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They don't seem to have superpowers, but they possess physical abilities beyond common sense. It's best not to approach them or strike up a conversation, or they'll give you a free 'seven-day hospital tour'—the kind where you have to pay for the tour yourself.

However, Academy City is so vast, and Ryougi Shiki has only been here for a few days, so such urban legends only circulate within a small circle...

Furthermore, even those who knew the situation naturally lowered their guard after seeing the explanation that the person "doesn't seem to be an ability user."

After all, in Academy City, even if someone is a Level 5 user, there are limits to how powerful they are, especially when the 'Level 5' was rampaging recently. Many Level 5 users were sent there because they thought they were already Level 5 users.

Even now—

click -

"Ah—let go! Let go now—" A thug, covered in cold sweat, screamed as his arm was twisted behind his back at an unnatural angle and then kicked away.

"Seriously, are you moths to a flame?" Ryougi Shiki said, pulling out her phone. "Don't always rush at me like that, really..."

In short, call the hospital first.

Not long after Ryougi Shiki left, the first to arrive were not the hospital staff, but a girl with pink twin tails who appeared out of thin air, accompanied by spatial fluctuations.

"Really, are we late again? A woman in a kimono—" Shirai Kuroko sighed as she looked at the thug lying on the ground, emitting soft groans.

She had noticed it before.

During the period when the Phantasmagoria was rampaging, there were often people who rushed over based on reports only to find that they had already been knocked down. Although they were not specifically restrained with ropes or anything like that, both of their legs had been twisted, and according to the technology of Academy City, they were not beyond treatment.

Fractures of this severity usually heal within a few days.

Refer to a hedgehog-headed individual who spends 300 out of 365 days a year in the hospital.

While the 'kimono-clad woman' might be a bit ruthless, the patient usually recovers within seven days to a month.

But—she felt like her job as a disciplinary committee member had been taken away!

They are quick to act and highly capable.

"That guy, he's some kind of ability user too, right?" Shirai Kuroko sighed as she looked at the thugs on the ground. "Anyway, let's find another opportunity next time."

She had already learned the general information about the woman in the kimono.

The information was obtained by 'asking' the petty thugs.

In general, she should be a young girl wearing a blue kimono who looks quite young, but has a special aura. She is not an esper, and she defeats people in every battle using fighting techniques. Even espers who had previously reached LV4 through the Imagine Breaker were easily defeated.

She would only take out a dagger at most, and what she did was more like playing than 'fighting.' She easily defeated each person.

And so far, there has been no indication that anyone has injured her.

Even when Shirai Kuroko subdued those users of the Imagine Breaker, she found it very troublesome due to their various different abilities and suffered quite a few injuries.

She's a Level 4 power user, and even a spatial ability user, yet she encountered this situation.

However, the kimono-clad ability user, despite defeating quite a few users of the Illusionist, was completely unharmed... or rather, 'none of them were hit'.

That's too dangerous.

It's too dangerous in every sense of the word.

Shirai Kuroko sighed and accepted the group of thugs.

"Anyway, they attacked that person first, right? Seriously... Let's get him treated first and then go in for a few days." Shirai Kuroko said, and left after the paramedics arrived.

......

"Cough-cough-"

"Mona? What's wrong?"

Misaka Mikoto looked at Ryougi Mona, who seemed to have choked on water and was coughing incessantly, with a puzzled expression, and patted her on the back.

"Cough cough—cough—no, it's nothing." Ryougi Mona, who had indeed choked on the water, shook her head, let out a long breath, and looked up to see Shirai Kuroko staring at her with a face contorted with jealousy.

He was also coughing and thirsty, as if he had choked on water.

"Hey, stop pretending. You didn't even drink any water, so how did you choke?"

"Saliva! Saliva! My saliva keeps flowing because I see my big sister, hehehe—"

"Alright, let's continue from where we left off." Misaka Mikoto didn't want to continue this topic and said, "What happened after the kimono-clad woman you mentioned?"

Ryougi Muna listened to their conversation with a strange look in her eyes. She believed that there was a 200% chance that the woman in the kimono was her mother, Ryougi Shiki.

Whether it's the places they walk in or the way they do things... they all feel very similar.

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Chapter 1210 Investigation of Shirai Kuroko

"I don't know, it's still under investigation."

Shirai Kuroko shook her head and said, "In the end, the witnesses to these kinds of things are actually those thugs, while we always receive communications from that woman in the kimono, which usually happens when there is no one around."

"I see."

Misaka Mikoto nodded, understanding: "That's why you never made it in time. After all, that person left right after making the call."

What could her purpose be in doing this?

"As for the purpose... it was probably just to go for a walk over there, and then teach those clueless thugs a lesson while we were at it," Ryougi Mana gave the exact answer.

"No way." Shirai Kuroko shook her head and said, "Who would go for a walk there? The alleys in Academy City are quite dangerous."

But that's the correct answer.

Ryougi Mana sighed softly to herself.

“That guy… well, what he did wasn’t exactly wrong,” Shirai Kuroko said, “but he should at least be a member of the Disciplinary Committee, no, a security guard, right? Otherwise, he simply doesn’t have that kind of authority!”

"...Is...is that so?" Misaka Mikoto's eyes flickered slightly. She had a feeling that Shirai Kuroko's deliberately uttered words weren't referring to the kimono-clad girl she had never truly met, but rather to herself!

"Yes, I'm talking about you, Onee-sama. Have some self-awareness!" Shirai Kuroko, clearly conflicted, spoke metaphorically to Misaka Mikoto sitting beside her; "But..."

"Next, I'm going to stake out the area and see if I can find that woman in the kimono—"

Shirai Kuroko said.

"That's dangerous, isn't it, Kuroko?" Misaka Mikoto frowned with some concern. "Didn't they say that even a Level 4 esper using Imagine Breaker couldn't even touch her before being easily defeated?"

“It’s different, it’s different.” Shirai Kuroko wagged her finger and said, “Although those people reached LV4, they didn’t have the relevant calculation program, nor were they used to that kind of attack method. But I am a true LV4 Level 4 esper, and a spatial ability user at that. Whether I want to fight or leave, it’s a very simple matter for me—”

......

the next day--

Standing atop a building, looking down at the thugs chatting idly, Shirai Kuroko glanced at both sides of the alley and asked, "Haven't they arrived yet?"

After receiving the notice, she did not arrest the thugs, but only filed a report and rescued the victim.

The purpose was to see if they could hook up with women in kimonos. Although Ryougi Mana said, "I was just passing by and wanted to teach them a lesson," it couldn't really be like that, could it? Maybe it was someone specifically targeting these thugs, though I don't know why they did it.

"Ah—it's here!"

After a while, seeing that the thugs below had shifted their gaze, Shirai Kuroko also looked over and, sure enough, saw a young woman in a kimono who looked to be around twenty years old.

As expected... just as the report said, there was a... inexplicable feeling.

I strolled casually through this alley.

The person walked forward slowly with their eyes closed, seemingly enjoying the solitude of being alone.

Then--

Just as expected, the thugs exchanged a secret signal and then scattered in all directions. Using their familiarity with the alley, they quickly surrounded the woman in the kimono.

"Such practiced methods, looks like a repeat offender." Shirai Kuroko said, looking down, "Seriously, why are there so many characters like this?"

She wanted to see exactly what was going on and how the woman in the kimono had managed to defeat those four people.

The woman in the kimono paused, but instead of looking at the thugs who had already surrounded her, she looked up—

Then, he smiled.

Shirai Kuroko quickly hid: "She noticed me? That's impossible!"

After thinking about it, I still cared a lot, so I looked over there again.

Surrounded by thugs, the woman in the kimono faced one of them who reached out his hand. She swayed slightly to avoid his arm, grabbed his wrist with her right hand, and twisted it—

click-

"ah------!!"

"Eek—" Just by hearing the sound, Shirai Kuroko could feel the intense pain, as if it wasn't the thug whose arm had been broken but her own.

The other three were stunned for a moment, unsure whether to run or charge forward in the current situation.

But the woman in the kimono didn't stop. She casually tossed the thug she was holding against the wall, then slapped the head of the nearest one with her left hand, quickly tapping his chest a few times. His body went completely limp on the ground, his arm twisted and lifeless...

Shirai Kuroko could only attribute this to an extraordinary skill she was unaware of.

The remaining two only realized what was happening and tried to escape, but it was too late.

A dagger was thrown from the kimono-clad woman's hand, embedding itself in one person's palm and pinning him to the wall. The other person was easily knocked down, just like the previous two.

The last person, who had just stabbed himself with a dagger, sat on the ground, clutching his wound, trembling all over, and had lost control of his bladder and bowels.

The woman in the kimono sighed and walked past him.

The man finally rolled his eyes and lost consciousness.

Shirai Kuroko stared blankly at the scene until the woman in the kimono was about to leave before she came to her senses.

Well...

The series of events that had just transpired left her feeling stunned.

It's not that it's too strong or anything, but rather that the process... gives people a very cool and lighthearted feeling.

It's hard to imagine such a temperament appearing in this woman, whether she's walking or fighting... she unconsciously draws people in.

And... that fleeting glance as she looked up at herself.