Chapter Thirty-Four: A Fated Enmity

  "What is this dead fish eye doing here?"

  Just as he was about to continue teasing this naturally airheaded glasses girl, a voice that almost made him immediately take off sprinting rang out. With an expression like he had seen a ghost, he turned his head around and indeed it was Misaka Mikoto, the pest.

  "What a fate..."

  "Who, who has a fate with you, idiot? Don't casually say things that can easily be misunderstood!" Mikoto Misaka's face turned bright red; seriously, how could she so carelessly mention the word "fate" in front of all these security guards?! And besides, saying something like that during battle is totally out of place!

  "I've found that your ability to misinterpret others' words has completely surpassed your ability to use electricity......" Touma Kamijou discovered that every time he met Mikoto Misaka, there were serious problems in their communication, and the severity of it was beyond "it's like talking to a brick wall".

  The captain of the guard squad emerged from behind a bridge pier, dodging splintered concrete blocks, and took a worried glance around the scene. After confirming that Iron Sandal was safe, he let out a sigh of relief and began to shoo away Intetsu Chouei and Mikoto Misaka, who were standing there.

  "Hey, you over there! This isn't a place for chit-chat, get out of here fast! This is our battlefield!"

  "I remember it's clearly written in law that citizens have an obligation to lend a helping hand at times like these."

  He made up a reason on the spot, and he didn't know which law in Academy City stated this, but he thought that as long as it was a politician who set the law, it would clearly define the responsibilities and obligations of citizens. Anyway, at this time, those security guards couldn't investigate, so just giving them an excuse to leave without being too pushy was fine. After all, making things awkward wouldn't help the situation, and now their relationship could be considered that of comrades-in-arms.

  "Huh? Is that really what the law says?" Mikoto Misaka asked in a low voice, her curiosity piqued as she tugged on Kuroko's sleeve; if it was true, then wouldn't she be able to openly refute Black's arguments against interfering from now on?

  "I deceived them, if I didn't say that they would definitely drive me away. Because based on my experience of watching anime, the captain's face is just that kind of stubborn and rigid personality." Touma Kamijou replied in a low voice to Mikoto Misaka, completely disregarding the feelings of Index who was being supported by him to one side.

  At this time, Tie couldn't be bothered to blame the dead fish-eyed high school student for his rudeness, because his teammates had started firing at the "Fantasy Beast" with grenade launchers after thoroughly provoking the monster. In the short time they were talking, the reinforcements of the security guards were almost completely annihilated, and she was now one of the ones with the lightest injuries, with only a small wound on her leg from being hit by flying debris from the concrete explosion earlier.

  "Just a moment ago, he was saying such beautiful words, but in the end, he was killed by the monster like an unnamed extra, this doesn't conform to normal settings at all! The previous captain of the guard team's handsome lines shocked Kaiji Choyo for a moment, and he thought it was a hidden BOSS that hadn't appeared in any plot, but the result was that he was KO'd by the monster in just two or three sentences, this contrast is a bit too big!"

  "Enough of your nonsense, now it's my turn to fight!"

  Mikoto Misaka realizes the urgency of the situation, now that all the security guards have been taken down by the 'Fantasy Beast', and currently only she, at LV5, has the ability to stop this monster from heading towards the nuclear power experimental facility. At this moment, she cannot shirk her responsibility!

  Mikoto Misaka pulled out a high-frequency vibrating whip made of iron sand from the ground and used it to knock off one of the "Phantasmal Beast"'s limbs, but the beast's recovery speed was much faster than she had anticipated, restoring its severed limb in just a few breaths.

  "With this level of recovery ability, how is that possible?!" Even having seen many strange abilities, Mikoto Misaka was still shocked by the recovery ability of the "Fantasy Beast". In order to prevent it from growing bigger after absorbing attacks, she had specifically used her Iron Sand High-Frequency Vibration Whip to sever its limbs, attempting to reduce its body size and ultimately eliminate the monster. But she hadn't expected this monster's recovery ability to be so exaggerated - how was she supposed to fight it? It was completely cheating!

  Mikoto Misaka was caught off guard, but the "Illusionary Beast" didn't miss a beat; it created a massive energy sphere that left a deafening sonic boom as it shot towards her at high speed. In an instant, Touma Kamijou, who had been keeping an eye on the battle, rushed to Mikoto's side and pushed her away, while his other hand swiftly pulled out an aluminum card from his waist pack and flung it into the air in front of him, exploding it to create a shockwave that deflected the massive energy sphere elsewhere.

  That energy shot finally hit the high-speed highway bridge behind Touma, and the massive impact and explosive force immediately caused the huge high-speed highway bridge to collapse. Watching from the side, Mikoto Misaka's back was drenched in cold sweat, her heart filled with fear.

  If that energy bullet had hit me just now, even if it was nearby, I wouldn't have died but would have been seriously injured!

  "Are you looking for a beating? Focus during battle, idiot!"

  Mikoto Misaka, who was awakened by the loud noise of the explosion, uses the shockwave generated by the blast to deflect the energy balls. This method can only be achieved at the cost of her own injuries; now she is facing the direction of the card explosion, and her body has been cut by the fragments of the cards brought by the explosion, bleeding profusely. In such a hasty time, Toma Kamijou couldn't make the aluminum card explode completely, even if he could, he wouldn't do it that way, an explosion of that magnitude would undoubtedly blow him up directly.

  "Urusai, I don't need you to teach me! You... are you okay?" Mikoto Misaka returned from her trance-like state, her face slightly flushed with embarrassment, but still speaking in her usual haughty tone as she argued with Touma Kamijou. However, upon seeing the blood-soaked state of Touma's body, her clenched fists and increasingly fierce attacks seemed to suggest turmoil within her heart.

  What's wrong? You're bleeding so much all of a sudden! As the ancients said, one drop of semen is worth ten drops of blood. I've lost so much blood, at least I'll have to skip several anime episodes to make up for it! Jie Lü Chu Yì feels that not only his body is bleeding, but also his heart; Director, this plot is completely different from what was agreed upon! If I hadn't been here just now, Misaka Mikoto would have already been reduced to dust and ashes. Where's the protagonist halo? Where's the aura of good fortune?