The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

At this moment, Shirai Kuroko, who finally remembered the morning's match, broke out in a cold sweat, her tongue twitching, and hurriedly explained:

"Sister, dear sister... I'm so sorry... but... please... please let me explain..."

When Misaka Mikoto entered, the first thing she saw was her younger sister leaning against the hospital bed, followed by Shirai Kuroko, who was frantically explaining herself. She also noticed the bandages wrapped around Shirai Kuroko's arms and legs.

Seeing the panicked Shirai Kuroko, Misaka Mikoto, with a grim face, quickly walked up to her...

He pulled her into his arms!

"Idiot Kuroko! What are you apologizing for! How could I possibly blame that cute junior who was a little mischievous and a little weird, but who risked her life for me!"

"Huh??"

Shirai Kuroko and Misaka Mikoto are clearly on two different timelines; happiness came too suddenly, leaving her unsure how to react.

Inoue Hideka entered after Misaka Mikoto, leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed, a contented smile playing on her lips.

After hearing the whole story from Last Order, Inoue Hideka called Misaka Mikoto and told her what had happened.

Then, based on the information Last Order obtained from the Misaka Network, they went to the hospital to visit the injured younger sister and Shirai Kuroko.

Of course, Inoue Hideka's purpose was not just to visit the two; he also had some questions to ask the parties involved in the incident.

Inoue Hideka does not intend to let those who dare to make advances toward his sister get away with it.

"Mikoto, Shirai's injuries seem quite serious. I think you should take her to the hospital. No one else could possibly handle Shirai, right?"

"Eh?"

Just as she was comfortably enjoying Misaka Mikoto's embrace, Shirai Kuroko's face immediately fell when she heard the news that she was being asked to be hospitalized.

"Hospitalization... I don't feel it's necessary..."

"Let's go, Kuroko!"

Misaka Mikoto interrupted Shirai Kuroko and forcefully pulled her past Inoue Eika.

It seemed that Misaka Mikoto had 'accidentally' touched the wound, and Shirai Kuroko was screaming in pain as Misaka Mikoto dragged her outside.

Only Inoue Hideka, leaning against the door frame, and the expressionless girl in goggles on the hospital bed remained in the room.

"Um...you're 10086, right? I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but as the person involved, what you said is very important to me, so..."

“Misaka’s current name is Misaka Hakukoto. Misaka hopes that Mr. Inoue will address her as Misaka.” Misaka interrupted Mr. Inoue, making this request.

"Uh... really? I'm sorry, Shirakoto... Shirakoto?"

Inoue Hideka realized the peculiarity of these two words, and his expression suddenly became somewhat strange.

Could it be Shirai and Mikoto?

He touched his head suspiciously, and only after confirming that he wasn't wearing a hat of a certain color did Inoue Hideka breathe a sigh of relief.

"Cough cough..."

After coughing awkwardly twice, Inoue Eika put aside her strange thoughts and looked at Misaka Hakuko seriously.

"Getting back to the point, Bai, Bai Qin, you escaped from the Tenth School District, right? So, do you remember the route you took to get to the battleground after you escaped?"

"Hmm... I vaguely remember some things. Go forward about 50 meters, then turn left into a dark alley, come out of the alley and go right for 300 meters, then go straight at the crossroads, um... about 200 meters, then turn into a small alley. That's basically it. Do," Misaka tried hard to recall the situation and gave an answer.

Beep beep, beep beep,

As Misaka Hakukoto spoke, Inoue Hideka's fingers flew across her phone, noting down the route Misaka Hakukoto had described.

"Okay, thank you. Next question, could you confirm the number of researchers?"

“No, Misaka’s mind wasn’t clear at the time, so I can’t confirm it. Do.” Misaka felt her own incompetence again and apologized to Mr. Inoue.

"It's okay, you don't have to force yourself. It's alright even if you can't remember. Um... anyway, I'll keep asking..."

……

Ten minutes later, Inoue Hideka said goodbye to Misaka Mikoto and asked her to tell Saten Ruiko that she wouldn't be going home for lunch. Then she walked out of the hospital alone and took a bus to the Second School District.

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'Group' headquarters.

Sitting in the department head's office, Inoue Hideka looked at his assistant and said seriously:

"Immediately mobilize all manpower and resources to investigate the incident that occurred this morning in the 10th school district! The cause, process, and result, including the instigator, participants, their identities and backgrounds, and their current whereabouts! Find out as quickly as possible!"

"Yes!"

Yuki Toshikawa, with a solemn expression, respectfully and crisply agreed, straightened his back, and quickly walked out.

Although he hadn't seen him many times, this was the first time Yuuki Toshikawa had ever witnessed the minister, whose identity was still unclear, acting so ruthlessly.

His heart skipped a beat. This was the first order issued by the minister since taking office, and he couldn't afford to be careless.

After Yuki Toshikawa left, Inoue Hideka took out her phone and called the "New Moon" quartet, telling them to come over immediately.

Regardless of the opponent's strength, it's always good to call in more reliable combat forces.

Moreover, they were Inoue Hideka's first real subordinates, so there was no burden in using them.

Although they were subdued thanks to Misaki Shokuhou, it was still themselves who gave them money, right?

Of course, Inoue Hideka never imagined that the money he used to pay 'New Moon' belonged to Academy City, and strictly speaking, it wasn't his.

Let's set aside this ambiguous matter.

In the following time, Inoue Hideka turned on her computer, waiting for the results while checking the information on it, her phone beeping incessantly as she recorded a large number of potentially useful phone numbers.

Chapter 278 Off flirting with other women again?

The entire 'group' made elaborate preparations, even deploying the 'New Moon' four-person team. However, after rushing to the eleventh school district where the criminals were hiding, they apprehended the entire gang in less than ten minutes.

The other party was just a group of desperate researchers who had put together a makeshift team due to huge debts, hoping to become famous overnight through inhumane experiments and then become winners in life.

Unfortunately, it was wiped out before it could achieve a major breakthrough.

Inoue Hideka was also quite embarrassed by this.

Faced with the resentful looks from the four-person group and the incessant complaints from the talkative red-haired loli Okita Mai, Inoue Hideka decided to treat them to a meal as compensation.

Accompanying him were Yuki Toshikawa, a representative of the grassroots organization, and an intelligence agent who happened to be present at the time, staring at Inoue Hideka with expectant eyes.

Inoue Hideka had seen her file; she was an extremely capable intelligence operative with exceptionally keen insight, a mastery of various common coded messages, and a formidable hacker.

His name is Qiushan Yan. He is said to be the intelligence expert of the "group" and is firmly in charge of intelligence gathering, analysis and summarization.

Once she gets into work mode, she becomes unusually calm and speaks much less than usual, but every word she utters in that state carries absolute authority over the rest of the 'group'.

Motivated by taking this opportunity to build rapport with his subordinates, Inoue Hideka treated them to a big meal, then they sang karaoke for two hours, and afterwards went shopping at a mall.

So, incidentally, I simply skipped the afternoon's match.

However, even so, Inoue Hideka was confident that she could surpass Misaka Mikoto based on the morning's matches alone.

Team competitions award the school significantly more points than individual competitions; therefore, Tokiwadai School primarily focuses on team competitions.

In other words, Misaka Mikoto didn't have many individual matches.

Therefore, Inoue Hideka felt no pressure and had no worries about losing the punishment game.

As for the homeroom teacher, Shinjuku Rikai... Inoue Eika felt that she had already contributed far more than the others in the class, so she shouldn't be troubled by such a small matter, right?

It was evening.

After parting ways with the satisfied members of the 'group', Inoue Hideka pushed open the door to her own home.

The moment he stepped inside, he headed straight for the kitchen, as always, to make himself a cup of black tea.

Saten Ruiko had returned to the kitchen, and Uiharu Kazari was also there; the two were preparing dinner.

no no!

That's not the point!

Inoue Hideka's attention was now focused on the blonde girl he caught a glimpse of out of the corner of his eye...

Why is she sitting on the sofa in her living room, swinging her beautiful legs, leisurely... watching TV?

at this time,

"Ah! It's you! So what the hell is someone like you doing here?!"

The blonde girl, who was in a good mood, also noticed Inoue Eika. After pausing for a second, she pointed at Inoue Eika in surprise and shouted in a shrill voice.

"Hey! This is my home! I also want to ask how the swindler who extorted 20 yuan from me dares to show up here so brazenly!"

"What! Extortion? Scammers? Hmph! In that case, I can't pretend I didn't hear that!"

Upon hearing Inoue Hideka's words, the blonde girl instantly bristled, huffing and puffing as she stood up from the sofa. She casually reached under her skirt and pulled out—

A doll that's not cute at all!

"Eeeeeeeee!!!"

Inoue Hideka was shocked and said in a panic:

"W-What are you doing! That thing...it's not some kind of hidden weapon, is it? I-I'm warning you! This is my house, don't you dare mess around here!"

"Um... Yinghua, Frenda, do you know each other?"

Saten Ruiko leaned against the kitchen door, bending over and peeking out, asking the two people in the living room, who were on the verge of a fight, with a puzzled look.

"Hmm... I guess so. By the way, Ruiko, how did you meet her?"

After calming down, Inoue Hideka also realized the problem.

According to the original story, Saten Ruiko and Frenda should have met unexpectedly in October when they were fighting over a can of mackerel that had sold out in supermarkets due to a TV special.

Why do we know each other now?

Or did you accidentally flap your wings again, causing a butterfly effect?

"Ah... because Frenda wanted to eat canned mackerel, but she couldn't find it in many supermarkets. She saw that I had canned mackerel in my shopping bag, so after all sorts of negotiations, I decided to share some with her for dinner."

Saten Ruiko's expression was not pleasant as she spoke.

Thinking back to how Frenda had directly tried to snatch canned food, demanded ten times the price, and then offered disgusting stuff like dolls and toy missiles in exchange, Saten Ruiko wondered if Frenda had some mental issues.

"Oh, I see... Come to think of it, canned mackerel isn't that popular, is it? How come it's hard to find?"