[ On the iron bridge at night, Kamijou Touma watched Misaka Mikoto standing there in a daze. Compared to the liveliness when they last met, she now seemed so fragile and exhausted, as if she had used up all her strength.
But then she seemed to revert to the usual lively, arrogant, and willful Misaka Mikoto, "Hmph, why the sudden question? Where I go and what I do is my freedom."
"It's just staying out all night, you have no right to lecture me."
Misaka Mikoto's feigned demeanor was precisely because her acting was so perfect that Touma saw through her heart. So he blurted out, "Don't be like this...!"
Mikoto's expression on her face briefly vanished, but she still forced herself to remain calm and reverted to her original state, "What are you talking about?! At this point..."
Misaka Mikoto put on an act of not understanding the situation, wanting to respond to Kamijou Touma with her usual attitude.
"I've seen the matter of the Sisters, the 'Sisters' themselves, and the experimental content. Let's talk directly to each other."
Touma took out the stack of papers hidden inside the doll. Printed on more than twenty sheets of paper was that crazy report.
"That's... you..." Misaka Mikoto's carefully constructed facade crumbled under Kamijou Touma's blunt words. Her fabricated daily life was completely shattered, and her face was now stiff as if malfunctioning.
Then Mikoto, as if nothing had happened, leaned against the railing with her usual smile, "You found out so many details just yesterday after meeting my clone."
"Since you have that thing, it means you broke into my room, and you even opened the stuffed animal to look. You should be sentenced to death."
From your perspective, I provided the genes and became an accomplice in this experiment. So you're here to criticize me. Whatever, but looking at the results, it's all the same. I'd feel better if he just yelled at me.
Kamijou Touma looked at the smile on Misaka Mikoto's face, which seemed like she was willing to give up everything, and felt an extraordinary heartache. ]
[ .....]
~Projection of All Worlds~
"You're talking about the LV 5 Biribiri! You're not a tsundere, so don't be tsundere at this moment. Just openly admit you need help."
"This makes you look even more pitiful! Your heart is about to collapse, but you're still showing a cheerful appearance on the outside, pretending to be tsundere."
The people from other worlds watched Misaka Mikoto, who wanted to carry everything on her own, and sighed. She was pushing herself to the brink of a split personality, a typical case of saying one thing and meaning another.
It seemed she truly believed Kamijou Touma had come to condemn her for participating in the cloning experiment... after all, he didn't know that the initial Misaka Mikoto was also acting out of good intentions.
~A Certain Magical Index World, Academy City~
"Onee-sama... why didn't you look for Kuroko?! But instead, you looked for that ape."
Kuroko, who had just woken up, saw this scene of Mikoto's double-dealing and lunged towards Mikoto.
Seeing her Onee-sama with a stunned expression, Kuroko's heart ached immeasurably. She knew her Onee-sama wasn't tsundere, but was just pretending to be a bad person, wanting this ape to scold her to reduce her guilt.
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"Heh heh, you're truly lucky, Misaka Mikoto. Lucky that you met him~."
Misaki Shokuhou, on the other side, though a little displeased, didn't say much.
She understood Misaka Mikoto's feelings at that moment. When she was about to fall into the abyss of despair, someone grabbed her outstretched hand... And she also knew that even the amnesiac Kamijou Touma wouldn't stand idly by in such a situation.
"After all, the way he came to save me back then was like a prince~."
It was a pity that the prince had lost that memory forever and could no longer remember the princess's appearance.
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[ Misaka Mikoto pretended to be relaxed and asked Kamijou Touma, "So you still can't forgive me, right?"
But her deliberately cheerful voice seemed to say, "I know you're here to condemn me, so curse me if you want..."
Such a voice sounded exceptionally jarring to Touma's ears.
Kamijou Touma looked at Mikoto, his voice becoming low, "What are you saying?! I'm obviously worried about you!"
Mikoto was clearly surprised by his words. Her hand gripping the railing tightened slightly, and she averted her gaze.
"Even if you're lying to me, just someone saying that makes me feel a little better."
"I'm not lying to you," Kamijou Touma blurted out instinctively.
Looking at Misaka Mikoto, who had turned her head away with a face that seemed to have given up on everything, Kamijou couldn't forgive Mikoto for showing such an expression for some reason.
"I said I'm not lying to you!!"
Kamijou's roar startled Mikoto. She stared blankly at Kamijou's eyes, showing a look of wanting to cry but being unable to. ]
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~Projection of All Worlds~
"This is a complete killer move!! I can only say, Kuroko, just put on your hat obediently. You can't win against Touma. The power of these words is simply irresistible to Mikoto."
"Good grief, so Touma is this handsome when he's serious? But how long is Misaka Mikoto going to keep up this act?"
~Detective Conan World~
"Didn't you call the police before?! Call the police!"
Kogoro Mouri was a bit confused about the meaning of the police before.
Since they existed, they must have a purpose, right?
"Call the police..."
Conan looked at Uncle Mouri with dead fish eyes, as if asking if he was kidding.
In this Academy City where superpowers coexist, the police are actually not very useful. They are ineffective against nearly 80% of espers, or rather, they are only used to manage the remaining 20% of ordinary people.
Moreover, it's not even certain if the police have any connection to this experiment! However, the only certainty is that the experimental institution is definitely inextricably linked with higher-ups.
At this time, rather than relying on ordinary police, it would be more effective to handle it themselves.
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[ Mikoto still told Kamijou Touma some things about the Sisters.
"She calmly referred to herself as an experimental animal, and they all understood what an experimental animal meant. Knowing this, they still called themselves that."
"I am the culprit who caused this situation, so I must save them."
Kamijou Touma looked at Misaka Mikoto, who was walking towards him.
"Where do you want to go?"
Misaka Mikoto didn't say it explicitly. With a lowered face, she continued to walk forward, "The experiment will also be conducted tonight. I want to get ahead and settle things with Accelerator in my own way."
"Do you have a chance of winning?" Kamijou Touma reached out to stop her, clutching the papers in his hand, "This Tree Diagram Designer's deduction says you will die on the 185th move."
He knew that with her personality, she would definitely get angry and discharge electricity when faced with such a situation.
She must be unable to do what she wants because the power gap with Accelerator is too large.
"You're right, no matter how hard I try, I can't defeat him."
Misaka Mikoto didn't deny it and said her plan with dark eyes, "But what if I don't have enough value?!"
"For example, what if I lose in the first move, and the prediction of dying on the 185th move is wrong? If the researchers see this and start to doubt the plan, and recalculate the simulation?!"
Speaking of which, Misaka Mikoto smiled with an expression of extreme fatigue, "Even someone like me still has some use, right?"
Kamijou Touma's scalp tingled when he heard this so-called plan. He slowly took a deep breath, "You... want to die?! Do you think your death will stop the experiment?!"
"If they recalculate, won't your death be in vain?..."
Misaka Mikoto had already guessed this possibility, "No. The 'Designer of the Tree Diagram' was destroyed about three weeks ago, so it cannot be recalculated." ]
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~Projection of All Worlds~
"This is a plan to seek death, but will such intentional behavior really interrupt the researchers' deductions?"
"The prediction of 185 moves was probably made even when Misaka Mikoto was fully dodging, after all, all abilities are designed to counter Misaka Mikoto."
But it's quite a coincidence, the 'Designer of the Tree Diagram' was destroyed three weeks ago by a single strike from the Dragon King released by that white nun, which sliced through the atmosphere and severed an artificial satellite. In the end, Kamijou Touma also played a part in it.
~Sword Art Online World~
"How naive, Misaka Mikoto. This is simply not wanting to live anymore. Changing the plan is impossible."
Kayaba Akihiko, as a researcher, considered her idea extremely foolish.
The experiment, which was already more than halfway complete, would not be terminated due to a sudden accident. After all, those Sisters were just props that cost 180,000 yen to them.
Continuing the experiment to the end would not incur much loss, and they wouldn't care at all.
"Even if I sacrifice everything to perform this play, it might not work."
Kirito knew this was because Misaka Mikoto was at her wits' end.
As long as the researchers realized that Mikoto was 'acting', all their efforts would be in vain. Another ridiculously laughable outcome was that even though the researchers thought the predicted data was wrong, they decided to continue the experiment.
Even so, Misaka Mikoto still chose to do this, as she had no other choice.
She was just praying that the experiment would truly be terminated by her death.
~Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline~
~In the 7th singularity, Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia~
"Although it's an act of sacrificing one's life to protect others, she can't even defeat the enemy honorably like a hero."
Merlin knew this was the last thing this girl, who always pretended to be strong, could do.
That was to offer her own life, making people believe that a correct answer was wrong... It was like a known future suddenly having a variable, forcing them to doubt themselves.
"But..."
This wouldn't work. Just like how destroying countless experimental institutions before was useless, because the experiments would be taken over by other research institutions.
If the fundamental problem is not solved, then everything done to stop them is just a meaningless act.
"Instead of going to die herself, it would be better to bring Kamijou Touma... His abilities might be the key variable to change the future."
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