"What happened?"
"Did that guy do something?"
"Should we call Anti-Skill first?"
"But that Tokiwadai girl looks like she's from Judgment…"
All around, murmurs started to bubble up, the noise escalating into a full-blown commotion. Yet, the members of Anti-Skill remained completely still in their station, observing but doing nothing.
As for the Judgment officer, she was the source of the whole chaotic scene.
"Talk! Hurry up and talk!"
Shirai Kuroko continued to shake Fang Li, shouting with a fury that suggested a sworn, eternal grudge.
"If you don't give me a proper explanation right now, I swear I'll never forgive you!"
It wasn't the first time Kuroko had used that exact line on him.
Only this time, her feelings were far more intense, almost bordering on desperation.
Fang Li could only manage a wry smile as he gently pulled out of her grasp. When Kuroko tried to lunge at him again, he frowned slightly and got straight to the point.
"What's wrong with that girl?"
Hearing this, Shirai Kuroko didn't answer right away. Instead, she abruptly squatted down as if struck by devastating news, frantically biting on a handkerchief while muttering bitterly to herself.
"That girl… that girl… Damn it! She actually called Big Sister by such an intimate nickname! And Big Sister even calls that delinquent 'That Fellow'? Aaaah! Unforgivable!"
She suddenly screamed, leaping up and pointing a dramatic finger straight at Fang Li.
"In that case, Kuroko will just have to show you the evidence!"
With that theatrical declaration, she pulled a digital camera from seemingly nowhere.
After switching it on, Kuroko turned the screen towards Fang Li and pointed at it with the firm authority of a detective about to reveal a shocking truth.
"Look at this! This is the proof!"
Her righteous tone made Fang Li lean closer uncertainly, his gaze shifting to the display.
What appeared was footage recorded in a student dormitory room, specifically, one belonging to a certain prestigious school.
Inside, Misaka Mikoto, clad in pajamas, sat on her bed operating her cell phone.
It was clearly a secretly filmed scene.
However, the angle was strange, it was tilted slightly upward, as if taken from a low position.
If there was another bed opposite Mikoto's, then the camera's position would be directly under the bed.
In other words, someone had been hiding under the bed to film this.
Fang Li could even faintly hear a strange, creepy giggle in the background.
At this point, there was no need to guess who the owner of that giggle, or the secret photographer, was.
"…Shirai-san…"
"What exactly were you doing?"
"This is…"
"A lady's personal interest."
"But…"
"A lady's personal interest."
"No, this looks more like…"
"A lady's personal interest!!"
"…Fine."
Whatever it was, due to Shirai Kuroko's peeping, or rather, her "personal interest", something involving Fang Li had been captured on video.
And Fang Li quickly realized what it was.
In the recording, Misaka Mikoto, although fiddling with her phone, had a look of deep worry on her face.
"Should I send him a text about this?"
"Technically, the situation was resolved thanks to him, so I should tell him."
"But for him, it was probably just a casual favor, right? Wouldn't it be weird for me to report it to him like this?"
"After all, this wasn't really his problem to begin with. How did I end up being the one reporting to him?"
"Also, come to think of it, how did that guy even get my number? When he texted me last time to give me his login ID, I learned his number too… does that mean we've exchanged numbers?"
"No! That was just coincidence! It's not an exchange! No way am I letting the first guy I ever exchanged numbers with in my life be a delinquent!"
"Aaah! Why is sending one simple text so stressful?! It's all that guy's fault!"
And so, Misaka Mikoto sat there, cycling through a rapid series of emotions, anger, frustration, embarrassment, and flustered panic, her expressions so vivid they were almost overwhelming.
Only now did Fang Li finally understand the sheer mental battle Misaka Mikoto must have gone through before sending him that text message this morning, and the realization left him completely speechless.
But what happened next was even more shocking.
"B-Big Sister… actually exchanged phone numbers with a boy?! And she's even planning to text him?! And, and she's doing it while looking so girly and flustered?!"
The "lady" who had been filming the footage with a creepy giggle suddenly froze in disbelief. Her voice began to tremble as she processed the shocking truth. Finally, she tossed aside her digital camera, scrambled out from under the bed, and lunged at Misaka Mikoto.
"Who is it?! Who's that boy?!"
"Kuro… Kuroko?! Why are you crawling out from under my bed?!"
"Forget about that! Tell me who the boy is, right now!"
"Wha… wha… what boy?! I-I-I-I-I have no idea what you're talking about!"
"Big Sister?! Big Sister is blushing when she talks about a boy?!"
"I-I am not blushing!"
"Damn! Damn that thieving cat! Big Sister clearly belongs to me! Aaah!!"
"Wh-what are you doing?! S-stop! Don't pull my clothes! Don't touch me there!"
"Big Sister! Big Sister! Hehe… Hehehehehe…!"
"Cut it out already!!"
Just as the footage was about to cross into forbidden territory, a burst of wild electrical sparks filled the screen, and it suddenly went pitch-black.
"…"
Fang Li was utterly speechless.
But there was still more to be shocked about.
Zing…
At some point, the screen flickered back on again.
Only this time, it wasn't showing the dorm room anymore, it was showing the dorm bathroom.
There, Misaka Mikoto, completely naked, stood under the showerhead, water cascading down her body as she enjoyed her bath.
Her pale skin, her glistening wet figure, her completely exposed curves, the entire scene filled Fang Li's field of vision so suddenly that he almost choked on his own saliva.
"Phew!"
In the very next instant, a pink fist came flying toward Fang Li's cheek.
Smack!
But Fang Li's reflexes weren't slow, with a sharp crack, he managed to catch the punch with his hand.
At that moment, Shirai Kuroko snapped her digital camera shut.
Her eyes locked onto Fang Li's, brimming with pure murderous intent.
"…Since you now know what you shouldn't have known," she said coldly, "there's no helping it, new grudges and old ones will all be settled together."
The moment Fang Li heard that tone, he realized things were about to go very, very bad.
Shuā!
The next second, Fang Li vanished on the spot without warning.
After all, in order to block Kuroko's punch, he had grabbed her fist, and since she'd made contact, she could now freely use her Teleportation ability, instantly sending Fang Li away.
Hmph!
With a sharp, cold snort, Shirai Kuroko turned around and walked back toward School Garden.
She never noticed one crucial detail…
Originally, she had intended to teleport Fang Li straight into a nearby sewer, dumping him into the filthy water below.
But in the exact instant she activated her ability, a pair of starlike lights flashed across her eyes, glimmering like tiny, distant constellations.
(End Of This Chapter)
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