This was a matter of great importance to Natsu Sonoko.
Having diligently cared for Reiko for so long, the girl had co to see herself firmly in the role of an elder sister.
So, being casually mistaken for the younger sister just because of her height and… developnt… was a source of so irritation for the bun-girl.
"In a way, Reiko-chan is a product of an experint. And due to so complicated reasons, I'm the one looking after her now," she explained.
"Even though an experint was involved, Reiko-chan herself isn't dangerous at all. She's just a slightly special girl, that's all."
She shot a rather serious look at Shirai-san, carefully choosing her words and schooling her expression.
Now that Reiko's existence was out in the open, she saw no point in hiding things further. After a mont's thought, she decided to share so information about Reiko with Shirai-san and the others.
Of course, Reiko was tied to so of Academy City's secrets, so letting others know still carried so risk.
"A product of an experint?"
Shirai-san seed montarily stunned, words catching in her throat.
Right, Natsu-san was an esper too. It was perfectly normal for Academy City to conduct experints on her.
This girl called Reiko was probably just a byproduct of one such experint.
Just like Onee-sama, Natsu-san must bear hidden pressures, burdens difficult to speak of. Was that why the two of them clung to each other for warmth?
Thinking this, Shirai-san grew quiet, her enthusiasm dampened, a vague sense of clogging in her heart.
Like everyone else, she cherished this city and was willing to strive for it.
Yet, the more she felt this way, the harder it beca to accept reality. She upheld her own justice, fought cri, yet had overlooked the struggles of an important companion right beside her.
"Mhm."
Natsu-san nodded gently, giving Shirai-san a strange look as she observed the shifting expressions on the Judgnt officer's face, feeling a bit baffled.
Had Shirai-san misunderstood sothing?
But Natsu-san's mind wasn't usually sharp enough to decipher the hearts of others. After a mont of puzzlent, she simply let it go. For espers, seeming distracted wasn't unusual.
Especially for a certain bun-girl whose body lagged far behind her brain. Her new senses remained locked onto Kihara Gensei.
In her perception, the old man moved sporadically, finally stopping at a spot tinged with residual energy.
The location happened to be facing away from their position, and Kihara Gensei seed distracted. It looked like the perfect chance for a sneak attack.
"Shirai-san, that spot."
"Aside from his brain, most of Kihara Gensei's body is prosthetic. Don't hold back."
Suddenly, Natsu-san gave Shirai Kuroko's hand a sharp squeeze.
A faint, inexplicable mist began to coalesce around Kihara Gensei, outlining a shallow silhouette. Simultaneously, Natsu-san activated her ability.
After observing for a while, Natsu-san still hadn't detected any potential traps on Kihara Gensei. He just seed like a sowhat gloomy old man.
She had also constantly shifted her own position, continuously searching for a mont of carelessness from him while minimizing her own risk of exposure.
Silently nodding, Shirai Kuroko briefly released the hands of the two beside her.
Her fingers swept over the weapon strap on her thigh, and several dozen steel darts vanished abruptly.
Heeding Natsu-san's advice, Shirai Kuroko this ti did not specifically avoid the opponent's body.
However, she still refrained from directly targeting Kihara Gensei's brain—that remained her bottom line.
Against troubleso foes, Teleportation possessed a unique convenience other abilities lacked, capable of unexpectedly taking down an opponent.
This held true even for Accelerator, though the thod required so adaptation.
'Teleport can take shortcuts through the eleventh dinsion, bypassing the limitations of the human body and soul,' was one of the conclusions Natsu-san had recently reached.
But Accelerator could still reflect teleportation attacks (A/N: it was ntioned in the original works, though it caused peculiar phenona).
The exact reason was debated, and the interplay of counters between espers remained an unsolved mystery.
It seed as long as a 'direction' existed, he could interfere with the damage. The abilities Accelerator displayed had already surpassed the scope of re Vector Manipulation.
It was like how Natsu-san's Temperature Control had long since broken free from its initial confines, showing trends of advancing towards the control of microscopic particles.
These rigid, outdated preconceptions were still advantageous for espers.
The more generic and widespread a Level 5's title, the safer it was. The more specific, the more dangerous.
Like Misaka-senpai's 'Railgun' title—it practically revealed her trump card outright.
But for a Teleporter, dealing with Accelerator didn't necessarily require a direct attack on his person.
Simply teleporting his bowl away every ti he tried to eat, depriving him of energy replenishnt, or perhaps adding sothing to his food, layering on a ntal attack… there was still hope of defeating Accelerator one-on-one.
Although the ti and effort required would be staggering, and one would have to guard against his wide-area assaults, it was theoretically feasible.
In practice, Awaki Musuji, who could teleport without physical contact just by confirming coordinates, would be better suited for that job.
But back to the matter at hand. Shirai-san's attack tore through the barriers of space.
Detouring through the eleventh dinsion, traversing the actual distance of over eighty ters, it shot directly towards Kihara Gensei.
Just as Natsu Sonoko's voice fell, a strange spatial fluctuation manifested on Kihara Gensei's body.
Dozens of specially made steel needles densely embedded themselves into his fra. As expected, Kihara Gensei fell to the ground with the impact.
But instead of the anticipated tallic 'clang' of contact with the floor, there was a sound unnervingly identical to that of a real human body hitting the ground.
"Teleportation, is it?"
"How disappointing. It seems the Vector Control Calculation Suit still can't reach Accelerator's level. It fails to simulate reflection across the eleventh dinsion. It's rely a half-finished product."
The fallen Kihara Gensei slowly opened his eyes. He wanted to turn his head to see the position of his attacker but found it difficult to move.
Faint lights abruptly surfaced on his body.
The high-tech product known as the Vector Control Calculation Suit was performing real-ti calculations, but it wasn't fulfilling its intended function.
Technology reverse-engineered from Accelerator had long been applied to so of Academy City's important projects.
For example, the Windowless Building, or the Vector Control Calculation Suit Kihara Gensei had specially prepared.
The reason Natsu Sonoko couldn't detect his temperature or figure wasn't due to any Multi-Skill, but rather the capabilities loaded into this very suit.
The initial concept for this equipnt was proposed by the Special Ability Institute, with the Virtual Intention Research Institute and the attached Mist Lake Research Academy refining the production theory.
It eventually made its way to a direct departnt under a certain anonymous mber of the Board of Directors for developnt. A small number of trial products currently existed.
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