Even if I transform, I will never be captured.

……

……

"Your Majesty, Misaka-san has contacted the girl named Satella, and she is on her way."

Such a voice rang out via telephone in a technologically advanced laboratory.

If Satella were here, she would find that Misaki Shokuhou was in the Saito workshop.

There were no other scientists in this laboratory, only three people.

Misaki Shokuhou.

blond man.

And Misaka 9982 lying on the laboratory bed.

The report coming from the faction members over the phone made Misaki Shokuhou cover her forehead in annoyance.

"That Misaka guy..."

As the queen of Academy City and the head of the largest faction in Tokiwadai, Misaki Shokuhou has few weaknesses.

But the girl named Satella was precisely her most fatal and most vulnerable weakness.

"How to do?"

The blond man asked in a voice devoid of any emotion.

"..."

Misaki Shokuhou did not respond immediately.

Instead, they turned their attention to Misaka 9982.

The girl was in very bad shape. To put it simply, she looked like she had just been taken out of a steamer. Her whole body was flushed, her forehead was still steaming, her body was twisting, and she was groaning in pain.

It was just like a patient suffering from a serious illness.

Misaki Shokuhou knew she shouldn't leave at this time, but—

"You watch over here for now," Misaki Shokuhou said after taking a deep breath. "I'll go over there for a bit."

……

Misaka Mikoto is very irritable right now. She feels that her whole day has been filled with inexplicable misfortune.

The Daihasei Festival is not held in a single school, but throughout the entire Academy City.

Therefore, after finishing one competition, contestants often have to spend a lot of time traveling to the next venue to participate in the next competition.

As a symbolic figure of Tokiwadai and an extremely athletic person, Misaka Mikoto naturally participated in many events. It was while rushing from one venue to another that she bumped into Satella.

Misaka Mikoto is naturally grateful to Satella, the savior who saved her sisters, and genuinely considers her a friend. She enjoys chatting with Satella.

However, because chatting caused delays, I arrived at the competition venue a little later than expected.

When she arrived at the venue, she was shocked to find that Misaka 9982, who was just strolling around, was mistaken for her and was surrounded by her classmates to participate in the competition.

Up to this point, Misaka Mikoto still felt pretty good, because she also hoped that her sisters could have more contact with society and live more fulfilling lives.

However, after the match ended, Misaka Mikoto never saw Misaka 9982 again.

After a series of investigations, she focused her suspicions on Misaki Shokuhou, but just as she was about to confront her, the members of the faction surrounded her.

The faction members didn't attack her; on the contrary, they were all very easy to talk to and didn't stop her from participating in the competition. However, whenever she tried to escape, she would be blocked by these people.

Even now, Misaka Mikoto still believes that this is just a "joke between sworn enemies," so she doesn't want to hurt those faction members and only wants to escape using her own abilities.

For example, just now, she tried to escape on a tram using electromagnetic attraction, but little did she know that the faction was full of talented people, some of whom were even faster than the tram, and managed to corner her near a hospital.

……

When Misaki Shokuhou arrived at her destination, Satella had just arrived as well.

Waving her hand to signal the faction members to be quiet, Misaki Shokuhou hid in a corner to eavesdrop on Satella and Misaka Mikoto's conversation.

Satella: "What? You said Shokuhou-chan kidnapped Misaka 9982? -- That's amazing!"

Misaka Mikoto: "Huh—?!"

"No, no, no, I mean, this is truly heartbreaking news."

Satella looked grief-stricken.

But I was secretly overjoyed!

As expected of my honey shokujo! We're truly on the same wavelength!

While they were still figuring out how to distract Accelerator from kidnapping Last Order, she had already successfully kidnapped her.

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But then again, why did Shokuhou-chan kidnap Misaka Mikoto?

"Is there some misunderstanding here?" Satella asked, frowning. "There's no reason for Honeydew Jelly to do something like this."

"Who knows what that woman is really thinking? She's always liked to go against me, so it's not surprising that she used kidnapping her sister to trick me this time. I checked the nearby security cameras, and the child 9982 was taken away by an ambulance, but when I investigated the ambulance driver, I found that they had all been brainwashed!"

"But that doesn't necessarily mean it's made from honeydew sauce. There are so many psychic ability users in Academy City."

"And what about them?" Misaka Mikoto pointed to the faction members still surrounding her. "You're not saying they're just here to spy on me because they have nothing better to do, are you?"

"This……"

Satella was now at a loss for words, and felt extremely conflicted.

On one hand, she hoped that it was Shokuhou Misaki who kidnapped Misaka 9982; but on the other hand, she hoped even less that Shokuhou Misaki was the kind of person who would do such a thing.

“I think there must be something going on here.” After thinking for a moment, Satella insisted, “Honeysuckle does like to play pranks sometimes, but she’s definitely not the kind of person who doesn’t know her limits.”

"...I hope so. Anyway, I've already asked my classmate from after marriage to help me investigate. I hope you can call Misaki Shokuhou, after all, I don't want to...make...a big deal..."

An ambulance came speeding by and stopped right in front of Misaka Mikoto and the others.

Saten Ruiko got out of the ambulance in a panic, followed closely by a stretcher carried by several nurses.

On the stretcher lay Mitsuko, covered in wounds and unconscious.

"Ah..." Satella couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and the other faction members also looked surprised.

"..."

Only Misaka Mikoto remained silent.

Silence reigned over the surrounding air.

Like the silence inside an elevator, it's not that there are no objects that can make a sound, but rather that there are clearly people, yet no one speaks, and you can only hear faint breathing sounds—an eerie "silence."

Misaka Mikoto didn't look at Kounouchi Mitsuko, who was lying on a stretcher, unable to even open her eyes, and had already been sent to the emergency room.

She lowered her head slightly, then took a step and walked outside.

"Um, please wait a moment. Although it seems like something bad has happened, but—"

Blocking Misaka Mikoto's path were two powerful Level 4 users from the faction. Among them, the girl with the spiky curly hair, Junko Hokaze, was the second-in-command of the faction. Her ability, "Heavenly Garment," was considered the pinnacle of Level 4, making her a monster who could reach Level 5 in terms of skill assessment.

but--

"Get out of the way."

Misaka Mikoto tilted her head slightly to look at the two girls blocking her way, then raised her head, a cold flame burning in her brown eyes.

The scorching sun shone down from the sky, but the air around Misaka Mikoto was chillingly cold.

"If you don't have the resolve to stop me even if it means killing me, then get out of my way!"

Two faction members stiffened and made way for Misaka Mikoto, who walked between them and was about to leave—

Another girl's figure blocked her way.

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“Satella…I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that name before.”

Why is she on our side?

"Look at the hair ornaments on her head!"

"That's... the hair ornament Her Majesty used to wear on her chest! How did it end up on her?"

"Could it be..."

On the wide street, Satella and Misaka Mikoto faced off, but the attention of the powerful young ladies who were watching nearby shifted to another strange place.

Upon hearing their words, Misaka Mikoto also reacted.

"I see……"

Although I'm not interested in those gossip stories, I am, after all, a member of Tokiwadai, and of course, I've heard of the widely circulated school legend, Misaka Mikoto.

"It seems that calling you over was a mistake in itself."

Originally, Misaka Mikoto thought that Shokuhou Misaki and Satella were just ordinary friends, and that her friendship with Satella shouldn't be inferior to hers, after all, they had fought together before. Misaka Mikoto thought that Satella would handle the matter fairly, but the result was—

"I was too naive."

Misaka Mikoto lowered her head, her bangs obscuring her expression, while her entire body crackled with electricity.

"Get out of my way. I appreciate you saving my sisters' lives, but if you think this will stop me—"

She took a step forward, and a convenience store bag was blown across her face by the wind, but was instantly blasted away by the blue and white sparks around her. If you looked closely, you would find that the sky above them had suddenly become covered with dark clouds.

Rumble!

Lightning roared within, and a streak of lightning leaked down, striking directly at Satella's head.

The purple lightning wasn't particularly thick, clearly indicating that Misaka Mikoto's attack was only intended to force Satella back.

But to ordinary people, such a thunderous attack would be enough to terrify them.

Faced with such an attack, Satie stretched out her right hand.

That's all.

The next second, the lightning bolt falling from the sky collided with Satella's right hand, which was raised towards the sky.