Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 92: Kiyama Haruo, the Locked-in

In the days that followed, Misaka Natsuzo abandoned her scientific research.

She picked up two tools, chaos calculation and matrix analysis, and began studying the general principles of the Dugu Nine Swords.

With the help of the most unscientific computing power in the scientific world, Misaka Natsuzo gradually deciphers the descriptions of change and evolution in the Dugu Nine Swords.

Guided by the general principles of the Dugu Nine Swords, Misaka Natsusa broke through the connection between electromagnetic force and weak force, thereby mastering the changes of microscopic particles.

This means she no longer needs to ionize the target to convert any matter into a strong magnet.

As Misaka Natsusa's research progressed rapidly, "Phantom Mage" continued to ferment and escalate, transforming from an urban legend into a major case taken seriously by the Disciplinary Committee.

After all, in recent crimes in Academy City, whenever a Devil Fruit user was involved, the Imagine Breaker was involved.

The earliest confession came from the prisoner who was involved in the Void Explosion. During interrogation, he revealed that he had upgraded his abilities using the Imagine Master.

Moreover, it's two-tiered.

This is simply too outrageous; how could the disciplinary committee members possibly believe it?

If it were that easy to increase ability levels, the researchers in Academy City could resign in shame.

They make their living this way, earning high salaries and spending huge sums of money, yet they can't compete with some random piece of code that just appeared out of nowhere. Isn't that a joke?

The confessions of the void bomber were not taken seriously.

However, as more and more people with abilities committed crimes, they confessed after being arrested that they had used the Imagine Breaker to increase their ability levels.

The disciplinary committee members could no longer ignore this urban legend and carefully reviewed the criminals' ability development records.

Unfortunately, apart from the perpetrator of the void explosion, there were no prior records of the other individuals, and the investigation stalled.

Just then, Academy City's first bank robbery by an esper occurred.

With the support of Misaka Mikoto's Railgun, all the Level 3 Level 3 criminals were captured. Terrified by the Railgun's attack, they confessed without any resistance.

Fortunately, they all have detailed records of their ability development.

In the most recent development records, they were either Level 0 powerless users or Level 1 weak power users, which is the same level as Uiharu Shiori's head with grass growing on it. At most, they could light a cigarette, and they were not even as threatening as a stick.

However, at the time of their arrest, they had all reached the level of Lv2 superpower user or Lv3 strong power user.

They also increased their ability levels by using the Fantasy Master.

The facts are clear: the Imagine Master can indeed raise the level of an Ability User, and can even turn someone without an Ability User into one with special abilities in a short period of time.

The disciplinary committee members realized the danger posed by the Genshin Impact.

With the surge in criminals and overwhelming evidence of their dramatic increases in abilities, the Disciplinary Committee shifted its focus to the Templar Masters.

This thing perfectly embodies the meaning of Academy City's existence.

Since the Imagineer has such an outstanding performance in developing superpowers, it should not be in the hands of a criminal, but should be a powerful tool for the Chairman.

More than 60% of the population in Academy City are Level 1 low-level users. If they could all easily become Level 1 low-level users, not only would Academy City's strength and reputation skyrocket, but their force fields could also be spread more widely, thus completely defeating the enemies on the magic side.

But as the investigation deepened, the disciplinary committee members discovered problems.

Those whose abilities were developed by the Imagine Breaker all exhibited manic and violent tendencies, seemingly amplifying the darker psychological side of the ability users while enhancing their powers.

This is extremely dangerous.

It's important to understand that in Academy City, ability is the core standard that determines everything.

Those Lv0 and Lv1 ability users have a very low status and are often bullied by higher-level ability users, so they have long harbored a lot of dark emotions in their hearts.

Since the ability of the "Imagine Master" to amplify the dark side of psychology is not a boon to the scientific community.

After these individuals with low abilities gain power, their minds become twisted, and their first thought is to take revenge on society and vent their negative emotions from being oppressed.

It's just like Nagato carrying rice in Konoha Village. Let the world feel the pain, feel the pain I suffered, ten times, a hundred times!

In a repressive society like Japan, such perverts often emerge, transforming from victims to perpetrators, largely due to this kind of mentality.

Just as the Disciplinary Committee was working hard to find the creators and beneficiaries behind the Phantasm Master and attempting to impose distribution controls, the perpetrator of the Void Explosion case fell into a coma.

Then, those who used the Imagine Breaker fell into the same coma one after another, like dominoes.

Not only were there criminals with special abilities, but also many ordinary people who hadn't had time to develop their abilities, all lying unconscious in hospital beds.

However, the hospital could not find the cause of the coma and was unable to solve the problem of large-scale comas.

Given the danger of the situation, the disciplinary committee members of Academy City quickly reached a consensus and risked using the most sophisticated equipment to search for clues from the unconscious prisoner.

After the most careful testing, medical personnel selected a special set of brainwave waveforms from countless brainwave patterns, which were found to be identical in all comatose patients.

This is an extremely suspicious anomaly.

Human brainwaves are completely different from fingerprints, and even the same person's brainwaves can vary at different ages. It is impossible for two people to have completely identical brainwaves.

Even twins are not allowed.

Unless forced by external forces, it is manufactured artificially.

The fact that some users of the game "Synchronize Master" exhibited identical brainwave patterns suggests that this was a clue left by either the creator or a user of the game.

Finding the original owner of these brainwaves will lead to the culprit in the case!

Academy City, known as the city of the future, is equipped with the most stringent surveillance system. Everyone has a complete set of biometric information, including their brainwave waveform from that year.

Shirai Kuroko and Misaka Mikoto went to the 177th branch of the Disciplinary Committee and handed over a specific brainwave diagram to the particularly fierce senior, Kofunomi, who was the technical expert stationed at the branch.

Senior student Miyuko Kofune logs into the Academy City Information Database "Library" and uses a comparison program she wrote herself to filter the data stored in the "Library" in order to find the mastermind behind the creation of the Imagine Breaker.

This was just a routine attempt; the disciplinary committee members didn't have high hopes for it and simply wanted to complete a routine investigation.

But no one expected that Kofumi would find a brainwave match in the researchers' files, researcher Haruo Kiyama!

Upon seeing the selected photos of Kiyama Harumi, Shirai Kuroko and Misaka Mikoto, who had come specifically to help, exchanged bewildered glances.

They exclaimed in unison, "How could it be Mr. Kiyama?"

"Huh? You guys know her?"

Kofumi Miwa gave a serious and earnest order: "Regardless of whether you know her or not, and regardless of your relationship with her, Kigan Haruo is now the only suspect, and you need to take him into custody immediately."

Shirai Kuroko and Misaka Mikoto were intimidated by Kofunomi's imposing presence and immediately stood up straight, saying, "Yes!"

Dear senior, Kofumi Miwei!