The unusual quietness in the restaurant caught the attention of the young girls.
Today was the “Summer Festival”, unlike usual, the diners here were all young ladies from Tokiwadai Middle School, who needed to observe dining etiquette.
Today was a day for entertaining guests, so it was impossible to impose the same rules on visitors.
“Could it be that no one is here?” Shokuhou Misaki said, “It’s still early, so there shouldn’t be too many people in the restaurant…”
With that, the three of them walked into the restaurant together.
Contrary to Shokuhou Misaki’s guess, there were people in the restaurant, and quite a few of them. There were dozens of Tokiwadai’s maid students and visiting guests combined.
However, so many people present were completely silent, gathered together, looking at a certain spot in the corner.
“What happened, what happened?” Misaka Mikoto muttered as she walked forward.
Not only the visitors, but even the “maid” students in charge of the restaurant were participating in the Watch, which was quite unusual.
After all, just this morning, the “Head Maid” had repeatedly emphasized that everyone should fulfill their duties.
Misaka Mikoto tapped the nearest student: “What happened here?”
“Ah, it’s Misaka Student!” The maid student was startled to suddenly see Misaka Mikoto, then immediately became delighted, “That’s great, Misaka Student is here!”
“Not only Misaka Student, but Shokuhou is here too!” “That’s great, it’s an Esper!” “Misaka, you’ve finally arrived…”
More and more people noticed them.
For a moment, the previously silent environment seemed to suddenly come alive, and people resumed talking.
At the same time, the crowd consciously made way, allowing Misaka Mikoto and the others to finally see the scene being watched in the innermost part.
“Oh dear, what a headache…” Misaka Mikoto sighed, pressing her hand to her forehead, groaning softly.
A pale figure, crimson eyes, an abnormality that could be recognized at a glance even when standing in a crowd…
Accelerator was currently confronting three individuals who looked like delinquent youths.
No wonder the atmosphere was so tense just now; on one side was the strongest Esper, famous and seemingly fierce, while on the other side was a perfectly standard group of “delinquent youths.”
Even if the parties involved had no intention of fighting here, just the scene itself made it hard not to make associations.
“How did they even get in?” Misaka Mikoto muttered.
Accelerator was one thing; although he didn’t look like a good person, he was still a Judgment, so he wouldn’t be blocked at the door.
As for the other three—Misaka Mikoto remembered two of them, having seen them in the Underground Arena.
Hamazura Shiage and Hattori Hanzo, were minor leaders of the Armed Unskilled Group SKILL OUT.
These were genuine delinquents! How did the students guarding the gate let them in?
Of course, that was fine; after all, they were just delinquent youths. Since they were an Armed Unskilled Group, they probably couldn’t even beat a single maid in this dormitory area where everyone was level 3 or above.
So there was no need to pay special attention.
What truly gave Misaka Mikoto a headache was the trio at the table behind them, who were eating voraciously as if no one else was around.
A mini version of herself—Final Signal was among them!
—No wonder the Dorm Supervisor mentioned her “Sisters” just now; it really was a smaller version of herself!
She had originally thought they were the mass-produced Misaka Sisters.
“How did this guy end up with Accelerator?” Misaka Mikoto murmured.
Although Misaka Mikoto already knew about the “Absolute Power Evolution Project,” that experiment was never actually implemented, so she didn’t have any particular feelings towards Accelerator.
The reason she brought it up was just a bit of an emotional sigh—she felt that Accelerator indeed had some strange connection with her clones.
In the eyes of the “maids” present, this cute girl, suspected to be “Misaka Student’s Sister,” was an existence more worthy of attention than Accelerator.
After Misaka Mikoto appeared, many people began to observe and compare the two of them.
Across from Final Signal was a delicate and lovely blonde girl, like a doll. Her “cuteness” alone was enough to rival Final Signal, who had the “blessing of Misaka Student,” and garner the same amount of attention.
As for the other girl at their table, she was Index, the silver-haired nun from Kamijou Touma’s home.
For some reason, Kamijou Touma was not seen nearby; only the nun was here feasting.
Although Index was also a very cute girl, even with the unique nun’s habit, Index, who had already entered glutton mode, clearly found it difficult to display her charm as a “beautiful girl.”
“How did such a combination gather together?” Seeing this scene, Shokuhou Misaki couldn’t help but complain, “I feel like it would be abnormal if something didn’t happen.”
“Misaka Senior, Shokuhou Senior, please go and mediate,” a maid student nearby pleaded.
The two sides, who had suddenly become tense, seemed to be causing trouble for the maid students managing the restaurant.
“Ah, I see…” Shokuhou Misaki seemed to suddenly understand something. She gently shook her head while reassuring them, “Please don’t worry, leave this to us. Everyone can continue their activities as usual.”
Current Tokiwadai Middle School was different from a year ago; with the graduation of third-year Shizakura Riri and Mizukagami Nagi, and the withdrawal of second-year Sha Danshan, the original three Sadan Factions had successively disbanded. The era of Sadan Faction battles had completely ended.
Therefore, few first-year freshmen entering this year would possess the fighting spirit and belligerent nature of their senior students.
Let alone the legendary “Vector Manipulation” Accelerator, even the three “ordinary delinquents” from SKILL OUT, these true young ladies dared not easily approach them.
Therefore, Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki, both Espers, became their lifesavers.
“Ah, this is just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!” Noticing that two more Espers were approaching, Hamazura Shiage stepped forward to negotiate as a representative.
Accelerator snorted coldly, turned his head, and averted his gaze, which also indicated his stance.
—It seemed it was indeed just a misunderstanding.
However…
“So how exactly did this scene come about?” Misaka Mikoto asked.
“Actually, it’s like this…” Seeing that Accelerator had no intention of speaking, Hamazura Shiage again proactively raised his hand and spoke.
Simply put, the three members of SKILL OUT were here today specifically to accompany Fremea to the “Summer Festival.”
Therefore, all their actions were entirely based on Fremea’s wishes.
When passing by the restaurant, Fremea was easily attracted by the desserts inside and then walked in…
Shortly after, Final Signal was also brought to the restaurant by several maids.
