Temperature Control in Academy City

"Nice to meet you, Natsume-san. I'm Mitsuki Umihara."

The man did not look at the cleaning robot parked beside him, but looked up at the sky above the alley with a smile. He was already familiar with most of Natsume Sonoko's information, and he could almost guess the other party's possible actions in advance.

Even the information that the other party likes to use cleaning robots for transportation is not a secret among some deeper levels of the dark forces.

Having said that, Mitsuki Kaihara has a rather thin and slender figure, but judging from the muscle density on his body, he has a healthy body like an athlete.

His skin is incredibly white, which is somewhat similar to that of a certain person with white hair. He looks like an ordinary high school student, but his temperament seems more mature.

"You don't want to respond? Natsume-san probably doesn't know me yet. Actually, my grandfather is the chairman of Tokiwadai Junior High School."

"Of course, I'm not bragging. I just want to get closer to Natsume-san so that our subsequent conversation won't seem so abrupt. By the way, Natsume-san should know Misaka-san, so maybe she has heard of my name."

With a smile on his face, Mitsuki Kaihara didn't care that no one responded and just continued talking to himself.

When talking about Misaka Mikoto, his tone became gentler.

"Misaka-senpai? Umihara Mitsuki?"

Natsume Sonoko, who was in mid-air, was slightly stunned, and she suddenly remembered something.

During the time when I left Academy City to spend the summer vacation outside, I heard that there was a guy named Mitsuki Kaihara who had been pestering Misaka-senpai and confessing his love to her all day long.

At that time, Natsume Sonoko listened to this gossip carefully, and felt that the troubles of the seniors were really complicated. Later, she heard the news that Mitsuki Kaihara was kidnapped and finally escaped, but Natsume Sonoko didn't pay much attention to it.

"In fact, I came to see Natsume-san this time because I received the order from the chairman."

At this time, Mitsuki Kaihara in front of him continued speaking.

"The chairman of Tokiwadai?"

Natsume Sonoko finally spoke.

"It's the chairman of Academy City, and it's about Misaka's parents."

"Natsume-san can change the opinion of the chairman all by himself. It's really something that I have to pay attention to."

The smile became more gentle, and Mitsuki Kaihara stood half of his body in the shadow of the alley and replied with a smile.

"What are you talking about?"

Raising her eyebrows, Natsume Sonoko understood the first half of the other party's sentence.

But she was totally confused as to why she had changed the chairman's opinion.

By the way, does she know the chairman of Academy City?

Chapter 683: Proposing Suggestions

Well...I think I definitely don't know him.

Natsume Sonoko sorted out her memories carefully and found that except for occasionally passing by the building without doors and windows when flying, she had nothing to do with the chairman at other times.

Speaking of which, Natsume Sonoko is still quite curious about the mysterious chairman. In the impression of most students in Academy City, the chairman is a super weird character who likes to hide in the building and never come out. Because he has not appeared for a long time, he has long become a symbol in the student community.

However, the other party has lived from the early days of the establishment of Academy City to the present, so if you think about it, he should be quite old.

Is it because of limited mobility that they can only stay in their room? Or is it because they are too old and need to stay in a hospital bed?

Natsume Sonoko raised her eyebrows. She had guessed this for a long time.

Having said that, apart from the difficult-to-understand second half of Mitsuki Kaihara's sentence, which said that he alone could change the chairman's opinion, Natsume Sonoko immediately reacted to the other party's purpose in the first half of the sentence.

Is this person in front of me going to talk to me about Misaka-senpai's parents, and he is asking for this at the request of that mysterious chairman?

It was discovered so quickly.

Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but pursed her lips, feeling a little hesitant.

I just received a request from the bad boys last night, and was ready to destroy the plan to attack Misaka-senpai's mother, but the next day I was visited by the guys from the General Council. The bad boys' confidentiality work was really bad.

Out of an inexplicable self-confidence, a certain guy with a bun thought that the problem was not on his side.

Thinking of this, Natsume Sonoko's gaze towards Umiya Mitsuki changed, and the other's smiling face suddenly became disgusting to her.

Academy City has a very bad side, a dark world that is completely detached from the daily life that Natsume Sonoko is familiar with.

When Natsume Sonoko faced this dark side, her first reaction was a feeling of disgust from the bottom of her heart.

"I'm sorry, was I not clear enough?"

"Natsume-san should be familiar with the 'recycling movement', which advocates that parents can take their children away from Academy City during the war and wait until the war is over before returning the students from all over the world."

"It was originally just a normal public relations event between a few parents, but with the interference of some external forces, it has become a major crisis that must be dealt with. Just from my personal opinion, it is a terrible thing for the students to leave Academy City, both for Academy City and the students themselves."

Half-leaning casually against the wall surrounding the alley, Mitsuki Kaihara withdrew his gaze from the air and began to speak in a serious tone.

Let's not talk about the loss of Academy City. Once these students leave Academy City, whether they can come back is not decided by their parents. The external forces he mentioned are the many countries or organizations that want to obtain superpower development technology from Academy City, not the magic side that is currently the most hostile to Academy City.

"Of course I know about this."

"But it is definitely unacceptable to develop it to the point of attacking parents."

At this time, Natsume Sonoko also forgot that she was going to be late for school, and her mind started to work quickly. An illusory shadow also fell to the ground, revealing a particularly dissatisfied thin face.

Although it was the first time she met the guy in front of her, Natsume Sonoko was not polite at all when she spoke to him.

A certain girl with a bun-like head was actually very angry that some adults in Academy City made such a terrible decision and were actually planning to kill Misaka-senpai's mother in Academy City.

However, Natsume Sonoko also thinks that the "recycling movement" should be stopped, and that Aunt Misaka Misuzu's approach is actually not desirable.

The outside world is not too dangerous for people with super powers like Natsume Sonoko, and they can live a normal life there. However, it is different for people without super powers like Tsuchimikado and Saten.

The only place in the world where people with special abilities can live a normal life are the twenty-three school districts surrounded by the outer walls of Academy City.

"The source of this attack plan actually came from several directors of the unified board of directors. It is currently the simplest solution to deal with the 'recycling movement'. Although there are also several directors who oppose it, it has been voted on in the past few days. However, as for the chairman, he has reservations about this and rarely votes on such matters."

"However, due to Natsume-san's sudden intrusion, this simplest plan has become an unreliable and high-risk proposal. In order to prevent the situation from deteriorating to the point where some dangerous measures must be used, the chairman feels it is necessary to have some private contact with Natsume-san."

Mitsuki Kaihara still had a smile on his face. He organized his words in his mind before speaking.

As Aleister's direct ANBU, Mitsuki Umihara, who has another face, performs his duties as a middleman meticulously. Although he has not been in Academy City for long, he seems to have been entrusted with many responsibilities.

His current job is to convey Aleister's will to the ignorant junior high school girl in front of him.

Mitsuki Kaihara had no idea why Aleister attached so much importance to the opinion of the girl in front of him, and he chose to change his plan because of the girl's intervention. He also had no idea what role the Eighth played in Academy City.

However, Mitsuki Kaihara knew one thing very well. From some of the words of the chairman, the girl in front of him had successfully won over the fifth person in Academy City, plus the third person who was closely related to this matter. Now there were already three superpowers standing on the opposite side.

At the same time, Accelerator might also be involved because of his relationship with Last Order.

In this dangerous period when there may be large-scale friction with the magic side or even a full-scale war, it is very stupid to cause such strong turmoil inside and cause multiple superpowers to have different degrees of resistance. When such a large number of superpowers were involved, the plan to kill Misaka Misuzu had completely failed.

In Mitsuki Kaihara's opinion, Chairman Aleister might not want to cause any more accidents before the war.

"I understand. Is Mr. Chairman willing to listen to my opinion?"

Natsume Sonoko stood there in a daze for a few seconds before she suddenly realized.

She suddenly felt much more energetic, and she was no longer sleepy when it came to giving suggestions.

Originally because of this attack, her favorability towards the Board of Directors had hit rock bottom, but now it seemed that this chairman was a pretty good person.

Chapter 684: Group

Natsume Sonoko has always had a habit of giving suggestions. She always wants to have a say in things she doesn't like, and this is not the first time she has stuffed letters of suggestion into the principal's office.

Unfortunately, even though he has many ideas, a girl with a bun on her head still cannot get a position as the most intelligent one in the several small groups he is in. Currently, she can only be regarded as an indispensable morale-boosting role in the team.

With her eyes slightly widened, Natsume Sonoko's gaze towards Umihara Mitsuki changed again.

People who are willing to communicate are definitely much better than those who resort to violence at every turn.

Although this proactive way of coming to the door seemed a bit too abrupt and inevitably made people feel strange, Natsume Sonoko still felt very happy at this time.

"Would you like to hear Natsume-san's opinion?"

“But it can be considered so.”

There was a dumbfounded expression on his face. Mitsuki Kaihara was silent for a moment before nodding his head in response. Even Mitsuki Kaihara found the chairman's strange behavior a little unbelievable.

He carefully recalled the conversation between Aleister and himself and found that there was indeed something unusual in it.

The chairman of the board is not an easy person to talk to, let alone directly finding a student to ask for his or her thoughts.

How could a guy who is extremely indifferent, who attaches great importance to rationality and efficiency, who promotes his own consciousness like a machine, and who can ignore the wailing, pain, madness, and despair of others... and who has turned this academy city into a huge testing ground for people with special abilities, have such... normal behavior?

But it was this person named Aleister who actually terminated the previous Absolute Ability User experiments and sent 20,000 clones of Misaka Mikoto to various parts of the world for treatment. This was very difficult to understand for many scientific researchers.

Even if the 20,000 clones were not destroyed, it would not be necessary to spend such a huge amount of money to carry out physical repair treatment on the clones. This behavior is very abnormal.

However, from Mitsuki Kaihara's perspective, the only possible reason why Lord Aleister did this was that these actions were in line with his own interests or ideas.

"I still can't see clearly what the chairman is planning."

Even though he felt it was very strange, Mitsuki Kaihara shook his head and didn't think about it any more.

He is just an executor now, not a spy. It is better for him not to try to guess his boss's thoughts while staying in the dark department.

However, his boss's mind had changed, and even Mitsuki Kaihara breathed a sigh of relief.

Due to a reason that is not convenient to say out loud, such as liking a junior high school girl who can flirt on Bilibili, Mitsuki Kaihara is actually opposed to attacking the representative of the "recycling movement" and is also working hard for it.

Therefore, after much consideration, he only found those guys from the "Armed Incompetent Group" to act as the first wave of attackers.

There wasn't even a single ability user or well-trained ANBU among these attackers. Even those who had pistols were almost all masters of outlining. This was the weakest group he could find in Academy City.

Moreover, Mitsuki Kaihara also knew that there was a certain connection between the group of armed disabled people and the eighth one, and he ignored all of the other party's self-rescue actions.

That's right, Mitsuki Umihara was also the main executor of the attack on Misaka Misuzu.

Although he was directly under Aleister's command, some cleanup tasks were also assigned to the Anbu 'group' he was currently in.

This dark department named 'Group' was newly formed not long ago. There are currently four official staff members, not including support and logistics personnel.

But this time there was no white-haired old man with an electrode collar and a cane. Instead, there was a legal Gothic loli who knew astrology magic and wore gorgeous Gothic dresses all day long.

I heard that the Gothic Lolita lived for more than a thousand years, from the distant Middle Ages to the present, and was dozens of times older than the other three people in the "group" combined.

This also made Mitsuki Kaihara feel a little tricky. He really didn't know how to communicate normally with these almost mythical humans. The two had no common language at all.

Fortunately, the thousand-year-old loli named Letili didn't talk much, which avoided some awkwardness among the Anbu members.

As for the other two people in the "group", they are Tsuchimikado Motoharu and a space-ability user named Aoki Yuzumi. In comparison, they are far less troublesome than Letilee.

“Can I make any comments?”

As soon as the other party finished speaking, the shadow of Natsume Sonoko beside him became eager to try.

This was the first time that the adults were willing to listen to her ideas. Although she didn't know what was going on, she couldn't miss this opportunity to at least let her speak out.

"Then the first order of business must be to abandon tonight's attack."

Without any hesitation, Natsume Sonoko spoke impatiently.

"I understand. I will pass it on to the Chairman."

With a gentle smile on his face, Mitsuki Kaihara immediately responded.

"If possible, I hope to get Senior Kumokawa to join us in responding to the 'recycling movement'."

"Although the 'recycling movement' is the product of the conflict between parents and Academy City, there is no reason for the students involved to be excluded."

Remembering what she had discussed with Shokuhou-senpai before, Natsume Sonoko thought for a moment before speaking seriously.

She and Shokuhou-senpai had agreed last night that Kumokawa-senpai would be the one to express the ideas of these psychic users to the General Council.

Shokuhou-senpai herself is not trusted, and Natsume Sonoko has no other skills except giving advice.

Thinking about it this way, Senior Kumokawa, who has established a firm foothold in the General Council with her speaking style and eloquence, is almost the only candidate the two of them can think of.

Also because she was confused by Aunt Misaka Misuzu's affairs, Natsume Sonoko finally agreed to Shokuhou-senpai's plan. This was the first time she did such a bold thing.

This is different from fighting with someone on the street. This is the first time that Natsume Sonoko is prepared to use her identity as a psychic to contact the official agencies of Academy City.

But it's different for Shokuhou-senpai. She has long been familiar with how to deal with those guys, and is much more adept at this than Natsume Sonoko.

Facing the dark side of this city, if you don't show your sharp claws and shake your tail sting that is enough to sting people, you will definitely have a hard time.

As Sonoko's senior, Shokuhou Misaki feels that it is her obligation to guide little Sonoko and help her understand that being a good student is enough in front of the school and parents.

"Is that Kumokawa Seriya?"

He raised his head in surprise. It was obvious that Mitsuki Kaihara had also heard of the 'brain that dominates the darkness'.