Academy City's Puppet Master

At the beginning, it was indeed full of momentum, with a sign that the mountains and rain were about to come, as if a terrifying battle was about to start.

But after the actual battle, they realized that the duel was really anticlimactic.Looks like two normal guys punching each other

Strictly speaking, the two Lingxing Ye unilaterally besieged Sol.

Only two people inadvertently "rubbed" and collapsed the destroyed building, demonstrating the horror of this battle.

"Xingye has already mastered the profound meaning of the silk-drawing opera." Bai Yinyao explained, "For a puppeteer at this level, everything in the world can be manipulated as a puppet."

"So powerful?" Misaka Mihoshi asked suspiciously.

"Well, that's what I said." Baiyin Yao waved his hand, "It's a bit exaggerated, but the principle remains the same. Unfortunately, Sol's magic happens to be the type that interferes with the real world."

But there is only one real world, and it is impossible to be controlled by two people at the same time.

Therefore, the abilities of Ling Xingye and Thor cancel each other out to a certain extent.

Of course, Sol's "Almighty God" model is undoubtedly more mature and powerful, but he can no longer form an absolute advantage when facing Ling Xingye.

And this kind of powerful ability called cheating, once it cannot form an absolute advantage, often means "absolutely no advantage".

Sol dealt with every possible means, trying his best to fight back and confront, but finally surrendered under the siege of the two Ling Xingye.

"What a monster!" Switching back to the normal Thor mode, Sol said, covering his swollen eye sockets, "Although I have earned experience points, what I want is not the experience of failure!"

Ling Xingye looked at the abandoned factory area that had been razed to the ground with satisfaction, then walked up to Saul and pressed his shoulder.

"The fight is over now, don't you mind having a drink and chatting again?" Ling Xingye said with a smile, "About Gremlin"

===Chapter [-] Skirmish===

In the underground bar, Ling Xingye quietly drunk Sol and obtained the desired information from him.

"Okay, move him into the lounge." Ling Xingye clapped his hands and greeted the waiter beside him.

Then he turned to Qifan's secretary: "Did you remember everything he said just now?"

"It's all written down." The secretary girl nodded, "And there is a recording of the whole process."

After confirming that there were no omissions, Ling Xingye sat back on his seat, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp

Misaka Mikoto, who was sitting by the side, couldn't help asking: "Xingye, is it okay to drink so much alcohol? Besides, you are not old enough to drink alcohol, right?"

"Don't worry, this is a speakeasy." Ling Xingye shrugged, "Nobody cares about this."

As for drinking, Ling Xingye played with the cup in his hand.

My immediate boss wants to compete for drinks with others. As an experienced bartender, how can he really fill him with drinks?

"Nice job." Ling Xingye praised the bartender behind the bar.

In fact, what the bartender poured into Ling Xingye's glass was just a low-alcohol beverage that looked like wine.

During the conversation over drinks, Sol actually noticed something, but he was willing to admit defeat, so he didn't struggle so much, and told all the information he knew while drinking.

"Next, we'll wait for the information from Tong." Ling Xingye tapped his fingertips on the table, lost in thought.

Judging from the information obtained from Thor's mouth, the situation is not optimistic.

But Ling Xingye does not have the ability to distinguish lies, so he must compare it with the interrogation results from Shiranuotong to determine the accuracy of the information obtained.

Drinking the hangover tea, Ling Xingye looked through the written documents organized by the secretary while waiting for Hitomi Shiranui's arrival.

Ten minutes later, the three girls came hand in hand to Hitomi Shiranui, Misaki Shokuhou and Mitsuko Kamiya.

Seeing Ling Xingye's unscathed appearance, Shiranuo Tong showed a reassuring expression, walked over quickly, and gave him a big hug.

"By the way, there is still business." Hitomi Shiranui muttered, then stood on tiptoe.

The two people's foreheads touched Shiranui Hitomi's version of "Quick Data Transfer" completed.

After a while, Ling Xingye rubbed his eyebrows in distress: "It really is, it's troublesome"

Under the curious gazes of the people around, Ling Xingye let out a long breath and said: "The meeting will start immediately, everyone go to the conference room to gather!"

This time the "Gremlin Invasion" incident was finally declared over.All the main culprits except "Dwarf Horns" were arrested or eliminated.

Academy City, or Ling Xingye's side won a big victory!

The incident is perfectly resolved

At least on the surface.

But according to the latest information they have passed, they know that this is just the beginning.

The information obtained by Ling Xingye and Shiranui Hitomi confirmed each other, allowing them to finally obtain specific information about the organization "Gremlin Troublemaker".

Strictly speaking, the organization that has only recently emerged suddenly and stepped into the foreground is a "stitch monster" that was put together improvised.It is a monster forcibly kneaded and merged by many originally different or even unrelated organizations.

Among them, the main forces are composed of three parts.

The first one is the group of "magicians" represented by Sol and Marion.They are the original founders of the organization "Gremlin".

But not long ago, the leader of the organization, the demon god Othinus, suddenly disappeared.The organization almost collapsed and disbanded without its leader and purpose of operation.

The second group is the mad scientists of the United States, which is the most serious "scientific research institution".One of the representatives is the local superpower development organization "Xavier School for Gifted Youth" in the United States.

The third group is those automatic puppet Yanshi organizations.Using the "elixir of longevity" to lobby, the automatic puppets succeeded in impressing those big men, and finally they were able to enter the court in a dignified manner.Even with the help of the government's influence, the "enhanced potion" was widely promoted.

Although they are collectively called "Gremlins" externally, in fact they are not monolithic internally, and the three groups are clearly divided.

For example, in this invasion, the real participants were the group of "magicians".The other two groups didn't offer even a sliver of support.

Even that Yanshi Baijin came in disguised as a magic race "dwarf" to make trouble.

It can also be confirmed through interrogation that these magicians who invaded Academy City all have their own private goals.

The so-called "destruction of the perpetual motion machine" is nothing more than an excuse they use to obtain organizational support.

After a little testing, when I found out that there was nothing I could do, I gave up decisively and turned to do my own thing.

In Saul's words, their "magicians" have been reduced to a marginal role in the organization, and their power is quite limited.

However, "Gremlin"'s actions against Academy City were extremely serious.It can never be just such a "small fight".

"I'll give you a piece of advice, Ling Xingye." Saul said drunkenly when he was already in a daze, "The duel between you and Gremlin has just begun! The few of us are just a skirmish."

After collecting all the information and reporting to everyone present, Ling Xingye continued.

"So, in the coming days, I hope everyone will not take it lightly. Taking the opportunity of watching the festival at one end, Gremlin will definitely continue to make troubles."

He paused for a while, and then said: "It is our group that thwarted the enemy's conspiracy this time. It is not difficult to imagine that we may have been targeted by the enemy. So please pay attention to your own safety."

"It's a little uncomfortable to always be so passive." Misaka Mikoto complained, "Can't we take the initiative?"

"Unfortunately, we don't have the authority and ability to operate outside." Ling Xingye said, "But someone should be in charge of the external combat plan. I will raise relevant issues in the next regular meeting."

"Tch, is it necessary to be so troublesome?" Accelerator, who also came over for some reason, sneered, "Is it very difficult to find a plane in the No. 20 third school district and directly break into the enemy's center?"

Not only him, but Misaka Miho and the "Prop" quartet were also in the meeting room.

Therefore, in this not-too-large meeting room, four eve5s and five eve4s gathered!

With these people joining forces, there are really few places in this world that can block them.

"That's what it says," Ling Xingye said, "but if we really want to do this, we must have sufficient evidence and a reasonable excuse."

It's a pity that directly reading the prisoner's memory with the help of superpowers is only counted as valid evidence within Academy City.However, the broad international community does not recognize such evidence.

Accelerator's proposal moved Ling Xingye a little.If he can get solid evidence, he doesn't mind at all organizing an ultra-luxury commando team, which in turn goes to the enemy's lair to do things.

"When I mentioned this, I remembered..." Ling Xingye suddenly remembered something, and looked at Misaka Miqin, "I asked you to investigate before, did you get any results from the source of the rumors?"

Misaka Mikoto was a little ashamed. After she handed over the task to Uiharu Shiri, she forgot that there was such a thing!

===Chapter [-] Information about Lily===

I still remember that not long ago, when "Gremlin" was officially unveiled, rumors and legends about "new humans" and "strengthening potions" arose again in Academy City.

You don't need to think about it to know that it must be their ghost behind this.

Since the matter is related to the automatic puppet, Ling Xingye is going to follow the vine to trace the source of public opinion.

He entrusted this task to the "super hacker" Misaka Mikoto. Professional work is to be done by professional people.

But Misaka Mikoto has no interest in tracking Internet public opinion, and her skill points have not been added to this aspect.

So, with the same idea as Ling Xingye, let professionals do professional things.

She entrusted this task to Uiharu (played by Li Ben). As a discipline committee member, she has similar task requirements and can investigate together.

A lot of things happened later, making Misaka Mikoto completely forget about it.

Suddenly hearing Ling Xingye mention it at this moment, Misaka Mikoto couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

Just as she was thinking about how to explain it, someone knocked on the door and came in.

It was the four members of the [-]th Branch of the Disciplinary Committee, and Saten Ruiko.

"Ah, here we come!" The moment she saw them, Misaka Mikoto cheered, ran over and grabbed Uiharu Shiri, and whispered something in her ear.

The girl wearing a wreath nodded repeatedly, then took out her handheld computer and walked to the front of the conference room.

"Regarding the previous Internet public opinion, my investigation has achieved certain results." Chu Chunshili transferred the file and directly projected it on the big screen in the conference room.

Seeing this scene, Ling Xingye couldn't help but raised his eyebrows. In a moment of calmness, this girl has actually broken through the firewall of the underground command center and directly controlled the equipment in the conference room.

No wonder Misaka Mikoto handed over the task to her.

In fact, Uiharu and the others came because of this incident.

"According to our investigation, we found the source of all the information dissemination, and cooperated with the security forces and law enforcement teams to arrest." Chuchun Shili said, "But after review, they are just some Internet trolls who take money to do things. And the clues Cut off from them and cannot be traced further."

"Well, it's not as expected." Ling Xingye shrugged, and he had expected such a result.

After all, they were just a bunch of rumor spreaders, so it would be strange if they could catch big fish.

"But but!" Chuchun Zhuli quickly said loudly, "I also found some special information during the investigation!"

Seeing her serious face, Ling Xingye became a little more serious: "Thank you for your hard work, tell me."