Really."
Mikoto put down Index on her right hand and Kamijou on her left hand and spoke in a relaxed tone:
"…Finally caught up with him. You idiot, even if your mobile phone wasn't working, you shouldn't have rushed forward by yourself and been forced into a corner! No matter how powerful you are, you only have one life. Have you forgotten even this basic concept?!"
The nun in white holding the calico cat sighed and said:
"It's no use telling Touma about this. So, we'll have to find a compromise. Sorry, Touma, but we're going to intervene this time. We won't give up even if Touma refuses."
perhaps.
Some people might think this is embarrassing.
Some people might think he is incompetent.
Some people may think that they shouldn't drag a third party into trouble because of their own willfulness.
But.
"…"
The mobile phone fell on the roof of the train.
I guess it fell out of Kamijou's pocket when he nearly fell but was roughly rescued by Mikoto.
It seemed that a button was pressed when it fell, and a small electronic machine began to play a message.
Kamijou set up the disaster message board service so that whenever there is a new message, it will record the message. The phone screen is showing the screen playing the recording.
This is a short message of only a few seconds.
The voice sounds familiar.
"Hey, weird, did you hear that? Dao Ye, Touma, did you hear that?"
The female voice sounded nonchalant, without any trace of uneasiness or worry.
Mother.
Unless extremely special methods such as Academy City's clone technology are used, people who are bound to exist when they are born into this world. Adults who take their existence for granted and sometimes even make people depressed.
"Although there seems to be some commotion outside, I'm fine. Don't worry too much. Just wait for this chaos to end."
Even though this is so natural, there are still mothers and daughters who cannot give or receive.
Not even once.
They were not even allowed to look at each other in the world of light.
Such overwhelming unreasonableness is right before our eyes.
…In that case, why bother? It doesn't matter if it's ugly, miserable, or embarrassing. As long as it can destroy this stupid cliff, I'll use whatever it is. It doesn't matter what it is or who it is dragged into.
Do this -
This is definitely...
"…That guy is Freya, the magician of the Troublemaker. Her true form is the fetus in her belly. It seems that she temporarily took over the control of her mother's body in order to save her from collapsing for some reason."
Kamijou picked up the damaged mobile phone and spoke.
He pondered.
He considered.
...But it's absolutely right to do so.
"Please. To help these two, please lend me your strength."
This moment.
The English Puritan nun Index, who was wearing a white monastic robe and holding a calico cat, was silent for a moment. She slowly narrowed her eyes and pondered the meaning of Kamijou Touma's words.
This moment.
Misaka Mikoto, the girl nicknamed "A Certain Scientific Railgun" who was wearing the winter uniform of Tokiwadai Junior High School, paused for a moment as if she was trying to carefully digest the words she had heard.
They didn't think the request was outrageous.
I don't feel like I'm causing trouble for myself.
...I've been waiting for this sentence.
How long, how hard, how anxious is the wait? The boy who said this naturally must not understand the feelings of the girls. Just to finish what I want to say, it may take several hours... no, it may take several days, but this matter is not important now.
The answer that should be given at this time is not a long-winded one.
That kind of stuff, just take your time after everything is over.
Now.
This is probably the most comforting answer to a teenager who is in desperate situation and seeking help.
" "Leave it to me."
Boom!
The two girls took a big step forward to protect Kamijou Touma.
At the same time, the train rushed into the tunnel again.
In front of them was the "troublemaker" magician Freya. In the back, the "underground dragon" Vol. 02 made a heroic "bang bang bang!" sound of destruction and rushed towards the tunnel. Compared with this semicircular space, its size was obviously not suitable. If it crashed into it, the remaining two carriages might also derail. Strong enemies attacked from both sides, but Index and Misaka Mikoto still smiled faintly.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
The enemy probably didn't realize that they were standing in the position they had always dreamed of.
Chapter 183. Index's Redemption
Chaos begins.
Wars broke out one after another.
Touma's realization.
Freya's persistence.
The spiritual collision between the two.
Eventually, Misaka Mikoto and Index intervened.
However, it has come to this moment.
The boy named Kamijou Touma still couldn't hide the kindness in his heart.
That's right.
Tokyo is in chaos...
That's also true.
Perhaps the world really needs someone to judge this chaos.
but--
Right before his eyes.
It is in this small place that seems insignificant to ordinary people.
How much this magician named Freya needs help.
This might be the first time that the young man, who had always been fighting alone, said such words.
[help...]
[As the protagonist, as the saint who saves all things, he has been working tirelessly to maintain all the factors of his daily life from beginning to end, running tirelessly on the front lines of various paths, and still happily wanting to change all tragedies. He said this for the first time in history.]
"He..is asking us to help..."
Looking at the young man in the video, he took out his mobile phone, covered with bruises but still focused on the boy in front of him.
Misaka Mikoto's expression flashed with surprise.
Next comes complexity.
In the end, it turned into a trace of helplessness.
Immediately, she put her hands on her hips, and understood herself very well as she also looked relieved and happy in the video.
"I have been waiting for a long, long time... I have been waiting for this idiot to say something like this since a long time ago."
From the very beginning, the Misaka Sisters Plan seemed like a farce.
Then came the moment when the Daihasei festival was saved.
Or the many things in daily life that are either annoying or funny.
Look back carefully and savor these past events over and over again.
The brown-haired beauty showed a happy expression for the first time. The brilliance in her eyes could not be concealed, which made Shokuhou Misaki next to her feel lonely and sad even if she kept smiling.
Yeah...what a thing to brag about.
Being able to make a request from this once dependent boy.
To be remembered as a partner forever.
It can never be forgotten from beginning to end, and it stands beside him like a pendant.
For a beautiful girl who is as sweet as honey and like a queen, this is exactly what she has always dreamed of.
But, unfortunately——
All of this would never happen again if the system did not mention its past, the past that had to be turned over.
presumably--
The girl named Shokuhou Misaki.
Even in the future.
The boy named Kamijou Touma would also treat it as something he had never heard of, and it would gradually fade away with the memory of a fish, and he would never be able to recall it again.
Of course.
This loneliness and sadness.
It is quite consistent with Zhou Shuren's famous quote in his novel criticizing the world: "I don't feel happy, I just feel they are very noisy."
Here is Shokuhou Misaki, who is surrounded by fans, looking lonely and depressed but without showing any expression revealing it.
At the table in front of the video editing, Misaka Mikoto was still smiling happily, counting on her fingers with full enthusiasm, with a great passion in her heart that she couldn't hide.
Finally, the girl Misaka clenched her fists tightly, and stared at the scenes on the screen with her eyes without wavering or dodging, with a smile on her lips: "But even if it starts now, it's not too late! No matter what, this is the first time this guy has asked me for help, so I in the video... will just sit there and do whatever you think you can do for him."
Same, same moment.
At Kamijou's house.
Index clenched her fists as well.
This girl, who always appears to be a cute foodie, may have had the opportunity for the first time to do something for the boy who has always been tolerant and helpful to her.
"You must do your best, Index! No matter what, you must help Touma solve this problem!"
"You should also try your best, Sphinx! This is my first battle!"
"Meow~~"
A pet and a cat, the two responded in sync with each other.
It is the purest and most sincere emotion, a treasure that arises spontaneously without any impurities.
"Index..."
Looking at the silly silver-haired nun tiptoeing in front of the screen with a serious attitude, the hedgehog-headed Mr. Touma was stunned for a moment, and then there was only a touch of warmth in his heart that could not be erased.
That's right.
Although I don't know anyone in this city, since I lost my memory, I don't even recognize anything about my past.
However, ever since the emergence of editing, his memories of the past have slowly been filled in, and he also knows what will happen in the future through these editing scenes.
Seeing Index cheering with all her might, and looking at the video, the two companions immediately responded to the request.
The unprecedented sense of being recognized and the sense of belonging that came from knowing for the first time that the people around him could also be relied upon made the boy feel many emotions he had never experienced before.There is gratitude, happiness, and a kind of bitterness that cannot be expressed by outsiders.
"However, how will the battle between these two sides end? The scene is very tense." Looking at the scenes in the video, Romani Akiman murmured. As the leader of Chaldea in the Type-Moon plane, he was also sweating for the scenes in the video.
"By the way, if I use the Devil Breaking Hand to touch the belly of this pregnant woman, wouldn't everything be over quickly?... Well, if that's the case, it would be completely contrary to the meaning of the word 'save' that this boy wants to do."
What will be the answer to this battle?
No one knows, or rather...everyone knows.
When Index, who is best at dealing with magic, appears on the field... everything is no longer suspenseful.
The editing continues to move forward...
It doesn't matter how many enemies increase.
Freya, the goddess of fertility, holds the key to determining the outcome of the battle.
She ignored the lowering ceiling of the tunnel and glared at the enemy in front of her and shouted:
"Cost 1. White. Calling // Sidisweenie."
The woman threw the gem, and a large amount of wet red lines combined into a wild boar.
That's it.
Sidiswini was originally the mount of the goddess Freya in Norse mythology, and now it is playing the role of the past. If she jumps off a high-speed moving train, even Freya will die on the spot, but it is a different story if there is something in the middle to take her back. Freya wants this wild boar to take her back.
Then, all they had to do was let the "Underground Dragon" Vol. 02, which was chasing them from behind, charge at full speed, using an attack that could destroy the entire tunnel and tear the train into pieces.
This way all the enemies will be destroyed.
All friendly and enemy personnel will be sent flying, but only Freya can surely survive by relying on the support of others.
No matter how dirty the means are, we must protect this mother body.
I won't let them touch my mother anymore.
"『Underground Dragon』 Vol. 02, destroy everything!"
The final order was sent.
The giant body suddenly accelerated as if it had crossed the last line.
The cost of that thing is already as high as seventy. Even if it collides head-on with a maglev train with more than ten carriages, I think it will be able to smash the train to pieces without any damage.
However.
Just before the dragon charged.
"It's so noisy————!"
Mikoto jumped back as if she was going to do a backflip.
On the way, she took the initiative to jump from the rear end of the car with the help of a powerful magnetic force. A kick like a cannonball. This seemingly fragile little girl, a human who would instantly turn into a piece of meat if she hit any part of the semicircular tunnel, left the safe area without hesitation and faced "Underground Dragon" Vol. 02 directly.
The most exaggerated loud explosion so far.
And more than one sound.
Mikoto leaped straight towards the dragon and seemed to take out several amusement park tokens from her skirt.
Zero-range continuous shooting.
She fired at it with all her might, which is how the nickname "A Certain Scientific Railgun" came about.
The entire tunnel shook strangely, and a lot of dust fell from the ceiling.
"It's a lie..."
The dragon's advance was instantly blocked.
The thing that had become a wreckage disappeared from the sight of everyone on the high-speed moving train - Freya could only barely understand this with her stunned mind.
Furthermore, since they couldn't rely on the "Underground Dragon" Vol. 02's assault to destroy the train, they had to replan the entire operation.
This period of time.
Kamijou Touma and Index didn't give it to her.
The two took advantage of the tunnel ceiling becoming higher and took a big step forward.
Upright.
Frontal approach.
"Tsk!"
Crash, crash!
Freya, the goddess of abundance, threw a handful of gems forward. Brisingaman. This thing is particularly famous and popular in Norse mythology, in other words, it is a research subject for many people - despite this, it is still a black box with no idea what effect or symbolism it has. Freya threw out the core with this name, and constructed a unique spell through the mother's body and the womb.
Who gives birth to what, and what eats what? She expands the range of choices as much as possible. Whether it is winning by quantity or crushing with her huge body, Freya expands the outline like a spider web so that she can respond in various ways according to the situation.
However--
"A song dedicated to SFOC, where ICRYS fills in the gaps!"
As the white-robed nun chanted, Freya's whole body became stiff.
Compulsory chanting.
This technique uses Kabbalah spelling to interfere with the enemy magician's chanting and thus seize control. This move was created to allow Index, who is unable to refine her own magic power, to bring the supernatural power of "magic" to the battlefield, and can be said to be a culmination of technology.
It can mobilize the knowledge of 103,000 magic books in the girl's brain, instantly analyze the opponent's attack methods, and search for the most effective way to interfere and attack the enemy.
at the same time.
Kamijou Touma said this to Index who was facing the enemy magician.
——Analysis of the magic of "giving birth".
"It's really strange when you think about it."
Kamijou exhaled slowly, then spoke:
"You said that you worked hard all the way to protect your mother. But, specifically, where did you read what data to learn magic? Was your mother originally a magician? Although it is possible, from the fact that you have specialized magic for childbirth, it can be inferred that there is an important basis. Do you know what it is?"
"…"
"Magic for safely giving birth to your own child."
Shangjo pointed it out directly.
"The original version was prepared to give birth to you smoothly! Although I don't know whether it was a spell with specific steps or just a simple little spell, it couldn't hurt people! You turned it into an offensive spell in order to meet up with the "troublemaker". If this is the truth...!"
"So what?"
Freya said in a cursed low voice:
"No matter what it was originally, in the end it was still neither successful nor completed! Once I leave the mother's body, she will lose her support and will not even be able to breathe and will die. But if I continue to stay like this, my mother's self will gradually become thinner. No matter what I do, no matter how! Ordinary methods can't protect my mother! If it weren't for the power of the devil who can make the impossible possible, there would be no way to escape this dead end everywhere!"
"So, Index will complete the Mountain of Wisdom that can reach the realm of the 'Demon God' if it is fully exerted!"
Kamijou Touma answered immediately.
Not a second of hesitation.
"With 103,000 magic books, you can solve it without relying on the power of the 'Demon God'! Speaking of which, the relationship between you and your mother is like the mother and fetus reversed. Although the fetus needs the mother to provide blood, nutrition, and oxygen for a period of time, it is completely independent after birth and takes in those things by its own strength. The two things are the same. Just figure out the spell of childbirth and cast it on the mother who depends on you for survival! This should make your mother's heart beat again by her own strength, just like the child left the mother!"
This moment.
The magician named Freya, the little life that communicated with the world through her mother's five senses but was actually still curled up in her belly, had no idea what had befallen her.
The whole world was dark, and there was an overwhelming amount of malice in all directions. She had been hated by many people before she was born, but even so, the mother still tried desperately to protect her child...
Would my birth bring such a great loss?
The mother who tried her best to stay alive with her frail body was eventually attacked by someone else.
The mother was helpless and allowed to be beaten, falling on the dark road. Even so, until the very end, the thing she hugged with both hands to try to protect was still not her head, but her swollen belly. It must be because of this that the mother's life became irreversible.
so.
Freya gave up.
Give up hope in this dark world. The only gentle and bright thing has disappeared miserably for the so-called "many benefits". If you don't take away this thing, you can't survive in this world. I guess there won't be even a little light left.
so.
Freya had no hesitation in "distorting the laws of this world."
Without hesitation, she took over her mother's body from the inside, a body that had been broken. She knew intuitively that if she didn't do this, her mother's breathing would stop, and she decided to do everything to protect her mother. The most important thing was to annihilate the threat in front of her - the masked attacker.
so.
She was away from the warm future her mother hoped to give her.
A woman who didn't even know the word "magic" and had no intention of causing any harm. She learned a spell from somewhere to give birth to a healthy child, and repeated it over and over again before she stood up. Freya thoroughly analyzed and rewrote the spell with numerical values and theories, turning it into magic that could withstand actual combat in this dark world of mud and blood. Because she had to protect her mother even if it trampled on her mother's ideals.
No reason is needed.
She didn't even consider an excuse.
...Because she is not so low as to worry about such trivial matters as saving the lives of her loved ones.
only.
Having said that.
"...I, I..."
To put it bluntly, Freya is totally abnormal now.
The phenomenon of "fetus controlling mother" is generally impossible. Even after two years, even if it takes over part of the mother's brain and uses it, it is still unlikely that the immature state can perfectly master logic and language.
Magic is used to distort all of this.
Just let Index analyze all this carefully.
Here, we are not just talking about the jewel Bricingaman, which is used as a means of attack. Index is now equivalent to hacking into the existence of "Freya, the goddess of abundance", a complete system that combines the mother and the fetus into one.
"...I have decided to protect this mother body by any means...to protect my mother. Even if I have to sell my soul to the devil, even if I become a lackey of the "troublemaker" and cause many people to bleed, I will do it, I will do it with my own hands..."
"That's enough."
Kamijou interrupted her briefly.
The young man repeated:
"... Enough. The unreasonable world where you have to use open hostility as a weapon to protect your mother alone is over, Freya. You can now... trust others."
Roaring and exploding.
Accompanied by a loud noise.
The sturdy man and the giant horse, firmly connected by the wet red line, took a step forward.
...This kind of battle must be meaningless.
Since there was no need to obey the demon god Othinus, there was no reason for the goddess of abundance Freya to fight on the side of the "troublemakers".
Even so, the reason why she still didn't put away her weapon must be that she didn't know how to trust others.
However, Kamijou did not think this was wrong, nor did he think it was meaningless.
Because, if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Things like this can be learned little by little after you are born and face the vast world.
It is only now obvious that it is unreasonable for that body, which is far too weak, to support such a heavy burden.
"Index."
Kamijou also took a step forward as if to face the approaching threat.
Without turning his head, he said:
"…I will take care of all the things that get in the way. I will buy you the time you need to prepare. I will allow you to not have to worry about other things and focus on one thing. So—"
The boy looked forward.
Face off against a muscle monster with terrifying power.
Then he said decisively:
"Get started."
when----!