A Certain Scientific Bee-eater

Shokuhou Cao Qi is not a sage and gentleman.

Although she doesn't like her own abilities, she doesn't feel strongly against using [Mind Control] to manipulate other people's minds.

At most, it's just a thought of 'what's wrong with using your own stuff as you like'.

but,

She had at least thought that this power must be used correctly under her own management.

If someone manipulated by her breaks down or even loses life or kills other people because of this, then as the main messenger, she must be judged, and she must pay the due punishment and price for it.

She still has this level of awareness and persistence.

Rather, it is precisely because of the shackles called 'order' and 'human nature' in her heart that she can use this as comfort and continue to live with peace of mind, but,

What if this kind of thing was meaningless?

If it is said that she has already manipulated many people without knowing it, so there have been many cases of giving up wealth, closing the future and even losing vitality in forms that she did not expect, then what should she do?

If this is the case, can she still assert with a clear conscience that what she has done is all within the safe range?

Shokuhou Misaki looked around.

All wore the same style of red rider uniforms and full-face safety helmets.

I'm afraid all the faces hidden under the helmet are unfamiliar to her.

But even if they didn't know each other, the other party held a deep hatred for her.

Did she take the lives of these people?

Even if it wasn't their original intention, even the possibility of their self-confidence showing their faces was taken away as the nutrient for their own success, so how exactly should the creature called Shokuhou Kaoqi be described?

Just being alive will bring harm to those around you.

- I don't know, and can't possibly know, so it's not my fault.

Can saying such feeble words to justify really bring salvation?

Shokuhou Caoqi lowered his head feebly, his eyes couldn't help but dim.

"Maybe……"

Maybe it ends like this, and it will probably be a relief for her as well?

however,

"Bullshit."

despite this.

Although even she herself can't say anything to refute, when she is facing a desperate situation.

Misaka Mikoto, who had been silent since just now, opened her mouth to cut the stagnant air in two.

"I thought there was some deep hatred between you, but I didn't expect it to be this ridiculous desire and sin."

"Are you happy to blame all your failures on others?"

Misaka Mikoto sneered and spoke with disdain,

"The harder the argument is, the harder it is for others to refute it. You just create reasons why you can fail, and then just sit back and relax."

Then he reached out and grabbed Shokuhou Kaori's hand and pulled her out from behind,

"You all know that the setbacks and misfortunes you have encountered are not at all caused by her!"

but,

"You can say that because you and her are on the 'gain' side, not the 'loser' side."

He spoke calmly in a red knight uniform.

"what do you mean?"

Misaka Mikoto frowned.

"Have you heard of 'Qualification Ranking'... You probably don't know your reaction."

The knight uniform shook his head slightly, and then asked back,

"Do you really think that you can become lv5 through your own efforts? Do you really know how much sacrifice and loss have been caused in the process of developing your ability to lv5?"

"What sacrifice? What loss? It's all messed up. Of course, I can have my current ability because of my own efforts."

Misaka Mikoto spoke impatiently,

"Do you want to say that my ability will also bring disaster to the people around me?"

"Maybe that's true."

The knight uniform did not deny it, and then the conversation changed,

"But that's another topic, back to the previous topic. I've thought about it myself, is it really the right thing to do?"

So he continued to speak,

"Whenever I want to attack the lv5 superpower named Shokuhou Kaoshiki, something close to my conscience inside me is aching. Maybe it's all caused by the monsters generated by our weak heart. Factors don't matter. But,"

"Don't you think that's why it's weird?"

"..."

Misaka Mikoto probably guessed what the other party wanted to say, and was silent for a while.

"This pain of conscience, which I think is based on someone's own interests - there is no way to deny this possibility?"

The knight uniform, who seemed to have regained control of his words, asked rhetorically.

ps: I saw tmsk in a comic comment, and then I went to B station to search for it...emmm, I am dying repeatedly...

35. I will not deny you

In general, this is just a delusion.

If you can't recognize your own heart, or you can't face your own heart and choose an excuse that you can accept with peace of mind, it's completely nonsense.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, Shokuhou Cao Qi has no way to refute it.

As long as there is [psychological mastery], and then the issue of 'the power released by the subconscious', that is, the [AIM diffusion force field], she can only face the world based on her own consciousness, and she cannot make any guarantees.

This kind of seemingly ridiculous thing, the other party has already decided that if she is, she can do it.

"So, I wouldn't say there's something wrong with this resentment."

The knight suit carefully carried the explosive-activated pile driver on his shoulders, his tone was calm and calm,

"So, since we think anger is right, we should study why this feeling arises. Would you like to die for such a reason? We don't want to be your enemy, Misaka Mikoto, we just want to beg her for something. justice."

The other party turned to look at Shokuhou, but,

"……accurate."

Misaka Mikoto shook her hair irritably.

"You refuse to accept the reality, blame others for your own failures and misfortunes, and use this as comfort when you are willing to degenerate. Your hearts are so weak, you are really annoying!"

"And what to say about dying..."

Misaka Mikoto then sneered, a few bluish-white electric lights flashed on her forehead,

"Just wearing a funny cos suit and expecting a lot of people? Is this the only level of knowledge you have about lv5 superpowers?"

"That's not the case. Since we are planning to show up, we are naturally fully prepared to take into account you who are walking with the target. I can understand your pride as an lv5, but if you are too confident, you may suffer a big loss. "

The knight uniform shook his head slightly, then spoke,

"And, don't you think it's strange?"

"What's weird?"

Misaka Mikoto frowned.

"All."

The enemy's tone sounded extremely sincere,

"Don't you think it's strange to choose to stay by her side under such circumstances?"

"...Do you mean to say that I was controlled by Shokuhou's ability?"

Misaka Mikoto burst into laughter, turned her head to look at Shokuhou Misaki next to her, and then said with a strange look,

"Although I don't know the principle, but this guy's ability is useless to me? Because it will be blocked by the [electromagnetic barrier]."

Yes, it looks like that.

Shokuhou Cao Qi's eyes dimmed.

Her ability does seem to be intercepted by the other party in an inexplicable way, but that is the ability she released voluntarily.She had no clue about the 'unconsciously unleashed power'.

In fact, even she herself could not dispel her doubts.

"Is it really?"

As she expected, the knight uniform was not panicked, he asked rhetorically,

"How can you be sure that it's real and not a deliberate illusion?"

"According to the information we obtained from our investigation, you and Shokuhou Misaki are not very close, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you have only met a few passersby."

Then she threw this question to Misaka Mikoto,

"Even though that's the case, but it's still unreasonable to stay and face the dangerous situation for the sake of Shokuhou, no matter how you think about it?"

"What distorted your logic? Who and why did you come forward and make this decision now? Have you ever thought about it?"

Hopeless.

Shokuhou thought so.

Whether it's about the status quo or about yourself.Of course, she knew that the fact that Misaka Mikoto's previous ability was resisted was not an illusion, but presumably even if she could really explain this, the enemy would find other reasons that would make her even more irrefutable.

She could have shouted injustice, but it made no sense.

The words of the knight uniform completely released the doubts and fears that she had been accumulating in her heart, and even she herself did not have the confidence to say anything, so of course she could not impress anyone.