Yomikawa Aiho held a megaphone in one hand and a baton in the other. She frowned as she looked at one of the detainees wearing a high school uniform and shouted, "Put your guns away! Those two are students. Do not point firearms at kids."
"They are students. There is nothing else we can do."
"Put them all away."
The Anti Skill officer immediately lowered his firearm and pulled a baton from his waist instead.
Yomikawa Aiho took out two pairs of handcuffs, slowly stepped forward, and said in a loud voice, "I have no interest in pointing a gun at a child. You are high school students, right? If you recognize me, then put on the handcuffs and do not resist. We will not harm you. At most, you will be locked in a reflection room for a while to think about what you have done."
She then tossed two pairs of handcuffs forward.
Seeing this, Arata bent down and picked up the pair that had slid to his feet. He turned to look at Yomikawa Aiho and said with a bright smile, "Teacher Yomikawa, it's me. There is no need for the handcuffs."
Yomikawa Aiho froze for a moment, blinked twice, and then let out a breath of relief. She quickly walked up to Arata and said seriously, "So it was you. What are you doing? You caused such a huge mess."
As she spoke, she wrapped her powerful arm around Arata's neck and dragged him under her armpit, then struck the top of his head with her baton. The impact produced a loud knocking sound.
They had reported that an esper had gone berserk and started another battle, but it turned out to be a student from Komoe-sensei's class. Moreover, she had eaten hot pot at Komoe's house with this brat several times before.
"Stop, stop, stop! I have something to say!" Arata shouted hurriedly as his cheek was helplessly pressed against the bulletproof vest. Although he was often punished like this when he said something inappropriate, he usually received some soft benefits afterward. Now all he could rub against was the rigid armor vest.
Yomikawa Aiho released him, picked up the handcuffs again, grabbed Arata's wrists, and snapped them shut with a click.
"We will discuss this later at the Anti Skill branch. Do not think that just because I know you I will show favoritism."
"Alright, I will wear these exquisite bracelets for now." Arata shrugged and shook the handcuffs on his wrists. Although he could break them easily, he would give Teacher Yomikawa some face.
Yomikawa Aiho picked up the other pair of handcuffs from the ground, walked over to Kakine Teitoku, and cuffed him with two quick clicks. Looking at him covered in blood, she turned her head and shouted, "Emergency medical team!"
"Tch. Anti Skill." Kakine Teitoku scoffed with a gloomy expression.
"From the looks of you, an injured person should not struggle." Yomikawa Aiho looked into Kakine Teitoku's dark eyes. Those were the kind of eyes only someone who had lived in darkness for a long time possessed. Her heart skipped slightly. Then she delivered a precise chop to the side of his neck, and he immediately lost consciousness.
She was far too familiar with that kind of gaze. She had once dealt with the darker side of Academy City as well. This child had clearly experienced a great deal of darkness.
"Teacher Yomikawa, you really are incredibly strong." Arata said with disbelief. She had actually knocked out the Number Two Level 5. In the entire series, Teacher Yomikawa was someone who had confronted multiple Level 5s and was still perfectly fine afterward.
This was someone whose combat ability was not inferior to the Tokiwadai dorm supervisor.
"Of course. I am Anti Skill," Yomikawa Aiho said proudly. Then she grabbed Arata's arm and began walking toward the armored Anti Skill vehicle.
"Come with me to the branch and give a statement."
"Is there some kind of procedure? This is my first time committing a crime," Arata said with an awkward smile.
"Of course. First there will be ideological education, and then we will discuss compensation for the economic losses caused in District 10."
Arata immediately looked miserable. Ideological education meant being lectured by Anti Skill officers for several days while they used the model student standard as an example. As for the economic losses, he lived alone in this world and relied entirely on the subsidies provided by Academy City. He had no money at all.
"Teacher Yomikawa, I strongly oppose the second proposal. This incident was absolutely not my fault, so I will firmly refuse to compensate for any economic losses."
Yomikawa Aiho pushed him into the armored vehicle, then sat down beside him with her arms crossed and looked at him with a smile.
"Relax, brat. I believe this was not your fault. I know your character after all. That guy you injured was the one who started it, right?"
"Teacher Yomikawa is incredibly perceptive." Arata gave a thumbs up with a bright smile.
"As for the economic losses, I know your situation. Anti Skill will handle the response based on the circumstances," Yomikawa Aiho said while patting Arata's shoulder in a straightforward and somewhat tomboyish manner.
"Thank you, Teacher Aiho. Otherwise I would really be in trouble." Arata said gratefully. This incident had definitely caused a huge disturbance. The scope of the battle had been far too large. Even though no one had died, many people had still been injured.
There was nothing he could do about it now. All he could do was apologize silently in his heart.
"However, the statements that should be recorded will still be recorded, and those who should be punished will still be punished. Starting tomorrow morning you will attend one week of ideological education classes. Ten thousand words of self criticism every single day," Teacher Yomikawa said sternly.
"Ah..." Arata immediately lost all his energy.
"We will also thoroughly investigate that boy."
Arata shook the pair of delicate silver bracelets on his wrists. Even if Anti Skill investigated, they would not find anything. This entire matter was connected to the Board of Directors.
Afterward, Arata was escorted to the Anti Skill garrison where he endured several hours of lectures from Yomikawa Aiho that sounded like they were being read straight from a prepared script.
Only after going through great effort to guarantee that he would behave himself was he finally allowed to leave.
He turned on his phone. The earlier incident had already taken over the headlines, along with photos taken by nearby civilians. Fortunately, the pictures were too blurry to clearly identify him. The reports simply stated that a battle between high level espers had occurred in District 10.
The confrontation between Arata and Kakine Teitoku had been confirmed, and most speculation pointed toward him. However, he remained only a suspected participant, and no one had been able to clearly identify him.
"Fortunately my ability is not that distinctive. Otherwise I might already be suspected of being the 'Railgun Level 5'." Arata let out a sigh of relief.
Dragging his exhausted body back to his apartment, he collapsed onto the bed.
This battle had pushed him to use nearly all of his abilities. He was truly exhausted.
Tonight I will destroy those bastards' research facility and eliminate those people whose humanity has rotted to the core.
He picked up his phone and made a call to Nunotaba Shinobu.
"Nunotaba Shinobu, can you quickly compile a list of the researchers involved in that project about me?"
"It will take some time to gather the information. Are you planning to take action against them?"
"With the disturbance today you should already know that I fought Kakine Teitoku, right? Those beasts actually sent an underground organization to obtain my DNA data. I will not let this go."
"Are you serious?"
"I am serious. Tonight I will make my move and send them to discuss Buddhist scriptures with Buddha." His lazy voice carried a faint but chilling killing intent.
"Understood."
After ending the call with Nunotaba Shinobu, he received a text message from Kaibi Gokusai.
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