Temperature Control in Academy City

"Talent is important, but without the investment of resources, it is almost impossible to become the level 5 that Academy City is proud of." Senior Shokuhou Misaki continued, her eyes resting on Natsume Sonoko's face.

Natsume Sonoko was a little confused. She unconsciously dropped the paper in her hand and looked at senior Shokuhou Misaki with a little confusion.

"So, Natsume-san, you have to work hard. If you feel really desperate one day, you can come to me for help. After all, I have a good impression of you." Senior Shokuhou Misaki once again showed a playful smile on her face, stretched and said.

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Shokuhou Misaki-senpai left the library, followed by Hokaze Junko-senpai with purple curls.

"Queen, do you want to bring her into our faction?" Senior Sister Fanfeng Runzi said hesitantly.

"Maybe."

"By the way, Fengfan, what's for dessert today?" Shokuhou-senpai asked expectantly, licking her lips.

"Queen, there is no dessert today. Since you always skip physical education classes and eat sweets, you have fat on your thighs and stomach. I have to monitor your diet." Senior Hokaze Junko showed a serious look and said to senior Shokuhou Misaki who had a drooping face.

Watching senior Shokuhou Misaki leave, Natsume Sonoko still had a dazed expression on her face and her mind was a little confused.

"Just now, Shokuhou-senpai said that I have enough talent, and the only thing I lack is enough resources." Natsume Sonoko also felt so, no wonder she had not yet reached level 5.

Even though she is willing to participate in various perverted experiments in Academy City, Natsume Sonoko does not seem to be the first candidate for her research on heat.

For example, there is a level 4 user in Changdian Shangji Middle School who can control heat transfer, and Shokuhou Misaki also has a competitor named Mitsuari Ayumu.

Natsume Sonoko opened her phone to check the price of renting a supercomputer in Academy City and was immediately shocked by the price. As expected, she really needed all kinds of resources.

It seemed that his path to level 5 was a little dim, but in the blink of an eye he erased all such discouraging thoughts, stood up and continued to look through the books and papers in his hands.

Don't worry, there are still twenty minutes until the next class, and Natsume Sonoko feels that she can still study a little longer.

Study hard when studying, and rest hard when resting. This is Natsume Sonoko's ninja way.

After memorizing all the book titles and placing them at the book return counter, Natsume Sonoko left the library. Although she longed to become level 5, there was no point in being anxious.

....Ordinary dividing line....

In the small Western-style garden of Tokiwadai Junior High School.

It was lunch time, and many students did not stay in the school cafeteria to eat, but came to the Western-style garden near the cafeteria to eat.

Misaka-senpai, Shirai-san, and Natsume Sonoko sat around a casual table in the garden, the air filled with the smell of food.

In front of Natsume Sonoko was a lunch box, and the dishes inside were enhanced versions of the familiar Tsuchimikado-san's. While she, Misaka-senpai, and Shirai-san only took a sandwich and a glass of juice.

"The sun is so glaring today that I feel uncomfortable just staying outside for a while." Senior Misaka sighed and said while fanning herself with her hands.

"That's true. Fortunately, there is a convenient guy here." Shirai said. Sometimes, tools can actually transform into each other.

The temperature around the three people immediately began to drop, and even the sunlight seemed not so dazzling.

Chapter 66: The Maid's Robot Mount

The nap at noon is always so pleasant, and coupled with the suitable environment, it makes people want to stay on the stool and not get up.

It took some time to slowly finish the lunch box. Natsume Sonoko stretched comfortably, releasing her inner anxiety, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

Tsuchimikado-san’s bento is really delicious. It is a specially prepared nutritious meal rich in vitamins ABCD.

I have decided that if I have the chance in the future, I will definitely kidnap Tsuchimikado and ask her to be my personal maid!

Natsume Sonoko silently made some lofty ambitions in her heart, and a classmate named Tsuchimikado Mai, who didn't know why, suddenly felt a cold wind blowing behind her, and she couldn't help but shrink her neck.

"Strange, why is there such a cold wind? The temperature is obviously very high today."

Having finished his lunch break and enjoying his private time, Tsuchimikado was thinking in confusion as he sat on a cleaning robot, which was spinning around like it was going for a ride.

"By the way, I've been concerned since the beginning. Natsume-san, are you too quiet today?" Shirai-san said, biting the straw and looking at Natsume Sonoko with some concern.

Although Natsume-san doesn't talk much on weekdays, it is rare to see him eating with his head down like he did today. He looks absent-minded.

"Really? I think Natsume-san is no different from usual." Senior Misaka put down the sandwich in her hand and answered in surprise.

"That's because onee-sama is too thick-skinned." Shirai pouted and muttered softly.

"Tell me the truth, why are you so depressed today?" Putting her face in front of Natsume's sight, Shirai asked with a hint of scrutiny.

"Hey, do I look unhappy?" Natsume Sonoko was a little surprised. Was it so obvious?

"It's very suspicious. Your eyesight has been wandering today. Even when you were eating, your speed was 30% slower than before." Shirai said, counting on his fingers.

"That's true. Natsume-san's eating speed has indeed slowed down a lot today." Senior Misaka replied in agreement, somewhat belatedly realizing the situation.

"It's really nothing. I just met Shokuhou-senpai when I went to the library today." Natsume Sonoko said honestly.

"Did that guy do anything to you?!" Senior Misaka immediately stood up with a hint of anger on her face.

"No, don't think too much about it, Misaka-senpai." Natsume Sonoko hurriedly grabbed Misaka-senpai and waved her hands.

The time for the club activity arrived as scheduled, but someone did not step out of the school gate as usual. Instead, he sat in a seat in the school cafeteria, somewhat bored, with Tsuchimikado sitting on the cleaning robot next to him.

"Oh, so, Natsume-san, are you worried about how to get back to the student dormitory?" Tsuchimikado-san said with a leisurely tone and a calm smile on his face.

Due to the invitation from Wannai-san and Aobu-san from the swimming club, Misaka-san and Shirai-san both became swimsuit models.

"Actually, that's not the case. Shirai said she would come back to pick me up." Natsume said blankly, shaking his legs.

"Natsume-san, you can't always rely on others like this. You have to learn how to solve problems yourself, otherwise you will cause trouble to others."

Tsuchimika suddenly showed a serious expression and spoke in a serious tone, although her leisurely tone did not seem to have any deterrent effect.

"Hey, but Tsuchimikado-san, the school bus isn't running yet."

Natsume Sonoko said hesitantly that given her current situation, if she didn't use her ability, the best way would be to take the campus bus back to the student dormitory.

"Actually, I have a good idea. Whether it's stairs or slopes, it can deal with these problems, and the safety factor is super high." Tsuchimikado said seriously to Natsume Sonoko, and then patted the cleaning robot under him.

The cleaning robot is a white cylinder half a person's height, and even sitting on it will not affect the operation of the robot.

The cleaning robot of Academy City encountered pressure that it shouldn't have encountered at this age, and inexplicably became the mount of a little maid.

Under Natsume Sonoko's suspicious gaze, she was suddenly picked up and thrown onto a nearby cleaning robot.

“These cleaning robots seem to be wandering around randomly, but they all have a 3D map of the Seventh District. Not only can they identify buildings and floors, but they can also specify routes manually. So all you have to do is select the area you want to go to on the robot’s control panel. Isn’t it very convenient?”

Tsuchimikado squatted down and fiddled with something on the robot's panel with a faint smile on his face, as if he was showing off his discovery.

In Tsuchimikado's opinion, the role of a cleaning robot is not just cleaning, it is also a very convenient means of transportation, but no one has paid attention to it.

Just when Natsume Sonoko was trying to struggle to get down, the cleaning robot under her had already run away. Her center of balance was a little unstable, and it took her a while to adapt to this change.

It has to be said that the robot's dodging and obstacle-crossing skills are much stronger than those of normal people.

As Natsume Sonoko was nervous, the cleaning robot climbed down the restaurant's stairs, but it did not jolt as expected, but was steady. When it landed steadily on the ground, Natsume Sonoko looked at the cleaning robot with some curiosity.

It doesn't seem as bad as imagined.

"How about it, it's pretty good, isn't it?"

A familiar voice sounded in my ears, and Tsuchimikado-san was sitting on another cleaning robot with a slightly smug look on his face.

"Wouldn't it be weird for us to do this?" As a person who rides a bicycle in a skirt, Natsume Sonoko raised her own question.

"No way, there's a slope ahead, hold on tight." Tsuchimikado took the lead and rushed forward, while Natsume Sonoko held on to the robot and followed closely behind.

After swiping the card at the entrance of the school garden, the two guys sitting on the cleaning robots rushed out amid the stunned expressions of the management staff.

The cleaning robot moves very fast, but it can detect obstacles even faster, so there is no need to worry about hitting pedestrians and vehicles. If we ignore its essential purpose, it can be said to be a perfect means of transportation.

Natsume Sonoko opened her eyes wide and watched the robot use continuous drifting technology to avoid four or five passers-by. This exaggerated efficiency made Natsume Sonoko completely ignore the fact that it was a cleaning robot, and instead she seriously considered using it for transportation.

"Are you surprised? This is the power of technology." Tsuchimikado said with some pride.

Sitting on the robot mount, Natsume Sonoko's eyes flickered with an inexplicable light. The nervousness she felt at the beginning was gone. As the cleaning robot was too reliable, she seemed a little bored. Her whole mind was immersed in this novel experience.

Love it, love it. Is this the state that Tsuchimikado-san is in now?

After taking Natsume Sonoko back to the student dormitory, Tsuchimikado left with peace of mind. However, Natsume Sonoko did not go back to her dormitory obediently. Instead, she studied the cleaning robot with great interest.

After fiddling with the control panel for a while, the robot under Natsume Sonoko started moving again, as if it had found some interesting toys, and it looked quite energetic.

At the same time, in a high-tech studio, there is special technology that can constantly change the background, and it is the kind of real background that can be touched and felt.

The background at this time is the beach by the sea. Shirai is sunbathing and seems to have discovered something. He slowly takes out a vibrating cell phone from his schoolbag under the beach chair.

"Okay, I got it." After turning off the phone, a strange look began to appear on Shirai's face.

"What happened?" asked curiously, Senior Misaka, who was wearing a conservative swimsuit and building a castle on the beach.

"It's nothing big. Natsume just said that she has found a way to get back to the student dormitory, so I don't need to pick her up. It's really surprising." Shirai said hesitantly.

Chapter 67: A Ghost in the Tokiwadai School Uniform

In the flower bed not far from the student dormitory of Tokiwadai 7th School District.

A cleaning robot was blown half a meter off the ground by a gust of wind and was struggling and unable to move. Since it had not suffered any substantial damage, the cleaning robot did not send out any alarms to the nearby areas. In short, everything seemed normal.

The security robot that occasionally patrolled near the school's student dormitory, after automatically looking up the identity information of a certain Natsume Sonoko, left the tortured cleaning robot as if nothing had happened, leaving the chassis of the cleaning robot spinning wildly as if it had suffered a lot of injustice.

As her calf injury had yet to recover, Natsume Sonoko sat on a bench in the flower bed, where she had unimpeded access to the cleaning robot half a meter above the ground. She frowned as she studied the control panel on the cleaning robot.

Unlike security robots that have certain attack capabilities, the control panels of these cleaning robots do not require any permissions, and they can be found basically everywhere in the Academy City.

Natsume Sonoko looked through the 3D map of the Seventh School District on the robot with some curiosity, and found that except for some important areas, the rest of the map was very complete, and she could even find Teacher Xiaomeng's home directly from the map.

Moreover, the map is updated very quickly. The industrial area that was just destroyed a few days ago is now marked as no-entry on the map.

"It turns out there are so many fun places in the Seventh School District. Wow, there is even a newly opened underground street here." Natsume Sonoko was a little excited at this time and couldn't put this new toy down.

Looking at the sky, the sun was still high in the sky. Natsume held his chin and thought for a long time, and made a decision. As expected, he still wanted to ride it around.

However, Natsume Sonoko still felt that something was wrong. It would be weird to sit on the cleaning robot and move around.

After a while, a certain Natsume Sonoko, sitting on the cleaning robot, opened her eyes wide, and stabbed into the dense crowd like a sharp knife, but the people nearby seemed not to notice Natsume Sonoko.

The robot turned left and right, and amid the noise of the crowd, it emerged steadily from the other side.

"It's strange, why has the temperature here risen so much?" Just as the robot passed through the crowd, several people nearby expressed the same confusion at the same time.

"Did you feel it too? It was just my illusion." The girl who looked like a high school student looked around in surprise.

"I seem to have heard similar rumors, but I thought they were just urban legends." A girl from Zhachuan Middle School analyzed.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were simultaneously turned to an illusory figure floating in the air not far away.

The figure can be vaguely seen wearing a Tokiwadai Junior High School uniform, but the outline of the body is very blurry, and the specific appearance cannot be seen clearly. Even part of the body is missing.

"Is that a ghost?" A girl collapsed to the ground in fear.

"Why did you suddenly disappear?"

In an instant, the ghost in front of them suddenly disappeared like light and shadow, leaving a group of people looking at each other in bewilderment.

Natsume Sonoko sat on the cleaning robot with some interest and seemed to be enjoying the ride.

However, the temperature around Natsume Sonoko seems a little abnormal. The different temperature leads to different density, thus creating the conditions for light refraction.

In fact, there are many uses of refraction, and there are several uses mentioned in Natsume Sonoko alone.

First, it can directly refract the light coming towards you at a certain angle, making it impossible for people at that angle to observe you accurately.

Secondly, for the light that has already shone on you and reflected out, you can tamper with your position in the eyes of others through refraction, just like the current situation.

The latter situation is like a fish swimming in a clear river. If a fisherman holds a harpoon and spears the fish in the direction he sees it, he cannot reach it. He can only spear the fish by aiming below the fish.

Natsume Sonoko's development of these two methods is still relatively primitive, but the effect of superimposing them on each other is surprisingly good, even making the phantoms produced by refraction become blurred.

The more troublesome problem now is the phantom running around. Although Natsume Sonoko knows that it is herself, the problem is that she cannot control the position of the phantom after refraction very well, causing the phantom to float around all the time, like a ghost floating in the Academy City.

The problem of the phantom still needs to be improved, but Natsume Sonoko's mind is obviously not here. In a blink of an eye, she has bypassed four or five streets and is heading towards a farther place.

After strolling around the newly opened underground street, time gradually grew late, and Natsume Sonoko, sitting in the cleaning robot, finally returned to the student dormitory.

.....

After the bandage was removed in the hospital and the doctor checked her again, Natsume Sonoko, who was almost fully recovered, showed a look of joy.

"The recovery is going well, much smoother than expected. There are basically no problems now." The female doctor sitting opposite said with a smile.