"I'm sorry for troubling you all."
Kiyama Haruue, sitting on the toilet in the restroom, said apologetically. She didn't want to trouble anyone.
"But, she really looks like her!"
Remembering that silver-haired figure and the happy smiles of those little brats, Kiyama's eyes became a little moist. Teacher is sorry for you all!
"Don't mind it, it's just a small favor. What's wrong with you?"
"But speaking of which, why do you like to take off your clothes in public? Do you have exhibitionist tendencies?"
Mikoto stood by the hand dryer, listening to Haruue's words, then replied and began to ask. She really couldn't understand the wiring in this woman's brain. How could someone just strip at the drop of a hat? However, she didn't quite catch Haruue's final mumbling and still asked with some confusion.
"Nothing? It's just that you all resemble that student of mine."
"Eh! Really? Someone with a flat figure like mine probably doesn't get much attention!"
"Even so, there are those with special preferences among the same sex. Please don't do that again next time."
Hearing Haruue's words, Kuroko on the other side couldn't help but interject, but she still muttered to herself, 'You call yourself flat? Are you trying to make us A-cups feel like we shouldn't exist? If you're flat, are we supposed to be concave? Honestly, I don't know if you're intentionally trying to discourage us.'
"Oh! What's your student's name?"
Suddenly hearing that someone resembled her, Mikoto curiously asked Haruue.
"I don't know how she's doing now. I haven't seen her in a long time."
Haruue replied vaguely. Although she missed Yowane, she absolutely wouldn't see Yowane before successfully waking up her classmates, even if Yowane resented her. She had to do it this way.
"Alright! It's dry now, try it on."
Mikoto didn't know how to comfort the somewhat dejected Haruue. Thankfully, the clothes were dry; otherwise, she would have been truly embarrassed.
"Thank you!"
Taking her skirt and stockings, Haruue thanked them, then put them on and walked out of the restroom. The five continued to chat for a while, and when they noticed it was getting dark, they said their goodbyes and left.
"Yowane-senpai, Ruiko… Ruiko, she…"
The next afternoon, Haruue called Yowane, crying. Yowane, who received the call in her dorm, comforted Haruue, then changed into her school uniform and left. She rushed to the hospital and saw the three people in the ward with Ruiko lying in bed.
"Did you find out?"
Yowane, knowing the answer, asked Mikoto. It would be strange if Yowane didn't ask about something like this, as she wasn't a direct contact.
"It's the 'Imagine Breaker.'"
Mikoto said with a look of self-reproach. If they had noticed Ruiko's abnormality earlier, they might have discovered this sooner.
"Then what are you still doing here? Go find a solution!"
"Instead of standing here, feeling guilty, don't you want to do something for her?"
Yowane said to the three with a somewhat angry voice. 'Where did your composure from the anime go? Reality and anime are indeed different. In reality, they still need time to process things and only act after a sudden realization. All of this needs guidance, and Yowane intended to be that guide.'
Hearing Yowane's words, Haruue looked at Ruiko with tearful eyes.
"I'll go compare the physical conditions of those in a coma."
"Ruiko, just get a good night's sleep. When you wake up, all nightmares will be gone."
With that, Haruue nodded gratefully to Yowane and ran out. She needed to quickly return to Judgment and use her position to help her good friend.
"I'm going too. Could you please look after Ruiko, Ruo Yin?"
Watching Haruue, who had already taken action, Mikoto pulled her 'mount' over to Yowane and earnestly entrusted Ruiko to her.
"Leave it to me!"
Because she had previously used mental particles on Ruiko to preserve Ruiko's consciousness and abilities, preventing them from mixing with ten thousand brainwaves, Ruiko was completely fine now. As long as Haruue played the 'de-program' given by Harusheng, Ruiko would immediately wake up. But seeing Mikoto's seriousness, Yowane still agreed to Mikoto's request.
Receiving Yowane's reply, Mikoto, with Kuroko, quickly followed Haruue, who was already on her way.
"Yowane-tan, do you think we've put too much pressure on Teacher Harusheng?"
While Yowane was looking after Ruiko, a particle floating above Yowane's head flew in front of Ruiko, then floated back in front of Yowane, speaking to her.
"Hazari, don't worry! Teacher Harusheng still has some 'Uncle B' in her heart. She has her own plans."
This was Hazari, Yowane's good friend from the same class, and one of the people closest to Harusheng. Now, she was borrowing Yowane's mental particles to expand her own abilities, sometimes allowing her to communicate directly with Yowane.
"Mm! I believe Teacher won't harm lives."
Even without seeing the other's face, Yowane could feel her trust. No wonder in the original work, Harusheng didn't even care about dying for you all. You are her spiritual pillar.
"I believe her too."
Although she might not achieve her goal, what she had done was already enough. The experiment was not something she could control, and a certain old scoundrel was doing it on purpose. After this incident, Yowane planned to fulfill her wish. Whether it was the Misaka Network or Yowane's massive mental particles, both could awaken the students' bodies.
The next day, Haruue finally found out the mastermind behind the incident.
"Why is it you? What exactly are you planning to do?"
Haruue, who was handcuffed, said with an incredulous expression. She never expected that the person she met two days ago would turn out to be the culprit. This shattered her impression of Harusheng.
"I'm sorry, I can only inconvenience you for now. I didn't want to do this."
Harusheng said with an apologetic expression as she put Haruue in her car. Although she had anticipated someone would discover it was her, she didn't expect it to be so soon. However, the computing power of ten thousand people was enough now.
She started the car and began to head towards the laboratory, but she didn't notice that Haruue's phone was still on a call, and the other party was Misaka Mikoto, the 'Railgun'.
"Kofou-senpai, please find the source of this phone signal and send me the address."
"Let's go, Big Sister."
Handing Mikoto's phone to a senior in Judgment, Kuroko took Mikoto and began to chase in the direction Harusheng's car had left, while also asking Anti-Skill to block the road ahead.
"Wait for us, Haruue."
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