Academy City's Puppet Master

"Starry Night, you may have been affected by the enchantment set by the attacker." Kanzaki Kaori analyzed, "The enemy's domain should be the product of special settings for fighting and hunting, so of course it will suppress you."

"Is this the effect of magic?" Misaka Mikoto said, "Suppressing the performance of the target itself... This description is a bit ambiguous."

"Actually, it's not difficult to understand," Uluft added to the topic, "It is to use the advantage of numbers and the advantage of the geographical advantage prepared in advance to create a special atmosphere and environment, destroy the combat habits and rhythm of the target in actual combat, and then affect other Tactics of combat power."

"This has nothing to do with whether or not to use magic, but a tactic." Uluft talked eloquently, "But to be able to use it to the effect of magic... that must be a very powerful person!"

"But I do feel the traces of magic." Kanzaki Kaori said, "It is indeed a tactic, but there must be magicians involved."

"Since Kanzaki said so, it's true!" Uluft nodded immediately, "After all, I don't know magic, so I don't know."

"You don't know magic?" Ling Xingye looked at him in surprise, "Aren't you a priest of a Russian adult religion?"

"Who stipulated that priests must know magic?" Uluft asked back, "Really speaking, from a global perspective, priests who don't know any magic and extraordinary power are the majority?"

"...That's right." Ling Xingye looked at the cross on his back, nodded and admitted directly - if he really knew magic, he wouldn't be fighting with a heavy machine gun, would he?

"But in this way, I wonder if those who attacked me are the subordinates of Kihara Shudo." Ling Xingye said again, "It's really hard to imagine that they have anything to do with magic."

"Maybe he recruited some magicians?" Misaka Mikoto speculated.

Hitomi Shiranui shook her head: "Magic and science are incompatible...it's not so easy to cooperate."

……

In the underground tunnel.

"Magic and science are two parallel lines that can never meet! If someone wants to repeat the same mistakes... I would rather start a war between the two worlds than stop this trend!" Shirley Cromwell snapped.

Kamijou Touma looked at the woman in front of him—wearing a gorgeous gothic dress, but the hem was rubbed and tattered due to dragging on the ground for a long time, a brilliant golden hair burst like a lion's mane, matching her chocolate-like The complexion looks quite wild.

Of course, on the whole, she is also a very attractive beauty, the kind that people will often go up to strike up a conversation with when walking on the street - as long as you ignore the four-meter-high stone giant behind her...

Kamijou Touma looked nervously at the man and the stone statue, as if facing a formidable enemy.

But he was not the one who directly faced the stone statue.

Standing between him and the magician was another girl—or, in other words, some kind of existence that seemed to be a girl.

Kazezaku Hikaka—the girl who suddenly appeared at Kamijou Touma's school today and became Index's friend.

According to Hime Kami Akisa, she is also a student of Kirigaoka Women's College, and even in school, Kazawa Hikaru is the most mysterious person.

But now it seems that this girl is no longer "mysterious" - she is synonymous with mystery!

===Chapter [-] Cleaning the Battlefield===

"Damn it..." the commander of the hound unit cursed in a low voice like a defeated dog.

At this time, he and his subordinates gathered together like a bereaved dog.

In the process of hunting Ling Xingye, the troops suffered little loss, only two melee hound assassins were hit by sprites and seriously injured.

But then after they were subdued, they all suffered electric shocks from Misaka Mikoto and Misaka 10001.

Then he was tied up in a coma and thrown beside the command vehicle.

In the end, it was the sniper in the distance who was the first to recover from Kanzaki Kaori's blow, and then rushed here to rescue the others.

Fortunately, the main force of the nearby security department was mobilized to deal with the intrusion incident, so after Ling Xingye called the police, no guards came to deal with the incident for a long time.

"Mission failed, retreat as soon as possible!" The commander suddenly noticed the passage of time and ordered to run away.

Although this mission was endorsed by Master Kihara Sudo, in fact it was still a kind of shady one.

It's one thing to fail a mission, if someone else finds out, then he's really dead!

The soldiers under him were also aware of this, and all of them quickly got up regardless of the numbness of their bodies.

But it was already too late, two armored transport vehicles from the security department drove up at each end of the street, blocking the hound troops in the middle.

"Did you alert the security department?" the commander said in shock.

It suddenly became tricky. In terms of combat effectiveness, he was not afraid of mere guards; but things became more troublesome.

Their hound unit is "Anbu", that is, an organization that is active in the back of Academy City and must not be exposed.

So in terms of attributes, they are naturally restrained by positive official organizations.

But... nothing is absolute.In this abnormal city, the dark forces under the water have an overwhelming advantage.

If it's just a small team of guards, there are plenty of ways to shut them up!

The commander quietly made a gesture, and the Hound Assassins grabbed their short knives, ready to pounce.

The others also clenched their weapons.

The transport vehicle of the security department stopped, and more than [-] armed guards came out of the compartment.

It's just that compared with the hound troops, they are only equipped with helmets, body armor and shields, and their weapons are only batons and assault rifles filled with non-lethal bullets.

If there is a real battle between the two sides... the outcome is clear at a glance.

And...why are these guards all women?The commander is a little puzzled. Usually, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, even the security department will not send out a team composed of all women.

But that's just right!

The commander nodded secretly, it would be easier to defeat them.