Academy City Temperature Control

Not far behind them, the two teams were still chasing after each other. Their sportswear looked a bit messy, and it seemed that the competition between them had become fierce.

"Is the movement too loud? It won't be a foul."

Hanakain said worriedly while controlling his speed so as not to let his weaker teammates fall behind.

Seeing that he was surpassed by more than ten meters by the other two teams, a certain ball head gave full play to his strengths, creating a level [-] wind on the track, and then overtook all his opponents with a slight advantage.

"It doesn't matter, two people and three legs are allowed to interfere with the opponent."

"And I have controlled the range and intensity. As long as I weigh [-] kilograms, I won't be blown away. The two of us weigh at least [-] kilograms together."

Natsume Sonoko nodded affirmatively and said with an upright face.She has long been familiar with the rules of the competition, and also collected some weight data of her opponents.

Not only will it not hurt anyone, but even the strong wind will be firmly fixed in the arena and will not affect the surrounding spectators.

In fact, no matter how restricted it is, it is actually quite difficult for a superpower like Natsume-san to lose in a game.

"Be careful, watch your step." This was the voice of Huakaiyuan's classmate.

His dull eyes flickered slightly, and Natsume quickly understood what his teammate meant.

He just barely controlled the surrounding air, and a thick ice wall suddenly rose up under his feet, and he was freed from the other party's attraction in the blink of an eye.

But before he could gain a firm foothold, a new round of attacks followed.

The ice beneath their feet suddenly collapsed, and the water molecules inside violently moved and turned into liquids. The liquids immediately climbed up the steps and were about to wrap around their ankles. These were probably people with the ability to control water.

However, this could not interfere with the movements of Natsume Sonoko and the others at all. With a thought, they dispersed the gathering of water flow, stepped on the airflow again and ran to a safe area.

The next road immediately became smoother. As long as we distanced ourselves from the ability users, the threat would plummet. Natsume-san's competitors were obviously lacking in strength.

"Natsume-san, we won."

"Finally finished running."

Although the words used are different, the meanings sound similar.

The Tokiwadai team, which crossed the red line at the finish line and separated itself from No. 2 by nearly 30 meters, won the race with an overwhelming advantage.

At this time, a large number of flying cameras began to gather above the heads of Natsume Sonoko.

As expected, the close-ups of faces that look like mosaics come one after another, which looks quite strange.

Chapter 4 Game

On the last day of the Great Star Festival, there were no people in the 177th branch of the Discipline Committee, but you could still faintly hear the sound of some objects hitting the ground from inside.

If you consider that this is one of the headquarters of the Discipline Committee, and there is an extremely ferocious space mobile who does side jobs here all year round, then the guy who comes here is very questionable.

The traces of the last visit by the magician have completely disappeared, and even the walls and floors have been repaired and replaced with a strong home style.

The newly built small balcony extends a little outside the wall. In order not to affect the general structure of the building, the extension length is only about one step. There are also several pots of newly purchased green plants placed on the table. I heard from Chuchun that it was the one who A gift from a senior named Yanagaku Bimi.

Although the senior sister is also the disciplinary committee member here, she has been busy dating and enjoying life as a couple, and basically does not come to branch activities. Even Shirai-san has not seen her a few times.

Busy footsteps echoed throughout the room, and occasionally a girl could be heard muttering to herself, probably thinking about difficult problems.

The bookshelf that used to hold various documents and files has been inexplicably filled with a bunch of comic books. Even the camping grill and the iron pot with hanging rings are neatly placed near the coat rack near the window.

The black tea and desserts that Garland Girl spent a lot of money to buy were surrounded by a large number of instant cans and various seasonings. It seemed that someone had moved his entire camping suit here.

It seems that the display space is still not big enough. A certain girl held her chin and tried to think of a way. Then she suddenly looked at the largest storage cabinet in the room.

As long as Shirai-san's things are squeezed into the corner, and then Koho-senpai's Musashino milk is placed here, the remaining space can be used to place more things.

"Fortunately, I wasn't drawn to attend the closing ceremony, otherwise I wouldn't be able to bear all the nagging. But suddenly I felt it was such a pity that the Daiha Star Festival was about to end like this, and I felt like it had just begun."

"Hehe, Saten-san needs to accept the reality, and there is still a bonfire party today, so it's not completely over yet."

"Although this is the case, as long as I think about going to class and a series of ability development, I can't get excited at all."

The sound of chatting came from the door. It seemed that the sound insulation here was not good enough.

Uiharu lowered his body and looked at the miniature camera on the door of branch 177. The door with iris recognition function opened with a bang.

As the two parties looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, Natsume put down what he was holding and couldn't help but smile shyly.

"Hey, Natsume-san wants to drop something off at the branch!?"

He looked at the various instant cans and seasonings near the black tea with some suspicion. Chuchun always felt that these things were somewhat inconsistent with the image of the eldest lady in his head, although a certain space movement had almost destroyed it.

Young ladies should do nothing like the girls' comics, drink black tea and have refreshments every day, and then be dressed up by the maids in neat and gorgeous evening dresses to participate in various dances and so on.

But this is probably just wishful thinking in early spring. In reality, the hard life of Tokiwadai ladies every day is not enough for outsiders to understand. In addition to normal studies, everything from floral tea ceremony to repairing cooking skills is involved.

The more comprehensive the learning, the better able it is to cater for students with different needs and adapt to the development of different types of abilities.But for Natsume-san, a lot of additional life skills have been unlocked now.

Speaking of which, the eldest lady of Tokiwadai is just a joking name, and does not refer to the real eldest lady of a wealthy family. Otherwise, Tokiwadai Middle School would not need to use generous scholarships to attract students.

The mandatory requirement for entering Tokiwadai is to reach the level of a powerful person, not the so-called family or status. Applications from foreign royal families have been rejected before.It's just that girls with strong abilities are too rare in Academy City, so they are given the title of eldest lady.

Of course, there are quite a few young ladies from truly wealthy families in Tokiwadai Middle School, including the married seniors and Shirai-san, and even Natsume Sonoko herself can be around.

"Well, I can't put it down in the dormitory, and I can't bear to lose it. But before I came, I told Senior Sister Gufa in advance."

Natsume-san said a little embarrassedly,

She had discovered the traces of Chuchun and the others a long time ago, but there was nothing to avoid, and she also specially selected some things that everyone could use and put them there.

"That's right. Natsume-san already has a position in the branch."

Chuchun looked a little happy and nodded seriously.

Just like Shirai-san, Natsume-san is also a trustworthy disciplinary committee partner, although Natsume-san's status as a disciplinary committee member is somewhat different.

"Hey, are these the legendary camping multi-piece sets? I've seen them on TV shopping."

It seemed that he had discovered something remarkable. Saten-san was surprised and pointed at a pile of iron waste that had never been used.

The security guards have been responsible for the Daihasei Festival these days, and even the daily campus patrols of the Discipline Committee have been suspended.

However, this does not mean that the Discipline Committee system is completely stagnant. Some files and information are accumulated in the computer, and they need to be processed in a timely manner.

"There was a large gathering of armed incompetent people in the first school district. The security officer felt that this might be related to the game of attacking the incompetent, or it might be a demonstration."

"And there is a group of incompetent people called 'Skill Out', which is highly suspected by the security guards."

Chuchun was flipping through various recent documents, and suddenly looked at a message with some solemnity.

"Assaulting the incompetent? What kind of game is this?"

After taking some black tea from the cabinet, white smoke was rising from the coffee table. Saten-san stopped what he was doing angrily.

The level of ability has nothing to do with character, which is doomed to be a mixed bag of good and bad among the group of ability users.

Most ability users can restrain their desires, which is why Academy City can barely maintain stability, but there is no shortage of all kinds of people here who are looking for trouble.

These guys can neither join the Anbu nor be good students. Even those who are incompetent to arm themselves look down upon them. They are scum who only bully the weak.

"I heard Senior Sister Gufa mention this matter, but since everyone knows it, why don't you think of a way to deal with it?"

Natsume-san asked with some confusion.

If the disciplinary committee or security guards show up, this kind of thing should be suppressed quickly.

"Because the vast majority of attacks occur in blind spots without cameras or satellites, even if the identity of the other party can be determined, there is no evidence of conviction."

"And some of the people who were attacked are not willing to believe the disciplinary committee members and security guards." Uiharu said with a sigh.

Chapter 4 Yuanzi’s scapegoat

The biggest unfairness in Academy City is the unfairness in ability development.

Even though it is often preached that hard work will lead to success, many factors have long determined the level of ability development, and classes among ability people have been unconsciously divided.

Even in the small group of superpowers, there are many people with great potential and people who are stuck in their ruts.For the sake of the possibility of progress, some people are desperately trying to suppress the big treasure of the executive council, trying to get more resources, but they still can't get rid of the stumbling blocks blocking the way.

People who are born mediocre are destined to be full of disappointment and powerlessness, and those with outstanding talents are inevitably trapped in resources. This is the reality of Academy City.

This cruel status quo cannot be changed, and various problems arising from it will emerge in endlessly. The fierce confrontation between some incompetent people and those with abilities is only an insignificant part of this big contradiction.

As a girl who has not been affected by the limit of ability development so far, Natsume-san's situation is undoubtedly very rare, which also makes it difficult for her to empathize and understand the feeling of stagnation in the development of other levels of ability users.

But after all, she had experienced the Fantasy Controller incident last semester. She had faced the unwillingness and anger of hundreds of incompetent people, and she also had an indescribable and absurd feeling in her heart.

In this city, the worthless people are really pitiful.

But where are the lucky people who are valuable? They are just hugging each other for warmth and trying hard to maintain some important things.

"Even if these people are caught, as long as there are no serious consequences such as serious injury or death, they will have to do voluntary labor for a few months at most. Such punishments are enough to deal with ordinary violent incidents, but for this kind of harmful The behavior of the organization, we are not sure whether it will still work.”

Chuchun's chair rotated slightly, and he looked a little depressed leaning on it.Because of the existence of this kind of competition or game, those who get carried away will no longer worry about possible penalties. This is probably the so-called herd effect or another level of motivation effect.

In fact, Uiharu had known for a long time that the existence of the Discipline Committee could not solve all problems. It only maintained the superficial peace of Academy City in conjunction with more powerful violent organizations.

In the final analysis, the Disciplinary Committee is just a student organization. Their intervention to deal with student problems is always much gentler than that of security guards, but that's about it.

"Speaking of it, this kind of game is probably similar to the previous cases of attacks on people with abilities, except that one is launched by people without abilities and the other is initiated by people with abilities. However, there seems to be a feeling that the recent attacks on people with abilities have changed. not enough."

Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but feel a little lost, and after thinking for a while, she spoke.

There is actually not much difference between the two, except that Natsume-san is undoubtedly more concerned about things that are closely related to him.

"This is probably also related to 'Skill Out'. They have gathered many armed incompetent people from the Seventh School District and other school districts, and have restrained their members from launching attacks on people with abilities."

"I have to say that because of their existence, there have been fewer cases of attacks on ability users recently. Even the ability users participating in the game this time seem to avoid members of this organization."

After hearing what Natsume said, Uiharu pressed Enter to bring up the security officer's database, and the information of several important members immediately appeared on the computer.

"By the way, the decrease in the number of attacks against ability users is actually related to a mysterious guy."

Chuchun browsed to the end and suddenly said something serious.

"It's the guy in the black cloak."

"One man attacked a group of armed incompetents in most of Academy City. In the end, several school district security guards had to be dispatched to quell the incident."

Although it was a part that had long been buried in many urban legends, Saten-san still spoke of it like a treasure.

"Yes, part of the reason why 'Skill Out' has grown so fast is because of the panic this person caused towards the armed incompetent. After all, this was the first guy to target the armed incompetent on a large scale, but he disappeared after that. "

"It is also because of this person that some people have been affected by bad influences and began to take pleasure in attacking incompetent people unscrupulously. It's just that they don't dare to deal with those powerful armed incompetent groups, and will only find trouble for weak individuals. "

Uiharu nodded in agreement, not commenting on the sneaky guy's opinion.

"Hey, is this person famous? Why haven't I heard of him?"

I couldn't help but rub my nose. Natsume-san hadn't heard this title for a long time, but she knew who she was talking about.

In order to fill the dark corners of the Seventh School District and reduce the experimental site for the Absolute Abilities Project, a certain person unceremoniously made trouble for armed incompetent people.

At that time, Natsume-san had no pressure at all to cause trouble for those bad boys because of the attack on herself and Shigefuku-san, but now she felt more inexplicable emotions.

Did she actually have a share?This wave of Natsume-kun is in the atmosphere.

Although he was unwilling to admit that he had led some of the people with abilities into harm's way, Natsume-san felt that Uiharu's words were not entirely unreasonable, and that he had indeed encouraged the attacks on people with abilities to some extent.

A certain meatball head unknowingly became one of the triggers that triggered the game.

But her eyes couldn't help but glance towards Uiharu's computer, and what caught her eyes was a boy who looked like a gorilla.

It was that guy, Natsume-san couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Because of her body shape, she had a profound influence on this boy. I remember there was a little loli next to her.

"Of course you are famous. When it comes to Natsume-san, you are very suspicious. Many people on the Internet think it is you."

"Hehe, of course I'm joking."

As if he remembered something, Saten-san looked at a certain ball head with interest and said half-jokingly.

I heard that the man in the cloak is at least over 1.8 meters tall. How could he be Natsume-san?

"That's it."

With a forced smile on her face, Natsume Sonoko no longer had the slightest doubt that Saten-san was secretly a prophet.

This is almost someone's dark history that is not humane to outsiders.To a certain extent, it intensified the conflict between the capable people and the armed incompetent people, but it calmed down in the short term because of someone's powerful suppression.

In the small branch of the Discipline Committee, several girls were discussing some incidents intentionally or unintentionally.

Saten-san felt the same way, Natsume-san had complicated thoughts, and the girl with the lei was filled with indignation.

But everyone has the same thoughts and doesn't want this to happen.