Chapter 210
She knew that she was very strong and had definitely reached the level of a Lv.5 esper, but she was not stupid enough to think that she could go against the entire Academy City alone. Didn't she see that her master didn't dare to show up in Academy City openly? Since she was going to continue to live in this city in the future, it was very necessary to listen to the opinions of the controller of this city.
It was obvious that she could no longer teach these two religious dogs who used people as tools, and Saten Ruiko could only retreat.
She leaped up, deliberately without covering up, with a deafening sonic boom and cone-shaped clouds, and flew into the sky at supersonic speed, and disappeared in the sky in an instant.
Seeing this scene, Kamisaki Kaori felt relieved after her heart sank.
Unexpectedly, this girl had such a strong flying ability in addition to the ability she had shown before. If a fight really broke out, Kamisaki Kaori, who could not fly, would inevitably face a huge disadvantage.
However, she was mostly grateful that she could avoid a head-on conflict with such a powerful ability user.
After all, no matter who wins or loses, the huge conflict between the magic side and the science side is inevitable, so it is better not to fight! After completing the task, Atsuki Yuzuki nodded to the two magicians, then pointed the military flashlight in one direction, and disappeared in a flash.
"..." Kanzaki Kaori walked to the place where Saten Ruiko stood before, picked up the broken thin steel wire from the ground, put it in her pocket, and then said to Stiyl behind her: "Let's go, find a place to stay first."
Stiyl: "...Ah-!" The bad priest sighed for a long time and threw away the cigarette butt in his hand. The sigh was mixed with regret, fear, anger, helplessness and other emotions, which was extremely complicated.
... "Oh? Did you include my lovely disciple in the plan so soon?" In a strange country far away from the Japanese archipelago and unknown continent, Fang Yuan, who was shopping like an ordinary person, sensed what happened on this day through the little backhand left in his lovely disciple's body.
He immediately understood that the deep-minded, meticulously planned, endlessly conspiracies and tricks, and the upside-down man who never knew how many cards he had, had already included Saten Ruiko and even himself in his huge and complex plan.
"Well, it seems that we should have a good talk!" PS: From today on, I will resume three updates, and occasionally four updates to make up for the previous updates.
Well, I will update three times today.
')284'\u003eChapter 283 We need the power of experts
"Saten-san, you look very upset, did you encounter something?" When Saten Ruiko came to the Discipline Committee 177th Branch as usual, and investigated the behind-the-scenes disseminator of [Fantasy Hand] with Hatsuharu Shikiri and others, the wreath girl keenly felt that Saten Ruiko was in a very bad mood and immediately asked.
"Ah, uh...no, nothing!" Still immersed in what happened last night, Ruiko Saten was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that her performance was too obvious. Her displeasure with those "dirty adult worlds" was so obvious that Hatsuharu could see it at a glance.
"Well...is it really nothing?" Hatsuharu Shiki put her face in front of the other party and looked at her best friend with suspicion.
"It's really nothing!" Ruiko Saten waved her hand and pushed Hatsuharu, who was too close, a little further away.
"...Well, since you don't want to say it, forget it..." Fortunately, Hatsuharu Shiki was not a person who had to get to the bottom of other people's privacy. Seeing that Ruiko Saten was unwilling to admit it, she did not continue to ask.
"Um, how is the investigation behind [Fantasy Hand] going?" In order to prevent Hatsuharu Shiki from continuing to dwell on this matter and to divert her attention, Ruiko Saten asked about this matter.
"Well... the other party is very cunning. The initial transmission path on the Internet has been tampered with and cleaned up very cleanly. Even I can't find clues in a short time."
Hatsuharu Shiki had to admit that this time the opponent was indeed quite capable and cleaned up all his traces on the Internet very cleanly.
Well, in fact, it was not Kiyama Haruo who knew almost nothing about the Internet who cleaned up the traces on the Internet, but another force, but even Kiyama Haruo himself didn't know this.
"Tsk... Is the clue broken..." Saten Ruiko bit her lips unwillingly, and her evaluation of the unknown behind-the-scenes mastermind in her heart was raised to a higher level again-this is a very difficult opponent! Just then, the phone in the branch office rang suddenly.
"Moshimoshi...ah, it's me, Hatsuharu...what? All users of [Fantasy Hand] are in a coma?!" Hatsuharu Shiki's exclamation woke up Saten Ruiko who was bowing her head and thinking about countermeasures.
"What's going on? The user of [Fantasy Hand] fell into a coma? No, it should be said that this is what she expected..." After seeing the true nature of [Fantasy Hand], Riri Saten immediately thought of the risks of this kind of human brain network. Now that it has really happened, it only proves her foresight.
…Half an hour later, several more figures appeared in the Discipline Committee of Branch 177. Miwei Gufa, Kuroko Shirai, and Misaka Mikoto who sneaked in with Kuroko Shirai were all here. Except for a ghost member who had hardly appeared in the plot, all the people in Branch 177 were already here, and there were even two more powerful foreign aids.
“What’s the situation?” As a senior and the de facto leader of Branch 177, Miwei Gufa took the lead in speaking and asked about the current situation.
“The situation is not good. According to the news from the security guards, all the [Fantasy Hand] users who were captured by the ‘Ghost Avengers’ have fallen into a coma, and people in the entire Academy City have also fallen into a coma for no reason. Although the number is not large, it has indeed caused a lot of commotion.”
The answer was still given by Hatsuharu Shikiri, but when she mentioned the “Ghost Avengers”, she glanced at Saten Ruiko who was sitting on the side and listening.
In fact, although Xiao Hatsuharu has a very naive personality, she is not really stupid. If she was really a fool, she would not have been able to develop such powerful hacker skills and even become the famous guardian of the library on the Internet.
Hatsuharu naturally noticed some of Saten Ruiko's abnormal behavior.
Although at the beginning, because Saten Ruiko almost only acted at night, except for herself and a super voyeur, almost no one in the Academy City knew that she was the so-called "Ghost Avenger".
But later, Saten Ruiko became more and more bold. Recently, she even made a big move to arrest the bad group that sold [Fantasy Hand]. It happened that she handed over the audio file of [Fantasy Hand] to the discipline committee, and also told the truth behind [Fantasy Hand]... Anyone can think that something is wrong! However, just like she would not continue to ask why Saten Ruiko was in a bad mood, since her best friend decided to hide the fact that she had a powerful power, Hatsuharu Shiki would not be like some annoying characters who would not stop asking questions until they got to the bottom of it.
Since she is unwilling to say it, just pretend that it is nothing! Well, let's get back to the topic.
Hatsuharu Shiki introduced the current situation to everyone present, but because the people who were tricked by [Fantasy Hand] this time were not their relatives and friends, everyone was not as anxious and worried as in the original plot.
"All users fell into a coma in a short period of time... In other words, this is not a negative impact caused by personal physique, but the [Fantasy Hand] itself has this function in its inherent design!" In just a few breaths, Gufa Meiwei grasped the key points from this series of information.
"In other words, this is the intentional act of the mastermind behind the creation and dissemination of [Fantasy Hand]?" After hearing Gufa Meiwei's statement, the others immediately understood this point.
"No, I think the real point is that this shows that the human brain network constructed by [Fantasy Hand] has a main server or control center!" said Hatsuharu Shiori, who is most familiar with information networks.
Well, because distributed computing networks are no longer a new thing in Academy City, there have been disagreements and debates about whether this computing network composed of human brains and AIM diffusion fields has a core.
But now it can be confirmed that although the carriers and media used are very unusual, the essence of this network is still a very traditional centralized network system.
"And this control center is the criminal, right!" Misaka Mikoto punched her palm with a smile without a trace of smile on her face. She looked very motivated and wanted to catch the mastermind and teach him a lesson.
"But the question now is, how can we find the control center? The formation of the [Fantasy Hand] network relies on brain wave frequency modulation and AIM diffusion field, right? It's not radio waves, and we can't find the core of this network through the direction of signal propagation!" Although Saten Ruiko's understanding of information networks is far less than that of Hatsuharu Shiki, who is a god-level hacker, she still knows the most basic common sense.
For a network like this built with AIM diffusion field as the medium, with their existing technology, they can't find the location of the control core at all! Well, because Saten Ruiko was not in a coma and hospitalized, the people of the 177th branch did not go to the hospital in person, and they did not meet the doctor with a frog face, and naturally they could not learn from the great doctor known as "The Soul Chaser" about the specific brain wave inserted into the victim's brain wave.
So, unexpectedly, the investigation of Fantasy Hand was stuck in an awkward place.
"So, we need the power of experts!" Gufa Meiwei pushed his glasses and said so.
')285'\u003eChapter 284: Guessing the truth
"Quack, Quata! Doctor Quata!" This was the first reaction of a certain Tokiwadai princess after seeing a certain "expert".
Well, in the end, everyone in Branch 177 still found this Doctor Quata.
After all, the superb medical skills of this ghost chaser are well-known throughout the Academy City, and have even become part of the urban legend.
And this time, a large number of the victims who fell into coma due to the influence of [Fantasy Controller] were sent to the hospital where Netherland Soul Chaser is located. If you want to find experts who can conduct in-depth analysis of [Fantasy Controller], the most convenient way is indeed came here.
With the professionalism of chasing souls in the underworld, it is not difficult to find the mastermind behind [Fantasy Master].
——Of course, no one knows whether there is any secret guidance from some conspirator.
... "You are here! In fact, if you don't come, I will have to notify the security guards. This matter is really big!" The old doctor with a crotchety face said to him This is what the girls who came to ask for help said.
"Eh? Do you mean, doctor, have you found a clue?" Gufa Meiwei, who led the team, asked in surprise.
Well, as a senior in the disciplinary committee system, Gufa Meiwei certainly knows Mingtuhunzhui - after all, in their position, it is not uncommon to be injured and hospitalized, so when they meet this "oddly ancient" person Doctor, naturally it’s not just once or twice.
Regarding Gu Fa Meiwei's question, Ming Tu Soul Chaser gave a positive answer: "Yes, we found a special brain wave in the brain waves of the comatose person. Just like the information you conveyed before, it was caused by Humanly modified.”
"So, are there any clues in this brain wave?" Misaka Mikoto asked, having finally recovered from her enthusiasm for the living body.
"No, it should be said that this brain wave itself is a clue - because it is a brain wave belonging to a real person."
Dr. Guata corrected Misaka Mikoto's statement.
"Belongs to a real individual? Could it be that it is the control center of the [Fantasy Master] network?" Everyone thought of this.
"Is [Fantasy Controller] online? That's what you call it. It's quite appropriate... Yes, the creator of [Fantasy Controller] uses special audio files to change the user in a sympathetic way. Some of the brainwave frequencies are the same as the creator’s own brainwave frequencies. This human brain network is constructed with the help of the resonance between brainwaves of the same frequency and the existence of the AIM diffusion field.”
Netherworld Chaihun explained it in detail, allowing the girls to have a clearer understanding of the nature of the Fantasy Master.
"In other words, as long as we find the person who matches this brain wave from the library, we can find the culprit!" Kuroko Shirai can't wait to arrest the mastermind behind the scenes - it's this guy. Due to the reason, so many students who were originally incompetent have stronger abilities, which caused many security cases, so she had to give up the intimate time with her sister during the holidays to work overtime, but she was filled with anger! "So, doctor, have you found the identity of that person?" Gu Fameiwei looked at Netherland Soul Chasing Soul and asked in a positive tone.
"That's right, look -" Dr. Guatai, who walked to the computer, did a few operations and opened the brainwave file retrieved from the library, and a photo came into everyone's eyes.
"Huh?" Misaka Mikoto let out a startled cry when she saw the figure on the screen.
"Haruso Kiyama...isn't this the stripper?" Some time ago, Misaka Mikoto met a woman on the road who was so nervous that she took off her clothes in the street because she was too hot. She was very impressed by this woman, so she recognized it at a glance. figure in the photo.
"Kiyama Haruo, Academy City's brain physiology expert, specializes in brain physiology and AIM diffusion field, affiliated with the AIM Analysis Research Institute..." Uiharu Shiri here has already used the portable terminal in his hand to find out Kiyama Haruo at the speed of light. The information provided everyone with a basic understanding of this person.
"Expert in brain physiology, proficient in the field of AIM diffusion field... Sure enough, only experts of this level can create something like [Fantasy Controller]!" Seeing the long list of academic titles on the terminal display in early spring and service experience, Saten Ruiko sighed.
"Uiharu, can you confirm the current location of Kiyama Chunsheng? Or her residence?" As the leader of branch 177, Gufamiwei became the one who gave orders, and immediately asked about the key.
"Leave it to me!" Uiharu Shiri replied confidently.
... An hour later, in an empty apartment, the girls from Branch 177 looked at the empty room and looked at each other speechlessly.
"Damn it, I failed again!" Misaka Mikoto, who has a straightforward temper, couldn't help complaining.
This isn't the first time they've failed.
The girls have already visited the research institute where Kiyama Harusi currently works, as well as another hospital that invited her to solve the coma incident caused by "Fantasy Rider", but they were always a step behind.
Before they arrived, Kiyama Chunsheng had already left there, and no one knew her whereabouts.
Until finally, they found Kishan Chunsheng's residence, but still gained nothing.
"It's as if she knew we were coming..." Because the timing between the two parties was so clever, Shirai Kuroko couldn't help but complain.
"Maybe, she knew we were coming!" Although the speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional. Although Shirai Kuroko was just complaining, in Saten Ruiko's ears, this was a hint - would the other party master some kind of reconnaissance method and discover the actions of their group in advance? Because she knew more, she naturally thought more.
Saten Ruiko knew that there was a "hovering loop" in the Academy City, and she had also seen Hatsuharu use an ordinary laptop to control thousands of cameras in several school districts. Naturally, she suspected that this Kiyama Haruo, or her accomplice who she didn't know whether he existed or not, might also have similar abilities.
If so, then the situation of their continuous empty-handedness can be easily explained.
However, this is just her personal guess. In fact, in Saten Ruiko's heart, there is another more ominous idea - [Fantasy Hand] The network can use "cloud computing power" to improve the ability level of users, so theoretically, Kiyama Haruo, as the core of the network, should also be able to mobilize the computing power of all users. What if...she can mobilize more than just computing power? The girl accidentally guessed the truth.
PS: I underestimated the laziness of human beings... As expected, after two consecutive updates, it is impossible to resume three updates immediately.
So, there are only two updates today! ')286'\u003eChapter 285 Active Future Vision
In Haruki Kiyama's apartment, several girls from the 177th branch are checking the items and documents left by Haruki Kiyama, hoping to find some clues from them. Misaka Mikoto and Saten Ruiko, who are not members of the Discipline Committee, also volunteered to help.
"Is this... the design draft of [Fantasy Hand]?" Saten Ruiko found a handwritten manuscript from a pile of documents. The handwriting on it was very sloppy, but the text was still clear.
Although many of the professional terms and hand-drawn diagrams on it are incomprehensible, from the text, it is indeed possible to see some of Haruki Kiyama's ideas when he first designed [Fantasy Hand].
Perhaps in the hands of other scientists, this would be a very instructive manuscript! However, for Saten Ruiko, this is an excellent medium to find Haruki Kiyama's location.
Yes, just after she picked up the document and read it roughly, she had a vague premonition in her heart, as if she could open up some ability that she had not yet fully mastered, and use it to find the location of Kiyama Haruo.
"Future Vision... The only ability I haven't fully mastered, is it going to be activated again this time?" Among all the abilities that Fang Yuan gave her, only the ability of future vision derived from "Solomon's Wisdom" has not been fully mastered by Saten Ruiko.
Although Fang Yuan said when granting this power that this power of peeping into the future can be activated actively or passively, Saten Ruiko has only activated it once after possessing this power, and it was activated passively by coincidence.
But now, she wants to try to activate this ability actively.
However, judging from the feeling that arose in her heart for no reason, she seems to be missing something if she wants to truly activate this ability.
"What's missing?" As she thought about it, she took out a bunch of documents from the pile that she could hardly understand except for the title, and browsed through them one by one, but she still didn't get anything.
Giving up looking for clues in the pile of documents, Ruizi Saotome turned her head to look at other places in the apartment, and even opened each cabinet and drawer one by one, but she didn't search carefully, but just glanced at them like a cursory glance.
The arrangement of furniture, the style of decoration, the pattern of wallpaper, the placement of daily necessities, the order of hanging clothes, the neatness of the items in the drawers, the smell of perfume lingering in the air, and even the thickness of dust accumulation in different places... All kinds of information, whether remarkable or unremarkable, poured into Ruizi Saotome's mind like a tide, and then was quickly absorbed and sorted out by her consciousness, which was thousands of times stronger than that of ordinary people, and stored in her mind in different categories.
Even not just in this apartment, even in the research institutes and hospitals where she had stopped for a few minutes while following the others to track down Haruki Kiyama, many pieces of information that she had only glanced at and had not realized at all also emerged from her memory.
More and more detailed information gathered in Saten Ruiko's consciousness, allowing her to simulate a vague figure in her mind in a short time.
She seemed to be able to see how Haruki Kiyama used to live, study, and come up with the design draft of [Fantasy Hand] in this apartment.
She could also see how Haruki Kiyama read documents day and night at home and at work, perfecting his plan step by step.
She could also see how Haruki Kiyama calmly and leisurely left the place where he was at the right time after he felt that his identity was discovered, and escaped from their hands again and again.
As she checked more and more information, the vague feeling in Saten Ruiko's heart became more and more obvious, until a certain moment - Boom -! The roar that only Riri Saotome could hear sounded in the depths of her consciousness. The vague feeling became completely real, and the familiar trance surged into her heart again.
In Saten Ruiko's eyes, she saw how Kiyama Haruo calmly and without delay entered the apartment, took away the important items and documents she thought she had to take away, and then left here without any hesitation.
Her vision followed Kiyama Haruo's figure all the way down to the apartment building, but he did not get into her car, but his figure gradually faded and disappeared - this was the invisibility ability generated after the light operation system's ability developed to a high level.
'Sure enough, Kiyama Haruo can use superpowers! ' Such a thought flashed through Saten Ruiko's mind, but her state at this time was not over yet, so she did not dare to be distracted, for fear of falling from this state, and continued to watch.
The next moment, the picture changed, and Saten Ruiko saw how Kiyama Haruo used various superpowers to quickly move his position without being noticed by anyone or the camera, until finally, he arrived at an abandoned unfinished building.
Then, after an unknown period of time, another figure appeared here.
However, does this figure wearing the uniform of the Kagawa Junior High School and with long straight black hair look familiar... As Saten Ruiko thought so, she saw the new figure in the picture turn his head and reveal half of his pretty face - it was her! Because she saw such an unexpected scene, her heart was shocked, and Saten Ruiko's spirit could no longer maintain this state. The picture of peeping time ended here, and Saten Ruiko also came back from the trance state before.
Shaking her head to make herself more sober, Saten Ruiko took a deep breath, calmed down her somewhat chaotic breathing, and then pressed her chest with one hand, feeling the heartbeat that became much more intense, and the corners of her mouth could not help but curl up.
She was very happy! Not only because she found the hiding place of Kiyama Haruki.
More importantly, she successfully activated the future vision ability that she had never fully mastered with her own will, and at the same time, she almost figured out the various prerequisites required for the activation of this ability.
'But how should I tell this news to Hatsuharu and the others? ' Satten Ruiko wanted to share her gains with her companions immediately, but before she opened her mouth, she remembered a crucial point - how should she explain where she got the information from? If she said directly that she saw the future, no one would believe it... No, this is Academy City, a place where superpowers are made. Even if the ability to predict the future really appears, it is no big deal.
But the key to the problem is, how should she explain that she, who has been a Lv.0 for many years, suddenly has this ability that can be said to be very heaven-defying to some extent? ')287'\u003eChapter 286 Accelerator (fake)
In the end, Saten Ruiko still said nothing, she decided to solve this matter alone.
On the one hand, it was because of her confidence in her powerful ability, and on the other hand, it was because of the "future" she just saw. In the future vision, she was the only one who appeared in the hiding place of Kiyama Haruo! So, after everyone left the apartment, Saten Ruiko did not return to Branch 177 with others, but left alone on the pretext of having other things to do.
The girls had no doubts about what Saten Ruiko said. After all, in their eyes, Ruiko was just a Lv.0 powerless person and not a discipline committee member. She had no obligation to get involved in this matter from the beginning.