Temperature Control in Academy City

If that girl had participated in some bad experiments related to the aim force field, it is entirely possible that the current predicament had occurred.

"Hey, really?"

"That ghost lady might really be a user of the AIM force field system, and she participated in an experiment and has been trapped until now."

A thoughtful expression appeared on Natsume Sonoko's face, and suddenly she said with some sudden enlightenment.

She had had similar thoughts before.

However, Natsume Sonoko still had only a limited understanding of the information about the AIM force field, and had no way of confirming anything. However, Kihara Nayuta seemed to know more about the information, and even got an almost positive answer.

"Of course, the prerequisite is to confirm the consciousness or integrity of that girl... Miss Ghost."

"If the ghost lady that Natsume-san mentioned really has the same thinking ability as normal humans, then the possibility is very high."

"But I can't be 100% sure. For example, it is possible to give personality to the AIM force field aggregate directly. Academy City has many related papers, but so far, I haven't heard of any successful cases. The difficulty of such experiments is too amazing."

Kihara Nayuta added that she maintained a very strict attitude in many aspects.

After all, any small mistake during the experiment would cause great risks. Especially in the "perfect experiment" where even the safety of the experimental subject must be guaranteed, this quality is much more important than genius.

Kihara Nayuta's idea of ​​protecting the experimental subjects actually increased the time and financial costs. It was almost impossible for the officials of Academy City to accept it except for the Kihara family.

But then again, there are real successful cases of directly giving people personality.

The core of the Academy City's Imaginary Number District, a girl named Kazezan Hyouka, was born because of this, and was given a kind personality by Aleister. However, Kihara Nayuta seemed to be unaware of her existence.

"Since there are no successful cases, it must be the former possibility."

"There is no need to doubt the integrity of Miss Ghost's personality. However, she seems to have lost some of her memory, but this is also within the acceptable range."

Without thinking too much, Natsume Sonoko said as a matter of course.

Chapter 647: Personnel not recorded

On the top floor of an ordinary small building, a few girls gathered together and were discussing something enthusiastically.

A three-dimensional virtual projection appeared out of thin air in the center of the reception room under the control of Kihara Nayuta. On it was a scaled-down map of Academy City.

Although the hostess here is not at home now, the uninvited guests are not polite when using various devices. They are connected to several servers in Mr. Mushan's company at once, giving the virtual projection more powerful real-time calculation capabilities.

As the only professional here, Kihara Nayuta gently slid her fingers and continuously marked the locations of various research institutions on it according to the information in her memory.

Almost all the larger research institutions in Academy City need to be listed, including those funded by private enterprises.

Small workshops like Mr. Mushan's, which used the company's headquarters as temporary research institutions, were naturally not included in the list, and no one would think that an institution of this level could complete experimental projects related to the aim force field.

After all, not every small workshop has researchers like the Kihara family or brain physiology experts joining, and the information on Kihara Nayuta's side is not detailed enough to mark out all the small institutions.

Of course, these research institutions that were going to be marked on the virtual map were only the parts that Kihara Nayuta knew.

However, the difference is not too big compared with the actual number, as Academy City does not have the habit of hiding research institutions.

Treating students as guinea pigs is a normal practice in Academy City, and it is supported by the majority of directors on the Board of Directors, so there is nothing to hide.

"Since even Uiharu-san couldn't find any valid identity information from the library, then apart from the black population that sneaked into Academy City, the biggest possibility is that they are children who are not included in the student roster and entered Academy City with special identities."

"People of this kind often enter Academy City through medical treatment or recuperation. They are basically patients who cannot be treated with the technology of the outside world. Their parents try every means to send them to Academy City to find a chance to survive, instead of following the normal enrollment procedures of Academy City."

"So as long as they haven't recovered, or are staying in a treatment institution for some reason, there will naturally be no record of them in the library."

While marking the locations of various research institutions, Kihara Nayuta was also explaining some information that seemed ordinary to the girls around her.

The number of such children is increasing with the growth of Academy City's influence, but once they are sent to Academy City, they basically have no chance to leave. After completing the relevant treatment procedures, they will stay in Academy City as a student, which is also one of Academy City's current enrollment methods.

At the same time, since he will inevitably stay in Academy City as a student, relevant ability development will not be lacking, and he will complete the basic ability development courses like normal students.

"Why is it a research institute? Shouldn't it be a hospital?"

Pursing his lips, Edasaki Banri asked in confusion.

She noticed that the places marked by Yuta-chan were all research institutions, but if they were for treating patients, they were obviously sent to the wrong place.

"Because most hospitals in Academy City can't do anything about it, they can only organize special personnel to study the disease."

Kihara Nayuta's tone paused for a moment before she spoke again.

She was at a loss for words for a moment, and had no way of describing those cruel things to Banri.

In fact, children who develop the ability to aim force field systems are very valuable for research and most research institutions will not miss them.

The fact that the other party has now been turned into this ghostly appearance probably means that the main purpose of those institutions treating related diseases is just for the sake of research.

Perhaps there are adults in these research institutions who really care about these children, but personal will is nothing compared to the fanatical scientific research atmosphere of Academy City.

"Since Miss Ghost participated in the experiment, it certainly couldn't be in the hospital. Um... Banri, you were a little distracted just now."

“This is something that is easy to deduce.”

Shaking her head slightly, Natsume Sonoko held her chin and spoke seriously, as if she had entered the thinking state of a famous detective.

As Banri's older sister, she had the need to help her younger sister solve her problems, even though her younger sister was half a head taller than her.

"Yes."

After nodding in agreement, Kihara Nayuta immediately spoke.

Great, as expected of No. 8, he understood what she meant immediately.

Banri now is really not suitable to be exposed to the dark side of Academy City. Those facts are too heavy.

Even some experienced discipline committee members will lose their composure when facing the darkness for the first time, because this almost goes against the propaganda and education they have received.

Having said that, the eighth one knows the dark side of Academy City better than anyone else. Not only did he fight against monsters like Accelerator, but he also stopped Grandpa Gensei's second plan to use absolute abilities.

The stupid look he has been showing is probably just to paralyze the enemies hiding in the dark, so that he can give them a fatal blow when they are least expected.

"finished."

“Almost all the institutions I can think of are included, including some that have been abandoned or integrated but once had certain experimental capabilities.”

Kihara Nayuta's finger finally stopped at a corner of the virtual projection, and the virtual 3D map in front of her was almost filled with various marks.

In the area of ​​the School Garden alone, there are more than fifty institutions of a certain scale marked. It should be noted that the scope of the School Garden is only two kilometers square, and there are five girls' schools occupying most of the area.

The value of that place is so great that even every inch of land there is worth a lot of money. Natsume Sonoko's small toy company can't even buy a simple base there.

Natsume Sonoko only paid a little attention for a while, and then found the research institute of her senior sister's family in the school garden. Even for a large group like Post-Marriage Airlines, there were only about two companies in it.

"Well, there are so many agencies that we can't investigate them all."

An embarrassment suddenly appeared on Natsume Sonoko's face. If she were to investigate on her own after school and at night, it might take her several months to finish.

Although some possible locations of Miss Ghost's body have been identified, it seems too far-fetched no matter how you think about it, which is almost the same as having no clues at all.

"Of course not. I'm just using this method to do some preliminary screening."

"The next step is to eliminate all institutions that do not have transfer agreements with the outside world."

"Unless there are some special circumstances, if the institutions within Academy City want to have a certain scale of personnel flow with the outside world, they must go through formal entry procedures. If it is a patient coming to Academy City for treatment, then the scope is even smaller."

Kihara Nayuta continued.

Although the Kihara clan had deeper authority over the library, they obviously had no need for information of this level.

All one needs to do is hack into the databases of several entrance and exit management stations in the campus city, exclude adults and students who enter and exit for normal reasons, and only keep the children who are related to various research institutions.

Then compare it with the existing information in the library, and you will probably be able to find some people who are not recorded in the library soon.

Chapter 648: Encounter with the 'Guardian'

Ten fingers quickly operated the console of the virtual projection instrument, and a large number of information pop-ups and running commands appeared continuously on the real-time projection screen.

Kihara Nayuta's actions were always very efficient. While chatting with a few girls, she used the tools at hand to invade the database located at the entrance and exit management station of the Academy City.

The previous Roman Orthodox invasion has led to an improvement in Academy City’s security measures in all aspects, which has also extended to the network level, with the addition of many network security protection systems.

But it was all the same to Kihara Nayuta. She had already known about these official systems, and she even had the authority to view the information of the system itself.

In this situation, the girl with golden twin ponytails skillfully circumvented several security systems of the database, and these arrangements could not cause any hindrance to her at all.

However, just as she was entering new instructions to continue her invasion along the network, a look of surprise unexpectedly appeared on Kihara Nayuta's face.

All the intrusion commands she issued seemed to be defeated in an instant, and a strange and powerful firewall blocked the database.

At first, everyone thought it was her own mistake, but not long after, Kihara Nayuta's expression became solemn and focused.

Against the backdrop of several girls with confused expressions around her, Kihara Nayuta, who had been trying for nearly five minutes, finally dropped her hands unwillingly, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"It's actually so difficult."

Kihara Nayuta stood there, muttering to herself.

Although she is not that good at hacking and her fingers seem a little slow when tapping the keys, Kihara Nayuta can be considered to be an upper-middle-level excellent person within the Kihara clan. She can easily reach a level of proficiency even in a field that she has not studied in detail.

If the opponent can easily block your attack, then he must be one of the top hackers.

If we spend more time researching, we can definitely break through it, but by then the other party might have reacted.

"What's wrong, Kihara-san?"

"Are you in any trouble?"

Natsume Sonoko on the side suddenly said something strange.

She clearly saw the change in expression on Kihara-san's face, and for a moment she wasn't sure what was going on.

"It was intercepted. In addition to Academy City's official network security system, someone else added additional information to the database of the management station. It's really strange, who would do such a thing? This is not an important database."

"And the other party seems to have set up an automatic tracking program. However, it was just a passive program, and it shook off after tracking for a while."

Kihara Nayuta frowned and spoke in surprise.

Given that the authorities have already strengthened the security system, those who still come forward to help are undoubtedly a little too enthusiastic.

However, the other party's actions seem to have some effect. Today, they stopped an elementary school girl from illegally intruding. This is really a typical example of preparing for a rainy day.

"Well... Actually, I think I know someone who would do this as Kihara-san said."

Natsume Sonoko raised her wise eyebrows, tried hard to recall every bit of memory, and then answered very confidently.

"It's Uiharu-san, right?"

Harukami Kimie, who had sat down next to Natsume Sonoko and started eating snacks together without her knowing when, rested her chin with one hand and spoke thoughtfully.

As soon as Harukami-san finished speaking, the four little girls looked at each other. It was obvious that they all had the same idea. They all seemed to be deeply impressed by Harukami-san's computer skills.

With Hatsuharu-san's hacking skills and her determination to protect Academy City, it's only natural for her to help strengthen the network security of the entrance and exit management site, especially since there has been a large-scale intrusion recently.

As the "guardian angel" of the Academy City network, some of the urban legends caused by Utsukuni are no less than those of a certain bun-head.

But they didn't expect that this time it would become an obstacle for them.

But if it really is Utsuharu-san, the problem can be solved with just one phone call.

Thinking of this, Natsume Sonoko volunteered to take out her mobile phone. She was best at asking friends for help.

"Ah, so that's how it is. It was indeed me who arranged it."

"Actually, I didn't expect that it would interfere with Natsume-san's work. A few days ago, I specially upgraded the defense systems of some locations that are vulnerable to hacker attacks. Because the security teachers in charge of the network have been transferred to maintain public order, the number of hackers launching network attacks has increased a lot during this period."

"Hehe, of course I did it in private. But the most important thing is to protect everyone in Academy City. Let's just pretend that the minor procedural issues never happened."

The charred branches of the trees under his feet made crackling sounds from time to time, and Hatsuharu Shiki, with a communication device on his ear, responded in a low voice.

She still had a breathing aid on her nose and was on the outskirts of the park checking for any remaining sparks.

There was no way. Their main team member, Natsume Sonoko, had already sneaked away with a few other girls, but the follow-up work had not been completed yet.

The security teachers and firefighters also arrived at the scene at this time, but there were not many of them, so the discipline committee members still had to help maintain order.

But there is also good news. The team leader, Mr. Huang Quanchuan, is very reasonable, and this time everyone was exempted from writing self-criticisms.

That’s great. She can finally save nearly half an hour of time. After all, she is not as skilled as Shirai in writing apologies.

"But it's really surprising that Kihara-san actually thought of using this method."

"By using the personnel information at the entrance and exit management station to supplement the information not in the library, maybe we can really find the information about that girl."

"By the way, maybe I can use this method to build a more efficient personnel search system."

Taking out a virtual screen phone from his pocket and starting to operate the firewall of the entrance and exit management station, Hatsuharu spoke with considerable concern.

She hadn't found any information about the missing girl for several days, but that Kihara classmate suddenly had a clue. Everyone seemed to have something they were good at, and she was a little too dependent on the library.