Thank you for the invitation. He's in heaven now, he's become God.

Before these people came here...

Are they playing some kind of weird game?

"Well……"

Miri and Index didn't react much to the somewhat strange gaze from Toshinobu Fubuki, but Kanzaki blushed instantly.

"Of course I didn't disturb you..."

Upon hearing Fubuki Toshinobu's words, Shokuhou revealed a somewhat cunning smile.

"But... does Toshinobu-chan want to come along too?"

"........."

Fushiki Toshinobu felt that he was indeed having some trouble dealing with his new boss.

"That's not necessary, and..."

She did not dwell on the topic.

"...Shouldn't we be discussing serious matters now?"

Upon hearing this, Shokuhou's smile vanished, replaced by a serious expression.

She gestured for Bu Shudi to continue and explain the current situation.

After listening to Fubuki Toshinobu's account, her expression turned completely somber.

First, there was the research institute, which, although attacked, suffered the least damage.

After all, the fighting power of 20,000 Misaka Sisters connected through the Misaka Network and who have systematically learned relevant knowledge is quite terrifying.

Although it seemed somewhat vulnerable when facing Accelerator, it easily dealt with some Anbu members who came to attack the research institute and didn't even have any special abilities.

However, apart from the research institute, the situation in other aspects is not optimistic.

First, it's important to understand one thing.

To the higher-ups of Academy City, even if there are only seven espers standing at the pinnacle of the city, they are nothing more than guinea pigs.

Even powerful figures like Mugino Shizuri and Tsunene Teitoku were merely "dark agents," tools used to do dirty and tiring work.

Although Misaki Shokuhou mastered the "Talent Workshop," that was all she could do.

Compared to this city, even LV5 is incredibly insignificant.

However, when Misaki Shokuhou became a director, the situation changed completely.

She essentially went from being a chess piece to becoming the player.

He became one of the few who stood at the pinnacle of the city, in complete control.

With this identity, Misaki Shokuhou's power expanded rapidly in a short period of time.

The hidden agents she had planted began to take effect, and she also took advantage of the impact of resolving the "Absolute Ability Evolution Project" to integrate and organize the resources she controlled, and even expand outwards.

Within just a few days, he had established himself as a member of the board of directors.

However, all of these are just illusions.

How could the council members, and even other senior members, tolerate Shokuhou being ranked alongside them, or even above them, as a "guinea pig"?

Moreover, Academy City only has so many resources.

The impact of having an additional board member is far more complex than it appears on the surface.

And so, the behemoth hidden in the darkness of the city revealed its ferocious fangs to Misaki for the first time.

Even if not all the directors and senior members are hostile to Shokuhou, just a portion of them, combined, are not someone she, as a newly appointed director, can resist.

In just half a day, apart from this research institute and the "Talent Workshop" she originally controlled, all other forces suffered devastating blows, essentially returning to square one overnight.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but...

"The Kihara clan..."

The Kihara clan is an organization directly under the council, and its tasks are directly assigned by Aleister Crowley, the chairman of the Academy City General Council.

Although it has no seat in the "Overall Council", no one can deny its power and influence in Academy City.

No one can deny the Kiharas—the members of the Kihara clan—their unparalleled inspiration and execution in science, as well as their terrifyingly empty moral compass.

In other words, the Kihara clan consists of madmen who are incomprehensible to ordinary people.

The advocate and host of the "Absolute Ability Evolution Project" is Kihara Gensei, who belongs to the Kihara clan.

The Kihara clan, led by Kihara Nobuyoshi, was responsible for directly developing and researching the Accelerator.

When Shokuhou took over the research institute, she purged most of the relevant members, but these two were clearly not included in that scope.

They had already left the research institute before the cleanup.

And now, their counterattack and retaliation have begun!

P.S.: While writing this, I suddenly realized that Toshinobu Fubuki is quite cute...

Chapter 258: The Queen of Academy City

The council members and high-ranking officials of Academy City, through the coordination of the Kihara clan, launched a fatal blow against Shokuhou's forces.

Moreover, and most importantly, the directors and senior executives only wanted the resources she controlled, and incidentally used them to put pressure on her.

But the Kihara clan...

The feud between them had already begun.

Moreover, Kihara Gensei and Kihara Kazuta had not given up their covetousness for the Misaka Sisters until this point.

Board members, high-ranking officials, and even the colossal "Kihara Clan" hidden in the shadows of Academy City...

Shokuhou, who had been feeling quite smug because of her recent success, once again experienced the same sense of powerlessness she had felt at the beginning—the powerlessness of facing the entire city alone.

"Lord God..."

Shokuhou instinctively turned her gaze to Yahweh, her soft voice sounding almost like she was being coquettish.

Even Misaki herself was unaware that her subconscious had developed a strong dependence on Yahweh.

After all, she was so devastated by Dolly's death that she almost committed suicide, but Yahweh resurrected Dolly and saved her.

When she was helpless in the face of the "Level 5 Evolution Project", Yahweh descended from the sky and easily made Aleister stop the project, and even made her a director of Academy City.

For the bee-eater, as long as Yahweh is there, it's as if there's nothing to worry about.

He is her god...

This sense of security that seems to overflow from my heart just by looking at him, to be more specific, is probably...

It felt as reassuring as having a father figure.

Thinking of this, a strange sense of immorality welled up in Misaki's heart.

Her cheeks were burning, and she quickly banished the rather stimulating sensation from her mind, but her golden eyes, which seemed to sparkle like stars, looked at Yahweh with even more moisture.

"Shokuhou, relying too much on others is not a good choice."

However, Yahweh did not give her the response she had expected, which made the girl puff out her cheeks slightly.

"If it's a deity, it's okay to rely on them a little, right?"

She was now tightly embracing Yawei's arm; its incredible softness made it hard to believe that this girl was just a middle school student.

"Moreover, this time we're facing most of Academy City..."

At the same time, Shokuhou also expressed his own thoughts.

"Forget about the directors and higher-ups, the key issue is the Kihara clan..."

Moreover, if she were to fall behind in her struggle against the Kihara clan, she believed that the directors and higher-ups would definitely not miss this opportunity to kick her while she was down.

Furthermore, if one truly wants to establish a firm foothold as a board member and become a real player, one absolutely cannot bypass these board members and senior management.

"The simplest way is to quickly defeat the Kihara clan and consolidate our own power."

Although she instinctively wanted to rely on Yahweh, Shokuhou did not give up thinking of ways to deal with the situation.

"But in that case... the 'director' status that the deity fought for me would be completely useless."

"If we want to reclaim everything we've lost, even if we take them down one by one, we'll still be facing... almost half of Academy City..."

A calm tone and a clear, organized analysis.

At this moment, Shokuhou truly looked like the queen of Tokiwadai.

However, the dependence she showed when she looked at Yahweh remained unchanged.

"What do you think I should do, Your Majesty?"

Yahweh was just about to reply to the question about eating bees…

"Ding~ The world quest 'Queen of Tokiwadai' has been triggered: The Queen of Academy City."

Mission Description: Newborn tiger cubs face numerous challenges; only by paving the way with corpses can they ascend the throne.

Please thwart the Kihara clan's conspiracy and persuade the Academy City board members and higher-ups to listen to the group member "Queen of Tokiwadai" and help her become the uncrowned queen of Academy City.

Note: The surging waves may only be the surface of the sea; beneath the glacier, true "darkness" lies hidden.

Recommended strength: Tier 2 or above

Number of participants: 5

Completion Rewards: Phase Theory (Exclusive to the God of the Bible), Superpower Optimization (Exclusive to the Queen of Tokiwadai), 100000 Causality.

"It seems there's no need to make a choice..."

Looking at the task, Shokuhou said this.

"The queen of Academy City..."

The best outcome she could hope for was to become a true board member, the uncrowned queen of Academy City…

The girl glanced at Yawei subconsciously before turning her gaze back to the chat group screen in front of her.

"World's Cutest: Another task for this newcomer?"