every day. Plus, there weren't many parks nearby that met the requirements.

Come to think of it, I seemed to be more hardworking back then than I am now.

"Okay, Shirai-san, now is not the time to discuss anything else."

"And there were no victims in that incident, and the person who reported the case with a cold recovered the next day."

With an unnatural smile on her face, Hatsuharu couldn't help but speak.

Seeing Natsume's obvious expression, it seemed that he was right, and the case at that time could finally be closed.

Even if they catch the criminal, they will only give a verbal warning and will not impose any real punishment. The saying that you cannot use your abilities casually does not apply in the Academy City.

"Then the focus of tomorrow's operation will be on Shirai-san's rescue route. When a fire occurs, there will be many predicted injuries, so we need to plan the time in advance so that we can smoothly rescue those in need."

"There were two injuries that happened too soon and too far apart, so we needed to do more preparation."

"In addition to these predicted injuries, there is a high probability that there will be more injuries. In order to be on the safe side, portable respirators, nasal protection plugs, gauze and burn bandages need to be prepared."

Chuchun turned his chair, controlled the tablet to project some information into the air, and spoke seriously.

This is a zoomed-out map of the park, with several identified points clearly marked on it.

"no problem."

"If there are those injured people who were not foreseen, leave them to me. I am sure I can save them."

"As long as I move fast enough, I can actually save everyone within the range of my ability."

As if to thank Hatsuharu for smoothing things over, Natsume Sonoko replied hastily.

She felt inexplicably concerned in her heart. Is the so-called three-dimensional destiny really that difficult to deal with?

In fact, according to Natsume's level, he can save everyone in a short time.

She silently calculated the size of the park and decided that she only needed about a minute to fly to every corner and accurately capture the presence of the injured even in a fire.