Academy City Temperature Control

"Classmate, please hurry up, everyone is already eating." This classmate didn't know Natsume Sonoko, but still kindly reminded her.

"Thank you for your concern, I understand." Natsume Sonoko hurried past her and responded as she ran.

Standing in front of the huge mirror in the public washroom, Natsume Sonoko carefully checked her appearance, pushed down the collar corners of her short-sleeved shirt, fastened all the buttons near the V-shaped neckline, and carefully flattened the red decorative lines on the collar. .

After combing her hair into a bun and putting on her handsome school uniform, Natsume Sonoko took out the towel and toothbrush she had prepared in advance from the personal belongings cabinet in the public washroom, and began to brush her teeth and wash her face.

After washing up, a girl wearing a Tokiwadai school uniform and a black bun, about 1.4 and a half meters tall, appeared in the mirror.

Delicate facial features, piercing eyes (he forced himself to open them wide), fair and fair skin, faint dark circles around his eyes (somewhat conspicuous because of his white skin), and some toothpaste left in the corner of his mouth Foam.

Natsume Sonoko wiped the foam from the corner of her mouth, gritted her teeth and adjusted the thermostat near her head to a few degrees below zero.

In an instant, Natsume Sonoko's eyes were round. Perhaps due to the cold wind inhaled and the rapid contraction of blood vessels under the skin, the whole person finally woke up.

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After grabbing a piece of milk and a loaf of bread for two people from the canteen, Natsume Sonoko sat down and ate breakfast slowly.

It's completely different from when I was in elementary school, where I ate the egg pancakes bought at the roadside stalls in just a few bites during recess.

Although it was only ten minutes before breakfast, the students from Tokiwadai Middle School were almost gone.

"Oh, I didn't see Misaka-senpai and Kuroko-san at all." Natsume Sonoko was drinking milk with a straw. Everyone had basically finished eating and left. Only a few who got up late or couldn't get up were still calm. Eating breakfast compulsively.

Natsume Sonoko waited at the door of the dormitory for 5 minutes before the campus bus drove over slowly.

Sitting on the campus bus, Natsume, who was sitting in the window seat in the back row, was looking out the window in ecstasy. She looked a little absent-minded, but she straightened her body and smoothed her skirt, looking like a famous lady. .

The campus bus is shared by five schools located in the School Garden of the [-]th School District. The interior is luxurious and spacious, and it is divided into two floors. The lower floor is for students' seats, and the upper floor is actually a coffee shop. From the outside There is also the unique title of the double-decker parade car.

And it is said that this vehicle can withstand the bombardment of artillery shells, and its explosion-proof performance is even better than ordinary armored vehicles.

Tokiwadai Middle School does not have a class system, that is, there are no so-called classes. However, for unified management, the same grade is nominally divided into three classes.In fact, what is implemented is a shift system.

Natsume Sonoko followed the flow of people into the school. While recalling this month's class schedule, she checked the school map and quickly walked into the etiquette classroom.

After walking into the classroom, Natsume Sonoko realized that the teacher was teaching Western etiquette.

The use of knives and forks is just the basics, it is more about the etiquette of Western-style banquets and dances.

For example, how to eat various fish, how to drink soup, how to sober up red wine, etc.

Looking at the various fish and caviar that have been placed on the desk in the classroom, it seems that this class is about teaching how to eat fish according to Western etiquette.

Natsume Sonoko couldn't help but touch her belly, with a bitter smile on her face. It seemed that she couldn't eat anymore, especially since the milk for two had already filled Natsume Sonoko's belly.

"Let's sit in a hidden corner." Just when Natsume Sonoko was making up her mind, someone suddenly tapped her behind her.

When Natsume Sonoko turned around, she realized that it was her classmate Kanuchi Wanuchi, who was in the same grade. She was standing as graceful as a lady, with her hands clasped in front of her and a warm smile on her face.

"Natsume-san, let's find a good seat quickly. Teacher Kimura is an expert in Western etiquette, and her classes are not easy to hear." Wanuchi Kinkinami looked at Natsume who was hesitating and trying to explain something strangely. Sonoko, but still pulled Natsume-san to sit in the most conspicuous center.

Natsume Sonoko's day of study has officially begun. She follows the teacher to learn how to eat various fish in a ladylike way and how to spread caviar on bread carefully.

"It turns out that Natsume-san doesn't like to eat fish. No wonder he looks a little strange." Wanuchi Kinugari looked at Natsume-san who was eating fish with a sad face and seemed to understand something.

Chapter 9 Special training before the physical examination

Western etiquette classes are of great help in how to become a lady, and are a required course for students of Tokiwadai Middle School.

Teacher Di Cun is worthy of being called an expert professor in etiquette by classmates in the bay. He pays attention to all kinds of details, as if eating fish has become a science, and every move is exquisite.

Although Natsume’s belly was a little bulging, she didn’t dare to miss the teacher’s teachings at all. She learned the teacher’s techniques and carefully picked up the fish, deboned it, dipped it in the sauce, and also paid attention to how to chew after entering the mouth, how to deal with the remaining fish bones, etc. .

The fulfilling classroom time always passed quickly. The familiar bell rang, and Natsume Sonoko finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if she heard some heavenly sound.

"Everyone performed very well, especially Natsume, who studied very carefully and carefully. When catching the fish, he only took a small amount, and all the movements were extremely standard. When entering the fish, he chewed it carefully and handled it properly." Before leaving, Teacher Di Cun also praised Natsume in front of the whole class for constantly rubbing her belly.

"Natsume-san is so awesome. You can still be praised by the teacher for not liking fish." Kanuchi-san thought with some surprise.

In addition to etiquette classes, there are two classes in the morning: foreign language and mathematics. In the afternoon, there is tea ceremony and music. It is time for club activities around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Natsume Sonoko completed all the courses meticulously, and then slowly organized all the materials and put them in the black handbag of Tokiwadai that she had just received.

This kind of schoolbag is specially made by Tokiwadai Middle School. It is made of precious leather materials and some special techniques. It takes a long time to make and is expensive. It is said that it can protect against some small-caliber pistols, is waterproof and fireproof, and is beautiful and elegant. Misaka My senior sister said it’s okay to use it.

Natsume Sonoko, a freshman in Tokiwadai this year, finally received her black handbag at the school office. Each bag has an individual student code, so the owner can be found if lost.

The club activity time has already begun. Natsume, who had finished a full day of classes, rested on a bench in the school garden for a while before heading out of the school with her new school bag.

Since joining the Urban Legend Investigation Club, Natsume-san left school at about this point.

Natsume-san was wandering around the street feeling refreshed. This could also be understood as the daily gathering of members of the Urban Legend Investigation Club. Natsume-san, who wanted to see if he could make any big discoveries today, was investigating in the comic book store and waited until he went out. By that time, my schoolbag had two more comic books.

Just when Natsume was about to find a corner where the sun wouldn't glare and look at the quality of these two comics, the phone in her new school bag vibrated briefly.

[Academy City’s great discovery, such a thing was done in broad daylight! 】

Natsume, who was attracted by the headline, curiously clicked on the message, and it turned out that it was a message from the 'Secret Investigation Group Buried in the Corner'.

It was a message from Maeda Kana-senpai. Natsume-san looked at the nickname of the sender.

[It’s Kana Kana, have you discovered anything big again? 】Quiet Night then also posted a group chat.

Oh, this is Amakusa-senpai's nickname.

[It’s a big event, guess what I discovered today! 】Kana Maeda, who goes by the nickname "Elegant Photographer", once again sent a message.

【What did you find?Is it a new urban legend? 】Message from Natsume Sonoko.

[Natsume-san actually uses his own name as a nickname! 】--elegant photographer

[Send me the photos you took. Have you done any research? 】--Quiet moonlight

[After investigation, although my ability only captured a blurry scene, there are many witnesses and should be included in the website. 】--elegant photographer

[Received, you send the photos and I will select them. Please prepare the witnesses’ recordings. If the information is accurate to a certain extent, the website will be happy to include it. 】The last person in the group, the senior nicknamed "Miss Balance Beam" spoke up.

[Be prepared, not only the recordings of witnesses, but also the forum information posted by some witnesses on the Internet]

Could this be the undressed girl in the super gun plot?

Although the photo was blurry and the background could not be seen clearly, one could vaguely see the outline of an exposed woman, standing with her back to the camera.

Natsume Sonoko was really surprised at this time. The thoughts in her head kept diverging, and finally she came to an incredible conclusion.

I have always thought that Saten Ruiko, who has lv6 updraft + script reading, is the mastermind behind the entire railgun plot. It turns out that there is a darker and deeper existence - the script maker! !

A small group of four people was having a heated discussion. Soon after the president Amakusa-senpai gave the final decision, an urban legend about a girl who took off her clothes and wandered around Academy City was born. Naturally, the right of authorship was Maeda Kana-senpai's article was just submitted in the name of the Urban Legend Investigation Agency.

Natsume Sonoko was more and more certain that the other person was almost consistent with the character in the Super Cannon plot, but she didn't know when the urban legend of Fantasy Controller would appear.

After this group discussion, Natsume-san also learned some about Maeda Kana-senpai’s ability - scene recall.

By using a special camera with abilities, you can capture what happened in front of the lens a while ago. The stronger the ability, the longer the time you can look back and the clearer the photos.

Just the opposite of the ability to predict and divination, but to be able to see scenes from the past.

However, with the ubiquitous cameras and security robots in Academy City, the practical application of this ability has been greatly reduced.

Putting down her phone, the discussion in the group was coming to an end. Natsume Sonoko quietly flipped through the comics in her hand.

An advertisement on the title page of the comic caught Natsume Sonoko's attention. It was a scene of two giant robots colliding with each other.

"It is highly anticipated! The next-generation competitive game "Computer Fighter Virtual-on" is about to be successfully developed. Sign up for the closed beta now and you can get a limited edition customized model."

Natsume Sonoko's eyes lit up as she looked at it. There were so many interesting things in Academy City. Using giant robots to fight in the city sounded very interesting.

Presumably this kind of game, which basically relies on individual operation, can allow those with abilities and those without abilities to compete fairly in a battle game to some extent.

How could Natsume Sonoko miss such a fun thing? The only pity is that this game is still under development. It will take a long time from the completion of development to the launch of the market. There is definitely no hope at least within this year.

"Sign up first, you have to get a beta number!" Natsume Sonoko picked up her phone and entered the official website to register. Soon a notification indicating successful registration appeared on Natsume Sonoko's phone.

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In a park in the seventh school district, a cup filled with water was placed on a stone table 50 meters away from Natsume's classmate.

There is also a thermometer commonly seen in Academy City inserted into the cup. The temperature probe has been immersed in water, but it can easily detect the temperature to two decimal places.

The quiet light shone on Natsume's somewhat solemn face. His eyes slowly looked towards the water cup in the distance. Little by little, white mist began to condense, and a layer of frost climbed onto the surface of the cup.

Natsume Sonoko was working hard to change the temperature of the water, and after a while, the reading on the thermometer began to change.

As Natsume-san regained her powers, she hurriedly ran to the stone table to check the reading of the thermometer.

"The actual value is 4.78 degrees Celsius, the target value is 0 degrees Celsius, and the deviation value is around 4.78 degrees Celsius." This data obviously did not satisfy Natsume Sonoko, and the corners of her eyebrows were frowned.

Natsume Sonoko is practicing the accuracy of her abilities. It has only been a few days since her first comprehensive regular test, no, it was a physical test.

The range of control and the limit of change are limited by the computing power of the brain. There is no possibility of significant growth in a short period of time. The only thing that can be improved at this stage is accuracy.

Within ten meters, Natsume Sonoko can achieve very precise temperature control, but as the distance increases, the accuracy begins to decrease significantly.

In order to enhance the long-distance accuracy of her abilities, Natsume Sonoko found a small park to practice her abilities.

It's just different from the previous one where it affected a large area at once, so there's no need to deliberately avoid crowds.

The park in front of me has a lot of traffic. People come and go, and they all look curiously at the girl from Tokiwadai Middle School walking back and forth by the stone table.

"Once the distance increases, a little calculation deviation in the head will be exponentially magnified in reality. At this time, try to be micro-managed and not control it all." Natsume Sonoko gave herself ideas, tried to clear her head, and The sparks of thinking that collided in his head were suppressed to the point of losing his temper.

This time, the cup in the distance also had white mist covering it. At the same time, a thin layer of ice formed on the surface of the water. The ice layer formed very slowly, but it had a strange rhythm. It extends regularly from the outermost circle of the water surface toward the inside.

Although the surface of the water in the cup has frozen, the lower layer is still in a liquid state and the temperature is higher than the ice layer.

"The temperature is 2.88 degrees Celsius, and the deviation is around 2.88." Seeing that the deviation value at a distance of 50 meters finally entered within three degrees Celsius, Natsume Sonoko's eyebrows finally relaxed.

"Keep practicing, there will be room for improvement!" Natsume Sonoko was obviously not complacent, and ran 50 meters away to continue practicing.

By the way, can such a crude experiment really measure accurately?Don't you want someone to help you read the readings?

Anyway, Natsume-san just thinks it’s effective.

But this time he was not as lucky as before. The calculation power went too far and all the water in the cup accidentally froze into ice.

With a bang, the water glass shattered from the middle and fell to the ground into scattered residue.

Chapter 10 The physical examination finally arrived and the arrogant lady

There is an oval-shaped hot air balloon floating in the sky above the [-]th School District of Academy City. It is continuously traveling along a fixed track and floating in the sky above the [-]th School District.

This was specially raised to the sky by the Governing Council of Academy City in order to make it easier for students to understand the real time.

There is a large, latest-model screen on the ventral side of the hull, which scrolls with some weather forecasts, real-time news and the like.

"Announcement from the Seventh School District: Schools implementing physical examination today: Private Tokiwa Taichung School, Zhachuan Middle School, Rising Sun Middle School..."

Natsume Sonoko, who was a little nervous, rarely woke up early, but judging from the increasingly thick dark circles under her eyes, she might not have slept all night.

Mixing in among the classmates who were getting up and washing up one after another, Natsume Sonoko tried her best to keep her mouth shut to prevent herself from yawning. Maintaining good manners is the daily focus of Tokiwadai Middle School students, even if there is no eye-catching supervision from the dormitory adult. , you can also maintain a ladylike appearance.

"Cheer up, I am determined to win level 4 today." Natsume Sonoko once again used low temperature to refresh herself and cheered herself up.

After Natsume Sonoko washed up, she went to the cafeteria to have breakfast as usual. Just halfway through, she met Misaka-senpai and Kuroko-san who was hanging on Misaka-senpai.

Misaka-senpai pushed hard against Shirai Kuroko, who was hanging on her body like an octopus. The black lines on her face were already visible to the naked eye.

Fortunately, we are still within the scope of the student dormitory, otherwise Kuroko-san's current fate would not be too good.

"You perverted guy, get off me quickly." Misaka-senpai hit Kuroko-san on the head with a blaster. Kuroko-san reluctantly let go of his hand and started to cover it. Head.

The classmates in Tokiwadai around them unconsciously looked at the two of them, covered their mouths and walked past with a soft smile, which made Misaka-senpai's face almost turn red.

"Misaka-senpai, Kuroko-san." Natsume Sonoko greeted the two of them and waved her hands. At this time, Misaka Mikoto noticed Natsume Sonoko not far away who was showing a strange look.

"Natsume-san." The blush on Misaka Mikoto's face had not disappeared yet, and she pulled the somewhat reluctant Shirai-san beside her towards Natsume Sonoko.

"Hello, Natsume-san." Shirai-san looked a little unhappy that Natsume Sonoko disturbed her and her sister's solitude, and the corners of her mouth seemed to curl up.

Today is Saturday. The students of Tokiwadai Middle School are all enjoying a leisurely life on weekends. Shirai-san is still very busy. The activities of the Discipline Committee only require two hours of activities after class on a normal day, but on weekends it becomes a whole day. sky.

Club activities are also carried out on weekends, and different clubs have different activity schedules on weekends.

Therefore, even on weekends, the students in Tokiwadai still carry their schoolbags and chat and laugh in groups of three or three, but they don't need to take into account class time, as long as they can move freely according to the club.

But today's day is a little special. It's the day of physical examination.

In the morning, everyone has to rush to school.

Kuroko-san went to the 177 activity branch of the Discipline Committee after breakfast. It seemed that she was still very busy with her tasks today.

"Misaka-senpai, today is the day for physical examination, don't forget it." Natsume Sonoko finished processing the leftovers of breakfast and then said to Misaka-senpai who seemed a little absent-minded not far away.