"So, a few days ago, Yoshino was attacked. And the person who attacked Yoshino was this person, right? She still looks very young. Did Academy City make such a young person an assassin?" A few days later, in a dream, Yoshino met everyone from Muse again.
This time, everyone met on the rooftop of Otonokizaka Academy, where they always practiced.
After Yoshino arrived, she told everyone about the attack and displayed Kinuhata Saiai's appearance to them through spirit power.
"However, just as Shiina said. She really is a flat-chested loli, a Little Loli who only has her legs to show off."
As Toujou Nozomi said this, her gaze fell upon Yazawa Nico, who was also flat-chested within Muse. They were the same age, so why did Nico still look like an elementary school student?
Comparing the two of them now, it was really hard to see what advantage the older Yazawa Nico had over Kinuhata Saiai. Oh! Right, does being able to act cute count?
"Nozomi! Your gaze is very rude. Why can I see you looking at my chest with pitiful eyes?"
A somewhat flustered Yazawa Nico covered her chest. She had always been very self-conscious about being flat-chested.
Every time someone looked at her like that, she would use the excuse that she would still grow later to answer them.
But seeing that the chests of people younger than her were bigger than hers, that inexplicable self-confidence was almost gone. She couldn't possibly compare herself to Yoshino, could she? That would truly be too embarrassing.
"Nothing, there's no such thing. If I were there, I might have helped her out properly, to help her chest develop well. Hehehe~"
Toujou Nozomi let out a very wicked laugh after speaking, causing the other members of Muse to instinctively take a step back and shield themselves with their hands. Is this person like this even with enemies?
"Alright, no more jokes for now, Nozomi. Shiina said that this matter is probably not only known by people in Academy City, but even those magic factions in Europe should have noticed it, right? After all, when she dueled Suzuya Yuriko, she accidentally exposed her power and summoned Ice Puppet."
Ayase Eli analyzed calmly. That world was not their world of common sense; magic and superpowers existed there. In a sense, Yoshino was very dangerous there.
"However, they only sensed that kind of power. So far, no one from the Magic Side has appeared and attacked Yoshino. It should be because they only sensed the fluctuation of that power but don't know who emitted it. This attack on Yoshino might be due to other reasons, it's hard to say."
Sonoda Umi also stepped forward and said. Having understood the information about that world, she quickly sorted it out and felt that even if Yoshino accidentally unleashed her power, it would be impossible to find her so quickly. In other words, this attack was due to other reasons.
But why?
"...Ability User Evolution Project." Yoshino, held by Minami Kotori, said.
If it wasn't the Magic Side, then it could only be the science side. And Kinuhata Saiai said she was there to capture her, so capturing her must be to threaten someone, and that person, with her as a hostage, would definitely agree to their demands.
The only thing that came to mind was the 'Ability User Evolution Project'.
"What... do you mean?" Kousaka Honoka felt the atmosphere was a bit heavy. But since no one understood what this plan was about, she, being curious, asked on everyone's behalf.
Looking at everyone's eyes, Yoshino could only tell them about this cruel plan. As expected, after she finished speaking, their faces were all pale.
"To achieve the conditions for evolving into a Level 6 Absolute Ability User by killing 20,000 clones of Misaka Mikoto, this is truly too cruel. Both for Suzuya Yuriko and for Misaka Mikoto, who provided the genes." The subsequent self-blame and the regret of the gene provider would haunt their hearts for a lifetime. That place was truly too dark.
"But even more terrifying is the person Yoshino mentioned, named Aleister Crowley. The purpose of this plan is not for Level 6, but to spread these clones all over the world, to shroud the entire world in an AIM Diffusion Field, to create a new 'Stratum'—an 'Artificial Heaven'—to destroy the magic world? How cruel, does he really hate the Magic Side that much?"
In this world, harming others is considered a great sin, so they don't understand how someone could plan to destroy so many people.
To their kind hearts, he is probably an evil person.
"Wait a minute, Yoshino, didn't you say that Aleister Crowley monitors Academy City 24/7? Won't your sudden appearance in Academy City affect his plan? So why hasn't he sent anyone to find you yet? You should be a huge variable, right?" Koizumi Hanayo asked curiously.
He doesn't allow pieces outside of his own plan, so why hasn't he come looking for her yet?
"...Perhaps his Guardian Angel warned him. You must understand, there are no angels in this world, but there are angels in that world. As one of the particle of the kabbalah tree of life, how could Yoshino not be discovered by that angel? So the angel warned him."
This was the only possibility now; Shiina couldn't think of any other reason. This was also the biggest and most favorable condition, which could be used as leverage in the future.
"...That's true. But for now, we can still rest. This attack wasn't due to Yoshino's abilities."
Now that they had reached a conclusion, everyone could finally relax. If Yoshino encountered any danger, everyone would be very worried.
"What makes me even more interested is that person named Shirai Kuroko. Someone Shiina calls a pervert written as Kuroko must be very interesting," Toujou Nozomi said.
Someone who could make this perverted rabbit so repulsed, she had to understand her properly.
After an explanation, everyone understood this person and looked at Toujou Nozomi with strange eyes.
"Yoshino thinks Sister Nozomi wouldn't secretly take pictures of Yoshino when Yoshino isn't paying attention, right?" Yoshino came in front of Toujou Nozomi and said to her expectantly, this was her trust.
"Isn't that obvious? I wouldn't do anything that would put so much pressure on Yoshino."
Under the collective disdainful gaze of Muse, Toujou Nozomi said this without any change in expression.
She reached out and stroked Yoshino's small head. Yoshino also made a comfortable expression, letting out a 'woo woo' sound like a small animal.
'Didn't do it? Then what were those photos you showed in the club room before?' *8 Muse wanted to tell on her, but thinking of Toujou Nozomi's retaliation afterwards, they dispelled their thoughts.
Let this matter rot in their hearts. That was a taboo that couldn't be spoken.
Just like that, everyone started to play around again, beginning to compete for Yoshino.