Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

A full member of the dark organization "Tools," her ability is Level 4 Ability Tracking, which simply means she can sense the AIM diffusion field of others.

She and Shizuri Mugino have a high degree of compatibility in terms of abilities.

With Takitsubo Risa, Mugino Shizuri was able to precisely control his abilities, which were not very easy to control.

Like a sniper rifle, it can kill people from a kilometer away.

The reason why Makoto Haramura said it was a first meeting with this girl was because he had only met her once before while she was under control.

After all, when Mugino Shizuri brought her here, she told her to hide herself.

Before Mugino Shizuri was defeated, she was completely controlled by Shokuhou Misaki. Only when they got into the car and were taken back to the workshop did Haramura Makoto glance at the girl.

Takitsubo Riko, on the other hand, had never met Haramura Makoto.

Therefore, Makoto Haramura is absolutely right in saying this.

"Ah."

Just like her appearance, Takitsubo Riko's voice was also very gentle when she answered.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Haramura."

Led by Mugino Shizuri, the group obediently sat down on the sofa.

The girls who were just complaining outside the door are now behaving quite obediently.

But that's indeed the case.

Not only did Frenda not forget what Haramura Makoto did back then, Kinuhata Saiai also did not forget the scene when Haramura Makoto forcefully shattered her "nitrogen armor".

To be honest, she never expected that her "nitrogen armor" would have such a weakness.

Despite her best efforts to make up for her weaknesses over the past six months, she has achieved little.

What does this mean?

Even if this man makes no progress, she will still be defeated by him.

Therefore, those who understand the times are wise.

As for Takitsubo Rigo? She's even less likely to cause any trouble.

She's always been the kind of person who takes things as they come; it doesn't matter to her where she is or what kind of work she does.

"Okay, well, it's a bit sudden."

"I am here to announce something: from today onwards, you will all be under my command, and the dark organization 'Tools' will be revived."

"You will continue to operate in the underworld under the guise of 'props'."

……

"real or fake."

Makoto Haramura and Misaki Shokuhou left quickly, leaving only the original "Gadget" members and the new member, Ayaki Kihara.

As soon as Makoto Haramura left, Frenda collapsed onto the sofa, her face filled with disappointment.

Theoretically speaking, their income in the past six months has been much less than before.

For Frenda, who loves money, this is not a good life.

However, her life has been very easy for the past six months. There are practically no tasks at the talent workshop, and she only has one quota to meet each month, so she has plenty of free time every day.

Once a person becomes lazy, it's very difficult to get back to a diligent state.

"Having said that, how could it be false?"

Kinuhata Saiai rolled her eyes at Frenda, then got up and went to a corner of the room to pour herself a glass of water.

"However, I am somewhat looking forward to working with him."

"And working under that man would be much better than my previous work environment."

Kinuhata Saiai glanced meaningfully at Mugino Shizuri, who was sitting on the sofa with an expressionless face.

Frenda glanced at Mugino Shizuri as well, and finally nodded helplessly.

Because Kinuhata is right.

No matter what, it's better than the previous work environment. At the very least, this man cares about his subordinates.

Unlike the old Mugino Shizuri, who would often go crazy and attack indiscriminately without distinguishing friend from foe.

Sometimes they even wonder if they will die at the hands of their own boss, not at the hands of the enemy.

Mugino Shizuri, on the other hand, didn't care about this at all.

Or rather, she simply has no memory of this, so it doesn't matter to her.

"It looks like that, you see."

Takitsubo Riko, who had been playing on her phone and hadn't participated in the discussion, suddenly turned her phone over, pointing the screen at the group.

They all leaned their faces closer, but when they saw the screen on the phone, their expressions all changed.

Even Mugino Shizuri and Kihara Tatsuki were no exception.

Because the man on the phone was indeed Makoto Haramura, and what shocked them was the content on the phone.

"Isn't it?"

"But if he was, why didn't he use his ability back then?"

"Who knows, maybe there really is such a thing as a latent awakening for those with the power of the Primal Stones."

The girls were all talking about it.

Only Kihara Tsuyoshi seemed somewhat confused.

After all, in her opinion, someone who could be chosen by Aleister couldn't possibly be just an ordinary person.

It must be someone who has made achievements in various industries.

"never mind."

Mugino Shizuri clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention to her.

“A new member has joined the team, and I already know her abilities, but you don’t know each other yet.”

"Next, we'll head to the training ground."

"Kihara Tsuki, are you free now?"

Kihara Aki nodded slightly; she knew that this situation was necessary.

"I've already asked the school for leave, and I'm very free all day today."

……

Inside Misaki Shokuhou's bedroom on the top floor of the Talent Workshop.

Judging by the room's square footage alone, it's at least 200 square meters by sight, and the room's layout has a distinctly British lady style.

The entire house is covered with handmade cashmere carpets, and in the center of the room is a large European-style bed.

This one bed alone is more than enough for four or five people to lie on.

The rest need no further explanation; they are all very high-end and expensive furniture.

Makoto Haramura and Misaki Shokuhou were sitting on this bed.

"So you're already at Lv5."

Misaki Shokuhou appeared very surprised.

She felt that the world was changing too fast. She had only been separated from Haramura Makoto for a few hours, and so many things she didn't understand had already happened.

"Yes, that's what just happened. Look, it's already been published on Academy City's news website."

Take your phone and bring up the page on your phone.

Misaki Shokuhou was also intently looking at the content on Makoto Haramura's phone.

The ranking of superpowered individuals has been released.

First place: Accelerator

Second: Final Elementary Matter

Third place: Railgun

Fourth place: Spacetime distortion

Fifth place: Atomic collapse

Sixth: Psychological Mastery

Seventh: Body unknown

No. 8: Unknown identity

"Fourth place, two places higher than me."

Looking at the rankings above, Misaki Shokuhou's face immediately turned rather gloomy.

"Oh, you already know that, don't you?"

"The ranking of Level 5 espers in Academy City is based on a comprehensive consideration of many factors."

"There's nothing we can do about postponing it."

The role of superpowered individuals is not only reflected in their combat abilities.

The ranking of Level 5 espers in Academy City is also based on this principle, taking into account not only combat strength but also the practicality of their espers.

The simplest example.

Mugino Shizuri's destructive power is normally far greater than that of the third-ranked person, but because her abilities are far less versatile and practical than the third-ranked person's, she is ranked fourth.

Mugino Shizuri had always cared about this matter and had always wanted to cause trouble for the third person.

Characters like Misaki Shokuhou have the lowest versatility and practicality.

Misaki Shokuhou's combat ability is not only lacking, but her greatest ability can only be used to control humans. How can such an ability be widely applied?

That's clearly not going to work.

In fact, if the seventh one wasn't the unidentified Originium, and the sixth one was mysterious and never showed up, then Misaki Shokuhou should be the esper ranked seventh.

"I know that's not what's bothering me."

Misaki Shokuhou pouted her little lips.

“I never care about rankings. What I care about is why you are ranked lower than this woman.”

Misaki Shokuhou pointed her finger directly at the name "Railgun" in third place.

That's right, so what if my boyfriend ranks higher than me?

I don't even have time to be happy.

The only thing she couldn't accept was that she and her boyfriend were ranked lower than Misaka Mikoto.

"There's nothing we can do about it."

"After all, in terms of versatility and civilian applicability, 'A Certain Scientific Railgun' should be the strongest ability among all superpowered beings."

"Even though I am a Primal Stone user, my ability is still spatial ability."

"It's not very widely applicable."

That's the truth. Even the abilities of the first and second-ranked individuals are inferior to those of the third-ranked individual in Makoto Haramura's eyes.

Especially the second one.

The ability to create matter that does not belong to this world is indeed a very useful skill.

But to what extent can the materials we create be applied with current technology?

Even if you say that, I still can't accept it.

She understands the logic, but she just can't easily accept this kind of thing.

"Your hostility towards the third person is quite obvious."

Makoto Haramura watched Misaki Shokuhou with a smile.