The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

Only now, seeing her powerful senior who, apart from being arrogant and not frank, was quite reliable in every other way, Saten Ruiko finally felt at ease.

Misaka Mikoto pushed open the door and entered, her face grim as she looked at Inoue Eika, who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed. She clenched her fists but said nothing.

She basically understood the situation: the council wanted to eliminate Inoue Hideka completely.

Misaka Mikoto couldn't understand why the council was doing this. Why would they suddenly kill this idiot for no reason?

"Misaka-senpai, outside..."

Based on the previous situation, the outside should have been surrounded by drive armor, so how did Misaka Mikoto get in?

Saten Ruiko turned her head and looked out the window in confusion, but found nothing unusual. She turned back to Misaka Mikoto and asked him hesitantly.

"Ah... I've already taken care of those big guys, so they shouldn't pose much of a threat for the time being."

Misaka Mikoto said unhappily, raising her hand to brush her bangs behind her head, walking forward, sitting on the other side of the hospital bed, and asking Saten Ruiko:

"Speaking of which, has this guy gotten into some trouble again recently? Why is the council suddenly going after him so fiercely?"

"Well……"

Looking down at the pale, unconscious boy on the hospital bed, Saten Ruiko hesitated.

Saten Ruiko was present when Inoue Eika and Shiogishi had their conflict.

Then yesterday, Inoue Eika was targeted. Saten Ruiko would never believe that it had nothing to do with Shiogishi.

The problem is that the root cause of Inoue Eika's conflict with Shiogishi this time was Misaka Mirei, or more accurately, Misaka Mikoto.

Saten Ruiko didn't know whether she should tell Misaka Mikoto about this. If Inoue Eika were awake, she would definitely not let Misaka Mikoto know about it.

After thinking about it for a while, Saten Ruiko decided to tell Misaka Mikoto what was going on.

Because a certain idiot always takes it upon himself to do everything, Saten Ruiko feels that she should stand on the same side as Misaka Mikoto and form a united front to resist Inoue Eika's dictatorship.

"Misaka-senpai, actually, Ms. Mirei visited Academy City before..."

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After that, Saten Ruiko told Misaka Mikoto in detail about the phone argument between Inoue Eika and Shiogishi that happened on October 3, including how Misaka Mirei wanted to take Misaka Mikoto away from Academy City because she was worried about her safety.

Misaka Mikoto never expected that Inoue Eika would be injured again because of her.

With her head bowed in sadness, her eyes filled with a hint of self-reproach and resentment, she reached out and placed her hand on the cheek of the boy on the hospital bed, whose brows were still furrowed even in his sleep, and gently stroked it.

"That idiot..."

Knock knock knock!

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Saten Ruiko, who was sitting on the side closest to the door, got up to open it.

The person knocking on the door was the adjudicator, but he was followed by another person.

Saten Ruiko looked at the arbitrator with a mixture of confusion and wariness. She didn't recognize the girl standing behind the arbitrator, but she seemed to be a student.

The girl had shoulder-length black hair, with her bangs swept back with a headband. She was a mature girl with a rather large bust.

Saten Ruiko didn't understand why the arbitration panel had brought a girl she didn't know.

Inoue Hideka was unconscious, and Saten Ruiko was unusually sensitive. Coupled with her lingering wariness of the arbitration trial, she calmly reached for the electrodes and asked:

"Arbitration officer, who is this?"

"Uh? Actually, I don't know who she is either..." The arbitrator scratched his head awkwardly. "She said she had important information about the council to tell Inoue-kun, um, this student..."

As he spoke, the arbitrator turned around and said to the girl with difficulty, "Inoue-san is currently unconscious. Why don't you go with Saten first..."

"I see."

The girl interrupted the arbitration proceedings, a natural smile spreading across her gloomy face. She stepped forward, extended her right hand to Saten Ruiko, and said:

"My name is Kumokawa Sera, and I attend a certain high school. Your name is Saten Ruiko, right?"

"Yun Chuan... um, Yun Chuan-senpai, hello! I'm Saten Ruiko!"

Seeing that the other party seemed to have no hostility, Saten Ruiko temporarily lowered her guard and gently shook hands with Kumokawa Sera.

"First of all, let me state that my other identity is that of one of the twelve council members, and also the strategist for Bei Jimin..."

Leaning casually against the wall outside the door with her arms crossed, Sera said something that really bothered Saten Ruiko. She even paused to observe Saten Ruiko's reaction.

And Saten Ruiko did not disappoint her. After hearing Kumokawa Sera say that she was a certain director's strategist, her recently relaxed vigilance rose again. With her brows furrowed, she positioned herself in the middle of the doorway and asked in a cold voice:

"So? What exactly is the senior here for?"

"Saten, wait a moment."

Misaka Mikoto's voice came from behind her, and then Saten Ruiko felt someone slap her shoulder.

Knowing that Misaka Mikoto probably had something to say to this girl who claimed to be the director's strategist, Saten Ruiko slightly stepped aside to make way for Misaka Mikoto.

"If they were enemies, they certainly wouldn't reveal their identities so openly. I think Senior Yun Chuan must have something else to say, right?"

Emerging from the passageway cleared by Saten Ruiko, Misaka Mikoto looked at Kumokawa Sera with a serious expression and asked.

Compared to Saten Ruiko, who rarely fights, Misaka Mikoto clearly has a calmer mind in this situation.

"Yes."

Yun Chuanqin raised her eyelids and glanced at Misaka Mikoto, a slight smile playing on her lips, before continuing:

"This is why I came to find you—among the twelve directors, Mochizane Osaka and Beiji Jimin, whom I assist, have been imprisoned by the other directors for opposing Chaoan's killing of a junior high school student. Furthermore, I know what you are looking for..."

As Yun Chuanqin spoke, she suddenly straightened up, a confident smile curving her lips as she faced Misaka Mikoto and Saten Ruiko.

"Where is Fujiwara Masagat!"

Chapter 424 Uproot it completely!

Upon hearing Yun Chuanqin mention Fujiwara Masaga, both Misaka Mikoto and Saten Ruiko became excited.

Fujiwara Masaga's abilities are exactly what Inoue Hideka needs most right now.

Saten Ruiko's attraction to Fujiwara Masaga stemmed not only from his abilities but also from the fact that he was her classmate and they had a good relationship.

This stemmed from both concern for Inoue Hideka's injuries and their usual friendship.

Therefore, upon hearing that the other party had news of Fujiwara Masaga, Saten Ruiko couldn't help but shout nervously:

"Please be sure to tell me where Fujiwara-san is!"

At the same time, Misaka Mikoto was also staring intently at Kumokawa Sera, her face showing urgency.

"kindness……"

Inside the room, Inoue Eika, lying on the hospital bed, seemed to have been awakened by Saten Ruiko's shouts, and slowly opened her eyes.

First, he looked up and surveyed his surroundings.

The white ceiling lacked any familiarity; it couldn't be the hospital where souls were being chased in the underworld.

The icy sensation on my left wrist was probably related to the IV drip that was hanging above me, which was already half full.

Then, turning to look towards the doorway, Saten Ruiko and Misaka Mikoto, having heard the sounds from inside the room, were already heading this way.

Then, peeking out from beside the door frame... Kumokawa Seria!!

Upon suddenly seeing this highly intelligent but incapable person whom he had once been very interested in, Inoue Hideka's pupils contracted.

Inoue Hideka always knew that Unkawa Seria was Beiji Tsutomu's strategist.

Moreover, neither Beiji Jimin nor Yun Chuanqin himself are bad people, a fact that Inoue Eika also knows.

But the current situation is that he is being hunted down by the council's Chao'an faction. Whether Beiji Jimin is on Chao'an's side, on his side, or watching from the sidelines is still unclear.

With Sera Unkawa, who served as Beiji Jimin's strategist, appearing here at this moment, Inoue Hideka couldn't help but take her seriously.

"Oh? It seems you know me?"

Yun Chuanqin leaned against the door frame, arms crossed, watching Inoue Eika with great interest.

Known for her ability to control people's minds, Kumokawa Sera naturally wouldn't miss the subtle expressions on Inoue Eika's face. Even though Inoue Eika's pupils quickly returned to normal, Kumokawa Sera still caught them and deduced from this that Inoue Eika knew her.

"I wonder what brings the renowned council strategist here?"

Inoue Hideka asked with a hint of wariness in his tone.

"Hmm... What an ungrateful junior! Has he already forgotten the favor of tipping him off when Chao'an was keeping an eye on him?"

Yun Chuanqin tilted her head, a wicked smile on her lips, and gave Inoue Eika a playful sidelong glance.

"Uh... I'm sorry!"

Sure enough, the senior that Touma mentioned last time was her.

Inoue Eika thought to herself, then gestured to Saten Ruiko, who was standing to the side, to help her up, and then said to Misaka Mikoto:

"Mikoto, please find a place for my senior to sit. Senior Yun Chuan is my benefactor, after all, so I can't neglect her."

Only then did Inoue Hideka notice the arbitration proceedings outside the door, and asked, guessing:

"Chongcai, is this your residence?"

Unlike Saten Ruiko, Inoue Hideka saw through the Arbitration Trial's heart and made a promise with him to protect Saten Ruiko. All of his hostility towards him had disappeared, and there was no trace of distance or rejection in his tone of voice.

"Yes. Inoue-kun can rest assured and recover here. For the time being, those guys on the board shouldn't dare to do anything to me."

I don't think so~~

While Inoue Eika was talking to the arbitrator, Yun Chuanqin had already sat on the wooden chair that Misaka Mikoto had moved from the corner, leaning against the wall with her legs crossed and casually taking over the conversation.

"What do you mean?"

The arbitral tribunal raised a question that left them puzzled.

Misaka Mikoto frowned slightly, pondering what Kumokawa Sera had said.

After helping Inoue Eika lean against the headboard, Saten Ruiko poured Inoue Eika a glass of warm water and placed it on the bedside table. Then she sat on the edge of the bed and listened quietly to the group's discussion.

Unfortunately, Saten Ruiko knew very little about military, tactical, or political matters and could hardly get a word in edgewise.

Inoue Eika was able to roughly understand what Kumokawa Sera meant.