Academy City's Puppet Master

"No, didn't you mention it casually when you were joking?" Ling Xingye said.

"How could it be a joke, I have always been serious!" Misaka Mikoto said.

"" Ling Xingye sighed silently, and said after thinking for a while, "It was already very late at that time, don't you have access control?"

"I don't care about that kind of thing!" Misaka Mikoto said, crossing her arms, "Forget it, I'm not angry at all!"

The girl forcibly remained calm, and Misaka 10001 who was beside her cast a surprised look.

"Anyway, it's just an enemy of that level, and we don't need to go out to solve it at all."

"Oh, yes!" Ling Xingye quickly nodded in accordance with her intentions, "It's not an enemy who needs a dignified super electromagnetic gun."

"By the way," Misaka Mikoto looked coldly, "Isn't the guata performance that they have scheduled ready yet?"

Ling Xingye immediately remembered that this was the first time the two met.At that time, in order to embrace this generous audience, Ling Xingye agreed to find a way to make a puppet in the shape of a croak to perform.

"Uh, that's still under preparation." Ling Xingye replied with some embarrassment.

"Obviously, I gave a limited edition large-scale Guatai to the individual outside the fan"

Thoughts full of resentment drifted to Ling Xingye's ears.

"Ah, it's that one!" Ling Xingye suddenly realized, "You are really well informed."

A few days ago, in order to persuade Misaka Misaki to go to school, Ling Xingye specially prepared a souvenir when he visited.

It is a giant life-size croak doll.

To be honest, Ling Xingye didn't know what the individual's hobbies were, but he just prepared according to Misaka Mikoto's hobbies.

As a result, at the time, it seemed that the Fanwai entity was not interested in the giant frog.

"The extra individual Misaka Misei does not like Guta like my sister, but she likes to show off." Misaka 10001 said blankly, "In the past two days, that guy has been showing off new gifts on the Misaka Network, and specially Emphasize that it was sent by you, the master!"

It was the first time Ling Xingye saw the emotion of "gritting teeth" on Misaka 10001's face.

"I'm not in the Misaka network," Misaka Mikoto said with a gloomy face, "so she made a video call to show off!!!"

The extra individual is a special existence, she is a collection of negative emotions of all Misaka sisters.Facts have proved that this guy's character is really bad.

Misaka Mikoto lost control of her emotions, largely because of her stimulation.

"Don't be angry, I'll find a way to get you one too." Ling Xingye persuaded.

The super-sized Guatta is a limited edition, and even Misaka Mikoto, who is a fan of Guatta, couldn't snag it.

"Really?" Misaka Mikoto's eyes lit up, and then quickly backed away, "Hey, quack or something, she's not like that"

Misaka 10001 looked at her wordlessly.

"Well, let's do it like this." Misaka Mikoto coughed dryly, and her mood quickly improved.

"10001, I will also prepare one for you." Ling Xingye continued.

Misaka 10001 said: "Unlike my sister, Misaka is not obsessed with the Guta series. But as long as it is a gift from the master, Misaka will cherish it and keep it properly."

At this moment, Saten Ruiko suddenly walked over from the other side of the crowd.

"Good evening, Misaka-kun, master!" Saiten Saten was as energetic as ever, and at the same time as she walked over, there was also a half-human-tall puppet following her step by step.

"Wow, Saten-san's puppet operation is so good!" Misaka Mikoto praised softly, then raised her hand and waved, "Good evening, Saten-san!"

"Master, how do you see my performance?" Saten Ruiko manipulated the puppet to perform various acrobatic moves in front of her.

Although it is not as vivid as Ling Xingye, but from the perspective of "performance", it can be regarded as entering the room, and it can be performed on stage.

Ling Xingye was also amazed by such a talent. Perhaps Saten Leizi's ability is "puppet manipulation", right?

"It's disgusting, that's not it!" Saten Saten retorted, "This is the result of my hard work and forgetting to sleep and eat!"

"Next time we can come to the street to perform together." Ling Xingye said.

"Huh? Really!" Saten Ruiko suddenly became excited, "It's really great!"

With the end of the performance, the money was almost collected, and the audience gradually dispersed.

"Thinking about it, it's incredible! Xingye is already a big shot, yet no one recognizes him?" Misaka Mikoto looked at the people passing by.

Although they all liked Ling Xingye's puppet show, they simply regarded him as a "street performer" and had no other reactions.

You know, Ling Xingye is still the "leader" of the group of armed incompetents, the uncrowned king who commands the underground world of Academy City.

Even after last night's battle, Ling Xingye actually secured the position of "director".

As Misaka Mikoto said, the current Ling Xingye is an out-and-out "big shot"!

But the people who passed by on the street didn't realize this.

It is really unreasonable.

However, this is in line with Ling Xingye's wishes.

"Hey, did you move your hands and feet?" Misaka Mikoto suddenly turned her head and asked.

No one had noticed until now, until Misaka Mikoto took the initiative to ask questions, and people discovered that Shokuhou Misaki was watching them at some point.

"Well, for the time being, let's make a little effort, I and Shiranui-senpai" Shokuhou Misaki said, "Because Xingye doesn't like too high-profile."

"You and Shiranui-senpai manipulated the memories of everyone in the city?" Misaka Mikoto exclaimed.

"How could it be possible to achieve that level!" Shokuhou Misaki sighed, "It's much simpler than that. The principle is that there are no legends about the research results that Shiranui-senpai intends to publish."

===Chapter 82 The legend does not exist===

"The legend doesn't exist? What is it, the new popular urban legend?"

Hearing what Shokuhou Misaki said, Satenlei was the first to jump out, and raised his hand excitedly to ask.

"Well, it's not an urban legend." Shokuhou Misaki said with a smile, and seeing Saten Ruiko lose interest in an instant, he added, "But it is indeed related to an urban legend!"

Misaka Mikoto asked: "Is it related to urban legends? Has Xingye himself become an urban legend? It's not like there have been puppet operations. But what does this have to do with your manipulation of collective memory?"

After closing the stall, a group of people left the street and entered the nearby coffee shop. Ling Xingye and Hitomi Shiranui made an appointment to meet here. Hitomi Shiranui was called to help the school in the afternoon, so she couldn't come to see the performance.

After finding an empty seat and sitting down, Shokuhou Misaki continued: "About urban legends, Saten-san is an expert, can you introduce the latest popular urban legends?"

"Okay, okay!" Mentioning urban legends, Saten Ruiko immediately became interested, "Speaking of the ones that have started to rise recently, there are shadow directors, mysterious No.13 people, nano ghosts, and angel cabins."

"Okay, that's fine!" Shokuhou Misaki hastily interrupted her to introduce the name of the dish.

"Huh? I just started talking?" Saten Ruiko complained unsatisfactorily.

"Those are not important." Shokuhou Misaki waved his hand, "The most popular ones have appeared."

Misaka Mikoto glanced at Ling Xingye: "Don't worry about the latter two, the shadow director and the mysterious No.13 are obviously talking about you, Xingye?"

"It seems to be so interesting." Ling Xingye nodded, "But I don't know what the specific content is yet."

"There is no need to doubt, that is to say, Starry Night's latest director-sama," Shokuhou Misaki said with a smile, "Because this is an urban legend compiled by others and senior Shiranui."

"Hey!!! Why did you do this!" Saten Ruiko was immediately lost, and quickly asked, "There is no sense of mystery like this!"

Shokuhou Misaki did not respond directly to her, but asked instead: "By the way, are there any legends that are not in metal now?"

Saten Saten didn't know why, but she still tilted her head and thought about it: "No, urban legends come and go. If it's not in metal, it will only appear during the Daihasei festival, right?"

"No." Shokuhou Misaki shook his head, "To be precise, the Metal Society will not appear at the Academy City Open Day. Take last year as an example, there were related legends in the Dahasei Festival and the Ichidanran Festival. But now the Ichidanran Festival will be held soon. Sacrifice, but there is no legend of not being in metal."

Ling Xingye remembered the piece of metal in the "Perpetual Motion Development Department".

"About the absence of metal, it has already been found."

Saten Ruiko exclaimed again: "Huh? Really! Where is it? I went to look for it, and thought it really didn't exist."

"The reason why urban legends become urban legends is because they don't exist." Shokuhou Misaki said, "Once the legend is confirmed, it loses its mystery. At that time, it will no longer be an urban legend. People just took advantage of this. principle"

The reverse application of the urban legend of "the legend does not exist".

Urban legends and real things cannot coexist, and the best way to dispel urban legends is to prove their existence in reality.

That being the case, as long as urban legends are artificially created and maintained, the people and things in the "legends" can be hidden on a realistic level.

This is a recent statement by Hitomi Shiranui.It is said to be a research result, but it is not an "invention" but a "discovery".

All kinds of "urban legends" circulating in Academy City are mixed with good and bad people, and among the countless absurd rumors, there are often truths and secrets mixed in.

After Academy City discovered this by using this platform to manipulate the public opinion orientation of the city, two top psychological and memory faculty members decided to use this mechanism to hide Ling Xingye's other identity.

"This is Starry Night's wish too," Shokuhou Misaki finally said.

In this regard, Ling Xingye nodded and admitted.

"This is really Xingye's character." Misaka Mikoto said with emotion.

"It's not just because of that reason," Hitomi Shiranui walked over quickly, "Sorry for being late."

After greeting everyone, Hitomi Shiranui sat next to Ling Xingye, and continued: "Hiding Xingye's identity is a necessary action to protect the safety of the director."

"Think about it, besides Ms. Kisafune Mochu, who has ever seen other directors in real life?" Hitomi Shiranui said, "Every director puts himself in an absolutely safe area. They are more important than anyone else. Take your own safety seriously."

Even Oifune Mosaka, who is the most close to the people, has won the love and protection of the citizens of Academy City by relying on his own affinity.

Even with such caution, three directors died a while ago; Director Shiokishi's lair was breached last night, and he was almost killed.

In contrast, the new director Ling Xingye's self-preservation mechanism is even more flawed.

Although he has the largest organization in Academy City under his command, in terms of security capabilities, to be honest, he might as well rely on himself.

It is impossible for Ling Xingye to stay in his fortress all day long like Shiokishi.

Therefore, the best way is to hide Ling Xingye's identity as a "director".

Now it seems that the plan is going well, and few ordinary citizens associate this street performer with the new director.

And those who really know Ling Xingye's identity are limited to a few other directors and the few people present among the very few people.

As for other people, including the board of directors of Changdian Shangji Academy, they only know that Ling Xingye is still a "quasi-director", but they don't know that he has already ascended the throne.

"It's getting late, ladies should go home." After drinking the coffee in his cup, Ling Xingye looked at the time, got up and said.

As always, Ling Xingye was going to send them back to their respective residences.

After that, he still has other things to deal with, no matter how much he wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper, he will inevitably get busy after becoming a director.