The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

Is someone in class?

Didn't you notice your phone ringing?

Do not……

It shouldn't be that bad...

Given how clueless that queen is about mechanics, it's questionable whether she even knows how to adjust the vibration to mute.

Not to mention that her personality would make her care about trivial matters like classroom discipline.

Inoue Hideka looked at her phone, instinctively feeling that something was wrong. She couldn't get through to Shokuhou Misaki on the phone. Could it be that she had run into some trouble?

With that in mind, Inoue Hideka simply boarded a bus bound for the Second School District and arrived at the Talent Workshop.

As soon as Inoue Hideka stepped into the workshop, she heard a burst of maniacal laughter.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! We're almost there!"

The voice was a somewhat rough female voice.

The atmosphere inside the workshop was somewhat different from when Inoue Hideka had visited before.

The huge talent house was completely silent except for the laughter, and there wasn't a single living person in sight.

Sensing something was amiss, Inoue Hideka followed the sound to its source.

What appeared before my eyes was a huge glass column.

The glass column was filled with a transparent liquid, and immersed in the liquid was a giant human brain magnified many times over.

Exterior brain.

This is a giant brain—an external brain—cultivated by extracting the cerebral cortex of Misaki Shokuhou!

In front of the giant machine connected to the external brain, stood a tall, white-haired woman!

The woman laughed maniacally, as if she were insane, uttering nonsensical words from her wide-open mouth.

"Haha! You'd better die a humiliating and ugly death! Haha! A refined young lady, driven to self-harm by her own uncontrollable madness, is the perfect match for you! And Railgun, that brat, the disciplinary committee member, once I take over the external brain, you'll all die!"

Inoue Hideka, who was peeking from the corner, looked at the woman in front of him in surprise.

This person was the strange woman that I had mentioned to Misaki Shokuhou a few days ago.

But what she said...

Could it really be true?

Inoue Hideka didn't have time to pay attention to the crazed woman and quickly ran to the second floor where she had met with Shokuhou Misaki before.

boom!

Running to the door, Inoue Hideka rudely opened it.

There was no one there.

But the door was open.

Misaki Shokuhou must have been here before, or perhaps she went somewhere else.

Thinking this, Inoue Eika started running again, opening door after door, but...

There was no one there. The entire building was as empty as a ghost town, with only the maniacal laughter echoing throughout.

Inoue Hideka hadn't given up yet, and searched each floor in turn, except for the lobby where the white-haired woman was.

Before searching all the rooms, Inoue Hideka did not intend to directly confront the white-haired woman.

We don't know what other tricks she has up her sleeve, so charging in directly is not a wise choice.

The fifth floor, the moment I stepped out of the elevator and entered the floor.

Inoue Hideka heard some chaotic noises coming from inside and outside a tightly closed door.

someone!

Rushing over anxiously, Inoue Hideka gripped the doorknob but didn't open it.

Unlike the rooms we had looked at before, the door was locked from the inside.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

Inoue Hideka frantically pounded on the door, shouting:

"Open the door! Open the door!"

squeak~

The door opened, and there stood someone Inoue Hideka knew quite well.

A white lab coat casually draped over his body, slightly curly blue hair, and eerily dead fish eyes—that's Fubuki Toshinobu!

A top student at Nagato University, a genius girl who has shown promise in the fields of biology and psychiatry since childhood.

"Come in. But don't be scared..."

Despite having many questions to ask, Inoue Hideka, who was listening to the nonsensical words, went into the room first.

This is a very large room, with rows of computers scattered throughout.

Dozens of researchers in white lab coats were sitting in front of computers, their hands flying across the keyboards.

Inoue Hideka also saw another acquaintance besides Fubuki Toshinobu, Kiyama Haruo.

And the man who followed Misaki Shokuhou during the Daihasei Festival in the original work.

Everyone was dressed in white lab coats; not a single person was wearing casual clothes, school uniforms, or other uniforms.

In other words, all of these people are researchers.

Students from Tokiwadai, such as those from Misaki Shokuhou's faction who appeared in the original work, are not present here.

What surprised Inoue Hideka the most was that the blonde girl, whose hair was a mess and who was completely unlike her usual smooth hair, was still struggling violently with her hands handcuffed to two computer desks with iron rings and a white cloth stuffed in her mouth.

Her eyes held a look of increasing madness, seemingly fueled by an inability to vent her frustrations. Her wrists were red from being constricted by the iron rings, yet she seemed completely unconcerned, continuing to twist her arms wildly as if trying to break free.

Beneath the messy blonde hair, there were scratch marks on her once fair cheeks, and on her soft, white arms, several wounds were slowly oozing red blood.

Judging from the mark, it seems to be a wound left by some kind of animal bite.

"What...did you do to her?!"

Inoue Hidekazu's eyes blazed with fury as he shouted at the people present in a low voice.

Unforgivable!

The elegant and graceful Queen of Tokiwadai, who was always so poised and graceful, has been made to look so disheveled!

Absolutely! Absolutely unforgivable!!

Those present were probably all members of the Shokuhou faction, yet they dared to treat their queen like this.

A raging rage filled the air, and Inoue Hideka's eyes quickly became bloodshot and turned bright red with anger. Blood vessels bulged on his retinas, crisscrossing menacingly as if they were about to burst out of his eyeballs.

If one didn't have a fairly good understanding of the personalities of Toshinobu Fubuki and Harumi Kiyama, it's unlikely they would have done something so absurd.

At this moment, Inoue Hideka had already used the magnetic gloves to ravage everyone present.

Kill all those who betrayed Misaki Shokuhou and saw her indecent side!

His remaining rationality stopped Inoue Hideka from having this crazy idea.

With a gloomy face, Inoue Hideka tried hard to suppress the anger in her heart, waiting for a reasonable explanation.

Chapter 199 A Frenzied Revenge!

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boom!

"Well……"

Inoue Hideka felt a sharp kick to her lower abdomen and glared angrily at Fubuki Toshinobu, who was pulling his leg back.

"We must maintain basic respect for our seniors!"

With his wide, dead-fish eyes, Fubuki Toshinobu reprimanded Inoue Hideka in the manner of an elder, and then continued:

"The external brain has been infected with a virus, and it has directly affected 'Mental Control.' The system is currently analyzing the composition of the virus and its effects, as well as the method to decipher it."

After glancing sideways at Inoue Hidekazu, and noticing that he seemed to have quieted down a bit, Fubuki Toshinobu continued:

"No, apart from the researchers, to avoid that person seizing the outer shell and controlling you, I advise you to evacuate as soon as possible."

"No, I want to stay here!"

After listening to Fubuki Toshinobu's words, Inoue Eika roughly understood what had happened.

However, there was only one thing he cared about.

Misaki Shokuhou has been infected with the virus. She must be feeling terrible and humiliated right now.

Inoue Hideka felt that he couldn't leave at this time; he had to stay here and keep this lonely girl company.

Be with this girl, the only one who truly understands me.

Slowly walking up to Misaki Shokuhou, Inoue Hideka squatted down and looked tenderly at the frantically struggling Misaki Shokuhou.

"You're useless here, I don't understand your behavior."

"Even so, I will stay here. I will stay with her and go through this painful time together. Also, don't worry, the external brain implant can't control my brain!"

"Got it! Analysis complete!"

Suddenly, Kiyama Harumi spoke loudly beside the computer not far from the door.

"This is a brain-invading virus, transmitted to the brain of its host, Misaki Shokuhou, through an external brain implant. The virus manifests as: mania. The first voluntary action is self-harm against the virus's host. The second voluntary action is indiscriminate attacking any targets in the surrounding area. Furthermore, if the mania cannot be released, then... five minutes! Only five minutes left! After five minutes, her brain will be completely invaded by the virus, and then the virus will... destroy the host's brain! But..."

"Time! How long will it take to eradicate the virus?!"

Inoue Hideka interrupted Kiyama Haruo with a loud shout.

"It'll take at least thirty minutes. If this continues, Shokuhou..."

Give me the key!