Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

The beam of light was like a stream of water from a fire hose hitting a transparent wall, and the moment it touched Kamijou’s right hand, it scattered in all directions.

However, the [light column] itself was not completely eliminated, but continued to attack Kamijou Touma. No matter how he tried to eliminate it, it was endless, and the heavy pressure almost knocked Kamijou Touma's right hand away.

"——Salvare000!!" Fortunately, he was not fighting alone. The moment Kamijou Touma came into contact with the light column, Kamijou Kaori also drew out her own Seven Days and Seven Flashes.

The two-meter-long Japanese sword cut through the air, and manipulated the seven steel wires to perform the "Seven Flashes", moving towards Index at an extremely fast speed like a tearing sound, aiming at the ground under Index's feet. The seven steel wires cut the fragile floor under Index's feet into pieces in one go.

Index suddenly lost her balance and fell backwards. The magic circle connected to Index's eyeball also moved, and the beam of light originally emitted towards Kamijou Touma also completely deviated from its direction.

Kamijou Touma closely followed the trajectory of the light column, using his right hand as a shield to prevent the light column from causing any damage to the hospital wall. Until Index's body fell completely, the light column blasted open the ceiling and shot towards the dark sky.

The beam of light did not stop, it evaporated the falling rain, broke the storm, split the thunder, and tore apart the dark clouds above the hospital.

Not even a single brick or tile was left of the blown-open ceiling. Instead, the damaged parts turned into white glowing feathers that floated down like pillars of light.

Dozens of luminous feathers, whose effects were completely unclear, fell from the sky under the sunlight, like a miracle cast by angels on earth.

"That is the Dragon King's Sigh - a magic with the same meaning as the legendary St. George's dragon's attack. No matter how powerful you are, you can't resist it with a mortal body!"

Kamijou, who was freed from the restraints of the light column, finally placed his scarred right hand on Index's body while listening to Kanzaki's explanation.

The black cracks and the magic circle that produced them were torn apart by a single blow from Kamijou's right hand. It was so simple that it made people laugh. Kamijou Touma couldn't help but reflect on why he was held back by such a thing just now. Was it because of the cry that seemed to come from instinct?

In this stormy world, the sun shines through the torn dark clouds and falls on the messy ward. A golden beam of light shines on Kamijou Touma and Index, causing Kanzaki to stop moving forward.

"Touma, I'm back..." Index opened her hazy eyes. Although she couldn't see the face of the person in front of her because of the reflection of the sunlight, she knew that Kamijou Touma would definitely appear in front of her.

"Welcome back, Index." Kamijou Touma carefully picked up Index in a princess hug, allowing her to see her face clearly without being affected by the sunlight, and said gently. The surging internal energy not only isolated the rain outside, but also made the glowing feathers follow the path of the wind to avoid their bodies and disappear into the ground.

Kanzaki witnessed this scene and felt a surge of envy in her heart, but she was not quite sure whether she was envious of Kamijou Touma or Index.

The hole in the sky quickly disappeared as it was filled with surrounding clouds, until the last ray of sunlight left Kamijou Touma and Index.

"Kanzaki, we succeeded!" Kamijou Touma said excitedly to Kamijou Kaori who was in mixed emotions. Index, who was lying in his arms, also smiled happily at Kamijou.

"That's great, Index." Kamijou Kaori responded with a sad smile under the rain.

But she knew that this matter was not over yet, and it was just the beginning. The subsequent attitude of the British Puritan Church was the key to everything. If the Puritan bishop planned to take Index away, Kamijou Touma would definitely not agree. At that time, would he become an enemy standing opposite them?

Kamisaki Kaori didn't know that Index was very important to her. Although Kamijou Touma had only known her for a short time, she was also a close friend. However, she also had companions in the "Amakusa-style Cross Cult" that she was in, whom she could not part with. Kamisaki could only pray that day would not come.

"It looks fine to you, but it's not fine here at all." Doctor Quata pushed open the somewhat tattered door. Even when the entire roof was blown away, the door was still able to maintain its original shape, which was already a credit to Kamijou Touma for protecting him. He could no longer expect it to remain intact.

"I'm so sorry!" Seeing the victim coming to his door, Kamijou Touma immediately apologized and felt pity for his own wallet which was not rich to begin with.

"Although I have a lot of questions, I'll still move you to another ward first." The Soul Chaser keenly noticed the wound on Kamijou Touma's hand, and an eager smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Chapter 232: Air conditioning and thick quilt, the best match ( words, burned out)

No matter where in Academy City, the breath of the Dragon King that penetrated the storm was so conspicuous. Even if one was not able to witness the moment when the beam of light tore through the storm, the brief sunlight that followed was enough to attract everyone's attention.

"Academy City has so many disasters, I hope there won't be any casualties." In the pitch-black environment, Shirai Kuroko, who wanted to be comforted by her dear elder sister, was greeted by Misaka Mikoto's love as expected. She collapsed on the ground with her body numb. She raised her head with difficulty and saw the beam of sunlight connecting the sky and the earth not far away.

"This rainstorm doesn't seem to be naturally formed." Misaka Mikoto looked out the window with some concern. She was sealed here by the dormitory supervisor, who was the strongest person in the true sense of Tokiwadai, the master of combat techniques against people with special abilities, and was called the "Demon Who Summons Death" in urban legends.

Misaka Mikoto didn't know if this was an illusion. Although the Academy City had never stopped hiding the special nature of itself, large and small events had never stopped happening. However, ever since she met Kamijou Touma, Misaka Mikoto had discovered that what this Academy City was hiding was far beyond her understanding, and this feeling reached its peak after the incident with the Phantom Hand.

"This is a rainstorm that covers half of the earth, onee-sama, how could it be man-made?" Shirai Kuroko, who was extremely resistant to paralysis, got up from the ground and threw herself on Misaka Mikoto's bed as if nothing had happened.

"It must be my illusion. Ever since the incident of the Fantasy Hand ended, I always felt like someone was watching me. Maybe I'm a little too sensitive." Misaka Mikoto shook her head and smiled helplessly.

"Sensitive onee-sama, hehehe... ahhhh——, onee-sama's love is still so painful and joyful..." Directly locking onto the key words, Shirai Kuroko drooled and showed a nympho smile as she pounced on Misaka Mikoto from behind, and then, not surprisingly, she was once again subjected to the electrotherapy package specially customized for her by Misaka Mikoto, who had a frown on her face.

"Come to think of it, it was Saten who went to Mr. Shirohen's apartment today. She wouldn't be trapped at Mr. Shirohen's place by the heavy rain at this time, right?" After throwing Shirai Kuroko on her own bed, Misaka Mikoto suddenly thought of Saten Ruiko who had completed the compensation on her behalf, and became a little worried.

“As a result, the time and place changed, and even Kamijou Touma was replaced, but the tree graph still couldn't survive. It's so inhumane.” After silently observing a half-second silence for the tree graph that ultimately couldn't escape the clutches of the poisonous hands, Bai Hen withdrew his gaze toward the window.

Unlike Kamijou Touma's side which was in a mess due to the Ding Ling and the Luo Lang, the Shirayuki Apartment, which was protected by the omnipotent Oramon, was not only not damaged, but the airflow caused by Saten Ruiko's upgrade blew away the dust in every corner of the apartment.

"Ola A-mon, how far has she progressed?" Bai Hen was the proposer of the plan, and Othinus was the executor of the plan, including taking 100 million points of possibilities from Aleister and using these possibilities as plug-ins to help Riri Saotome provide computing power. It was all handled by her personally.

"The current progress is 83.67 percent." Othinus gave precise data and kept a close eye on Saten Ruiko's condition to prevent her from dying suddenly due to being unable to withstand the power of an absolute ability user.

However, what surprised Othinus a little was that, although it seemed impossible for her to become a powerful esper according to the data on paper, Riri Saten was actually successfully moving towards the realm of 8=3 Magister (Temple Leader), that is, an absolute esper, without Baihen making any move.

"The rainstorm is about to stop. I hope it won't affect the newly washed quilt today." Just as Othinus wondered, Bai Hen did not take the initiative to do anything in the process of Saten Ruiko's promotion, but it was natural that Saten Ruiko had the qualifications to become a user of absolute ability.

The only Level 6 [Updraft] in Academy City - Saten Ruiko. This was just a joke. In the world of Toaru Majutsu no Index, Saten Ruiko is just an ordinary girl that can be seen everywhere in Academy City, except that she often speaks the truth unintentionally as if she has a script.

However, Bai Hen, as a relatively experienced otaku before the time travel, was naturally very familiar with this plot, and had even subconsciously associated Saten Ruiko with Level 6 [Updraft].

Therefore, Bai Hen didn't need to do anything extra. The moment Bai Hen observed and anchored the Magical Index world, the rule that Saten Ruiko was qualified to become Level 6 had already been engraved into this world.

It can even be said that the fact that Riri Saotome did not ascend directly to become a user of absolute ability was the result of Baihen infinitely restraining his own influence.

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"Congratulations, Miss Saten Ruiko. You are very honored to become the first absolute ability user in Academy City! Oh my god, oh my god."

When Riri Saotome regained consciousness and took back control of her body, she heard bursts of warm applause and Bai Hen's congratulations.

Riri Saotome looked at Baihen with her confused big eyes. The powerful calculation ability of an absolute ability user allowed her to understand everything that had just happened in an instant. However, as an ordinary female middle school student, she felt that this was a little too outrageous.

Why did she become an absolute expert just by doing housework? Were hundreds of thousands of words omitted? Is this world so magical? She, she didn't even brush her teeth at noon?!

"Ms. Saten, since you're awake, please use your magical powers to disperse the dark clouds, otherwise the quilt won't be dry tonight." While Saten Ruiko was still immersed in her jumping and spinning thoughts, Bai Hen pointed outside the window at her. The rain was getting heavier again.

"Ah? Ah..." Saotome Ruiko subconsciously obeyed Baihen's request. As her mind turned, the dark clouds quickly dissipated, and the sun shone on the earth again. The rainstorm that covered half of the earth finally began to stop.

"Just now, was that... me who did it?" Riri Saotome was awakened by the sudden sunlight hitting her face. She realized belatedly that she seemed to have done something big just now, and asked with panic and disbelief on her face.

"Who else could it be except you? The world's first and only person with Level 6 absolute ability - [Updraft] Lady Saten Ruiko." Bai Hen brought Saten Ruiko's wandering consciousness back to reality.

"I, I, I... Am I a user with special abilities now? Or even an absolute user with special abilities?" Riri Saotome tentatively activated her abilities, and dark clouds mixed with lightning instantly gathered in the sky above the area. She was so scared that she immediately dispersed the clouds.

"How about it? Isn't it amazing? From now on you won't even need a broom when cleaning." Bai Hen kindly introduced to Saotome Ruiko a new use of the ability.

"It seems to be true... What a ghost?! Is it still time to focus on brooms and hygiene? What on earth are you... eh?"

"Who the hell are you?!"

Having predicted the question, Riri Saotome was a little confused and couldn't speak for a moment.

"You guys keep asking the same question over and over again. Can you come up with something more original next time? Even if you can just start with age?" Bai Hen said angrily. How many times has this happened?

He was too lazy to even think about it. Why did this group of people always act like they had never seen the world? Aren’t they just behaving a little bit differently?

"So, how old are you this year?" Riri Saotome asked after her mind went blank.

"Twenty years old." Bai Hen said without hesitation.

"Are you an adult? You can't tell from the outside. You look like a high school student, Mr. Baihen... No! Isn't this a student dormitory in Academy City?! You should be a high school student here, too. How can you be 20 years old? You didn't fail a grade for three years, did you?"

Riri Saotome was complaining subconsciously, and the familiar way of getting along made her relax all of a sudden.

"What's wrong with me repeating a grade because I'm a bad student? Am I eating your rice? And I haven't been repeating a grade for three years, I've been repeating a grade for four years. It's almost the fifth year!" Bai Hen took out his student ID and placed it in front of Saotome Ruiko.

"It's actually true. High school is so terrible that even people with powerful abilities will repeat four years?" Riri Saotome was shocked when she saw the evidence that Bai Hen placed in front of her.

This setting was not something Bai Hen made up on the spur of the moment, but was the identity setting that came with his time travel. Even he himself was shocked when he saw for the first time that he had been in high school for seven years. If he had one more year, he would be able to catch up with Finkel when Lu Mingfei first entered school!

"Maybe, I just want to get subsidies and student housing, and I don't want to be a useless adult office worker?" Bai Hen constructively patched up his own personality.

"That makes sense... What the hell! How can there be a 20-year-old esper?! Even the oldest esper in Academy City isn't even old enough to graduate from high school, so where did you get those extra years?" With her mind completely at ease, Riri Saten keenly noticed the bright spot and immediately chimed in.

Now that she has truly become an absolute ability user, Riri Saten discovered that there doesn't seem to be that big of a gap between ability users and ordinary people. Just like how Misaka-senpai, a Level 5 esper, became friends with her and Hatsuharu, two Level 0 people without abilities, she herself didn't seem to have any special changes after becoming an absolute ability user.

And the same goes for Mr. Baihen, who is full of mystery in front of him. He should be a user with more powerful abilities than the absolute ability user, but he still does nothing all day like a delinquent, except that he has a bit of bad taste in some aspects. But thinking about Misaka-senpai's strange aesthetic taste and Shirai's perverted obsession with Misaka-senpai, it doesn't seem strange at all.

Riri Saten, who is optimistic by nature, successfully adjusted her mindset in a very short period of time, regained her former cheerfulness, and picked up the role of a complainer.

"Now that you mention it, it seems to make sense... But anyway, they are just some insignificant settings. As long as no one raises any objections, there will be no problem." Anyway, Bai Hen's identities are all fictitious identities, and it is impossible for a new setting to suddenly appear saying that this identity is actually a new patch like one of Aleister's earliest experimental subjects.

Just let the unreasonable parts continue to be unreasonable. If you have to say something, Baihen is the truth!

"How come I didn't even notice this anomaly..." Othinus at the side fell into reflection at this moment. Why did he always turn a blind eye to such an obvious loophole? If he could figure this out, would he be able to make further progress?

"Um, Mr. Baihen...you turned me into an absolute ability user. Is there anything you want me to do? Let me make it clear first, I will never do anything too excessive!" Riri Saotome felt that according to the normal routine, she could not have received appreciation and gifts from the hidden BOSS for no reason.

What will develop next is likely that she will be entrusted with a very important mission, and then become a stumbling block on the protagonist's road to saving the world. Although the first half sounds quite interesting, she may reject the second half. As an ordinary female junior high school student, Riri Saotome does not want to set foot in the real world so early.

"We can't do things that are too extreme, but we can do some relatively extreme things?" Bai Hen touched his chin. He didn't expect that Riri Saotome had such a high level of ideological awareness.

"Ahahaha...if possible, please try not to do anything excessive!" Riri Saotome slid to her knees at the speed of light.

"I don't have any tasks for you. You can do whatever you want. Whether you want to become a superhero who silently protects Academy City at night in anonymity, or a campus comic protagonist who is usually unknown but stands up in front of everyone to save the day in times of crisis, or you want to use force to bring Academy City under your rule and then ascend the throne as king, you can do it now. Don't you want to try?"

"I think being an ordinary citizen A is more suitable for me." In response to Baihen's suggestion, Ruiko Saten gave an awkward but polite smile and politely declined.

"Why don't you get back to work? My quilt cover hasn't even been hung out to dry yet. Are you planning on staying and warming my bed tonight without a quilt?" Bai Hen pointed in the direction of the washing machine and gave the order bluntly.

"Let's put aside the bed-warming issue. It's summer vacation now. You still want to cover yourself with such a thick quilt in summer? Aren't you afraid of getting hot to death?!" Saotome Ruiko widened her eyes. She was the one who took apart Baihen's quilt with her own hands. She felt like she was about to get a heatstroke just by looking at the thick and velvety quilt.

"I like to sleep with the air conditioner on and under a blanket. Is that not okay?" Bai Hen said confidently.

"Damn rich people!" Riri Saotome let out a sound of envy and jealousy.

"By the way, remember to compensate me for my Walkman, it's a limited edition." Bai Hen pointed to the pile of spare parts on the ground.

"..." Ruiko Saotome was speechless. She just silently collected the fragments of the benefactor who helped her become an absolute ability user, and threw them into the trash can.

Chapter 233 Misaka, Misaka Misaka

Riri Saotome accurately locked onto the target of her mission in the crowd, used the passing people as cover, and quietly went behind the target. As the newly-minted strongest person with absolute ability, she would never allow herself to fail on this target!

The powerful updraft mercilessly acted on the poor and helpless figure under the astonished gazes of passers-by, and the strongest person in Academy City also perfectly completed his goal today!

"Woo~a~ha~lu~" Riri Saotome lifted up the hem of Hatsuharu Shiri's skirt. The air current rising from the bottom prevented the fluttering skirt from falling down for a long time.

"Oh——" Hatsuharu Shikiri was caught off guard by this sudden attack and couldn't help but scream. A blush instantly spread to her entire face.

"You're wearing the classic blue and white bowl today." Riri Saten said with surprise, looking at the little girl's thoughts hidden under the hem of Hatsuharu Shiri's skirt with a smile on her face.

"Ah——" The cry of Hatsuharu Shikiri resounded through the sky, making those who heard it sad and those who saw it shed tears.

"What are you doing suddenly?! Saten-san!" Hatsuharu Shiki, dancing her little fists like fire wheels, launched an extremely fierce but useless counterattack against Saten Ruiko, complaining shyly.

“It’s just that sometimes I suddenly feel like I’m dreaming, so I decided to find some reality in my daily life to wake myself up.” Even though half a month has passed since I inexplicably became a user of absolute abilities, a lot of things have happened in this half month in the Academy City, which seems not to be peaceful on the surface.

After becoming a user with special abilities, Ryoko Saten can look at Academy City from another perspective. She then discovers that the once vibrant Academy City is actually so dangerous. The people in this city may be involved in various abnormal events at any time. Therefore, Ryoko Saten actually has the romantic idea of becoming a masked hero who fights crime.

The data of Saten Ruiko and Shirokumo logged in the system did not change at all. The exploited Aleister did not do anything either, as he had no idea about Shirokumo and Othinus's attitudes. Instead, he used his authority to suppress the matter along with Kamijou Touma's.

Academy City seems to be a power structure composed of all the directors, but Aleister always has the highest authority. Things he wants to conceal will never spread in Academy City, even if the interest tree of many people is destroyed.

"Is your daily routine to tease me? Saten-san is so excessive!" Hatsuharu Shiori held down the hem of her skirt with both hands and said angrily to Saten Ruiko.

"Hehehe... Have you heard about the urban legend that's been circulating recently? It's said that cash cards of varying amounts can be found in the alleys of Academy City. Let's go look for them!" Riri Saten laughed and skipped over the topic. Hatsuharu was so easy to fool that she didn't even need any tricks.

"How could there be such unrealistic urban legends? Could you please come up with some reliable urban legends next time, Saten-san?" As expected, Hatsuharu Shiki's attention was diverted at once, and she was helpless against her friend who loved urban legends.

"Aren't the rumors about the 'stripper' true? Although the real person is Miss Kihara and it's a bit exaggerated. Anyway, let's look for her first. If we can find her, we can have an extra dessert this afternoon~" Saten Ruiko took Hatsuharu Shiri's hand and rushed to the alley nearby.

"Slow down, Saten-san—" Hatsuharu Shiki's voice was like a kite with a broken string, remaining intermittent in place.

Whether in the fire, water, grass, or forest, in the soil, in the clouds, or in the girl's skirt, Ruiko Saotome is tirelessly searching for the treasure that may exist in the world.

"Where are you, Mr. Cash Card? Please call me if you're there." Riri Saten took Katsuki Hatsuharu through the alleys of Academy City that no one would normally walk through, searching every corner with great interest.

"Sa... Saten-san... shouldn't we take a break..." Hatsuharu Shikiri followed behind Saten Ruiko breathlessly, looking like she was about to lie down.

"Ah, I finally found it!" Hard work pays off. When Hatsuharu Shiki was about to fail to make a comeback, God finally responded to Saten Ruiko's wish and allowed her to find a cash card in the crack of the wall.

"That's great...Should we take a break?" Hatsuharu Shiori was also delighted by the appearance of the cash card. She was happy that she could finally take a break.

"Hatsuharu, let's go eat cake!" After completing the treasure hunt and confirming the urban legend, Saten Ruiko was very satisfied and in a good mood.

"It's finally over. Saten-san, don't you feel tired?" Hatsuharu Shiki, who had recovered some strength with the encouragement of the cake, asked curiously. In the middle of summer, Saten Ruiko dragged her to run for such a long time but she didn't even sweat a drop. Has Saten-san changed recently? Was Saten-san's physical strength so good in the past?

"Ahaha... now that you mention it, I am indeed a little tired." Realizing that she had inadvertently overacted, Riri Saotome said casually. As I said before, it was fortunate that Hatsuharu was present, otherwise it would not be so easy to fool her.

"Hey, is that Misaka-senpai in front?" Hatsuharu Shiori said uncertainly when she saw a familiar figure walking at the end of the alley.

"Is it because you are too tired, Hatsuharu, that you saw it wrong? Today, it is Misaka-senpai who went to Shirahen-senpai's house to do housework. How could she appear here?" Saten Ruiko said this, but subconsciously used her ability to capture the figure that Hatsuharu mentioned.

"Hmm? It's really Misaka-senpai, but she seems a little different?" From the feedback from the airflow, Saten Ruiko was surprised to find that Hatsuharu didn't seem to be having an illusion. That person was almost exactly the same as Misaka-senpai.

"Come on, Hatsuharu, let's catch up and take a look!" Curious, Riri Saten pulled up Hatsuharu Shiri, who had just caught her breath, and jogged along, catching up with the figure who looked like Misaka Mikoto and had just passed through the alley and had not gone far.

"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with? Misaka asked the two people who suddenly appeared in front of her with confusion." Misaka looked expressionlessly at Saten Ruiko and Hatsuharu Shiri who suddenly ran in front of her, and asked her questions in a flat voice.

"It really is Misaka-senpai. Did Baihen-senpai give you a day off today?" Hatsuharu Shirari looked at Misaka-senpai with surprise, temporarily forgetting her tired body.

"Theoretically, Misaka is indeed on vacation now, but Misaka doesn't know the Baihen senior you mentioned. Misaka was confused and didn't know what the person in front of her was talking about, but she was quite curious about her sister's current situation." said Misaka's younger sister.