Crossover anime, the harem life of a healing sorcerer

Chapter 081 Resurrecting Dolly, Upgrading Remotely

The friendships between the girls in the story of "A Certain Scientific Railgun" are very touching.

Nangong Xuan made thorough preparations to fulfill his promise to Queen Misaki in order to save another girl.

A previously unknown past was revealed on this day.

Dolly—the first younger sister born from Misaka Mikoto's DNA profile, also known as Misaka Zero. As the initial clone, she was only used to verify the feasibility of the technology and was not yet able to establish a brainwave network for sharing information.

At that time, the Academy City leadership had not yet planned to mass-produce 20,000 Sisters, so they only had single-digit numbers. She and the later Misaka 00000—the enhanced [side story individual] by Nangong—were not the same person.

The name comes from Dolly, the first cloned sheep in history.

As far as Nangong knows, Dolly was once experimented with at Clone Dolly, where she conducted research on learning devices.

This secret research facility, located in the Second School District, is simultaneously carrying out multiple projects, including the development of Misaki Shokuhou's "External Brain" and Kansai Keisuke's "Liquefied Human Shadow".

The Third Research Lab of the Talent Workshop, Internal Evolution (Ideal). Its purpose is to train and cultivate girls to create superhumans. Level 5 [Mental Control] was born here.

The question is, why only train girls?

"Legend has it that the Imaginary Mathematics District, the Five Elements Agency, the original research institution of Academy City, possesses the DNA of all the world's saints, and can create geniuses with just one button."

"In fact, the virtual mathematics zone is not a research institution, but the 'genius factory' is real."

With Xiao Qi's permission, Nangong Xuan led the group into the talent workshop, as if visiting the queen's hive.

Misaka Mikoto recalled the urban legends Saten had mentioned. Could they all be true?

"So, this city has hidden such a place."

Mikoto was stunned, unsure of what to say. Having grown up in the sunshine, she believed that passion, hard work, and friendship were all she needed to overcome any difficulty.

Without her knowledge, the first clone was born in the darkness, never having seen her "older sister" until her death.

Shokuhou smiled calmly: "Misaka-san, that's exactly why people can't help but want to take everything from you☆"

"After Xiaoqi entered Tokiwadai and met Mikoto, she was very concerned about her, right? Because she has Dolly's genes." Nangong exposed her lie.

The two young ladies from Tokiwadai were bickering lovers from the very beginning, having already formed a troubled relationship before they even met.

"Urusai! Don't tell anyone, Xiao Xuan☆"

Misaki Shokuhou blushed when her deepest, most tender feelings were touched.

"Oh, is that so?"

The tea-haired girl glanced quickly at Shokuhou, and they both looked away simultaneously.

Invited by Nangong, Mikoto visits her younger sister from the beginning. She never expected that the Shokuhou faction would also accompany her. They didn't get along to begin with, and were quite uncomfortable with each other.

"Back here once again."

"We are also children who evolved from within."

Queen Bee's right-hand women, Junko Hokkaido and Aiyu Mitsuyoshi, also came to the Talent Workshop with Nangong.

Returning to this familiar place evoked a flood of emotions.

Back then, the girls lived a completely isolated life, developing their abilities independently, and most of them didn't know each other.

Here, Misaki Shokuhou first met Junko, who was suffering from the outburst of her [Heavenly Garment] ability, and out of pity, used [Mental Control] to relieve her pain.

At the same time, Honey Ant Love became the leader of the internal evolution plan, taking care of many children.

Hojo Shizuka, who later joined a hospital, was a researcher at the time. She was injured in an accident during internal evolution and had her body stitched up.

What pained Honey Ant was that she was abandoned by the Academy City leadership due to her [Character Assessment]. They chose to invest their research resources in Shokuhou, creating the first Level 5 Spirit-type Pokémon.

Later, Mitsuhime Aiyu, in despair, attempted suicide but was unexpectedly saved by Shokuhou, who was preparing to erase her gray memories. The two girls, who were originally enemies, became steadfast friends and went through a series of events together.

For some reason, the protagonist, Touma Kamijou, is no longer present, and it has become a light yuri story about Girls Help Girls.

The honey ant murmured, "Teacher Yuanfeng, Yuri... our teachers and friends are all gone."

The police officers noticed that they were not in the same cohort of participants, so they didn't have much in common.

He was captured by Kihara Gensei and thought he was going to face imprisonment again, but unexpectedly he was brought here to see Dolly.

Because of that girl's existence, her fate had already intersected with that of Misaki Shokuhou in the dark.

Shokuhou and Keisaku talked a lot about their childhood friend.

Kenjiro was Dolly's first friend, and was called "Kan-chan, Kan-chan." One day, she accidentally stumbled upon Dolly's cold life support device and realized how horrific the experiments were being conducted in this place.

"Back then, I stole the data and found out that Dolly was a clone. I originally intended to use this as leverage to negotiate with the research institution to stop the medication. However, the one leading the experiments was the highest level of Academy City—the Council of Directors. I couldn't possibly fight against that darkness on my own."

The purple-haired girl with pigtails wore a bitter smile.

"Even if Dolly is a clone, it doesn't matter. Only when I'm with her do I feel genuinely happy, not just faking it..."

Later, Keisuke Kanzaki was arrested and has been in a juvenile detention center ever since. It was precisely because he was familiar with the prison environment that Kihara Gensei chose him to be his tool.

"She mistook me for you. No, to be precise, Dolly's mental state deteriorated after losing you. Under the researcher's direction, she made me... 'pretend' to be you☆"

At that time, Misaki Shokuhou's abilities were not enough to alter memories.

"Back then, she was holding a transparent can filled with liquid metal, and she kept asking me to turn into a whale for her. So that was your [Liquidized Shadow], Keisuke-kun☆"

The woman with purple twin tails said self-deprecatingly, "My abilities are completely useless..."

"But that child liked it very much. Since she didn't break off her friendship with Dolly because she witnessed something ugly, she should have told her before she died. Dolly knew I was an imposter all along because she smelled a different scent in my hair. She thought of you until she died."

"So that's how it is... I... had no choice."

This misunderstanding could lead to a lifetime of regret. However, the operation to rescue Dolly failed, and he was imprisoned. He was unable to see his friend one last time.

Her attempt to blow up a windowless building was her final act of impotent rage.

"We...all miss her."

As they talked, Shokuhou and Keisuke's eyes reddened.

Misaka Mikoto couldn't get a word in edgewise, simply listening quietly to their recollections. She learned a great deal, about the story of the first sister. Each cloned "Misaka" had their own unique life experiences.

They are human beings too.

Why did it take so long to find out? If I could have helped them back then... I'm such a useless older sister.

"You're not actually underestimating me, are you?"

The familiar voice still echoed in Misaki's mind, causing her sleepless nights of torment.

In her memory, at the last moment of her life, the girl with long brown hair smiled weakly.

"Hey, tell me... your real name."

For the first time, she felt guilty for deceiving someone, though it wasn't her intention. The young blonde girl moved her pale lips.

"Shokuhou Misaki".

"Thank you, Xiao Qi. I'm so sorry for keeping you by my side for so long, but in the end... it's goodbye forever."

Dolly's little hand slipped heavily to the ground, and she stopped breathing. Misaki could no longer feel her warmth, and her heart turned cold.

Whose fault is it?

Misaka Mikoto, who failed to protect her DNA, still managed to clone a human without authorization. And the adults who conducted all sorts of inhuman experiments on this girl?

Or is it this cold and cruel world?

To guard against Mental Control, every researcher around them wore a bulky metal hood, thinking it would shield them from all mental abilities.

These guys were planning to get rid of her after the [external brain replacement] was completed.

Unbeknownst to everyone, Queen Misaki's powers had already become so formidable that they could bypass all shielding devices. Yet, in the end, she couldn't even save a little girl…

Clone Dolly.

Just reading this English phrase makes Shokuhou feel sad.

"Academy City is a place full of scum. I'll take control of this talent workshop... to be buried with Dolly!"

Ultimately, Misaki Shokuhou reclaimed her "brain," secretly manipulating all the researchers, ending the "internal evolution," and also negotiating with one of the twelve directors who led the project, who was also a director of Tokiwadai.

The mastermind behind it all is now controlled by Nangong Xuan's Geass, a minor character who went unnoticed when he stormed the council alone.

The reason they only develop the girls' abilities is because it's all backed by the Tokiwadai Zaibatsu. Even elite girls' schools aren't as glamorous as they appear.

Later, the girls enrolled in Tokiwadai, but they could not forget this painful past.

Nangong said, "Xiao Qi, this is the deal we agreed on. I will 'revive' Dolly."

Both Shokuhou and Keisuke were drawn to the attention.

"But is it really possible to do something like this?"

“What you don’t know is that the original clones were a pair of sisters. Dolly also has a backup younger sister, who has never been activated. All we need to do is transfer her memories uploaded to the learning device.” Nangong smiled slightly. “I’ve already found her and transferred her over.”

Fortunately, I still remember this part of the story.

When Nangong and his group arrived deep inside the artificial workshop, they saw a life support device. A girl with long brown hair was soaking in the nutrient solution, her eyes closed, like Sleeping Beauty from a fairy tale.

In fact, every Misaka Sister is born as the long-haired Railgun after growing for fourteen days.

Misaka Mikoto felt a little awkward being seen naked by the boy she liked. But she couldn't worry about that right now; all she wanted to do was see the little sister from the story.

"Is this child Dolly?"