Temperature Control in Academy City

An accident happened while they were walking, and one of the three people stopped unexpectedly.

A gun appeared and was pointed at the head of a guy with a ball-shaped hair. A ferocious-looking guy with a scar on his face said threateningly.

"Brother, we've captured the hostage. He looks weak and not threatening at all."

"Well done, let's get to the rooftop quickly, there's a helicopter there to pick us up, and those guards are about to catch up."

The leading man nodded, and nodded encouragingly towards the scarred man, as if praising him for a job well done.

One of the hostages looked at the three people curiously, licked the cake at the corner of his mouth, and had a blank look on his face as if he was thinking about something.

Natsume quickly figured out what was going on. The two accomplices pretended to be nurses and rescued the patients who were being held by the guards.

"Hurry up and stop wasting time. Hey, there are still drinks."

The scarred man said impatiently, and seemed to see the drink that Natsume was holding, and reached out for the drink.

About two or three minutes later, the security guard finally arrived.

There were three guys lying in a mess in the corridor. Two of them were foaming at the mouth, and one of them was twitching uncontrollably, probably due to spasms caused by the low temperature. There were also several pistols dropped in the corner.

"Natsume-san, you've been gone for a long time." When Natsume Sonoko returned to the ward, Saten-san's face came close to her.

"We encountered some problems on the way." Natsume distributed drinks to everyone and said a little embarrassedly.

Chapter 159: Lingzi is born

Beside the bed, Natsume Sonoko drank a can of red bean soup with satisfaction. The sweet and smooth feeling made her breathe a sigh of relief.

She couldn't help but look at Misaka-senpai and the others. She had only been out for a short while, but it seemed like something unexpected had happened.

"The holiday is about to end, so I suggest that we hold a book club tomorrow."

Saten-san held up a finger, a gleam in her eyes, and spoke with interest.

"Anyway, everyone hasn't finished their holiday homework, right? So let's finish them all at once tomorrow." Saten continued, looking at others with an expectant look.

"I still have some reading notes to finish, and I have no objection." Chuchun seemed a little worried about writing reading notes, and nodded.

"So, I haven't finished my holiday homework yet."

Miss Shirai was suddenly startled. She had completely ignored the issue of holiday homework. As a discipline committee member, how could she waste her precious time on something like homework?

However, judging from the normal speed at which Shirai writes his letters of apology, it probably wouldn't take much time.

"Yeah, and we can also buy some ingredients. Wouldn't it be fun to hold a book club and eat hot pot together?" Saten continued to suggest.

"I agree." Harukami was the first to raise his hand, his face showing some eagerness to try.

Regarding things like book clubs, a certain meatball-headed girl had solved this kind of thing called holiday homework a long time ago, but she was very interested in the suggestion of eating hot pot.

"Well, how about everyone prepare some ingredients and then cook them together."

Although she joined the conversation only halfway because she was running errands, Natsume-san still took the initiative to strike up a conversation with great interest.

"As expected of Natsume-san, your taste in hotpot is the same as mine," said Saten-san in agreement.

"As for Banri, he should be able to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, so come along." Misaka-senpai looked at Banri Edasaki who was lying on the hospital bed with a smile on her face.

"I understand. I will definitely be there on time." Edaseki Banri nodded vigorously.

"But if it's a reading club, it would be meaningless if it ended too early. Onee-sama, Natsume-san, I suggest that we postpone the reading club until after lights out." Shirai-san suddenly said.

"But what about the dorm supervisor?" Misaka-senpai was a little hesitant.

"Don't worry, onee-sama. We can write an application to go out. As long as the procedures are reasonable, the dormitory supervisor will definitely be magnanimous." Shirai said with a relaxed expression.

After staying in the hospital for a short time, Natsume Sonoko originally wanted to visit teacher Kiyama Haruo.

Unfortunately, Mr. Kiyama had been discharged from the hospital a day ago, so someone had to give up the idea.

Misaka Apartment Building 1.

Since the Absolute Ability Project has been terminated, the number of Misaka sisters wandering around Academy City has not increased further and remains the same as before.

The Misaka sisters have been acting strangely lately, and like to do things that are hard to understand, but they can all be attributed to their curiosity about the world.

At this time, several Misaka sisters were curiously staying in one of the houses, looking at Reiko, who was lying on the blanket with a strange look, with inquiring eyes.

"Zero's appearance is a little suspicious. She looks very different from usual. Instead, she looks a little like a baby crying," Misaka Ichiman thought thoughtfully, recalling the milk powder advertisements he had seen on the roadside.

"Based on my understanding of current society, this phenomenon can be called learning. Reiko has suddenly learned the technique of crying. Misaka 9985 thinks this is something to be happy about."

Just as several Misaka sisters were discussing something, Reiko's crying became louder and louder, and she looked at the Misaka sisters with aggrieved eyes.

"I think we should ask Natsume-san to come over. As a senior, she should know more about this aspect," Misaka No. 9982 suggested.

The skull ring in Misaka No. 9982's hand emitted a faint fluorescence, and it seemed that it noticed that Zero's crying showed no sign of stopping, and the whole person immediately fell into a state of thought.

Due to some reasons, or perhaps it was the lack of care on the part of a certain guy, although the Absolute Ability Project has been terminated, he seems to have completely forgotten the various symbols of the armed powerless group that he left at Misaka 9982.

I don’t know when in the future the annoying girl with the bun will think of this matter again.

Regardless of these things that make people sad and cry, Lingzi's current appearance is indeed a little unusual.

I don’t know when it started, perhaps because of the high-intensity brain activity not long ago, which caused Lingzi’s brain activity to increase and her autonomous consciousness also formed.

But because the formation time is relatively short, it looks no different from an ordinary baby and can only cry.

On the other side, Natsume, who was thinking about something, was suddenly stunned, stopped, and fell several meters behind Misaka-senpai and the others.

It was a bit strange that I suddenly heard the baby's voice.

"Natsume-san, what happened?" Senior Misaka also turned around and asked with some concern.

"It's okay, I think I was hallucinating." Natsume raised his head and said uncertainly.

After a while, the baby's crying became louder and louder, even breaking through the sky, making Natsume Sonoko's head buzzing. This made a guy who was always a step slow in some things react.

It turned out that it wasn't an auditory hallucination, but something about Lingzi. No wonder I always felt it was something strange.

As soon as the guy with the ball head reacted, he immediately diverted some of his thoughts to Lingzi.

He controlled Lingzi to sit up and subconsciously touched his face, only to find that it was covered with tears and snot, which was sticky and uncomfortable.

Just when she was a little confused about the situation, she saw the Misaka sisters' goggles pressed against Reiko's forehead.

"Zero, you're finally back to normal. I definitely didn't secretly upload Zero's crying image to the Misaka network, Misaka No. 10000 tried to quibble."

"Did I cry?"

After hearing what Misaka's sister said, Reiko muttered to herself.

He just tried to calm down and concentrate, and immediately felt a new wave of consciousness occupying Lingzi's brain.

"Um, who are you?"

Natsume tried to make contact, and she found that she seemed to be able to communicate and converse with that consciousness.

“Ah, ah, ah…”

The other party only conveyed some ambiguous words, which made Natsume Sonoko understand at once that Zero was born.

A girl with a bun on her head felt a little embarrassed. So, does that mean her career as a guardian is about to begin?

Chapter 5: Level Assessment Quota

Guardian, this is really a very heavy topic.

Natsume Sonoko was clearly not mentally prepared enough. Apart from always being fully prepared when it came to reading comics and eating sweets, she was somewhat restrained in doing anything else.

I'm only twelve years old, but I have to take on the responsibility of raising Lingzi alone.

This kind of responsibility makes a certain girl with a meatball head feel overwhelmed, but she has no intention of shirking responsibility.

I have already agreed with Mr. Kiyama that Natsume will use the computing power of the biological computer and will also be responsible for taking care of Zero's growth and life.

I thought a lot and fell into a daily divergent thinking, but this divergent thinking only lasted for a few seconds before I was awakened by a burst of crying again.

"Wow, ahhh..."

The sound of a baby crying rang in his head. It was a little different from what he heard with his ears. Instead, it was directly perceived by Natsume's consciousness, just like a tweeter playing directly in his head in a loop.

"Well, I don't understand what you mean."

Natsume's face was full of embarrassment. He was at a loss as to what to do. Even when he was walking, he became absent-minded. He had no intention of listening to the conversation between Misaka-senpai and Shirai-san.

What should I do? This guy has no experience at all in this regard.

Not to mention children, she had never even raised a cat or a dog, except for occasionally feeding the black cat that always came to her.

Feed something?

Hearing Lingzi's crying, Natsume's eyes lit up, as if he had found a very good idea, and the panic on his face immediately calmed down a little.

Yes, baby food seems to be sold in supermarkets, and if it is on sale, the price will be cut in half.

Although it is a bit strange to find baby food for sale in a student city like Academy City, if you ask, you will find that the products are complete and the supply chain is intact.

But Lingzi seems to be an older baby. His body is much stronger than that of a certain bun-head, and his digestive system is fully developed. Wouldn't it be too strange to feed him baby food?

Then feeding shaved ice, octopus balls, etc. sounds good too.

After thinking for a while, Natsume Sonoko decided to use a more compromising method, which was to drink milk.

If you want to drink milk, drink Musashino milk. It tastes good, is nutritious and helps you grow taller. Even the cute teachers in a high school said it was good after drinking it.

'Zero' stood up, and the one being controlled was naturally Natsume himself, but now there seemed to be another problem, that is, how to feed Zero. (In order to make it easier to distinguish, when Natsume controls the body, the Zero will be enclosed in quotation marks)

"I remember buying some Musashi no milk before."

'Zero' passed the Misaka sisters and started searching in the refrigerator in the kitchen.

The refrigerator contains some ingredients that are easier to handle, such as self-heating bento boxes or sushi, and of course milk.

After the Misaka sisters accepted the financial support from Misaka senior, all of them have escaped poverty and are living a well-off life, and Zero has also benefited from this.

"Then the easiest way is to drink it directly."

'Zero' put the milk aside, went to the faucet to wash off the snot and tears on her face, and then opened the package of Musashino milk.

Gurgling.

So sweet and delicious.

While drinking, Natsume-san couldn't stop drinking, and her stomach was immediately full.

what.

The guy with the ball-shaped hair let out a comfortable breath and closed his eyes as if he was savoring the taste. The feeling of drinking the milk also reached him.

However, at this time, Lingzi's consciousness also calmed down. Lingzi could also feel the sweet touch of milk, which made her consciousness become somewhat active.

After licking the remaining milk on his lips, someone discovered Lingzi's change. He thought he liked milk very much.

"Niu cow, nai milk"

Natsume suddenly remembered something and tried to teach Lingzi something by imitating a parenting program he had seen before.

"Flow, come"

It seemed as if Lingzi's consciousness had sensed Natsume's thoughts. After waiting for a long while, he imitated Natsume's muttering.

After listening to Lingzi's answer, Natsume nodded with satisfaction.

There is already 30% or 40% similarity. As a beginner, Natsume feels that Lingzi has done a good job.

When Natsume-san left Reiko's body, his body was taken over by Reiko's consciousness again.

However, he still had some thoughts on Lingzi. On the one hand, he wanted to continue to maintain the various calculations in the biological computer, and on the other hand, it was also convenient to take care of Lingzi.

The birth of Zero's consciousness really caught people off guard. Now Natsume is still trying to adapt to how to get along with Zero.

According to someone's idea, except for things that babies cannot do by themselves, such as eating and going to the toilet, it is necessary to minimize intervention in Zero's body so that Zero can try to learn to crawl and walk like an ordinary baby.

"Just now, Lingzi asked me to take care of Lingzi herself. I don't quite understand. Misaka 9982 seems to be in a state of confusion and incomprehension."

Misaka No. 9982 said as she watched Reiko rolling around on the blanket, seemingly forgetting how to get up.