Mikoto jumped slightly at a sudden loud noise.
It sounded like a burst of gunpowder.
The high-pitched sound pierced her ears and echoed off into the sky.
(Wh-what was that???)
She thought it might have been fireworks, but October wasn't exactly the season for that.
It could also have been an esper with some kind of fire related power.
She heard a few windows opening from the student dormitories in the area. A sound that loud did draw a lot of attention. But not a single student went as far as to leave the building. It didn't draw enough attention for anyone to leave their dinner preparations.
(So an esper is causing some trouble, huh?)
Mikoto didn't really feel like dealing with that right now, but she headed that way anyway.
She was the Level 5 Class Electromaster, Railgun. She could handle most espers on her own and she felt confident she could handle anything she got wrapped up in. If a rampaging esper and Anti-Skill were fighting it out, she could jump into the middle of it all and come out unscathed.
Even so, she had been faced with something she just couldn't handle on her own before...
(..Khh!! A-anyway, I just have to head in the direction of that noise. Let's see, was it this way?)
Mikoto shook her head to focus her mind and walked off in the direction the noise had come from.
She could see nothing but student dormitories in this residential area.