The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

Although she had completely lost her usual elegance, Shirai Kuroko at this moment exuded a seriousness, confidence, and unparalleled composure that was different from her usual abnormal behavior!

"If I told you I could see where you are right now... would you believe me?"

With her eyes casually looking straight ahead, Shirai Kuroko spoke in a deliberately mysterious tone.

"Hmm... Hmph!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in the young man's eyes, followed by a disdainful sneer as he said:

"If you can see me, come and attack me! Hmph! You're just a clown putting on an act!"

As the two spoke, the wind blew continuously through the alley, occasionally stopping only to resume its flow in less than a second.

At that moment, a glint of light flashed in Shirai Kuroko's eyes!

Because she saw it!

She finally saw him: a brown-haired boy leaning against the wall behind the girl with goggles, arms crossed, leisurely watching Shirai Kuroko.

The calm young man's expression changed drastically the moment he received Shirai Kuroko's gaze!

However, just as the boy realized that he had really been exposed, before he could make any move, he suddenly felt someone pat his shoulder.

Then, the world spun around, and his body flew up five or six meters into the air before crashing heavily to the ground with a loud thud.

"Wow!"

The boy, lying on the ground, screamed miserably. The defeat had come too suddenly, and the intense psychological gap was too much for him to handle. After grimacing and howling in pain, he roared at Shirai Kuroko in resentment:

"Why! You shouldn't have discovered me! There was clearly something inside you..."

Upon hearing this, the boy's resentful expression suddenly turned into a blank stare.

No, I could just sense negative ions in Shirai Kuroko's body, but they're gone now!

"Heh! As someone who can manipulate negative ions, you must know... The better the environment, the higher the concentration of negative ions. In a place like this godforsaken 10th School District, how many negative ions could there be in such a small alley?"

"Ha ha……"

The brown-haired boy sitting on the ground suddenly laughed when he heard Shirai Kuroko's words. His gloomy laughter continued to echo in the alley.

"Hehe, hehe... I see! Using spatial abilities to remove the air containing the negative ions I controlled was only the first step. The second step is to consume the negative ions I controlled within your body?"

"Continue using your spatial abilities to remove the stagnant air," Shirai Kuroko said calmly.

"That's right! Negative ions are charged, and the principle behind their stimulation of the human body is that they replenish the electrons in cells or blood cells with their own electricity. So, negative ions that have lost electrons can no longer have an effect, right?"

"Hehe! Yes!"

The brown-haired boy let out another sinister laugh, seemingly unconcerned about his situation, and continued Shirai Kuroko's words:

"Every time a reaction occurs, whether it's auditory, visual, or otherwise, it consumes one negative ion. Without replenishing negative ions, you'll eventually break free from my control! Haha, simple principle..."

The boy chuckled self-deprecatingly and looked up at the sky.

"But, you spatial ability user... do you really think I won't notice?!"

Shouting wildly, the boy suddenly took out a rubber-colored, somewhat transparent sphere from his pocket, and with a sudden burst of force, crushed it instantly!

Chapter 274 Misaka's Outburst!

The girl in the goggles was seriously injured, so seriously that she could only watch as Shirai Kuroko was tormented by unseen attacks time and time again.

After learning yesterday that Misaka Dori had the opportunity to experience the Daihasei Festival, she couldn't contain her curiosity and longing.

Although they share memories, she also knows that many things cannot be truly appreciated without experiencing them firsthand.

Just like the happiness she feels when she cooks a delicious and visually appealing dish herself, she still doesn't know what that feeling is like.

Therefore, she ran out of the facility early this morning and wandered around the streets excitedly, hoping to see Misaka Mikoto, who might be chosen to replace her in the competition.

However, when she saw Misaka Mikoto and Misaka Mirei together, she, like Misaka Dori, did not go over to talk to them.

Instead, she hid herself, not intending to let Misaka Mirei see her.

However, while crouching and hiding in the dark alley, he suddenly felt a dull pain at the back of his head and then lost consciousness.

When I woke up, I felt strange pain all over my body, and my vision was blurry so I couldn't see the scene in front of me.

I could only vaguely hear people talking around me.

It was intermittent and hard to hear clearly.

But generally, she could guess what had happened to her based on the conversation.

She was captured and used for experiments; the project appears to be an experiment to induce drug-induced power.

She was injected with a drug that would produce two possible outcomes whenever she used her ability again.

There is a 0.05% chance of evolving into a superhuman, and a 99.95% chance of dying.

She intended to report the incident online, but lost consciousness again before she could do so.

When he woke up, the researchers he had vaguely seen before were gone, replaced by fully armed guards pointing guns at him.

Her first reaction was to run away.

And indeed, he escaped as he had hoped. The guards followed closely behind, pressing him every now and then, and sometimes even firing shots as a threat.

But the girl with goggles knew that their goal was likely to get her to use her abilities.

However, she also knew that these people would not let her escape from their control. Perhaps the person who had silently approached and knocked her unconscious was right next to her.

Upon escaping, she immediately requested help from Misaka Networks, but it was Shirai Kuroko who arrived instead.

Shirai Kuroko's arrival did give her a temporary sense of relief, but thinking of the enemy who had knocked her unconscious earlier, she couldn't wait to remind Shirai Kuroko.

However, it was too late.

Faced with the enemy, Shirai Kuroko was completely unable to fight back.

She urged Shirai Kuroko to abandon her and run away alone, but Shirai Kuroko ignored her.

The figure that stubbornly and tenaciously protected himself even when he was covered in wounds gradually overlapped with a short-haired boy who only existed in his memory.

All the Misaka Sisters before 10032 had gone through the experiment, and they all knew what it felt like to be protected by that boy, and how moving it was.

But the girl with goggles didn't know that it was something that only existed in her memory, something that appeared in her mind in the form of data.

This was the first time she had ever felt something called being touched.

That girl was protecting herself.

For some reason, thinking about this gives me the same feeling as when I eat honey.

But every time the girl was knocked away, she felt genuinely sad.

Seeing the girl finally turn the tables, she was overjoyed, but then she suddenly felt that the figure who, though disheveled, was smiling confidently, was incredibly cool, as if his whole body was shining with dazzling light.

In that instant, she understood the meaning of the word 'worship'.

However, her joy lasted less than three seconds before she was sent flying again.

The balloon that the boastful brown-haired boy crushed seemed to contain the negative ions needed to activate his abilities.

From their conversation, the girl with goggles could roughly understand that negative ions were key to activating the boy's ability.

By eliminating negative ions in the air, the boy can be trapped.

Normally, something like negative ions would be easily eliminated by the girl with goggles.

Since negative ions are ions carrying one or more negative charges, it is not difficult to eliminate them if the electronic balance within them is disrupted.

With just one burst of current, she can completely eliminate all negative ions in the area reached by the current.

However, if she uses her power now, she will die!

She doesn't want to die.

She had only just begun to experience what it meant to be moved, to feel sweetness, and to be adored.

She didn't want to die here.

But she didn't want to see the girl who had already given her all for her sake get hurt again.

The most important point is not only her opinion, but also the opinion of all the Misaka Sisters.

They don't want to be forever just someone who is being protected!

sizzle ...

Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack -

As the above thoughts flashed through the goggles-wearing girl's mind, bursts of intense blue electricity instantly erupted in the air!

A blue electric current, like an overwhelming force, swept through the entire alley, instantly enveloping everyone, including Shirai Kuroko!

The current lasted for about ten seconds before gradually subsiding.

The girl in goggles collapsed to the ground with a thud after the bright light passed.

Is he dead? Is he alive? No one knows.

A few minutes later, among those who were anesthetized by the electric current, Shirai Kuroko was the first to react.

While the other strong men were still paralyzed, the delicate little girl, Shirai Kuroko, was the first to break free from the electric current's effects. (Do I need to explain why?)

The electric shock wasn't very strong; it didn't seem to reach the level of Misaka Mikoto's strongest attack. Otherwise, everyone's bodies would be more than just paralyzed.

Shirai Kuroko moved her still somewhat numb hands and feet slightly. Now, the negative ions in her body, as well as in the air, had been completely eliminated by the electric shock from the girl with goggles.

For the time being, there is no need to worry about being controlled by the brown-haired boy again.

Calming herself as quickly as possible and focusing her mind, which was somewhat unstable due to the pain, Shirai Kuroko activated her ability and teleported in front of the girl with goggles.

This time, she planned to retreat with the girl first.

After all, they didn't know what other tricks the brown-haired boy had up his sleeve, and given their current physical condition, Shirai Kuroko couldn't afford to delay any longer.

Even though she was a disciplinary committee member and had the awareness to bring criminals to justice, she could only make this unwilling decision with no other choice.

but……

"Fire... give it to me... fire!"

The brown-haired boy, whose body had not yet recovered, twitched his lips a few times and uttered indistinct words as he realized that Shirai Kuroko could move.