A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 1176 The Mysterious Misaka Town

Sipping her hot coffee, feeling her body gradually warm up, sniper Misaka suddenly changed the subject: "Captain Number 1, I heard you were originally in the first batch of personnel to be rotated back, is that true?" Misaka asked curiously.

The so-called "Captain No. 1" is actually a joke and teasing among the Misaka Sisters who are stationed in the outside world.

The target of the joke—the commander Misaka in front of us is the 10001st clone.

According to the original agreement with Chairman Aleister, the 20,000 Misaka Sisters were divided into two groups: 10,000 remained in Academy City and were taken care of by Lin Wuming and his group; the other 10,000 were dispatched to various parts of the world.

Misaka 10001 is the first among the last ten thousand. She's only one digit off from her number; otherwise, she could stay in Academy City, by her older sister's and the nameless senior's side.

Because of the existence of the "Misaka Network," the Misaka Sisters on both the inside and outside sides can learn about each other's lives.

To be honest, with the rise and growing strength of the "Nameless Force," the living conditions of the sisters within Academy City are getting better and better, which is enviable.

Because of this comparison, Misaka 10001 is jokingly referred to as "the unlucky Misaka Sister".

After all, she was just a little short of being able to stay inside Academy City.

Misaka 10001 didn't care about this... at least not at the beginning.

But as time went on and more people talked about it, she was inevitably affected and became depressed.

But perhaps it is precisely because of this melancholy that she developed a unique personality that set her apart from others, so much so that in the process of growing from a "clone" into a "human", Misaka 10001 made far more progress than her other companions.

This also led to Misaka 10001 becoming the "captain" of the external Misaka Sisters.

Normally it's fine, but whenever there's an operation that requires multiple people to work together, Misaka 10001 is always assumed to be the "captain".

In this special situation at this moment, it is naturally no exception.

Misaka 10001, who was serving as the battlefield commander, sighed heavily, clearly harboring resentment.

Just as sniper Misaka said, she should have already returned to Academy City for a vacation by now.

Misaka House, Misaka Special Bakery, Onee-sama, Nameless Senpai, and Mother... all sorts of benefits that can only be found in Academy City are waiting for me.

But who would have thought that, because of a random, temporary task, they would end up like this!
Not only Misaka 10001, but also 292 other Misaka Sisters are trapped in this place for various reasons.

I don't know who it is, but they are so bold and powerful that they managed to trap so many of them all at once.

As the captain and commander, Misaka 10001 has compiled statistics on the experiences and encounters of everyone here.

The Misaka Sisters gathered here come from more than two hundred different locations in Russia, Central Asia, and Europe.

Almost every one of them received the corresponding task requirements and then followed the procedures and commands.

However, the initial mission requirements were different, and the destinations they were required to go to were also different, so even if they exchanged and compared their respective mission requirements within the "Misaka Network", it would not arouse suspicion.

The Misaka Sisters stationed outside Academy City are considered outlying personnel, and they are entrusted with certain missions, so receiving orders to go out on missions is not particularly rare. However, this mission is full of strange things. For example, Misaka 10001 herself encountered a situation where the mission destination kept changing.

Whenever she arrived at the location designated by the mission, she would be told that the mission target had been moved and she should proceed to the next location.

After several transfers, when she came to her senses, Misaka 10001 found herself in a snowy wasteland, with an abandoned, deserted town in front of her.

The experiences of the other 292 Misaka Sisters were similar. They accepted different missions and followed different paths, but in the end, they all gathered in this abandoned town in the vast snowfield through the same routine.

The moment the Misaka Sisters saw each other, they immediately realized that there was something wrong with this mission.

But then they discovered that they could not connect to the "Misaka Network" and could not even leave the area where the town was located.

— 293 of them are trapped here.

Although they still don't know what conspiracy lies behind this encounter, the Misaka Sisters did not panic.

Although disconnected from the main "Misaka Network," the Misaka Sisters here can still form a local area network. Through this "local area network," Misaka 10001 is elected as the commander-in-chief—leading everyone to survive and break through the encirclement.

After two days of testing and adaptation, the Misaka Sisters realized that someone was definitely behind this strange situation.

But the mastermind's goal doesn't seem to be to harm the Misaka Sisters... at least not in the first few days.

In a warehouse in this deserted town, the Misaka Sisters discovered a large quantity of fuel and food supplies—enough for the nearly 300 of them to survive the long Siberian winter.

In addition, the town has an armory containing a large quantity of firearms and ammunition. Although it is an old stockpile from World War II, it is well-preserved and its use is not affected.

The Mosin-Nagant rifle and its accompanying ammunition in the hands of sniper Misaka were obtained from here.

Because they were dispatched to work in various locations around the world, these 10,000 Misaka Sisters had all learned a variety of combat skills through the "Learning Device" system, and were adept at aiming and shooting with firearms.

Everything seemed to be planned. The Misaka Sisters had just figured out the situation and hadn't even had time to catch their breath when "enemies" attacked from outside the town.

Picking up their weapons and launching a counterattack on the spot, the well-trained Misaka Sisters easily repelled the enemy's attack.

The number of enemies was small, and they were not human, or even "living beings"—they were all puppets shaped into human form.

Some of these puppets have proper mechanical structures, but most are made of mud, stone, wood, or even ice and snow. Once destroyed, they blend directly into the environment, leaving no trace.

Overall, these "enemies" are not very threatening, and feel more like NPCs in a game, respawning periodically; apart from being annoying, they seem to pose no other threat.

To deal with these enemies, Misaka 10001 specially set up a defensive line around the town, dug trenches, built fortifications, and arranged for personnel to take turns on duty.

Sniper Misaka is one of the members on guard duty today.

(End of this chapter)