A mob of clones

Chapter 730 Misaka Mikoto: This guy with a bomb hidden under his skirt is really a coward

In the Magical Index world, Academy City, District 7, Discipline Committee 177th Branch...

After hearing Misaka Mikoto's emergency speech, Shirai Kuroko, who was originally knocked to the ground by the electric shock, no longer cared about the "whipping by her elder sister" and hurriedly got up from the ground, led her elder sister to the sofa, and asked her to sit down and talk.

"What on earth happened, onee-sama?!"

"What on earth have you done in the past two days?!"

While asking, Hatsuharu Shiki handed her a glass of water.

In response, Misaka Mikoto did not refuse. She took it with her hand and drank it in one gulp. Then she spoke with a heavy heart:

"I disappeared for two days this time to look for someone."

"It's the 'ability tracking' that Kuroko told me about that night."

Although Hatsuharu didn't know the root of the matter, she understood the words "find someone" and asked quickly:

"So, did you find anything on your way to find someone, Senior?"

Hatsuharu Shikiri asked this urgently, with a worried look on her face.

But it's not her fault. It's mainly because she remembered what Saten Ruiko said to her yesterday - "Suddenly gained an ability that she didn't have before, and then suddenly weakened. It wasn't until the senior helped design the ability formula that she was able to use the ability again."

This description sounds exactly like what happens to those guys who suddenly increase their strength and then start doing evil.

The difference is that because of the presence of Magical Index Kirikawa, Ruiko was given direct help after her personal reality was confirmed, making this improvement not only a short-term gain buff, but also converted into her own growth.

Moreover, because of his kindness, he did not cause any big trouble.

But fundamentally there is no difference between the two.

If those people are in danger, doesn't that mean Riri Saotome is also in danger?

Since this concerns her best friend, she can't help but worry.

In response to this, Misaka Mikoto took another big sip of water, then reached out for her cell phone, switched to the camera page, and handed the information she had taken to the two people in front of her.

Seeing this, Riri Saotome quickly took the phone and checked the messages on it.

Then what caught my eye were four big words - "Fantasy Hands".

……

On July 16th, at 8:30 in the evening, after Misaka Mikoto learned about the superpower "ability tracking" from Shirai Kuroko, she escaped from the dormitory with the other party's help.

When the time was approaching nine o'clock, Misaka Mikoto arrived at the computer classroom of Tokiwadai Junior High School.

After using his ability to force the computer to turn on, he used the high-end computers here to start searching for what he wanted.

By searching for "ability tracking", Misaka Mikoto learned about a LV4 powerful ability user named "Takitsubo Riko".

The other party is the owner of this ability.

The other person is a natural girl with shoulder-length black hair and lazy eyes.

At that time, Misaka Mikoto did not realize that there was anything wrong. She just confirmed that the other party's ability did meet her needs. After taking a look at the great evil, she began to search for information related to it.

Including related social accounts, express delivery addresses, relatives, interpersonal relationships...

Due to her own abilities, Misaka Mikoto's hacking skills are unique in the entire Academy City.

Only the invisible reaper Hatsuharu Shikiri from the 177th semester can barely compare to her.

It is naturally easy to query a person's information.

But in the process of searching she discovered something different.

For example - Anbu.

After learning this information, Misaka Mikoto felt complicated.

There is anger, anger that the Academy City, which seems so bright and beautiful on the surface, actually has so much darkness in secret.

But at the same time, she was also glad that she had not yet thought of what reason she should use to ask the other party to help her.

But the other party's work is similar to hiring a bodyguard. In this case, it should be much easier for her to hire him to help...

Four o'clock in the morning on July 17th.

Having obtained all the information she wanted, Misaka Mikoto left Tokiwadai Junior High School with mixed feelings.

On the same day, at ten o'clock in the morning.

Misaka Mikoto arrived at the address she had searched for.

However, after arriving here, he did not find the person he was looking for.

Instead, he met two other women.

The blonde girl Frenda Severen and the short brown-haired Kinuhata are my favorites.

However, the atmosphere between the three girls was not good when they first met.

The two seemed to have great hostility towards Misaka Mikoto, and after discovering Misaka Mikoto's arrival, they directly attacked her.

Among them, the blonde girl wearing a beret showed Misaka Mikoto her exquisite technique of hiding bombs under her skirt. It seemed that she had endless bombs, which gave Misaka Mikoto a great shock.

The other girl's abilities were also not simple, and she had extremely strong defense. The two of them attacked and defended, and at the beginning, Misaka Mikoto was somewhat helpless.

However, the huge gap in strength cannot be changed.

Although the two had the upper hand at the beginning, once Misaka Mikoto got used to their rhythm, she quickly knocked them down.

After tying them up and making sure they would not continue to attack, Misaka Mikoto asked them about the whereabouts of Takitsubo Rikou.

Originally, Misaka Mikoto thought that the hostility between the two was because she was an intruder.

Even after she tied up the two men in front of her and explained her purpose, their resistance to her remained unabated.

This is obviously not normal.

She asked about this, but the two stubborn ones refused to say anything.

For this reason, she turned her head and looked at Flanda Severen, whose bones were obviously relatively soft.

Sure enough, after a little threat, she gave out the information that Misaka Mikoto needed.

As expected, there was a reason why these two people were so hostile to her, but the reason was not her, but the Magical Index Kirigawa.

Because the Magical Index Kiriga killed their boss, Mugino Shenli.

……

Listening to Misaka Mikoto's narration, Shirai Kuroko frowned slightly and muttered softly:

"I didn't expect that uncle would kill someone again."

Misaka Mikoto's eyes widened: "Again?"

Seeing her elder sister's surprised expression, Shirai Kuroko nodded and described to her the whole process of the bank robbery which happened more than a year ago.

"That's when Hatsuharu and I met him."

As she said this and looked at her elder sister's not-so-good expression, she added another sentence.

"Don't worry, onee-sama. I also have some knowledge about the Anbu-related matters."

Shirai Kuroko paused after saying this.

"Those guys are no different in nature from the bad guys who rob and kill people."

"Given the uncle's personality, he is unlikely to kill innocent people."

"This incident is probably not much different from the previous bank robbery. It was probably the one named Mai Ye Shen Li who took the initiative to do it."

However, when Shirai Kuroko thought of the name Mai Ye Shen Li, she always felt that it was somewhat familiar.

If you think about it carefully, this seems to be one of the only seven esper users left in Academy City, Atomic Hougan, who ranks after Onee-sama among the LV5.

At the same time, she also remembered what Misaka Mikoto had told her on the way back to the dormitory on the evening of the 16th, that the Magical Index Kiriga was very powerful, and she couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

"It's only been a year, but the uncle has become a little too powerful..."

At this time, after hearing Shirai Kuroko's comfort, Misaka Mikoto's complexion looked a little better. She nodded and recalled the scene at that time.

"Indeed."

"According to the blonde girl named Flanda, Mai Ye Shenli received a mission and went alone."

"There was no reply for a long time afterwards."

"It was not until some time ago that someone came to their house and showed them some information that they learned about Mai Ye Shen Li's death."

"At first they didn't believe it, because according to them, after the mission that day, Mai Ye Shen Li never showed up again."

"But I also talked to them about my situation over the phone."

"But the man showed them a video and they had to believe it."

"Then the person who came claimed that he could help them get revenge, and then took away the girl with the ability to track psychics that I was looking for—Takitsubo Rikou."

“Even they don’t know what happened afterwards.”

Hearing what her elder sister said, Shirai Kuroko's expression suddenly changed, and her face also showed a bit of anxiety and solemnity.

"Is the uncle in danger?" "Sister, have you looked for him?"

Although Shirai Kuroko was very upset that the guy from Majutsu no Index Kirikawa was trying to steal her sister, she wanted to stomp on his face with her foot.

But she also sincerely didn't want the Magical Index Kiriga to encounter any danger.

Misaka Mikoto nodded and said seriously:
"I'm going!"

"I went to the research institute at Changdian Shangji College and also went to his home."

"I went there at noon on the 17th, and again in the evening."

“But no one was found.”

"Even if I call his contact number, I can't find him."

"I even went to look for Kamijou Touma who works at the same research institute and learned from him that he hadn't come across a random experiment site for more than a day."

"He also noticed something was wrong, and at nine o'clock in the morning on the 18th, he also went to the laboratory of the Changdian College of Computer Science."

"But no one from Wuhe was found either."

"Compared to me, he also questioned the students there. From his investigation, he learned that Kirikawa left after sending away a black-haired girl."

"Then he didn't show up again for more than a day."

"So I checked the surveillance camera in the lab and found that the girl was none other than Saten-san."

"Kirikawa disappeared after seeing Saten off. My intuition tells me that this incident might be related to Saten."

"For this reason, I contacted her at noon on the 18th and learned the good news that she had gained abilities and the fact that her abilities suddenly increased in the process of gaining them, and then suddenly weakened."

"Then I remembered that the robbers in the bank robbery at noon on the 16th also had a similar situation?"

"So a guess came into my mind, and I went online to verify it."

"Then I discovered something horrible."

"Recently, there have been quite a few reports of people whose abilities suddenly increased and were taken to the Disciplinary Committee, and then their abilities inexplicably decreased."

"Most of these things happened in the last few days, and I have never heard of anything like this before."

"I found something fishy, ​​so I started searching for keywords."

"Then we discovered that the time when the first batch of related social media comments were released coincided with the time when Takitsubo Riko was taken away by a mysterious person."

"My intuition tells me that this is definitely not just a coincidence."

"There are definitely some unimaginable secrets involved here!"

"After confirming the news, I quickly sent an anonymous email to the Discipline Committee headquarters at around 3:00 p.m."

"Then go back the same way and look for the two people again."

"Those two guys were very sneaky. They moved their base immediately after I left."

"But I was careful before I left and left a voltage mark on them."

"I finally found the more talkative Flanda."

"But after some questioning, she really didn't know what the person Takitsubo Rikou took away was trying to do."

"So I used the incompletely developed electromagnetic heart chain to find out the appearance of the woman who took Takitsubo Rikou away."

"At 6pm on the 18th, I returned to Tokiwadai Middle School. I first went to see Teacher He and confirmed with her that it was always Kirikawa who came to them, and not them. Then I borrowed the key to the computer room from her and applied for leave."

Hearing this, Shirai Kuroko nodded slightly.

"No wonder the dorm supervisor didn't say anything when he came to check last night even though he found that I was the only one in the dormitory. It turns out that you, onee-sama, have already asked for leave."

After Shirai Kuroko said this, she immediately felt something was wrong. She seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes suddenly widened with disbelief.

"and many more!"

"Sister, why are you looking for Uncle, why are you looking for Teacher He?"

Seeing Shirai Kuroko's anxious look, Misaka Mikoto felt confused.

She just said a lot of things, why is the attention of the black guy in front of her so strange?
She didn't think much about it, and nodded and said:

"Because Teacher He is Kirikawa's mother~, don't you know, Kuroko?"

"I also went to look for that guy's father, but unfortunately, neither of them knew about Kirikawa's situation."

"But it's normal if you think about it. After all, he's a college student and an adult."

"If I could be like him, my mom wouldn't have sent me here last time and then pretended to be me when I went to the bathroom and played a prank on Kirikawa."

Father, mother, adult, mom...

These three words were like three sharp blades stabbing into Shirai Kuroko's heart.

In an instant, Shirai Kuroko's legs went limp and he fell to the ground, his whole body falling into a gray state.

"It's over, it's completely over."

"My elder sister had actually met both the ape uncle and my parents without my knowledge."

"Even Onee-sama's mother is the same."

"And it looks like he's very satisfied with that perverted ape uncle."

"What should I do, Heizi? Do I really have no chance?"

While feeling sad, an evil thought suddenly came to Shirai Kuroko's mind.

"Sisters, this is an emergency, let's kill this perverted uncle!"

And just when Shirai Kuroko was mentally slicing Majina no Index Kirikawa into pieces, Hatsuharu finally unplugged the phone in front of her, looked at Misaka Mikoto who was worried, and spoke in a gentle voice to comfort her:

"Senior, don't worry."

"I met Senior yesterday afternoon, and he looked fine."

Upon hearing this, Misaka Mikoto suddenly raised her head, put her hands on the shoulders of Hatsuharu Shikiri in front of her, and her eyes glowed brightly.

"Really?"

Although she was startled by Misaka Mikoto's sudden action, Hatsuharu Shiri still nodded vigorously.

She then described to Misaka Mikoto what happened to her when she was evacuating the crowd in the Fourth School District yesterday afternoon.

"We can clearly feel that our seniors left more anxiously this time than last time."

"He must have something important to do!"

Misaka Mikoto frowned slightly at this, but also nodded.

In fact, Kuroko also came back to his senses from his pale state, and after listening to Hatsuharu Shiki's experience, he also felt a little scared.

After showing concern for her and making sure she was okay, a bad idea suddenly popped up in Heizi's little head. He stretched out a finger and said:
"Oh, yes, uncle said before that he put protective measures on us."

"If we really can't find the person, can we use this method to call him out?"

"It's a good thing that you are here too, elder sister. If there is any danger, you can help to cover it."

"Isn't this a lot easier?"

Upon hearing this, Misaka Mikoto's eyes lit up and she was immediately moved.

But he immediately thought of what Chuchun had said just now, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head slightly.

"I don't think so."

"With that guy's strength, as long as he is not in danger now, the information he can find out through careful investigation should be no less than mine."

"As Hatsuharu said, he hasn't shown up until now. I'm afraid he's doing something very important."

"If we disturb him rashly, it might affect him."

"We came to him to help him, not to cause him trouble."

"We are still able to do what we can based on the clues we have!"

Seeing her elder sister's attitude, Shirai Kuroko nodded slightly.

She knew that when her elder sister found out about the Anbu, the nature of the matter had already changed.

This is no longer just a game of finding someone for your sister, but a major event concerning the entire Academy City!

Subconsciously, Shirai Kuroko grasped her discipline committee member's armband and asked her elder sister:
"Well, onee-sama, since you brought back the plan, you must have known the identity of the person who wanted to murder uncle."

"who is she?!"

Misaka Mikoto: "I used the facial scan information to successfully find the identity of that woman in Academy City's big data."

"Her name is Therestina Kihara Levrein."

"Then I found Flanda again..."

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(End of this chapter)