Chapter 75

Very soon, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko suffered a setback at the security guard's hands, with all the clues already taken away by the headquarters, leaving nothing behind. Aizawa Aiho, who was acquainted with Tsukasa, thought for a moment and handed over the unknown object found in the mechanical armor to the two of them.

Shizuri Kasuga was searching through a large number of personnel lists in the 177th branch with Konoe Miko, who had rushed over, to find the target. To avoid making mistakes, their progress was somewhat slow.

Saten Ruiko received bad news from "Medusa" — the drug was difficult to analyze, and Fubuki's time was running out. As a result, when the group returned to the 177th branch, they saw Saten Ruiko with an increasingly visible black aura.

After learning about Fubuki's urgent situation, Misaka Mikoto asked Shirai Kuroko to deliver the object obtained from Aizawa Aiho to "Medusa" for analysis, while she herself remained on standby at the 177th branch.

As evening approached, the analysis of the unknown object came out — "The fibrous material inside the container is made of the same material as Fubuki's body, specifically hair, but from a different individual."

"So, are there others like Fubuki?"

Misaka Mikoto was very angry, and she thought of her sisters.

As for Saten Ruiko, the black aura was already visible to the naked eye.

At this time, Shizuri Kasuga also had some news.

"That's the person!"

"Yutaka Arisawa, who won the top prize at the academic conference two years ago and has been at the top of his class every year, but did not participate this year. There are several others like him." As she spoke, Shizuri Kasuga was sorting through the files.

"So, the most important thing now is to find the formula for Fubuki's antidote. Let's try to find out where they are first!"

It was already late, and the group needed to return. Although time was tight, if they didn't rest well, it would affect their performance in battle. The group hadn't slept well in the hospital the previous night, and if this continued, Fubuki might not be saved before they collapsed.

In the evening, Misaka Mikoto received a call from one of her sisters. In the call, Misaka Mikoto learned that the learning device used by Fubuki was made by the same manufacturer as the one used by her sisters, which meant — "What exactly happened?"

The next morning, the group gathered at the 177th branch. Shizuri Kasuga explained what she had found the previous night: "I found Yutaka Arisawa's name among the shareholders of StudyCorporate [Learning Research Company]. And StudyCorporate has a factory in the 17th district, which they bought at a high price, even though it's just an old factory."

"Indeed, it's very suspicious. Was Fubuki manufactured here? What about the candy? At least we need to know the component data!" Shirai Kuroko was also agitated, but there was still a problem facing the group: they were there to save people, not to suppress, and they had too many concerns. The biggest fear was that the other side would directly destroy the drug data, leaving them with no recourse.

"The fastest way is to infiltrate directly, and time is running out." Misaka Mikoto decided to secretly infiltrate the research facility. Since it was about stealing data, Misaka Mikoto's ability was the most convenient, so she would infiltrate the factory to investigate. As a precaution, Misaka Mikoto injected a nanotracker into her body. If anything happened, Saten Ruiko and the others would launch a strong attack.

When Misaka Mikoto arrived at the factory belonging to STUDY in the 17th district, she encountered someone she never expected — the dark organization ITEM.

Although she didn't know why ITEM was fighting the mechanical armor belonging to STUDY, Misaka Mikoto's goal was the possible drug data, so she didn't spend much time on this.

After the ITEM members left, Misaka Mikoto entered the factory to search for possible data storage locations.

Due to ITEM's invasion, the area was in chaos. To steal the data for the neutralizer, Tokinaga Buzundou took advantage of the confusion. When she was inputting the data, Misaka Mikoto arrived, and the two met again after their last parting.

"Is this incident related to you!" Misaka Mikoto questioned the person who once shared her ideals.

But Tokinaga Buzundou didn't want to say anything. To atone, she only wanted to save Fubuki and Fubuki's sister, Jenny.

After completing the data input, Tokinaga Buzundou handed the data to Misaka Mikoto, but...

"That data is fake." Yutaka Arisawa's voice sounded. It turned out that today's invasion was a bait, an experiment to collect data for the fourth individual, and it just happened to lure out Tokinaga Buzundou.

Yutaka Arisawa displayed the real neutralizer data to the two of them and threw an injection to Tokinaga Buzundou.

"Inject [Railgun], or I'll destroy the neutralizer data. Don't worry, it won't be fatal, just a loss of freedom. If you do as I say, I'll give you the neutralizer data."

With no choice, the two had to comply, but Yutaka Arisawa had no intention of giving the neutralizer data to Tokinaga Buzundou. He destroyed the data and took the two to another location to be detained.

When Misaka Mikoto regained consciousness, it was already close to evening. Tokinaga Buzundou explained to the awakened Misaka Mikoto the reason and purpose for her being there, as well as the true abilities of Fubuki's sister, Jenny, and STUDY's general plan.

While the two were talking, Saten Ruiko and the others, who had not seen Misaka Mikoto return, used the tracker to find her location.

"My friends are here to save me. Aren't you going to leave?"

"If I go with you, I won't be able to find Jenny. I still have a use, and they won't do anything to me."

At this moment, Saten Ruiko and Shirai Kuroko had already broken into the facility and were fighting the security robots. Misaka Mikoto used her ability to force her body to move and joined Shirai Kuroko outside, while Tokinaga Buzundou stayed behind.

Yutaka Arisawa, as a member of the dark organization, understood the darkness of the city and agreed with Tokinaga Buzundou's claim of being unable to resist.

On the other side, Misaka Mikoto, who had returned to the 177th branch, informed everyone of the news she had obtained from Tokinaga Buzundou.

"A large-scale terrorist attack tomorrow!?" The group was shocked by this news.

"Yes, they say it's a revolution, not a joke." Misaka Mikoto was also very worried. Could they save the Fubuki sisters and stop the other side's plot at the same time?

Moreover, they faced a problem: to save people, they needed the other side to act first, but once they acted, it might be too late to stop them. They didn't even know how many forces the other side had.

"Found it!" Shizuri Kasuga searched again based on the available information and finally found a clue.

"StudyCorporate has transported a large number of containers to various venues. Based on the number and capacity of the containers, there are more than 20,000 mechanical armors!"

"Twenty thousand!?"

This number was too large, and the girls were completely at a loss. Saten Ruiko's black aura had also faded somewhat. She understood the bigger picture and knew that if she acted rashly, it might cause more trouble for Tsukasa.

"Security guards! Since we have so many clues, we can go through the security guards."

Thinking of this, Shirai Kuroko immediately contacted Aizawa Aiho, only to learn that the security guards had been suppressed!

"How could this be..." The group was momentarily disheartened.

"Ah, it seems you need help." A figure appeared at the entrance of the 177th branch.

PS: I don't oppose book friends giving me suggestions or pointing out problems, but I am speechless when people who haven't read the book carefully start making random comments.

Someone said that the last part of Chapter 72 had a problem, but isn't it normal for the antagonist to have plans against the protagonist? Whether they succeed is another matter. Some people just guessed and made random comments, telling me not to write misleading content. If there's no suspense in a book, what's the point of writing it?

Please forgive my foul language, but if most of the readers of this book are fans of A Certain Scientific Railgun, and they don't even know the subsequent developments of the original? Since it's a fanfiction with little suspense, should they just read the original instead of the fanfiction?

I really don't understand what's worth criticizing about this three-nothing book, which is already a very poor book.

I've always said that I accept all suggestions, but I don't accept nitpicking.

I am extremely grateful to those who give me suggestions, but please click the close button in the upper right corner if you are just causing trouble. I don't have the energy to argue with you.

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