A Certain Scientific Bee-eater

If she was being watched from the roof like just now, then what happened before would be completely explainable.

But the other party had only been spying on him until just now, why did he suddenly reveal his identity or even want to kill her?

"Although I have a lot of questions I want to ask, I'll put them aside for now. Since you appear in front of me yourself, it's really saving the trouble..."

Shokuhou Misaki, who had come to his senses, immediately pointed at the unknown boy in front of him and pressed the remote control.

ps: Shokuhou Misaka: Misaka classmate, wish you a happy birthday?Congratulations on being one year older ☆~ However, (looking down at Misaka Mikoto's chest) It's so pitiful, it seems that you haven't grown much this year...

Misaka Mikoto: Where are you looking to say such things!And your current body is not qualified to say such things!

21. deadlock

Bang, click-

The boy dressed as a knight stood upright from the squatting position in order to reduce the fall damage and increase the buffer. The equipment on his body made a sound like the transformation of a robot in a sci-fi movie, as if he would take out a lightsaber and rush towards him in the next second.

However, after the other party finished the action just now, he became upright and motionless.

Eyeless.

This is a signal that an enemy whose name is unknown has been hit by [Psychological Mastery].

- [Forced Confession] (Category 011), subject must answer all questions correctly.

Seeing the appearance of the man in front of him, Shokuhou Caoqi breathed a sigh of relief, put down the remote control that was aimed at the boy in the knight costume, stood up gracefully from the ground, and cleaned the dust off his clothes.

Then she walked to a position about one meter away from the boy in knight costume under her control.

Shokuhou Caoqi carefully looked at the other's face, but still couldn't find it from memory.

In other words, she should have no grudges against each other.

But the other party not only wore this strange equipment, but also wanted to kill her as soon as they met, as if they had some deep hatred with him, which made Shokuhou Caoqi a little uncertain.

"Okay, then let's recruit all the things that I don't know about☆."

She raised her arm, pointed the remote control at the enemy again, and asked while pressing one of the buttons.

"Who are you? Is it you who has been following me in recent days?"

It was as if he had received some kind of signal. Although the boy in knight costume was still stunned, his mouth opened and closed.

"I'm XXX from the third grade of Rising Sun Middle School. I'm in charge of today's 'experiment' activity, and I was another member of the organization a few times ago."

'experiment'……

Hearing this word, Shokuhou Caoqi suddenly burst into disgust and resentment.

How many things did the adults in Academy City do in the name of 'experiment', which had no lower limit and hurt others?Although she had only peeped at the tip of the iceberg, she still felt a little shudder.

Also, the word 'organization' is very interesting.

"What do you mean by experimental activity? Tell me in detail the organization you belong to."

Suppressing the turbulent negative emotions in his heart for the time being, Shokuhou Misaki continued to ask.

"I don't know the specific content of the experiment. [Doctor] only instructed us to wear equipment to your vicinity. The first stage is to organize another lv3 [visual obstruction] ability person to be responsible, and the second stage will be replaced by me."

The boy in knight attire replied,

"The organization I belong to is the Boys' Group [Dead Knot]. All the members of the organization are students from various schools and all walks of life whose ability development has been bottlenecked for some reason. The purpose of our organization is to..."

"Destroy the lv5 superpower. You are our first target."

...that's how serious he is to say such a sinful thing.

Shokuhou Cao Qi was speechless for a while.

Does the other party really understand what kind of person the lv5 superpower is?

She herself will not mention it for the time being. According to the information she has obtained, at least two lv5s are in the darkest side of Academy City. The unknown ability, let alone the one ranked first.

Even Misaka Mikoto, whom she has always regarded as a mother orangutan with insufficient intelligence, if she really unleashes her abilities without any scruples, its power will destroy a school district at all.

monster.

If I had to find a word to describe it, this is probably the only one that would be more appropriate.

However, the organization to which this young knight dressed in front of him belongs actually wants to brazenly destroy superpowers?What is their reliance?Could it be this mechanical equipment that looks like an alien?

After all, why did the other party set such a goal?

Bewitched?Or is it a moment of fascination?

And before that, the [Doctor] who provided them with the so-called equipment was also very concerned. If the investigation continued, the other party might be the man behind the scenes——

Bang, click-

Just as Shokuhou Misaki was arranging the information he had just obtained in his mind and preparing to continue the 'torture', the boy in the knight costume in front of him suddenly moved.

Just like the preparatory movements made by the track and field athletes at the beginning of the competition, the opponent's body was rigidly posed like a robot, and then——

boom--!

The small jet propeller on his back suddenly activated, and the boy in the knight costume slammed into Shokuhou Misaki like an arrow from the string.

...!

At the juncture of life and death, Shokuhou Cao Qi used [-]% of his supernormal power to exert his body's athletic power and flew towards the next one.

The boy in knight costume brushed past her against her skirt, and the gust of wind caused some pain in her exposed thigh.

Bang, click-

And the boy in knight costume who missed a hit stopped a few dozen meters away, and then turned around stiffly like a robot.

beep - beep -

Shokuhou Misaki, who had brushed past death, madly aimed at the man and pressed the remote control in his hand.

What exactly is going on?

Isn't the other party already under his control?Judging from the look of his eyes, he should not have been freed from her ability... Ah, could it be that strange equipment?

Could it be that it detects the abnormal power of the wearer's brain waves and switches the entire outfit to program control? !

Even the [mental mastery] at the apex of the spiritual system cannot work on purely mechanical and non-human animals.After cutting off the only reliance, Shokuhou Cao Qi was nothing but an ordinary girl with an average human level, and killing her would be as easy as the palm of your hand.

The other party's equipment was obviously aimed at her.

Looking at the red light that was constantly flashing on the helmet of the boy in the knight suit, Shokuhou Misaki felt that he might have guessed the correct answer.

"What kind of hatred is it? To make something that is completely useless except to kill me!"

Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help gnashing his teeth.

However, it is useless to continue to pursue these now. The most important thing at the moment is to keep one's own vitality.

She is a beautiful middle school girl in the Mood for Love, and she doesn't want to die in an alley where no one passes by without experiencing the ups and downs of life.

hiss--

As soon as he got up from the ground, there was a burst of pain in the bruised knee that had just jumped to the ground, and Shokuhou Caoqi couldn't help but gasped.

However, her movements did not stop, she turned and glanced at the boy in the knight costume who seemed to be adjusting the direction of the thrusters behind, and immediately rushed towards the street full of energy without looking back.

ps: Looking at it this way, Shokuhou seems to be the weakest of the seven lv5s (referring to combat power). As long as you don't appear in front of her, you can control the robot casually... Well, after all, it is a spiritual ability. It can't be measured by physical strength, and now there is only the queen in the hive, and there are no other members...

Misaka Mikoto: Why haven't I got my part yet?

Shokuhou Misaka: Ala, Misaka-san, the people here are the protagonists☆~

ps2: As soon as I see deadlock, I immediately think of deadlock, the operating system, and the banker's algorithm. The programmer's associative power can only make such a leap at this level...

22. Will you be my knight

But there are always things in this world that cannot be achieved no matter how hard you try.

Even though Shokuhou Cao Qi used [-] percent of his supernormal power to unleash his body's potential just now at the juncture of life and death under attack, it was obvious that such miracles could not happen one after another.

boom--!

She didn't want to sit still and just ran out a dozen meters, and there was the roar of the propeller starting behind her. Knowing that the other party could only accelerate in a straight line, she quickly turned and ran into the side alley.

A strong wind swept past behind him, and Shokuhou Cao Qi continued to run forward before he could check the opponent's situation.

The narrow dark alley is only two meters wide, and there are many places in the middle where people have placed external air conditioners or waste.If it was normal, she would never set foot in such a polluting place.

But now it doesn't matter so much.

"And...and...in a place like this, even if...you want to use a thruster...you can't do it...isn't it?"

After all, as long as one is not careful, it will hit the obstacles on the road, and rashly accelerating is tantamount to suicide.

Just as Shokuhou Caoqi was thinking so optimistically, there was a sudden 'bang, bang, bang' sound like an old-fashioned railroad train. She glanced back a little while she was gasping for breath, and her pupils could not help shrinking. .

Are you kidding me?

The opponent really couldn't accelerate on the ground, but she forgot that the opponent's range of activities was not limited to the ground.

Relying on the propeller behind, the speed can even be as high as [-] kilometers in an instant, and the opponent temporarily turns the walls into their own domain by relying on the amazing speed that can match the roller coaster.

It wasn't until this moment that Shokuhou Kaori didn't understand the role of the seemingly superfluous and bizarre small wheels like inline skates on the opponent's body.

grumble--!

The sound of wheels being branded on the ground resounded all around.

The boy in the knight costume charged forward at her, leaning forward like a speed skating, kicking against the walls on both sides.

No, it will definitely die like this.

However, up to now, she couldn't think of any way to escape from the situation in front of her. At this moment, the 'Death' who was pressing step by step had come behind her and jumped down from the top of her head.

If she continues to develop like this, she will probably become a mosaic like a watermelon under a press.

But fortunately, the animal's instinct to survive at a critical moment made her leap to the side.

Boom-!

The astonishing impact passed from behind him, but Shokuhou Kauki didn't have time to rejoice, and his forehead slammed into the hard wall.

The first thing I felt was pain, followed by a burst of dizziness. My brain was trembling like a stretched rubber band, and there seemed to be a 'humming' sound from countless flies in my ears.