Temperature Control in Academy City

During the days she worked at the Daidoji Group, apart from helping to collect various business information, the only other thing she did was to keep lowering prices.

They lowered the price of the building, the security team's share of the cost, the price of the equipment, and now they have begun to lower the price of the heroine without any burden.

Of course, the only thing that was spared was probably the employees’ meager salaries.

As a member of the vast working population, Shatora adheres to the principle that her salary is the most important thing. At her suggestion, the salaries of the employees of the Daidoji Group's Academy City branch were increased by an additional 20% to match the price level in Academy City.

At the same time, as the secretary of the chairman, Shatora has considerable privileges. As long as the chairman has no objection, all her daily expenses can be paid by the company.

"After all, if you are too nervous when facing a young lady like this, you won't be able to hold on at all."

“I can only relax a little in between work.”

Biting the straw and mumbling a few words, Shatora felt the sugar pouring into her mouth, and a delicious expression appeared on her face.

Although the eldest daughter of her family had a bad personality and a bad temper, her style of letting go after formulating a plan was still very good, which made her feel like she was back in the Black Crow Corps.

Her boss assigns her tasks and then she controls the overall situation. It was almost the same feeling when she worked under Letili before.

It’s just that Letili might believe in her own abilities, while her own eldest daughter is simply too lazy to do it.

Fortunately, this way she can handle her work completely at her own pace, and she can also squeeze out a lot of time to slack off.

"Yes Yes Yes."

"I understand, Miss Natsume."

Shatora responded to the girl on the microphone somewhat nonchalantly, and her tone sounded more and more perfunctory.

I think the eldest lady would not care about such a trivial matter, but she has to do a lot of extra work because of the other party's divergent ideas.

Just after hanging up the phone, Shatora's eyes suddenly fell on a street shop that was facing her from a distance, just on the other side of the street.

Several girls in a somewhat weird atmosphere were sitting on seats near the window. A tall girl with fluffy brown hair was staring at the crowd outside the window with wide eyes, while the other three ordered a large amount of desserts each and enjoyed their last meal before the battle.

If the goal this time is to get the eighth place, then conserving energy and gathering strength is definitely the most correct tactic.

"Muino Muino, the pudding here tastes really good."

The blonde girl curiously took a bite of the dessert on the table and immediately said with wide eyes.

"Of course, this is the restaurant that all those rich ladies eat at. If the food isn't good, it will be razed to the ground by a bulldozer." Juanqi nodded in agreement.

Although those young ladies were not very good at fighting, it must be said that they still knew how to enjoy it.

Moreover, the consumption here is frighteningly high. Even the scholarships of ordinary students in the Garden of Learning cannot support the expenses here, so it is specifically for those high-ranking and genuine young ladies.

After all, the young ladies are also divided into different levels.

If Natsume wasn't a person with super powers, she would probably be just an ordinary girl in school, and her situation wouldn't be much better.

"Is that the atomic collapse of the 'Tool'? Probably the other main members of the 'Tool' as well. Yeah, it seems to be correct."

"But this is one of the most important hearts of Academy City. Why are they gathering here?"

With one hand on his head, he looked a little surprised. Shatora focused his gaze and thought about something in a trance.

She had dealt with many Anbu when she was working at the Star Track Gate Society.

Even if you have never made formal contact with some Anbu, you have learned some intelligence about them. Among them, the two Anbu 'props' and 'schools' that are more worthy of attention are undoubtedly the two that have super-powered people in charge.

But after all, this is the Academy City. As long as they don't want to pay the price of being cleared out by the Academy City, even the ruthless Anbu will have to avoid this troublesome place where the interests of many chaebols and wealthy families are gathered.

In the final analysis, the Garden of Schools was just a company city made up of many chaebol groups. As long as the high and mighty chairman did not show up, the entire city was basically managed by representatives of various interests.

Even at this intersection closest to the School Garden, security robots can be seen almost everywhere. I heard that there are security personnel dispatched by group companies nearby all year round.

"No matter which young lady the other party is looking for trouble with this time, what does it have to do with me?"

Lowering her head and taking another sip of honey milk tea, Shatora glanced at the large amount of film project materials she carried with her, then stretched lazily as if it had nothing to do with her.

If I interfere and cause these files to be damaged, I will inevitably be scolded by that bun-headed guy.

Besides, Atom-Hankai is a superpower, so it's better for her to stay away from him. She doesn't have any useful technological equipment, nor any subordinates to command.

Chapter 764: All-Member Attack 'Props'

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The bicycle chain made a pleasant friction sound as she pedaled vigorously. The girl held the handlebars with both hands and raised her head confidently. Then she accelerated as much as she could under the curious gazes of the people around her, and soon she was left with only a graceful back.

It is not known whether Natsume Sonoko has any intention of being in the spotlight, but as the only one of its kind in the school garden, even the elementary school girl who happened to pass by with an ice cream cone opened her mouth in surprise.

Look, that big sister seems to be even taller than a bicycle. Is it really okay for her to just run around on the street like that?

However, the kind-hearted girls who were concerned about the safety of their older sister were still a minority. At the same time, several meaningful glances noticed the weird junior high school girl who was riding a bicycle and felt so good about herself.

The closed-circuit television hanging in the dessert shop on the side of the road was broadcasting the news, and an announcer in a neat suit was reading the script that had just been delivered.

This is big news that happened on the other side of the world. A large-scale protest against Academy City broke out in a foreign city. Several companies and external institutions related to Academy City were besieged and attacked, resulting in a certain number of casualties.

The news also showed men and women holding banners and waving torches. The scene of tens of thousands of people gathered together, captured by a drone, immediately gave people a chill that went deep into the bone.

This kind of news has become very common on Academy City's TV channels recently, just like the three meals a day. Even Academy City itself knows clearly that it is facing the imminent pressure of war.

However, apart from the worry and panic in the first few days, the customers in the store had long since regained their composure, and were even too lazy to pay attention to such information that was too far away from them. Several Anbu girls were staring at the glass windows, not caring about anything except the eighth person.

Most people in Academy City were able to regain their composure and even become indifferent. In addition to the fact that everyone's attention was always easily drawn to other things, it was probably also related to the recent "Interceptor Weapon Show".

Although a certain girl with a bun head doesn't like this kind of technology that is specifically designed to kill people, she still thinks it is quite important as part of Academy City's external deterrent force.

"Takitsubo, can you locate the eighth aim field now?"

Mai Ye Shenli suddenly asked a faceless girl beside him, and a trace of seriousness unexpectedly appeared on her face.

Takitsubo rarely fails in tracking the force field of people with special abilities, especially after taking something called "body crystal". Even if the other party runs to outer space, they cannot escape their tracking.

However, a problem arose not long ago. Although Takitsubo had recorded the eighth-place aim field, he failed to lock onto the opponent's position as quickly as expected.

According to Takitsubo himself, the AIM force field emitted from the eighth person's body surface may have become unstable or even irregular, and its main manifestation is that it is intermittent and cannot be captured for a long time.

It was as if something was subtly interfering with the Eighth's brain, causing obvious disruption in the normal release of the AIM force field.

Every time I tried to locate the eighth position through the aim force field, I would soon be disturbed by that force and then various problems would arise.

Simply put, there is something wrong with the eighth person's brain.

Moreover, in this case, the "body crystal" used to enhance the ability is also difficult to play a role. After all, the use of the "body crystal" is also based on the stability of the force field, and the eighth force field seems to be busy disconnecting all the time.

"The force field on the eighth is still very chaotic."

"But with such a close observation, I can already find changes in the other party. Just as I expected before, the aim force field on the eighth person is suppressed by something at any time, as if his thinking is suspended."

"And those aim force fields that were emitted intermittently now seemed more like the debris that the brain forcibly broke through after being suppressed to the extreme for a period of time. The most important thing is that the information of these debris appeared in various different confusions when being disturbed, which was different from the force field information of the eighth position at the beginning, which made it difficult for me to capture it."

Takitsubo Rikou hesitated for a moment before answering.

She tried to describe what she saw in the simplest way possible, but in fact the changes that happened to the eighth person were even more special.

Sure enough, this kind of close-range observation is the most useful. Previously, I wanted to use the aim force field to observe from a distance, but the result was that I couldn't even find the shadow of the person.

In this case, as long as the eighth person is not too far away, she can find the approximate location when the other party releases the strange force field through real-time observation within a smaller range.

Of course, it is not directly observing the eighth force field, but rather looking for the unstable one among the nearby stable force fields.

Although it is far less convenient than usual, this is the limit of what she can do.

It is like a striking red dot suddenly appears on a map, which can roughly define a range, instead of an arrow that directly locks on the opponent in real time as before.

But if she exceeds a certain distance, she will be helpless, and even if she takes the "body crystal", she will not be able to hold on for long.

"Mind pause? Is this true or not?"

"Isn't the eighth one riding her bicycle normally now? Ah, the eighth one is about to ride away."

Flanda was already wearing a strange fox mask on her face, revealing only a pair of bright eyes.

This time, the attack of all the 'Props' members undoubtedly made Flanda a little nervous.

On the one hand, the opponent this time is the eighth person, and on the other hand, Flanda does not want the eighth person to recognize her.

I was very lucky the last time I encountered this person, but I didn't expect that the eighth person would be the type who is face-blind to foreigners.

However, if they met again in broad daylight, even Flanda could not guarantee whether the other party's face blindness could be cured.

She still values ​​her friendship with Saten Ruiko very much.

If the eighth person interferes, then I might lose an important friend.

"Frenda, what are you thinking of doing by putting on a funny mask? Are you planning to apply for a clown position in the circus?"

Mai Ye Shenli turned around and was very angry. He looked at Franda beside him with great dissatisfaction.

But it was too late to deal with Flanda at this time, as the eighth figure on the bicycle had already run away.

With almost no hesitation, Mai Ye Shenli and several girls filed out of the shop.

This was not the place where they planned to fight with the Eighth. It was too risky near the school garden. They originally planned to sneakily follow the Eighth to a more secluded place.

I remember that they originally planned to ambush the other party on the road to school, but considering that the other party might not return by the same route, they just waited near the gate of the school garden.

"Remember to keep a distance of more than 100 meters. If you are too close, the other party may be able to sense it."

Mai Ye Shenli stretched out his foot and kicked the door of a van parked on the side of the road. A yellow-haired boy with a nose ring was startled and immediately straightened up in the driver's seat.

Mai Ye Shenli recently asked someone to get a lot of information about the eighth person from a research institute. The most crucial part was the specific data left by the other party when the superpower was promoted.

This gave Mai Ye Shenli a lot of confidence, and coupled with her own diffusion support semiconductors, the balance of victory and defeat began to tip in her favor.

"Hehe, it must be hard for a big guy like you to stay here."

Frenda followed Takitsubo to the back seat of the van, and when she looked up she saw a hunched-over gorilla boy who was barely able to squeeze into the car.

The other person's arm was unexpectedly wrapped with some gauze, as if he had been injured just today.

The bad boys who were sent with them were basically sent to do various errands and act as spies. Only the two leaders of the bad boys were kept with the "props" members because they were of some use.

After briefly testing the combat capabilities of this young man named Komaba Reidu, Mugino was ready to use him as a cannon fodder like a meat shield.

Meanwhile, Hamazura Shiage, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was being 'valued' in a different way because of his criminal skills such as forging false certificates, picking locks to steal cars, and dismantling ATM machines.

"Don't be so distant, Komaba. We'll be companions from now on."

Frenda tapped her head with her fist and gave a playful smile.

"Becoming Flanda's companion is extremely dangerous."

Juanqi, who was behind him, made the most sarcastic comments and sat in the corner with a serious look on his face.

If the person in front of him intends to defect, it is very likely that Flanda will be the one to deal with him.

"If I become an ANBU, maybe I can protect the people I want to protect."

"Although we are no longer protected by any of Academy City's laws, it also means we are no longer bound by them."

Komaba Reid on the side still looked a little silent, obviously he had not yet adapted to his sudden change of identity.

Chapter 765: Entering the State

There is nothing more depressing than feeling uncertain about your future, and this is just a daily part of life for the ANBU.

Hamazura Shiage skillfully drove the van, which was his first time driving, and blended beautifully into the busy traffic with just one turn of the steering wheel, and stubbornly followed the short girl who had helped them not long ago.

As a newcomer who joined the group inexplicably, he had no idea why the Anbu's 'tool' was tracking the eighth person, but as long as he saw the boss Mai Ye Shen Li next to him with his arms folded and a gloomy face, he knew that it would definitely not be a good thing.

"If possible, maybe this time I can repay the help I received..."

Hamazura Shiage was thinking about something in his head, but he quickly suppressed those thoughts from his heart.

He should be thankful that he can survive in such a place.

And the eighth one is at least a person with super powers, so he won’t suffer any big loss no matter how you think about it.

Ahhh~

Natsume Sonoko controlled the bicycle with one hand, and then she rubbed her nose uncomfortably, as if she had a cold.

But now is not the season when flu is frequent, and I rarely catch a cold because I keep warm all year round, so I must have been too busy recently.

There is nothing that can be done about it, since I am an outstanding girl who is highly respected by everyone.

Thinking of this, a hint of inexplicable boasting flashed across her little face, and Natsume Sonoko's ability to brag about herself was getting better and better.

But then again, there were still a few hours left before the time agreed upon with Shokuhou-senpai and the others. If they went too early, they would just be waiting for someone alone. The bun-haired girl had just left school on her bike and didn't have any destination she had to go to for the time being.