Zongman: Beginning with the Killer Queen

"Recently, the number of attacks on research institutions has been increasing at an alarming rate."

Shokuhou Misaki looked at the huge screen in front of her, with a thoughtful expression on her face.

The remarkable result of using Afei and the Imperial Eternal Life as the central computer, in conjunction with the superficial Disciplinary Committee Library, is the monitoring system in front of her.

Although it is not as detailed as Aleister's hovering loop, with the mental and will monitoring of Afei with magnetic field power, it can often prevent incidents before they happen.

Now that Academy City has begun to return to its normal schedule, this system has made an indelible contribution.

However, due to the special nature of research institutions, in addition to those that actively approach Blue Dream Company, there are still many facilities that choose to handle security issues on their own.

After all, in the eyes of many people, a few more Afeis can't change anything if they can destroy the security of a research institution openly.

The gap caused by this difference in cognition has led to Shokuhou Misaki not having any detailed information at hand.

However, she would not have been worried about this matter.

The girl raised the corners of her lips and looked behind her.

Misaka Mikoto, wearing the Tokiwadai school uniform, was standing quietly by the side, staring at the screen, with her hands folded across her chest, not saying a word.

"Misaka-san, what do you think?"

"I thought you should have expected it a long time ago."

Misaka Mikoto pouted and tapped her arm with her fingers in annoyance.

She hated Shokuhou Misaki's mysterious tone. In her opinion, such a gesture was like a silent mockery.

"I did expect you to take action a long time ago."

Shokuhou Misaki sighed softly.

"But it was beyond my expectation that you would be so reckless. You destroyed more than 70% of the research facilities in one breath. In the newly revived Academy City, you are simply the first criminal to bear the brunt."

"If I hadn't restricted Yafei and used my ability to modify many people's ideas and narrow public opinion, you would probably have been monitored."

"I am usually very busy, and I have to take time out at night to clean up for you, which adds a lot of mental pressure invisibly." Shokuhou Misaki leaned back in the soft chair, rubbed her shoulders, and complained.

"To be honest, I feel like my shoulders are heavy lately, and I have to use my ability to relieve the pain."

This has nothing to do with mental stress, it's just because your breasts are too big!

And... no matter how you look at it, you're just showing off!

The sneer on Misaka Mikoto's face disappeared instantly, and she looked at Shokuhou Misaki with gritted teeth, forcing her eyes to move away from the enviable height.

However, although she wanted to sneer back, because she really had no confidence in this regard, Misaka Mikoto just turned her head away.

Although she had always been at odds with Shokuhou Misaki, the girl also understood that the other party had given her quite selfless help in this matter.

Even though she ran into the database of Blue Dream Company that she was invading, she took the initiative to delete the record and helped her terminate the Absolute Ability Plan.

Although she said that she lent a hand because of the Misaka sister named Dolly, Misaka Mikoto was definitely not the kind of person who didn't know what was good for her.

No matter what the reason, a favor is a favor.

However, it was really annoying that this guy teased me even more after noticing this.

"Anyway, after you made a big fuss and took both online and offline measures, most of the research institutes have been shut down, leaving only a few."

"But the key now is-"

Shokuhou Misaki's expression became serious.

"According to the information from Blue Dream Company, although those institutions were destroyed, it did not affect the continuation of the experiment. Maybe there will be no new Misaka sisters for the time being, but your efforts are just standing still."

"Because when you started the attack, the specific materials and related personnel had been transferred to more than two hundred institutions."

"This is not an experiment that can be stopped by solving one or two organizations. This is the will of this city."

Shokuhou Misaki pursed her lips and looked at Misaka Mikoto. She seemed to want to say something, but in the end it turned into a sigh.

"I don't intend to interfere with your actions, but in this mess, if you don't work in the right direction, you will only stand still."

The girl's tone was a little heavy.

Because she had personally experienced the helplessness and loneliness in the talent workshop, she could empathize with Misaka Mikoto at the moment.

"But it's not all in vain. Standing still in another sense is also eliminating wrong options."

"At least what I have to do now is clear, isn't it?"

Misaka Mikoto raised her head.

"No matter how those people in the upper echelons will respond to the situation, whether it is to move the experimental site or hire stronger security, the purpose of these actions is the same, right?

"——That is to continue to create absolute ability users."

"..."

Shokuhou Misaki narrowed her eyes.

"Ignore the plan itself, but deny its feasibility from the source? This is indeed feasible. After all, the source of the theory drawn by the designer of the tree diagram is you, but if you do this, you will undoubtedly face that Accelerator..."

The girl blinked her starry eyes and asked tentatively.

By confronting Accelerator and fighting him, and then defeating him, negating the Absolute Power User Plan will put an end to the Absolute Power User.

The upper echelons will not continue to invest in things that have lost their value, but fighting the number one is not as simple as attacking the organization.

After all, 20,000 Misaka sisters are to replace 128 railguns, and this conclusion itself has already demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of the two to a certain extent.

"No problem."

However, Misaka Mikoto gave a decisive answer.

"This is the cause I planted myself, so I must solve it all by myself. Please, Shokuhou-san, please tell me the location of the next experiment."

After a short silence, Shokuhou Misaki also sat up.

"Since Misaka-san has made such a resolution..."

She raised her hands on her thighs wrapped in white stockings, crossed them together, and propped up her white chin.

"I have no reason to refuse."

"Because in this matter, we are companions with the same goal."

Misaka Mikoto's eyes flickered and tacitly agreed to this.

Although they still don't get along well in terms of personality, and they often quarrel with each other.

But she also knows that Shokuhou Misaki, who can help her without hesitation in this matter, is not as arrogant as she seems. That arrogance is more like a disguise.

Although she doesn't want to admit it, in her heart, she probably already regards her as a good friend, right?

"Thank you..."

"Are you saying thank you so quietly? I can't hear you, do it again!"

"Hmm...!"

It is very embarrassing to be caught talking to yourself due to the situation, not to mention that she is a tsundere.

Misaka Mikoto's face suddenly turned red.

"Give me back my touch, aren't we companions? Shouldn't we just laugh it off and take it over at this time!"

"Who wants to take it over! You will only cause trouble to others. Don't say thank you. Even if you are a doge, I will accept it as a matter of course."

Shokuhou Misaki showed a playful smile, looked at Misaka Mikoto who was a little exasperated, and raised her head.

In her time with Misaka Mikoto, she also somewhat understood Roland's bad taste.

Flirting with a beautiful girl who said one thing and meant another was indeed a very relaxing thing. After the misunderstanding was resolved and the prejudice against Misaka Mikoto disappeared, she more or less understood the shining points of the other party.

"Misaka-san..."

"Hmm?"

"If," Shokuhou Misaki took a deep breath. "No, if you really encounter a moment of helplessness, but still don't want to give up, please call Roland and ask him to help."

"Huh?"

Misaka Mikoto was stunned.

Although it sounded like a prank and there was some hesitation in her words, Shokuhou Misaki's eyes were more serious than she had ever seen before.

Is the other party serious? However, with the power of Blue Dream Company, it is not impossible to fight against the experiment...

Misaka Mikoto bit her lower lip and still rejected this suggestion.

"Even if you say so, my relationship with him is just a friend, and this matter is very dangerous. If necessary, I don't want to involve any innocent people."

I have done something that cannot be undone, so I must atone for it with everything I have.

If I continue to implicate other people, if they die because of me...

Misaka Mikoto clenched her fists.

She no longer has the courage to carry the lives of others on her shoulders.

"No need to tell him, just remember it."

Shokuhou Misaki shook her head.

"When it really comes to the point where it is irreversible, just call out in your heart, just like praying."

"It sounds like a suspicious religion..."

"I can't refute it, but it's different from those sects, but I can guarantee that if it's Misaka-san, it will definitely be responded to."

Shokuhou Misaki showed a somewhat subtle expression.

"However, the price to be paid afterwards may be a bit heavy..."

"That's natural."

Before Shokuhou Misaki finished speaking, Misaka Mikoto interrupted her.

"After receiving help, it is only natural to give back."

"Ah, if you can think so," Shokuhou Misaki's eyes showed a hint of playfulness, and her expression also had a bit of pity, as if she saw a lamb that had voluntarily put itself into the tiger's mouth.

"...That couldn't be better."

————

"I have already compiled the data of the Dream Maker into the emotional program as you requested."

"Well done."

Ignoring the praise behind him, Futsuki Toshin slowly turned his head and placed his hands flat on his black knee-high socks.

"It's just outputting this data, anyone can do it."

"But to make this power spread, engraved in the genes, like an instinct like breathing, is something only you can do."

Roland raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly.

"The learning device and the emotional program are both excellent achievements, Miss Futsuki, you don't have to belittle yourself."

Roland's voice was very gentle, but Futsuki Toshin still trembled subconsciously.

For the girl who had seen the other party's cruel and cold methods, being treated so kindly made her feel inexplicably terrified.

She swallowed her saliva, and her pupils were filled with confusion and anxiety.

"I don't understand..."

But thinking of the Misaka sisters, Bu Shu Toxin mustered up the courage and gritted his teeth.

"Huangji Jingshi's computing power is already comparable to, no, even surpasses that of the tree diagram designer. Blue Dream Company clearly has such strength, why does it still need the emotional program I made?"

Emotional programming.

This is Bubu's trump card against experimentation.

It was precisely because she saw Misaka's sisters developing her own emotions during the contact that she could no longer treat them as experimental mice, but as human beings.

Because of this, she would interfere with the experiment while collecting opportunities for the sisters to awaken, hoping that after injecting this virus called emotion, those simple children would resist and have their own will, thus completely stopping the experiment.

But why does Roland need this thing?

If it was just pure control, wouldn't the Dream Creator have the same effect?

It was precisely because of the installation of Dream Maker that Bu Shu Dixin understood one thing deeply.

With the support of the computer named Huangji Jingshi, it is definitely not difficult to create a virus that seizes the Misaka network controller.

From this perspective, giving the sisters an emotional virus will cause more accidents, right?

After all, even if emotions such as love and loyalty are written, they will be deflected by the existence of the self. After all, the abstract concept of emotion is understood in very different ways by different people.

"From a scientific point of view, that's probably the case. After all, you require clones to be weapons, but for me, emotions are more important."

Roland chuckled and said calmly.

"Because only when emotions are implemented can a soul be born."

"Only when they have souls can they be called human beings. Otherwise, even if they are allowed to have power, the Misaka Network will be just like the Fantasy Controller, a simple backup energy bank."

"What I need is to be able to completely rewrite the rules of physics and create the foundation for a new world."

Bu Shu Dixin's breathing stopped for a moment.

It had not been long since she was brought into Blue Dream Company, but to say she didn't notice it would definitely be a lie.

Because she was with Roland, she had better access to the secrets that were difficult to detect.

For example, the source of the power of magnetic field rotation comes from the young man in front of him.

For another example, the previous commotion that swept the world and almost destroyed the moon was a man-made conspiracy that was allowed to go unchecked.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in destroying the world. I just want to do something that gets the best of both worlds."

The man opposite showed a smile that seemed to see through everything.

"If it succeeds, not only you, but also Misaka Mikoto, Misaka sister, and even this city will gain true freedom."

"What will happen to Misaka Network?"

"Well, it's a long story about that,"

Roland raised his eyebrows and bowed his head slightly.

"You know the theoretical basis of the absolute ability user plan, right?"

"...Well," a blush appeared on Bu Shu Dixin's face because he was suddenly approached by a man. "After killing 20,000 Misaka sisters, Accelerator will be promoted to an absolute ability user."

"Yes, for now, if all goes well,"

Roland nodded with interest.

"——This thing will become true." (End of chapter)