Academy City's Puppet Master

"Master, are you repairing the sprite? Was it damaged in the battle just now?"

"Well, it's under maintenance, right?" Ling Xingye's tone was a little strange, and he tapped the monster's head again, holding it and shaking it from side to side to check.

"Little brother, are you okay?" Second senior brother Ling Changfeng also came over and looked at him worriedly, "This is not a good place to maintain puppets... Besides, your sprites haven't reached the point where they need to be repaired, right? ?”

"It's nothing, just check, check..." Ling Xingye coughed, dropped the tool in his hand, and straightened the monster again.

Then, Lu Feifei and Li Xuefei also came here together.

"Senior Brother Yun!" Seeing Ling Changyun lying in a pool of blood, Li Xuefei hurried over to check.

If it weren't for Lu Feifei and Ling Changfeng who were on the sidelines just now, this fifth senior sister might have to do it directly to avenge the elder brother.

In the end, Lu Feifei explained for her: "Don't take it to heart, Xuefei is just... a little excited"

"I know, Fifth Senior Sister is still the big brother's fan girl as always." Ling Xingye said.

At this time, only bursts of thunder came from a distance.Everyone followed the prestige, and saw the dragon and snake flying away from there, and the shining golden and blue electric lights intertwined and entangled, galloping all the way.

"...You guys are really persistent!" The voice of the fourth senior brother Wang Changlei came from afar, "Girls who are too entangled will be hated!"

"I'm defeated! Just leave the stage obediently, what face do you have to continue to hinder Xingye!" Immediately afterwards, Misaka Mikoto's scolding voice sounded.

The golden and blue electric lights collided fiercely again, and the air was filled with a strange tingling sensation.

Lu Feifei also said with a half-smile: "Xingye, you also have very persistent supporters."

When Saten Ruiko heard it, her eyes lit up immediately, showing an expression of listening more carefully.

"Don't talk nonsense?" Ling Xingye said quickly, "That's a level 5? How could he become someone's supporter?"

While talking? Misaka Mikoto and Misaka 10001 chased after the golden mech Tianlei and appeared in everyone's sight.

"Big Brother!!!"

Seeing the scene in front of him, Wang Changlei escaped from the shell like a golden cicada? He jumped out of Tianlei, and ran to Ling Changyun in a jump.

"Why do you..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly froze for a moment. "Still alive?"

Li Xuefei who was beside him glared angrily.

Wang Changlei said hastily, "I mean it's great that I'm fine."

"Well, the junior brother is not bad, even the senior brother can beat." Wang Changlei looked very relieved as he said that, he came over and patted Ling Xingye on the shoulder.

Li Xuefei didn't pay attention to him anymore? Instead, she concentrated on guarding Ling Changyun.

Several other people were not surprised by his change of attitude——Wang Changlei recognized his strength the most. Since Ling Xingye had shown the strength enough to defeat the senior brother, he would not hesitate to give recognition.

"Xingye, are you okay?" Misaka Mikoto also ran to Ling Xingye and looked him up and down.

Then he noticed Saten Renko at the side? He was surprised and said, "Saten-san? Why are you here!"

It was also discovered that Flander, one of Anbe's "props" members, was also present, and she seemed to be very close to Saten Ruiko? Misaka Mikoto fell into confusion immediately.

"What exactly happened?"

Not to mention how Saten Renko explained to her here.

Ling Xingye finally stood up and looked at the brothers and sisters who had gathered by chance.

Except for the third senior sister Yu Wufei who has remained mysterious and did not show up, all the brothers and sisters of the Ling family's class gathered together.

Since the head teacher passed away? It was the first time that everyone gathered together.

Although many things have happened? The "reunion" process can hardly be said to be smooth and happy? But now everything has been settled.

The "Ling's Civil War" is officially over, and the rest are just some "small problems"...

The war ended, but none of the Hanagumi members who were the arbitrators and witnesses of the war were present.

——Because they're all dealing with automatons all over the No. 13 school district.

After a little reaction, Ling Xingye remembered what was really important right now.

"It's to eliminate the automatic puppet!" He slapped his head violently, the battle with the senior brother took all his attention, and he even forgot the most terrible thing.

"Brother and sister, is it really okay for you all to gather here?" Ling Xingye looked at the people around him, and asked quickly, "Who will deal with those automatic puppets?"

"Don't worry, Youhua and the others are supporting them, and Academy City has also dispatched its own forces, their strength should not be underestimated." Lu Feifei said, "It's just some ordinary automatic puppets, not a difficult character."

"But what about the ordinary residents in the city?"

Ling Changfeng said: "If Junior Sister Wu Fei makes a move, the automatic puppets cannot enter the house, so as long as they hide indoors, it will be fine."

"I'm sorry," an ethereal female voice suddenly sounded in the air, "I have to remind you that the current situation is very bad! My misty illusion won't last long."

"What happened?" Ling Changfeng asked quickly, "I didn't dispel your mist!"

Before Yu Wufei could answer, everyone present felt a strange atmosphere, and suddenly there was an extremely ominous premonition in everyone's heart.

—something bad and terrible is about to happen.

The expressions of the members of the Ling family's class became solemn at the same time.

"It's an automatic puppet!" Ling Changfeng said, "Damn it! This breath...how many of them are there!"

"A lot!" Yu Wufei replied immediately, "The automatic puppets have occupied a robot maintenance center and reproduced in large numbers."

Ling Changfeng's expression became more serious: "What about the quantity? How many are there now?"

"I have a general perception, and it is likely to have broken through a thousand!" Yu Wufei replied.

The scene suddenly became quiet, and there was a dead silence, and Ling Changyun and the others' expressions suddenly became very ugly.

"What happened?" Ling Xingye was puzzled, why all the brothers and sisters were so serious.

It's just ordinary automatic puppets - and at least half of them are new creations just born - there is no "Yanshi", not even high-level puppets like Yan Ji.

Ling Xingye couldn't think of anything scary.

Before mastering the "Pot in the Realm", Ling Xingye could easily eliminate automatic puppets of this level; now that he has the "Puppet Theater", ordinary automatic puppets are just a number to him, without the slightest threat.

Not to mention that there are senior brothers and sisters now, everyone can act together, and they can wipe out the automatic puppets without even needing "the world in the pot".

The only thing to worry about is the enemy fleeing.

"You don't know Starry Night," Lu Feifei explained, "For automatic puppets, mass production will inevitably lead to qualitative changes! So when they gather to a certain number, they will produce special changes."

"When the number of them reaches 99..." Ling Changfeng said, "The next step is the death parade!"

===Chapter 92 Death Parade===

"When the number of automatic puppets reaches 99, a death parade will be triggered!"

Ling Changfeng's words added another haze to the hearts of everyone present.

Even Li Xuefei, who had been burying her head in taking care of her elder brother Ling Changyun, raised her head and asked after hearing this, "Senior sister, what is the movement of the automatic puppet now?"

"They're coming together..."

"It's the prelude to the parade!" Lu Feifei exclaimed, "Oh no!"

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Saten Saten asked. "It's serious, isn't it?"

"It's more serious than you imagined!" Ling Changfeng said. He saw that Ling Xingye didn't know what was going to happen, so he quickly introduced it.

"I'll talk about the academic explanation later, you only need to know a little about Starry Night—the so-called 'death parade' is a ritual of automatic puppets, and its main function is to elect Yanshi!"

"Yanshi? Recommend?" Ling Xingye repeated, "What does this mean?"

"It literally means that you can understand the death march as a parliamentary election mechanism. Nine hundred and ninety-nine automatic puppets conduct elections, concentrating power on one person and making it represent all members of the entire parliament."

"The elected automatic puppet will be sublimated and possess extremely powerful strength. In some extreme cases, it can even be directly promoted to 'Yanshi'." Ling Changfeng said seriously, "In fact, the puppet codenamed Tiangan Yanshi was born in this way—for example, the Yanshijia you met in Xingye."

Wang Changlei went on to say: "However, in the past few hundred years, due to the activity of the silver puppet masters and the enhancement of the individual consciousness of the automatic puppets—well, that is, they have become 'selfish'—the frequency of death parades has become more and more frequent. The lower it is. Now even ten heavenly stems can’t be assembled.”

Wang Changlei shrugged: "If a lucky puppet is born this time, it should be named Yanshi Bing, right?"

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and stop the parade." Ling Xingye said.

"It's too late." Yu Wufei said, "By the time we feel it, the election is over."

"So what's the situation now?" Ling Changfeng asked her, "What kind of guy was elected in this parade?"

"Most of them are newborn automatic puppets born temporarily. Even if representatives are elected, they won't be too strong, right?" Wang Changlei said lightly.

"I'm afraid it's not as simple as we imagined." Yu Wufei poured cold water on it, "My silver mist is repelled, and I can't see clearly what's going on inside the parade—at least the enemy is stronger than me."

Wang Changlei's voice was choked, the strength of the third senior sister could be considered top among them, at the same level as the senior brother and the second senior brother.

Even she said so...

"One more point," Yu Wufei continued? "I saw Bai Yinxiao rushing in? But she escaped quickly—obviously, her assassination failed."

Li Xuefei glanced at Wang Changlei: "Accept your good words? Yan Shibing was born."

"I'll just talk about it?" Wang Changlei shrank his head and muttered, "Is this unscientific?"

"Okay, okay, I got it!" Ling Xingye interrupted the communication between the senior brothers and sisters? "Yan Shibing was born—so let's hurry up and get rid of it!"

"Xingye? That's a Yanshi." Lu Feifei reminded in a low voice.

"I know, it's just Yanshi." Ling Xingye said, "It's not like I haven't encountered it before..."

"..."

The brothers and sisters fell silent.

"Almost forgot," Ling Changfeng laughed suddenly. "Although you are a junior? But your experience is richer than ours. You have faced enemies of this level more than once."

Ling Xingye looked at them in surprise: "Haven't you guys met Yanshi yet?"

"Where can automatic puppets of that level be encountered casually?" Ling Changfeng smiled wryly, "Yanshi and Baiyin are both top-level existences in their respective organizations. For the vast majority of puppet masters, even the real Have you ever seen Baiyin? How can you deal with Yanshi?"

"No, actually, I've seen a few of them in Baiyin..."

"..." Everyone was silent again.

Ling Xingye also fell silent? He really didn't expect that his six senior brothers and sisters fought so hard, but they didn't even see the real Yanshi?

In fact, is this normal? It should be said that Ling Xingye's own experience is too special.