"So, if you want some shaved ice, Shiina can help you with that." Yoshino and Saten Ruiko were chatting on their way home from school.
When Ruiko suddenly complained that it was too hot and she wanted shaved ice, Shiina excitedly stepped forward and said,
"Don't you want shaved ice? It can make a lot of shaved ice for you to eat."
"Oh? How will you do that, Shiina?" Saten Ruiko looked at Shiina curiously.
How was this rabbit going to satisfy her craving for shaved ice? Shiina didn't have any ice on its body. How would it conjure it?
"Hehe! The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. Yoshino, you go to the supermarket first and buy some shaved ice cups and fruit juice. Then I can demonstrate it to Ruiko."
Even if it could conjure ice, if there were no seasonings, eating plain ice wouldn't have any taste. It still needed to prepare something.
"In that case, get a few more shaved ice cups and some fruit juice. After all, if we have them at home, we can make it whenever we want," Toujou Nozomi said, sitting on Yoshino's shoulder and leaning against Yoshino's small head.
Her current body was so small and weightless that sitting on Yoshino's shoulder wouldn't add any pressure to Yoshino.
Most importantly, she could also get a good whiff of Yoshino's hair scent. Why not?
"That's true. Then let's go buy them." Without waiting for Yoshino's reaction, she grabbed Yoshino's small hand and quickly moved towards the nearest supermarket.
Toujou Nozomi, who was sitting on Yoshino's shoulder, could only cling to Yoshino's hair, her whole body starting to float.
"So, don't be so excited now, Ruiko. Calm down." Really, she's as energetic as Kousaka Honoka. Why be so excited?...
"So what do we do now?" The group arrived at the park and looked at the ingredients placed on the chair. Saten Ruiko looked at Shiina curiously. "What are you going to do now? Show me."
"Hehe! Now open your eyes wide and don't look away!" With hands on its hips, Shiina, looking smug, pretended to stretch a bit, then aimed at the shaved ice cup and opened its mouth.
"Uwaaahhh~" Shiina started spitting out crushed ice into the shaved ice cup from its mouth, like vomit, making the expectant Saten Ruiko sweat profusely.
She knew that Yoshino was a person with ice-attribute spiritual power, but now that it was making shaved ice in this way, what kind of expression was she supposed to have? This was a bit awkward.
"So, Ruiko, what flavor of fruit juice do you want?" Yoshino took out many bottles from the bag, all containing various kinds of fruit juice.
Yoshino looked at Saten Ruiko with curiosity. Now, just add this, and the shaved ice will be complete.
"..." Did she bring this trouble upon herself? She looked at the ice in the shaved ice cup.
If she hadn't seen the ice being spit out from Shiina's mouth earlier, it would have been fine, but now that she had seen it, how was she supposed to eat it?
Saten Ruiko, struggling internally, looked at Yoshino with a resolute expression.
"Just give me the lemon-flavored fruit juice." She had said it, and she would do it, even if it brought tears to her eyes.
Moreover, Yoshino's pure, innocent gaze made Saten Ruiko unable to refuse. Anyway, it was just shaved ice; she would just die trying.
"Hmm~ It tastes pretty good. That's a surprise." Feeling the unique sour taste of mango in her mouth, Saten Ruiko said with a hint of surprise. The taste was quite good.
"Hehe! I think, Ruiko, you just felt a little disgusted because you thought it came from Shiina's mouth, didn't you? It's the same principle as feeling cool when you hear the sound of wind chimes. You should know that Shiina is just a doll; do you think it would have saliva?" How boring, are you that disgusted with Shiina?
"This is what you call synesthesia, right?" Toujou Nozomi ate the shaved ice Yoshino fed her, answering Shiina's words. She had read about this when she was reading.
"It's the same principle that when you see red colors, you feel warm, and when you see blue colors, you feel cold."
"Sister Nozomi, you're referring to warm and cool colors, right? These were all mentioned in school lessons." However, Saten Ruiko didn't remember much of what was said in class.
Saten Ruiko turned her head away. Recently, having gained an ability, she hadn't been as focused in class.
Should she go find Uiharu Kazari to teach her how to study soon? She felt that her next exam might be a disaster.
"Yes, that's right. Just like this bowl of shaved ice Shiina made, isn't it stained with strawberry juice? Doesn't that give people a strawberry feeling?"
"Eh~ Is that how it is?" Saten Ruiko, now able to eat shaved ice with peace of mind, had eaten too quickly just now and felt her head starting to ache. She pressed her temples with her hand, her legs shaking up and down.
"Hehe~ Cold food stimulates the nerves in the mouth, causing blood vessels to constrict or expand. When exposed to cold too quickly, the nerve clusters, being overstimulated, send signals to the brain, causing rapid contraction of brain blood vessels, leading to pain in other parts of the body. So, Ruiko, you shouldn't eat shaved ice so quickly."
With the protection of her magic, she wouldn't have any headache reactions, but Saten Ruiko had only just learned to use her power, so a headache was to be expected.
"But Ruiko, you should have gotten the music related to 'AIM Stalker' (Level Upper), right? The main culprit of the previous 'Graviton' (Graviton), Mr. Kaitabi Hatsuya, gained Level 4 esper abilities by relying on that music. You should have gotten it too, right?"
While Yoshino and Toujou Nozomi were eating shaved ice together, Yoshino remembered that in the original work, Saten Ruiko should have found 'AIM Stalker' (Level Upper) online.
"Mhm. It's in my MP4." Saten Ruiko, who possessed the Level 5 treasure-finding ability, found it online when Shirai Kuroko and Uiharu Kazari couldn't find anything despite their investigations, and even Senior Misaka's cute act yielded no results. How interesting.
"Should I tell Uiharu and the others? It seems they are currently investigating this matter, right?"
"No, no, that won't do. If you do that, you'll miss a lot of interesting scenes."
If she remembered correctly, the plot of a certain magical index should be starting soon. If Misaka Mikoto hadn't acted cute to investigate this matter, causing the meddling Mr. Kamijou to interfere, then Misaka Mikoto wouldn't have caused a blackout in the entire District 7 with her lightning, and Index wouldn't have fallen onto Kamijou Touma's dorm balcony.
Index's brain full of magic books was one of the plans to enhance Yoshino's abilities.
"So you can keep this a secret for now. Shiina still wants to take some photos of Misaka Mikoto as leverage." This way, it can threaten her.
An evil plan formed in Shiina's mind.
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