Academy City's Weather Report! (Toaru) Chapter 379: Academy City Weather Report! - 379

Grrrrrl.

The wheelchair made sharp, grating sounds as its hubs pressed and scraped against the pavent.

Natsu Sonoko, who had nearly been bowled over by the mysteriously appearing empty wheelchair, shot an indignant glare at the Judgnt mber who'd barged into her cloaking field. The girl completely ignored her.

Beyond simply hiding herself, Sonoko could also alter the light and shadow within an area, even creating illusory phantoms. Right now, however, these effects only worked on those outside the zone; inside, everything appeared normal.

"Onee-sama~!"

A shrieking cry, like pure noise, assaulted Sonoko's eardrums and significantly upped their risk of exposure.

Before Sonoko could even voice her annoyance, she saw a pair of chestnut-brown pigtails whipping through the air.

A look of pure bliss was plastered on the girl's face, her heart pounding so fiercely it painted her skin a healthy flush.

Shirai Kuroko expertly masked her earlier worry, teleporting instantly to throw her arms around Misaka Mikoto's neck, abandoning the wheelchair entirely.

So joint locks she'd learned in Judgnt training let her maintain perfect balance, clinging to Misaka like an octopus.

Her beloved Onee-sama had vanished after her event this afternoon. Her phone was unreachable, and not long after, one of the Board of Directors' important assets got struck by lightning—a once-in-a-century event.

But what worried Kuroko most was that news: a suspected ability rampage incident in District 7.

'Suspected' because the sheer scale of the outburst seed to exceed even what a Level 5 could possibly achieve.

Level 5s were strong, but not this strong.

Coupled with the initial electronic storm that had fried most electronics in the vicinity, and the massive-scale ntal control incident Kihara Gensei had triggered earlier, no concrete information about the accident had leaked yet. The public was still largely in the dark.

Unless an eyewitness or so lucky passerby ca forward, most people would probably write it off as yet another experintal accident caused by Academy City.

In fact, without official confirmation from the city, it was most likely destined to beco just another one of Academy City's many urban legends.

That saying about urban legends all being based on truth? It didn't co from nowhere.

But for Shirai Kuroko, even a one percent chance was enough to fuel her anxiety. Seeing her sister safe and sound was a massive relief.

"Kuroko, what are you doing here? You're still injured, you should be resting."

Caught off guard by the full-body glomp, Misaka reacted quickly, her voice filled with concern.

At the sa ti, a hint of awkwardness and embarrassnt flashed across her face. She instinctively pushed forward, trying to deter her kouhai's over-enthusiastic affections.

Honestly, it's like this every single ti.

Seemingly noticing Natsu-san's odd stare and Reiko's blatant curiosity, the Railgun's smile beca even more strained.

But she couldn't very well hit a wounded person with a ten-million-volt shock, a punch, an elbow strike, and a shoulder throw, so she could only struggle to keep her temper in check.

Ever since Shirai Kuroko had been seriously injured, Misaka had reined in her temper, becoming much gentler. This, unfortunately, had only encouraged the perverted girl's bizarre fantasies to escalate.

Though, Misaka's patience would probably only last until Kuroko's injuries healed. Shirai-san's electrical resistance could always use more training.

Who knows how many volts Shirai-san would ultimately be able to withstand without flinching.

"The commotion here was huge, everyone's terrified. So of the events scheduled nearby have been cancelled outright."

"And because of the Daihaseisai, the Anti-Skill teams in District 7 are swamped with ergencies. They're short-handed for evacuation and resolving the situation here, so I ca to see if I could help."

Temporarily ignoring the girl's excessive actions and the fact she was forcibly attached to soone else, Shirai Kuroko's expression turned deadly serious.

After a mont's thought, she spoke with utmost gravity.

Though the Anti-Skill departnt had sent her so strongly-worded official notices, including, but not limited to, ordering her to stay away from these dangerous incidents.

This was clearly a special circumstance. Being a flexible and strong-willed person, Shirai Kuroko had resolutely decided to fill the temporary gap left by Anti-Skill's lack of personnel, in passing strong-arming a certain pitiful flower-ring wearing girl into providing continued remote support.

Whether the central figure of this incident was Misaka Mikoto or not, Shirai Kuroko would have rushed here to help.

That's just the kind of driven, justice-seeking, and responsible girl she was. Even being officially 'grounded' couldn't stifle her initiative.

"I'm very sorry."

"I know Shirai-san isn't well, and I tried to stop her... but I was worried sothing might happen that I'd regret, after all..."

Shirai Kuroko's earpiece was remotely activated, switching to external speaker mode. Uiharu Kazari's sowhat timid voice ca through from the other end, cutting off abruptly on her final words.

After the suspected ability rampage occurred, the anomalies were detectable even kiloters away. Not only could they not reach Misaka-senpai, but Natsu-san had also gone silent.

This had instantly snapped Uiharu and the others out of their Daihaseisai excitent, making it impossible to simply lose themselves in the festival atmosphere.

Uiharu's personality was even softer than Natsu-san's, making her easier to persuade—it had been the sa last ti they encountered Tsuchimikado Maika.

But truthfully, when faced with many of these difficult choices, Uiharu agreed with Shirai-san's decisions deep down.

Having been partners for so long, she knew exactly what kind of person the other girl was. Their bond was stronger than one might think.

On the other end of the line, under the shade of a tree in a roadside park, the two mbers of Sakugawa Middle School were sweating bullets from anxiety.

Saten Ruiko was busy gathering whatever scraps of information were circulating, but it was too soon for anything useful.

Uiharu, anwhile, was clutching her PDA, both guiding Shirai-san's path and trying to access a suitably positioned satellite to get images of the scene.

Right now, however, they both breathed a simultaneous sigh of relief. Their efforts had finally paid off.

Thank goodness. Everyone's safe.

"You! What on earth happened to you?"

Shifting her gaze from Misaka-senpai, Shirai Kuroko finally noticed a certain dishevelled, clearly displeased girl from her own grade. Her expression instantly shifted.

With a sudden feeling of lightness, the human-shaped appendage vanished from Misaka-senpai's person and promptly reappeared right beside Natsu Sonoko.

"This is the ointnt supplied to Judgnt mbers."

Pulling a small kit from her person, Shirai-san found a tube of cream and handed it over.

She was well aware the girl in front of her probably had her own supply, but thinking about it for just a second was enough to know it was probably lost who-knows-where.

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