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Section 340, Chapter 19: "Invitation to Visit"

[We cordially invite Mr. Touma Kamijou to participate in the opening ceremony of Academy City at 9:00 AM three days from now. You may invite one companion to enter with you.]

"An invitation from Academy City?"

Looking at the uniquely designed and exquisitely crafted invitation in his hand, and reading the words written on it, Touma Kamijou's face showed a puzzled expression.

The current time is three days after Academy City was established.

During this period, magicians launched several attacks on Academy City, but thanks to the coordinated efforts of intelligent barriers and automated defense forces, none of the attackers fared well. After completing its basic infrastructure, Academy City demonstrated the overwhelming technological superiority over individual magicians.

Of course, because of its demonstrated military strength, Academy City began to face opposition from the Japanese government. The new prime minister, who had initially thought it was just a giant academy organization, discovered that Academy City was actually a self-sufficient entity capable of producing powerful weapons—practically a small country. And clearly, this small country was absolutely not under the control of the Japanese government in the slightest.

However, no matter how fierce the opposition, it couldn't change the fact that had already happened, and the Japanese government couldn't muster the power to break through Academy City's defenses. So they could only intensify their smear campaign against Academy City in the media, and the former prime minister, who had initially supported the plan, was branded a traitor and put on trial. Unfortunately, despite a long search, the Japanese government couldn't find the former prime minister. He had vanished without a trace since the night of the "Tokyo Massacre," and no one knew his whereabouts.

At the end, after Academy City completed its infrastructure construction and spent two weeks conducting a self-inspection of the entire city, Academy City, which has now become the focus of attention for many people, suddenly began sending out invitations to visit.

Many espers were invited by Academy City. Touma Kamijou knew that among those on Academy City's publicly announced invitation list were his good friend Yuriko Suzuko, Misaka Mikoto who was younger than him but was already considered half a senior in terms of position, and even Eric Lansheer, Misaka's teacher, a top esper from the Free Alliance, as well as a bunch of other espers from all over the world whose names he couldn't recall.

"However, I'm just a lowly C-level ability user. Is there any point in inviting me?"

Kamijou Touma thought with some confusion.

"Touma, what's that?"

Wearing a loose-fitting nun's habit, Index, with her long silver hair, lay on the sofa, looking at the invitation in Touma Kamijou's hand with some curiosity.

"Well, it's an invitation from a place called Academy City. Basically, it's an invitation to participate in a ceremony or something, although personally, I'm not very interested in these kinds of things..."

"Oh, so if it's an invitation, there should be a banquet and delicious food, right?"

Index, who was confused just a moment ago, grasped the key element of Touma Kamijou's words in the next instant.

"Hey, there should be some, right? Let me check."

Touma Kamijou looked at the invitation again and quickly found a technology food tasting event, a competitive eating contest, and a lavish banquet among the listed types of activities.

There are quite a few food-related activities.

Touma Kamijou's gaze swept over the invitation, then he noticed a line of text at the very bottom of the event page, written in bold black font:

All activities during this event are free of charge; guests will not incur any expenses.

Does that mean it's completely free?

Kamijou Touma paused for a second to consider his family's recent expenses.

"Yes, Index, let's go! Let's participate in this event!"

"Oh, oh, oh, long live the feast!"

"Oh, oh, oh, long live free!"

Knock knock knock—

A soft knock sounded at that moment. Just as Touma was wondering who was coming to interview or express gratitude, Index suddenly showed a displeased expression and muttered under her breath, "That pink-eyed person is here again," before unconsciously baring her teeth.

"Red eyes? Index, you mean Rinko?"

Touma Kamijou paused for a moment, then opened the door. Sure enough, standing outside was Rinko, who looked somewhat reserved. He had the familiar short white hair and bright red eyes, but his face seemed a bit cleaner than usual, and his casual clothes were slightly different from when he was seen in the library, probably because he had deliberately changed them.

However, Touma Kamijou didn't notice any of these details. He was only taken aback by Rinko's visit for a moment, and then naturally smiled and greeted him.

"Ah, Suzuko, it's been a long time."

"Yes, I heard that Kamijou-kun has been through a lot lately, so I came to check on him."

As Suzuko spoke, her gaze shifted to the mailbox next to Touma Kamijou's door, where many flowers were placed. Several more bouquets were also laid out on the floor beside the door. There were so many notes and letters filled with words of gratitude and blessings that the mailbox was overflowing, and many had fallen to the floor.

As Touma Kamijou opened the door, the girl glanced around and discovered that there were even more bouquets and letters piled up in the corner.

"Kamijo-kun, you've become a superhero."

Ling Ke couldn't help but smile as he spoke.

"Haha, it's still quite embarrassing to be said that by someone I know," Touma Kamijou scratched his head a little sheepishly. "Although I still feel that I haven't done anything really serious."

Moreover, such things can sometimes cause a lot of trouble. During this period, Touma Kamijou encountered many people who came to express their gratitude, and many media outlets came to interview him. At first, Touma Kamijou was very cooperative with these people, but as the number increased, to the point that it began to disrupt his normal life, he inevitably became somewhat exhausted.

"Yes, I know. Kamijou-kun probably doesn't care about these things. For Kamijou-kun, helping others is entirely an act of following his own heart, not for external recognition or gratitude. So Kamijou-kun is a true hero with great wisdom."

"Rinko, you're making me even more embarrassed."

"Ah, the two of them are standing at the door, whispering sweet nothings to each other," Index appeared beside them at some point, took a step to the side, and stood directly in front of Touma Kamijou, looking at Rinko standing outside the door with an unfriendly expression.

"You red-eyed woman, you... Huh? Sniff, sniff—hey, is this perfume? Wow, so you really are here to seduce Touma?"

"No, Miss Index, why do you always bring up this kind of topic every time you come here!"

"Because the look in your eyes when you look at Touma is clearly malicious!"

"No, I'm not! Kamijou-kun and I are just good friends!"

"Yeah, Index, Rinko and I are just friends. She usually just comes over to tutor me."

Touma Kamijou's casual interjection caused the girl standing outside the door to sway involuntarily.

"Haha, you're right... friends, friends... and stuff like that."

Why does Suzuko look like she's suffered some kind of blow? Is she feeling unwell?

Touma Kamijou looked at Rinko, whose expression was ashen, with a puzzled expression, not understanding why the other person had suddenly become depressed.

"Ahem, I almost forgot about the important matter."

While being watched by Touma Kamijou, Rinko suddenly remembered why she had come to visit him.

"Um, Kamijou-kun, I received an invitation to the opening of Academy City. It says I can choose one person to accompany me, so I was wondering if you'd like to come with me..."

He pulled out an invitation and held it up in front of Touma Kamijou, speaking with great interest.

"Oh, that invitation? I received one too."

Then, Touma Kamijou pulled out an invitation that was exactly the same as the one in her hand, which made Suzuko freeze in place.

"Hey, hey, hey, so you idiot also received an invitation?"

A shocked voice did not come from Suzuka, who was standing at the door of Touma Kamijou's house, but from a young girl with brown hair in the corner of the stairs. In her hand, she also had an invitation that was exactly the same as Touma Kamijou's.

"Hey, Misaka, why are you standing there?"

"Hey, hey, I...I...I...I was just passing by..."

“Misaka-san has been standing there for a long time. I could feel her heartbeat a long time ago, but I just pretended not to know since she didn’t come out.”

Having seemingly snapped out of his daze, Rinko looked at the blushing Misaka Mikoto with amusement, then took two steps closer to Touma. This immediately alerted Index, who was standing in front of Touma. She took a step back, pressing herself against Touma, but accidentally stepped on his foot. Touma cried out in pain, and the invitation fell to the ground.

The next moment, Touma Kamijou, who was trying to pick up the invitation, accidentally stepped on it. The invitation caused his slippers to slip, and Touma fell forward. Instinctively, his right hand grabbed Rinko's skirt, pulling her to the ground as well.

Touma Kamijou's face collided with Rinko's panties, and the two of them fell to the ground together.

"..."

The scene became quiet for a moment.

"Ugh, Suzuko, are you alright?"

Kamijou Touma quickly asked as he got up from the ground, and then he noticed the pink bear underwear that was clearly visible in front of him, the white skirt that was being tightly gripped by his right hand, and Rinko, who had gone into a state of complete stillness and brain paralysis.

—And the high-voltage arcs bursting and flashing from one side of the corridor, and the terrifying gaze from behind him that seemed to come from the depths of an abyss.

"Um, if I said this was just another accident, as always, would you two accept that explanation?"

A bloodcurdling scream echoed through the city under the calm sky.

……

"An invitation from Academy City? They actually invited me? I'm not some kind of superpowered person."

In the office of Group Six, Li Cheng looked at the invitation in his hand and said with a puzzled expression.

"It's probably because of their past relationship. After all, the Sixth Group used to be responsible for Aleister's personal security. Back then, Senior Lee often talked with Aleister, and they seemed to care about each other a lot."

Wuming reminded Li Chengdao.

Is that the reason?

Back then, I had to follow Aleister for long periods of time because of my security duties. Sometimes when I got bored, I would chat with Aleister for a bit. Aleister was quite talkative back then, and he was willing to chime in on whatever topic I brought up. After the mission ended, he even gave me a few bottles of wine, which were stored in the storage room of the Sixth Division's headquarters building.

Then Deadpool, who had tried to attack Aleister but was eventually captured by Team Six, searched the entire branch building and drank it all. Before leaving, he also blew up Team Six's toilets and drainpipes, causing the building's corridors and stairwells to be filled with dirty water mixed with feces and urine, and the smell lingered for several weeks.

“The opening ceremony of Academy City… I have a feeling something bad is going to happen,” Rin said with a yawn, sitting next to Wuming and looking sleep-deprived. “After all, there have been several attacks before, but not only did they fail to stop the establishment of Academy City, but now the opening ceremony is about to take place. Who knows what kind of big moves those crazy magicians are planning to make.”

Rin harbored a deep dislike for the group of magicians who were obstructing the establishment of Academy City. Because of them, the Tohsaka family, who had absolutely no connection to the incident, was also attacked by the crowd, and even their relief efforts and donations were accused of being hypocritical. These events dealt a significant blow to Rin, to the point that she even considered beating up the protesters. It took several days of persuasion from Wuming to calm her down.

"In short, Cheng, are you planning to go?"

Kiritsugu Emiya sat on the sofa in the corner and looked at Li Cheng, asking a question.

"Of course I'm going. To be honest, I really want to see what's so special about this city that took so much effort and caused so many problems to build."

Holding the invitation in his hand, Li Cheng said with great certainty.

"However, it says here that you can designate someone to accompany you, but my partner has never been very willing to go out, so now I'm really torn between whether I should go alone or find someone to go with me."

With that, Li Cheng placed the invitation on the table and spread his hands to everyone.

"Who wants to go?"

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Section 341, Chapter 20: Visits and Serendipitous Encounters