( Author-san: This is written from the perspectives of both A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Magical Index, so the dialogue might
( Author-san: This is written from the perspectives of both A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Magical Index, so the dialogue might differ slightly, as they complement each other. What Railgun doesn't clarify, Index does. )
[ The scene shifts to Touma Kamijou's perspective. Still utterly bewildered, Touma Kamijou walks home in the setting sun, laden with a pile of drinks.
"It's so hot… my hands are so cold… my body is so heavy…"
Just then, a tennis ball bounces repeatedly on the ground, rolling towards him. But Touma Kamijou, ever unlucky, naturally wouldn't overlook such minor details.
He heightened his vigilance.
Touma immediately stopped his steps, subtly adjusting where he placed his foot. The tennis ball stopped precisely in front of him. If he had continued forward, he would undoubtedly have—tripped.
Seeing this, Touma Kamijou, clutching a pile of drinks with both hands, felt quite smug.
"Heh heh heh…—that was close."
He was certain that if he had stepped on the tennis ball, he would have fallen.
Just as Touma was thinking this… a sudden gust of wind blew, as if perfectly calculated, sending the tennis ball directly under his foot.
"Huh? Wait… wait!"
Touma Kamijou, whose foot landed on the ball, instantly fell flat on his back, the large quantity of drinks he was carrying scattering everywhere. He rubbed the back of his head, which hurt from the fall.
"Such misfortune!!"
Just then, a dark shadow loomed over Touma Kamijou. He looked up and was puzzled when he recognized the person as Misaka Mikoto.
"You… didn't you leave with your Sister just now?!"
"I merely walked over from there, Misaka says, indicating the direction she came from before."
Misaka Sister looked down at Touma with emotionless eyes.
"If assistance is required, Misaka can help pick them up. Misaka suggests this with a sigh."
Only then did Touma Kamijou notice that the 'Misaka' in front of him still had night vision goggles hanging from her hand. He then realized with a start,
"What the heck, it's a Sister, you really do look like Misaka."
Misaka Sister squatted down to pick up the drinks on the ground, continuing with a blank expression, "By the way, where are these drinks supposed to be taken? Misaka asks, her hands full of drinks."
Because she was squatting, Touma Kamijou's eyes drifted to an inappropriate location, and he blushed slightly.
"Hm? No, it's fine, I can carry them myself."
"By the way, where are these drinks supposed to be taken? Misaka prompts again."
Touma Kamijou snapped back to reality and immediately averted his gaze.
"I told you, you don't need to help. You're not obligated to help me."
Misaka Sister's voice seemed to become more agitated, as if growing impatient: "Answer quickly!!"
Touma Kamijou had a bad feeling that refusing further would lead to something unfortunate, so he quickly gave up resisting and obediently let Misaka Sister help him carry the drinks back to his home. ]
[ .....]
~Projection of All Worlds~
"Sigh… It's no use. You know how unlucky you are; don't struggle, you can't escape it. Just step on it obediently, at least you'll fall a bit more gracefully."
"That wind blew quite loudly. All I can say is that history always repeats itself strikingly. If it's misfortune, you can't avoid it… As for good fortune?! Do you really think you still have that?"
"Sigh…"
Everyone from other worlds sighed as they watched Touma Kamijou try to dodge the tennis ball with fancy footwork. They had all thought he had avoided the ball that would surely make him fall, but the wind had anticipated his anticipation.
It seems he was destined to fall. To be this unlucky, are you sure the world isn't targeting you?! Even the wind is against you.
~Sword Art Online World~
"What's with Misaka Sister's strange verbal tic?"
Kirito watched Touma Kamijou and Misaka Sisters' conversation, feeling like something was off.
Misaka Sisters seemed to be putting herself in the third person.
And rather than a verbal tic, it seemed more like she was expressing her unspoken emotions and thoughts through words.
"But… it does make things very clear. Although it's a bit strange,"
Asuna also found herself puzzled. Despite being a clone, her way of speaking was like a robot's, yet her final tone was like a living person.
This made it hard for her to pinpoint Misaka Sister's status.
Was she a living individual? Or were the emotions she displayed simulated through a network?
~A Certain Magical Index World, Academy City~
"Misfortune…"
Touma Kamijou felt like he couldn't even bear to watch. His level of bad luck must have gone viral by now; he could probably even debut as an idol.
Although she's a clone, her heart is quite kind, and after he repeatedly refused her help, Misaka Sister's somewhat impatient tone—that's clearly how a human should act.
Although he knew that Misaka Mikoto had pulled 'Misaka Sister' aside earlier to talk, not wanting him to get involved, no matter what, he would stop this inhumane experiment.
"Still couldn't escape…"
Although she had a premonition, Misaka Mikoto still didn't want Touma Kamijou to get involved. The Mikoto in the video probably thought the same; after all, the other party was the strongest LV5.
But no matter how she tried to avoid it, Touma Kamijou always seemed to inexplicably connect with Misaka Sister.
.....
[ Time moves to the next afternoon. Touma Kamijou encounters Misaka Sister again; she is currently taking care of a stray cat.
"Do you know what happens to animals taken to the shelter? Misaka asks this question."
Faced with Misaka Sisters' barrage of questions, Touma Kamijou's cold sweat flowed even more. He reluctantly picked up the kitten and walked down the street with Misaka Sister.
"Since you picked it up, at least give it a name."
"Inu (Dog)!"
Misaka Sister's expressionless face suddenly took on a mischievous look.
"This black Cat (Neko) is named Inu (Dog)… Misaka gave it this name."
"It's a Cat (Neko), but it's called Inu (Dog). Heh heh…"
Misaka Sister couldn't help but smile crookedly.
"Let's give it a more dignified name,"
Touma Kamijou tried to persuade her, his smile a bit forced.
Misaka Sister returned to her blank expression, seemingly quite fond of the name Inu (Dog): "Then let's call it Ieyasu Tokugawa… Misaka changes the idea thus." ]
[ .....]
~Projection of All Worlds~
"Oh my God! She's a genius, I want to be her disciple! Wouldn't this satisfy those who want both a cat and a dog?"
"She's simply a naming prodigy! The literary world suffered a great loss without Misaka Sister! Look at her eyes full of 'wisdom' and that mysterious smile, she's definitely a master!!"
Who would name a cat 'Dog'?! I didn't expect you, Misaka Sister, with your clear eyes and delicate features, to be such a dark-bellied person… And Ieyasu Tokugawa got dragged into this innocently.
~Gintama World~
"Ano sa, they're really bad at naming things, aren't they? Don't you think so, Jugemu-Jugemu-Gokō-no-Surikire-Kaijarisuigyo-no-Suigyōmatsu-Unraimatsu-Fūraimatsu-Kūnerutokoro-ni-Sumutokoro-Yaburakōji-no-Burakōji-Paipo-Paipo-Paipo-no-Shūringan-Shūringan-no-Gūrindai-Gūrindai-no-Ponpokopī-no-Ponpokonā-no-Chōkyūmei-no-Chōsuke?"
Kyuubei spoke to the monkey on his shoulder, clearly thinking his own name was more creative.
"Achoo!!"
Elsewhere, Shinpachi in the Yorozuya suddenly sneezed, remembering the incredibly long name when they helped Kyuubei find the monkey, yet they only remembered his underwear…
"Why would you call a Cat (Neko) 'Dog'?! Now you've offended both cat and dog lovers!!"
Shinpachi immediately resumed his tsukkomi.
"Hey, hey, Shinpachi, didn't you see they changed it to Ieyasu Tokugawa?! With such a dignified name, what more could you be dissatisfied with?"
Gintoki's eyes at this moment seemed to be saying,
"How can you be so picky?"
"Exactly!"
Kagura picked her nose, then hugged Sadaharu next to her.
"Don't you think so?! Sada-Oda Nobunaga-Toyotomi Hideyoshi-Tokugawa Shige Shige-Haru!!"
"You're going to compare that, too? That name is way too long,"
Shinpachi's face turned dark. And was there something weird mixed in there?!
That was… General!!
.....
[ Touma Kamijou throws the cat to Misaka Sister and plans to buy some related books at the bookstore.
Just then, Misaka Sister freezes. Accelerator appears on a street behind her, signaling the start of the experiment.
In the alley, accompanied by a gunshot, Misaka Sister lies on the ground, covered in wounds.
"Reflection?"
"Unfortunately, while close, reflection is not the essence of my ability."
Accelerator, perhaps because he was in a good mood today, even explained.
"The answer is vector conversion… Kinetic energy, thermal energy, electrical energy—as long as they touch my skin, all energy can be redirected!!"
"I merely set the default to reflection."
Saying this, Accelerator poked Misaka Sister's wound with his finger, causing her to cry out in pain.
"I am now touching blood flow… What would happen if I reversed the blood flow?"
At this moment, Misaka Mikoto arrives outside a research facility, her smile somewhat broken. She then directly hacks into the entire laboratory.
"Destroy everything, the existing facilities. The facilities that will undertake these, destroy them all!!"
Surging electricity engulfs the entire research facility. All she wants now is to force the plan to stop immediately: "Equipment, funds, desires, ambitions. I will destroy them without a trace."
Then, through the surveillance video, she sees Accelerator and Misaka Sister experimenting, the scene from just now. She places her hand on the screen, her voice full of pleading,
"Stop… stop…!!"
But the video doesn't stop as she wished; instead, blood directly stains the entire screen.
On the other side, when Touma Kamijou walks out of the bookstore, he looks around but doesn't find Misaka Sister, only the cat left behind.
Then, as if feeling something, he looks towards the alley opposite and slowly walks over, holding the cat.
Deep in the alley, Touma Kamijou sees a sight that makes his pupils tremble: a discarded shoe, a pool of blood, a shattered night vision device, and signs of a struggle all around. ]
[ .....]
~Projection of All Worlds~
"It makes me want to personally hit someone! After a few lively moments, the video suddenly becomes depressing again. Damn Accelerator!!!"
"I can't take it… my blood pressure is soaring. Is this even human? It's utterly inhumane."
Everyone from other worlds watched, gritting their teeth but helpless, because even if they personally intervened, they probably wouldn't be a match for Accelerator.
Basically, everything would be reflected by him. Trying to sneak attack would be impossible; he even set up basic reflection on his skin, so as soon as anything touches him, he can reflect it directly without even activating his ability.
Misaka Mikoto once again experienced her powerlessness. Even if she single-handedly destroyed the research facilities, she couldn't stop the plan from proceeding.
She also witnessed Misaka Sisters' death once more, and her entire being seemed to be breaking down.
The kind of grief that comes from being unable to save someone right in front of you was almost suffocating this middle school student..
.....