Temperature Control in Academy City

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“But if you want to achieve this, the easiest way is to change Sonoko’s own external image.”

Oomikami responded with a serious face.

“It sounds like a villain.”

“I simply can’t do it.”

Natsume Sonoko puffed up her little cheeks and said hesitantly.

Becoming a villain is so exciting that Natsume’s heartbeat starts to speed up slightly.

She simply couldn’t imagine herself becoming something else, like carrying a baseball bat and collecting protection money from bad boys on the street.

“Don’t be modest.”

“Sonoko is a super evil character who is more selfish than anyone else. It’s okay for her to do these things.” Oomikami said in a comforting manner.

However, before the Lord God could finish his words, the favorability rating of the petty-minded girl suddenly dropped to negative again.

Chapter 797: Student Council President

The behavioral logic of most people usually depends on long-term habits or their own demands.

Once you do something that is not in line with common sense, say or do something that you would normally avoid, it can basically be considered that there is a certain degree of disorder in the brain.

However, if humans are replaced by supernatural creatures such as gods, then it is obviously not a problem with the brain, but can be seen as a fundamental confusion.

“Favorability has decreased…”

“And… moreover, I actually said something that would lower your favorability at first glance.”

The former god frowned slightly and muttered to himself in great confusion.

She has no emotions such as regret, nor can she feel what it’s like to be liked or disliked. She simply responds in the way she thinks is most appropriate based on her observations of humans.

Normally, she would never choose the wrong dialogue option, and in some love games she could always successfully choose the dialogue box leading to the perfect ending.

Although it is devoid of emotion, it is undoubtedly full of something called efficiency. It is the kind of domineering route that one can complete with their eyes closed if they have a lot of relevant experience.

Of course, she also adopted the evil plan of peeking at the heroine’s strategy. After all, the memory and emotions of the heroine in front of her were completely defenseless against her.

“What blinded me?”

The God’s bewildered expression became more and more obvious, and his emotionless brain was rapidly analyzing something.

She carefully reviewed the ‘past log’ stored in her own energy and found nothing wrong, and concluded that these were words she blurted out without any reason, just words from her heart.

Just like the strange desire to explore abnormal science before, even if it comes from the heart, it may not be the true thought of God, but the two seem to be the same thing.

“It’s really infuriating. You are obviously the selfish, dangerous, and evil person who likes to pester others.”

“Before you talk about others, you’d better look at yourself first!!”

Natsume Sonoko’s counterattack was quick and decisive. She shouted with a stern face and very unhappily.

Considering that it was lights-out time, Natsume Sonoko was very careful to lower her voice in order not to attract the dorm supervisor who might be patrolling the corridor at any time.

What kind of super selfish and evil character?

Obviously everyone who knows her thinks she is a good girl, gentle and reliable, has excellent academic performance, and is popular in school.

Moreover, she is an excellent discipline committee member, and has maintained the law and order and morals of Academy City many times. None of the bad boys caught by her will not be defeated.

“Sorry, this is the information I read from some humans. It is not my own idea.”

The Lord God immediately came up with a response plan, and it was definitely right to pass on the blame.

“But I also want to use this opportunity to explain one thing. Many people have some huge misunderstandings about the garden. This is because the image of the garden itself lacks a certain degree of fullness. There is too much uncertain information that makes it impossible to establish an image.”

“It’s like a watercolor painting. If Sonoko doesn’t paint it with the colors she wants, someone else will fill in the gaps. All kinds of bad reviews are actually similar. So, trying to guide human emotions can avoid many problems in this regard.”

The cat doll fluttered its wings and landed on the girl’s shoulder, trying to regain the lost favor while trying to organize its words.

“So it’s other people’s opinions.”

“But it’s best not to say something like this that has no basis at all. It would be bad if it causes misunderstanding.”

Natsume Sonoko couldn’t help but relax her brows, and her originally unfriendly tone became slightly normal.

There are always some guys in Academy City who would slander her, a reserved lady, behind her back or on the Internet, which makes her very troubled.

And there is almost no way to solve this problem. It is like a dog-skin plaster that sticks to the girl’s body and cannot be removed.

Although Natsume Sonoko also thought about teaching those guys who spoke ill of her behind her back a lesson, such as buying a bunch of cheap mustard and pouring it into their mouths, the thought of seeing similar comments everywhere in Academy City instantly made the aggressive bun-haired girl completely discouraged.

As long as the so-called reputation or public opinion tends to spread, she will have no idea how to deal with it. Even if she stays on the Internet 24 hours a day and talks to people about reason, she will be as small and pitiful as a drop of water in the ocean.

However, as soon as the words came out, the cat doll’s words did have some effect, and the favorability that had been lost also increased a little.

Although it did not reach the original level, at least it broke through the negative value again.

“And I understand what you mean. If everyone in Academy City could understand me, then they wouldn’t be affected by so many hateful rumors.”

“But this is also a big problem. I don’t like the feeling of being noticed by others. It makes me feel insecure.”

Natsume Sonoko shook her head in response. She was still very persistent in her thoughts on this.

Whether it’s changing your image or trying to guide other people’s emotions, it seems that you need to become shiny and the center of attention.

In other words, there must be a sufficient sense of presence.

However, this is completely inconsistent with Natsume Sonoko’s desire to hide herself, and will instead expose her too much to the eyes of others.

Maintaining a state of mystery and lack of information can prevent the girl with the bun from falling into a combat state with serious information asymmetry.

“There is even less need to worry about this, as human attention is actually a very broad behavior.”

“It can refer to the level of attention paid to you as a person, Sonoko, and it can also refer to your image in society. To put it simply, it refers to the image that can be seen directly by the naked eye and the image presented to society.”

“If everyone in Academy City pays attention to Sonoko’s social image, there will be no need to worry about those safety issues, and it can also guide people’s emotions towards Sonoko. If you want to make these emotions more passionate or cold, you can do it through some operations such as public opinion and exposure.”

The Great God continued to speak.

“I do not understand?”

Tilting her head, Natsume Sonoko expressed her inability to understand.

“That is to say, if you want to further explore the limits of that formula, Sonoko at least needs a social image that can guide everyone’s emotions.”

“For example, people with superpowers have a good social image, and so do Discipline Committee members. To put it in a more fashionable way, players wear special titles, which can gain favor or disfavor from NPCs. However, the influence of the Discipline Committee member title is too weak, and the influence of people with superpowers is enough, but the collective reputation is too bad. Even if Yuanzi wants to guide them, he will only be led into the ditch by a bunch of stupid teammates in the end.”

“Therefore, I think the social image that can best bring out the limit of that formula is actually the student council president, the student council president of the entire Academy City. As long as she is in this position, Sonoko can completely influence the output power of the aim field by constantly fine-tuning her external image and popularity. Of course, the premise of all this is that emotions can really have an impact on the force field.”

Oomikami cleared his throat and said.

Although there is no student union organization covering the entire city in the current Academy City, Oomikami has already discovered similar ideas in the girl’s head.