Misaka Mikoto was in the plaza in front of the concert hall.
It is a place for appointments.
"...not here."
As here and there, groups of friends and couples met up and left the plaza, one person who still waited alone was becoming impatient.
Mikoto is still wearing her Tokiwadai Middle School uniform. And she's carrying her cheap student bag and violin case. It was troublesome considering she is going out for fun, but to carry them back to her dormitory would be even more so. Usually, she would come and go as she pleased, but if she happened to be caught by the dorm head, she'd have to explain her reason for going out.
And so, to avoid being late, she didn't dare return to her dorm and went ahead to the meeting place ahead of time. She thought of getting Shirai Kuroko, who was apparently somewhere nearby, to take her things off her hands and so she had called, but then,
"How come neither of them is here yet...?"
Mikoto grumbles dubiously.
She originally planned on pushing the baggage to Shirai then killing time at the cafe, but Shirai, the linchpin of her plans, has yet to show up to begin with, so in the end, she was stuck standing around the whole time.
After I tried so hard to be on time, Kamijou had to be so tactlessly late, I wonder why I even wasted my time trying to be considerate, and she sighs.
"Come to think of it, I don't know that idiot's number... though asking for it now will be bothersome."
"There there there you are! You're Misaka-san, no doubt!" then a voice came from middle schooler even smaller than Mikoto. A girl in school uniform, her short black hair topped with lots of flowers.
"Ah~ Uiharu!" said Mikoto
"What are you doing here Misaka-san?" asked Uiharu
"Umm~ that's not important!" said Mikoto as she trying to change the subject "Why you are here?"
"Well, you see. Shirai-san was on Judgment business, forcefully... well, working hard, so she was worried about being late. She wanted to come here herself, but because of time constraints, I'm here instead of her -"
"Eh~! C-Can I Misaka-san?"
"Sure why not?" then Mikoto pull out her violin and give it to Uiharu.
Uiharu then picks up the Violin and hold it in amazement, "Ah! But I don't know how to play."
Mikoto stands beside Uiharu, with proper gestures pointing out every part of the violin.
"Then try to follow my instructions. Grasp the main part with your left hand and that pole-like thing with your right hand to play it. Place and fix the instrument's bottom between your chin and collarbone. It's a cheap one, so you don't have to worry about pressing it too hard."
"Eh~" Uiharu only said that word.
During both of them practicing violin, a certain high school boy wearing a black gakuran uniform comes up behind them, "Hey Misaka, what are you doing?"
"Y-You!" said Misaka "You are late!"
"S-Sorry!" said Touma
"Who is he? Misaka-san" asked Uiharu
"Misaka-san! Eh? Kamijou Onii-Chan? And who is that girl, Misaka san?" as Ellia appeared then point her sight to Uiharu.
"Let me introduce you both to my friend! Kamijou-san and Ellia-san, this is Kazari Uiharu, colleague of Kuroko in her Judgment Branch."
"Nice to meet, you two" said Uiharu
"And Uiharu, This idiot is Kamijou-san"
"D-Don't call me Idiot! My name is Kamijou Touma" declares Touma
"And this is Kurosaki Ellia, she is one class with me and a new student in Tokiwadai, she also one dorm with me"
"It's a pleasure to meet you" said Ellia "So? I will take this violin and the other things right away, Misaka-san"
"And, Kamijou Onii-Chan"
"Hmm?"
"Sorry for the misunderstanding yesterday"
Touma and Mikoto blushed, while Uiharu asked "What happened yesterday?"
"Better you take Misaka things right away, Ellia. And Uiharu why don't you help her to bring it to Tokiwadai's dorm" said Touma
"Y-You are right" said Mikoto
The both girls nodded then gone
"Thanks a lot Kamijou-san AND You are late! What are you doing!" scolds Mikoto
"Now the time for the punishment game ~~ " said Mikoto with a happy tone
(Seems she is totally forgot about the important things)"Fukou Da!" as Touma can only sighed his fate
But Touma then see her left hand, a ring finger that he tied to her finger during that night.
"Heheh...I see she still wearing that huh" Touma keep his thought to himself and smiling at her.
"W-W-Why are you smiling at me?" Misaka see him smiling and suddenly blush.
"Oh it's nothing, can we go now?"
"A-Ah yes, let's go!" replied Touma
At the same time,
Ruko watched the drama unfold from a top of a building.
"Hehehehe...now time to observe them, good thing I make some trouble for that twin pigtailed girl to handle for a whole day...hehehe" Ruko said while observing the two.
"That girl won't able to ruin my plan after all! And I already give 'those things' to two people. So, there is no way Sieghart can find it Ehehehe~" said Ruko as she continued to see the couple
At another place
Sieghart already in center of a big rune, then he open his eyes
"There are two, split in 2 parts eh~ Ruko" said Sieghart "If you hide things you usually give them a little magic so it can't be opened, to bad Ruko that will be your most fatal mistakes ever!"
"Lilian! Kururu!" then the sylph and undine come
"Yes! Master!" said them in unison
"I will forgive you two but please search this 2 parts that Ruko hide" said Sieghart "you know ..."
"You mean "that" " replied Lilian
"I remember "that" " replied Kururu
"But what about Miss Ruko"
"She will kill us if she knows it"
"I will handle her~ Just do your job and try to be in human form to avoid Ruko's detection method" said Sieghart
"Understood, Master" said them in unison
Then Lilian and Kururu go away to two different directions
"Time for payback, Ruko~" said Sieghart with an evil smile
"This is for you too, Touma and Misaka." Sieghart said
Several minutes later,
"Master!" a voice came into Sieghart mind
"What is it? You already found "it"?" asked Sieghart by telepathy
"Yes! The first part with a yellowish-ponytail haired girl" said Kururu
"Emilya Eh~ OK! I will go there right away!" then he start running to a certain direction
At underground shopping center
Ruko now see a couple that having a good time. "Yes, that is the way~ Now, make me excited"
Kamijou is looking around at his surroundings, "Ooh~ Even the air conditioning is gradually weakening-"
"In two weeks, it'll switch to heating," says Mikoto as she trudges in front, "There, this way!"
She points at a single store with her thin finger.
Here is where the characteristic of underground places is best exploited. There are too many places like game arcades, karaoke boxes, live houses, etc. where too much noise is generated; because of this, Kamijou thinks she was requesting something outrageous like "Clear this hard-ass game in one round or prostrate yourself before me!" or things of that nature... but Kamijou's prediction was way off the mark.
She was pointing at a mobile phone service shop.
It's only half the size of a convenience store. Across the glass windows are a counter and a chair lined up horizontally, and behind them are only very light catalogs stacked in magazine racks. The ads in the oblong banners placed in front of the entrance are especially those for major brands and Academy City originals.
Academy City, when its technology is compared with the outside world, is leading by 20 to 30 years. Outside and inside, even having both types of equipment has its pluses and minuses, though since one can't know which service will come back up first in an emergency, it seems there are students who agonize for more than a week over which one to choose.
After rushing through a bunch of documents, Kamijou and Mikoto temporarily go out of the service shop to deal with the last problem that is taking a photograph.
Kamijou took out his mobile phone, still quite working after his trouble in Italy.
"Searching for an ID photo booth is a bother; let's finish this with a mobile phone camera already. Misaka, don't you have any other mobile phone cameras?"
"Eh? Yeah, and, well, my phone's at the counter for custody."
Mikoto was somewhat absent-minded, but Kamijou didn't mind. As he looks at the display, he pushes some buttons to switch to camera mode, and, stretching his arm as much as he could, he places some distance between himself and the phone.
As he peers at the display,
"Well, I'm taking one - ..."
"Wh, what!"
Kamijou makes an unpleasant expression at Mikoto letting out a flustered voice.
"Why, don't you want that strap? C'mon, I'm doing this so you can get that strap you wanted the most and besides, isn't this your idea all along?"
"I-I know that you Idiot!" Misaka said with her face blushing red.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm an Idiot. Anyway, let's get a picture and be over with" Touma said to Misaka.
Feeling that is the only way, Misaka quickly approaches Kamijou as if to bump into his shoulders while saying, "~~! Wait up, Gekota!"
Meanwhile,
Ruko who is observing them taking the picture thought to herself,"Heheh...perfect, perfect!"
Kamijou had started to think if they really had to go that near, considering where he is. As he stiffens for a bit at the scent of Mikoto's hair,
"Ch, cheese-"
"Okay-, ready when you are!"
*SNAP*, along with an electronic sound, a shutter clicks.
The back of Kamijou Touma's head takes a drop kick from Shirai Kuroko, who had quickly teleported in.
*Goki!*, along with that roar, the mobile phone flies off Kamijou's hand, his body flies forward, and the shutter of the mobile phone flying in mid-air snaps.
What comes out in the display of the mobile phone tumbling on the ground should have been a two-shot; instead, it is a high-speed blur of Kamijou's head, a surprised Mikoto, and Shirai's panties in an extreme three-shot.
Kamijou tumbles along, and as he lies prostrate on the floor,
"K-Kamijou-san!" Misaka shouts
"J-just what are you doing when I turned my eyes away from you for a moment...?"
Landing from her drop kick, the level-voiced twin-tailed Shirai Kuroko takes up position right beside Mikoto. This is my place, her feelings silently express.
At Ruko's place,
"W-What! Why that twin-tailed bastard is here? I thought she will take along time to finish the problem that I caused today!" Ruko said while clenching her fist.
"K-Kuroko! What in the hell are you doing?"
"Why do you spend more time w-with this b-barbaric animal and not me?" Kuroko demands explanation.
"Hey, I'm not a barbaric animal!" Touma said back to her.
"N-No! You got it wrong! I just want to take a couple pictures so that I can have that Gekota strap!" Misaka tried to end the confusion.
"If that so? Then why don't both of us take a picture instead with that Barbarian! Let's do this quick and create right here a lifetime memory!" Kuroko said to her.
"K-K-Kuroko! You're an idiot!" she said when her eyes started to tear.
Then she approach Touma and grab his back collar while saying, "Let's go Kamijou!"
"W-Wait Misaka-sa~!" Before Touma can say anything, she dragged him quickly away from Kuroko.
"O-O-Onee-sama?" Kuroko stand there, dumbfounded by her Onee-sama's action.
At Ruko's place,
"Good, now that both gone and leaving that bastard alone, I think I'll have to handle her, 'Nicely'..." Ruko said.
"Why somehow I have this feeling. It like someone watching me" said a yellowish-ponytail girl
Shiro Emilya, Level 4 from Tokiwadai dorm and roommate of Kurosaki Ellia.
"And what the heck is this thing?" as Emilya saw something at her hand
"Ruko said to me to keep it, I want to open it but somehow it glued so strong. How the heck she can do that?"
Not far from there, a little girl with blue hair and clothes follow her
"Why she should be at a place where no one normally came?" as Kururu said it to herself
"I'm nearly there, please stall her if you can" said Sieghart though telepathy
"I will" as she saw a little puddle there "This will do"
"Water under my command! Freeze your enemy, Seal their movement!"
Suddenly when one of Emilya's feet stepped on the puddle, it froze
"W-What happened?" as she not understand what happened "Don't tell me this is a work of an ESPer! But there is no one here!"
She tried to get off from the ice block that block her feet so she destroyed it but something unexpected happened. She didn't see other ice and she slipped
"Eh? Oh no!"
But she don't hit the ground someone help him
"Whew, That was close~" said Sieghart "Kururu! Not like that you know!" as he telepathy Kururu
"Um~ sorry Master! It's an accident! I never guess the other water around it will also froze" replied Kururu
"That's fine, I'll handle it from here" then he cut the connection with Kururu.
"Are you OK?" said Sieghart to Emilya
'E-Eh? I - I fine" said Emilya with a blush "You are Ellia's brother right?"
"Oh man, he is so handsome..." Emilya said in her mind.
"Yes! My name is Kurosaki Satoshi, but please call me Kurosaki Sieghart" said Sieghart
"O-Ok, Sieghart~" said Emilya
"Um~ Emilya-san! Can I take that thing at your hand? I need it" said Sieghart
Emilya just nods and asks "S-Sure, What is it anyway?"
"Something very bad that needs to be destroyed."
"Sure! I think Ruko give a smirk when she gives it to me. Please take it!" then she gave it to Sieghart and her hand make contact with Sieghart's hand.
"Thank you Emilya! See you again!" said Sieghart then he leave.
And leaving a blushing Emilya "H-He is so cool~" said Emilya as she saw him leaving
Then she heard her stomach grumbling, "Oh, time to get some lunch"
She goes to a restaurant not far from where she is.
Accelerator slightly opens his eyes as he lied on top of the sofa.
He softly clicks.
"...I fell asleep."
Looking at the watch, just for about 15 min.
Since the TV is left on, he was probably awakened by the noise coming from there. Recently, he's gotten this feeling that he gets into the habit of impulsively sleeping lightly and then easily waking up.
With no one in the wide living room, Accelerator swings his head horizontally for a bit.
"Oh yeah, there's no one in this room. Are those idiots out shopping?" then he touch his collar.
"Hmm~"
Accelerator's brain was damaged on August 31st.
With the operation support device, he, as an ESPer, can live a normal life like others. Normal mode - like walking, conversing, and counting numbers - is guaranteed for about 48 hours. But in ESPer mode - where vector manipulation functions are utilized to their fullest - since handling massive calculations in an instant is necessary, the battery totally discharges after 30 minutes; it's quite considerably a severe limiting item. First and foremost a medical device, it's simply not created for use in an ESPer-level battle environment. Even the battery's a special creation of Doctor Frog-face, so replacement is impossible; none of the batteries sold on the market can substitute it. Preparing large quantities of battery sets and then exchanging them at every time limit... even that method is impossible.
In short, his safety time now is essentially only 30 minutes. And he only can used 1/2 from his former power.
When the 30 minutes are up, until it recharges to 48 hours, he's a flat-out weakling that can't even walk.
But every since Yoshikawa modified it once again, he can go into ESPer more for 1 hour and 30 minutes and the recharge time become 24 hours and he can be at Normal Mode even if the battery of ESPer mode is up. And his power is 3/4 from his former power.
"How troublesome~ I think I need a bath right now!" said Accelerator while he going to the bathroom.
He then moves to the bathroom but he sees something that a man cannot see.
He sees Last Order, Yomikawa and Youshikawa in the bathroom in their nude state.
He said in his mind, "I thought those idiot is out for shopping"
*snap!* Last Order is the first one to react.
"'Wh, why did you enter suddenly without notice -!' says Misaka as Misaka tries to get her towel but can't reach it!"
Ignoring a noisy Last Order, Accelerator turns his attention to blank-faced Yomikawa and Yoshikawa.
"...and why you didn't lock yourselves in?"
"Oh you see, I've used to living alone until now. So it has become a habit of mine to not lock the bathroom door, so sorry Accelerator." Yomikawa said.
"Aiho. Enough of that and wrap yourself up first."
"Tch! I'll be at the living room"
Accelerator closes the bathroom door and let out a sigh and said, "...So, maybe it's time to be alert for a bit..."
Several hours later,
"'That's a fact,' says Misaka as Misaka reports retroactively."
Last Order says that as she leaves Yomikawa's mansion. She's putting on a man's long polo shirt over a sky-blue camisole.
That little girl was talking to a girl that looks like a grown-up Last Order- serial number 10032, Misaka-imouto.
Misaka was wearing Tokiwadai Middle's winter clothing: a beige blazer and a navy-blue checkered, pleated skirt.
They being the same form with the original Misaka Mikoto was a question of convenience from the "Experiment", but even after it were over, it's only the customs that remain.
As a point of difference with the original, Misaka-imouto has a large pair of electron goggles affixed to her forehead. It looks like NVG, but it's a device for visualizing the invisible electromagnetic lines of force.
Misaka-imouto was fixedly staring at Last Order with her emotionless eyes.
"'If that report is true, since it was already being delivered to all Misakas through the network, isn't it especially important to restate it orally?' says Misaka as she performs confirmation work on the question as a matter of course."
"'Sometimes it's important to pick up the five senses used in communication and correct the clock readout errors!' says Misaka as Misaka is making a plausible reason!"
"'I'll agree to what the superior- you- is saying,' says Misaka as she ignores the superior's complaints with an amazed expression.
'So, even Misaka's rehabilitation might be useful, after all,' so says Misaka as she searches for the reasons behind her coercion to consent."
She herself says she was amazed, but her expression basically remains still. Even she was unaffected by Last Order noisily pacing about and waving both her hands and feet.
Misaka-imouto is taking her sweet time as she looks up at the mansion in front of her,
"'But then, standing dumbfounded by the auto-lock door as it shuts in your face if you stagger about in its zone is a funny situation,' says Misaka as she states the situation up to now. 'Had Misaka not unexpectedly walked by, you would have been totally alone by now,' says Misaka as she is secretly snickering while holding in doubt the personal specifications of this superior."
"'Misaka is not to blame, it's that single-minded auto-lock door!' says Misaka as Misaka is indignant. 'It's an electronic lock yet Misaka's power is ineffective, and it giving off a peeping sound is depressing!' says Misaka as Misaka lets off steam by noisily waving both her hands!"
"'Remaining cool-headed even if you inherit the Electromaster's power, isn't that something that shouldn't be spoken well of?' says Misaka as she makes her objective evaluation."
Uuuhhh-, Last Order groans like a dog holding onto something.
But then, this little superior's inexperience with the world means that her fickle interests probably can change relatively easily.
"'By the way, I've noticed that one before,' says Misaka as Misaka is pointing at your forehead."
"'I see other Misaka's carry that but I wonder, why Misaka is the only one that doesn't carry those goggle' says Misaka as Misaka feels envious."
Misaka 10032 look at her forehead and look back at Last Order to confirm that Last Order has no goggles attached to her forehead and says, "'That Misaka is that Misaka as this Misaka is this Misaka,' says Misaka as she is implicitly informing her to give it up."
Last Order pouts and tries to get that goggle, "'Misaka-wants-that-too, Misaka-wants-that-too-!' says Misaka as Misaka is negotiating, using the outward appearance of a spoiled brat to its utmost!"
"'Misaka thought Misaka would go with a sweet gesture, but that would be counterproductive since even our kind would see through it and be offended,' says Misaka as she kindly explains."
After Last Order groans at her frozen expression,
"'Hey, 10032! Bow down for a bit!' says Misaka as Misaka asks a favor."
"?"
Though Misaka-imouto has doubts, she nevertheless follows her superior's instructions but,
"'Hahaha, my chance-!' says Misaka as Misaka succeeds in her seizure tactics!"
And she vigorously grabs the goggles away from the head where it hung.
Before Misaka-imouto could say anything, Last Order is all smiles as she turns the other way around and,
"'Perhaps Misaka might have to recheck the entire routine of such a basic sleight of hand,' says Misaka as Misaka tells her parting words!"
"'Yaaay, if Misaka's frustrated, come and get it-' says Misaka as Misaka savors the victory while making a mad dash!"
"'It can't be helped if it's the superior's direct order,' says Misaka as she confirms the situation while very unwillingly takes out an MP-5 sub-machine gun and rubber bullets from her school bag."
*Ka-chak* the unnerving metallic sound echoes across the peaceful town.
"'Even if it is training, even if the opponent's a superior individual seriously challenging an inferior individual like Misaka, this is not childish behavior,' says Misaka as she states her point of view as expected. 'This is by no means Misaka getting angry- only a reasonable judgment grounded on logic,' says Misaka as she compliments herself for her calm thinking ability as she sprints at full power with a real gun in one hand."
Misaka-imouto commences her pursuit; she may look expressionless, but if one looks closely, one can see that her eyes were twitching and trembling.
Meanwhile, Last Order, having detected too accurately Misaka-imouto's change of mind, runs around the back alleys while unleashing provoking words at the Sisters' brainwaves and weak electromagnetic waves that comprise the Misaka Network.
"'Hahaha! There's no way a mere Misaka can win against this Misaka-' says Misaka as Misaka laughs soundly at victory against mere plebians."
"'The time for revolution has come,' says Misaka No. 10032 as she declares it here."
At another place,
After running away from Kuroko, Touma and Mikoto finally stops to take a break.
"(Panting)...finally, we got away from Kuroko" Mikoto said while panting heavily.
"No kidding, so do you still want to grab those straps Misaka?" Touma suddenly asks her.
"Y-Yeah, but Kuroko ruined everything." mikoto said with her tear start flowing again in her eyes.
Touma then check his phone to see any damages after being attacked by Kuroko while taking the picture.
He then smiles to see that the phone and its camera still okay.
"We might make it in time Misaka" He said while smiling at her.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Mikoto said while wiping out her tears.
"There still time for us to take the picture and completed the registration. So you don't have to worry Misaka."
"B-But why?" Mikoto asks.
"Didn't you forget, this is a punishment game. C'mon, let's take a picture"
Hearing his word, Mikoto's nervousness disappeared for a moment and decided to approach him to take the picture.
"Okay then, ready?" Touma asks her.
"O-Okay" Mikoto said while blushing.
Touma and Mikoto is in the same position as before, but then Touma stretches his arm around Mikoto and hold it tightly.
"K-K-Kamijou-san! What are you doing?"
"We can't get a good picture if we don't get close enough so don't be angry okay."
"O-Okay." She said
"Well, say cheese"
Then both of them smiled at the phone camera.
Return to Kuroko,
"I must make Onee-Sama wake up soon!" thought Kuroko as she trying to find Touma and Mikoto.
But, she enter a place that she shouldn't be entered
"Eh? What happened?" as Kuroko realized something wrong.
"You're already trapped you twin-tailed bastard" as a sound can be heard, Kuroko look where it come from
"Who are you?" as Kuroko can't see the talker face
"You don't have to know my name."
"What is your intention?" Kuroko asks
"You know about Misaka and Kamijou's punishment game right?" said Ruko
"Onee-sama with that barbarian?"
"Yes, I'm 'the mastermind' behind all of this" Ruko proudly said to Kuroko.
"So you the one, then I will destroy your plan! But first! I destroy you!" Kuroko said while pulling out her Judgment armband.
"Ufufu, if you can defeat me. Come!" suddenly a hand appeared in front of Kuroko
"W-What?" as she can't avoided the attack
The hand then grabbed Kuroko and causing her can't use her power.
"Why? Why do you want Onee-sama together with that guy?" Kuroko asks while barely able to breath from the hand's grip.
"Hahahaha, why? You don't have to know" as Ruko replies her question.
"But, since you're her friend, I'll be going 'easy' on you and before I can do that, I want to show you this." Ruko pulled out her phone and show her the picture.
Kuroko is stunned to see the picture until she become speechless.
"Now that you have intervened with my plan, it's time for you to pay the price" Ruko said with an evil grin.
At Another Place,
"I have finally found you at last!" said Sieghart "I say, you're good to escape from my detection Tsuchimikado, I took a long time to find you."
"What do you want? Nya~" asked Tsuchimikado
"Yo Kurosaki-kun! What's your problem, Buddy~" as Aogami beside Tsuchimikado greet him
"Give me "that thing" " said Sieghart as he ignoring Aogami
"What thing?" said Tsuchimikado with a smile
"You know, the thing 'that demon girl' give to you!"
"No way man~"
Then Sieghart standing near Tsuchimikado and gives him a very scary death glare
"You wanna die"
"I-I will give it to you" Tsuchimikado said with a scared tone.
Then Tsuchimikado give him 'the thing'
"This is it, the real one" as Sieghart checked it
"What's is that Kurosaki? It's from a girl?" said Aogami as he trying to get the black thing in Sieghart's hand. In one glare Aogami silent
"Now time to find them" then Sieghart start running leaving the duo of "Delta Force"
"What's going on here Tsuchimikado?" Aogami said after Sieghart leaving them.
"It's nothing, let's get some snack Nya~" Tsuchimikado said to Aogami.
After Emilya eat, she intended to go back to her dorm. But in the way back, She meet Kuroko in a very messy condition
"K-Kuroko!" as Emilya shocked
But Kuroko not respond her after all
"K-Kuroko! Wake Up!"
Then Kuroko wake up.
"I-I have been defeated" Kuroko said in her coarse voice.
"Huh?" Emilya confused.
"M-M-My Onee-sama, s-s-she is now belong to that guy"
"What are mean Kuroko? Who did this to you?" Emilya said.
"I-I-I failed you Onee-sam~ !" Kuroko then dropped on the pavement.
"Kuroko! Must take her to dorm right now!" then she put Kuroko on her back and take her to the dorm.
At the same time,
Kururu are watching the scene in her normal human form, make Ruko can't detect her
"Oh no, Miss Ruko overdid it this time, I have to tell Master about it"
She then headed to his master's position as fast as possible in her human form.
At District 7 to District 15
"Damd! Where is that little brat gone!" said Accelerator to himself
then he remembers what happened back at Yomikawa place
*Flashback*
"The shitty brat disappeared?" said Accelerator to Yomikawa
"Yes, I bet she isn't in this building now" said Yomikawa
Even Yoshikawa adds something, but for Accelerator, only a bad premonition keeps popping up in his head no matter what they say.
He cannot believe in the optimistic view that human nature is fundamentally good in this world. In a way, he's way overexposed to the evils.
...When did they last see the brat?
Accelerator checks the wall clock.
It's 4:30 PM. Eat lunch, sleep, and shower- they started at either 1 or 2 PM.
At the very least, more than two hours. Given that much time, a professional could kill his victims, bury them, and leave.
Both Accelerator and Last Order have something in common: being research materials that gave incalculable advantages. Up to now, the [Experiment] they were involved in was suspended for sure, but it wouldn't be strange for bounty hunters to be out to get them for use in other experiments.
Forget it: stuff like profits, losses, or costs are not important; because a person is [an acquaintance of that Accelerator], it wouldn't be strange for that person to already be designated as a target for some form of attack. Right now, as the former title-holder of Academy City's strongest, he's no more than another target.
Accelerator clicks his tongue as if to spit out before reapplying power to the modernistic walking stick supporting his own body.
"I'm going out."
"Well, I don't think she would be going there just to play in particular."
Accelerator gives an irritated look at Yomikawa's very relaxed expression, but then,
"The answering machine has something in it."
"..."
Accelerator only keeps silent as he pressed the Replay button of the large electronic answering machine that also functioned as a phone, fax, and copier.
*Beep*, after that high-pitched sound,
"'You see, right now, Misaka is being chased by Misaka's subordinate,' says Misaka as Misaka reports her current condition. 'Though Misaka cannot go home immediately, Misaka wants some dinner prepared in advance,' says Misaka as Misaka sends her request."
He's about to thrash the telephone with his cane, but then Accelerator is held down by Yomikawa and Yoshikawa. Without that ability, the current him only has the power to rage noisily on.
Accelerator, with both hair and clothes frazzled and while *ze-ha-ze-ha* breathing roughly,
"...from the bottom of my heart, she's one annoying brat."
"Ahaha. Human relations are just like that, you know."
Even as Yomikawa laughs, she firmly encircles Accelerator's body with both her hands, afraid of him destroying the telephone; this stance means her big bust is pressed against him, but she probably totally doesn't care.
"For me, there is no such thing as a convenient human relationship. 'To be truly free without interference from others'- in other words, it means to do anything without anyone noticing what you're doing -"
Yomikawa lets go of Accelerator's back. "Consider the spreading of roots: their movement is like each root intertwining with the others. By doing just that much, they get stronger against rain and wind."
"- "
Hearing just an adult's opinion is annoying as hell. And after Yomikawa finished, he just went out and looking for "the missing child"
*Flashback End*
"Damd, little annoying bart" as he continued to walk
Then he saw a nun in front of him.
After successfully taking the picture, Misaka finally applied their registration at the phone shop.
Touma is now waiting for Misaka to finishing the rest of the registration.
"I hope that I'll have my phone back."
Kamijou sighs as his eyes were on the bright clock display. He's in the underground shopping complex, so it's hard to find out, but it's already past 4 PM. There are various documents and applications, so of course, it would take some time- so goes his honest opinion.
Misaka returns to a carefree Touma.
"Eh, is it already over?"
But Misaka for some reason seemed hesitant but finally acknowledge it; he can't remember being worried about replying in the first place.
"Anyway, aren't you supposed to carry the paper bag that contains our mobile phone?"
But Misaka then raising her hand to her forehead and said, "'This Misaka is the Misaka who would always wear goggles,' says Misaka as she renews her recognition and informs that she is serial no. 10032."
"Misaka-imouto?" Touma said.
Misaka-imouto only nodded.
"Sorry there, I thought you're Misaka." Touma asks Imouto's for forgiveness.
"'That's okay.' says Misaka as she forgive You"
"Well, it's hard to recognize you becaused you're the same without your goggles." Touma said.
"' Anyway, have you seen Misaka this size,' says Misaka as she holds out her palm horizontally across at the spot a bit lower from the chest."
"Huh? You guys can change size?"
"'Judging from your response, it appears you do not know,' says Misaka as she continues to calculate that shitty brat's escape route while disillusioned to a state of uselessness."
"In any case, before we found your goggle, we have to make you wear something to differentiate you from Misaka Mikoto okay."
Touma then grabbed her hand to the nearby merchandise booth
Meanwhile,
"Here you go! The phones and the straps" the clerk said to Misaka after finishing the registration.
"By the way, you two are a good couple together" the clerk said while looking at the picture.
Misaka is speechless and decided to get out of the store but she didn't to forget to say to the clerk, "T-Thank you!"
After going out from the store, she expected Touma to wait for her but she didn't see him.
"Weird, where is that idiot gone?" then she gone to find him.
"Okay, now which one?" Touma saids while looking at the things to give to Misaka-imouto.
"How about this ring?" Touma asks
"-, ring."
For some reason, Misaka-imouto becomes silent.
Touma, totally unmindful of such a manner,.
"Well, the ring no-go then. How about more distinguishing accessory, perhaps a skull mask might be a good buy, then- OUCH!"
The moment he changed his mind, he takes a fist from an expressionless Misaka-imouto.
Touma ignores Imouto's punch and sees a heart shaped necklace.
"Well then how about this necklace?"
Misaka-imouto only nodded.
"Well, It's decided then"
He buys the necklace at 1000 yen price and decided to put it on her necklace just as he did to Orsola Aquinas during her rescue from the Battle Nuns of the Roman Catholic Church.
A/N: and finally, after this the final part