Miss Justice is not motivated

"How is this possible... I'm an esper... Why..." Mugino's thoughts weren't without merit. Espers in Academy City undergo a certain degree of physical modification, which can exempt them from a significant portion of toxins. For an Anbu member like her, such modifications are top-notch, making it impossible for her to be unaware of being under anesthesia.

"What's so strange about that? After all, I didn't give you any anesthetic or sleeping pills." Seeing Mugino's strange expression, the waiter explained with a serious face. "Although black tea can make you unable to move or fall asleep, it doesn't mean that black tea is an anesthetic, so you can't be exempt from it."

What kind of theory is this? You bastard, I... As her consciousness became increasingly blurred, Mugino, who was struggling to stand up, simply collapsed to the ground.

"Black tea isn't an anesthetic, isn't that obvious?" The waiter removed his name tag and untied his ponytail. "I suggest you watch more 'YIN Dream' videos when you have time, otherwise you'll suffer in situations like this in the future."

The waitress was none other than Bai Aina. After waking up, she disguised herself and successfully infiltrated the bar to become a waitress.

Baina had previously run a bar as an alternate, and even learned how to mix drinks. Therefore, disguising herself as a bartender wouldn't be difficult for her.

Shaking her short gray hair, Bai Aina picked up the unconscious Mugino and headed straight backstage.

The bar staff backstage were already fast asleep, so to avoid any unnecessary trouble, Bai Aina gave each of them a cup of black tea. While the amount wouldn't kill them, it was enough to keep them asleep for a whole day.

"This girl's really fast asleep. Should I just kill her now?" Bai Aina pondered how to complete the mission, since it was about 'defeating' rather than killing. Otherwise, she would have just pulled out a venom-laced knife and killed her outright.

So, shouldn't we plan the battleground first? After a moment's thought, Bai Ai Na retrieved a scalpel and basic equipment she had prepared beforehand from the storage room. She placed Mugino on a table and performed basic disinfection procedures.

After leaving the bar and taking a breath of fresh air, Edward felt much more sober. He decided to find another bar; after all, the night was still long…

It was still growing... growing... growing... The aftereffects of the Earl Grey tea cocktail kicked in, and with the power of the tea bursting forth, Edward collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

A blond-haired young man passing by caught Edward's eye. He thought Edward's clothes were pretty good and could fetch a good price if sold. Without a word, he pounced on him, dragged him to a spot out of the security camera's sight, and stripped him down to his underwear.

Although the night wind was chilly, Edward would need at least a few hours to wake up because of the black tea.

Chapter Thirteen: I love studying... Yeah, right!

Normally, surgery requires a very clean and tidy environment. Performing surgery in the backstage area of ​​a bar is not a wise choice, as it carries a significant risk of wound infection.

However, Bai Ai Na wasn't usually that particular; as long as the other person didn't die, it didn't matter to her. So, in a place like the backstage of a bar, she performed surgery on Mugino... in a way that wouldn't kill her.

The other staff members in the bar had all been drugged with black tea by Bai Ai Na and wouldn't wake up for a while, so the environment was relatively quiet.

Using nanomachines within her body, she meticulously analyzed and explored Mugino's physique, and the more she did so, the stranger it seemed. In Bai Ai'na's view, Mugino's physical structure, genetic makeup, and brain tissue were not significantly different from those of a normal person. How could she possibly manipulate electrons to form high-speed, particle-waveform cannons?

The only reason that Bai Aina could think of was the 'observer' theory designed into the development of superpowers, and that was probably the only reason.

Even so, Bai Ai Na still found it incredibly unbelievable. While cutting up Mugino's flesh, she uttered incredulous exclamations; the scene was simply too grotesque.

"But if it's a perfect being, even without that learning ability, it can still mimic abilities through imitation." Bai Aina recalled the Misaka Sisters and the theoretically powerful ability to suppress seven Level 5 Love Chas. These were all research results achieved by utilizing the bodies of ability users to ultimately replicate their abilities.

Among them, Liancha stands out the most. Not only can he imitate the superpowers of seven LV5s and others, but he can also imitate the power of Blackwing, which involves the AIM field... or rather, the power of angels. He can even transform into Whitewing.

In a way, it suits her perfectly, and it also enriches her fighting style. After yawning, Bai Ai Na recorded all of Mugino's physical parameters, and then extracted a certain amount of bone marrow and genetic material with a syringe before preparing to suture the incision.

"!" Suddenly waking up from the effects of the anesthesia, Mugino found that she still couldn't move her fingers, and she couldn't even activate her ability.

"Don't even think about it, you can't move." Bai Aina wouldn't explain that she was the one who injected the nanomachines into Mugino's body, taking over control of her body and preventing her from even using her abilities. "Don't let my appearance fool you, I've actually practiced medicine before. I used to help deliver babies for a mother dog at the village entrance, and that was a multiple birth operation."

Upon hearing this, Mugino's face darkened, and she nearly fainted from anger. However, Bai Ai Na didn't intend to say anything more to her. She directly delivered a chop to the neck, using kinetic energy to forcibly knock her unconscious.

"Don't complain to me, there's nothing we can do about it." After stitching up Mugino's wound, Bai Ai Na put away the portable hard drive. She also cleaned up all the disposable surgical instruments to avoid leaving them in the bar and causing trouble.

Of course, Mugino couldn't stay here either. Knowing his temperament, if he woke up here, he'd definitely take his anger out on the bar staff. Bai Aina carried him out of the bar's backstage area and found patrol officers on the street.

Claiming to be just a passerby who found a drunk female college student, Bai Ai Na handed Mugino over to a kind patrolman and then left.

It was already dawn, and Bai Aina, who had worked all night, felt extremely tired. She took the tram directly to the Tenth School District.

While enjoying the scenery on the tram, Baina ate the udon noodles she had bought earlier, gazing at the growing crowds outside the window, and let out a cheerful hum.

The 10th School District is known throughout Academy City for its cheapest land and worst crime rate. Because of the low land prices, it is filled with facilities that other school districts avoid. It is a school district full of nuclear energy, bacteriological research facilities, and experimental animal incineration plants. The only cemetery and juvenile detention center in Academy City are located in this school district.

As a result, there weren't many people around. After climbing up to the roof of a building through the pipes, Bai Aina found a shady spot, put on an eye mask, and went to sleep.

Although she didn't set an alarm on her phone, Baina's own biological clock made her wake up automatically after she had slept enough.

Gazing at the setting sun, which had enveloped the night sky, Bai Aina turned on her Walkman and took out a can of barley tea and fried bread from her backpack. She started eating; the latter, being plastic-packaged food and cold, was only good for filling her stomach.

Even though it was nighttime, Baina was listening to "The Sun Will Rise As Usual" while eating fried noodles and bread, creating a very subtle feeling.

After finishing her meal, Baina did not turn off the music. Instead, she climbed down the pipe and met a girl who was slightly shorter than her walking towards her from the other side.

"We've been spotted? This is terrible." The person appearing in the alley had short chestnut hair, wore a brown short-sleeved jacket, and had a hood up. "I told you it wouldn't be that easy. It's not that simple to get close."

"Kinuhata Saiai?" Bai Aina remembered this girl with a distinctive way of speaking. The girl's superpower was to cover her entire body with "nitrogen armor" condensed to a few centimeters in size, which could automatically block almost all attacks. Even if she was hit directly by a weapon of sniper rifle level, she would be fine. If it was an impact of rifle level, she could provide all-round defense from 360 degrees.

If used as an offensive tactic, she could lift a car with one hand. Kinuhata loves manipulating compressed nitrogen blocks to not only lift vehicles but also flick rifle bullets and shells with her bare hands. Unfortunately, the range of effect is quite narrow, with a few centimeters from the palm of her hand being the limit, which is why it looks like she is "lifting with her hand" at first glance.

"Oh dear, she actually called out my name. She really came prepared." Kinuhata wasn't too surprised. After all, the fact that she was able to drug Mugino meant that she had investigated the members of Item.

"I wouldn't say I came prepared, since Item's information isn't particularly hard to find," Baina said casually, manipulating the nanomachines within her body to prepare for battle. "But you're the only one who came; isn't Flanda here?"

“Of course not. My main close-combat force is only Supergi.” Kinuhata took her hands out of her pockets, assuming a fighting stance to wary of Aina. “I didn’t originally intend for such a fair fight…”

Chapter Fourteen: Item - Life or Death for All... Just kidding!

"!" Propelled by the nitrogen-filled armor, Kinuhata raised her small pink fist and slammed it directly at Bai Aina. Although it looked like a small fist, not even as big as a hammer, the kinetic energy contained within it was no less than that of bullets fired by Barrett sniper rifles.

"That was too crude." Bai Aina didn't even bother to use her repulsive field or nanomechanicals. With a quick shift of her body, she grabbed Kinuhata's wrist. Using the force of Kinuhata's forward lean, she pressed her directly into the ground.

The main source of power for this move is not from Beaina, but from the force generated by the banner itself as it moves forward, using the banner's momentum to throw her to the ground.

To put it more simply, Beaina merely knocked her down. The one fighting Kinuhata will not be herself, but... herself.

She immediately flipped herself up from the ground, shook her head, and recalled the experience with a sense of disbelief. Her opponent hadn't used superpowers, just simple fighting techniques.

"This is really tricky. Can you really do this with just fighting skills?" Kinuhata stopped rushing forward and instead observed Bai Ai Na from a certain distance.

“If it’s just pure martial arts, perhaps that won’t work. There are things in this world you don’t know about, and some of them can be categorized as martial arts.” Bai Aina waved her hand. Without the amplification of nanomechanical devices, even tearing through the opponent’s nitrogen armor wouldn’t be an easy task. “By the way, you can…”

While the other party was speaking, she charged forward. This time, Kinuhata did not choose to use her fist, but instead slid in and kicked Bai Ai Na's ankle.

With one hand bracing against the wall, she easily dodged the attack by kicking it with her foot. Bai Aina watched the silk banner, which was about to strike again, with a sense of helplessness.

Well… Bai Ai Na doesn’t dislike the other person; on the contrary, she really likes this reliable and determined girl, much more so than Mugino Shizuri. It’s not that she can’t fight now, it’s just… there’s no point.

"Then let's fight." An orange-yellow repulsive force field was pushed out, and amidst the surging light, a large orange hand directly grabbed the silk flag.

"Absolutely extraordinary!" Kinuhata's eyes widened in disbelief, genuinely envious of such a fashionable and cool ability. Of course, envy aside, she dared not let the other person grab her now and immediately tried to back away.

"Do you think you can leave so easily?" Bai Aina raised her free hands, and two orange-yellow chains immediately shot out, bending and wrapping directly towards the silk banner.

The retreating banner attempted to change direction, but the chains manipulated by Baina were incredibly agile, wrapping around her ankles before she could retreat. Although it failed to penetrate the nitrogen armor's defenses, it successfully entangled her.

Oh no! This is really bad...! Kinuhata immediately pushed off the ground, trying to back away and break free of the chains binding her. But the chains formed from the repulsive force field wrapped around her like living things, binding her hands tightly as well.

"Give it to me, hang it!" Bai Aina grabbed the chains formed by the repulsive force field with one hand and hoisted the silk banner, which was trying to break free of the chains, directly up. "Speaking of which, you're wearing shorts today... What a pity, I wanted to see a skirt."

"Your taste is truly appalling." Trying to break free of the force field chains, Kinuhata only felt the orange chains tighten around her. The layers upon layers of chains left her with no strength to move, and she could only obediently hang there.

"1, 2, 3!" Bai Aina didn't respond to Kinuhata's words, but instead pushed to the side with one hand. A beam of green energy shot directly at them. The repulsive force field that then rose up firmly blocked the beam, and ripples appeared on the orange-yellow light.

"They even launched a sneak attack? I'm really showing off." Bai Aina glanced at the silk banner hanging to the side with interest and asked curiously, "This shouldn't be an order from the Council, right? So, you Items chose to fight to the death to save face for her? Sounds pretty good..."

"Shut up." Mugino's expression was clearly not good. She hadn't expected Bai Ai Na to take down Kinuhata so quickly. The initial reason she chose Mugino, an offensive specialist, to lead the attack was out of concern that the enemy might use dirty tricks like poison gas, but she hadn't expected...

"Use your full strength, otherwise you won't be able to shake this force field wall." Bai Aina's advice was honest. The defense formed by the repulsive force field had grown stronger along with her; now it could be shaped at will, and even generate ripples through vibration to offset damage.

"You really dare to say that!" Already short-tempered, and having been ambushed earlier, now the person directly responsible was spewing insults at her. Several emerald green orbs appeared beside Mugino, followed by beams of green light that blasted outwards.

"Well done." Bai Aina pushed the silk banner to the top of the balcony with one hand. Then she released small force fields that directly blocked the scattering of atomic collapse. "Come on, it's time for the performance."

Instead of rushing forward, Bai Aina, who was standing still, snapped her fingers. Immediately afterward, long stakes that appeared from the repulsive force field burst out of the ground, and rows of sharp spikes shot directly towards Mugino Shizuri, who was several meters away.

"Don't think that I can't handle this kind of dense attack!" Mugino took out a metal plate with holes from under her skirt and threw it into the air, then raised her hand and fired a huge green beam of light to bombard it.

The originally focused beam of light split into a large number of green beams when it hit the perforated metal plate, directly shattering all the force field stakes formed by the rows of repulsive force fields.

"Oh? A diffusion-type support semiconductor? You really think highly of me. So... did you bring a bulk crystal?" Bai Aina let out a pleasant hum, creating several smooth repulsive force fields that floated in the air before pushing them forward.

The supersonic projectile slashed directly at Mugino's waist, forcing her to jump away to avoid being cut in half by the attack.

“I’m different from you; I’m in control.” Bai Aina shook her head, even though she was currently only fighting with a repulsive force field. Because her defenses couldn’t be broken, she would be in control of the battle from now on.

"Hmph, that's not necessarily true." Mugino raised her head and sneered, her tone nonchalant and mocking. "I'm not the only one here... but the entire Item team!"

Chapter Fifteen: Just Asking About the Time

Of course I know that Item is not just one person. In this situation, there is only one person who can still be used as combat power, and that person's means are definitely limited. Naturally, Bai Aina cannot be without precautions.

A repulsive force field suddenly rose from beneath her feet, propelling Bai Aina upwards. The next moment, a blinding fog spread out. Mugino grabbed a mask, put it on, and quickly retreated. Green orbs of light appeared around her, shooting towards the enemies in mid-air.

Without consciously controlling the intensity, the repulsive force field beneath her feet was torn apart by a dozen green beams of light, and Bai Aina stepped directly onto the shards, propelling herself towards Mugino. At a speed exceeding the capabilities of human dynamic vision, she instantly closed in on her opponent.

"Get out of my way!" Mugino's expression changed instantly, and a dazzling green light burst forth from her body. Immediately afterward, the surrounding buildings were severed in half by this attack. She attempted to use this move to force back the approaching Bai Ai Na.

"Not bad, you should step back a little too." Bai Aina immediately steadied herself, and an extremely dense repulsive force field was generated again. She stood firmly against the exaggerated green beam of light, which was as thick as a bucket, and pushed out again.

This intensity of atomic disintegration rays would also have extremely adverse effects on Mugino herself; if it happened several times, she would not be able to withstand it and would disintegrate. Moreover, now that she had been pushed back like this, she immediately stopped firing.

Seeing that the repulsive force field was actually advancing against the rays of atomic collapse, Mugino's expression changed immediately. He had no choice but to cross his arms to protect himself before being heavily pushed away.

Mugino, who was pushed away, rolled several times. During this time, Bai Na used her Observation Haki to locate Frenda and used chains formed from a repulsive force field to bind her up, then threw her to keep Kinuhata company.

"It seems like this is about it." This fight was really uninspiring. Looking at Mugino, who had barely managed to get up, Bai Aina thought that the other's physique was quite good. That repulsive force field push just now, although she had controlled the power, being hit by it was equivalent to being head-on hit by someone riding a bicycle.

"Stop looking down on me..." As someone who debuted in the Anbu and has always had a smooth career, when has Mugino Shizuri ever suffered such a loss? Moreover, she is the extremely arrogant type, and she was even more furious in this situation.

"This isn't meant to be disrespectful, it's just normal." As she said this, repulsive force fields formed, creating a giant cube around Bai Aina. The orange-yellow cube pushed outwards at an astonishing speed. Upon seeing this, Mugino's expression changed drastically, and without a word, she turned and ran away.

"It's over." With a single palm strike, she knocked Mugino unconscious. Looking at the quarter of the mission already completed, Bai Ai Na found it rather boring.

Perhaps I should find something more challenging? With this thought in mind, Bai Aina focused her attention on Kakine Teitoku and Misaka Mikoto. Shokuhou Misaki was easy to deal with, but far too easy.

Come to think of it, I haven't investigated where the current timeline is... After thinking for a moment, Baina went to the ruins of a nearby building and dug out Frenda and Kinuhata, who had been buried. Although the two were slightly injured, they were not seriously hurt.

"Alright, be a good girl." Baina patted Flanda's face. This girl was more lenient, so she decided to start with her.

"Meow... Meow!" Frenda immediately cried out in alarm, and when she noticed Mugino lying unconscious to the side, her anxiety reached an extreme.

“Don’t be nervous, I just want to ask a question.” Baina pulled Frenda’s mouth open, tugged at her tongue, and patted her cheek. “Calm down a bit, this won’t be seen as betrayal.”

Frenda nodded obediently, looking completely cooperative. Kinuhata opened her mouth, glanced at the unconscious Mugino, but ultimately said nothing, as if to say, "I didn't see anything."

"Hmm, what's the date today?" Bai Aina remembered that the story of the first volume of A Certain Magical Index began on July 20th, and the Absolute Ability incident didn't start until August 21st. She planned to intervene in the main story at that time.

However, there is a terrifying aspect to the timeline of A Certain Magical Index: from the first Old Testament to the eighteenth New Testament, less than half a year has passed in the entire world... In just half a year, all sorts of horrific events have occurred, and the world has been destroyed countless times as a result.

Just thinking about it is agonizing. Baina has no intention of staying in such a world, as it might destroy the world one day.