Chapter 18: Tracing the Trace
"Yes...... I tried to wake up the kids. ”
In a certain hospital, Kiyama Harusheng faced the persecution of Kawajin Hibiki and admitted it honestly. She had a calm expression on her face, as if she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she was doing. As she said, as long as it is for the children's awakening, she can do whatever it takes.
"Why?"
"To wake them up...... I need data about the threshold. It's also about reducing your risk. ”
"Am I at risk?"
Kawajin smiled, this smile, I can't tell whether it is a joke or fearless, he sighed unpleasantly: "I thought that you knew that you saved the children, and you wouldn't care about me at all." ”
"No, I'm ...... anyway"
Haruo Kiyama tried to confess, but Kawajin waved his hand at her and told her to be quiet, interrupting her excitement in half.
"I'm not accusing you or anything, I'm emotional. You claim to be unscrupulous, but now you're taking care of my feelings. If you are really unscrupulous, shouldn't you think about how to improve the success rate first? I'm used to being treated as an outcast, so I'm the one who feels emotional. Children may think it's unfair, but I don't care. ”
Kawajin shrugged, revealing an indifferent expression, looking at his calm appearance, Kiyama Harunsheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. Children always like to pretend to be mature, and the child's heart of Kawajin is ...... But...... She glanced at Kawajin's expression and felt it...... He doesn't seem to be exactly familiar with this, he seems to be really used to being abandoned. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion, what kind of person is he.
"Forget it, don't care about it...... What should really be cared about...... IT WAS MAR, THE WOMAN NAMED TERLESTINA. ”
"Who's that?"
Haruo Kiyama had never heard of this person at all.
"Recently, we've been tracking down people who are messy and open. Let me ask, Mr. Kiyama...... Did you have a natural awakening experiment yesterday? Or is there a reservation? ”
"No reservations, what's wrong?"
Kiyama Haruo answered his question in confusion, and Kawajin nodded and affirmed:
"She seems to know in advance where and when it is possible to open up chaotically...... Well, I'll ask a friend to look into the messy and open things up. ”
Kawajin bit his lip and thought about countermeasures, Kiyama Haru originally wanted to say that he would help, but Kawajin shook his head and denied this.
This is the highest compliment. Because everyone has their own place, it is not a good thing to work hard, and it is also a good quality to focus on your own work.
Kawajin didn't want her to be distracted now, so he quickly saved the children, and he had to ask her to investigate himself.
"Well, I know. Be careful yourself. ”
Having said that, Kiyama Haruo didn't have much to say, in fact, the machine that assisted Kawajin hadn't been built yet, and now she really needed her best to make this.
Kawagami's idea was simple.
When Kiyama Harusheng will cause a messy opening, this is unpredictable. No matter how powerful it is, it is impossible to guess when Kiyama Haruo tried to wake up the children on a whim.
Well, it's very unlikely that Telestina will be able to [predict the time].
So, all that's left is the [predicted location].
If Therestina could somehow pinpoint the location of each mess, it's understandable that she'd be so quick to respond.
However, it is also strange why she was able to predict the location.
To do this, he needs to mess around open locations every time and then look at the information to integrate.
According to Terestina's previous statement, such an exaggerated thing happened, and they could not [completely erase] this fact, but could only use other words to appease the people.
As long as you investigate the recent earthquakes, you can see a little clue if you can't say it's good.
Saying goodbye to Kiyama Haruo, Kawajin returned to the dormitory, and the time was not early, thanks to the fact that he was not a student, there was no curfew time.
It's quiet in the dorm now.
Igarashi has been mysterious lately, and she can't see anyone. Ushimagawa and Nai Mi are both otaku in some sense, and they both like to stay in their rooms and not come out, and the same is true for Shinomiya. As a result, only Shimazaki was waiting on the couch alone.
Today, it is rare that she does not have a ponytail, her brown hair is scattered, she is wearing a white dress, she takes off her shoes, she is curled up on the sofa to read a magazine, and when she hears the door open, she quickly raised her head, and the tired look on her face was swept away.
"You're back! Hibiki Brother also! ”
Listening to her voice trying to shout out her vitality, Kawajin felt bitter in his heart, he didn't know how to face this girl who had a great impression of himself, so he didn't face it, it is estimated that she was also waiting for herself to come back today, thinking of this, he could only prevaricate in the past, for fear that any sentence of comfort or understanding would deepen her good impression of herself.
"I'm back."
"It's been late lately?"
"Well, I'm in charge of a new research project outside, and I said hello to Director Kamiya."
"Hey...... That's right. ”
Hearing that it was a research project related to Director Kamiya, Chiyuki Shimazaki stopped pursuing it, it didn't make any sense, this Director Kamiya's brain was simply problematic, and most of his research projects were crazy, not on the same level as others.
"So, is there anything I need help with in the research project?"
"Help...... If you have to say, can you help me find the news of the [earthquake] in the last two or three months? ”
"Earthquakes? Ok no problem. ”
Shimazaki Chiyuki nodded as if he was pecking rice, with a happy look on his face, and quickly ran upstairs to find his laptop.
Kawajin looked at the time, and the hour and minute hands coincided, and the long and short hands ran through the number 12 like a Western sword. It's 0 o'clock. As soon as she heard that she needed help, she immediately took action.
(She's a good girl...... It's just that it's so distressing. )
He thought so.
After a while, Shimazaki came back, really worthy of practicing sports, running up and down, not panting, more than a minute to hold the computer down, with the sound of footsteps, she sat on the sofa with a small hop, cross-legged, put the notebook between her knees, knocked on the keyboard a few times, and entered the search conditions.
When Kawajin saw that she was proficient in opening the search engine, he didn't know why he suddenly thought of Megumi Shieda, her ability is coordinate positioning, although it is generally used to search for people, but if it is used to search for the epicenter of the earthquake, I don't know if it can be done?
In fact, what Kawajin wanted to ask at first was Mikoto Misaka, this person's ability is electricity, if used properly, he should be able to hack through electricity, after all, some truths can only be obtained in this way.
However, after thinking about it, I don't necessarily have to know the truth, I have already deduced a rough idea, as long as I can find some clues, I can deduce the conclusion.
Now that it is known that Telestina can deduce the location of the earthquake, it is enough to look for commonalities.
So, a man and a woman checked the earthquake data in the middle of the night.
The final conclusion was......
There is no pattern.
Kawajin asked for the time of her awakening experiment from Kiyama Haruo, and there were more than a dozen earthquakes in total.
Theoretically, it would be difficult for someone to deduce patterns from such a few earthquakes. Kawajin didn't see a problem.
They've happened in every school district, but if there's a pattern, it's like an earthquake moves, first in District 19, then from a certain time period, to other school districts, and then the last two times in District 7.
Could it be that the earthquake was caused by something else, but something that moved? For example, the device?
Kawajin suddenly thought of the previous ability drop. If it's some kind of device that causes an earthquake, it's easy to understand. But it's hard to say why Terestina was able to find it so quickly.
Because, the previous earthquake in the old city, there was nothing suspicious around it at all.
Later, the fireworks festival celebration was the same this time, if there was that kind of suspicious thing, Kawajin would have found out a long time ago.
So...... What is it?
He frowned strangely, and for a moment he couldn't think of any connection.
Thinking so, Kawajin brought up the report on the news of the fireworks festival earthquake that had just been released today, and searched for something suspicious from the photos.
"It's like an earthquake is traveling, and it happens to be in the Seventh School District."
"That's really a youthful earthquake."
Kawajin smiled and responded to Shimazaki's girlish feelings.
However, her joke was also reasonable, after all, earthquakes would appear so frequently, and such a directional movement was very suspicious in itself.
It's ...... It's like......
"But...... Is it human? ”
Kawajin muttered.
Messy and open, in essence, is an AIM interference, allowing the surrounding capable people to use superpowers unconsciously, and finally cause collapse.
The source of the incident is very clear, it is the unconscious students of Kiyama Haruo, and the location is also determined, and they are all in that hospital.
So, why can it be felt from so far away?
Sure enough, there was someone, or some device, that took the children's message and spread it......
But this most critical piece of the piece, he can't put it together.
He looked at the pointer, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning, and Shimazaki Chiyuki secretly yawned several times while he was not paying attention, and the corners of his eyes were already foggy.
"Okay, that's it for today, it's a big favor, let's go to bed first."
"It's okay, I'm not sleepy!"
"Well, I'm sleepy."
dismissed her stubbornness with her own weakness.
"Let's look into it together tomorrow. Go to sleep today, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow and delay your efforts. ”
As soon as she heard that Kawajin meant to take herself with her tomorrow, Shimazaki Chiyuki hurriedly answered and was about to go to sleep, but at the moment she moved, a grunt sounded, and it was exceptionally clear in the air.
Oh, yes...... After staying up all night, people will feel hungry.
Kawajin looked at Shimazaki, who turned red and opened his eyes.
"Alright, I'll go get you something to eat."
Kawajin said and walked to the kitchen, and Chiyuki Shimazaki followed excitedly.
Kawajin often cooks, but every time he cooks, he cooks for everyone, and today's [exclusive Shimazaki supper] is not common. It's better to say that Kawajin deliberately didn't do it in order not to develop too close to her.
Seeing her hard work today, I can only use this method to express my heart. Chiyuki Shimazaki felt that she had made a lot of money, anyway, she didn't have to go to class, and she just had to make up for sleep during the day. But it's rare for Brother Hibiki to cook for himself, so it's worth it!
I took rice, salt, and preserved eggs from the kitchen, and by the way, I took a piece of meat, made an air knife and cut it into small pieces, and then cut the preserved eggs into small pieces that were easy to eat, put them all in a bowl, and then added water. The porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork is ready.
For those who can manipulate fluids, cooking rice is as simple as operating the water to heat up at high speed, cooking the rice, and then controlling the surrounding air to pressurize it, so that you can make delicious food without the need for a rice cooker. He's already good at using superpowers in everyday life, and it's easy to do something like today. Especially for someone like Kawajin, who can precisely control the temperature, cooking becomes quite easy, and most dishes are like instant noodles, just do whatever you want.
Considering the current time, and considering that I was about to go to bed, I should not eat too much, so I simply chose porridge, a food that is easy to digest.
"Wow! Excellent! Brother Hibiki is amazing! Household all-rounder! I always feel that if Brother Xiang becomes LV5, the title is probably [universal household appliances] or something. ”
"Hahahaha, that's not bad. If I opened a restaurant based on this ability, I would probably make a lot of money. But...... LV5 ...... Well,That's really tempting.,When the time comes, I'll be the first person in the school city to use LV5 superpowers to get out of business! Wow, that's topical. ”
When he was chatting with Shimazaki, the preserved egg and lean porridge in his hand had already been cooked, and he was very intimate to help her lower the boiling temperature, to a temperature that would not burn her mouth, but also feel the heat, and took it over, with a happy smile on his face
"Thank you, Brother Hibiki!"
"Well, I'm just thanking you. Okay, then I'll go back to sleep first, I'll find the director tomorrow...... Ah, my head hurts when I think about it. ”
"Come on, stay alive!"
"I'll do my best."
Kawajin put on a bitter face and left.
Shimazaki Chiyuki slowly ate the porridge in her hand one bite at a time, but for some reason tears fell.
"Brother Hibiki...... I...... Actually, I don't deserve to be treated so gently...... Really...... Regardless of the past, you are gentle with everyone...... Brother Hibiki, are you really ...... What a ......."
She didn't know how to describe this behavior for a while, and finally she could only sigh, and all the sighs turned into a sentence: "It's really ...... I am addicted to the sound of Brother Hibiki! ”