Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

After all, she had just been stared at like a joke, completely unaware of how much that woman, who always mocked and nitpicked at her, had heard.

“It shouldn't be surprising that I'm here, right?”

“I'm about to go have dinner with my boyfriend.”

Upon hearing Misaka Mikoto's words, Shokuhou Misaki's already arrogant attitude became even more pronounced.

What was that attitude like?

It was as if Shokuhou Misaki was showing off in front of her.

And only then did Misaka Mikoto belatedly look at the person standing next to Shokuhou Misaki.

Her heart was immediately filled with tumultuous waves.

“Shokuhou, are you saying that's your boyfriend?”

She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

The esper queen who was surrounded by admirers at school, reigning supreme over Tokiwadai Middle School, was now leaning affectionately against a man's arm with a happy expression.

More importantly, she wasn't really interested in the opposite sex or handsome guys.

She never chased after male celebrities or anything like that.

But even she had to admit that the man next to Shokuhou Misaki was truly handsome.

It was a handsomeness that transcended the mundane, making people unconsciously focus their attention on him.

“That's right.”

Shokuhou Misaki tightened her grip on Haramura Makoto's arm, pressing almost all of her softness against him.

The expression on her face was now even more smug.

You know, a woman is most sensitive to that kind of attention.

She couldn't possibly miss the momentary daze in Misaka Mikoto's eyes when she looked at her boyfriend.

However, she wouldn't get angry about something like that.

After all, the more her boyfriend attracted attention, the more it proved her discerning eye.

She was proud that such an excellent man was her boyfriend. Who else would she be proud of?

“Misaki, I think you should introduce me to this classmate.”

Feeling that extreme softness, Haramura Makoto cleared his throat and said softly.

Even though he had already analyzed the girl's true identity from the previous fragments of conversation, he still needed to carefully confirm it, didn't he?

“Oh.”

“I almost forgot about that.”

Shokuhou Misaki adorably tapped her head and stuck out her tongue.

“This is Misaka-san, a classmate from my school. She's the third-ranked 'Railgun'.”

“Misaka-san and I are 'very' good friends.”

As Shokuhou Misaki spoke, she emphasized the word 'very' and glanced at Misaka Mikoto out of the corner of her eye.

“Who's friends with you? You're always picking on me.”

The corners of Misaka Mikoto's mouth twitched naturally. She didn't know how Shokuhou Misaki could shamelessly call her a friend.

“Eh, isn't that just me showing Misaka-san a friendly gesture?”

Shokuhou Misaki blinked her eyes, still pretending to be cute.

Although she really did look very cute right now.

“Anyway, Misaka-san, nice to meet you, my name is Haramura Makoto.”

Haramura Makoto bowed slightly to greet Misaka Mikoto.

Normally, he should have reached out to shake Misaka Mikoto's hand, but Shokuhou Misaki was now firmly locking his arm.

So he could only do it this way.

“Oh, oh—”

“Hello, I'm Misaka Mikoto.”

Misaka Mikoto still seemed a little dazed.

She didn't expect Shokuhou Misaki's boyfriend to greet her in such a friendly tone.

This really exceeded her expectations.

“Then, who is this young lady?”

Haramura Makoto's gaze shifted to the small girl lying convulsing on the table, and he asked curiously.

That's right, compared to Misaka Mikoto, whose identity he had already figured out, he was obviously more interested in this pervert lying on the table.

After all, he had never seen a lily flower like this before.

Judging from Misaka Mikoto's earlier statement, this girl named Kuroko obviously had special feelings for her.

Wasn't this a lily flower in full bloom?

“Kuroko.”

Misaka Mikoto sent another jolt of electricity directly into her body, instantly waking her up.

“Ah…”

The small girl was ejected from the chair as if she were being controlled, landing upright in one smooth motion.

However, judging from her slightly pale eyeballs, her consciousness didn't seem to have fully recovered.

“This is Shirai Kuroko, a junior who just enrolled.”

Misaka Mikoto introduced Shirai Kuroko.

But she didn't include an explanation of Shirai Kuroko's ability.

In fact, that's how it is. Almost no one includes their ability level when introducing themselves.

“Well, Shirai-san is a member of Misaka's faction.”

“She's also a Level 4 'Teleport' ability user.”

Shokuhou Misaki came over to supplement Misaka Mikoto's incomplete introduction.

“You really know a lot about me.”

“But Kuroko isn't a member of my faction. I'm not interested in building my own power in school like you.”

Chapter 165: Date

The targeting has become more and more frequent in recent months. Usually, even if they don't get along, they'll only run into each other by chance.

But in these months, Shokuhou Misaki is obviously deliberately picking on her.

Sometimes, even when it's not a class that Shokuhou Misaki should be attending, she'll see her.

But she's not unaware of the reason.

Because Shokuhou Misaki had already said the reason.

She believes that Misaka Mikoto wants to develop her own power in Tokiwadai Middle School.

The problem is that she doesn't have that intention at all.

It's obvious that this junior stuck to her on her own accord, and she couldn't possibly disregard the junior's good intentions because Shokuhou Misaki minded, right?

Wouldn't that mean that she, Misaka Mikoto, was afraid of Shokuhou Misaki if she said that?

She usually doesn't want to start conflicts because she thinks it's boring, but that doesn't mean Shokuhou Misaki can rub her face on the ground.

“Misaka… san!”

Shokuhou Misaki stretched out her slender finger and gently waved it.

“No matter what the process is, the result is that Shirai-san, this great ability user, followed you.”

“This has already become a fact.”

“And Tokiwadai Middle School is my territory.”

Shokuhou Misaki said word by word. Although her voice wasn't fierce, it was full of momentum.

If she had to describe it, her current feeling was like a tiger who occupied the mountain as its king.

Tokiwadai Middle School was the territory she had marked out. As an esper, she was the king of this mountain.

But there was another tiger in what should have been her territory alone.

But she endured it.

Because this tiger didn't show its aggressiveness. Although she had a good relationship with her classmates, she didn't have the idea of developing her own group.

So at first, she was able to spend a year with the other tiger in peace.

But this year, this tiger began to recruit its subordinates.

This was undoubtedly something that touched her nerves.

Especially since the one who accepted Misaka Mikoto's recruitment was a Level 4 great ability user.

This made it even more difficult for her to accept.

Let's briefly talk about the rarity of great ability users.

First of all, there are only eight Level 5s in the entire Academy City. You can get an idea of how many high-level ability users there are from that.

Therefore, the number of Level 4 great ability users has never been large. Statistically, the total number in the entire Academy City is probably only around seven hundred.

Even these seven hundred have to be evenly distributed among many schools and graduated people.

Therefore, even Tokiwadai Academy, a noble girls' school where the minimum requirement for admission is a Level 3 strong ability user, doesn't have more than fifty Level 4 great ability users.

This is enough to show how precious great ability users are.

“So, what kind of species are you? Your territorial awareness is so strong.”

Misaka Mikoto complained weakly.

“Sister…”

While the two were arguing and bickering with each other, Shirai Kuroko slowly opened her absent-minded pupils.

First, she called out to Misaka Mikoto in a still weak voice.

Then she saw, saw Shokuhou Misaki sitting opposite her with a smile, and was just as stunned as Misaka Mikoto.

“Shokuhou Misaki, why are you here?”

“Just passing by. Anyway, we've said almost everything we needed to say, Misaka-san. We have a scheduled itinerary next.”

“Goodbye then.”

Shokuhou Misaki said goodbye to Misaka Mikoto with elegant manners.

It's not that she didn't want to continue arguing with Misaka Mikoto, it's just that she had already seen the time on Haramura Makoto's watch.

How could she waste time on Misaka Mikoto and delay her alone time with her boyfriend?

Misaka Mikoto also nodded lightly.

Shokuhou Misaki didn't go too far with her today. She didn't mind maintaining superficial courtesy.

“Goodbye.”

The two turned and left directly, but Shirai Kuroko, who had just woken up, almost had her eyeballs pop out.

“Who is that man? How can he be so intimate with Shokuhou Misaki?”

Holding hands like that, it's obvious that they're not in a normal relationship, right?