Temperature Control in Academy City

In this extremely short period of time, it can be said that even someone with spatial abilities would not have enough time to leave.

"I see. In order to deal with me, you actually used me as bait. You are really determined."

Accelerator's eyes had no extra emotions, instead he opened his arms to welcome this round of bombardment. To be honest, Accelerator still felt that this was much more interesting than the experiment content that was like playing with dolls.

"However, these are not enough for a villain like me who has committed unforgivable crimes."

Accelerator looked at his body being submerged by iron sand indifferently, but a strange light flashed in his eyes.

The light all around was distorted, and even the air was pushed away by the dense iron sand. A pitch-black curtain began to wrap around Accelerator's body, one layer, two layers, three layers, and then slowly formed a huge black sphere.

At this time, Senior Misaka released the electric current with difficulty. Her strength was almost exhausted, and she could only barely support the electromagnetic barrier on her body surface and eject the dense and fine iron sand.

The whole person fell to the ground, Misaka-senpai's hair looked very messy, and the casual clothes she picked out at the mall were already tattered. Fortunately, there was no danger of exposing herself, but Misaka-senpai could not care about these things now.

Grabbing a protruding steel bar, Senior Misaka finally stopped her downward trend.

As she looked upwards, the iron sand around her was attracted into the air. A huge aggregate black ball spanned the sky. It could be seen from a long distance and was even darker than the night.

All the iron sand in the sky finally fell, the magnetic field dissipated, and the move that was ready to be launched finally exhausted its last bit of strength.

Accelerator's body was also wrapped by the huge sphere and was deeply trapped in it.

Rumble.

Without support, the huge iron ball fell from mid-air, smashing down the walls of several floors of the building, cutting the original height of the building in half.

The iron sand sphere began to slowly disintegrate, and like a black waterfall, the iron sand particles continued to leak toward the ground.

Suddenly, the iron ball vibrated violently, and a big hole appeared in the middle, forming a neat cross-section, and Accelerator's figure appeared again.

Although his body was still intact, even his clothes were not torn, his breathing became involuntarily rapid, and his demand for oxygen seemed to begin to increase.

As for Senior Misaka on the other side, she knelt on one knee, leaning against the wall weakly, breathing heavily, her clothes already soaked with sweat.

"I'm surprised that you can make it this far. Now I understand why those old guys ranked you third."

Accelerator fell from a great height, his steps seemed somewhat frivolous and casual. He seemed to be in poor health due to lack of exercise, but no one could ignore the man in front of them.

"Well, now the game is over. I had a lot of fun tonight, so I'll temporarily forgive you for ruining the experiment."

Accelerator walked in front of Misaka-senpai and spoke in a condescending manner.

At this moment, Accelerator's phone vibrated slightly, which made him stop in his tracks.

"Ah---, I was wondering what happened to you guys. Today's experiment is a complete mess." At this time, Accelerator held his forehead and said.

"I'm so sorry, but the signal from your location seems to be severely interfered with. We were unable to inform you of the latest information in a timely manner."

"We found that the signals of Misaka Mikoto's clones active in the Seventh School District have been lost. However, from the memory of Misaka's clones updated a day ago, we already have a few suspected targets."

There was a middle-aged man on the other end of the line, and his tone seemed somewhat flattering to Accelerator.

"Regarding the current situation, I personally suggest that we temporarily extract a Misaka from the research institute, or it would be safer for you to go and retrieve the clone for the experiment." The middle-aged man opposite said cautiously.

"That's enough. I don't have time to clean up your mess. I have to go back now."

Accelerator glanced at Misaka Mikoto and spoke viciously to the man on the phone.

"Really? Then we will arrange the experiment another day. But you can rest assured that we will send out the Anbu to search for clues as soon as possible."

The middle-aged man opposite seemed to wipe his sweat off his forehead and continued speaking along with Accelerator's words.

"Yifang, Yifang, are you still there?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was still ringing, but Accelerator narrowed his eyes slightly, ignoring the male voice that was still asking questions on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, a hint of curiosity appeared on Accelerator's face again, and he began to look at Misaka Mikoto seriously.

"There is something wrong indeed. You shouldn't be such a quiet character. Even if you don't scold me to death, you should at least give me a few rounds of the Railgun."

Accelerator muttered to himself while tilting his head slightly.

Accelerator gently waved his hand beside Misaka-senpai, and Misaka-senpai's figure shattered like a mirror flower and water moon, and the next second, Misaka-senpai's body returned to its original state.

After trying a few times, Accelerator turned off the phone he was on and looked around with a concerned look on his face.

"So it's a light-type ability. But if you want to take someone away like this, you underestimate me."

Accelerator smiled softly, but his face turned fierce because of this smile.

Accelerator can also control light, but since he can only control it through the surface of his skin, he does not have the ability to refract clones like someone else.

Due to long-term reflection of harmful rays such as ultraviolet rays, his skin and hair turned white.

At the same time, due to the lack of these external stimuli, his body's hormone secretion is abnormal, making it impossible to distinguish his gender. (For now, let's treat it as a male, he and she must use one.)

Directly opposite Accelerator, the figure of Misaka-senpai began to blur.

But in the next moment, another Misaka-senpai appeared around Accelerator, followed by two, three, four,... ten, twenty.

"It's getting more and more interesting. I'll play with you, the one with the hidden light ability."

Accelerator smiled and stomped his feet hard on the ground. The iron filings around him were like sharp blades, cutting through countless figures of Misaka-senpai, and the selection was completed in an instant.

And because the iron sand shattered a large number of tiny ice prisms in the air, a large number of phantoms in the air began to disappear, and only a few remained.

Before it could even stop, this huge ocean of iron sand formed into flying chains, the number of which was impossible to count. The moment they were formed, these chains began to dance wildly.

Since the opponent is a person with special abilities who can hide his body, all we need to do is use area attacks. Since the bodies of people with light special abilities are so fragile anyway.

Just as Accelerator was controlling the chains to attack everywhere, Natsume Sonoko had already brought Misaka-senpai to the back of the building that was cut in half.

After finding a relatively flat place, a high platform made of ice appeared out of thin air and connected to the wall of the building.

"Misaka-senpai, are you okay?"

Looking at Misaka-senpai with some worry, Natsume Sonoko asked.

"Natsume-san, I'm fine. But it's very dangerous here, Natsume-san, you have to leave immediately."

Misaka-senpai stood up slightly and looked at a certain bun-haired girl worriedly. Although she had warned him many times before, Natsume-san still intervened in this battle.

"It's okay, that damn white-haired guy won't be able to find us."

Natsume Sonoko thought for a while and said, according to her understanding, although the white-haired man can control vectors, there should be no way to use it to find people.

Unless Accelerator can control vectors tens or hundreds of meters away out of thin air.

Otherwise, even if he could control the air to strip away the medium needed for light refraction, Natsume might not be powerless to fight back when it comes to the air.

Basically, all vector ability users need touch to exert their abilities, and the range is limited to the surface of the skin. This is also a shortcoming compared to ability users of other systems.

By the way, since light has a light-emitting point, intensity, and size, it is also a vector.

But things seemed to have changed a little. Just when someone thought there was no problem, a large number of flying chains suddenly appeared around him.

These chains were no longer scattered like before, but were connected at the ends to form something like a whip.

Even though the control range is only on the surface of the skin, Accelerator can transmit his ability to the ground through his shoes and control the iron gravel on the ground through the ground.

Because it is necessary to maintain a certain connection with Accelerator, the bottom ends of the iron chains are rooted in the ground, and all the iron sand is connected end to end to maintain a whole state.

With a light jump, Natsume-san and Misaka-san jumped over the chain, just like playing a skipping rope game, although it was a little inappropriate on the ice.

After jumping three or four times, the ice platform under his feet was finally smashed into pieces by the iron chains.

As the platform was shattered, the two people's figures immediately tended to fall, but Natsume was quick-witted and a rising air current appeared, supporting his body, while Misaka-senpai was hanging on the wall of the building.

Natsume's updraft has undergone many modifications and can now provide stable updrafts that are not limited to a certain area. A steady supply of hot air is constantly replenished through a complete circulation system.

A solid layer of ice appeared on the rising air currents, emitting a chilly cold air, but it returned to normal temperature as it approached Natsume Sonoko.

Natsume stood up tremblingly. It felt like he was standing on the rocking car in front of the Jiajiale supermarket, and he felt like he was back in his childhood.

However, due to the emergence of updrafts, the surrounding airflow was disrupted and an iron chain was suddenly blown away.

"Got you."

The chain's sudden vector change was also fed back to Accelerator's mind at the same time. Although it was very slight, he still noticed it.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he saw some prey.

The chains around immediately received the order and rushed to the area just now like a tide. Even more and more chains gradually appeared on the ground.

Natsume Sonoko pursed her lips slightly, noticing the change, and immediately knew in her heart that Accelerator had discovered them.

At this time, Natsume's face turned a little red. He seemed to have said something big just now, but that was because of the asymmetry of information and it didn't count.

As a large amount of iron sand chains rushed over, Natsume Sonoko was no longer in a hurry. A huge wind pressure appeared around her, blowing the chains around her into pieces in an instant.

After the iron sand was scattered, it immediately lost Accelerator's control and turned into black dots that fell downwards.

Senior Misaka next to him was no less capable. She had great control over iron objects. She could at least slightly rotate the magnetic field and all the chains would break.

As the iron sand fell to the ground, Accelerator's face became expressionless, and he suddenly raised his head and his body began to leave the ground.

Accelerator changed the vector of his feet and stepped forward with force, which gave him a huge upward force and sent him flying into the air.

However, at the moment when Accelerator flew up, countless ice cones fell from the sky, blocking Accelerator's vision.

Just by slightly rotating the air, the ice cones turned into powder, but another layer of solid ice immediately covered Accelerator's body.

Just as expected, the ice began to break and scatter, but immediately regrouped and tried to freeze Accelerator once again.

After several attempts, Accelerator's power to stay in the air was exhausted and he had to return to the ground again, but the ice on his body was still persisting.

Chapter 148 Exposed (First Update)

In the blink of an eye, even the ground was covered with a layer of ice crystals, the temperature around began to drop, and the area within dozens of meters nearby turned into a snowy country.

The drifting ice flowers danced in the air, as if covering the air with a layer of silver.

Natsume's mind was empty, and he tried his best to sense Accelerator's location. However, just like what Maruko thought, Accelerator also had body temperature, but it seemed to be a little lower than that of ordinary people.

The reflection that Accelerator usually uses is limited to reflecting heat from the outside world, while the heat generated by Accelerator himself is discharged from the body like an ordinary person. Natsume can easily sense his position through this.

This is of course predictable. If Accelerator also emits the heat from his body at the same time, his body temperature will continue to rise due to the inability to dissipate heat or uneven heat dissipation, and he will have to be hospitalized and isolated.

As a passive skill that is always activated even when sleeping, this point is obviously not overlooked.

As Accelerator fell to the ground, he felt a chill unconsciously on his body and a look of disgust appeared on his face. He could reflect the kinetic energy of the ice, but he could not ignore the temperature of the ice. His body temperature began to drop a little.

Accelerator's abilities can be simply divided into reflection and manipulation. Reflection is an ordinary 180-degree reflex, which has been imprinted in Accelerator's mind and body like an instinct. Except for the minimum amount of light and heat needed to maintain life, he reflects almost everything else. Reflection usually only requires very little calculation to complete.

Once manipulation is involved, it is necessary to first calculate the 'direction before manipulation', and then calculate the 'reverse direction after manipulation', so the required computing power is greatly increased. The iron sand chain and flying sky just now are the result of his manipulation.

However, even if Accelerator has activated the reflex function on his body, he can still control the heat on the surface of his skin to flow out of the body faster due to the lower temperature.

Without hesitating for a few seconds, Accelerator began to control his body temperature, allowing the heat to return to his body so that the outside temperature would not take away his body temperature.

He already had corresponding preventive measures against this kind of tactics.

And at the moment when Accelerator began to manipulate the heat, the heat map in a certain ball-headed guy's head disappeared, and the surroundings immediately became dim, with only the red figure of Misaka-senpai clearly visible.

"Why did it suddenly disappear?"

Natsume Sonoko muttered to herself, with a look of surprise on her face.

"Natsume-san, let's leave now. Our battle with Accelerator is over now."

Misaka-senpai suddenly said to Natsume Sonoko, a serious look on her face.

Even if she did not defeat Accelerator, she achieved her goal of fighting with Accelerator, which also caused a major loophole in the deduction of the tree diagram designer. So now all she has to do is go back and ask the tree diagram designer to report the false prophecy, and then find a way to make it self-destruct.

"Misaka-senpai, I think your plan..."

Natsume Sonoko suddenly thought that this plan might not be 100% safe. In her memory, it actually failed in the end. However, Misaka-senpai's face was very serious, as if she didn't want Natsume to continue to be involved in this battle.

After all, the other party is Accelerator.

Natsume Sonoko looked at the wounds on Misaka-senpai's body hesitantly. Although the bleeding on Misaka-senpai's forehead had stopped, abrasions and bruises were still everywhere on her body, and they also needed treatment as soon as possible. Perhaps taking Misaka-senpai away was the right choice.

But at this moment, the building suddenly shook violently.

Accelerator did not try to hide his ability, and the building that was cut in half was uprooted. Accelerator controlled the building with one hand and swept it in all directions.

Natsume himself was also within the attack range of the building, and was blown over by the air wave created by the building. As Misaka-senpai was right on the building, she disappeared along the building, and went on a spontaneous trip with the building.

There was no time to care about Misaka-senpai at all. Natsume's updraft framework was immediately destroyed, and she fell to the ground. In the next second, a pair of wings made of tornado were inserted into her body.

The tornado rolled up the air around it, making a whistling sound. The powerful storm swept through the surrounding buildings, throwing the flying bricks and steel bars aside. It seemed that it also rolled some iron sand into its wings, staining the wings with some black.

Natsume Sonoko was floating in the air with an expressionless face. She was so flustered that she didn't know what to do, so she seemed very calm.