Putting the robot issue aside for now, the new radar system quickly took shape. It was essentially just an overlay of two abilities, so there weren't many technical difficulties.
However, they still needed to develop so formulas for using this new radar.
Soon, Natsu Sonoko created a new task in Reiko, dumping in her commands along with the general concepts and algorithms for the formulas.
After that, she just had to wait for Reiko's feedback, which significantly reduced the ti she'd have spent on calculations, reasoning, and trial-and-error.
Actually, many people who could create various formulas on the fly basically started by sketching out a concept, then used massive computational power and knowledge reserves to fill in and modify the details.
The only difference was that they could genuinely build a decent-looking formula in a very short ti.
Natsu Sonoko really wanted to reach that level herself. Even with sufficient computational power and knowledge, she felt she was lagging a bit in the inspiration—or rather, the conceptual—departnt.
Her mind raced through these thoughts, but only a few seconds passed in reality.
Her gaze shifted between Yumiya Rakko and the collapsed Dolphin person, her confusion only deepening.
One seed intent on protecting her, while the other seed to an her harm. It looked like their relationship was antagonistic.
Thinking about it, it seed the relationships between the various [Dark Side] groups weren't very harmonious either. Probably competitive, like the rivalries between so of the big corporations out in society.
The air grew colder. Several arms made of frost reached out from the nearby ground, grabbing onto the torn parts of the Dolphin person's clothing.
Before long, a weakened figure was dragged out. The mont they erged, they began sweating profusely all over, their face noticeably swollen. It looked like a young girl, and not very old at that.
Yumiya Rakko slightly raised her sleeve, taking aim. But before the bullet in her hand could be fired, she felt a heavy pressure on her arm, as if the air had turned into bricks and was weighing her limb down.
"Thank you for your help earlier, Yumiya-senpai, but it's probably best to hand her over to the Anti-Skill officers."
Natsu Sonoko put on a serious face. Though her tone was consultative, her stance was clearly firm.
This kind of 'silence the witness' approach, typical of the dark side, was sothing Natsu Sonoko just couldn't quite bring herself to adopt.
Instead, probably from hanging around Shirai-san too much, no matter what happened, she preferred relying on the Judgnt and the Anti-Skill teachers. She was quite willing to abide by the various surface-level rules of Academy City.
Yumiya Rakko didn't answer, just looked at Natsu Sonoko with a strange gaze, but she nodded anyway.
Just as Natsu was about to call Judgnt, the figure originally lying on the ground struggled to its feet and lunged straight at her.
The distance between them was less than three ters. Natsu Sonoko could even see the swelling on her face.
Natsu Sonoko remained remarkably calm, though she secretly sighed inside.
A sudden blast of wind pressure appeared. The girl was thrown backwards as if hit by a truck, flying several ters before crashing to the ground, completely unconscious.
"Yomikawa-sensei? This is Tokiwadai's Natsu Sonoko. I've been involved in an assault incident here. The victim is fine, but the attacker has been subdued."
"No, no, I'm not a Judgnt mber yet. I was just helping out temporarily last ti."
Quietly ending the call, Natsu Sonoko was reminded by Yomikawa-sensei's words, finally recalling a certain matter about her own status.
It seed like it had been almost a week since she'd filled out so Judgnt paperwork over at Konori Mii-senpai's place.
But becoming a full-fledged Judgnt mber required so physical training camps and multiple tests.
Just hearing about it sounded like a hassle.
Combined with her lack of the particularly strong sense of justice that Shirai-san possessed, Natsu Sonoko had basically already decided to give up on it.
Judgnt duty... it just didn't seem to suit her.
"Yumiya-senpai, can you tell what's going on? Like, why were you following ?"
Walking over to Yumiya Rakko's side, Natsu Sonoko hesitated for a mont before asking. Her curiosity was practically bubbling over; she'd wanted to ask this properly even before the Dolphin person showed up.
"Tell her, Rakko."
A voice sounded from the tiny communication device in Yumiya Rakko's ear.
But before Rakko could speak, another girl, dressed in ornate Western-style clothing, appeared not far away.
She had long, flowing golden hair and wore a feather pendant of Native Arican style around her neck.
"And who are you?"
Natsu Sonoko looked warily at this new, also suddenly-appearing person. The recent events were coming too fast to keep up with, making a certain bun-headed girl feel ntally exhausted.
So annoying. She didn't even have ti to find a place to put down all the shopping bags she'd just bought.
"I'm not an enemy. I'm with Rakko."
Gokusai Kaibi offered a sweet smile, radiating a powerful affinity that seed too mature for soone her age.
After all, Railgun, who was almost the sa age, was still deeply engrossed in her Gekota phase.
For so reason, an inexplicable sense of fondness welled up in Natsu Sonoko's heart, as if she'd already accepted this Gokusai Kaibi before her as a friend.
And this fondness felt a bit strange. Her mind was growing sowhat sluggish because of it. But Natsu Sonoko imdiately sensed sothing was wrong—she didn't even know this person.
Her brain began calculating the cause, but quickly identified it as a purely psychological issue.
Realizing this, Natsu Sonoko imdiately understood where the problem lay.
This girl, like Misaki Shokuhou-senpai, seed to be an ability user from the ntal system, and by the looks of it, not a low-level one either.
ntal-system ability users were practically unsolvable puzzles for many people.
Natsu Sonoko unfortunately fell into that category; she didn't have an electromagnetic barrier like Misaka-senpai to defend against ntal control.
But then things seed to shift again.
Natsu Sonoko suddenly realized that a part of her consciousness, the part connected to Reiko, wasn't affected by this imposed fondness.
Acting on instinct, Natsu Sonoko tried adjusting the allocation of her conscious thought.
The bun-headed girl was surprised to discover that as long as she diverted a portion of her consciousness to Reiko, the other party's ability, while still present, couldn't affect the part of her mind thinking normally within Reiko.
"My apologies. Your ability is too dangerous. To prevent being attacked imdiately, I had to use my ability just a little," Gokusai Kaibi suddenly spoke up, just as Natsu was pondering what this discovery might an for her.
As soon as she finished speaking, the fondness clinging to Natsu Sonoko's heart instantly vanished. Natsu Sonoko raised her head and looked directly at this suddenly-appearing, glamorous girl.
"Let introduce myself. My na is Gokusai Kaibi. I'm a mber of [School]. You've experienced my ability—I can freely adjust the distance between people's hearts," Gokusai Kaibi said with a slight smile.
Natsu Sonoko was taken aback for a mont, giving the other girl a strange look. Were all mbers of the dark side this open now?
As for this ability to alter the distance between hearts... it was truly troubleso. At the very least, until the influence was removed, Natsu Sonoko found she couldn't bring herself to directly attack the other party.
After all, a certain bun-headed girl wouldn't hurt her friends.
She repeated the question she had ant to ask Rakko-senpai earlier, and Natsu Sonoko soon got her answer.
Simply put, soone was trying to salvage the Level 6 Shift Project, to erase the record of Accelerator's defeat, in an attempt to change the opinion of the highest echelons of Academy City.
The decisions of Academy City's top brass were undoubtedly extrely difficult to change. But then again, the researchers in Academy City were each crazier than the last; there was no telling what they might do.
"So, in other words, Natsu-san, your current situation is sowhat dangerous. The way to get rid of this targeting is actually quite simple: beco a Level 5."
"However," Gokusai Kaibi's face broke into a charming smile, her gaze fixed directly on Natsu, "now you have another option. We might be able to make a deal."
The situation seed passive, but Natsu Sonoko was seriously considering the other party's proposal.
Regardless, Rakko-senpai had indeed helped her out of a tight spot earlier. Natsu Sonoko agreed to talk with these mbers of the dark side.
"What kind of deal?" Natsu Sonoko asked directly.
"Tell us all the thods and details of your battle with Accelerator. In return, we will resolve the trouble you're facing. How about it? A pretty good deal for you, isn't it?"
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