Academy City's Puppet Master

===Chapter 29 Betting Results===

September 9th, the first day after the end of the Dahasei Festival.

The window period for Academy City to open to the outside world has come to an end, tourists are leaving one after another, and this metropolis with students as the main body has returned to its previous track...

Having said that, the sequelae after the grand ceremony are gradually appearing.

The whole city exudes a lazy and idle atmosphere, and it is rare to fall into tranquility.

Even the young students, who are known for their vitality, have been burned out after seven consecutive days of sports meetings.

Although the festival is fun, a series of finishing work after the end is a headache.Almost no one has the heart to do these troublesome things.

Therefore, all schools in Academy City have arranged a unified holiday today.Let the students and the city change their moods so that they can return to the daily rhythm of the past.

At noon, the decision to have a holiday was finally repeated, and the bustling scene of each school district gradually resumed.

The students gathered together in twos and threes, chirping and exchanging their experiences and knowledge these days.

However, behind this beautiful and leisurely scene, there is still a group of people who are destined not to enjoy this rare vacation...and even become busier.

The security forces, discipline committee members, and the recently debuted law enforcement team—the three major order maintenance agencies have all entered overtime mode.

Unlike the frantic busyness of going out to work in the past few days, the departure of tourists has caused the number of various events in the city to plummet.

But correspondingly, copywriting work such as sorting and summarizing case files finally broke out in a concentrated manner.

All kinds of messy events that happened during the Dabaxing Festival need to be sorted out and filed, and written into a file for reporting.

Therefore, the three major order maintenance organizations have collectively entered into the mode of "working overtime in offices".

Compared with the top two organizations with mature organizations—the security force composed of volunteer teachers, and the disciplinary committee composed of students with excellent character and learning after strict assessment and screening—the situation of the law enforcement team is undoubtedly much better...

After all, you can't expect copywriting skills from a gang of armed incompetents—commonly known as "bad boys"—born.

Therefore, all the paperwork was handed over to the "head" of the command center to complete.The members below can enjoy a real vacation.

Near noon, the underground command center.

Ling Xingye stared blankly at the screen in front of him, pressed the scroll wheel of the mouse with his finger and kept pulling down, reading a document at a glance; then signed his name mechanically.

Click to open the next file...

This repetitive work has lasted for several hours.Since he came here early in the morning, a huge amount of documents have piled up.

"Boss, it's really helpful for you to come here." Qifan, who was also processing the documents, said with emotion, "You must know that we currently share an office system with the teachers of the security forces. It is really troublesome to forge your signature."

"I still have to imitate it in the end? Can't I use my name!"

"That can't be done, you are the leader." Shichiban said, "Last night you were willing to officially accept the position of leader, which is really exciting! The era of our armed incompetent group without a leader is finally over!"

Qifan beamed and said, "Boss, do you have any plans for the future? Do you want to unify the underground world of Academy City?"

"I don't think the leader should do this kind of rubber stamp work." Ling Xingye responded, "What do you think?"

"Cough," Qi Fan suddenly changed his face, and said solemnly, "This is the time to exercise your power, please take it seriously."

The two chatted boringly while working.

Suddenly, the waiter at the bar ran in and said that a guest had come to visit the leader.

Ling Xingye's eyes lit up, and without asking the specific situation, he dropped the mouse and jumped up.

"I'm going there, where is he?"

Looking at the leader's running back, Qifan smiled wryly and shook his head, pulling all the remaining documents to his side.

In the private box, Ling Xingye met Misaka Miqin and her mother.

It turned out that they had come to formally say thanks and say goodbye.

After the thrilling experience last night, and the mother and daughter's long talk all night afterwards, Misaka Misuzu decided to let her daughter stay in Academy City.

So this morning they ran away from yesterday's institutional departments and canceled the previous transfer applications one by one.

It is worth mentioning that after they left, those institutions without exception suffered serious power grid paralysis accidents...

After doing all this, Misaka Misuzu was ready to leave.Before that, she decided to thank Ling Xingye again.

"Thank you very much for what happened yesterday!" Misaka Misuzu said politely, "Also, Mikoto has been taken care of, and I will also ask Xingye from now on. Please continue to help her through various difficulties."

Misaka Mikoto on the side had a complicated expression, not paying attention to what her mother said.She kept winking at Ling Xingye, repeating the words "sisters" with her lips...

It turned out that last night, in order to reassure her mother, Misaka Mikoto chatted with her for a long time.

In the end, under Misaka Misuzu's superb conversation skills, the matter of the "sisters" was finally exposed.

In order to remedy, Misaka Miqin desperately praised Ling Xingye's role as a "hero" - saying that as long as he was there, there would be no problem.

The result is what it looks like now...

Ling Xingye was a little confused, but still agreed: "We are friends, and it is only natural for us to help and take care of each other. Please rest assured."

Misaka Mikoto also said: "That's right, I'm level 5, and I'll help Xingye if he's in trouble. Alright, hurry home, Mom! We'll be late for the bus."

"But I still want to chat with Xingye again..."

"Stop chatting, hurry up, Xingye is very busy!"

"Hey..." Misaka Misuzu said dissatisfied, "By the way, let me ask the last question—how did the bet between you two turn out? Who won?"

Being reminded by her, Ling Xingye and Misaka Mikoto were stunned for a moment before they remembered that there was such a thing.

The bet——After the opening ceremony, Shokuhou Misaki and Misaka Mikoto from Tokiwadai Middle School, and Lily, Shiranui Hitomi, and Ling Xingye from Changdian Shangji Academy reached a bet.With the victory of the Dahasei Festival as a condition, the loser will agree to the winner with one condition.

Although the bet later expanded into a group duel between the two schools, the bet between the few of them did not seem to be cancelled.

However, during the entire Daiba Star Festival, Ling Xingye and Misaka Mikoto were busy with various other events, so that they didn't spend much time on the sports meeting.

If Misaka Misuzu hadn't mentioned it today, the two of them wouldn't have thought of it at all.

But the final result of winning or losing was public information——Changdian Shangji Academy once again won the No.1 result in the comprehensive score.

In other words, Ling Xingye and his Changdian Shangji Academy won.

"However, if the red and white teams score, our red team won!" Misaka Mikoto emphasized triumphantly.

——When she challenged Ling Xingye, she was divided into red and white teams.

Although it was just a temporary excuse for the challenge at the time, but now it seems that I am so lucky!

Misaka Mikoto cheered up immediately, clenched her fists and gave a small cheer.

Misaka Misuzu looked at her with a smile: "You must seize the opportunity."

"Oh, that's right!" Misaka Mikoto nodded and said, "Finally won Xingye, we really must cherish this opportunity!"

"Sigh, is it still too tender?" Misaka Misuzu shook her head helplessly.

Afterwards, Hitomi Shiranui came to the underground bar to look for Ling Xingye.

The Misaka mother and daughter also bid farewell and left.

"Don't forget, Starry Night! Let me think about the punishment game... Cough, it's about my wish to be fulfilled."

Ling Xingye looked over speechlessly: "Did you mention the punishment game just now? Also, don't treat me like a wishing machine!"

"In short... let's talk about it later!"

Saying that, Misaka Mikoto dragged her mother away in a hurry.

At the door, I passed by Hitomi Shiranui.

===Chapter [-] The Prophecy of Yuan Shanyao===

"I saw Misaka-san and her mother," Shiranui said when he came to the private room, "What's the matter with them?"

"It's nothing, I just came to say hello and thank you." Ling Xingye pointed to a box of souvenirs on the table, "Perhaps they want to add another layer of insurance to prevent anyone from continuing to think about them."

Hitomi Shiranui smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about that. As a level 5, Misaka-san who is serious is capable of protecting her mother. She lost her temper this morning, and more than a dozen institutions were forced to paralyze. Dare to be angry and dare not speak."

"Really?" Ling Xingye subconsciously looked up at the lamp.

"You don't have to worry, she won't attack here anyway." Hitomi Shiranui said, "Okay, the time is almost up, let's go."

Ling Xingye nodded, picked up his travel bag and left the underground tavern with Hitomi Shiranui.

In order to resolve the rigid relationship between Ling Xingye and Lu Xuyang, Shiranuo Tong specially arranged today's lunch to let them speak clearly.

In the previous duel with Bao Liang, Ling Xingye learned the truth that he was the original script of "Thousands of Changes".

Therefore, he was deeply shocked and doubted his life more than ten years ago.And also began to suspect Hitomi Shiranui who created a "second personality" for herself, and Lu Xuyang who seemed to hide many secrets.

Yesterday afternoon, Ling Xingye and Shiranui Tong were frank and honest, and had an in-depth conversation directly in the form of memory exchange, completely solving the misunderstanding.

Therefore, Ling Xingye also confirmed that his problem is probably a seed planted from the beginning of his birth.

It has no direct relationship with Ling's class and Hitomi Shiranui.

Even, the "second personality" created by Hitomi Shiranui essentially suppressed the erosion of his own personality by "Ling Qianji".

Then, Ling Xingye began to regret his indifferent attitude towards Sister Yang in the past two days.

And at this point, the "Ling Family Class", which Ling Xingye regards as a family, keeps revealing all kinds of secrets, and has a close relationship with the mysterious puppet master organization "Baiyin"... This makes Ling Xingye I really care.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to have a showdown with Sister Yang, and ask carefully what other secrets the family kept from him.

Therefore, Hitomi Shiranui specially arranged today's lunch.

Hitomi Shiranui chose an open-air restaurant. It happened that the weather was fine today, and there were not as many customers as the previous days, which was a good time for them to chat with each other at ease.

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"So Xingye is worrying about these things," Lu Xuyang said after hearing Ling Xingye's apology and confession, "It really surprised me, I thought you hated my sister..."

Ling Xingye coughed: "Okay, to be honest, sister Yang, did you already know that I am the original work of "Thousands of Machines"?"

"It's definitely a lie to say you don't know, but it's just a guess." Lu Xuyang stirred the drink in front of him with a straw, "To be honest, I was shocked just now, my sister."

Ling Xingye breathed a sigh of relief: "That is to say, you don't know about it either."