The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

He glanced at Hikari, ordered her to return to her original place, then looked at Hisako Yakumi, whose eyes were glazed over, and controlled her body to go find Rensha, while he himself entered Hisako Yakumi's rest room.

After destroying or disabling the various defensive facilities in the room, he sat in the swivel chair in the room and focused on controlling Yakumi Hisako.

The reason Inoue Hideka didn't kill Yakumi Hisako immediately wasn't because he felt sorry for her and couldn't bear to hurt a woman who was reasonably good-looking.

After all, no matter how deceptive her appearance may be, she is still an old woman over 70 years old, and Inoue Hideka doesn't have such a heavy taste.

Moreover, Inoue Hideka himself was not a womanizer; he was already extremely grateful to God for having two girls in his life, Saten Ruiko and Misaka Mikoto.

The reason still lies with Liancha.

Despite his high combat prowess, this cyborg was extremely loyal to Hisako Yūmi. In the original work, he didn't hesitate to self-destruct in order to give Hisako Yūmi a chance to live.

Who knows if Rensha will launch a crazy revenge after Hisako Yakumi dies?

Moreover, Liancha is a really tough person to deal with. Even if all seven superpowers were used, it would not be easy to defeat her.

The best approach would be to use Hisako Yakumi's words to persuade Rencha to stop resisting, or even to directly order Rencha to let her die to completely eliminate the threat.

Chapter 448 The Final Battle (Part 2)

The streets outside the hospital were filled with constant rumbling noises.

The battle between Kazezaki Hyoka, Shoban Junba, and Rencha intensified, but both Kazezaki Hyoka and Rencha tried their best to avoid their attacks affecting the hospital.

After all, there were many patients in the hospital, and Fengzhan and Xiaoban did not want to hurt innocent people.

Liancha, on the other hand, must be even more careful to avoid any lingering effects that could harm the person she is trying to protect.

However, the range of attacks during a fight is not so easy to control, especially when both sides are very strong.

boom!

The glass on the second floor of the hospital shattered from the aftershocks, crashing to the ground.

Originally, Liancha didn't care about this small matter; it was just that the glass was shattered and it wouldn't hurt the people she wanted to protect.

However, at that moment, a person slowly walked out of the hospital entrance.

A figure so familiar it couldn't be more so—Hisako Yakumi!

The glass shards above are about to fall to the ground. If Hisako Yakumi comes out at this moment, she will definitely be injured by the glass shards.

Meanwhile, Kazan Hyoka and Shoban Junba, who were being suppressed by Rencha, were in a somewhat disheveled state, which was a good opportunity for Rencha to launch an attack.

Seeing that the person was about to be in danger, Liancha did not hesitate to give up the chance to pursue and sped towards the hospital entrance.

Using Accelerator's abilities, he quickly rushed to Hisako's side, shielding her behind him, and simultaneously activated Reflection to deflect all the glass shards—only then did Rencha turn around to look at Hisako behind him.

"Doctor, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, thank you for your hard work." Hisako Yakumi steadied herself and said calmly, "You can go back now, I'll take care of things here."

Finally, as if suddenly remembering something, he added another sentence:

"Oh, by the way, I've discovered a new way to enhance your strength. When you get back, remove your hypothalamus, and I'll experiment with it after I've dealt with things here."

"But those two people..."

Upon hearing Hisako Yakumi's words and considering the strength of the two people opposite her, Rencha instinctively wanted to remind Hisako Yakumi.

However, Hisako Yakumi interrupted Rensha before she could finish speaking, her expression darkening with displeasure:

"What? You're not listening to me anymore?"

"No... I understand."

This time, Liancha did not hesitate. She nodded slightly and slowly retreated towards the hospital.

However, the expression on her face became increasingly suspicious.

He hadn't thought much about it earlier because he was worried about Yakumi Hisako's safety, but now that he had stopped and thought about it carefully, Rencha realized that something was wrong.

Firstly, it's impossible for Hisako Yakumi to leave the hospital at this time. Secondly, Hisako Yakumi is an extremely cautious and intelligent person, so why would she put herself in danger?

Moreover, and more importantly, no matter what research was being conducted before, Hisako Yakumi had never asked her to remove her hypothalamus for experiments.

Liancha's body is entirely mechanized, and the only source of his physical power is the hypothalamus, which is not mechanized.

To maintain Rencha's high performance, the hypothalamus is replaced whenever its function declines. For this purpose, Hisako Yakumi made a total of 40 hypothalamus for Rencha to replace.

In that case, there is no reason to allow Liancha to remove the hypothalamus she is currently using for experiments.

Moreover, judging from her tone, it seemed she didn't intend for Liancha to replace this hypothalamus with another one...

something wrong.

Something must be wrong.

Without the hypothalamus, Liancha is just a pair of broken pieces of metal, utterly powerless, which is practically digging his own grave.

Moreover, all these anomalies indicate that there seems to be some problem with the current Yakumi Hisako.

There are two powerful enemies outside. If I weren't here, Yakumi Hisako alone would definitely be killed instantly.

To protect the person I want to protect, even if it offends her, even if she is unhappy afterward, I absolutely do not want her to get hurt.

Thinking this, Rencha slowly returned to the hospital, secretly switching her ability to that of Misaki Shokuhou.

Liancha's ability is to extract the abilities of the first to sixth ranked ability users within a 200-meter radius. Only one ability can be used at a time; to use other abilities, one must switch between them.

The switching time is 0.7 seconds.

0.7 seconds later, Rencha's ability had become Misaki Shokuhou's mental control.

With a sharp look in her eyes, Koishi Hisako activated her mental control ability.

Although the degree of freedom in psychological control makes it less precise than that of Misaki Shokuhou, simply checking Hisako Yakumi's memories is still not a big problem.

……

but.

One second later, nothing happened.

Rencha failed to use psychological manipulation on Yakumi Hisako!

Rensha knew that Hisako Yakumi had installed a device to protect against mental attacks in the 'design studio,' which indirectly showed that Hisako Yakumi herself did not have any means to defend against mentally challenged individuals.

Therefore, there can only be one other reason why using psychological control might fail—

Hisako Yakumi is currently being manipulated by someone using mind control abilities!

"Hey! Are you Inoue Hideka?"

Suddenly turning around, Lian looked intently into Yaowei Hisako's eyes and asked.

Whether it's due to faulty intelligence or some other reason, the current enemy is indeed a middle school student named Inoue Eika.

"Oh?"

Hisako Yakumi didn't leave; she remained standing at the door. Upon hearing Rencha's question, a meaningful smile flashed across her face.

After seemingly pondering for a while and figuring something out, Hisako Yakumi's lips curled into a knowing smile, and she said frankly:

"That's right, it's me. I guess I was too hasty just now."

The words came from Hisako Yakumi's mouth, and the voice was also Hisako Yakumi's voice, but the tone of voice had become the tone of Inoue Hideka's usual speech.

Through Hisako Yakumi's perspective, Inoue Hideka noticed that Kazakiri Hyoka and Shoban Gunha were at a disadvantage. Just then, she discovered that the glass above had been shattered, so she couldn't wait to control Hisako Yakumi to come out.

At the time, I just felt that if Yakumi Hisako was in danger, Rensha would definitely not sit idly by, so that Kazakiri Hyoka and Shohagi Gunba could catch their breath.

Unexpectedly, this very point exposed the fact that Hisako Yakumi had been manipulated.

Inoue Hideka didn't carefully consider whether there were any loopholes in his subsequent words and actions. After all, this was the first time he had manipulated others to contact people he knew. Inoue Hideka wasn't a peerless strategist, so it was impossible for him to consider every detail.

The only way he could think of to deal with Rencha was to use Yakumi Hisako's words to order Rencha to remove his hypothalamus.

"So what are you going to do now, Liancha? Your benefactor is being manipulated by me. With just a thought, I can kill her!"

Although she had been discovered, Inoue Hideka's tone showed no sign of anxiety.

Hisako Yakumi is his biggest asset against Koisha.

As long as Yakumi Hisako remained in his hands, he believed that Rencha would not act rashly.

"Even so, the fact that she is still alive is the biggest evidence that you dare not kill her."

Despite her calm demeanor, Rencha's words caused Hisako Yakumi, who was being manipulated by Eika Inoue, to slightly change color.

She's right.

Inoue Eika's bargaining chip was Hisako Yakumi, but it was a living Hisako Yakumi.

What he feared was the person he was threatening with this bargaining chip: Liancha.

If Hisako Yakumi dies, Eika Inoue's bargaining chip will disappear.

Inoue Hideka couldn't imagine what Rencha would do then, nor did she dare to take the risk.

Chapter 449 The Final Battle (Part 2)

The fact that ten of the twelve council members, excluding Chikafune and Tsutomu Kaizumi, have united to suppress Inoue Eika and her group is currently the most talked-about issue in Academy City.

The discussion surrounding this matter even overshadowed the Roman Orthodox Church, which was showing signs of war.

Of course, the board members wouldn't take a young kid seriously.

The main manipulator of this matter was Chao'an. The other directors felt there was no need to object, so they all adopted a laissez-faire attitude, letting Chao'an make a big show of things on his own.

However, despite their laissez-faire attitude, the board members were fully aware of Chao'an's actions.

The directors knew about everything, including the failed assassination attempt on Inoue Hideka, the raid on the hospital that was supposed to be used to hunt down the Soul Chasers in the Underworld, and the villa that the Chongcai Foundation had prepared for their young master.

This certainly includes the incident where Shiogishi used a little girl to frame Inoue Eika.

However, none of the council members cared about the innocence and life of a little girl, and not one of them stood up to stop Chao An.

The situation has been allowed to escalate to the point where Inoue Eika has become the public enemy of Academy City, and she is forced to become an enemy of the entire Academy City while bearing the charge of raping and murdering a little girl.

Rensha, who had been by Hisako Yakumi's side all along, knew the truth very well.

Then the problem is coming.