Temperature Control 9

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Chapter 9

Special training before the physical examination

Western etiquette classes are of great help in becoming a lady, and are a compulsory course for students at Tokiwadai Middle School.

Teacher Dicun is indeed an expert professor of etiquette in Wannai-san’s mouth. She knows all kinds of details and points of attention, as if eating fish has become a science, and every move has its own rules.

Although Natsume-san’s stomach is a little bulging, she dare not fall behind what the teacher teaches. She follows the teacher’s method, carefully picking up the fish, deboning, dipping in sauce, and paying attention to how to chew after eating, how to deal with the remaining fish bones, etc.

The fulfilling class time always passes quickly. When the familiar bell rang, Natsume Enako finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if she heard something heavenly.

“Everyone’s performance is very good, especially Natsume-san, who studies very carefully and meticulously. When picking up the fish, she only takes a little, and all kinds of movements are extremely standard. When eating, she chews slowly and handles it properly.” Before leaving, Teacher Dicun praised Natsume-san who kept rubbing her belly in front of the whole class.

“Natsume-san is really amazing. She doesn’t like fish and can still be praised by the teacher.” Wannai-san thought with some surprise.

In addition to etiquette classes in the morning, there are foreign language and mathematics classes. In the afternoon, there are tea ceremony and music. It’s about 2 pm when it’s time for club activities.

Senior Natsume Enako completed all the courses meticulously, and then slowly sorted out all the materials and put her in the standard Tokiwadai black handbag she just received.

This kind of schoolbag is specially made by Tokiwadai Middle School. It is made of selected precious leather and some special craftsmanship. It takes a long time to make and is expensive. It is said that it can defend against some small-caliber pistols from the front. It is waterproof and fireproof and beautiful. Senior Misaka said it’s good.

Natsume Enako is a freshman of Tokiwadai this year. Finally, she received her black backpack from the school office. Each backpack has a unique student code, so the owner can be found if it is lost.

Club activities have begun. After a full day of classes, Natsume-san rested on a bench in the school garden for a while, and then she carried her new backpack and headed out of the school.

Since joining the Urban Legend Investigation Club, Natsume-san has been leaving school at about this time.

Natsume-san was strolling on the street in a refreshing mood. This could also be understood as the daily collection of urban legend investigation club members. Wanting to see if there would be any big discoveries today, Natsume-san was investigating in the comic book store. When she went out, there were two more comic books in her schoolbag.

Just when Natsume-san was about to find a corner where the sun was not glaring to open the two comic books, the mobile phone in the new schoolbag made a short vibration.

[Academy City Great Discovery, such a thing was done in broad daylight!]

Attracted by the title, Natsume-san curiously clicked on the message, and then it turned out that it was a message from the “secret investigation group buried in the corner”.

It was a message from senior sister Maeda Kana, and Natsume-san looked at the nickname of the sender.

[It’s Xiao Kana, have you discovered something big again?] Quiet Night also posted a group chat afterwards.

Oh, this is the nickname of senior sister Amakusa Shino.

[It’s a big event, Guess what she found today!] Senior Maeda Kana, who uses the nickname ‘Elegant Photographer’, sent a message again.

[What did you find? Is it a new urban legend?] Message from Natsume Enako.

[Natsume-san actually uses her own name as a nickname!]–Elegant Photographer

[Send me the photos you took. Have you done any research?]–Quiet Moonlight

[she have done research. Although her ability only captured a blurry scene, there are many witnesses. She should be able to include them on the website.]–Elegant Photographer

[Got it. Send me the photos and she will select them. Do you have the eyewitness recordings ready? If the information is accurate, the website will be happy to include them.] The last person in the group, a senior with the nickname ‘Miss Balance Beam’, spoke.

[We have prepared not only the eyewitness recordings, but also some forum information posted by the eyewitnesses on the Internet]

Is this the stripping in the Toaru Kagaku no Tokaido plot? A woman in a kimono?

Although the photo is blurry and the background is completely unclear, you can vaguely see the outline of a naked woman standing with her back to the camera.

Natsume Enako was really surprised at this time. Her thoughts kept diverging and she finally came to an incredible conclusion.

She always thought that Saten Ruiko, who was level 6 updraft + script reading, was the mastermind behind the entire A Certain Scientific Railgun plot. It turns out that there is a darker and deeper existence-the script maker!!

A small group of four people was discussing heatedly. Soon, with the final decision of the president, Senior Amakusa Shino, an urban legend called “The Undressed Woman Wandering in Academy City” was born. The authorship naturally belongs to Senior Maeda Kana, but she submitted it in the name of the Urban Legend Investigation Society.

Natsume Enako was more and more sure that the other party was almost the same as the character in the plot of A Certain Scientific Railgun, but she didn’t know when the urban legend Fantasy Hand would appear.

After this group discussion, Natsume-san also learned some of Senior Maeda Kana’s ability-scene replay.

Using a special camera with ability, you can take pictures of what happened in front of the camera some time ago. The stronger the ability, the longer the replay time, and the clearer the photo.

It is the opposite of the ability of predictive divination, but it can see the past.

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

Put down the phone, The discussion in the group was coming to an end, and Natsume Enako was quietly flipping through the comics in her hand.

An advertisement on the cover of the comics attracted Natsume Enako’s attention. It was a scene of two giant robots colliding with each other.

“The next generation of competition (computer fighter virtual-on) is about to be successfully developed. Sign up for the internal test now and you can get a limited edition customized model.”

Natsume Enako’s eyes lit up. There are so many fun things in Academy City. Using giant robots to fight in the city sounds very interesting.

Presumably, this kind of game that basically relies on personal operation can also allow people with ability and people without ability to fight fairly to some extent.

How could Natsume Enako miss such a fun thing? The only pity is that this game is still under development. It should take a long time from the completion of development to the market. At least there is no hope this year.

“Sign up first, you must grab a beta number!” Natsume Enako picked up her phone and entered the official website to sign up, Soon, a successful registration notification appeared on Natsume Enako’s phone.

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In a park in the seventh school district, a cup full of water was placed on a stone table fifty meters away from Natsume-san.

A common thermometer in Academy City was inserted into the cup. The temperature probe was already immersed in the water, but it could easily detect the temperature to two decimal places.

The quiet light shone on Natsume-san’s somewhat solemn face. She slowly looked at the water cup in the distance. Little by little, white mist began to condense, and frost climbed up the surface of the cup.

Natsume Enako was trying to change the temperature of the water. After a while, the reading of the thermometer began to change.

As Natsume-san took back her ability, she hurried 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 Senior Natsume Enako, and her eyebrows were a little frowned.

Natsume Enako is practicing the accuracy of her own ability. There are only a few days away from the first comprehensive regular inspection, no, it is a physical inspection.

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

Within ten meters, Natsume Enako can achieve very precise temperature control, but as long as the distance increases, the accuracy will begin to decrease significantly.

In order to enhance the long-distance accuracy of ability, Natsume Enako found a small park to practice ability.

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

The park in front of him has a lot of traffic, and people come and go, all curiously looking at the girl from Tokiwadai Middle School who is going back and forth beside the stone table.

“Once the distance increases, the slight calculation deviation in the brain will be exponentially magnified in reality. At this time, try to micro-manage, don’t control it all at once.” Natsume Enako gave himself advice, trying to empty her mind and suppress the sparks of thought colliding in her head until she lost her temper.

The cup in the distance also had white mist covering the cup this time, and a thin layer of ice formed on the surface of the water. The speed of ice formation was very slow, but there was a strange sense of rhythm, It extends regularly from the outermost circle of the water surface to the inside.

Although the surface of the water in the cup has frozen, the lower layer is still in 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 of the 50-meter distance has finally entered within 3 degrees Celsius, Natsume Enako’s eyebrows finally relaxed.

“Keep practicing, there will be room for improvement!” Natsume Enako obviously did not get complacent, and ran 50 meters away to continue practicing.

Can such a simple experiment really measure accurately? Why not find someone to help read the readings?

Anyway, as long as Natsume-san thinks it is effective, it’s fine.

But this time, he was not as lucky as before. The calculation power was over-run, and he accidentally froze all the water in the cup into ice.

With a bang, the cup broke in the middle and fell to the ground into scattered debris.

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