Temperature Control 81

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Chapter 81

Leaving Academy City

It was getting dark, and the sun was setting.

A certain Natsume Enako had a trace of sadness in her head, and above her head was a blood-red sky that seemed to be burning with flames.

Throwing away the can of soda in her hand, someone looked at the Cleaning Robot spinning in place not far away and couldn’t help but be a little absent-minded.

“It seems that I should carefully consider leaving Academy City.” Thinking silently, Natsume-san showed a thoughtful look.

Sure enough, those names had a greater impact on me than she thought.

Walking on the road, Senior Natsume Enako suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly walked into a common gift shop, and threw away the worries just now.

“Buy some of this, and by the way, this too.”

This month’s scholarship also arrived not long ago, and someone has the habit of saving, so his own small treasury is still very sufficient.

The currency in Academy City is somewhat different from that in the outside world. Although it looks similar, Academy The currency in the city is not allowed to circulate outside, and even bank cards require several troublesome procedures.

So, for the sake of convenience, Natsume Enako needs to exchange some foreign currency.

In the gift shop, Natsume-san packed up a pair of good-looking live glasses, bought a folding skateboard with a propeller, and chose a miniature smart pet robot.

It seemed that it was not enough, so he chose two multi-functional watches in the store, plus an automatic cat feeding device that him cousin Natsume Takashi might need.

Looking at the bank card that swiped a large number of numbers at once, a certain Natsume Enako trembled in her heart. Her savings were directly reduced by one-third. She would not dare to buy super large portions of shaved ice in the future.

Since there were a lot of gifts, Natsume-san asked the boss to send her to Tokiwadai’s dormitory.

She have to take a taxi to leave Academy City tomorrow, which is also a considerable expense, plus there are also expenses outside.

Thinking about it this way, she am still too poor. Will she become a real Tokiwadai Poor Girl after she come back?

But fortunately, Tokiwadai Middle School provides food and accommodation.

After leaving the gift shop, she didn’t have time to walk a few more steps, but she saw Senior Misaka on the other side of the road.

But at this time, Senior Misaka was busy arguing with someone, with a fierce look on her face.

After a closer look, the man looked familiar. He had a black hedgehog hairstyle, wore a washed-out high school uniform, and held some eggs in his hand.

Eggs should be the cheapest protein supplement in Academy City.

A fight?

Before she could react, a familiar blue electric spark appeared on Senior Misaka’s head, like a miniature electromagnetic pulse, which directly short-circuited the nearby mobile phone robot.

“What a joke, yesterday’s big thunder, all my electrical appliances and refrigerator food are ruined!” The male high school student named Kamijou Touma said angrily.

“Who told you to make me so angry!” Senior Misaka clenched her fist with one hand, and her momentum was not inferior at all.

“Your reason for being angry is too inexplicable, okay? I didn’t do anything at all.”

“Wait a minute, you stand still.”

Senior Misaka, carrying a schoolbag, hurriedly chased after her, Natsume-san didn’t even have a chance to say hello.

When Natsume-san returned to the Student dormitory, the things she had just bought had been delivered in advance.

Under the stern gaze of the Dorm Supervisor, Natsume-san moved back and forth three or four times before finally clearing the things piled up at the door.

A large number of gift boxes were piled on the bed, and Natsume-san dragged out several large boxes from under the bed.

Not to mention all kinds of clothes for changing, daily necessities must also be brought.

He also took out clothes from elementary school from the box. At that time, Tokiwadai was not as strict, and you could still wear your own clothes.

After trying on these clothes that you haven’t worn for a long time, you found that she still fit very well. Natsume-san didn’t know whether she should be happy or sad.

“Just wear your own clothes when you are outside.”

Finding a box as a suitcase, Natsume Enako thought about putting the things she needed in it, and soon dumped the things in the box again.

Unconsciously, It seems that a lot of unnecessary things were stuffed in.

….Dividing line…

Early the next morning, after saying goodbye to Senior Misaka and Shirai-san, Natsume-san dragged a box out of the dormitory with great effort.

After a fierce ideological struggle and a series of streamlining, the original gift of several boxes was finally reduced to a large box.

There were not many taxis in Academy City. After waiting at the door for more than ten minutes, a taxi with an Academy City license finally arrived.

Sitting in the taxi, Natsume Enako looked towards Tokiwadai Student dormitory, and saw Senior Misaka and Shirai-san waving at her on the windowsill on the second floor of the dormitory.

“I will definitely come back, bye.”

Opening the car window, Natsume Enako also waved to the second floor.

“You guy, don’t forget to bring a gift.” This is Shirai-san’s annoying voice.

The taxi started, and soon the surrounding scenery moved behind. The taxi quickly left District 7 and drove towards an exit outside Academy City.

“ID matches.”

“Tokiwadai Middle School Senior Natsume Enako, you have fifteen days of permission to go out.”

After staying at the exit for a while, she was scanned by an unnamed instrument, and then the staff confirmed Natsume Enako’s identity. At this time, the huge exit gate slowly opened.

After leaving Academy City in a taxi, Natsume Enako felt an indescribable sense of relief, as if she had escaped from a huge cage. Even in this relaxed atmosphere, her computing power increased for no reason.

Behind her was the huge wall of Academy City, which stretched as far as the eye could see. Bricks and stones of all levels were piled up without gaps, forming an almost insurmountable wall.

However, the outer wall of Academy City today seemed a little different. Perhaps due to the blackout last night, many of the original surveillance and alarm systems on the walls were paralyzed, and only a part of them were still functioning.

This huge city was daunting, but judging from this huge wall alone, it could indeed be said to be the safest city to some extent, if we ignored the various gas explosions that frequently occurred inside.

And when Natsume Enako came out, she could see many parents and children preparing to enter Academy City from the outside.

For the miracle of super ability that Academy City spared no effort to promote, Many people rushed to enter Academy City, but there were only seven people standing at the top of the 2.3 million people in Academy City.

Even level 4 high ability people are pitifully rare in Academy City. The places where they are more concentrated are Tokiwadai Middle School, Changdian Shangji Middle School, and Kirigaoka Girls’ Middle School.

The most important thing is that even if they accept the whole set of painful ability development, 60% of the students are worthless level 0. Of course, level 0 is also the strongest to some extent.

After getting off the taxi and paying the fare which is roughly equal to the scholarship of a level 0 classmate, Natsume-san can finally breathe the air outside freely.

To be honest, it smells worse than the air in Academy City.

The sun gradually rises, and there is a hint of burning in the air.

After being abandoned in front of the taxi station outside Academy City, Natsume Enako looked up at the sky with a numb face, and then reluctantly took out some small cookies and drinks from the box.

Originally, she brought them just to satisfy my cravings, but she didn’t expect that they would be really useful now.

She have been waiting in front of this station for two hours, but She still haven’t seen anyone coming to pick me up.

[Natsume-san, have you left Academy City?]

Eating small cookies, Natsume Enako sat on the bench at the station with her legs swinging, she took out her phone with one hand and started reading messages.

Natsume-san’s phone can still communicate with Academy City, but it won’t work if she changes the number.

[That’s right, by the way, have you eaten? Shigefuku-san.] After saying that, Natsume-san turned on the camera and took a few photos of the surrounding area.

[Yeah, he’ve already had lunch.]

Not far away, a black business car drove quickly. A middle-aged man in a neat suit sat in the driver’s seat, and a girl who looked like a high school girl sat next to him.

“Dad, we’re already two hours late.”

“You can’t blame me for this. I didn’t know that a murder would suddenly happen in the car rental company. I’ve stepped on the accelerator with all my strength now.”

Sitting in the back seat, a little boy in a blue suit, white shirt, gray shorts and a red bow tie was leaning against the window glass. He was wearing a pair of large frameless glasses on his face and was staring at the huge city wall not far away with his eyes wide open.

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