The Puppeteer of Academy City

"Moses, good afternoon, Lily-chan~" A middle-aged man greeted warmly on the phone, speaking stiff Japanese unique to foreigners.

Lily hugged her arms tightly, feeling goosebumps all over her body.

"Please, just speak English well, Professor." Lily said, "Also, it's late at night in Japan, please consider the time difference before calling!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the man known as the professor said in an exaggerated tone, "Let me check... Tokyo time is already 11:30 in the middle of the night! Did I wake up Lily-chan?"

"Oh my God, don't call me that, it feels weird." Lily turned and sat on the edge of the bed, "Just now the dormitory is holding a welcome party, so I haven't rested yet, what's the professor doing?"

"Oh, the welcome party!" The professor suddenly became excited, "It's very youthful, this is the life of a high school student! It seems that Lily and you have adapted to life in the new environment, so we can rest assured."

"So..." Lily slapped her toes on the floor impatiently, "What's the matter, Professor! If I don't talk about the main point, I'm going to hang up the phone!"

"Okay, that's the end of the greeting," the professor's tone suddenly became serious, "Is it convenient for you to go out now?"

"The supervisor here is very strict," Lily said, "it's not much more relaxed than our school, and there are a few temporary security guards guarding all the entrances and exits on my floor."

"Is it really inconvenient?"

"If there is an emergency, I can sneak out. There is no surveillance in the room," Lily looked back at the window, "Those security guards seem to ignore the entrances and exits of each room...Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing." Lily shook her head. When she mentioned the female security guard outside, she suddenly realized—the ten people she saw in total seemed to have the same appearance when she thought about it carefully.

But this has nothing to do with her, so Lily immediately put it behind her.

"That's right, our satellites have detected that there is a Level 5 battle in Academy City," the professor said.

"Level 5? When?" Lily's eyes lit up, she stood up and went to the window to look out.

"The first energy fluctuation was detected ten minutes ago, and it has continued until now." The professor said, "There are two sources of fluctuations, a total of four, and the initial judgment is a battle between level 5."

"Oh! What a coincidence!" Lily said excitedly, "I just came here and encountered such a lively event!"

"Well," the professor said again, "One group of reactions disappeared, and it seems that the battle is over. But the other group is still going on. If you are fast enough, you may be able to witness the battle between level 5 with your own eyes."

Lily took off her outerwear and pants a few times, leaving only her underwear, and then began to rummage through her luggage.

"Witness? No, I want to participate in it myself!"

With a swipe of her nails, she directly cut open the cardboard box where the luggage was stored, and found a set of light gray clothes from inside.

"I think it's better to observe first and collect some data." The professor suggested.

"No need, professor, you should have more confidence in my strength." Lily put on her "combat uniform" while speaking loudly, "Is there any more information now? Such as the location, and the identities of the two sides in the battle ?”

"They are on the move, and I will update the specific location to your mobile phone in real time." The professor said, "As for the two level 5... you know, our small satellites have limited resolution and cannot take clear pictures. But from Judging from the strong electromagnetic fluctuations radiated from the scene, the identity of one of them can almost be confirmed."

"Misaka Mikoto, is that girl?" Lily zipped up, and now she was wearing a set of bodysuit that was completely close-fitting. On the surface of the light gray clothing, complex lines of dark red slowly lit up, as if there was some kind of Red liquid outlines patterns on it.

"Although it's not Accelerator or Kakine Teito..." Lily checked the vanity mirror next to the bed, and nodded with satisfaction, "But it's barely enough as an opponent for the first battle."

"I think it's better to be humble." The professor said helplessly.

"Humility?" Lily laughed, "Isn't our goal to dominate this city of superpowers? As a challenger, being too humble is not a good quality!"

"I just don't want any surprises." The professor said, "You know, you are our only ace right now. If even you can't defeat those level 5s, we won't be able to dispatch stronger combat forces in a short time..."

"Yes yes, I know—" Lily interrupted the professor, "if I fail, it will be difficult for the school to continue to apply for special education funds from Congress, and our Xavier School for Gifted Youth will be closed!"

"Hehe," the professor didn't get angry because of being robbed, "I'm glad you still remember this. But it's not enough to close the door—after all, we are the only institution that can fight against Academy City, and now the upper echelons of Congress are finally paying attention to people with superpowers What you really have to do is to prove to the world that in the field of technology, we, America, are still the strongest in the world!"

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I want to dominate this city and become No. 1!" Lily tossed her hair, and a crimson stream of light slid along her jewel-like hair.

"Speaking of which," Lily opened the window and looked down, "When will our reconnaissance satellite be able to spy on this city?"

"Last month, Academy City's super-satellite 'Vega-1' was confirmed to have been destroyed," the professor explained, "immediately afterwards, countries around the world began intensive rocket launch missions—just to send their own satellites to salvage the wreckage , to obtain the technical information of the 'tree diagram designer'."

"Thanks to them, our small satellite has fished out of troubled waters and entered this space~www.wuxiaspot.com~ That's it." Lily responded nonchalantly.

She is not interested in these things, she just asked casually just now.

"Wind direction... Forget it, it's too weak, and it has almost no effect." Lily curled her lips, "I'm leaving."

With that said, the girl jumped forward.

Immediately afterwards, there was a flash of red light in the night, as if a group of flames drew a beautiful arc in midair and rushed to the sky.

Lily's long hair turned red, as if magma was flowing inside.

Her exposed skin, such as her cheeks and neck, also showed a deep rose red.

Behind the tight combat suit on her body, a pair of hang gliding wings with a wingspan of four meters protruded, lifted by the fiery updraft, soaring into the sky.

In the air, Lily looked at her phone, adjusted her direction, and then sped up and dived towards the target.