Lost Narrative Poetry

"It seems... I feel..."

Saten Ruiko murmured to herself, her eyes filled with anticipation. She stood in the middle of the empty room and tried to raise her hand.

Then……

Nothing happened.

"..."

"..."

"Aha, this..." The black-haired girl raised a slender white index finger with a little embarrassment, scratched her cheek, and turned to look in the direction of the observation window above the room, "I may need a little time, senior……"

"No problem, just relax and take your time. This matter cannot be rushed." Xia Ran nodded in the observation room and said calmly, with a calm tone.

"Yes, yes, we are not in a hurry, not at all... Just take your time and don't put too much pressure on yourself." The hedgehog-headed boy next to him nodded repeatedly and kept agreeing. Now How great is this? It would be best if this girl could continue to delay time.

It would be best if I could postpone it until tonight. By then, I can go back and don’t have to stay here to worry...

He was really afraid that the magician next to him would cut off his hand and study it.

Xia Ran glanced at Kamijou Touma, but didn't say much. He just curled his lips. This hedgehog was too naive. He had already fallen into his hands. How could he still run away? I don't think so.

"Again……"

Saten Ruiko looked away and tried to calm down, although it was difficult.

She felt that there seemed to be some changes in herself, but when she looked at herself carefully, she couldn't find any difference in herself. This was just a difference in feeling. In fact, she could only feel a general, vague and vague difference. Not clear.

This is the problem. Most people often cannot express their inner feelings clearly, but how can Saten Ruiko easily grasp this general feeling and become a person who is familiar with her own abilities? What about those with abilities?

Before today, she had no abilities at all, and she had no experience in how to use her abilities.

As for normal ability users, except those who are born with rough stones, they have not gone through a very strict ability development and training course, and have been tempered bit by bit, from the scale of the ability to the strength to the accuracy of their own control. Accumulated experience and application skills, etc.

None of this can be accomplished overnight.

"Hey!"

"Eaaah!"

"No, come again..."

Perhaps it was because the more anxious she became, the more chaotic she became, and the more chaotic she became, the more anxious she became. No matter what she did, Saten Ruiko just couldn't grasp that feeling. She always felt that there was some kind of strange power in her body. The dream was about to come out, but it just couldn't break through the layer of window paper.

Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and she couldn't help but feel more depressed. Could it be that she really didn't have the qualifications at all? Even if she used plug-ins in disguise, she still couldn't stimulate her own abilities. .

In the observation room, the silent Jie Biao Danxi finally couldn't stand it anymore. She said, "That's not the case. Even if you haven't used your abilities before, you should at least have studied the courses taught in the school. Ability requires calculation and you need to stay calm and rational in your use..."

"What's the use of saying that?" Xia Ran said lazily, interrupting the girl's words.

"What else can you say? That's obviously what happened!" the red-haired girl with twin tails said dissatisfied.

"No, what I mean is that the testing site and the observation room are soundproofed. We can hear what she said, but she can't hear what we say here..." Xia Ran pointed to the console in front of the window. There's a microphone, "You have to go there and say it."

"..."

"..."

"Then how could she hear what you just said? I didn't see you using the microphone!" Jie Biao Danxi's mouth twitched slightly.

"I am the director. Isn't it normal to have this authority in the institute?" The magician answered this question naturally.

What does this question have to do with being a director? Could it be said that this research institute is still alive and capable of distinguishing different people and giving them different treatment? Jiebiao Danxi resisted the urge to roll her eyes, took a step forward, and pressed the microphone button on the control panel.

"Were they taught in school...the three major elements of superpowers?"

Saten Ruiko forced herself to try hard to recall those complicated courses. The expression on her face became somewhat calmer. She seemed to have remembered something. Although she had only learned it in school before, she had never been able to actually put it into practice. thing.

Over time, even she has almost forgotten... Superpowers are not because "I think, so I can." Such a convenient and idealistic ability actually has a complete set of internal logic and special mechanisms. There are rules to follow.

That’s why Academy City is able to develop students’ superpowers on a large scale and systematically train and strengthen them.

The three major elements of superpowers are computing power, calculation mode and personal reality. The first one is the easiest condition to change. An external device can provide higher computing power, and it is possible for ordinary people to reach the level of LV3 superpowers. degree;

As for the last one, personal reality is the most complicated and depends entirely on brain waves, which also determines the nature of the ability... That's why the Misaka sisters, as clones of Misaka Mikoto, will uniformly possess abilities of the same nature.

As for the one in the middle, which is the calculation mode, it is what determines the upper limit of a person's ability level.

But now, she doesn't seem to need to care so much. She imagines that Yushou Network can share calculation models and greatly improve computing power... Maybe these are not her own things, but it doesn't matter, just use the most basic knowledge taught in school. Just apply it and perform the operation.

The nature of the ability is left to be determined by her own personal reality. What she has to do now is to successfully trigger the ability and initially control it.

Optimizing the calculation model and summarizing the ability formula that belongs only to you are things for the future——

After all, ability users must accumulate experience in the process of using familiar abilities, discover problems, optimize and adjust step by step, and finally get their own formula; it is impossible to say that they first come up with a set of formulas and then Get familiar with using your abilities.

"Okay, that's it!"

Saten Ruiko, who closed her eyes, quietly raised her head. There was a certain light of expectation in her eyes that she reopened. She clenched her fist and waved it vigorously.

Yes, it was this feeling, and she successfully channeled it out!

"..."

"..."

Then, still nothing happened.

The test site is still so empty, and the various equipment around it are quiet, like a live audience watching a silent mime.

"How could it be..." The light in her eyes faded quickly like a low tide. The dark-haired girl's excited and expectant expression was completely frozen, and her whole body turned gray all of a sudden. It was as if the painter had forgotten to color her. .

Could it be that I really have no ability? Is it fundamentally impossible to have the potential in this area? She can't accept this fact!

"The AIM diffusion field was detected. The intensity level was once close to the level of a Level 5 superpower, and the duration was 2.34 seconds... which is interesting." Xia Ran in the observation room glanced at the displayed instrument monitoring data, and suddenly laughed.

"Eh? Senior, you said I successfully induced superpowers just now?"

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Saten Ruiko suddenly raised her head and looked in the direction of the observation window, "But...but, nothing seemed to have happened just now?" Could the senior have lied to him? He couldn't bear to see it. Because you were so disappointed, you made up a lie?

"Superpowers are not necessarily all fires and discharges. This type of ability can be directly observed at the level of physical phenomena. For example, mental abilities. In addition to the AIM diffusion field, most of them can only be indirectly observed through performance to confirm..."

The magician explained calmly and then laughed.

"Although I'm a little sorry that your ability, Ruizi, is not to control wind or airflow, I'm not sure that this ability will be more useful now. The next batch of students who are going to recover Kiyama Haruno can just be sent. use."

"Ah...really, really? What kind of ability do I have?"

Saten Ruiko looked surprised, but also a little confused.

Why do I have the ability to control wind, air currents, etc.? Is there any explanation for this?

"Your ability... is actually a substitute messenger!" Xia Ran nodded seriously, "The name is "Platinum Star", it can be faster than the speed of light, and it can pause time in this world..."

"What, senior, is that really not the setting in the anime and manga you are talking about?" When Saten Ruiko, who was full of expectations, heard this, she couldn't help crying or laughing, and couldn't help but protested to the other party.

"Eh? You actually know this?" Xia Ran was interrupted and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Should I say he is worthy of being the Master of Tears? Do you actually know something about this type of work?

"know a little……"

Saten Ruiko curled her lips.

"Ahem, forget it. Let's prepare for a practical battle next. This way you will understand your abilities better..." The magician's eyes wandered and he changed the topic as if nothing had happened, even though he had just played a little bit. It’s a joke, but in a sense it’s not wrong.

"Actual combat?"

"Well, by the way, let's take a look at the historical legacy of Kiyama Harusei. Her previous version of the Fantasy Master must be recovered and destroyed. Otherwise, sooner or later, they will form an uncontrolled independent Fantasy Master network again. And repeating the previous question..."

The magician said, "I just happened to find out that there are several small groups that have been making money by selling this during this period. Let's recycle the related programs."

It's very simple to do it in practice.

The easiest way is to wander around the streets and alleys. After successfully fishing and enforcing the law, you will be able to act like an incomparable little gangster.

However, Xia Ran didn't want to do these unprofitable things, it had to be of some value, so he might as well take this opportunity to recycle the other programs of the Fantasy Master that had been circulated. If he didn't want to hand them over, he would just beat them. He only collects money but doesn't do anything, and deceives people into robbing them...

There is nothing more to say, just beat them.

There are definitely plenty of opportunities for actual combat.

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Half an hour later.

"Um...are you saying that you have Fantasy Controllers for sale?"

Kamijou Touma sighed and glanced at the scorching sun hanging high in the sky. While feeling pity for the group of guys in front of him, he also prayed that they would cooperate and not be like the previous group of people who were ignorant of praise. It would be best if they Hand over the things obediently.

"Yes, that's what we said...did you bring the money? Not a penny less!"

Opposite them were a dozen or so slutty gangsters, all of different heights, fatnesses, and thinness. Some had ugly, gaudy hair, while others had their heads shaved off, with tattoos on their smooth scalps——

After all, I haven’t reached that age yet, and I don’t know the value of hair volume, so I can go through such trouble.

"Bring it here, it's all here..." Kamijou Touma dug into his trouser pocket, took out his wallet, and shook it casually.

Although there is actually no money in it, the people on the other side don't know it, and he himself knows that this is just a process... Although he sighs a little, he has dealt with them too much, and he also knows these sneaky things. What do gangsters do.

It's a pity that he and others are the ones fishing today.

"Just bring it, leave the wallet, you go away!" The leader, the bald delinquent, said lazily with a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, squinting at the prickly head opposite him.

"Wait a minute, didn't we agree that we'd pay the money and deliver the goods?"

As expected, Kamijou Touma wanted to cover his face.

And as soon as his words came out, he immediately aroused laughter from the group of people across from him——

"Hahaha, listen to what he said..."

"You pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand? I don't even want to see if you have the qualifications!"

"Get out of here now, our brothers are about to eat, and we don't want to waste our energy beating you..."

Kamijou Touma shook his head and didn't say anything else. He just put his wallet back into his trouser pocket. However, just such a move instantly stimulated the group of scum in front of him who felt that he and others were great and majestic.

This is a blatant rebellion against their orders and authority, which makes them feel that they and others are losing face!

"Mad! He's so cool! Beat him!"

"Brothers! Hit me!"

The clamoring gangsters rushed forward in unison, and at the same time, they discovered that the figure with the hedgehog head standing in the middle of the street in front of them had disappeared.

"What?!" The bald brother who was leading the fastest charge opened his eyes wide, and then he discovered that there were some unusual images in his pupils. It was a fist that was rapidly enlarging in his eyes, extremely powerful. A powerful punch in the face!

The force was so violent that the bald brother screamed and was caught off guard and was knocked around half a circle before falling to the ground!

"Brother!"

"what happened?!"

The other gangsters were horrified, and then they discovered that this kind of thing was spreading rapidly among their group. Some people fell to the ground with a sway of their feet, while others screamed and were beaten away. After half a circle, he fell down heavily.

The most they saw was a blurry shadow flashing past in that direction, knocking down a companion in an instant, and their pupils suddenly shrank to the limit.

"Damn it! It's a person with abilities!"

"How could it be so fast!"

“Fight with him ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh second nitthrest!”

They screamed one after another, or were simply beaten to the ground without saying a word. After the last few screams, the dozen or so bad boys were all lying on the ground in a mess, and some were still moaning. , but couldn’t get up for a while.

Of course Kamijou Touma is not heavy-handed, and he only has an ordinary student-level physical fitness, with a little bit of muscle at most.

However, this group of people is even more unbearable. They just rely on gathering in groups to bully the more vulnerable people. Fighting relies on the power of numbers to win together. They have not practiced real fighting skills, and their ability to withstand blows is particularly poor. .

In addition, his body was drained by alcohol and sex, and of course he couldn't withstand a blow from Kamijou's old fists, which he had honed over many years in street chases.

"It feels too easy to deal with. It's just a target that can't even move..." The hedgehog complained as he shook his slightly sore fist.

"It's normal. In their eyes, you are a monster with a speed exceeding twenty times the speed of sound. If they could react, they would be able to wrestle with Superman..."

There was a sound from the alley behind him. Xia Ran slowly walked out of it holding a digital camera. Saten Ruiko and Yuubiao Danxi also followed. The former's face was full of excitement, so much so that his face turned red. , the latter has a strange expression.

"Well, the progress is very good, but you still need to control it. If your ability cannot filter out enemies and friends, the effect will be greatly reduced..."

The magician nodded to Saten Ruiko, praised her, and pointed out her shortcomings.

"I think I can do it, senior! And wasn't Kamijou-senpai unaffected just now?" The black-haired girl nodded vigorously and said excitedly.

"That's because of his hand..." Xia Ran sighed, and then turned the digital camera in his hand, "As of now, your control is very poor. You need to practice it in the future. Look here, then The cat next to you was affected by you even though it was not the target, didn’t you notice?”

In the recorded video, you can see that the gangsters were standing still.

Kamijou Touma walked directly towards them, and came in front of everyone one by one. He raised his righteous iron fist and beat these people down one by one. It didn't take long before they were all groaning on the ground. There was a large area lying in a mess.

The scene looked very funny.

"Currently, your ability can affect the perception and nervous system of others. The most direct manifestation is that it seriously disrupts other people's sense of time. This is because the current ability of Jiebiao Danxi is unique in terms of calculation power and calculation mode. Full support for singles, so the intensity is Level 5..."

Xia Ran put her hand on her chin and thought seriously.

"Their senses have been slowed down at least dozens of times, including the speed at which the senses receive information, the speed at which the brain processes information, and the command actions performed by the body... This is a pretty good ability, if you can rely on yourself to independently improve to a real Level 5 will definitely perform even better."

"This is really amazing, it's like time has stopped..." Kamijou Touma couldn't help but said as he watched from the side.

Do you feel like you can work well together? It happened that he was not affected. Relatively speaking, it was equivalent to being accelerated... This was the first time he encountered a supernatural power that could have an amplifying effect on himself.

"Hmm..." The black-haired girl nodded repeatedly, her face flushed, "Then what should I do next?"

"You are now the substitute messenger. The first priority is to develop muscles..." The magician patted the girl on the shoulder in an arrogant tone.

"Ehhhhh?"

Saten Ruiko made a cute voice of disbelief.

Xia Ran smiled, and at the same time he vaguely felt a certain trend, or some kind of change, in his own spirituality. At this moment, he felt that his "anchoring point" had stabilized.

Although it's just a tiny bit.

But it made his spirituality seem to be lifted up by a crazy force, making him jump out of the long river of time and vaguely see a glimmer of the future.

"This is the holy land of Fallen Heaven!"

"This is the source of all sin!"

He vaguely heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice, making a loud voice and laughing wildly at the whole world in the future timeline.

In the blur of light and shadow, one can vaguely see that on the absolute timeline, there is a majestic tower like a pillar of the world, lingering at the end of the tributaries of parallel universes. There are figures in the light standing on the tower. An announcement was made from the top:

"This is - my seat!" "