The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

Any one of them would be beyond Inoue Hideka's ability to handle, let alone all six combined!

Moreover, in the original work, even Touma Kamijou, an esper assassin, failed against Rensha.

As a cyborg, Liancha's entire body, except for his hypothalamus, is mechanized, and his close-combat skills are outstanding.

Facing such a monster-level opponent is truly terrifying to even think about.

Of course, Sera was aware of Rencha's existence, so she had instructed Inoue Eika long ago to deal with Yakumi Hisako last, and warned Inoue Eika to tell her when she planned to go.

Here, Inoue Hideka, who was in a taxi, was calling Kumokawa Sera to report the matter.

Xiao Banjunba sat to the side, looking quite content.

Although Inoue Eika was the one who cleaned up the board members in the end, Kyokagi Gunha had a good chance to stretch his limbs and was now in a state of great comfort after releasing his power.

beep……

While waiting for the call to connect, Inoue Hideka glanced at the satisfied-looking Shoban Junba and thought to himself:

Is that all? Just hope you don't fall short when you meet the real deal...

"Hello? Inoue?"

The call was quickly connected, and Yun Chuanqin's slightly tired voice came through the receiver.

"Um... You've worked hard, senior!" Inoue Eika comforted her apologetically, noticing the fatigue in Yun Chuanqin's voice.

"It's nothing. What? Have you taken care of everything else?"

"Others" refers to the other directors besides Hisako Yakumi.

Inoue Eika understood what Kumokawa Sera meant and nodded in affirmation:

"Yes, I'm currently on my way to the 13th school district. Is there anything else you need, senior?"

Previously, Sera Unkawa had not revealed the matter of the investigation to Eika Inoue, so Eika Inoue could only pretend not to know and keep it a secret from her.

"Yakumi Hisako has a confidante named Rencha, who is quite troublesome. She can freely use the abilities of the first to sixth ranks. I don't recommend confronting her head-on. Even Accelerator wouldn't have an advantage against her. My plan is for Junha and Kazakiri to restrain Rencha, while Inoue, you use psychological manipulation to control Yakumi Hisako. This is a more secure approach. What do you think?"

Yun Chuanqin spoke slowly and carefully to Inoue Eika, revealing the importance she placed on Liancha.

"I have no objection, I'll just follow my senior's arrangements."

Inoue Hideka originally intended to do the same, but he didn't take Kazakiri Hyouka into account. In Inoue Hideka's view, Kumokawa Serahi must have arranged other tasks for Kazakiri Hyouka, making it difficult to transfer her.

If they can just hold off Liancha, then Xiaoban Junba shouldn't be a big problem.

Of course, Inoue Hideka was just speculating, since the two had never actually fought, and no one knew the outcome.

Since Yun Chuan Qin Ya has arranged for Feng Zhan Bing Hua to come and assist, that would be the best outcome.

Although Rencha can still reflect Kazakiri Hyouka's attacks using Accelerator's reflection ability, he probably can't do anything about Shoka Gunha's attacks.

With the two of them working together, Inoue Hideka will definitely have more time to control Yakumi Hisako.

"Alright, I'll send Kazakiri Hyouka over now. But Inoue, you'd better finish this quickly. There are still a lot of enemy forces left at the research institute. After Kazakiri leaves, we'll have to rely on Shokuhou and the others to hold them off. I'm not sure how long they can hold them off."

"I understand. I will wait for Kazan across from the hospital where Hisako Yakumi is, and we will act immediately once she arrives."

After finishing speaking, Inoue Hideka hung up the phone, looked at the increasingly excited Shoban Junba with a mocking smile, and shook his head helplessly.

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School District 17.

In the corridor at the entrance of the research institute, Misaki Shokuhou, Mikoto Misaka, and Psycho-Tori simultaneously received a notification from Serahi Kumokawa to prepare for battle.

According to Yun Chuanqin's plan, Misaka Mikoto blocked the entrance and guarded the last line of defense.

Mental Stance and Misaki Shokuhou led members of the Shokuhou faction out to meet the enemy.

Stepping onto the stairs leading out of the research institute, Misaki Shokuhou and Mental Stance arrived on the ground first. Just then, the protective barrier created by Kazakiri Hyōka disappeared. The guards and ability users, who had become somewhat complacent after failing to break through the barrier for a long time, suddenly became excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood and rushed over with all their might.

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Time seemed to stand still for a second, and the crowd at the forefront inexplicably fell silent.

Then, a second later, they all turned around and launched an attack on the group of people behind them who had just been their companions.

If you look closely, you can see that most of them have eyes that have turned into star shapes.

Others wore conflicted expressions, seemingly not understanding why they attacked the person in front of them, but inexplicably feeling that the person opposite them was extremely annoying.

This is the ability to establish mental norms.

Psychological rules can adjust the psychological distance between two specific people. If the distance between the two people is adjusted to an infinite negative value, then it becomes natural for them to fight when they meet.

However, she can only control a limited number of people at a time, so most of the people who defected were those whose eyes had taken on a different shape, meaning they were controlled by Misaki Shokuhou.

Misaki Shokuhou and Jouki Shinobu were both leaning against the wall at the entrance, looking quite relaxed. However, upon closer inspection, one could see fine beads of sweat on their foreheads.

Members of the Shokuhou faction also joined the battle after coming up from the underground entrance, engaging in fierce combat with those members who attempted to bypass their defecting teammates and directly storm the research institute.

Misaka Mikoto is responsible for eliminating any remaining enemies and ensuring that no enemy enters the research institute.

The whirring sound of machinery rubbing against the ground grew louder as it approached.

After the wedding, Mitsuko led her two little followers and dozens of large robots provided by her family to join the battlefield and fight against the Drive Armorers located in the rear.

Chapter 447 The Final Battle (Part 1)

Hideka Inoue, who was secretly observing the hospital across the street from the wall, quickly activated an artificial magnetic field using the metal in front of her as a reference point after seeing Kazakiri Hyouka and Shoban Junba lure Rencha out of the hospital.

After a few quick movements, they were already inside the hospital.

The smell of disinfectant filled the air. It was nearly 3 a.m., and only the doctors and nurses on duty remained in the hospital.

The on-duty doctor and some nurses, who were startled awake from their sleep by the commotion caused by the battle between the two, Kaze and the two, and Liancha, rushed to the corridor to check the situation.

As the number of people decreased significantly at night, the hospital lights were not as bright as they were at nightfall. Inoue Eika leaned against the shadows in the corner, scrutinizing the bewildered doctors and nurses in the corridor, intending to select one to examine his memories in order to find the location of Yakumi Hisako.

Although Inoue Hideka knew that Hisako Yakumi was resting in a room called 'Design Room', she did not know the exact location of 'Design Room'.

Generally speaking, doctors have access to more information than nurses.

Therefore, Inoue Hideka directly activated her mind control to examine the memories of the only doctor present, while the other nurses simply gave an order to leave the area.

After obtaining the exact location of the 'design studio', Inoue Hideka relinquished control over the doctor, ordering him to leave as well, and then went up the stairs.

Since the elevator makes noise when it enters, exits, and opens, Inoue Hideka chose to take the stairs to avoid alerting the enemy.

When Inoue Hideka first entered the hospital, he also tried to use his psychological manipulation abilities to explore Yakumi Hisako, but unfortunately, he searched the entire search area and still couldn't find anyone who could find Yakumi Hisako.

At the time, she didn't think much of it, but as she climbed the stairs, Inoue Eika suddenly sensed something was wrong.

At this time, Hisako Yakumi must be at the hospital; there's no reason she wouldn't sense it.

The only explanation is that Hisako Yakumi installed a device that could withstand the impact of mental abilities in the only room where she could rest in peace!

Devices that can withstand the impact of psychic abilities exist in Academy City.

The anti-psychic shock chip that Misaki Shokuhou prepared for Inoue Hidekazu was one such example. However, the chip's practicality was limited by its size and convenience, and it could only withstand the psychic shock of a level 4 Level 4 esper once. It was completely ineffective against level 5 espers.

However, if sufficient preparations are made and factors such as portability and cost-effectiveness are disregarded, restricting superpowered individuals is not too difficult.

However, compared to devices that can directly interfere with the ability reduction of superpowered individuals, these kinds of mental shock protection devices are much more useless.

It is neither practical nor convenient.

An ordinary person would never go to the trouble of abandoning the ability-reducing device in favor of installing a mental shock protection device, unless... he knew about the existence of an external brain!

Ordinary ability-reducing devices are ineffective against abilityless individuals who only use external brains. Therefore, the anti-psychological shock device installed in the 'Design Studio' is very likely specifically designed to deal with external brains!

Thinking of this, Inoue Hideka stopped and rested her chin on the handrail of the stairs.

Whether it was because Hisako Yakumi knew she possessed the authority to use an external brain, or simply because she had installed a mental shock protection device in her rest area to prevent the appearance of powerless enemies using external brains, Inoue Eika felt it was best to be cautious.

Izali is currently disguising herself in the Ninth School District to attract the board's attention. Inoue Hideka also carefully avoided the cameras after entering the hospital. In principle, Yakumi Hisako should not know that she has entered her territory.

In that case, it's best not to alert the enemy before coming up with a feasible solution.

As the only place where Hisako Yakumi can rest in peace, the 'Design Studio' is certainly not a bluff.

Given Inoue Hideka's attack power, it would be quite difficult for her to force her way through.

So……

Slowly closing her eyes, Inoue Hideka began searching the hospital again.

After reviewing the memories of the staff members currently in the hospital, Inoue Hideka selected a nurse who knew that Yakumi Hisako would be in the 'design room' at this time and controlled her to take the elevator to Yakumi Hisako's floor.

Inoue Hideka followed closely behind, moving forward using magnetic force, and arrived at the floor where Yakumi Hisako was the moment the elevator doors opened.

Leaning to the side where the surveillance cameras couldn't see, Inoue Eika controlled the nurse to knock on the door of the 'design room'.

Knock knock knock!

"Who?"

The door was not open; only a rather young-sounding female voice came from the loudspeaker above the doorway.

"Doctor, it's me, Xiaoguang. The patient in bed 204 has suddenly had a seizure. Do you want to go and take a look?"

After reviewing the memories of the nurse named Hikari, Inoue Eika discovered that Hisako Yakumi was quite concerned about the patient in bed 204 and would check on his condition almost every day.

Based on the fact that Hisako Yakumi often conducted some shady experiments, Inoue Hideka speculated that this patient might be one of Hisako Yakumi's experimental subjects, so he controlled Hikaru to report to Hisako Yakumi in this way.

Click—the door opens.

A woman in a white isolation gown emerged from the crack in the door, her slightly wavy long hair revealing a young face that looked somewhat tired and puzzled.

"Tell me the specifics."

While straightening her clothes, Hisako Yakumi took the lead and walked towards the elevator.

……

After taking a couple of steps, Hisako Yakumi didn't hear Hikaru's response or see her follow. Displeased, she turned around and was about to speak when she suddenly stopped.

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Da da...

Footsteps echoed in the empty hospital corridor.

Inoue Hideka let out a soft breath and stepped out from behind the wall.