So this soul mory was about this adorable little girl.
Natsu Sonoko was a bit quiet.
Running into this sort of situation was always a real hassle; one annoying thing after another just kept happening.
Life was hard enough as it was. Why did her peaceful days have to be disturbed like this?
Whoever was behind it, she couldn't just let it slide.
Still, these mories at least gave Natsu-san so buffer ti, so she wouldn't be caught completely off guard when things actually went down.
'Better focus up. What's going to happen this ti?'
Natsu Sonoko also widened her eyes, looking the lollipop-sucking little girl up and down.
Natsu-san now took these mories very seriously.
She wanted to slowly sort out and organize the chaotic mories within her soul, rather than leaving them as scattered fragnts where she knew what happened but not why.
She was sure she could glean more information this ti, instead of just having her head filled with Febrie's unbearably cute little face. Natsu Sonoko silently cheered herself on.
"It's actually related to Nunotaba-senpai."
With a sudden jolt, Natsu Sonoko connected the mory fragnts of Nunotaba-senpai with Febrie. A pathway instantly ford, and another portion of the scattered mories fell into place.
Still, she hadn't gotten any truly useful intel.
Her past self must have been too busy staring at the adorable Febrie. 'Typical ,' she thought wryly.
Her thoughts drifted back to Nunotaba-senpai.
It had been a while since she'd last heard from her, back when she'd reported successfully implanting the emotional programs into the Misaka Sisters.
She wondered how the senpai was doing now.
"Natsu-san, I think she just ntioned your na," Saten Ruiko recalled.
Next to her, Shirai-san nodded in agreent.
"Not only did she ntion you, Natsu-san, but she also ntioned Onee-sama. However, I believe it's likely just a coincidence. In truth, Febrie is probably just a dedicated Level 5 fangirl," Shirai-san stated with her characteristic seriousness and precision.
Shirai-san's expression had returned to normal, and she even smoothed down her flowing chestnut-brown hair.
But if one looked closely at the top of her head, a faint, lingering bump was visible. Clearly, Natsu-san hadn't arrived before she'd spouted so of her usual, cryptic nonsense.
"Misaka-senpai had no information about Febrie at all, which is why we hurriedly called Natsu-san over, to see if you had any clues," Saten-san said, raising her phone. Uiharu's familiar voice ca through the speaker.
Uiharu-san had never really left; she was just accompanying them in a different way.
"I've run a search through the Academy City's missing persons database and also checked Judgnt's internal records. I couldn't find any data on Febrie. Besides, the Anti-Skill teams are all busy dealing with the aftermath of that incident in the underground mall right now, so they can't handle Febrie's case," Uiharu's voice sounded disappointed, clearly feeling she hadn't been able to help Febrie.
As soon as Uiharu finished speaking, everyone's gaze shifted to a certain soone who was intently staring at Febrie.
However, due to the intensity of that stare, Febrie's lips unconsciously puckered, and she hurriedly stuffed the lollipop back into her mouth.
"I know a little. I think she might be the child of a certain senpai," the girl with the bun-hair said uncertainly.
While she thought Nunotaba-senpai might be connected to this child, she couldn't pinpoint the exact relationship.
"Let make a call."
Natsu Sonoko took out her phone and tried to contact Nunotaba. She waited a good five or six minutes, but there was no answer.
"No one's picking up?" Misaka-senpai asked anxiously.
"No. Actually, do you know her too, Misaka-senpai? It's Nunotaba-senpai."
Natsu Sonoko shook her head and ended the call. It looked like things were getting complicated.
The night in the park grew deeper. The streetlights had long since flickered on. Because the park was located in the heart of District 7, they could still see the brilliant neon lights of the nearby comrcial buildings.
"If we can't reach anyone now, we'll just have to try again tomorrow," Shirai-san said, placing her hands on her hips with a sigh of resignation.
Nearby, Natsu Sonoko was chatting with Febrie. When she ntioned Nunotaba, little Febrie tilted her head, seeming to react slightly.
"Hey, Febrie, do you know Nunotaba-senpai?"
Natsu Sonoko noticed the change in Febrie's expression and her own face imdiately turned serious.
"Febrie, can you tell us?"
Misaka-senpai also leaned in closer, a sweet smile appearing on her face.
Febrie glanced at Misaka-senpai, took the candy out of her mouth, then hopped off the bench and hid behind Saten-san.
"Febrie doesn't know," Febrie's voice piped up softly from behind Saten-san's skirt as she peeked out.
Stare~~~~
Febrie's gaze remained fixed on Misaka-senpai, seeming sowhat wary.
"Am I really that unpopular with children?"
Seeing Febrie's reaction, a look of utter dejection crossed Misaka-senpai's face. Her shoulders slumped as she walked off to the side and let out a quiet sigh.
"They say children's instincts are very sharp. Maybe Misaka-senpai gives off a… not-so-safe vibe," Saten-san remarked, thoughtfully resting her chin on her hand.
"Onee-sama's charm is for Kuroko alone to appreciate! After all, Kuroko is a mature adult!"
It seed so utterly aningless words had been inserted here. Best to just ignore them.
"But it seems Febrie really likes Saten-san," Misaka-senpai lanted, her confidence in her own charm shaken for the first ti. Was she really not welco with children?
"It's getting very late. So, for tonight, I'll take care of Febrie," Saten-san said, hoisting Febrie onto her back. The little girl was fast asleep in no ti.
"I guess that's the only way. We'll have to rely on you tonight, Saten-san," Shirai-san nodded in agreent.
Under the dim, yellowish glow of the streetlights, the two groups parted ways. For now, Saten-san would take care of the lost Febrie.
The Tokiwadai trio, bound by their dormitory's strict managent, couldn't very well take Febrie back to the Tokiwadai student dormitory.
On the way back, Misaka-senpai suddenly rembered sothing. Holding up a bottle of juice Natsu-san had just bought from a vending machine, she grew excited.
"Natsu-san, did you win any prizes? These drinks are running a promotion lately. You can win limited edition Gekota finger puppets!" Misaka-senpai exclaid, her voice rising with excitent.
Misaka-senpai had an obsession with Gekota that far surpassed normal understanding, sothing Natsu Sonoko was long since used to.
Thinking of the drink prizes, the vending machine had dispensed a small sothing along with the can.
"This one?"
Natsu Sonoko fished out a small item, tightly wrapped in plastic packaging, from her pocket and handed it to Misaka-senpai.
"What a sha. It's the green Gekota, the one with a one-in-fifteen chance. Not the pink one with a one-in-twenty-four chance," Misaka-senpai's enthusiasm and excitent imdiately deflated.
She put the Gekota away sowhat dejectedly; it seed she already had the green one in her collection.
Back in her dorm room, Natsu Sonoko went through her usual routine: brushing her teeth, washing her face, and then helping Reiko with the sa.
Although she hadn't gone to the Misaka Apartnts lately, she was well aware of the situation there.
The cell adjustnt treatnts for the Sisters had been underway for so ti now, with no major complications.
The only thing that worried Natsu Sonoko a little was Little Misaka. But according to Misaka 9982, Little Misaka was regularly backing up her mories within the Misaka Network.
She was apparently getting along quite well with that white-haired guy, and he was even supervising the progress of her cell adjustnts.
It's just that Accelerator's living conditions left sothing to be desired.
Closing her eyes, Natsu Sonoko lay motionless on the sofa.
A part of her consciousness shifted to Reiko, beginning the usual accelerated research. After an hour or two, she sank into a deep sleep.
By now, Natsu-san had shifted the main focus of her ability research to thermo-chanical energy conversion.
The subject of thermo-chanical conversion was exceedingly complex. Natsu-san was still at the stage of optimizing existing formulas.
She didn't plan to branch out into researching other elents for the ti being. Just understanding the intricacies of copper and iron alone was a massive undertaking.
Especially since Natsu Sonoko was still figuring out how to extract energy from within these two materials themselves. Her ability seed to originate from that minute, internal level.
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