The outskirts of Academy City were an area with a wide variety of scenery.
Academy City itself occupied a third of Tokyo, located in its eastern region and facing various districts, so naturally, the area outside it had all sorts of different landscapes and characteristics.
At that moment, Fang Li stood atop Academy City's towering outer wall, ignoring the warnings issued by the patrol robots around him as he gazed into the distance.
"From here, Academy City really does look like a prison."
The towering outer wall enclosing the entire city seemed to silently divide the worlds within and without completely, leaving the interior and exterior with entirely different scenery.
After all, this single outer wall created a technological gap of several decades between Academy City's interior and exterior. Inside was a flourishing high-tech metropolis, while outside lay barren stretches of land, some of which had even been abandoned.
Yet Fang Li, standing there, closed his eyes and activated his Level 3 Enemy Detection Skill.
Not long afterward, Fang Li opened his eyes and murmured.
"As expected, there are quite a few reactions..."
Under the Enemy Detection Skill's detection, Fang Li could sense enemies lurking in every direction.
Some acted independently, some had gathered into forces, some stood ready for battle, while others paced back and forth around Academy City's outer wall, itching to make a move.
"Just as Tsuchimikado said, there should be more than one magic faction among these people."
After all, the reactions coming from each location behaved in an uncoordinated manner, clearly indicating they did not belong to a single faction.
"Some of them were sent by those magic factions to monitor Academy City's movements, while the rest should be troops that only arrived recently, right?"
"I see. So this is the disaster Jeanne spoke of?"