Academy City's Puppet Master

While talking, the coffee shop officially opened for business.

The guests who had been waiting outside for a long time flocked in.

Ling Xingye and Shiranui Hitomi did not continue to occupy the precious seats, and quickly got up to help.

Since it was the period of the Daiba Star Festival, the passenger flow in Academy City was high and saturated, so as long as it was a shop, there would be no worries about no customers.

Overcrowding is the norm—even in a small student-run café.

Not only tourists and parents, but also many local students have come here admiringly.

Although it is not a noble school like Tokiwadai Middle School that is difficult for outsiders to get in touch with, it is also a well-known and prestigious school in the eyes of ordinary students.

It's a rare opportunity now, so of course I have to find a way to come over and have a cup of "coffee from a famous school".

Among the crowd pouring into the store, Ling Xingye saw a familiar figure.

"Don't worry, Misaka has an invitation ticket from the owner, and has already reserved a seat in advance. Misaka is proudly showing off her secret weapon."

It was Misaka Mikoto's quartet, and Misaka 10001.

Misaka Mikoto looked around in the store, and immediately saw Ling Xingye and Hitomi Shiranui, and waved happily.

"Let's go." Hitomi Shiranui stuffed Ling Xingye with a menu, and picked up the tray herself.

The coffee shop was originally a relatively quiet place, but because there were too many customers, the novice waiters who had just taken office made a lot of jokes in a hurry, and the shop became lively and noisy, more like a place like a bar.

But everyone seems to like it very much, so no one cares about such small problems.

Misaka Mikoto and the others just came to join in the show. Seeing that there was a steady stream of guests, and the access control time was approaching, they didn't bother them too much, so they left soon.

"Wait." Ling Xingye said suddenly, and grabbed one of them.

"Huh?" Saten Renko looked back, "Senior Xingye, what's the matter?"

"The official performance will be in two days, stay for me to practice!"

The girl who was always full of energy suddenly had a bitter face: "I still need to practice..."

She herself is very interested in silk-drawing drama, and she is also quite talented.But in the past few days, I have practiced too much.

"Of course, the requirements are not high, as long as you don't make mistakes."

"I've been practicing very hard," Saten Ruiko argued, "Recently, I haven't even had time to track down the latest information on urban legends..."

Ling Xingye thought for a while and said, "Then show me the show, and if you pass, I'll let you go."

"Okay!" Saten Leizi cheered up and left the coffee shop with Ling Xingye.

"Ah, slipped away again." Isshiki Qianhui came to Shiranuotong's side and said dissatisfiedly, "Master squad leader, you have to take good care of him."

……

Just as Ling Xingye and their cafe opened in full swing, Kamijou Touma and his party also came outside the city.

After tracing all the way, they finally found out Lidovia's whereabouts.

The latter is going to activate the effect of the "Apostle's Cross" at this specific time tonight, bringing Academy City under the rule of the Roman Orthodox Church.

For this reason, she did not hesitate to take the risk herself, and Orianna was the bait she deliberately used to confuse the public.

At this time, Lidovia had already inserted the "Apostle's Cross" into the ground, waiting for the "right moment" to arrive.

When the starlight travels to a specific angle and projects down, this legendary spiritual outfit will show its miracle...

"Damn it, you're a step late!" Tsuchimikado Motoharu saw the cross planted on the asphalt road from a distance, and rushed up without caring about his exhausted body.

Kamijou Touma also rushed forward.

Stiyl took out the card, ready to find an opportunity to cast the Witch King.

At this moment, there was a strong wind pressure above the heads of the three, and a huge shadow passed over them.

Kamijou Touma looked up and said in astonishment, "Isn't this the 'Heavy Stallion' helicopter that is said to be in the experimental stage?"

I saw three behemoths running through the air.Under the fuselage, a large drive armor is hoisted.

The driven armor was condescending, releasing columnar objects one by one, scattered around Lidvia.

"The operation begins, the concealed battlefield system is launched, and the artificial dome is activated..."

===Chapter 480 The Disappearance of the Nuns===

Before Lidovia had time to react, she was enveloped by a pitch-black dome.

Even Kamijou Touma and the others were covered by the hidden battlefield system.

However, the suppression force received the notice and only targeted Lidovia alone, and ignored the two students who sneaked out and an unrelated person.

Lidovia looked up at the sky, and the night that should have been full of stars disappeared, replaced by a dark and lightless dome.

——Unable to receive the corresponding starlight, the "Apostles' Cross" cannot be activated!

Lidovia was shocked and angry, but soon, with the official debut of the powered suits, under the cover of a round of shock bombs, she no longer had the heart to be surprised and angry.

We must evacuate immediately!

Lidovia pulled out the "Apostle's Cross", turned around and fled.

The cannonball that hit her was bounced off by an invisible force, deflected and flew into the sky.

Similarly, a powered suit standing in front of her seemed to lose weight, suddenly floated out of thin air, and then fell heavily behind her.

There was a pitch-black barrier in front of her, Lidovia gritted her teeth, and rushed towards it.

A modular pillar loses its weight and is catapulted skyward by her.

Flaws appeared in the hidden battlefield system.

Lidovia rushed out without hesitation.

The formation of the suppressing troops was in chaos for a while.

"Pursuit! Pursuit! Attention, the enemy is a high-level gravity user!" The captain of the suppression force roared in the channel.

Since it was also the first time for them to conduct a rapid delivery operation outside of Academy City, it was inevitable that they would be a little hectic in their actions.After Lidvia broke through a corner, it took a long time to finally clean up the mess.

But at this time, Lidovia had already fled away.

On the contrary, Stiyl, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Kamijo Touma were trapped in the man-made dome, and they were unable to rush out to track Lidova because they were focused on by a few powered suits.

The result is the loss of the target.

"Well, at least we succeeded in stopping her plan." Tsuchimikado Motoharu said optimistically, "If you want to use the Apostle's Cross in Academy City, you have to do it at this point in time. In the next year at least , we don’t need to worry about the Apostles’ Cross anymore.”

"Damn it!" Stiyl looked at the heavy powered armor troops beside him with an unkind expression, "This is different from what we said before!"

——Didn’t it be agreed that Academy City would not come forward to deal with this incident?What's going on here!

"I want to contact the Supreme Bishop!" Steele said.

……

Lidovia fled in panic with the Apostle's Cross.

She was even a little desperate - alone and helpless, she couldn't escape the driven suit at all.

But unexpectedly, there was no enemy chasing after her, and she ran all the way to the nearby villages and towns.

Once here, there is a way to hide, or pretend to escape.

Lidovia relaxed a little, and quickly stepped into the main street of the village.

As she walked, she suddenly saw an incongruous thing.

——A simple big tent suddenly appeared in the central square of the town, covering a circular flower bed that was originally there.

"When did this kind of thing become more?" Lidovia was puzzled.

Later, she saw a strange man in a tuxedo with clown makeup on his face next to the tent, seeming to be distributing leaflets.

Lidovia passed by there unknowingly, wanting to see what was going on there.

Immediately, an advertising leaflet was stuffed into her hand.

Lidovia was not interested in paying attention to these things, and was going to throw them away after flipping through them casually.

But the clown at the door kindly invited her to go in and watch a performance.

"This is a bit..." Lidovia walked in following the clown like a ghost...

When Ling Xingye received the news, it was already after ten o'clock in the evening.

Qifan's routine report mentioned the failure to capture Lidvia.

This morning, after catching Oriana, Ling Xingye left directly, expressing that he had no interest in continuing to participate in this incident.

However, the command system he built and the dispatch order to reload the suppressive troops are still in operation.

Using the same method, extensively comparing the surveillance camera images, finally found the trace of Lidovia.

So there was the first scene.

Ling Xingye didn't care much about Lidovia's escape.Anyway, according to Motoharu Tsuchimikado, the enemy's conspiracy has gone bankrupt and will no longer pose a threat to Academy City.

But right away, there was information directly from Chairman Aleister—Lidovia suddenly disappeared, neither alive nor dead.

He asked Ling Xingye's group of armed incompetents to conduct an auxiliary search to find the whereabouts of the target.

……

At the same time, in the "windowless building", Orianna, the magician who was captured this morning, the "deliverer", was having a direct interview with Chairman Aleister.

"I heard," Orianna said, "Lidvia is missing!"

"Yes." Chairman Aleister said flatly.

"First Sister Agnes's troops, and now Sister Lidovia on 'Tuesday of Confession'..." Orianna said, "There are important figures of the Roman Orthodox Church who are constantly missing in your territory, and their life and death are unknown."

"So what?" Aleister asked.

"Do you think the Orthodox Church will let it go?" Oriana sneered, "Although this action is just our arbitrary action, it is actually better than Lidovia. All I want to do is to enjoy a wonderful performance, and ——and present an even more exciting performance in person!”