"Something that can make a person with special abilities lose control of their abilities..."

Looking at the machine in front of him, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and laughed. Beside him, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko looked at Fang Zheng with serious expressions.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, do you have a way to analyze it?"

"Of course there is, but it's better to find someone else to do this kind of thing... um, wait a minute."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng opened his personal terminal and connected to Kimura Haruo.

"Mushan, come and meet your relatives."

"……relative?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion at Fang Zheng's words, but soon they understood what Fang Zheng meant.

"…This should be the same principle as the Fantasy Hand."

After wearing headphones and listening carefully to some of the noise, Haruo Kiyama quickly gave the answer.

"The other party should have been created based on my sympathetic perception paper."

"So, could it be that this also contains someone's brain waves?"

Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko were aware of the situation of the Phantom Hand, so after hearing what Kiyama Haruki said, they immediately had their own ideas, but... Kiyama Haruki shook his head.

"This is different. The reason why I inserted my own brain waves into the Fantasy Hand is because it is necessary to connect through the resonance of brain waves to form a network. However, the purpose of this program is simply to disrupt the brain of the ability user, and it does not require the insertion of special brain waves to achieve the purpose."

"Is that so..."

Hearing this, both of them were a little dejected, but soon, Misaka Mikoto remembered another question and looked at Fang Zheng curiously.

"By the way, Mr. Fang Zheng, when this machine was activated before, Kuroko and I were affected, but Saten-san was safe and sound. Why is that?!"

To be honest, for Misaka Mikoto, this problem has troubled her all the way. She can't figure out why this is the case. In terms of ability level, Saten Ruiko is currently at most Lv3, far inferior to Shirai Kuroko at Lv4 and herself at Lv5. The same is true for the proficiency of the ability. Saten Ruiko has only been a power user for less than a month, so it is impossible for her to be more proficient than them. However, this machine has no effect on Saten Ruiko, which makes Misaka Mikoto unable to understand.

But for Fang Zheng, after analyzing the principle of this machine, this is obviously not a problem.

"The reason is simple. The way she uses her abilities is a little different from yours."

“Not quite… the same?”

"That's right."

Fang Zheng nodded, then looked at everyone and began to explain.

"You have already heard from Mushan that this thing is the same as the Fantasy Hand. It is based on synesthesia and directly stimulates the brain through hearing to interfere, thus causing the ability of the ability user to lose control. In fact, the part it interferes with is actually just the brain's control over energy."

Having said that, Fang Zheng glanced at Misaka Mikoto.

"You should be able to understand it. It's like a machine. It can only work properly if the voltage is normal and stable. But if interference occurs and the voltage is unstable, problems will occur. The effect of this machine is to interfere with your brain, making the part of your brain that transmits energy and operates unstable, so it will go out of control."

"ah……!"

As a user of electrical abilities, Misaka Mikoto is of course very familiar with this, so she understood it immediately.

"But isn't Saten-san also a esper?"

"She's a little different. Although she uses her brain to calculate like you, as I said before, her body itself doesn't have the power to drive her abilities, so she's level 0. In fact, what drives Saten Ruiko's abilities is this..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng pointed at Ruiko's bracelet. Upon hearing this, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko were both shocked.

"You mean this bracelet?"

"Yes, that machine is effective on living things, but unfortunately, this bracelet is just a stable energy transmission device, similar to an external battery. It certainly can't hear any sound, and naturally won't cause any interference."

“I see…”

Hearing this, Misaka Mikoto was obviously a little disappointed. She had originally hoped to get some suggestions on how to resist this strange sound. After all, she was a Lv5 psychic. However, she just lay down when she heard this sound. This was unacceptable to Misaka Mikoto, who always had a strong sense of self-esteem.

It would be fine if you lost to Fang Zheng or that hedgehog-headed guy, but now you lose to a machine?

Misaka Mikoto can't accept it!

You have to know that she is a user of electrical abilities. Logically, she should be the natural enemy of all machines, but now machines have become her natural enemies?

The cat catching the mouse turned into the mouse catching the cat?

What a joke!

"Is there nothing we can do about this thing?"

"Of course, come here and I'll give you a Buff."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng waved at Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko with a smile. The two looked at each other and walked up to Fang Zheng in confusion. Then Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and slapped each of them on the head.

"Why."

"ah."

"alright."

Fang Zheng clapped his hands and looked at the two of them with a smile.

"Now you don't have to worry about this noise pollution."

Something that can be solved by constantly enhancing resistance is really simple for Fang Zheng.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, what did you do?"

Heizi touched his head and asked in confusion, while Fangzheng shrugged.

"Haha, guess."

“…Haha…”

After hearing this, Heizi knew that he would not be able to get an answer from Fang Zheng.

"Um...Mr. Fang Zheng..."

However, at this moment, Misaka Mikoto was silent for a moment, then looked at Fang Zheng.

"I have a question..."

"question?"

"Yes, when I was fighting those armed powerless people before, they..."

As she spoke, Misaka Mikoto repeated to Fang Zheng what the gangster had said before, then lowered her head.

"I don't quite understand... I think what they did is wrong, but... I always feel that maybe there is something wrong with us... Mr. Fang Zheng, what do you think?"

"Well... what do you think? They made the right choice."

"……Why?"

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko and Saten Ruiko were all stunned.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, do you think what they did is right?"

"The idea is right, but the approach is wrong."

Fang Zheng spread his hands.

"In fact, the things you are talking about are similar all over the world. They are essentially the same. For example, some people are very rich, while others are very poor. Some people have good grades and can get into good universities, but some people have difficulty graduating from high school. Some people can easily solve difficult problems with just a little thinking, while others cannot do it even if they try their best in their entire lives. But do you know why this kind of thing doesn't happen outside?"

"……Why?"

“Because there are enough choices.”

Fang Zheng yawned.

"Take a country as an example. It needs all kinds of talents. You may not be able to be a scientist, but you can be a star. You may not be able to sing, but at least you can work hard. If you can't work hard, you can also learn typing or find another job. Basically, a country with a stable social order is a country that can give most people enough direction to work hard. Of course, some of these talents will be valued. For example, a Nobel Prize winner in physics is definitely more useful than an Oscar winner in the eyes of the country's top leaders. If funds are to be allocated, then the country will definitely allocate funds to those individuals and organizations that have made achievements and have outstanding strengths, rather than those unknown research institutes that can't do anything."

“…”

"But Academy City is different. Here, only people with special abilities can be valued, and there are no other options for people without special abilities. In fact, having special abilities itself is not a sin. Just like studying, there are always good students and bad students in a class. This is normal, and there is nothing wrong with students focusing on studying. However, Academy City, as a city with social functions, is not just a school. Logically speaking, they should provide more goals and directions for those without special abilities to maintain stability. But in fact, for Academy City, people with high abilities are valued, and people without special abilities are left to their own devices..."

Having said this, Fang Zheng snorted coldly.

"Take the Armed Disabled Group for example. Does Academy City not know how to deal with it? Or does it not want to? They just don't want to deal with it. If they wanted to deal with it, they would have done it a long time ago, right? After all, the Armed Disabled Group is just a bunch of brats, and they are disabled people at that. A group of security guards can easily deal with them. But they don't care, which sends a message to those disabled people - that is, they have been abandoned."

"this……"

"The children of Academy City all left their parents to come here. Logically, the school and teachers should take responsibility, but they obviously can't do that. The so-called student autonomy is a bunch of nonsense. It's a pipe dream to expect all of them to be self-disciplined. It can even be said that many powerless people have become gangsters because Academy City lets them do whatever they want. So...you will suffer the consequences if you do evil. For those powerless people, this is their only way to vent their anger."

“…”

Hearing this, Misaka Mikoto and the others fell silent, while Saten Ruiko sighed softly.

"I can understand that. After all, I was the same before..."

"Saten-san..."

In response to what Saten Ruiko said, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko didn't know what to say, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"In short, this is not an issue you should be concerned about. All we can say is that the Unified Council is a bunch of idiots. They did this on their own, and if something goes wrong it's their own fault. You just have to be careful and don't let the Unified Council use you as a knife to deal with idiots."

"Oh, okay..."

Misaka Mikoto nodded blankly, she still didn't know much about this aspect, while Kuroko fell into deep thought. Obviously, as a discipline committee member, she knew this aspect much more deeply than Misaka Mikoto.

Fang Zheng did not care about what these little girls thought. Just at this time, Ram sent a message that the British Puritan Church had finally sent a representative. So Fang Zheng hurriedly greeted the others and happily ran to get the money.

However……

"What did you say?"

Sitting behind the desk, Fang Zheng stared at the young man in front of him who had dyed blond hair, wore sunglasses, and was dressed like a gangster. Fang Zheng had some impression of this person. He seemed to be a friend of Kamijou Touma, named Tsuchimikado, and was a double agent for Academy City and the magic side. So it was not surprising that he came to deliver a message on behalf of the Church of Necessary Evil, but the content of the message was very surprising.

At this moment, Stiyl and Kamijou Kaori were staring at him in amazement.

"Hey, sir, don't look at me like that. This is a message from the English Puritan Church... They said we don't have that much money for the time being, so... I'll leave these two in your care for the time being."

“…Huh?”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng almost slammed the table and stood up.

Are you kidding me?!