Academy City's Puppet Master

He paused for a while, seeing that Ling Xingye didn't stop him, he continued: "She said she was the envoy of the Council of Representatives."

"Come here so soon?" Ling Xingye nodded, "Bring her in."

A few minutes later, in the conference room, Ling Xingye and the others met the representatives of the council.

It was a girl, and unexpectedly young, a high school student.

Because she was wearing the uniform of a certain high school, with a schoolbag in her hand, as if passing by on the way to school.

"Kumukawa Seria...senpai." Hitomi Shiranui recognized the other party at a glance, and her expression became more dignified than ever.

"Good morning, Shiranui." Yunchuan Seria politely replied, "Good morning, 'Leader' Ling Xingye."

"And..." Looking at Misaka Mikoto and the other three, "Good morning, Misaka-san and Shirai-san."

She put down her schoolbag and said sternly: "Let me introduce myself again. I am Kumokawa Seriya. I am here today as the envoy of the General Council. This is the first time we meet, please take care of me."

===Chapter [-] Base Exposure===

The sudden visit of the girl Kumokawa Seria, who claims to be the messenger of the governing council, immediately arouses the vigilance of Hitomi Shiranui.

It was the first time seeing Hitomi Shiranui showing such obvious guard against someone, and Ling Xingye couldn't help becoming interested in Seria Yunchuan.

"Do you know this person?" Ling Xingye asked with his eyes.

Hitomi Shiranui nodded slightly, leaned into his ear and whispered, "He's a very powerful...difficult person."

Then he thought about it, and added: "It's almost the same as Shokuhou-san."

Ling Xingye was a little surprised—this girl was approved by Hitomi Shiranui, and she was rated at the same level as Shokuhou Misaki!

"So, she is also a psychic... level 4?"

Hitomi Shiranui shook her head: "I don't know what level she is, and I don't know what ability she is, maybe she is a person without ability."

After all, he was a student studying in the most common high school.

"But it's precisely because she doesn't rely on superpowers, only relying on psychological knowledge and conversation skills, she can achieve the same effect as 'psychological mastery'—that's why she looks scary." Hitomi Shiranui said seriously.

When Ling Xingye heard the words, he immediately cheered up and treated the girl in front of him more seriously.

Apart from the knowledge she possessed, Seria Kumokawa was only at the level of an ordinary girl in terms of physical fitness. Of course, it was impossible for her to hear clearly the whispers of Ling Xingye and Shiranui Hitomi.But through observation and lip language, it is not difficult for her to guess what the other person is talking about.

Yunchuan Seriya didn't care, and still maintained a perfect and polite posture, looking at Ling Xingye generously.

"The reason why I came here must be known to you." Yunchuan Seriya was very straightforward, and went directly to the topic, "Strictly speaking, I am not an envoy who can represent the overall council, I only represent one of the twelve directors Jimmy Pei came to meet you."

Having studied the characters of Ling Xingye and Shiranui Hitomi beforehand, Kumokawa Seriya chose a direct showdown, a strategy of telling the truth.

"'Fantasy Royal Hand is an illegal system that once caused a huge commotion, and your department’s combat operations last night have exceeded a certain limit and touched the red line of some directors, so..." Seria Kumokawa said, and then suddenly changed the subject Turned, "But Director Bei Jimin successfully persuaded the council, and with the acquiescence of Chairman Aleister, I came here."

Seriya Kumokawa said: "According to the council's careful study and careful consideration, we found that the 'Fantasy Hand 2.0' system has its meaning and value."

"If it is precisely controlled by Shiranui students like this time, the system can indeed improve the user's ability while avoiding negative effects-although it is only an insignificant and subtle improvement, but compared with other known methods. , which is the only optimal solution with the strongest universality, the lowest risk, and absolute effectiveness.”

"Therefore," said Kumokawa Seriya, "the system was judged to have strategic value. So the council decided not to pursue it. But the condition is that you need to provide all the research data."

For this result, Hitomi Shiranui had expected it - in the communication with Ling Xingye, Shokuhou Misaki, and Mr. Kiyama Haruki, she had already studied and estimated various possible consequences, so she dared to act so recklessly Restart "Fantasy Royal Hand 2.0".

"Is it for the 'New Human Evolution' project?" Hitomi Shiranui said.

"Fantasy Royal Hand 2.0" has a remarkable effect in breaking through the barrier of level 0 from level 1.

Although from the specific performance point of view, the actual effect is not obvious.But this is a breakthrough from "incompetent" to "capable".

Even Kiyama Haruno, who was originally just an ordinary person, gained superpowers because of this.

This is undoubtedly a very favorable prop for the overall council that is planning to implement the "New Human Evolution" plan.

Seria Yunchuan showed an appreciative expression: "That's right, Director Bei Ji Jimin used this reason to convince other people, that's why I'm here to contact you."

Ling Xingye and Hitomi Shiranui looked at each other, both admiring Academy City's grand decision.

While at war with Russia and the Orthodox Church, the city's top leaders are planning another "battlefield"—competing with the United States for the right to define "new humanity."

Ling Xingye said: "No problem, we can provide relevant data and materials."

After getting the answer, Seria Kumokawa seemed very satisfied. She didn't want the other party to fulfill the promise without compromise—in fact, all she needed was an answer that she could go back to work on.

"Happy cooperation." Seria Kumokawa said with a smile, "Then in return, I can give you a piece of information - about the secret base of the automatic puppet in Academy City..."

A few minutes later, when it was approaching school time, Seriya Kumokawa politely said goodbye and left, and soon merged into the vast school crowd and disappeared.

"It turned out to be there..." Ling Xingye called up the map and stared at a certain position on it, "I should have thought of it a long time ago, what's the 'holographic real-scene projection technology', think about it, it is basically like Huzhongjie and Fangcunshan 'Field' ah!"

According to the information provided by Seria Kumokawa just now, the base camp of the automatic puppet in Academy City is the swimming pool they have been to - "Gold Coast"!

Borrowing the name of high-tech holographic projection technology, a semi-permanent field barrier is actually arranged to cover the entire venue and the wider underground space, and become the core base camp of the Yanshi organization in Academy City.

Yanshi's successful camouflage can even hide from Chairman Aleister's lingering loop, so it's no wonder that it has never been exposed under the noses of Bai Yinyao and Bai Yinxiao.

However, when Yanshijia first established this secret base, it obtained the right to develop the site through an agreement with certain directors, so the location of the base has been exposed from the very beginning.

Until now, the trustees have not hesitated to sell them for their own benefit.

Ling Xingye also didn't fully believe Yunchuan Seriya's one-sided words. To be on the safe side, he asked Liu Yinjian to inquire about it from Lu Cun.

As a result, the same answer was obtained.

Lu Cun seems to have known about the tricks of the "Gold Coast" for a long time, but for some reason, he has always let it go, did not take any action, and did not take the initiative to submit information.

Ling Xingye didn't delve into this either - anyway, he didn't expect Lu Cun to help him from the beginning.

At noon, he received another communication from Commander Hua, saying that when they inspected the wreckage of the "Silver 0", they traced backwards based on some of the electronic components and locked in an "ultimate target", which is the factory that produced them. Base - "Gold Coast"!

All kinds of information and intelligence point to the same place.

At this point, Ling Xingye can finally be sure that his next goal is there - the "Gold Coast" swimming pool!

===Chapter Seven hundred and tenth water behind 0===

On the surface it is a swimming pool, but there is another world deep underground, in a certain mysterious room.

The crow stood on a high platform, overlooking the fierce battle that was going on in the center of the room below.

A total of 29 battles were carried out simultaneously in this small room—considering the space constraints, these were naturally not real battles, but the "holographic projection" technology that the swimming pool is most proud of, replaying what happened in the night just past of that war.

"A total of 24 of the latest model 'Silver 0'... what a loss." The crow sighed, but there was no nervous expression on his face.

"This is the new generation of automatic puppet you launched against all odds?" There was an undisguised mocking voice from beside him.

"There's no way to do that. I've been caught at the weak point." The crow shrugged. "What's more, in comparison, the traditional model of automatic puppets suffers even more."

With that said, it waved away most of the battle scenes, leaving only two of them.

——Ling Xingye and Misaka Mikoto, they were not many in number, but they killed the most traditional automatic puppets.

"One is a puppeteer who abides by the iron law of silver, and the other is a girl whose hands have not yet been stained with blood..." Crow said with great interest, "It just happens to be against this kind of enemy, and the one who arranges the battle is an expert."

"But your men have already been wiped out. Is this really okay?" In the shadows, a tall figure leaned against the wall.

The 24 "Silver Zeros" that were lost in the battle last night were all they had. As for more "Silver Zeros", they had spread to the entire Tokyo and even Japan with Academy City as the center.

"Don't worry, the new batch is about to leave the factory." Crow said with a smile.

"Are you still pretending to be stupid?" the other party asked, "Under your command, all the 'Silver 0' were wiped out, and all the wreckage was even taken away by the puppet master. Can't make it up?"

"Are you questioning me? Hehe, remember your identity—you are just a combatant, A!" The crow grinned, "All you have to do is follow my order and attack the target I want you to attack."

"..." Yan Shijia straightened his body, and his tall body seemed even bigger.

Yan Shijia came to the crow with great courage.

Crow is not the only one who regained the name of "Yanshi". Yanshijia, who was once disastrously defeated, also revived and regained his golden body.

In the death parade not long ago, a series of Yanshi with Tiangan numbers were born.

Although they are all consumables, they became cannon fodder in the decisive battle of the Crusades, deceiving the world.

But the new generation of Yanshijia born in it was swallowed by it and seized power.In this way, the former strength status was restored, and it was even better.

Today's Yanshijia is already stronger than before!

Crow is not a professional fighter, and in terms of strength, he is definitely not Yan Shijia's opponent.

But facing Yan Shijia, he didn't show the slightest timidity. He waved out all the battle scenes below and turned on all the lights.

There were only two figures of them in the empty room.

The tense confrontation lasted for more than ten seconds, Yan Shijia suddenly took a step back, and the atmosphere relaxed.

The crow put a smile on his face again, and walked down the high platform.

"Speaking of which, 'Baiyin 0' can self-destruct." As if suddenly remembering something, Crow said, "If, like before, it self-destructs immediately after defeat, at least the 'Yanshi Curse' can also eliminate all enemies, right?"

Yan Shijia looked at it silently, and questioned silently with his gaze.

"With Baiyin's technical ability, after obtaining those wreckages, they should be able to find here soon, right?" Crow said to himself.

Yan Shijia was surprised: "You... did it on purpose? Are you going to give up this base?"

"Isn't the so-called secret base just for abandonment?" Crow said with a smile, "Besides, exchanging a secret base for Ling Xingye is not a bad deal."

Hearing this, Yan Shijia immediately raised his spirits and clenched his fists: "Are you finally ready to attack him?"

"Don't get excited, the protagonist is not you." Crow said, "You just need to stay by my side and watch the show well."

"What did you say!"

"I can understand your feelings," Crow said, "but it was Bai Yinyao who defeated you, not Ling Xingye. If it's revenge, I am more qualified than you."

"So, you want to do it yourself?" Yan Shijia didn't hide his sarcasm.

"I have self-knowledge." Crow said coldly, "I'm not the type to charge into battle by myself. This time to deal with Ling Xingye, I arranged another pawn."

After all, the crow snapped his fingers.

The door of the room opened, steam filled the air, and another burly man walked in.

"This is..." Even Yan Shijia, who was an automatic puppet, couldn't help being stunned.