Temperature Control in Academy City

Waving goodbye without taking away a cloud, Natsume Sonoko resolutely embarked on the journey back to her student dormitory.

When I looked back suddenly, I saw more than a dozen Misaka sisters lying on the railing on the second floor. More than a dozen Misaka sisters wearing military goggles, reflecting blue light, were looking at me.

Walking on the road, there were some different emotions on Natsume Sonoko's face.

The absolute ability user evolution experiments in recent days have been cancelled, but maybe tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or some time, these experiments will still be carried out, which also puts heavy pressure on Natsume Sonoko.

"Time is running out. I guess I have to work overtime tonight." Natsume Sonoko was thinking silently.

The problem of eating for Misaka sisters is actually still within controllable range. After all, the Misaka sisters with lower serial numbers still have money.

At worst, I could take Misaka 9977 and the others and take turns pretending to be Misaka-senpai to eat in the school cafeteria, or ask Tsuchimikado-san to help make an extra-large bento, but that would be too conspicuous.

The most important issue is still to stop the experiment. It seems that the armed and powerless groups in Academy City will face another bloody storm tonight.

As for the group marks snatched from the group of powerless people, except for those kept by Misaka No. 9982, Natsume Sonoko threw them all into a storage room in Misaka Apartment.

Rubbing her eyes, Natsume Sonoko forced herself to stay awake, her face full of sleepiness and dark circles under her eyes like a giant panda. The words that she had originally advised a teacher who did not take good care of his body came true to her once again.

A guy sneaked out of the dormitory again last night and brought warmth to those sleeping bad boys.

"I remember it was around twelve o'clock when I came back yesterday."

Just as she was thinking about something, a dorm supervisor came towards her. Natsume Sonoko hurriedly lowered her body temperature and contracted her capillaries to make herself look more energetic.

"Good morning, Master."

With an obedient smile on her face, Natsume Sonoko greeted her.

"morning."

After passing the dorm supervisor, Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but quicken her pace.

Recalling the serious look of the dorm supervisor, his eyes narrowed, his nose slightly turned up, a certain confused bun-head secretly remembered in his mind, is this the only way to become dignified?

......

After leaving the student dormitory, Natsume Sonoko went to the agency she had met yesterday to sign the contract. She did not need to pay a deposit, but she did need to pay the rent one month in advance.

After paying the money with some heartache, Natsume Sonoko took a deep breath and calmed her fluctuating mood.

"It's Shirai-san."

After wandering around the door of the real estate agency for a while, Natsume Sonoko suddenly spotted Shirai-san on patrol.

According to Shirai's daily patrol route, he shouldn't have run that far at this time, so something must have happened.

"Natsume, it's you. You didn't go to the library to study early in the morning, but are now leisurely wandering around." Shirai stopped and looked at Natsume Sonoko calmly.

"Why are you going to the library? The school is still on vacation." Natsume Sonoko looked at Shirai strangely.

I have finished my holiday homework long ago, so I will go to the library after school starts.

"By the way, has there been another case? I remember this should be the patrol area in the afternoon. Has it been changed again?" Natsume Sonoko said curiously.

"You guessed it right. I don't know what happened recently, but a guy wearing black clothes or a cloak or something inexplicably attacked the bad boys in various school districts. Now the bad boys have all come to our place."

"Although there haven't been any attacks yet, those bad boys are looking for something, but it will be a big problem if it continues."

Rubbing his head silently, Shirai also felt troubled by the sudden increase in the number of delinquent boys in recent days. However, delinquent boys were relatively easy to deal with, at least much easier than those with special abilities.

"So Shirai-san is investigating this matter."

Natsume nodded and said, feeling inexplicably embarrassed in his heart. This was something he had exposed himself. As he thought about it, his face turned red.

"It's not just this incident. There are also stored-value cards in envelopes. The Internet is full of these news. It seems to be leading bad boys to some corners."

Shirai looked at the blushing Natsume Sonoko in confusion and continued to reason.

When Shirai-san gets serious, he turns out to be a really good detective. He can immediately see the purpose of these two things.

What happened on the Internet was just as Natsume Sonoko expected. Once something happened in reality, it would immediately become a hot topic on a certain website. This was the result that Natsume Sonoko came to after experiencing it many times.

The turmoil on the Internet was even more intense than in reality, and it immediately attracted groups of bad boys to flock to the Seventh School District, fantasizing that they could find a token of a certain group and become the core figure of the group in one fell swoop.

While the two were talking, more than a dozen groups of bad boys appeared from the nearby corners. The density surprised Natsume Sonoko.

"It looks like I did a good job."

Natsume Sonoko thought seriously for a while and counted carefully. She found that she had visited almost 30 groups of people with disabilities.

"By the way, the time for training and testing has been arranged. It will be in September of this year."

"If Natsume-san passes, maybe he can actually become a member of the Discipline Committee."

Finally, Shirai-san talked to Natsume Sonoko about the discipline committee training, but a certain absent-minded guy just kept nodding his head.

"Don't worry, I understand."

Natsume Sonoko said solemnly, training is so hard, I won’t go.

After waving goodbye to Shirai, Natsume Sonoko's destination was naturally the small apartment from yesterday.

As soon as I arrived at Misaka Apartment, I saw five Misaka sisters squatting in the yard to bask in the sun.

In fact, there is a small courtyard of more than ten square meters next to the apartment, which is the gap between the green belt and the house. This small courtyard doesn’t even have a gate.

"Why are you squatting here?"

Since the Misaka sisters look similar, Natsume Sonoko can't tell the difference between them.

"Misaka 9978 is absorbing solar energy and attempting to carry out photosynthesis." A Misaka sister looked up and said to Natsume Sonoko who was walking in.

"Due to the lack of sufficient research funds, Misaka 9980 has fallen into a low-consumption energy-saving state." Another Misaka sister said.

Natsume Sonoko understood it all at once and looked at the time. It was almost noon.

Each Misaka has a different financial situation. For example, Misaka No. 9982 still has more than 9983 yen in savings, while No. , who follows behind, is almost bankrupt.

As expected, even among Misaka-senpai’s clones, there are Scoia’tael and Moonlight Tribe members.

Because of these different personalities and differences, Natsume Sonoko once again deepened her determination to help the Misaka sisters.

Natsume Sonoko thought about it. Although she was still worried about the Absolute Ability User Plan, she also considered another problem that Misaka sisters were facing at this time.

"I see. Actually, there is an activity in Academy City called food tasting."

Natsume Sonoko paused for several seconds before speaking.

A large group of people formed a cone-shaped formation and moved forward. Not long after, they arrived in front of a familiar supermarket.

"Yuanzi, Yuanzi, I'm here."

Not long after entering the supermarket, Natsume Sonoko saw a girl in a white nun's uniform waving at her excitedly, holding four or five empty boxes of food samples in her hands.

Chapter 137: Butsuki Toshin

Line up and eat fruit.

Natsume Sonoko and a few others joined the food tasting line, and the queue suddenly became much longer.

In addition, a local boss named Index almost monopolized the food tasting activities of the supermarket.

Holding a paper box and using a free spoon to scoop out the jelly provided for tasting, Natsume seemed to think the taste was very good and decided to add this brand of jelly to the next supermarket purchase.

"Having gotten the largest portion of jelly, Misaka No. 9877 showed a proud expression."

"Jelly? Misaka No. 9981 suddenly feels that the octopus balls in his hand are not fragrant anymore."

Several Misaka sisters were sitting in a common area of ​​the supermarket, talking about something at once, causing passers-by to unconsciously look at them.

"Dear guest, each person can only taste the food once during the food tasting event."

The saleswoman gave an awkward smile and looked at the Misaka girl in front of her with some helplessness.

"I see. But Misaka 9980 hasn't tried the octopus balls yet." With strange military goggles on her forehead, Misaka 9980 said solemnly with some certainty on her face.

"But this is the rule, we can't..."

The saleswoman's face became hesitant before she finished speaking, because she noticed that five students wearing identical Tokiwadai school uniforms were all looking here.

"Okay, so you are twins. But you can't cheat, each person can only take one."

"Thank you very much. Please add a little of this seasoning. Misaka No. 9980 smelled the aroma and showed an expectant expression." Misaka sister nodded slightly and looked at the tasting booth in front of her with anticipation.

"Okay, thank you for your business."

The salesperson was not used to the way Misaka sisters spoke and could only nod continuously.

There are quite a lot of things for tasting in the supermarket, all of which are normal sales quantities, and some people can’t finish some of them in a short time.

After finishing the jelly on her hand, someone suddenly patted her arm. Index, with a mysterious look on her face, blinked and looked at Natsume Sonoko.

"What happened?" Natsume Sonoko said in confusion.

With her arm held by Index, Natsume Sonoko had no choice but to follow Index to a corner of the supermarket. There was a small chair in the corner with some comic books placed around the chair.

"Dangdang."

"Yuanzi, Yuanzi, this is my exclusive seat."

"Is this your exclusive seat, Index?" The girl with the bun-haired hairstyle tilted her head, looking a little confused.

"It was a big sister in the supermarket who arranged it for me. Now I am an employee in the supermarket."

As if somewhat dissatisfied with Natsume Sonoko's questioning, Index took out a work ID from her pocket and showed off.

"Work ID?" Nodding slightly, Natsume Sonoko took the work ID, which looked quite formal.

【Jiajiale Supermarket Employee ID Card】

[Name: Index]

【Position: Food Taster】

"Amazing."

Natsume Sonoko looked at Index with some surprise. It turned out that she could find a job by eating.

"Hehe, in addition to tasting, I am now also responsible for getting rid of the food that is about to expire in the supermarket. In order to prevent customers from buying these foods, I work very hard and patrol at least three times a day."

Index jumped onto the chair, put her hands on her hips, raised her head slightly, and a smug smile appeared on her face.

“Hey, as expected of Index.”

Natsume Sonoko opened her mouth slightly, her tone a little surprised.

I subconsciously didn't ask about the compensation for this job, thinking that it must be a certain Index that caused trouble to the supermarket operation.

Index seemed very satisfied with Natsume Sonoko's expression, and she couldn't help but feel more proud.

"By the way, Sonoko, are those guys your people?"

At this time Index finally remembered that she seemed to have seen those people who came with Sonoko somewhere.

"They are Misaka sisters, um... my new friends." Natsume Sonoko thought for a moment and said, while Index beside her nodded with some understanding.

"As expected, when you make friends, Sonoko, you will take them to the supermarket to eat free food. It seems that you are as poor as Touma."

Index nodded, her eyes full of thought and wisdom, as if she saw through a certain bun-head.

"No, there's a reason for that."

Natsume Sonoko seemed dissatisfied with Index's opinion and hurriedly explained.

"By the way, Sonoko. During the last midsummer festival, I noticed traces of magic on your body. But since it was a blessing and protection magic, I didn't care."

As they were chatting, Index suddenly started talking about magic, which made Natsume even more confused.

However, this person has also experienced many ups and downs, and has spent quite a while with the magical girl Kamijou Kaori who likes to wear ripped jeans.

Could it be about the ancient magic circle on Conan's body? But according to Kamijou Kaori, he should not be affected.

She actually has quite a bit of faith in Kamijou Kaori's magic, so that shouldn't be the problem.

Natsume Sonoko also reacted at this time. The girl in front of her, who looked similar to herself, seemed to be on the magical side, but every time they met her, she only focused on eating.

"Magic? How can I have that?"

Natsume Sonoko thought about it seriously and felt that she seemed to have nothing to do with magic now.