When Steele woke up from the same security branch, his mood was a bit broken.
Academy City is too cruel for me.
Also very surprised.
Even if Kanzaki wasn't around last time, why didn't he save me this time?
He looked around him. Sitting in front of him was the female teacher security guard. To his side, Index, leaning against the wall, was staring at him with vigilance and hostility. Next to him, to the left and right, stood the man who knocked him unconscious twice. In the bad scene of Langsen, there is also an unknown junior high school girl wearing a school uniform and short skirt.
Next to him, on the left, Kamijou Touma, who had taken Index in for one night, was sitting like a jury, with his right hand resting on his arm, and his expression seemed a little uncomfortable.
His hands moved, and the handcuffs on his wrists jingled. Steele tried his best to look at Ji Xing with a sultry expression: "You succeeded in a sneak attack again. What, what are you going to do with me this time?"
"No action." Aiho Yomikawa said: "Your companions have been repulsed by us, and we have reported your matter to the chairman. The next step is to negotiate with the upper management.
As for now... I have nothing to do. The little nun told us a lot about magic. Why don't you also tell us about yours? "
"Repulse?" Steele said in a frivolous tone: "Kanzaki? Huh?! Ah, I probably know that Kanzaki is still so soft-hearted and doesn't want to provoke Academy City's security guards, so let's evacuate.
As for magic...are you curious? Then let’s give you some friendly advice first. Don’t take advantage of the 13,000 magic books in Index’s mind. As long as you understand one, the pollution will kill you! "
He diligently plays the role of the villain who bullies Index: "When we recycle her, it is actually good for everyone, both her and you.
It's not hard to imagine what it would be like if she was caught, right? Torture, torture? She would have to endure unbearable pain to keep the secret, and her casual retelling of the contents of the magic book would bring disaster to others. It is only natural that such items should be recycled. "
"You actually... called her an 'item'?!"
This attitude successfully aroused everyone's anger. Misaka Mikoto clenched her fists, and Index became even more sad and depressed, viewing him as her enemy.
Steele was actually feeling very sad, but the 14-year-old boy's face was full of arrogance and ferocity. He couldn't lose face even if he lost.
At this moment, a security guard suddenly broke in: "Captain Huangquanchuan! The enemy who escaped from the siege appeared outside and is about to come in!"
Steele chuckled: "It seems that Kanzaki has obtained the approval of the bishop. I advise you not to stop him. People will really die."
Half a minute later, Kanzaki walked into the security branch with everyone on guard and said: "Steele, the Grand Bishop said that he can explain the truth to them."
Steele: "...???"
…
"Are you protecting her?!"
"You were the little nun's best companions before her memory was erased a year ago?!"
"One hundred and three thousand magic books occupy 85% of her memory. If she doesn't clear her memory every year, she will die?"
"Are you kidding..."
Surprised questions came one after another, but the eyes still focused on Steele's face, making Steele feel huge pain.
Why is Academy City so cruel?
Director, you should have told me to change the script earlier! I just delivered a perfect villain performance!
He was silent for a few seconds and said seriously: "Unlock the handcuffs, I want to have a cigarette."
This reaction said a lot. Kanzaki sent the most critical evidence in a slightly complicated way: "This child cannot use magic and has no superpowers. Why do you think we have been chasing her for a full year and still haven't caught her? Just relying on the 'Mobile Church' she is wearing... Huh? Why is her 'Mobile Church' damaged?!"
"How... could it be like this?" The culprit Kamijou Touma's hand on Steele moved away in a daze. Yes, what she said made sense.
Yomikawa Aiho's expression was heavy, Misaka Mikoto's expression was strange and confused, and Ji Xing comforted Index's head, which was stunned.
The enemy who was chasing her suddenly said that he was protecting her, and Index couldn't accept it for a while.
What's more important is that according to the other party, clearing her memory is for her own survival and for her own safety, which means that she will have to take the initiative to forget Touma, forget the bad scene, and forget the kind-hearted teacher Yomikawa!
Seeing this, Kanzaki's mood became depressed and he ignored the damage to the mobile church for the time being.
"Although it is cruel, it is the truth. Seeing you fighting to protect Index makes me happy for her and sad for her, because this time last year, it was the two of us who played your role. indivual.
But... there is nothing we can do. If the memory is not cleared in time, she will die! We dare not be by her side again and become friends with her again. The feeling of being forgotten after being together for a year... is a huge harm to both of us! "
Her words were a little intense and emotional: "But there is no way! So... the expiration of one year is very close, please treat this encounter as a dream, a beautiful memory, and let us take Index away Silk. If we meet again next time, she won’t recognize you either..."
"How is that possible?!" Kamijou Touma immediately retorted excitedly: "There are other ways, there must be! If magic doesn't work, just use science. It doesn't have to be to erase her memory..."
"Wait a minute." Super top student Misaka Mikoto raised a hand and slowly asked in confusion: "Who said... one hundred and three thousand books can occupy 85% of the memory? Each magic book has a building. Is it that heavy? That’s not the case!”
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Emotional Kanzaki: "...?"
…
"Is this a lie? A lie made up to prevent Index from betraying the church?!"
After Steele, Kanzaki's worldview also collapsed. If this is a lie, then what have we been doing in the past two years? !
Steele's face became even more troubled, and he suddenly raised his head and said: "No! If there is such a thing, how could the greatest bishop..."
Laura's appearance and her usual habits came to mind. Could it be that she had also been deceived? No, maybe it’s because we found something impossible and deliberately led us in this direction...
Anyway, is it possible that this is true? !
"No." He looked at Misaka Mikoto: "We can't believe this just because of your statement alone. Give me more evidence!"
Ji Xing said at the right time: "I probably know this, but I'm just a bad student, so I'm not sure."
slacker student? No, you are not a scumbag, Academy City's sixth-ranked Lanhua Yue! Kanzaki looked at him sideways, so the two Academy City level 5s were proving that Index didn't need to clear her memory?
With a heavy heart, she whispered beside Steele. Steele was suddenly shocked and looked at Ji Xing with a look that said, "You are such an old man." He took a deep breath: "It's not enough. I can't put Indy Kesi’s safety depends on the judgment of these two people, is there a corresponding book?”
The people who had previously called Index an object were now extremely concerned about her, but no one else cared much about it.
Misaka Mikoto tried her best to recall the title of the book, while Yomikawa Aiho said: "Don't bother me. Teacher Xiaomoe happens to be in the school, she is an expert."
After a while, the pink-haired cute teacher appeared in the security branch with his little hands behind his back: "There are many people here, little Kamijou, little Langsen, little nun... What can I do, Mr. Yomikawa?"
Steele was stunned: "You...don't tell me that this is Yueyong Xiaomeng? A child?"
"You can't be rude to the teacher." Xiaomeng turned to look at him, not knowing how to tell, and hummed: "A foreign child, a companion of a little nun? The teacher is already 28 years old this year."
28 years old? For some reason, Steele suddenly remembered a story he had seen while investigating the karate club these days: "aptx...that medicine?"
His eyes instantly focused on Ji Xing.
Xiao Meng was silent and said, "Damn it! Xiao Langsen, eat the teacher again! Haaa——"
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After a farce, the pink-haired cute teacher with his hands behind his back gave everyone a lesson, from the brain to the brainstem to the functions of different memories. It was so clear that Touma felt sleepy.
She didn't know Index's situation, so halfway through her speech, Steele and Kanzaki looked at each other in silence, with unspeakable complex expressions.
Then why does Index fall into a painful coma every time the one-year period approaches?
I'm afraid a spell has been set on her body, which will cause her to die if her memory is not cleared by the time.
Index, who has mastered the knowledge of one hundred and three thousand magic books, has already reacted on her own initiative and checked her body up and down. Where is it and what kind is it? If I crack that thing, I won’t have to forget everyone! Where? !
Wait, I have never seen anything special when I take a shower, which proves that... the spell must be somewhere I don't usually see easily!
Her anxious little face was flushed.
Kanzaki said: "Steele, all the men in the room please go out first. I need to check Index's body."
Ten minutes later, after a humiliating inspection, Index discovered... that the location of the curse mark was a rune deep in her throat.
Rune characters that look like the number '4'.
The truth is revealed!
