“Eh? Misaka Sisters? Why do you ask?” Misaka Mikoto looked at the Dorm Supervisor with some surprise.
“When I came over just now, I seemed to hear rumors of some commotion in the restaurant,” the Dorm Supervisor explained. “Among the people causing the commotion, there seemed to be a girl who looked very much like you.”
“This… I’ll go take a look right now!” Misaka Mikoto immediately became nervous and couldn’t stay put any longer. “Senior Nameless, I apologize for leaving you—Shirai, I’m leaving this to you!”
“Huh? Me?” Shirai Kuroko was also stunned, then looked at the Dorm Supervisor, not expecting that the Dorm Supervisor seemed to condone this, and did not urge her to do anything else.
After only two steps, Misaka Mikoto turned back and grabbed Shokuhou Misaki: “Shokuhou, you come and help too… Um, please!”
Although a little unwilling, the fact was that Shokuhou Misaki’s influence over the Misaka Sisters might be greater.
—And… appropriate checks and balances were necessary. This was clearly her home turf; there was no reason to let Shokuhou take advantage and slip away.
Shokuhou Misaki could see this little bit of scheming even without using her esper ability. She didn’t resist, but instead pulled Hu Feng Toumi along, saying, “Runzi-jie, I’ll leave this to you. We’ll be back shortly.”
“How cunning, Shokuhou.”
“You have no right to say that about her!”
“Hu Feng, why don’t you say something too…”
“I’m not interested, nor do I care.”
“…”
The three of them walked noisily towards the restaurant.
However, perhaps because everyone had “fairly” left, they quickly calmed down and refocused their attention on what they might face next.
“Well, even if a Misaka Sister really did get in, it shouldn’t be a problem,” Shokuhou Misaki said. “The Misaka Sisters are all very sensible, and after systematic makeup training, they shouldn’t be recognized. So I’m wondering, could it be Dolly and Taoli?”
It was very possible that these two “Unit Zero” models were mistaken for Misaka Mikoto’s Misaka Sisters.
Because they had been in the Tokiwadai Middle School environment for a long time, Dolly and Taoli might have been careless and forgotten to put on makeup.
The students of Tokiwadai Middle School might have already grown accustomed to their presence, but for visitors, it would be easier to notice their resemblance to Misaka Mikoto.
Because she had other motives, Shokuhou Misaki did not act with Dolly, Taoli, and Keisaku Mitori today.
“I hope so,” Misaka Mikoto still didn’t dare to relax easily. “Seriously, there are always unexpected situations!”
The thought of having to perform on stage later made Misaka Mikoto feel even more uneasy.
—What she needed most right now was clearly to calm down, focus, and adjust her state. But there were always all sorts of things popping up…
Moreover, even without these endless incidents, Misaka Mikoto didn’t think she could concentrate.
Once she closed her eyes and cleared her mind, strange Random Thoughts would constantly emerge, making her even more exhausted.
“Shokuhou, I was thinking…” At this moment, there was no one else in the corridor, and Misaka Mikoto only had one person to talk to.
As for Hu Feng Toumi—she was not a suitable conversational partner.
“What is it now?” Shokuhou Misaki was a bit surprised by Misaka Mikoto’s uncharacteristic initiative ness in striking up a conversation.
“This morning, before we opened, it was Yun Chuan Ju Ya giving the speech, just like a head maid.”
“So?” What do you want to say?”
“I just suddenly thought,” Misaka Mikoto said, “Yun Chuan Ju Ya said that the person she cared about recently started dabbling in magic, didn’t she? Do you think it might be…”
“No, it’s not Senior Nameless,” Shokuhou Misaki said without hesitation.
“Eh?” Misaka Mikoto turned to look. “Sure enough, you know something again?”
“Misaka Student, today is just a talent show on stage. I don’t think you need to be this nervous, do you?” Shokuhou Misaki said helplessly. “You don’t seem like yourself at all! And I didn’t expect myself to be comforting you…”
“…I do tend to overthink things a bit lately,” Misaka Mikoto said with a bitter smile.
As a Level 5, one of Tokiwadai Middle School’s two aces, it was perfectly normal for her to perform on stage as a representative at an open day event like this.
She believed that no matter which school it was, facing a similar situation would lead to the same decision.
Misaka Mikoto had no complaints about this, as she was a student of Tokiwadai Middle School, and she would always have one or two talents to fall back on, enough to handle most situations.
What truly bothered Misaka Mikoto and left her unable to let go was—Senior Nameless was present today and would watch her entire performance.
Misaka Mikoto knew very well that she had always presented herself as a “combatant” in front of Senior Nameless, even having had an intense duel with Senior Nameless.
Normally, she also liked reading manga and playing video games, with a rather tomboyish personality.
Her hobbies were also somewhat childish, like the “gekota series”…
Now, suddenly changing into an elegant dress and performing high art on stage—would it be too much of a contrast to her usual demeanor and seem strange?
As she walked, Misaka Mikoto fell into deep thought. Because this was her daily living place, even if she cleared her mind, she didn’t have to worry about getting lost; she could find the restaurant purely by muscle memory.
Shokuhou Misaki and Hu Feng Toumi rarely came to this dormitory area, so they truly looked like tourists, observing their surroundings with great interest.
To be honest, none of the three of them were very worried about the small commotion in the restaurant.
Although it might involve the Misaka Sisters, which was a secret to be hidden, by now, they were already able to calmly deal with matters concerning the Misaka Sisters, and would no longer be as on edge as they were at the beginning, treating every little movement as a major threat…
At worst, Shokuhou Misaki could just erase memories.
“The restaurant is just ahead,” Misaka Mikoto said, snapping back to reality.
Because the delicious aroma of food had already wafted down the corridor, making one’s mouth water.
However, all three of them were students of Tokiwadai Middle School, so they were already accustomed to their school’s high-level cuisine. At this moment, they had no intention of going in to eat something.
The main point was to handle the incident happening here…
“It’s so quiet,” Hu Feng Toumi suddenly said.
“Huh? Now that you mention it… it really is,” Misaka Mikoto paused, then realized, “Normally, it shouldn’t be this quiet, should it?”
