Academy City's Puppet Master

Misaka Mikoto nodded: "That's right, Senior Toyama and the others even made your double to maintain order."

"Well, I heard from Tong, and I will thank them well later." Ling Xingye took back the ghost, picked up the travel bag, and asked, "What about you? Go back to school or go to the headquarters together?"

"Of course we are together, my sister is still waiting for me." Misaka Mikoto said as a matter of course.

Before Ling Xingye accepted the mission and came to crusade against the left side, he specifically asked Misaka 10001 to escort Hitomi Shiranui back to the headquarters.

Even if it's just to meet Hitomi Shiranui, he still needs to go to the underground command center first.

In order to appease people's hearts, Ling Xingye came to the underground bar openly all the way.

"I'm back." Looking at the familiar abandoned office building in front of him, Ling Xingye said softly.

"Tsk, there are a lot of people..." Misaka Mikoto said uncomfortably with a flash of lightning in her bangs.

On the surface, there is no one in the large abandoned neighborhood nearby, but you can feel the dense sights cast from all directions.

I don't know how many people are secretly observing here, and then, the same number of mobile phones and radios and other communicators are working at the same time.

The sudden intense burst of electromagnetic waves made Misaka Mikoto's scalp tingle.

The people watching nearby spread the news of "Ling Xingye's return" to Academy City immediately.

"Boss! It's great to have you back!" In the conference room, Qifan greeted him with great enthusiasm, almost crying with joy.

If it weren't for worrying that his overly excited emotions would expose the previous "substitute plan", Qifan would have rushed to greet him outside the bar.

Qifan was originally a die-hard supporter of Ling Xingye. It can be said that he was able to obtain his current status and power because of his "dragon merit" of resolutely standing with Ling Xingye.

Therefore, Qifan is the last person in the entire group who does not want anything to happen to Ling Xingye.

These days relying on empty plans to support this huge organization alone has exhausted Qifan's mental strength, and even suspects that he will collapse before the group.

It wasn't until this moment, seeing Ling Xingye's return with his own eyes, that he finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he could have a good night's sleep.

Not only Qifan, but the entire command center, including the main members of the "law enforcement team", felt relieved at this moment, and the stone in their hearts fell to the ground.

Even if it is impossible for Ling Xingye to help them in their daily tasks, as long as they know that "the leader is back", everyone will feel more confident.

Moreover, those rebellious opponents will inevitably stop a lot, which in fact reduces the workload of the "law enforcement team".

"Thank you." Ling Xingye said.

Then I saw a few girls in the conference room.

Yuanshan Haruka, Isshiki Chihui, Yakushiji Mixi and Saten Reiko—the four-person "crew" jointly implemented the "Substitute Project", using Ling Xingye's influence to try their best to appease the stability of the underground world.

Including Hitomi Shiranui who proposed this plan, and Misaka sisters who also tried their best to find and rescue themselves.

Ling Xingye was full of emotions in his heart. He didn't expect that he would have influence, nor did he think that they would come up with such a method, and he didn't expect that so many people would work together to rescue him.

"I'm sorry to make you worry." Ling Xingye bowed deeply to everyone present, "Also, thank you!"

"Huh? No need!" Yuan Shanyao waved his hands again and again, "This is all..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Saten Ruiko jumping up and cheering.

"Long live! Master has returned safely, let's celebrate!"

These days of manipulation have made Saten Ruiko more proficient in pulling the silk, and the stand-in puppet on the side also raised his hands and cheered.

Yakushiji Mixi and Isshiki Qianhui also nodded in agreement.

Qifan didn't care too much, and was about to go out immediately to get someone to prepare the party.

It was Misaka Mikoto who remained calm and interrupted the atmosphere of celebration.

"I'm not against celebrating, but is this really the right time?"

Hitomi Shiranui also nodded and said, "I also think it's better to hold back the party for the time being. At least, after the city in the sky leaves completely, right?"

"Huh? A city in the sky?" Saten Saten was stunned for a moment, and then realized, "Is it the one mentioned in the news? So it's true!"

The three "crew" hurried out to watch the floating fortress.

"Don't blame them," Yuan Shanyao said, "We haven't left this underground bar these days...so they really don't know what's going on outside."

Only Yuan Shanyao, because of her ability to "see the future", "sees" this scene in advance.

Since the most tense time had passed, and Ling Xingye had also returned, the three of Saten Reniko did not feel scared, but regarded the floating fortress as a rare spectacle, and took out their mobile phones to keep taking pictures.

After getting enough of their addiction, the three returned to the conference room.

At this time, the big screen has been turned on in the meeting room, broadcasting the battle unfolding in the Western Pacific in real time.

This is the first-hand information obtained by Academy City, which should be highly confidential, but at the request of Ling Xingye, Chairman Aleister agreed to share this information with him.

The atmosphere in the conference room was also much more dignified, which made the three girls who had just returned immediately quiet down.

Hitomi Shiranui greeted them to sit down, and then explained in a low voice.

Originally, Ling Xingye planned to tell about his experiences during the period of his disappearance, but the three of them ran out to see the floating fortress, Saten Renko, Yakushiji Mixi and Isshiki Chihui, so they decided to postpone the matter and take a look outside first. battle situation.

Regardless of his status as "leader" or "Silver", Ling Xingye has every reason to pay attention to the decisive battle outside.

As expected, the accelerated movement of the floating fortress was due to the official start of the war at sea.

The queen's fleet and the puppets released from the floating fortress launched a large-scale naval battle.

In addition, to Ling Xingye's surprise, there was a third-party force involved in it - it was the "Silver" puppet master.

At least ten "Silver" led the team, and a small fleet composed of ten ships entered the battlefield, launching a fierce attack on the automatic puppet side.

However, they had no intention of cooperating with the Crusaders, and even attacked each other, turning the whole situation into a three-way war.

It is not difficult to understand that in the battles of the Crusades, the targets of crusade were not just automatic puppets.

In their view, the "Silver" puppet master also belonged to an inhuman alien race.

Many puppet masters were backstabbed by the Crusaders when they were fighting against the automatic puppets, and they were eliminated together with the automatic puppets.

It can be said that if it were not for the constraints of the "iron law of silver" and the higher priority hatred for automatic puppets, these silver people present at this time would definitely directly launch the "King of the Pot" and destroy the Queen's fleet first.

The battle situation at sea is very chaotic, and the intensity of the war is rapidly increasing.

After watching for a while, Ling Xingye commented: "The fight was very lively..."

The silver side had the least number of people, but they were all elites, so there were no casualties.

The other two parties are much more intense.

In just ten minutes, the Queen's fleet sank three ice warships.

There are countless puppets destroyed here in Yanshi.

Since the relationship between Ling Xingye and these two parties is not very good, it is completely a mentality of watching the excitement.

Suddenly, Ling Xingye's cell phone rang.

"Sister Yang?"

It was Lu Xuyang who called. At first, he thought her disappearance was worrying her, so he called specifically to inquire, but as soon as the call was connected, he heard the other person speaking quickly: "Xingye, are you staying at home well? Don't run out to fight! Don't even go to the city in the sky!"

"Don't worry, Sister Yang, I don't have that plan yet..." Ling Xingye quickly comforted him, but to be honest, if he hadn't just escaped from Kihara Chime's kidnapping, he might really find a way to find out.

Just after hanging up the phone, Baiyin Yao called again.

Next came Ling Changfeng, the second senior brother.

Then there is flower 21, the representative of flower 72, and the leader of the city flower in the academy, and the school doctor Liu Yinjian.

In the end, even Teacher Xingzi called and told Ling Xingye not to go out to participate in the war outside...

"Uh..." Ling Xingye looked at the phone speechlessly, "What's the matter? Do I look like I want to go out to fight? Am I so uneasy?"

Hitomi Shiranui smiled lightly at the side: "No, it's just because everyone realizes that Xingye has the ability to participate in the war, so I came here to remind you."

===Chapter 44 Urgent Mission===

Ling Xingye put down his mobile phone resentfully, facing the concerned eyes of several other people present, he coughed and said emphatically: "Don't worry, I won't run over to join the battle."

After getting the guarantee, Qifan finally felt relieved. He didn't want to see the leader who had just returned to the dangerous battlefield again.

Just like what Shiranui Tong said just now, the reason why those who care about Ling Xingye call to warn him is because Ling Xingye does have the strength to intervene in this war.

But no matter how strong Ling Xingye is, he is definitely not foolproof in that chaotic battlefield.

If something unexpected happens to this... Shiban is confident that she will cry harder than Hitomi Shiranui.

After being interrupted like this, Ling Xingye was in no mood to continue watching the battlefield broadcast.

Several other people in the meeting room were also not interested in the war that was going on outside, so everyone decided to take the opportunity to have a good exchange about the experience of Ling Xingye's disappearance these days.

Ling Xingye looked at the conference room, and all the people present were close and trustworthy people.

Even Chihiro Isshiki and Meixi Yakushiji, who usually do not get to know each other very well, actively contributed to the "Substitute Project" this time.

Therefore, he does not intend to hide anything, and is going to briefly talk about his experience, including what happened in the "dream".It can be regarded as an explanation for everyone.

But just as he started, he was interrupted by a rush of alarm bells.

"Urgent mission!" Qifan's secretary ran in in a panic.

At the same time, Qifan had already seen the task email from the tablet in his hand.

Ling Xingye's cell phone also rang.

"Urgent mission..." Qifan gasped, showing a toothache expression, "This is the first time I've seen it..."

The "Law Enforcement Team" works using the same system as the Guard Force.Nanami remembered that in the training of the regulations manual, the security teacher specifically mentioned that the so-called "emergency mission" usually represented one meaning - an event involving the survival of Academy City, and the highest order directly issued by the governing council.

Since the establishment of the law enforcement team, it has never accepted a task of this size.

After reading the task content, Ling Xingye sighed and said, "Okay, this is actually the task for me, right?"

Qifan smiled wryly and said, "Indeed, only the leader of the entire group can handle this task."

"Xingye, is this okay?" Hitomi Shiranui couldn't help asking.

Because the content of the task involves a level 5 superpower - "Migen Matter" Kakine Teito.

The higher authorities hope that the law enforcement team can send people to prevent Kakine Teito from continuing to fight, so as to prevent further losses.