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Chapter 176 Urban Legends Can't Be Believed...

"Hey, good morning, manager..."

Kamijou Touma had already appeared in front of the store on time when the morning sun had just slanted on the street, but he was holding a shopping bag full of something in his hand, and he was still pinching something in the other hand. Holding a leaflet that looks like a supermarket.

From the looks of it, it seemed that he was eyeing something like a half-price discount again.

I don't know whether to praise him for being stubborn, or to say that he is more safety-conscious. After all, although Mu Xiu's treatment here is not bad, it is impossible to maintain it forever.He probably wants to take advantage of this opportunity to save as much food as possible for himself——

Mu Xiu, who was lying on the counter, just tilted his head slightly, quickly opened his eyes for a glance, then closed them, and found the metal reaction in the shopping bag through the information fed back by electromagnetic waves, probably some canned food.

The kind that can be stored for a very long time, such as canned meat, canned fish, canned vegetables and fruits, etc., as long as they are successfully stored, problems such as power failure of the refrigerator will not be affected.

"Kamijou... why did you come so early today, what time is it? Oh, wait, I remembered, sorry, a lot of things happened last night, and now I'm a bit stupid, I forgot what day of the week it is... ..."

Burying his head in the crook of his arms, Mu Xiu responded dully without raising his head.

"Uh, is, is it? It should be because you haven't gone to school, the store manager..."

Kamijou Touma walked in, first put the things in his hands away, then stood up and stretched out his hands to touch the back of his head, "I always do this when I'm on summer vacation, and gradually I can't tell the day of the week, because I don't use Went to school..."

Speaking of this, he also smiled embarrassedly, and then saw Mu Xiu's left arm covered with bandages, and his smile froze immediately.

"Manager, your hand..."

"It's okay, it's okay... It's just because my left hand seals the black flame dragon that can destroy the world, so I have to wear a bandage, it's completely okay." Mu Xiu still maintained that kind of In the classroom, he was lying on the table in a sleeping posture, buried his head in the crook of his right hand, and said in a muffled voice.

So, did you go to the "Dark Flame Envoy" job change mission last night?

"...Ahahahaha, so it's like this..." The hedgehog-haired boy seemed to feel a little embarrassed if he walked away, so he could only smile dryly but didn't know how to respond to the other party.

"Of course, I'm the Dark-Flame-Master!" Mu Xiu didn't raise his head, but his flat and unchanging voice could make people think that he said so with a blank face at the moment.

"..."

Kamijou Touma finally couldn't bear it any longer, and subconsciously looked aside, he always felt that talking about such a topic in a serious manner made him feel an inexplicable sense of shame.But the store manager can say such a second-school line so calmly, maybe he has the potential to become the protagonist and unintentionally develop a time machine!

"..."

"..."

There was another unspeakable silence, and the young man Kamijou probably felt that he couldn't go on like this, so he asked tentatively, "Well, store manager, have I gone to work?"

"Well, let's go..." muffled reply.

Kamijou Touma felt relieved at last, and turned around.

He feels that the work here is simply too easy. There are two meals a day and tea is provided. Even if you sit here all the time reading or doing other things, it is still too late to start cleaning up in the last half hour of the evening. what will say...

If there is really a paradise in the world, Kamijou thinks that this kind of treatment is enough, and he has never asked for much. ——Struggling for food and clothing all the time, often encountering all kinds of bad luck, and being admitted to the hospital every three days, such a person really can't expect more than to continue to live.

But after turning around and taking two steps, Hedgehog felt that this was not okay, he turned his head and looked at the store manager who had been lying behind the counter, hesitating and cautiously said: "Store manager, are you okay, or... …Did you not rest well last night, and your spirits were not very good?"

Naturally, he wouldn't believe the nonsense that "the bandage on his left arm is to seal the Hei Yanlong who destroyed the world", after all, he could smell the not strong but obvious smell of medical alcohol and medicine just after walking in. It's clearly an injury.

Therefore, he naturally thought that the reason why the other party didn't raise his head all the time because of his injury was because he couldn't rest well last night.

Wait, why didn't I think about asking the other party why he was injured? Could it be that I already feel that being injured is a normal part of life?
No, not good, suddenly thought of such a thought, Kamijou Touma's whole body stiffened.

"That's right..." Mu Xiu weakly raised his right hand and waved it, as if to chase away flies.

The hedgehog-headed boy hesitated to speak, finally sighed, and asked, "Then manager, do you have anything you want to eat later, or is there anything you need me to do for you?"

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"..."

"Wait a moment, go to the police branch of the Seventh School District and help me pay the compensation. I broke something last night..." Mu Xiu finally raised his head as if moved Come on, reach out and open the drawer, then take out a bank card and hand it over, "Let me check the password, I forgot it myself..."

"Uh, this is indeed no problem! But, manager, why are you looking at me with your eyes closed?" Kamijou Touma took the bank card, and then looked at the straightened boy behind the counter with black lines all over his head.

"Oh, this is because my eyes seal the energy that can destroy the world, and I have the ability to see the "invisible boundary line" of another world——Hey, why did you turn around and leave, since you asked the question, then Just listen to what others have to say! "

"..."

Kamijou Touma, who was in a delicate mood, turned around and left. He decided not to take up this topic in a boring way, especially when he found out that the other party turned out to be an upgraded version of the [-]-in-[-] senior middle school patient.

But Mu Xiu, who sat down again, had already buried his head in the crook of his arms, looking like he was out of spirits and wanted to catch up on sleep.Only in the shadow of his arms, he slightly opened his vision, and there was a dreamlike azure blue light in his eyes for a moment.

However, people who don't know the inside story probably only think that this may be a special way of using electromagnetic energy.

After all, although he seldom used it in the past, such changes will also occur when he occasionally transforms electromagnetic vision and sees things in the form of electromagnetic energy.

"whispering sound……"

With a soft murmur, the young man seemed very tired and closed his eyes again, as if falling into a deep sleep.

He now feels that his mental state is very bad, very bad, and he even wants to poach his eyeballs out.But compared to this unbearable physical sensation as if the eye nerves were oppressed, what he can't bear now is the manic spirit——

Nearly [-] deaths, tons of blood, flesh, and internal organs...

Equal amounts of hatred and fear, and almost all turned into hysteria because of reaching the limit.

Completely unable to resist, and no chance to resist.Because only at the moment when he connected to the "Misaka Network", nearly ten thousand death experiences had already impacted his mind, almost causing his consciousness to completely collapse because of this, and his brain is still muddled, let alone blank But it's also hard to regain my previous sanity...

However, it is absolutely impossible to just accept it like this.

Even though at that moment last night, he not only became a real superpower user of Level 5, but also seemed to touch a new realm that suddenly opened up before his eyes, but he also felt a dangerous omen that made him tremble subconsciously... …

As if it was only a little bit short, as long as he didn't have time to take back the subconsciously stepped foot, he would be completely suppressed by the terrifying instinct to completely suppress his own existence.

That's right, it will become a monster that transcends the boundaries of human beings without a doubt... He is so sure of it for no reason.

"Fourth level... Heart Demon Realm..."

After murmuring such an endless sentence in a low voice, the clear record on the exchange materials flashed through his mind, and Mu Xiu sighed imperceptibly.He lay down on the counter and slowly fell silent, as if he had already fallen into a deep sleep.

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……

In the soundless and lightless ocean, the darkness has no end.

There is nothing here, there is nothing, and even the concept of "nothing" is not suitable for description.

As natural as flowing, as ugly as corruption, this is the ambiguous realm of life and death, eternal darkness and nothingness...a world that only the dead can reach and the living cannot observe.

I kept staring into the distance, but couldn't see anything.

I've been waiting for something, but I can't see anything.

Very stable, very satisfied.

——Because there is no meaning, just "existing" here is perfect.

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A loud noise woke up Mu Xiu from what seemed to be an unusually long sleep. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, raised his head from behind the counter, narrowed his eyes, and looked out the door.

Then, as expected, they found the figures of the four sisters. It seemed that these four little girls would always act together, and today's weekend rest day was no exception.

"……I knew it."

The boy twitched his lips. He looked in the store and found that Kamijou Touma had disappeared, and he didn't know if he had gone to the Seventh School District to pay the compensation.

But isn't this even more troublesome? The main combat power attracted by the firepower is not there now - while slandering so much, he is about to get down on the ground again and continue to open the abandoned house mode.

However, with a bang, a pink hand slapped directly on the counter, and Sister Pao protested angrily: "What kind of expression do you have, at least you should show a business smile immediately when you see a customer coming, understand don't know."

She didn't have any emotions at first, but when she saw the other party raised her head and glanced at her and others, she lay down again without fully opening her eyes, and suddenly felt angry.After all, in such a situation, it is easy to think that the boy on the opposite side intends to smile and welcome the visitor, but after seeing it clearly, he immediately loses all interest and motivation...

This is unabashed discrimination and differential treatment! !

Mu Xiu continued to lie on his stomach unmoved, that lazy and listless look, and his pale face due to the excessive blood loss yesterday, all seemed to indicate that he was like a computer all day long, The body is aging ahead of time, and now a series of sequelae and bad symptoms have all erupted, like a house bug.

Now, the house bug waved his hand:
"Forget it, seeing you, I feel that my brain is really not happy, so I don't intend to wrong myself. I don't provide business smiles... If you are not satisfied, you can take the form of written complaints. The format must be neat and the handwriting It must be neat, the words and sentences must be decent, and the number of words must be at least five thousand, and the suggestion box is in the trash can next to me..."

"You——!!" Misaka Mikoto was obviously shocked, she never thought that the other party would be so... so...

For a while, she couldn't find a suitable adjective to describe the young man in front of her.

"Okay, okay, Misaka-senpai, don't be impulsive, today is the weekend..." Saten Ruiko smiled wryly and pulled the tea-haired girl from behind, "If there is a power outage, it will be troublesome, let's go in and sit down first Bar--"

"Forget it, for your arm's sake..." Misaka Mikoto supported her forehead with her left hand, glanced at the bandaged left arm of the boy who had not planned to raise her head yet, and the corner of her mouth twitched unnaturally.Then she took a quick look at the store, but she didn't see a figure with a hedgehog head, and she was even more disappointed. It seemed that she hadn't found an opponent to fight?

"Well, let's just sit here... This is the door, the sound is not low enough, we should be able to talk, there is no need to keep quiet like we are inside."

The girls didn't like the dark environment inside the bookstore very much, but they directly chose the table next to the counter at the entrance, and sat down by the window.

"Hey, hey, don't disturb people's dreams..." Mu Xiu became dissatisfied.

"It's almost twelve o'clock in the morning, and you're still sleeping..." Looking at the hot sunshine in the shopping street outside, Sister Pao directly switched to the contempt mode, "Can't you look like a student, if you really The most important thing is that if you feel uncomfortable because of the injury, you should go to have a good rest, what are you doing lying here all the time."

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"..."

"Oh, really. Che, Mu Xiu replied with a polite smile."

"What kind of attitude is that!" Misaka Mikoto, who couldn't bear it any longer, flashed a flash of light on her forehead, and was about to rush forward and punch her directly.

After about 10 minutes.

A high school student with a hedgehog head in a hot suit appeared in the store panting, with a subtle mechanical smile on his face, he looked at the store manager who seemed to have completely started the "summer sleep": "The store manager, has, already paid The compensation has been paid, but I accidentally lost the bank card just now, you may have to get a new one... Also, how many things did you break, I suspect that I was cheated, and the group of security guards actually said that they want compensation ..."

At this time, he seemed to have noticed something was wrong with his sight, turned his head to look, and then suddenly looked serious: "Bilibili, you are here again..."

Misaka Mikoto glared at him through gritted teeth.

At this moment, pointing at the screen of the laptop on the table, Saten Ruiko suddenly said: "Since the urban legend just now is not scary, let's take a look at this, for example, a building with no entrance...it will only appear at dusk Mysterious school district...a man who can nullify all abilities..."

"Uh, are you guys talking about urban legends?"

Because he was eager to get rid of Misaka Mikoto's murderous gaze, Kamijou Touma could only bite the bullet and speak. He pretended not to hear the last one, raised a finger and forced a smile, and said, "I just started from the first On the way back from School District [-], I was chased by a group of delinquents, and it seems that I did see a building without doors and windows on the way..."

"Really, it is very necessary to confirm!" Saten Renko looked surprised, but his eyes became excited, "Ah, also, when the propeller of the wind turbine reverses, abnormal things will happen in the city! "

Misaka Mikoto felt unnatural for a while, and the boy behind the counter reached out to pick his ears.

"Hey hey hey——!" Fortunately, it seemed that he had discovered some more shocking news, and Saten Ruiko quickly jumped to the next item, "The eighth Level 5 ability user appeared in Academy City, and the strongest person was directly airborne!"

"How is this possible..." Shirai Heizi pouted, not knowing why there was a red mark on her forehead, as if someone had just hit her head on the table.

"Level 5 ability users are not so easy to be promoted. In addition to the various numerical standards of ability, it is not enough to pass the mental evaluation, let alone the strongest airborne. This kind of thing has not been officially confirmed... Hey, Sure enough, urban legends cannot be believed!"

"Ahaha, Shirai-san, don't say that..." Saten Saten said embarrassingly, "I just think these things are very interesting to say..."

At this time, it was exactly twelve noon.

The huge screen on the abdomen of the spaceship suspended in the sky suddenly changed, and at the same time, a strange electronic sound sounded in the air, which was simultaneously broadcast by the public speakers and speakers of Academy City:
"The eighth Level 5 power user has appeared, and the ranking of Level 5 power users in Academy City has changed. The specific changes are as follows..."

　Can't catch up, there are only so many today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)