Academy City's Puppet Master

It was the same when he became the "leader". Obviously Ling Xingye himself didn't have that will, but he became this way unconsciously.

Now it's the "promising prospective director" again... I feel like I've been pushed into a troublesome position without knowing it again.

"I wish I could wake up and find that this was all a dream..."

But things didn't go as expected, the next morning, Ling Xingye confirmed the news again from Hitomi Shiranui who came to visit.

"The fact that Passy sent you an invitation has already spread, and almost all the parties involved know about it." Hitomi Shiranui said, "I am afraid that we have the least information on the parties directly involved..."

"How did it develop to this point?" Ling Xingye looked confused, "I just left for a few days... It can't be because of my outstanding performance in the World War?"

Finally, he said half-jokingly.

"It's because of Xingye's performance in the war."

Unexpectedly, he received a positive answer, and Hitomi Shiranui said seriously: "Directly participated in the battle of the angels, and finally defeated the fire of the right side by himself, ending the whole war... In the eyes of those who know, Xingye, your achievements are simply incomparable. match."

Ling Xingye thought about it carefully, and found that it was really the case—in this third world war with the theme of science and mystery, he had indeed made decisive contributions to Academy City's final victory.

Moreover, with Ling Xingye's current status and position, when the governing council wanted to "reward" rewards, they found that there was almost nothing to seal.

Ling Xingye is already the de facto uncrowned king of the underground world, and one step further, there is only a position in the governing council, right?

"Finally I know why Shokuhou Misaki said that." Ling Xingye was stunned.

With more so-called allies, there will be more enemies, because I am standing on the cusp of the storm!

"Huh?" Hitomi Shiranui raised her attention, "Shokuhou-san came here yesterday?"

"Yes."

"Why don't you come with everyone? What is she doing here?" Hitomi Shiranui was obviously very concerned.

"As the 'Queen', come to form an alliance with me." Ling Xingye said, "By the way, act as a commentator and give a live commentary..."

Hitomi Shiranui frowned and muttered: "That guy really does whatever he wants, relying on his ability to run around... Sure enough, I should skip class too."

"There's no need to argue with her about this, right?" Ling Xingye persuaded, "If even you play tricks and skip class, Teacher Xingzi will be very sad when she finds out."

"Is this what I want to argue about?" Hitomi Shiranui glared at him resentfully.

Ling Xingye laughed: "Okay, I know everything."

Stepping forward to hold the girl's hand, Ling Xingye said, "Don't worry—even if you don't believe me, you should believe in yourself."

"What are you talking about... Huh? This is..." Sensing the strangeness in his hand, Shiranui looked down, only to find that Ling Xingye had tied a red silk thread to his ring finger.And the other end of the silk thread was wrapped around Ling Xingye's own right wrist.

"For us puppet masters," Ling Xingye said, "Silk threads symbolize 'manipulation' and 'control', and also mean 'absolute connection'."

Ling Xingye raised his head, his eyes were piercing, and he pointed to his own head: "Tong, you gave me the opportunity to exist. If I am a puppet, then you are my puppet master - this is something no one can do." Denial and severing of ties."

"This..." Hitomi Shiranui was stunned, staring blankly at the silk thread on her finger, and then looked up at Ling Xingye's eyes.

She was already familiar with and used to his existence, but for some reason, her eyes averted a little at this time: "What is this? Is it Xingye's confession? Ah! Because it was so sudden, I was completely unprepared... No, it was because It's too unusual, so I didn't realize it and didn't react! But it's been so long, why suddenly... Ah, I just asked casually, and I didn't really care about Shokuhou-san. And it's weird,' Manipulation', 'control', puppets, etc., I'm not a puppeteer. This silk thread is also very strange, at least a ring is needed in this situation..."

"Uh..." Overwhelmed by the sudden wave of words from the usually quiet Shiranui Hitomi, Ling Xingye also responded subconsciously, "I thought a marriage proposal should be the next step..."

Hitomi Shiranui's words stopped abruptly as if being strangled by the throat.After a while, he said, "I'm not talking about a wedding ring... Engagement... No, engagement? Ah! What the hell am I talking about?!"

Shiranuo's pupils were in disarray, and he turned around to support his forehead and sighed.

"Well, no, I'm going to be late!" Hitomi Shiranui said suddenly, "I'm going to school!"

Said, walked faster to the door

After walking a few steps, I suddenly remembered the silk thread tied to my hand, but when I raised my hand, I found that the red thread had disappeared.

Instead, there was a faint red mark on the root of the finger.

Looking back, I saw Ling Xingye rolled up his sleeves and exposed his wrist, with the same mark on it.

"This is a specialty of the Silver Organization," Ling Xingye explained, "Don't worry, this mark will last forever."

"What, it's so troublesome..." The girl showed a bright smile, holding her left hand tightly to her chest, "Take a good rest, I'm leaving first, see you after school!"

Forgetting the fact that she was still in the hospital, Hitomi Shiranui ran out briskly.

She completely ignored the head nurse's reminder, and didn't notice the acquaintances who passed by.

"It seems that we came at the wrong time." Kamijou Touma scratched his iconic prickly hair, and stood at the door awkwardly.

"But it's very romantic, isn't it?" The silver-haired nun Index poked her head out, "The one just now should be a confession ceremony circulated among silver puppeteers, right?"

As the "Baiyin" and "Yanshi" organizations went to the world one after another, the list of banned books seems to have expanded to a considerable extent.

Index came over and presented a bouquet of small white flowers, fresh and delicate, still stained with dew, and it looked like they had just been picked from the flower beds in the park.

Kamijou Touma explained embarrassingly: "I wanted to go to the flower shop, but my wallet disappeared on the way..."

If someone else said this, it would definitely be considered an excuse, but when it was said from Kamijou Touma's mouth, it was quite convincing.

Kamijou Touma continued: "Although Index also has some pocket money, the flower shop in front of the hospital is a black shop, too expensive!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I appreciate your kindness, thank you very much for your concern!" Ling Xingye said quickly.

Inviting the two of them to come in and sit down, Ling Xingye took out the canned coffee bought from the vending machine downstairs to entertain them.

"It's great to see you all come back safely." Ling Xingye looked at the two of them up and down, and said very relieved.

===Chapter seven hundred and sixty-nine in an endless stream===

"We also just returned to Academy City last night." Kamijou Touma scratched his head and said, "I saw that there was no one in your room next door, so I asked and found out that Xingye is here."

Ling Xingye nodded, and said half-jokingly: "By the way, that fellow Tuyumen Motoharu, doesn't he come to visit me even though he knows I'm in the hospital?"

"Tsuchimikado?" Kamijou Touma shook his head, "It's not that guy, I don't know where he went to fool around, he didn't come back at all last night."

"It's not him?" Ling Xingye was also surprised, "Who told you that?"

"It's the girl who lives next door to you," Kamijou Touma said, "Uh, it's the room where Kanzaki Kaori lived before."

"It's Shokuhou Misaki, the fifth superpower in Academy City." Index added.

"" Ling Xingye was silent for a moment before saying, "It seems that it was really late when you went back."

Last night, when Shokuhou Misaki left the ward, it was almost midnight the next day.

Looking at Index's carefree expression, she sipped the canned coffee while muttering "It's so bitter".

Ling Xingye couldn't help but said: "It's great that Miss Nun is safe and sound, isn't it?"

He still remembered that Kamijou Touma wanted to save Index, that's why he didn't go back with him, but took the initiative to look for the fire of the right side, trying to defeat him.

Although in the end this goal was accomplished by Ling Xingye.

"Thanks to you, Xingye!" Kamijou Touma said, "Thanks to you defeating the fire on the right, Index returned to normal."

"It's just the right time for me. Who told him to arrest the wrong person?" Ling Xingye continued, "But I didn't expect Index to come back to the Puritan church. What a big heart!"

Obviously it is a very important "Magical Forbidden Book Catalogue", so is it really okay to always "lost outside" like this?

"About this, Stiyl specifically mentioned it to me," Kamijou Touma showed a distressed expression, "It's actually a hostage situation, right?"

It turned out that World War III came to an end with the defeat of the Right Fire. On the surface, this is the case.

In fact, as soon as the "mysterious side" fell into a disadvantage, Academy City had already mobilized its forces, and originally planned to take the opportunity to attack on a large scale to expand the results of the battle.

However, after confirming that the "public enemy" of the right fire does not exist, the three major Christian denominations immediately announced an alliance, and issued a statement with "Christianity" as the main body, demanding "peace negotiations" with Academy City.

You must know that the British Puritans have always been allies of Academy City, and the sudden "reversal" at this juncture really hurts the trust between the two parties.

Therefore, the Supreme Bishop Lola made a decision to keep their important "Catalogue of Prohibited Books" in Academy City as a "hostage".

That being said, Kamijou Touma and Index, the two parties involved, didn't feel anything.From their point of view, everything is the same as before.

After staying for a while, Kamijou Touma said goodbye and left because the class time was approaching.

As if in some kind of relay race, five Misaka sisters filed in, with no expression on their faces, and solemnly presented their handmade paper flowers.

It was Misaka 10032 to Misaka 10036 who were undergoing physical adjustment in the hospital. They had known for a long time that the "hero" Ling Xingye was receiving treatment in the same hospital, so they finally found the opportunity to visit.

"Because the Misakas have very little pocket money, and the flowers at the door are very expensive, so they learned how to make paper flowers instead. Misaka justified her behavior of sending out paper flowers."

"It's fine if you want it." Ling Xingye said repeatedly.

He looked at the bouquets that had filled the ward, and it was not difficult to imagine why the flower shop at the door was in short supply and the price was soaring again.

These Misaka sisters said that they represented the entire "Misaka Legion" to visit, and also said that after they earned money, they would make up "gorgeous" and "expensive" gifts.

These thin-natured replicants seem to be reconciled to only being able to send paper flowers.

"Okay," as the Misaka sisters left, the ward fell into silence again, Ling Xingye said to himself, "Who will be next?"

"It's me." Sure enough, a girl pushed open the door.

"Huh? I remember, you're Meililu?" Ling Xingye recognized the girl in front of him. He didn't know her very well, but she was Yuan Shanyao's best friend.

"That's right, but it's not me that needs to be remembered." Meililu said, "You must not have forgotten, right? Ah Yao is also in this hospital!"

Yuan Shanyao fell into a deep sleep due to brain overload due to his ability to go berserk, and has been receiving treatment in this hospital since then.

Mei Lilu said that she came to replace Yuan Shanyao, who was unable to come in person, to "give a sense of presence".In the end, he took Ling Xingye to Yuan Shanyao's ward to visit her.

"Oh..." After Ling Xingye left, Mei Lilu sat down beside the hospital bed and sighed, "I can only help so far. Ayao, if you sleep on, you will only see the finale." La!"

Ling Xingye returned to her ward and found that someone was already waiting at the door.

And a rather unexpected character.

"One-way Accelerator" Even now, suddenly seeing this pale figure still makes Ling Xingye's heart tense, and he tenses his muscles reflexively, responding to the challenge.

However, immediately after seeing the final signal that was inseparable from him as if bound to equipment, Ling Xingye quietly lifted his guard posture.

"It's really slow!" Fang Xing said coldly.

"Sorry for the long wait." Ling Xingye opened the door and let the two of them in. "I just went to visit my classmates."

"I just brought this kid here for a review today. I heard that you are here, so I stopped by to take a look." Fang Accelerator said.

As he said that, he put a convenience bag on the table with a "boom", which contained a dozen of the coffee he liked to drink recently.

Then, he saw that the coffee of the same brand that had been piled up in a pyramid shape on the table was the drink that Ling Xingye bought to entertain visitors.

"Tsk! Just tell me why the vending machine downstairs is empty!"