The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

"Sorry, senior, something came up. Well, since it's Director Bei Ji's idea, it would be too impolite to refuse, so I agree."

"Alright, I will inform Mr. Bei. Come to the First School District Administration Building this afternoon with your identification. There's nothing else you need to prepare."

"Okay, thank you for your help, senior."

After hanging up the phone, Inoue Hideka first carefully glanced at Shirai Kuroko. Seeing that her expression was normal and she seemed not to have heard the conversation, Inoue Hideka secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Inoue Eika looked helplessly at Saten Ruiko.

"Hey Ruiko, what is it that absolutely requires my consent to do this? You know I hate trouble, right?"

"Hmm...it's Dolly...Dolly mentioned to me before that a friend of hers wanted to join the Disciplinary Committee, but the application process keeps failing..."

Chapter 455 Refusal

"Um...Dolly's friend?"

Upon hearing this, Inoue Hideka cast a curious glance at Misaka Mikoto.

Dolly is the original name of Misaka 9982.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be easy for the Misaka Sisters, who have the same appearance as Misaka Mikoto, to have friends. After all, Misaka Mikoto is so famous that the Sisters would face many restrictions even when they were free to move around in Academy City, let alone make friends who would tell her about the difficulties they encountered.

As the original body, Misaka Mikoto is the person who has the most contact with the younger sisters, so she naturally knows more about their current situation.

However, to Inoue Hideka's surprise, before Misaka Mikoto could respond, Shirai Kuroko, who was eating opposite her, was startled and almost choked on her rice.

"Cough, cough~~"

After Shirai Kuroko, with the help of Uiharu Kazari, had calmed down a bit, Inoue Hideka carefully asked Shirai Kuroko:

"What? Shirai, do you know Dolly's friend, or... do you have something to say about the phone call I just answered?"

Inoue Hideka suspected that Shirai Kuroko had overheard the conversation with Kumokawa Sera and was therefore unhappy about her taking over as the head of the disciplinary committee.

"Ah...it's nothing!"

Upon hearing this, Shirai Kuroko picked up the milk on the table, took a sip, and tried to appear nonchalant, casually saying:

"It's that troublesome girl, Bai Qin, ha... If she becomes a disciplinary committee member... ha..."

As she spoke, Shirai Kuroko's face darkened, and she adopted a helpless and disgusted expression.

"Oh?"

Inoue Hideka immediately became interested upon hearing the name "Hakukodo".

I seem to have heard before that Misaka Hakukoto was harassing Shirai Kuroko, who risked her life to save her.

The thought of Shirai Kuroko, that perverted yuri girl, being entangled by another yuri girl, especially since the other girl looks exactly like her beloved older sister but has a completely different personality... made Inoue Eika feel secretly delighted.

Shirai Kuroko probably never imagined she'd have such a day, right?

If that's the case, then we must do our best to get Misaka Hakukoto into the Disciplinary Committee.

If Misaka Hakukoto can win over Shirai Kuroko, Misaka Mikoto will have a lot more peace and quiet, and Inoue Eika won't have to worry about Shirai Kuroko seeing her and Misaka Mikoto having overly intimate contact anymore.

"Hmm... I see."

After saying that in a pretentious manner, Inoue Hideka intended to change the subject.

Shirai Kuroko must not know that she has been invited by Beizumi Tsutomu to take over as the head of the Disciplinary Committee, nor should she know that she has the ability to get Misaka Hakuko into the Disciplinary Committee.

Thinking this to himself, Inoue Eika glanced nonchalantly at Kamijou Touma, who had just finished his call and was wearing a worried expression, and decided to change the subject.

"What's wrong? Did something go wrong?"

"Uh, no, not really..."

Kamijou Touma habitually scratched the back of his head and replied with a frown:

"I just suddenly feel a heavy burden on my shoulders... Tsuchimikado just told me that Director Osakafune asked me to go to France... mainly because of the conflict between Academy City and the Roman Catholic Church... I'm leaving soon, so I'll entrust Index to you for now, Eika."

"I see..."

Inoue Hideka pondered for a moment.

In the original work, because most of the board members advocated war, the newly established board member could only secretly ask Touma Kamijou to handle the C document incident in Avignon, France. Now that there are only two board members who advocate peace, it is not necessary to go through so much trouble.

"I understand. You can leave Index to me. Touma, you need to be careful too."

"Well, don't worry! This boring fantasy of war... I'll crush it with my fists!"

Once again, seeing Touma Kamijou make a serious, chuunibyou-filled declaration, Inoue Hideka felt no desire to mock him this time.

Inoue Hideka could sense the seriousness in Kamijou Touma's expression at that moment; it was a conviction that he didn't want to see the world ravaged by war.

"I believe in you. Go do what you want to do, Touma!"

"Speaking of which... what was that phone call about? Why did they mention that guy Bai Qin?!"

Shirai Kuroko's attention was clearly not so easily diverted, and she angrily interrupted the emotional exchange between her two best friends.

"Well……"

Inoue Hideka lowered her head guiltily, thought for a moment, and realized that Shirai Kuroko wasn't so easily fooled. She resolutely deserted, stood up, and deliberately feigned panic, saying to Saten Ruiko:

"Um, Ruiko... I just remembered that the school seems to need to see me about something, so I'll head out first. You should catch up quickly! Just leave the dishes and chopsticks to Shirai and Mikoto~~ They can get to the school very quickly with their spatial abilities!"

As she spoke, Inoue Hideka went back into the house to grab her things, dashed out the door, and stomped away with a bang!

The room was left with everyone staring at each other, completely bewildered as to what had just happened...

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Unsurprisingly, during the morning classes, Inoue Eika, the protagonist of the recent explosive incident, became the focus of the entire school. Whether in the classroom, on the campus path, or even when she went to the restroom, she was stared at with strange looks by a group of people.

Fortunately, Inoue Eika is no longer the fresh college graduate who arrived half a year ago. Although being stared at is awkward, it hasn't affected his normal activities yet.

Furthermore, the council has already clarified the matter of Inoue Hideka's abuse and murder of the little girl, so even though the students were curious, none of them dared to come forward and ask what happened.

The morning's classes passed in this eerie atmosphere.

At lunchtime, Inoue Eika didn't eat with Saten Ruiko. Instead, she used her magnetic powers to leave the school, bought some things on the way, and went home.

I'm going to the First School District this afternoon to hand over the work to Serahi Kumokawa, so it doesn't matter if I don't have lunch with Ruiko Saten.

The First School District is a district with numerous judicial and administrative agencies, and many administrative matters of Academy City are handled here.

At 2 p.m., after taking a satisfying nap at home, Inoue Hideka arrived at the administration building of the First School District.

Room 103.

Inoue Hideka pushed open the door and saw Kumokawa Sera sitting behind her desk, typing something on the keyboard.

"Oh, you're here. Please sit there for a while!"

Yun Chuanqin glanced up at the sofa by the wall, then buried her face in the computer screen again.

"Um... Senior, I didn't bring my ID."

Inoue Hideka did not sit down, but stood there and said hesitantly.

"Oh, I know... huh?"

Engrossed in her work, Yun Chuanqin hadn't paid attention to what Inoue Eika was saying until she realized what he was saying halfway through. She looked up in surprise, puzzled.

"No ID? What are you doing here?"

"Um, I want to ask my senior for a favor."

After gathering her thoughts, Inoue Hideka spoke fluently before Kumokawa Sera could get angry:

"A friend of mine wants to join the Disciplinary Committee, but there are some issues with her ID, so she hasn't been approved yet. Don't worry, senior, she's perfectly fine in terms of character and ability! And... as for becoming the head of the Disciplinary Committee or anything like that, I'm really not interested. I'm sorry for talking nonsense earlier and agreeing so casually! I'm really sorry!"

After saying this, Inoue Hideka bowed deeply to Asakusa Sera, who looked ashamed.

Having already understood why Saten Ruiko made him the head of the disciplinary committee, Inoue Eika naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to take on that ridiculous position again.

Not only was she worried that Shirai Kuroko would be unhappy if she found out about this, but Inoue Hideka was also too lazy to add any more burden to herself.

In any case, if it were just a matter of getting Shirakoto to join the Disciplinary Committee, given Ayaka Yunkawa's current status, it would only be a matter of talking.

Chapter 456 Kamijou's Right Hand

While Inoue Eika was nervously explaining, Kumokawa Sera stared at him expressionlessly with her chin resting on her hand. Even after Inoue Eika finished speaking and cautiously raised her head to steal a glance at her, Kumokawa Sera maintained the same posture.

Unconsciously, fine beads of sweat appeared on Inoue Hideka's forehead.

Even though the girl sitting behind the desk was just an ordinary person without any ability, and the kind of person who had no fighting power, Inoue Hideka could subdue her in an instant, whether using her mental control ability or the magnetic force of her artificial magnetic field.

Even with just his physical strength, it would be very easy for him to forcefully defeat Kumokawa Seria.

but……

At this moment, Inoue Hideka was like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting for her older sister to scold her, feeling uneasy and apprehensive.

She appears to be an ordinary high school student, but in reality, she is a female strategist whose IQ surpasses that of the entire Academy City... Wait, why does this remind me of Bleach?

While waiting for a response, Inoue Hideka couldn't help but complain about her own thoughts as she tried to distract herself by letting her mind wander.

"so……"

At this moment, Yun Chuanqin spoke after a period of silence.

"Is this your excuse for playing me?"

"Huh? No! No, no, no, no!!" Upon hearing Yun Chuanqin's words, Inoue Eika became even more nervous.

Everyone knows this girl is incredibly intelligent, almost supernatural. If she misunderstands that he's playing a trick on her, Inoue Hideka feels that his days ahead will definitely be miserable.

He hurriedly waved his hands, explaining in a panic:

"I was threatened by Ruiko to agree first, and she only told me later that it was because of this. Senior, you know Ruiko's personality. If I didn't agree, she wouldn't let me off the hook. Please forgive me, senior! I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong!"

"Mmm~~"

Yun Chuanqin drew out her words and revealed a meaningful smile, which made Inoue Eika's heart tremble again.

"So Inoue is afraid of his girlfriend... Okay, I'm just teasing you. I understand what happened. Have her come to me tomorrow morning at eight. When recommending someone to the disciplinary committee, you should at least see what kind of person they are."

"Okay, thank you so much, senior! I'll definitely put in a good word for you with Kamijou, don't worry, Yunchuan-senpai, haha..."

Before she could finish speaking, Inoue Eika had already started to retreat towards the door, and she only dared to say the rest of her words after she had run out the door.