Temperature Control 88

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Chapter 88

There is only one truth

The tall girl’s explanation of magic does not seem to fit in with the common people’s understanding of the world.

However, Natsume Enako easily accepted the setting that there is magic in this world. After all, A Certain Scientific Railgun is only a part of the world view of Magical Index.

The word “magic” is also included in the magic index, so she has been mentally prepared for this and is not surprised.

But she can’t understand the law of magic operation at all, which is a world of difference from what she has learned before.

“Does this magic cover the whole world? It affects almost everyone.”

Natsume Enako blinked and communicated with the girl in front of her for a long time, and an incredible look appeared on her face.

Not to mention the size of the earth itself, there are billions of humans in it, and there are countless animals.

She originally thought that this abnormal time only existed in some people, but these weird puppets were not only seen in Academy City, Now we also know that the so-called magic can be used all over the world.

“But there is one thing, why are you all?”

Looking around, Natsume Enako looked at the students around her who were like puppets with some worry.

“Don’t worry, the reason why this magic array is called broken is because it has lost almost all of its operational ability and has long been buried in the corner of the world. According to my understanding, this magic can no longer pull anyone into its influence and has gradually begun to self-destruct.”

“And these puppet-like people are some false images, similar to the reflection of the real world. Unless they are magicians who know this magic formula or people who are allowed to enter, the impact of this magic on most humans is just a shadow here.”

The puppets in Academy City are not static, but like the Western silent films of the last century, they will automatically change their positions every once in a while, which also causes the characters around to change.

According to this tall girl, this magic and the real world are inevitably interfering and interdependent. To some extent, it can also be understood as a reflection of the real world.

“It can be speculated that at some point in the past, an incredible space-like magic was launched, connecting reality and fantasy, creating this magic middle layer. Judging from the magic traces that still exist, the magic array was born at least a thousand years ago, and similar magic styles can be traced back to the Middle Ages in Europe.”

“Its purpose should be to covertly gather and steal information for magician groups, and it also has functions such as human nature modification and alienation of time, but it seems to have been completely abandoned. However, there seems to be some changes recently. This magic array has been salvaged and reappeared in reality.”

The tall girl said thoughtfully, and her hand touched the air slightly. A burst of illusory light visible to the naked eye appeared in her hand. The puppets near Academy City gradually disappeared, and the surroundings became gray.

But as the light in her hand disappeared, the surroundings returned to their original appearance.

“Let’s go, take me to the abnormal area in the magic array. I have something important outside and need to deal with the abnormality here quickly. By the way, it’s our first meeting. My name is Kanzaki Kaori.”

Gentle and cold, with a long sword on her waist, she looks like a character in a comic. While Natsume Enako was a little dazed, Kanzaki in front of her Kaori said seriously.

“My name is Natsume Enako, and I’m a student in Academy City.”

In a world that seemed like reality, a girl named Kanzaki Kaori was moving quickly, her hair fluttering in the wind, and she crossed thousands of meters in a moment. This was much better than the senior students in the track and field department of Natsume Enako’s school.

“Is this place connected to reality? Did you come here specifically to solve the anomaly?”

Natsume Enako showed a curious baby look, flapping her wings in the air, and struggling to follow Kanzaki Kaori’s speed. Even if she was flying, she couldn’t compare with her.

“This magic is based on reality, and as you just said, this magic array can still maintain normal communication with the outside world, which means that it is connected to the outside world and there is a medium to enter here. The reason I came here was that I accidentally discovered a stone tablet with the name of an ancient magic. I just explored the magic traces on it, As a result, I was immediately pulled in.”

“What is a magic name?”

“You can understand it as the reason for learning magic, and the purpose a person wants to achieve by using magic. However, magic names are widely used by modern magicians after the end of the 19th century. It is rare to see ancient magic names before that. The ancient magic name is translated as “the torch that burns the secular world 012.” Kanzaki Kaori said. All of this is just the most basic common sense in the magic world, but it is a blind spot for people outside the magic world.

“Oh, so that’s how it is.” Nodding slightly, to be honest, Natsume Enako was actually confused, maybe it was because she was talking at cross purposes.

When she arrived at Beihua Town (town (町)), the people in front of her finally became normal, and all the people seemed to have souls.

According to Kanzaki Kaori, the abnormal area here is the only active center of the magic array, and now all the problems are here.

The array here is very active, and the magic that had long been invalid is recklessly transforming this area, forming a strange large-scale online gathering.

However, unlike the magic master who originally created this place, these uninformed people have had part of their cognition changed, and they did not find any abnormalities at all, repeating their lives day and night.

Even Natsume Enako, who seemed to resist the influence of magic very well and corrected her cognition through soul memory, was powerless in some aspects of cognition. For example, she would also see various abnormal time dates, indicating that she was also affected, but she could know that these dates were wrong.

“Very strange, This magic array has obviously lost its effect, and it will not pull so many people in at once.”

Kanzaki Kaori stood on the crowded street, looking at the traffic in front of her with a thoughtful look.

Then he walked into a remote alley, squatted down and began to carve something, which looked like some special text patterns.

Natsume Enako looked at it curiously, but soon felt uninterested. What are these things?

“I will draw magic arrays all over the city to locate the source of the broken magic.” Kanzaki Kaori explained, seeming to notice Natsume Enako’s sight.

Mouri Detective Agency.

Natsume Enako sat on the sofa watching TV. The TV and the mobile phone can receive signals from the outside world, so the technology products are actually not affected.

According to Kanzaki Kaori, because this is a real and fake area, these technology products originally existed in reality, So it does not affect normal use.

“I didn’t expect Miss Kanzaki to have no way out of this weird situation? she is also temporarily trapped here and can’t get out.”

Natsume Enako was bored and changed channels. She didn’t find anything good to watch after watching more than ten channels. However, her mind was not on the TV. She kept thinking about something in her head.

If she don’t solve my problems before the end of the holiday, she may disappear for a while when she return to Academy City.

In this way, she skip classes and stay out all night. Natsume Enako can already imagine being expelled from Tokiwadai Middle School.

Also, Academy City in the abnormal time is just a puppet city. In order to live a normal life, she have to go back and forth between Beihua and Academy City. Just thinking about it makes me feel that life is full of tragedy and comedy.

It’s just that Natsume Enako can’t understand why there are so many people missing all of a sudden, and it’s still frequent, and there is no large-scale report from the outside world.

But she immediately understood it. Is it because of magic?

“Miss Kanzaki said that she is not good at breaking magic arrays, so she must find the source of this broken magic to resume operation. Either make the magic invalid, or eliminate the influence of magic on herself, in order to leave this abnormal state, in short, all of this must first find the source.”

Natsume Enako thought secretly, Unlike Kanzaki Kaori who searched the streets for the source, Natsume Enako quickly identified the target person in her mind.

There is only one truth. No matter how you think about it, Conan that kid meets this condition. The only problem is that this guy looks ordinary. How can he pull out an ancient magic array from some unknown corner?

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