A Certain Scientific Bee-eater

ps: Shokuhou Caoqi (stand up obediently): Don't...don't think I'll thank you like this—!

Misaka Mikoto: (sniffs, sniffs) Actually, I wanted to say it for a long time, you have a very sweet scent on your body, shouldn't those pigeons attack you because of this?

ps2: Note: Scientists speculate that humans may rely on smell to find partners...

ps3: A py, probably a daily comprehensive lily?

18. Do not understand people's hearts

"Okay, all the feathers have been cleaned by me."

Shokuhou Misaka resisted the strange discomfort from being touched on the top of her head and her body. After a while, Misaka Mikoto finally took a few steps back with such satisfaction.

"Thank you, thank you..."

Shokuhou Misaki thanked Misaka Mikoto reluctantly, and took out a comb from her bag to straighten her messy hair.

Although she really didn't want to admit it, she was indeed helped by Misaka Mikoto in this matter.

Of course, it would be better if the person passing by was not the other party but another passerby.

It's a pity that things are a foregone conclusion. Although Misaka Mikoto always sees her embarrassed appearance, the other party doesn't look like someone who will take it out and advertise it everywhere.

And for her own predicament, Misaka Mikoto will definitely not let it go in the end.

Should I say this guy has a physique that is easy to get involved in troubles, or is Misaka Mikoto possessing a nosy personality like a compulsion?

Regardless of whether others accept it or not, he just pours his kindness into others, completely for self-satisfaction.

However, if you think about it from another angle, maybe the other party is quite reliable——

"Speaking of which, you'd better go back to the dormitory to take a shower and then change your clothes."

Just as Shokuhou Caoqi was thinking about it, Misaka Mikoto, who was in front of her, suddenly hesitated.

"That...you may not feel it yourself, in fact, you have a dove stench on your body now-"

"Drink ah ah ah ah-!"

With the shouts that sounded like the attackers in the kendo competition, the corner of Shokuhou Kauki's bag slammed into Misaka Mikoto's head.

Sure enough, she didn't like this guy at all.

-

After separating from Misaka Mikoto, Shokuhou-san walked towards the dormitory in a hurry.

Do you have any common sense, that guy?

To actually say in front of a girl that the other party's smell is unpleasant... Even if this is true, it is definitely forbidden to speak!Not to mention that she originally planned to return to the dormitory immediately to take a shower and change clothes.

Didn't she know that she had the smell of pigeons on her body after being attacked by a flock of pigeons just now?

What did you say 'you may not feel it yourself'...

Damn, do you really think you are as neurotic as her?

She is a pretty girl anyway!

While accusing Misaka Mikoto in his heart, Shokuhou Misaki deliberately chose a street with few people.

It's all because of what the other party said just now, making her always feel that the people around her are looking at her with strange eyes, although she couldn't help but use her abilities in the middle, only to realize that it was completely her own illusion.

Deleting all the relevant memories of the person who saw him... Even Shokuhou Misaki wouldn't do such a willful thing.

However, there is still a way to exert a little influence and make the people around you stop paying attention to yourself.

It should have been like this.

However, when Shokuhou Misaki looked at the passers-by who regarded him as air and nodded with satisfaction, and planned to put away the remote control,

——!

A shivering feeling suddenly flashed across his body, like a little white rabbit locked by the sight of a wild wolf hidden in the grass.

She suddenly raised the remote control and turned to look, but found nothing.

"nobody……?"

The expression on Shokuhou Misaki's face was a little confused.

However, as the strongest psychic in Academy City, she really couldn't take the feeling just now as an illusion.

Someone must have been staring at him just now.

As an lv5 superpower who only exists in single digits in Academy City, although she has just arrived in the seventh school district, many people must already know the news.

Just like a big star who does not wear a mask and sunglasses to go out, she will be followed and photographed secretly by someone with a heart. She has already been mentally prepared for this level of things.

What's more, she is a very beautiful girl herself.

However, the sight just now was definitely different from these.

It was not the fear, curiosity or worship of the lowly capable of the high-powered, nor the admiration for her full of feminine power, but the chilling sight of a predator seeing its prey.

Who is the opponent?

What is the purpose of the other party staring at you?

Even if Shokuhou Caoqi racked his brains, he could only come up with the keywords 'talented room' and 'lv5'.

However, the 'talent room' has been dismantled, and all the relevant researchers in charge of 'that' have been controlled by her brainwashing to ensure that no news will be leaked.

As for the researchers and heads of other research laboratories, they either absconded because they could not bear the huge debts of investors, or were scattered and assigned to research institutes in other places.

It should be over already.

Could it be that the other party has investigated something related to him and dared not take revenge on the council that decided to stop funding and came to trouble her?

If that's the case, presumably the council's order won't necessarily work.

However, she is Shokuhou.

He is the strongest psychic capable person in Academy City, and the lv5 [mind master] that only exists in the single digits at the top of all abilities.

The other party was just a helpless researcher, and it would be too naive to treat her as a domestic cat.

Looking around carefully, I didn't find any suspicious traces.

This is also a matter of course, after all, knowing her ability, how could the other party appear in front of her stupidly?

And the sight that made me uncomfortable just now was only for a moment, and now I can't feel it at all.

There is no point in staying any longer, Shokuhou Caoqi turned around and continued walking towards the dormitory, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth.

"This city really doesn't make people boring... Really, people obviously just want to live a youthful school life..."

ps: Shokuhou chaoqi: I only want to live the life of an ordinary person——!

ps2: Got through "Biochemical 3 Reset", Jill's mod is really...emmm...

ps3: The princess connects the impression of Tyrant Tong, before watching the plot: When will this character be installed?Explosion; after watching the plot: When will this boss appear?Blast!

19. Brightness XX, Darkness XX

Time goes back to the present.

During this week, Shokuhou Misaki felt the piercing gaze several times in succession.

However, just like the first time, although she concentrated and even used her ability to manipulate passers-by to help monitor and search, she still found nothing in the end.

Fortunately, these lines of sight are basically outside the school garden, so she can relax a little while in the dormitory.

Otherwise, beware of being tense for a week, even she will be physically and mentally exhausted.

During this period of time, she did not passively idle, but used her personal connections to take the initiative to investigate.

However, the person in charge of the 'Talent Labor Room', the most suspicious research institute she suspects, Shokuhou Caoqi couldn't find any news about the other party at all.

Maybe the other party is not in Academy City, but outside to drive others to attack her through money or other benefits?

Or maybe the other party is now under the protection of a big figure that her intelligence sources can't infiltrate?

So far, Shokuhou Caoqi can only helplessly come to these two conclusions that are not comforting.

In addition to this, there is a possibility that someone else is actually looking after her, but if that is the case, it means that she has been involved in another incident.

In this case, who is the mastermind behind the scenes is even more clueless.

Closing the laptop in front of him, Shokuhou Misaki stood up, put the satchel on his back and prepared to go out.

It has already been a week, and if you continue to wait, you will not receive any useful information.

Although the purpose of the other party is not clear, so far it seems that he is only watching him secretly from a distance.

But the first few times when she felt her sight, it was on the street where people came and went. Maybe it was because she was worried about passers-by or didn't want to leave her own 'criminal evidence' that she held back and didn't do it.

If she took the initiative to go to the sparsely populated remote place, the other party would probably be unable to hold back.

In other words, use yourself as bait.

"Really, people don't want to do such a dangerous thing at all..."

After all, the family education that Shokuhou Caoqi has received is to use others, use the ability of [psychological mastery] to manipulate people's hearts, hide behind the scenes and reap the benefits of the fisherman, always give priority to their own affairs, and of course put their vitality first. one.

If it was in the past that she was in such a situation as she is now, she would probably use her abilities to search in a carpet style without hesitation, right?

But now she doesn't want to involve unrelated people in this kind of thing that might threaten her vitality.

"Is this growing up or becoming childish...?"

Shokuhou Caoqi laughed at himself.

"Ah... Shokuhou-sama, are you going out?"

Just as he walked down the stairs, he ran into Junko Hobaze who seemed to have just returned from outside.

"Well, yes, a little something."

Shokuhou Misaki nodded, without giving details.

Although if the enemy is really the person in charge of the 'talented mansion' as she guessed, then Junko Hobaze, who has the same background as herself, is not considered an 'unrelated person'.

Moreover, I have had several experiences of 'cooperating' with them, and they have a tacit understanding with each other. In addition, the other party is a powerful person of level 4, and can use the ability similar to strengthening the body to greatly increase the combat power.