A mob of clones

Chapter 716: Magical Index Mist River: Aleister would do something human, not be completely inactive
Magic Index Kirikawa: "I know, when the coincidence is too coincidental, it is no longer a coincidence..."

"When I knew I could absorb the AIM force field, I roughly realized that I was also involved in the game."

"It's just that we want to play it safest because we don't have any evidence."

"After all, for me, whether or not I show my strength doesn't actually prevent me from accumulating strength."

"But now it seems that this disguise is no longer necessary..."

……

Majina no Index Kirikawa retracted the middle finger that he had extended to the window, and slapped the hovering loop out of his apartment again. Then he sat back on his bed and looked at the Misaka sisters who looked like a robot not far away.

After a period of deduction and research, Magic Index Kirikawa gradually figured out the reason for the other party's current state.

It turns out that when a normal person with special abilities dies, the person's personal phase will naturally disappear as well.

But Misaka sisters are different.

Although their number is not too large nowadays, the Misaka sisters use the electromagnetic intelligence network formed by the clones' unique same-amplitude brain waves, and the ability to manipulate electric current to allow the brain waves of other sisters to connect with each other and share memories, thus forming a Misaka network with a small coverage area.

Even if Misaka sisters die, her personal phase will not disappear directly like a normal person.

The existence of the Misaka Network will help her maintain her own personal reality, and this power will gradually settle down and become the foundation of the Misaka Network.

And when Misaka 001 died, some of the power of the Magical Index Kiriga happened to be around.

The essence of his personal phase is to devour, dye, and release.

The coloring and release of the three essences are all processes of human interference, and the starting point of everything is devouring.

This power will naturally attract the surrounding aspects.

In theory, he could just swallow the entire phase whole.

However, since the large phase covers the entire universe, the Magical Index Mist River is too large to absorb it and can only devour some minor energy.

The personal phase anchor is the whole living person.

Even if the Magical Index Mist River devours the aim stance emitted by others, it only consumes the part emitted by others and has no actual impact on the nature of others' personal behavior.

But the Misaka sister in front of him was a surprise.

Because of the Misaka Network, her personal phase remains intact after death.

Then this complete personal phase was like the negative pole of a magnetic field, and was directly sucked in by the Magical Index Mist River, and before he could react, it directly consumed Misaka 001.

Misaka 001's personal phase became the nourishment for the improvement of Magical Index Kirikawa's supernatural powers.

At the same time, Misaka 001's personal phase was also transformed by Magical Index Kirikawa into a ghost state similar to that of a little fox fairy in the spiritual light world created by Kuiba Takekaku of the neighboring Gu world.

It seems that the other party is standing in front of Majin no Index Kirikawa, but in fact, the other party's true existence is in Majin no Index Kirikawa's personal phase.

However, the Magic Index Kirikawa did not react to this change immediately, and the internal circulation process continued as usual, naturally emitting a weak aim force field, and then brought out the Misaka sister in her personal phase...

Grasping the key point of the problem, Mojin Kirikawa snorted in his heart, glanced at the hovering loop that he had isolated from, and felt a little unhappy.

Now he was even more certain that he was definitely in Aleister's chess game.

After he literally ate Misaka Sister No. 001, it was nothing at first.

But when he touches the part of his reality that he has eaten and simulates the dynamics within it, he finds himself connected to a network that seems both real and illusory.

Without much confirmation, he could immediately determine that the network he was connected to was the Misaka Network.

Based on his perception, he can clearly feel the number of base stations in the current Misaka network.

All together there are less than seventy.

If it weren't for the blessing of his computing power, which allowed Misaka sister's LV2 level weak electricity to have a qualitative leap, from his current position, he would not even be able to sense the existence of the Misaka network.

With only seventy or so Misaka sisters, and they are stored together in petri dishes, it is a remarkable thing that the expanded Misaka network can cover an entire laboratory.

If it were a little further away, after Misaka 001's death, there would be no way to use the Misaka Network to stabilize one's personal reality.

But it is a very interesting thing.

According to the calculations made by Magical Index Kirikawa just now, based on the distribution of Misaka sisters in the laboratory and the positions of the people in the laboratory.

If there is no bottom line for the number of steps, the source of power closest to Misaka Sisters, the one who is most likely to take over the Misaka Network and absorb the personal phase of Misaka Sisters No. 001 happens to be the cheap old father of Magical Index Kirikawa.

That is to say, even if Magical Index Kirikawa did not pay attention to the absolute ability user evolution plan this time, only his old father participated in this experiment.

It is also possible that Misaka Sister No. 001's personal reality was swallowed and absorbed by him through the part of the power left by the Magic Index Kirikawa to her cheap old father.

What a coincidence! What a coincidence!
Magical Index Kirikawa seriously suspected that even if he had not entered the foggy space, he might have been stuffed into the Absolute Ability User Evolution Plan for various reasons, and then eat Misaka sisters and break the upper limit of the quality judgment.

Become part of Aleister's subsequent plan.

And if you think in this way, this guy Aleister really doesn't do anything as a human being.

He had clearly arranged the process and result of Misaka's birth, as well as the process and result of her death.

For example, the process of Misaka Sister's death served as nourishment for Accelerator, becoming the source of his greatest despair, and the source of power for him to activate the Black Wing state and surpass LV5.

The process of Misaka sisters living is also the process of Aleister's artificial heaven plan unfolding. The Misaka sisters are scattered all over the world, and the aim position covers the globe, thus forming an artificial heaven to eliminate all magical activities on Earth.

The result of Misaka sisters being alive is also the creation of a huge Misaka network. This power is also the source of power for Misaka Mikoto to surpass LV 5 later.

The result of Misaka's sister's death was that she was absorbed into the personal reality of the Magical Index Kirikawa and became part of his power.

"With one experiment, he raised three chess pieces and set up four games. You are truly worthy of being called Aleister."

After gritting his teeth slightly, Majinan Kirikawa felt that the greeting he had just given to Aleister was not enough.

But he didn't make any more moves in the end. After sighing, he sat back on his bed, looked at the Misaka sister in front of him, and asked:
"Do you know what state you are in now?"

Misaka 001 was silent for a moment, a look of confusion on his face, he reached out and touched his body, which he didn't know whether it existed or not, and said:
"I am dead?"

Misaka 001 is indeed a little confused now, even the Misaka sisters' usual habits have disappeared.

She kept searching her mind for information about death.

According to the information the learning machine had fed into her mind, there were many definitions of death.

Normally, physical death is the end of a person.

But some people say that being forgotten is the real death.

There is also some knowledge that says that humans have souls.

But Misaka 001 is very confused. Does he really have such a thing as a soul?
Misaka 001 couldn't help but start to whisper the information about herself that the learning machine had poured into her mind.

"'Sisters', 'Misaka Sisters' refers to the somatic cell clones of Misaka Mikoto, the third most powerful esper in Academy City. The clones are numbered 001-100, and the price per unit is yen."

"It's an emotionless experimental machine..."

As the mantra continued, Misaka 001's eyes, which had finally managed to emit a bit of light, were once again replaced by a hollow and grayish look.

She opened her mouth and murmured softly, then stood up from the bed, turned around and walked towards the door.

Seeing this, Magic Index Kirikawa was a little confused, reached out and grabbed it back to his side, and asked:
"Where are you going?"

“Go experiment!”

Misaka spoke firmly, trying to convince Mr. Pervert that he was Misaka's experimental property.

Regarding this, Majinajin Kirikawa was a little confused.

The situation here is different from those fan works.

The protagonist in the fan work rescued Misaka sister but she was alive, so they wanted to go back to continue the experiment, which is understandable. But the one he rescued was dead, and had become a part of his personal phase, so why go back to do any experiments?
If you have doubts, you should ask them. Misaka Sister's answer is:
"To ensure the confidentiality of the experiment, please confirm the experiment password, ZXC741, ASD852, QWE963"

Spitting out a long string of garbled letters and numbers, Misaka Sister looked at the Magical Index Kirikawa in front of her, shook her head at his confused look, and said:
"It seems that you don't know the meaning of the password. Since you are not related to the experiment, I am sorry that I cannot tell you."

In response, Magical Index Kirikawa: "..."

"Why is this girl so stubborn?!"

"Oh, no, this shouldn't be blamed on Misaka-chan."

"After all, he is just a baby who has been born less than a month ago and whose head has been filled with a lot of inexplicable knowledge. It is normal for him to lack his own opinions."

Shaking his head, in fact, this kind of thing is not difficult to solve for Magic Index Kirikawa.

According to the subsequent plot, it can be found that the Misaka sisters are not without emotions, but they were forced to grow up after birth, and were instilled with a large amount of knowledge that did not belong to them, leaving them with no time to feel emotions.

If they lack relevant experience, wouldn’t it be better to let them gain relevant experience?
This is too easy for Magical Index Kirikawa.

In order to hide the fact that most of his training had been done directly in dreams for the past six months, wouldn't everything be solved if he created a dream for Misaka sister so that she could experience a normal life in it?
However, while Magical Index Kiriga is great at weaving dreams for himself, it is not difficult for him to weave dreams for others as well.

But Misaka sisters’ current situation is a bit strange. They are with him, but they also have a certain degree of independence.

To actually implement the plan, some experimentation and preparation are needed.

Magical Index Kirikawa pulled Misaka 001 back to the bed, closed her eyes, and her will entered her own personal phase along with the dream.

Here, Magic Index Kirikawa saw the personal phase of No. 001 being eaten by himself.

The other party's personal reality has been basically contained by the power of the Magical Index Mist River, but there seems to be a layer of power above it, isolating the two from each other and preventing them from being completely unified.

The crisis that the Magical Index Kiri River may find in controlling the power limits around its own personal reality is to reach out and smooth out the wrinkles that distinguish the two from each other.

As the wrinkles were smoothed out, Majin Kirikawa's eyes suddenly widened, he lowered his head slightly, and saw a huge bloody hole in his abdomen.

In this world that belongs to this person, the Magic Index Kirikawa was shot for no apparent reason?
And after being shot, this was just the beginning. A moment later he felt the blood in his body rapidly flowing out, his body rapidly getting colder, his breathing gradually becoming difficult, and darkness rapidly covering his vision.

After a moment, Majin no Index Kirikawa suddenly opened his eyes, reached out and touched his stomach, and found that there was no real wound there.

"A hallucination?"

As soon as this question was uttered, Majin no Index Kirikawa shook his head and denied this possibility.

As for death, Magical Index Kirikawa had experienced it countless times in the foggy space.

When he was gradually approaching death, he was not anxious, but carefully felt his surroundings.

The feeling just now didn't seem like an illusion, but rather like entering another perspective.

Recalling the way he died just now, Majin Kirikawa turned his head slightly to look at the position that was slightly different from his personal phase.

The original distinction there had completely disappeared, leaving only a brown-haired girl lying there quietly, looking as if she was asleep.

Judging from the expression on her face, she was sleeping peacefully...

Looking at the significant changes before and after, Majin Kirikawa was stunned for a moment, and then he understood everything that had just happened.

Just now, the Magical Index Mist River smoothed out the last differences between the two personal realities, so the memories of Misaka sisters naturally flooded into his mind.

Conversely, some of his memories will be inherited by Misaka sisters.

"If that's the case, then I won't even have to spend time weaving dreams."

"It's a good thing."

"but……"

When Majin no Index Kirikawa thought about the death experience she had just experienced, she still felt a little toothache.

Death is nothing to the Magical Index Kirikawa.

But the memory of death reminded him of a possible arrangement of Aleister.

If Magical Index Kiriga has no other means and only relies on eating Misaka sisters to improve her personal reality, such swallowing will be incomplete.

It is this considerable portion of the amplified power that has not been stimulated.

In order to stimulate this power, it is necessary to soothe the souls of the Misaka sisters like he just did.

However, if there was no golden finger, it would take a long time for Kirikawa to realize these things.

By then, there may be no less than ten thousand personal phases of Misaka sisters stored in his personal reality.

What's worse, by then, the power of the fantasy hand and the fantasy beast may also be in Aleister's plan, and will be eaten as food by the Magical Index Mist River.

Accumulate strength, and quantitative change will lead to qualitative change.

Majin no Index Kirikawa had no doubt that this power would be the greatest help to her when she encountered a strong enemy without the golden finger.

It is very likely that he will directly surpass the limit of LV5 and reach LV6, just like Accelerator.

But just like Accelerator, without the golden finger, the process of him taking on this power will definitely not be very pleasant...

Even though the ultimate beneficiary of this matter might be Magical Index Kirikawa himself, he would definitely complain about this!

"Damn it, this Aleister is really a jerk..."

……

Back to reality, Majina no Index Kirikawa opened his eyes and found that Misaka Sister No. 001 had disappeared beside him.

Majinajin Kirikawa didn't care too much about this now and lay back down on her bed.

He looked up at the ceiling above his head and silently removed the wind wall outside the apartment.

After the wind wall was removed, the surrounding hovering loops quickly surged into the apartment and spread to every corner here.

In response, Majin no Index Kirikawa saw it but ignored it.

He simply changed his clothes as usual, lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

There are still many things waiting for him tomorrow.

……

And in the windowless building of the 7th School District.

Feeling the hovering loop return to normal, Aleister opened his eyes slightly, but then closed them slightly, as if nothing had happened.

Tonight, it's peaceful as usual...

Apart from……

"Stop right there! I'm talking about that spiky hair of yours!"

"If you don't stop, I'll catch you and kill you."

A certain hedgehog-head: "Even if I stop now, you will still kill me if you catch me, right?!"

Kamijou Touma looked at the dozens of delinquents chasing after him, feeling like crying but unable to cry. He jumped high into the air, overlapping the full moon in the sky.

The grief-stricken wails echoed in the night sky.

"Unfortunately—"

……

(End of this chapter)