Academy City's Puppet Master

Saten Reniko and Uiharu Shiri looked at each other, unable to understand what the other said.

"You mean, your junior goes to school here?" Chuchun Shili asked, "Which school is it? Do you need help?"

"Don't worry, I can find him." Chanjuan gnawed on the crepe and said suddenly, "Tear, are you practicing the silk-drawing scene?"

"Teniko..." Saten Saten felt her impoliteness again, and at the same time looked over in surprise, "I am indeed practicing how to operate the puppet, how do you know?"

"Your finger has calloused marks from the friction of the ring, you can tell it by touching it."

"Hey! Is it so serious?" Saten Ruiko hurriedly stretched out the five fingers of her right hand to check carefully.

"You can't see it, it's just a sign." Chanjuan said, "I have a formula. If I make a hand cream with ointment, it can eliminate calluses on my hands. I will send it to you later."

Saten Ruiko almost thought that the girl was here to sell cosmetics.

But at this point, she finally came to her senses.

"Excuse me, Chanjuan, are you also a puppet master?" Zuo Tian Leizi asked her, "Do you know Senior Ling Xingye?"

Chanjuan swallowed the crepes in the last few mouthfuls, and then said: "I am not a puppet master, but I know them better. Also, I was rude just now, and I didn't give my full name—my name is Ling, Ling Chanjuan. As for your suggestion The Ling Xingye who arrived is my family's junior brother."

After all, without giving the other two any time to be surprised, Ling Chanjuan jumped off the bench, bid farewell and left.

"It's almost there, I'm going to find my junior brother, see you later!"

Saten Saten watched the other party leave blankly, and asked after a while: "That girl, is what she said true or false?"

=== Chapter 32 Tweezers ===

Saten Leizi looked at the direction Ling Chanjuan was leaving, and couldn't let go of it for a long time.

"Why don't you ask Senior Xingye, didn't you worship him as your teacher?" Chuchun Shili suggested.

Saten Reniko nodded: "Okay, but I don't know if Master has finished school now, I'll ask later."

"I didn't expect you to be serious." Chuchun Shili said suddenly, "Practice manipulating puppets..."

"Of course, I'm serious!" Saten Renko raised her head proudly, "And I'm really talented, even my master praised me."

Saten Ruiko is a level 0 incapable person. In this academy city where ability level is the core of everything, the incapable person is almost equal to incompetent, and is the lowest existence.

In such a hopeless environment, Saten Leizi suddenly discovered that she had the talent for "drawing the silk", so she was very moved. Without Ling Xingye's supervision, she devoted herself to the practice.

Although in the eyes of others, this kind of behavior is a bit out of focus, and it is suspected of wasting time and energy.But because he has witnessed Ling Xingye's superb silk-drawing play with his own eyes, Saten Leizi has no doubts about it.

As her friend and one of the witnesses to the strength of the silk-drawing drama, Chuchun Shili can only encourage her.

"By the way, just like I asked last night, can Saten-san use chopsticks?" Hatsuharu Shiri asked.

Of course, she was referring to controlling the puppet to use chopsticks - this was a topic that suddenly came to mind when the two of them were chatting last night.

Of course, Saten Reniko couldn’t do such a delicate operation. In her words——“Even if they are humans, there are many foreigners who can’t use chopsticks, right? Let alone puppets?”

But today at school, Saten Ruiko suddenly told her that she had solved the problem.That's why Chuchun Shili thought of asking her.

Saten Ruiko proudly took out her phone, opened a certain page and showed it to her.

"Clang clang~ this is it!"

Chuchun Shili leaned over to take a look, but it turned out to be a strange little prop on a shopping website, at first glance it looked like a pair of tweezers with short handles.

"This is a tool specially invented for foreigners who don't know how to use chopsticks," Saten Riko said, "Just put it on the chopsticks, and you can use it conveniently!"

"Wouldn't it be tweezers?" Chuchun Zhuli said in a daze, "What's the point of doing this?"

Saten Saten said convincingly: "With this, I can manipulate the puppet to use chopsticks! Wait for the props to arrive in two days, and I will show you a show."

"It feels like the difficulty has plummeted..." Chu Chunli laughed a few times.

I looked through the comments under the product, and sure enough, everyone called it "tweezers".

——However, Saten-san's mobility is still so strong, he really does what he says.

After sighing, Chuchun Zhuli looked at the time, and immediately let out a small exclamation: "Oops, it's already so late!"

She quickly swallowed the remaining crepes in two bites, got up and ran down the road.

"Wait, what's wrong?" Saten Renko hurriedly grabbed her schoolbag and chased after her.

"I'm going to be late. I made an appointment with Shirai and Gufa Meiwei, and I arrived at [-]:[-]."

"Hey~ It's really hard work, the work of the Disciplinary Committee." Saten Renko sighed with emotion.

"Sorry, Saten, I can't accompany you today." Chuchun Shili called a taxi by the side of the road and asked, "Do you have any plans for the future?"

"Well, the plan is to go to the supermarket to buy vegetables." Saten Saten said, "I have guests to entertain tonight."

"Huh? Are you Saten-san's friend?"

"Let's count?" Saten Ruiko was also a little uncertain, "But I've only met her twice. She's a strange girl who likes to eat mackerel, but I don't think it's difficult to get along with."

"Hey, is that right? As expected of Saten-san, it's always really easy to make new friends!" Chuchun Shiri said enviously.

"Would you like to come together?" Saten Saten said, "Come to my house for dinner after work at night?"

Chuchun Zhuli sighed helplessly: "Forget it, I'm too busy recently, I'm afraid I'll have to work overtime at night. You'd better introduce your new friend to me next time."

"Well, that's it." Saten Saten said, "Then work hard, but don't push yourself too hard."

After sending Uiharu Shiri to the car, Saten Riko also turned and went to the supermarket she often goes to.

But she didn't know that, not far from the supermarket she passed by, in a high-end coffee shop, her master Ling Xingye was in it.

After a day of investigation and contact, Ling Xingye finally obtained the information of one of the "high-level officials" and made an appointment with him here.

Hitomi Shiranui, Misaka Mikoto and Misaka 10001 were also in the coffee shop. They were sitting in a corner not far away, secretly observing the situation there.

Among them, Misaka Mikoto was even more angry. Whenever the high-level executive made any unusual moves, she would be the first to jump up and give him a lightning bolt!

Hitomi Shiranui and Misaka 10001 came to see her and prevent her from going berserk.

Although it was in a public place, the "high level" used some kind of convenient prop to completely isolate the sound near their seats and avoid the leakage of conversation information.

Ling Xingye also has the same prop in his hand, but he doesn't intend to use it - because he doesn't think there is anything in this conversation that needs to be kept secret, and he even wants to make the whole conversation public.

This "high level" is not considered a member of the governing council. At best, it is just a person who works under a certain director, and only holds the title of a minister.

After realizing this, Ling Xingye was even less in the mood to talk to him, and directly announced his decision.

"From now on, the group of armed disabled people is under my control. You don't want to give orders to my subordinates directly." Ling Xingye said, "Similarly, the area where the group of armed disabled people operates is also my territory. You are prohibited from Mess up there."

"Well, I agree with these two points in principle." The executive said, "Actually, what happened the night before yesterday was not what I meant. I'm not interested in the underground world."

"But you have to pay attention to one thing," the executive continued, "I'm just a small person with no power and power, so I can do whatever you want. But those really big people who have personal power are not so easy to talk about. .”

Ling Xingye took it for granted, and his behavior of gathering the forces of the armed incompetent group, among other things, would first cause conflicts with those dark organizations.

The vast majority of the affiliated and support organizations under the Anbu are members of the armed incompetent group.

Ling Xingye's decision will inevitably have an impact on these people.Anbu's affiliated forces will undoubtedly shrink greatly.

There are quite a few Anbu, who are actually the private soldiers of the directors and other real high-level subordinates.

It can be said that Ling Xingye stabbed a hornet's nest this time.

===Chapter 33 Junior Brother===

Watching the man who called himself "high-level" leave the coffee shop, Ling Xingye also returned to Shiranui Tong and sat down again.

"How was the talk?" Hitomi Shiranui handed over a cup of coffee.

"Is it him?" Misaka Mikoto asked hastily, turning her head to look outside, "Tell me quickly before he goes far."

"It has something to do with him, but that guy is at best just a middleman to pass on the message, not an important role." Ling Xingye shook his head, "Don't trouble him, I still want him to pass the message for me."

Misaka Mikoto gasped in displeasure: "Maybe we can follow him."

"I've already done that. But the hope is slim." Ling Xingye said, "Those real big shots hide themselves very well."

Hitomi Shiranui asked, "What are you going to do next?"

"Just proceed as planned. I have issued an ultimatum, and whether they listen or not is beyond my control." Ling Xingye drank the coffee in his cup and stood up, "Let's go, today's work is over gone."

A group of four left the coffee shop and walked towards the residential area.

Suddenly, Ling Xingye's phone rang.

"Saten Leizi? It's really rare." Ling Xingye answered the phone muttering.

"Master Xingye!" Saiten Renko's energetic greeting came from the opposite side, "It's like this. I met a strange child after school just now, and he seemed to be looking for you."

"Looking for me? Who?"

"Ling Chanjuan, she said she was your senior?"

The three girls on the side also heard the call.

"Ling Chanjuan?" Misaka Mikoto imitated the syllables on the opposite side, "It sounds like someone with the same surname as Xingye. Is it your sister?"

Ling Xingye was also at a loss: "I'm an orphan, how can I have a sister? And there is no senior sister named Chanjuan..."

While thanking Saten Ruiko who reported the letter, he recalled carefully, and then couldn't help looking at Hitomi Shiranui.

"Don't look at me," Shiranui Hitomi rolled her eyes, "Who are your senior brothers and sisters, did you tell me yourself?"

"How about I ask Sister Yang." Ling Xingye said.

"Ah, master," Misaka 10001, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Actually, that child has been looking at this side since just now."

Ling Xingye looked across the road in the direction of her finger, but didn't see a single figure.

He looked at Misaka 10001 suspiciously, only to realize that the direction of her finger had changed to his back.

"Little~teacher~brother~"

A familiar cry came from behind, Ling Xingye quickly restrained his subconscious countermeasures, and let the comer pounce on him.

"It's you, Junior Brother!" Feeling the familiar impact from behind, Ling Xingye also laughed, and grabbed back with his backhand.