Academy City Temperature Control

"Were you injured by your own ability?"

"Well, I was just careless."

Natsume-san continued to nod obediently, like a ruthless nodding machine.

The transparent glass wall transmits soft sunlight and reflects a large amount of light pollution.

Somewhere on the top floor, a well-behaved girl sat on the only remaining sofa, with a boiling disposable tea cup in front of her. Someone had nothing to do and used his ability to make himself a cup of tea.

However, her eyes occasionally glanced at the lady on the phone not far away, and she stood there helplessly.

When it comes to large-scale transactions in units of hundreds of millions, it is naturally impossible to negotiate casually in one morning. In fact, my mother only reached a general purchase intention with the other party.

After that, lawyers and various professionals will need to be responsible for handling the follow-up matters. This will also require arranging various personnel from the Daidaiji Group to enter Academy City, or directly hiring a specialized company within Academy City to handle it.

In short, because of this incident, the lady suddenly became busy, and seemed to take advantage of the Daiha Star Festival to handle most of the matters in the past few days.

"Suddenly I have a lot of work, so I can't always accompany the garden these days. I have to deal with these things as soon as possible. But, as long as I fix the company's location and have the corresponding company manager status, I can stay in the school for a long time. It’s urban.”

After turning off her cell phone, Miss Tomoyo rubbed someone's head lovingly and said with some reluctance.

It was hard to take advantage of the Daihasei Festival to enter Academy City. Miss Tomoyo cherished this opportunity, but in the end she chose to take advantage of the convenience of these few days.

One of the main components of Academy City is various business companies, large and small. This is why about [-]% of the city is adults. This also indirectly shows that there is some kind of tacit non-student population between Academy City and the outside world. flowing.

In fact, the population of Academy City has been in a continuous growth stage. If the previous space elevator incident had not caused a certain crisis of trust, there would only be more school-age students choosing to enter Academy City next year.

"Eh."

"Actually, there's no need to worry that much."

Natsume-kun couldn't help but be surprised, obviously noticing something strange.

Although Natsume Sonoko also really wants a research institution of her own, which will greatly speed up the development of her own capabilities, it seems that her mother is more anxious than herself.

This made Natsume-san a little confused, always feeling that something was strange.

"It's better to settle some things early, in case the owner here suddenly raises the price back."

After coming back to her senses, Miss Tomoyo seemed to have made up her mind, holding the hand of a certain meathead and saying with a smile.

"And while I have time now, I can make a few sets of clothes for Yuanzi. I was thinking about it for a long time yesterday, and I just need you, Yuanzi."

"But there are no fabrics and tools here, so we still need to go back to the hotel first."

Thinking of something, Miss Tomoyo's eyes suddenly lit up, and she held her chin with one hand and thought.

Tokiwadai Middle School has a uniform policy, but due to the coercion and inducement of a certain lady, Natsume Sonoko still cooperated and put on other clothes.

But if you could ignore the camera that was always on, Natsume-san might feel more natural.

"That's it, turn around again. It's not okay to keep a sad face. Remember to keep smiling."

Using four fingers to trace the lens frame, Miss Tomoyo was pacing back and forth enthusiastically, seeming to be considering some details.

But then something suddenly dawned on her, and she started drawing on the design again, and soon a set of Gothic-style princess dresses appeared in front of the two of them.

"Sure enough, a dull garden is still suitable for gothic style." A certain lady said firmly.

Chapter 4 Ordinary

The gorgeous gothic princess dress was neatly folded and stuffed into the box, and buried under the bed with many useful and useless collections.

Back in the dormitory, Natsume brushed off the non-existent sweat on her face and looked at the increasingly insufficient storage space with a little worry. She was thinking about whether she could put down another suitcase.

Fortunately, she lived alone. If she had an extra roommate, she didn't know what to do.

"If you can't let it go, just stuff it into the disciplinary committee branch."

"And Shigefuku-san and Shirai-san can also store some in their dormitories."

After figuring out some joints, Natsume Sonoko showed a look of sudden realization on her face. She remembered that she had a desk in the 177th branch of the Discipline Committee.

As for spreading things around or shoving them into random corners, Natsume-san doesn't want to see the scary face of the dormitory-sama.

"Speaking of which, if you sneak out of the dormitory, it might be nice to change into this princess dress."

Natsume Sonoko seemed to have thought of some uses for the new collection, and bit her lip thoughtfully.

No matter how you look at it, the Gothic style is very different from the normal self. Even if the invisibility fails, there is no need to worry about being exposed all of a sudden.

...

The fourth day of the Daiha Star Festival was cloudy.

He skipped two full days of competition due to injury, and after the bandages on his hands were removed, it was finally time for Natsume-san to take the field again.

Although Tokiwadai suddenly lost two of its main superpowers, the workload of some students increased slightly.But unexpectedly, the results in various competitions came from behind, and they actually suppressed Changdian Computer Academy in terms of scores.

Regarding this change, Natsume-san is unwilling to express too many opinions.

The venue for the two-person and three-legged match was somewhat crowded. Since it was an open-air venue, only two cordons were used to separate the arena and the spectator area.

Several spherical camera robots were activated near the arena, flying around on a certain ball-head's head, trying to capture the heroic figure of Academy City's No. [-] player.

It's just that the power of technology has its limits after all. Affected by the airflow and light around the body, Natsume's face seemed to be artificially covered with a blur filter, and he could only vaguely see the black ball shaking in the air. head.

"It's strange, why can't you see Natsume-san's face clearly?"

Uiharu in the crowd let out an exclamation, which instantly affected Kizuri and Harukami beside them.

"Yeah, it feels like watching an old movie. Natsume-sama is so interesting."

Trying to open his eyes wide, Eda Sentori suddenly laughed and couldn't help but say.

"Don't worry about her. She probably has some inexplicable persecution paranoia, or she just thinks it's convenient."

Shirai-san made a gorgeous appearance in a wheelchair. He put one hand on the wheelchair to support his chin and said with a somewhat crotch-like expression.

Because she was separated from Misaka-senpai, the space mobile lady was undoubtedly in a bad mood, and she was weak even when she spoke.

And if she didn't happen to hear that someone's competition was nearby, she wouldn't be in the mood to come over to watch Natsume-san's competition.

Speaking of which, where is Saten-san?

Raising his head, Shirai Kuroko looked around with some concern, and then he realized that Saten-san was coming here with a bunch of soda in his hands.

At this moment, at the starting and starting points of the three-legged competition between the two, the mosaic girl has modified some parameters of light refraction to prevent herself from looking like she has no head. This is a lesson learned from the last competition.

She pretended not to notice all the weird sights around her. Anyway, Daiha Xingji could use her abilities, and she didn't commit any fouls.

Adhering to certain self-protection measures, Natsume-san stood in the turbulent world with his head held high, enduring the incomprehensible eyes of the world from time to time.

"Natsume-san, our opponent is actually Hope's Peak's high school."

He carefully poked Natsume Sonoko's arm, instantly interrupting someone's thoughts.Teammate Hanakaiyuan Meiyi said nervously. The ball head in her eyes was still the same normal look.

Although she has superpowers on her side, the age gap also puts her under some pressure.

The operating committee of the Daihasei Festival not only needs to regulate players from hundreds of schools, but also takes into account various emergencies. This also causes the competition of the Daihasei Festival to change at any time. In fact, it cannot be done until the moment it starts. Identify all competition targets.

Moreover, the score gap between Tokiwadai Middle School and Nagasaki Academy is not very big. It is very likely that a single defeat will lead to a reversal of rankings. This also makes a certain Hanakain student with a strong sense of responsibility very concerned.

"Don't worry, our tactics are foolproof."

"It doesn't matter what kind of opponent you are."

With a serious expression on her face, Natsume-san turned her shoulders vigorously and performed the final warm-up exercises in a decent manner.

The inflated self-confidence of a superpower filled the girl's head, and she seemed to be confident about this competition.

According to the so-called tactics, Hua Kaiyuan was probably responsible for collecting real-time information about other opponents, while she led Hua Kaiyuan to the finish line in one breath.

As expected, Natsume-san herself was also subject to some restrictions from the competition.

However, most of these restrictions are to avoid affecting the surrounding spectators, or simply to protect other contestants. The impact on Natsume-san is only the scope and intensity of the suppression ability.

The waiting time is usually longer than the actual game, and the long warm-up exercises are uninspiring.

And when the competition officially started, even Natsume couldn't help but straighten her expression.

However, Natsume-san's movements are always a beat slower than others. Obviously, the brain is the first to react to the sound of the starting gun, but when the body starts to move, it is much slower.

Fortunately, his teammates were strong, and a strong force was transmitted from his small body.Since the left and right legs of the two people were firmly tied together, Miss Ballhead was immediately dragged forward by her teammates, barely in the first line of the game.

"Here we go, just around the corner. Someone plans to use his abilities there."

Not long after the game started, Hanakain noticed something strange about his opponent and reminded Natsume Sonoko next to him.

"I understand, Huakaiyuan team member."

A solemn look appeared on his face. Natsume had restrained some of his perceptions and chose to leave this part of the work to the girl beside him.

Natsume-kun could easily lift two people up and half-fly, half-run all the way to the finish line, but it was pointless.

A certain ball head cared about the time he spent training with his classmates at Kakaiyuan, not the so-called competition results, otherwise he would not have refused the dormitory-sama's previous offer of leave.

So once you get your feet on the ground, Natsume-san seems ordinary.

Chapter 4 Two people and three legs

No matter how slow you move on the ground, as long as you have a set goal, you will reach the end point smoothly.

Keeping this in mind, the ordinary girl maintains a rare enthusiasm and is trying hard to move her short and slender legs to keep up with the moving speed of Hanakainin's classmates.

It’s different from someone who always runs last in gym class.

As the leader of the Kendo Club, Hanakain's athletic talent far exceeds that of ordinary people, which is in sharp contrast to her petite figure.

However, after many previous cooperative trainings, the two of them still managed to keep moving forward at a constant speed, without any one party stretching their hips too much.

And not long after the race started, a strange tug suddenly appeared at the first corner, and the group running at the front fell to the ground unexpectedly when they turned the corner.

At this time, the group with the telepathic users Shi Shiran appeared and surpassed their opponents, and then glanced at the Tokiwadai duo behind them with concern.

I heard that Natsume Sonoko of Tokiwadai is a terrifying character with a strong desire for revenge, and she has a terrifying record of beating the number one person.But now we are in a competition after all, and as long as the rules allow it, it is not impossible to defeat a person with super powers.

But before they started attacking the Tokiwadai team, they discovered that the two people who had just fallen had returned to the game.

The ground under his feet became difficult to walk on. It turned out that the sneakers and the ground were attracted together by a force, and his movements suddenly became sluggish.

"We are so lucky that the other party's target is not us."

After running around the corner without any danger, classmate Huakaiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I am not worried about meeting the other party, I am also worried about being targeted by everyone from the beginning. It seems that Natsume-san is still a bit intimidating.

However, a certain guy on the side was having fun, and his face started to turn a bit embarrassed, but he seemed to be enjoying it.

Sure enough, doing damage openly and openly is different.Apart from being a little tired and busy, the Daiha Star Festival was actually quite interesting.

In the high-definition video of the flying camera, a girl with a filter slightly raised her fair arms, holding paws in her hands, looking very aggressive.

At the same time, the Suzuki Middle School girl three meters away slowed down, and the lenses of her glasses were suddenly covered with a thick layer of frost, making it blurry and making it difficult to see the road ahead.

The sudden change immediately caused the girl with glasses next door to panic. Then, amid two screams, the girl with glasses and her teammates stumbled and fell onto a soft air mass.

"It hurts, no...it's so soft."

There was no feeling of pain for a long time, and the confused Suzuki middle school girl climbed up holding her head, and curiously touched to catch their airflow.

However, he discovered that the straps tied to his feet had been loosened just now, and he was disqualified from the competition. Only then did he accept the fact of elimination with a grimace.

"Hmph, let's make a grand exit like this."

His brows relaxed, and the passing ball head muttered inaudibly, with a rather excited look on his face.

The classmate Hanakaiyuan next to him opened his eyes strangely, as if he discovered for the first time that someone has a tendency to have chuunibyou, but his age is quite consistent, and he usually likes to read some comics.

"Kanaikaiin-san, let's finish off Hope's Peak in one go."

Seemingly completely immersed in it, Natsume-san gave full play to her characteristic of loving to join in the fun, blinking her eyes and starting to look for the next target.

Not long after the two-person and three-legged competition started, three groups of players were disqualified.

Even the high school student group at Hope's Peak was eliminated, and of course Natsume-san was responsible for this.

However, the fewer members participating, the more collisions between various abilities occurred, and Natsume-san's group also received more attention.

After all, there are people with super powers. Even if they haven't communicated with them in advance, the remaining teams can't help but turn their attention to Tokiwadai Middle School.

One, two, one, left, right, left, counting the steps in my mind.

Finally, two panting girls ran out from the last corner of the finish line.