A Certain Scientific Bee-eater

It is as large as an electric oven, the screen is only black and white, and the casing is already yellowed.

"Is this kind of medieval force of the last century really still usable?"

Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help but make a questioning voice.

"Let me see... wow, it's really an antique, the operating system is still DOS, I haven't learned these instructions,"

However, Misaka Mikoto, who walked over to play with it, looked like she was in high spirits and turned on the computer. She couldn't help but be speechless when she saw the flashing patterns on the screen.

"But unfortunately I don't need any instructions at all."

Having said that, Misaka Mikoto immediately covered the top of the computer with her palm, and then,

crackling—

Several bluish-white electric lights flashed from her hand, and lines of incomprehensible information began to appear on the computer screen.

After a while, Misaka Mikoto retracted her hand with a thoughtful look on her face.

"How, how? Did you find anything?"

Seeing this, Shokuhou Misaki couldn't help but ask.

"Well... although the location of the other party was tracked through ip, but..."

Misaka Mikoto had a troubled expression on her face, as if she couldn't figure it out.

"but?"

Shokuhou Misaki swallowed nervously.

"But that place was a few days ago—"

beep!

However, before Misaka Mikoto could finish her words, the data that had been stagnant on the computer screen behind her suddenly jumped violently with the sound like a beep.

At the same time, the entire room and the ground began to shake.

"what--"

What exactly is going on?

earthquake?

Not like, and the 'dendrigraph designer' who claimed to be 22% accurate never predicted that an earthquake would occur in School District [-] today.

bang——

A dull sound came from the ground, and the shaking of the entire room and the ground suddenly intensified. The staff wardrobe leaning against the wall fell to the ground, making it almost unsteady.

Shokuhou Misaki hurriedly held the door frame with his hands.

This time it was definitely not an earthquake. The muffled sound from the ground just now sounded like the sound of explosives being drawn out.

Is it a trap?

Did it start spontaneously just now due to the detection of Misaka Mikoto's intrusion?

Shokuhou Caoqi subconsciously looked at the spiky head in front of him, and then shook his head slightly.

It should not have been arranged by him. Recalling what the other party said just now, 'Even the base of this power plant is the coordinates provided by the doctor', and there is only one possibility of 'the trap left by that person'.

After all, since the other party can predict their actions in advance, it is not difficult to set traps before that.

It seemed that that person had long expected that 'Dead Knot' was not their opponent, so the position that Misaka Mikoto investigated just now might just be a deliberate falsification by the other party.

Damn, it's really been completely put together.

Shokuhou Cao Qi secretly hated in his heart.

But now is not the time to complain, because they are underground nearly ten meters deep. If they collapse due to an explosion, they will be buried alive!

"Get out of here!"

Misaka Mikoto, who had regained her senses, ran towards the stairs as she said this, and grabbed Shokuhou Misaki's hand as she passed the door.

"Eh—? Wait..."

Being dragged to run, she hurriedly gave the order to 'leave with full force' to the hedgehog who was still standing at the door. The three quickly rushed down the stairs to the basement floor, and immediately,

boom--!

This time, the sound of the explosion seemed to be close to my ears, accompanied by a 'click bang——! ' sound, the ground under their feet finally collapsed down overwhelmed, and the way to the exit stairs disappeared.

"Go this way!"

Using electromagnetism to pull down the iron gate of the warehouse to use it as a bridge, Misaka Mikoto, whose body was flashing with bluish-white electric light, shouted through gritted teeth.

Putting his flame-spraying palm behind him like a propeller, the spiky head with his feet on the pulley galloped past, and Shokuhou Misaki also ran with all his strength, however,

boom--!

A fourth explosion came.

The explosion this time was entirely on the layer they were on. The ground shaking was greater than before, and more ground collapsed. Naturally, the original iron gate could not continue to serve as a bridge. Suddenly lost balance.

"yaa—!"

The body slid toward the second underground floor, which had turned into ruins.

If it falls, it's over.

Even if she doesn't fall to her death, she will be buried by the gradually collapsing buildings. Shokuhou Caoqi knows this very clearly. With her physical ability, she naturally can't do the 'acrobatic' movements of stepping on rocks and jumping several meters high. fortunately--

Misaka Mikoto, who discovered her dangerous situation for the first time, rushed over and hugged her waist.

"Wow, what a risk... I caught you."

Then the other hand stretched upwards, and several blue-white electric lights extended from the palm of the hand to connect to the ceiling, as if on a swing, it steadily crossed the collapsed ground to the other side of the stairs.

"I'm almost going to hell..."

After being released by Misaka Mikoto, Shokuhou Kaori leaned on the handrail of the stairs with a lingering body, and opened her mouth with lingering fears.

"It's too early to relax now, hello? Come on up!"

Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but complain.

"Say, it's also..."

Although the exit is in sight, every second you stay in this underground that seems to be collapsing at any time, the danger will increase by one more point.

"Finally out-"

When she came to the ground floor, before Shokuhou Caoqi could breathe a sigh of relief, a force suddenly came from behind and pushed her aside, and then,

boom--!

With such a loud noise, Misaka Mikoto's body, who came out behind her, flew past her like a kite with a broken string.

ps: No abuse, no abuse...

42. The ending or the beginning of the chest murder case

Standing at the exit of the stairs was a man with a dynamite-actuated pile driver on his shoulder.

The force that came from behind must be Misaka Mikoto's awareness of the danger, so she pushed her away in a hurry, but the price was that she was hit hard by the enemy, and she flew out in the opposite direction several times. meters away.

She was careless.

Not long ago, when almost all of those people were knocked unconscious by Misaka Mikoto's electric shock, she relaxed a little bit.

But of course, when the two decided to follow Hedgehog to the ground, she deliberately used her ability to make the few remaining people unconscious.

After all, although the spiky head who seems to be the leader announced his surrender, there is no guarantee that others will feel unwilling.

She still has a sense of safety by completely eliminating potential dangers.

However, she subconsciously believed that the more than 30 members of the 'knot' who surrounded them were all the opponents.The possibility that the opponent has reinforcements or members with combat power is ignored.

Eventually led to this evil.

That person may have been in ambush at the exit after they entered the ground, waiting for a fatal blow to her, and the layers of explosions in the underground space just now might have been activated by the other party.

Even thinking a little more deeply, the reason why the spiky head surnamed Qiu Yuan made such a neat decision to surrender may also be to let them relax their vigilance...

It's exactly like what he said,

——'Since we are planning to show up, we have naturally made all preparations. Even if the opponent is lv5, if we underestimate the low-level ability, we may suffer a big loss. '

The high-powered are not invincible.

Being dubbed the title of 'superpower', his physical quality is still not beyond the scope of human beings, which means that 'physical damage' is equivalent to 'vital reduction'.

When the body is damaged to a certain extent, the lv5 superhuman will die like ordinary humans.

The explosive-activated pile driver carried on the enemy's shoulder can easily penetrate several meters of marble at full power. If it falls on the human body, it is hard to imagine what kind of bloody scene will occur.

But the other party is that Misaka Mikoto?

Academy City's strongest electric shocker, Mikoto Misaka, the lv5 superpower, if it was her, maybe...

And she didn't see the blood splattered from Misaka Mikoto just now...

Therefore,

nothing.

It must be fine.

It will be fine for sure.

Maybe in the next second, Misaka Mikoto will get up from the ground while shouting 'It's too dangerous, I almost died', and then angrily shoot the enemy [Lightning Shot].

After all, the other party is different from her, her physical fitness is comparable to that of a 'mother orangutan', and her ability can be used to protect herself. This level of attack should be easy for Misaka Mikoto to deal with, right?

Shokuhou Caoqi thought so optimistically.

However, to her disappointment, Misaka Mikoto, who was lying on the ground with no lady power in the distance, never made any movement.

Is it...

- 'Actually, I'm almost out of power. '

Shokuhou Misaki suddenly remembered what Misaka Mikoto had whispered to her not long ago, and she felt uneasy and fearful.