Temperature Control in Academy City

The second person in Academy City with super powers, the legendary unreal matter, is capable of transcending the existing laws of physics.

His ability allows him to create substances that do not exist in reality.

These substances are substances that humans will never find in the real world, or substances that exist only in theory.

This person who possesses this almost fantastic superpower firmly stands at the second place in Academy City's lv5. His rarity is even higher than that of Accelerator, who is at the first place. After all, the ability of the Vector System is not uncommon in Academy City.

"What a vicious guy."

Natsume Sonoko calmed her heartbeat and glanced at the guy from a distance. The ferocious expression on his face was revealed without any concealment. Natsume Sonoko felt that this guy looked like a complete violent maniac.

Regardless of whether he is a bad guy or not, Natsume Sonoko instinctively chooses to keep a certain distance from this guy who looks difficult to get along with.

Although they are both level 5, she still thinks Misaka-senpai and Shokuhou-senpai are easier to get along with.

As for these strange lights.

Natsume Sonoko looked at the light covering her with some curiosity.

What surprised her was that her ability of optical refraction could not refract the light away, but instead ignored her ability and shone on her body.

Another strange thing is that this light is different from ordinary light. These lights suddenly disappear as soon as they touch her body, without any reflection, which is completely inconsistent with Natsume Sonoko's physical cognition, which also causes Natsume Sonoko's figure not to be exposed.

This is actually the power of primordial matter, which can create matter that is not subject to the laws of physics, and these substances will have abilities given by the creator.

"It turns out that the ability of this light is to detect people nearby."

When Yuwang Wanhua and Bowhun Liehu, who were not far away, were illuminated by this light, they began to glow bright red. Just sensing these lights from afar, Natsume Sonoko suddenly understood something.

But why was he not discovered? He was clearly within the range of this light substance.

I had some doubts in my mind, but the surroundings suddenly became dim, and the light just now almost completely disappeared.

Less than ten seconds after the light disappeared, another ball of light rose into the air and lit up the nearby sky again, but at the moment of lighting up, the sky suddenly turned bright red.

"Sure enough, it still failed."

The ferocious expression of the brown-haired boy froze, and then he showed a helpless look. Even though he had created a light substance that could detect the spread of aim, it was not very practical in Academy City.

AIM's diffusion stance is actually a special kind of energy, but because there are too many people with special abilities in the Academy City, this energy exists in the air. If you want to make it practical, you have to prevent these lights from coming into contact with the air.

"It seems that we can't catch that person."

"You are in such a mess. A person with special abilities who came out of nowhere has forced you to this extent." After retracting his abilities, the brown-haired boy looked at the two embarrassed subordinates beside him with some dissatisfaction.

"The opponent's ability can directly heat up the air, which is almost impossible to avoid. After all, people can't help breathing. If it was an ordinary temperature ability user, it wouldn't matter. I could kill him easily, but the opponent can almost perfectly hide his body. The combination of the two makes him like a natural ANBU killer."

Yuwang Wanhua walked forward and said thoughtfully.

"It's really interesting." The brown-haired boy murmured to himself.

The sky became a little strange. In an ordinary student dormitory, a white-haired villain was sleeping on an iron bed that was half smashed. He could only lean his body on the side that was barely still standing, sleeping on it in a tilted position.

"Tsk."

Through the window with several large holes in the glass, the white-haired villain opened his eyes and glanced at the strange colors in the sky. Then he spat subconsciously, changed his posture and continued to sleep.

District 13, Advanced Education Bureau.

After changing to another train, Natsume Sonoko jumped off nimbly.

She encountered some trouble on the way here, but with the help of Natsume Sonoko, all the troubles were gone in a flash.

She didn't spend too much time there. Since the other party was the legendary Weiyuan substance, I, Natsume Sonoko, was still willing to give him some face.

Well, at least we arrived at our destination safely.

The door of the Advanced Education Bureau was closed, with a big lock hanging on it.

Instead of going through the main door, Natsume Sonoko climbed in through a half-open window.

The building was pitch black inside, with only a little moonlight shining through the windows. It was a bit eerie and scary, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

There were no people, no electricity, and no security system.

It is not known whether it was to make it easier for Haruo Kiyama to be spotted if he appeared, or if she simply felt that there was no need to be invisible in the dark, but the clever Natsume Sonoko also exited the optical stealth mode at this time.

The corners were filled with dust and there were cobwebs all around. The passages were littered with debris and waste paper, just like a scene from a horror movie that Natsume Sonoko had seen before.

"It's such a shame that such a big house is just thrown away like this."

After walking two steps, Natsume Sonoko couldn't help feeling a little emotional. She was thinking about irrelevant things all day long.

Stepping on the ground, a cloud of dust rose in the air, and before I knew it, I had arrived at a place that looked like a laboratory. The light here was very dim and I could hardly see anything clearly.

Natsume Sonoko was in the dark and could only feel that there were many devices like lifeboats inside. Her thermal induction had no effect on these inanimate objects and she could only rely on her self-righteous night vision ability to hold on.

Normally, most people would bring one or more flashlights or glow sticks when they go on an investigation, but Natsume Sonoko was a little different. She didn't prepare anything and just went out on a whim.

This huge laboratory made Natsume Sonoko feel a sense of oppression, but because the light was too dim, she didn't know its specific purpose. She just took a look and went to the next room.

After walking around the Advanced Education Bureau building for more than ten minutes, he still gained nothing even after using his abilities. The empty Education Bureau was deserted without a single sign of a ghost.

Suddenly I felt that I was a little too idealistic. It turned out that I didn’t have the same luck as Senior Misaka.

Can we only go back the same way? Usually something will happen after saying this, but this time it is an exception. The surroundings are still as quiet as a dead zone.

She climbed out of the window, still clean and dust-free. It seemed that Natsume Sonoko had figured out the trick to keep dust away from her.

At this time, Natsume Sonoko looked at the building behind her helplessly. She was really unhappy. She felt that her trip today was in vain. She stopped a robot taxi, adjusted the robot's maximum speed and started to return to the student dormitory.

It was already eleven o'clock, and Natsume Sonoko's cheeks were filled with sleepiness. She remembered that the last time she stayed up late was when she celebrated the New Year with Conan and the others, although the New Year only lasted half an hour that time.

Shortly after Natsume Sonoko left, a somewhat unkempt woman in a white coat appeared near the Advanced Education Bureau.

She turned on the flashlight and began to enter through the gap in the window.

The moment she stepped into the building, the flashlight came on, and she looked with some surprise at the tiny shoe prints left on the thick dust on the ground. They didn't look like they had been stepped on by anyone, and the dust seemed to have been blown away directly by the air flow.

"Has anyone been here?" He raised his head slightly, and his sleep-deprived face began to think.

Judging from the shoe prints, the person shouldn't be too tall and has the ability to control airflow. I seem to have seen someone who meets the requirements somewhere.

Outside Changwatai's dormitory.

Natsume Sonoko skillfully avoided the patrolling robots nearby, took a shortcut to avoid the surveillance cameras, and finally ran back to her room on the air steps.

As soon as she returned to her dormitory, Natsume Sonoko threw herself on the sofa, as if she had vented all her physical fatigue in an instant. After a few minutes, she fell into a deep sleep.

Chapter 100: Package Received

When the rooster sings, the world becomes white.

Early in the morning, Natsume Sonoko's alarm clock rang, and the chirping sound was disturbing someone.

There are four or five alarm clocks placed at someone's bedside, just like a big show. This can be traced back to the time when Natsume Sonoko had plenty of money. At that time, Natsume Sonoko, who was still relatively wealthy, bought many unnecessary things at will.

Natsume Sonoko climbed up from the sofa with difficulty. She felt that she had no strength in her whole body. She glanced at the alarm clock with dissatisfaction, and asked all the people who were disturbing her to quiet down.

Due to lack of sleep the day before, someone may wake up in a bad mental state the next day.

In the student dormitory of Tokiwadai, Natsume Sonoko had no chance to sleep in even if she wanted to, which made her miss the happy life when she could sleep until she woke up naturally at Uncle Mori's house.

Natsume Sonoko found that her eyelids were a little swollen, and the dark circles that had disappeared long ago showed signs of reappearing. This was the price of staying up late.

I washed my face silently, and my tired and haggard face, which looked like that of a middle-aged office worker, finally became refreshed. Very good, I looked thirty years younger in an instant.

She forgot to let her hair down last night, and the bun on her head became crooked. Natsume Sonoko combed her hair again, and she looked familiar again.

When we arrived at the hall, the lights were already fully turned on, and with the noisy voices, it was much more lively here than usual.

The summer festival at the Tokiwadai Student Dormitory is not just the work of Tokiwadai students. At this time you can also see students from the Ryoran Home Economics Girls' School. Unlike their daily maid internships, they are specially hired cooking instructors at the midsummer festival.

Natsume Sonoko walked through the crowd somewhat bored. To be honest, she had no interest in these activities that required her to do work by herself.

Everyone in the student dormitory had to participate in the Midsummer Festival, and Natsume Sonoko was assigned the job of distributing Midsummer Festival brochures and serving as a tour guide, which was considered to be one of the easier jobs and the one that was taken care of.

"Natsume-san, please wait a moment."

Before she even stepped out of the hall, Natsume Sonoko heard the voice of a senior schoolmate.

"Fujiwara-senpai, what's going on?"

Natsume Sonoko stopped and looked back, and saw a pink-haired senior who was a little out of breath.

"Actually, it's like this. A package for you, Natsume, was delivered yesterday. However, due to the Midsummer Festival, the postal lockers were moved away, so some packages are temporarily stored in the dorm supervisor's office." The seniors calmed their breathing and began to explain.

"I see. Thank you, Senior."

It was a bit unexpected. To be honest, she hadn't received any packages for a long time, but she often received various letters.

Who could have sent her a package? Natsume Sonoko was a little curious.

After returning from the restaurant after having breakfast, Natsume Sonoko went to the dormitory supervisor's office to get her package.

By the time I got back to my dormitory, half an hour had passed.

This is a very large box, of course this is for Natsume Sonoko, who can barely hold it with both hands. As for the weight of the box, it is still within someone's tolerance.

The letter was sent from Yahara, which is Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, and the sender was Natsume Takashi.

It turned out to be this cousin.

Natsume Sonoko suddenly realized something. Before returning to Academy City, she had asked Sister Xiaolan to help send some things. She didn't expect to receive a return gift so soon.

There is a huge logistics channel between Academy City and the outside world, namely the 11th School District. More than 7,000 tons of goods go in and out every day. It is an ultra-large logistics transit base. Goods and materials from the outside world all enter through this window.

Also, because the 11th School District has basically achieved a high degree of automation and unmanned operations, the speed of logistics transit in the Academy City is also extraordinarily fast.

Using a utility knife to cut open the box, Natsume Sonoko poured out everything inside.

A thick envelope, a small box, and various unique local snacks. Some of the snacks looked familiar to Natsume Sonoko. She seemed to have eaten them at Natsume Takashi's house a few years ago.

Natsume Sonoko blinked and curiously picked up the snacks that occupied most of the box. These snacks were specialties from Kumamoto Prefecture, and some were even agricultural products made by farmers themselves.

Putting the snacks aside, Natsume Sonoko picked up the envelope.

When I opened the envelope, I found a folded letter and three photos inside.

[Yuanzi, have you been in good health in recent years? Thank you for your letter suggesting that I keep some pets to change my mood, and thank you for the gift you sent.]

[Mr. Cat likes your gift very much. I forgot to introduce him. Mr. Cat is a friend who lives in my house. He is a very spiritual cat.... Auntie suggested that I send some local specialties. I put some of the food you liked to eat last time you came. I hope you like it.]

[By the way, the little box contains a talisman that I made myself. Wearing it all year round might help ward off bad luck. Teacher Cat also contributed to this. Some of the materials inside are cat hair that Teacher Cat dropped. It seems that he also wants to give you a little gift.]

After spending three or four minutes reading the letter, Natsume Sonoko started looking at the photos.

The first photo shows a big boy with a gentle and infectious smile on his face, and a kitten with strange patterns sleeping on his shoulder.

There are ten short red spots on the cat's face, and orange and gray markings on its forehead and body.

"So cute, is this the cat teacher?"

Natsume Sonoko's eyes were wide open as she looked carefully at the cute kitten in the photo. It was almost exactly the same as in her memory.

This harmless appearance is just a disguise; in fact, it is a very powerful high-level monster.

Although monsters are more unreliable than magicians, like magicians, both seem to be real.

In this somewhat confusing world, Natsume Sonoko feels that these so-called monsters might be the original stones existing among animals and plants, or the descendants of these original stones.

It can be said that no one can guarantee that the special innate superpower phenomenon of raw stone can only occur among humans.

In the entire vast biosphere, there are many other creatures living there than humans. Although humans are powerful, they are only the most advantaged one among them.

Of course, this is just someone's guess, don't take it seriously. Maybe the monster is just a collection of some energy in nature.

Retracting her wandering imagination, Natsume Sonoko looked at the second photo, which showed her uncle and aunt, who were also the current guardians of her cousin Natsume Takashi.

The third photo is a full-body photo of the cat teacher. At this moment, he is lying in front of the fully automatic cat feeder drinking water, with his tail drooping on the ground. The whole cat looks a little out of spirits.

After looking at these photos, Natsume Sonoko calmly accepted the information in front of her. Having seen more, whatever happened was just an ordinary thing.

Some people even want to hug the cat teacher and call him "mother".

That's it?

Now Natsume Sonoko can even accept that one day a group of ninjas wearing forehead protectors will run out from somewhere. Maybe this is what growth is.

The last item is the small box. It is made of wood and there is nothing special about it.

When he opened it, he found a well-made amulet inside, about half the size of his palm, with the words "Peace Guardian" embroidered on it. It seemed that his cousin Natsume Takashi's craftsmanship was pretty good.

The fabric of the amulet is very common, exuding a medicinal fragrance. It feels soft to the touch and seems to be filled with a lot of fabric, but after thinking about it, you know it is Mr. Cat's cat hair.