Time flies like an arrow. Three or four days passed in the blink of an eye. If Arata had not been checking the calendar on his phone for reference, he might have already forgotten the exact date.
During these four days, besides bringing the Misaka Sisters along with him as usual, he went to school every day and occasionally visited the hospital to buy milk, snacks, fruits, and other small treats for them. Before he even realized it, half of the subsidy he had received after advancing to Level 5 had already been spent.
However, Arata was already used to this.
After all, tomorrow would be June 1st, which meant the subsidy for the next month would arrive. Including the funds issued by the research institute, the total would reach 250,000 yen, which was roughly equivalent to about 1,600 US dollars. His quality of life was steadily improving.
One thing worth mentioning was that every time Arata met Accelerator during these days, the murderous aura around her had noticeably weakened. She appeared much more relaxed.
After learning the truth behind the experiment, she no longer cared whether the experiment itself would continue or not. However, the despairing curve that always hung on her lips when facing the world had not faded at all.
Although Accelerator never admitted that she and Arata were friends, the frozen fragments of her broken heart were slowly beginning to warm.
As long as she understood that there were still people in this world who would reach out to her and were willing to offer her a bit of light, she would never completely collapse.
Meanwhile, life at school continued as usual.
The enthusiastic and kind homeroom teacher, the lively but somewhat troublesome classmates, and the class monitor who looked caring but ultimately remained somewhat distant gradually helped disperse the gloom left behind by the recent events.
Arata slowly regained his cheerful mood and began to forget the unpleasant things that had happened before.
After reconsidering some of the absurd but interesting ideas he had once thought about, life eventually returned to its normal rhythm.
After the series of incidents that had taken place, the senior members of the Board of Directors also realized that Arata was not someone who could be provoked casually. Those who had originally been eager to make a move quietly calmed down.
Now it was the morning of June 1st.
Warm sunlight streamed into the room through the window.
When Arata opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a face identical to Misaka Mikoto's. Her gentle breathing lightly brushed against his cheek.
Misaka 8912 was lying beside him, her arms loosely wrapped around him.
However, do not misunderstand. Nothing inappropriate had happened.
There was only one bed in the entire apartment, and he did not even own a sofa. He did not want to sleep on the floor himself, but he also could not bear to let Misaka sleep there either. In the end, he had asked Misaka's opinion before making this arrangement.
Although he might lack a bit of moral restraint sometimes, he definitely was not a scumbag. Absolutely not a scumbag.
Arata gently lifted the blanket and lightly kissed Misaka's forehead.
After watching Misaka, who was still sleeping soundly in her pajamas, he quietly got dressed and rubbed his temples with a slight headache.
"Another new day has begun."
"The doctor said the remaining Misaka Sisters have already completed their treatments. However, this apartment can probably accommodate at most one more person. What should I do?"
Ever since he brought Misaka 8912 back home, a strange chain reaction seemed to have occurred. The other Misaka Sisters had also begun expressing the desire to live in his apartment.
Having one obedient and quiet girl living with him would certainly be pleasant.
But there were simply too many Sisters, and the apartment itself was far too small.
As usual, Arata used the legendary kitchen tool he had obtained from a two star card to prepare breakfast.
After finishing breakfast, he left a portion for Misaka and wrote a note reminding her not to wander anywhere except the nearby convenience stores before heading to school.
There was also another interesting development during these few days.
The two abilities he had obtained from the Tokiwadai students Awatsuki Maaya and Wannai Kinuho, "Level 3 Water Manipulation" and "Level 3 Fluid Rebound", had successfully advanced to Level 4 due to the evolution of his Void Star: Tai suu.
They were now only one step away from reaching Level 5. At this pace, they might reach Level 5 within another day or two.
Of course, these two abilities were still somewhat inferior to Telekinesis in direct combat power. However, they possessed a wide variety of practical uses.
Although life was quite comfortable now, Arata could not help but envy university students who enjoyed so many holidays.
Should regular schools not also have more days off?
At the same time, inside the dormitory area of the prestigious girls' school Tokiwadai, there were no classes scheduled that morning.
Shirai Kuroko felt that her luck had been incredibly terrible lately.
Extremely terrible.
The increasing number of troublesome delinquents on the streets was already irritating enough, but the real issue was something else entirely.
Shirai Kuroko knelt on her bed in an pose as if her soul had left her body. She held a pillow tightly in her hands and gnawed on it with her teeth. Her saliva had already soaked a large patch of the pillow while her dark circled eyes stared fixedly at the girl sleeping in the bed next to hers.
"Hehe... Gekota..."
Misaka Mikoto murmured softly in her sleep with a blissful expression. In her hand she was holding a string of colorful Gekota finger puppets, unconsciously rubbing her cheek against them.
"Finally... I collected them all... the Ten Color Gekota set..."
Shirai Kuroko slowly lowered the pillow she had nearly bitten apart. Both of her hands tightly gripped the bedsheets as she bit her lip to suppress the emotions welling up inside her heart.
Inside her mind she let out a heartbreaking scream.
Ugh... what kind of terrifying dream are you even having right now?
I am so worried about this situation.
Ever since that wretched ape gave you that set of frog toys, you have been sleeping with them every single day.
And you are even rubbing your sacred cheek against them.
That despicable ape managed to break through Onee sama's first line of defense so easily.
Damn it.
That guy is definitely a cunning, squinty eyed scoundrel.
"Hehe... maybe I should treat him to cocoa cookies in return..." Misaka Mikoto mumbled again in her sleep.
Shirai Kuroko grabbed both of her twin tails in agony and repeatedly slammed her head against the corner of the bed.
Finally, she could not suppress it anymore and erupted with a roar that reached the heavens.
"Aaaaaah! Onee sama! I, Shirai Kuroko, will definitely rescue you from this hell! Just wait, you despicable ape! I, Shirai Kuroko, officially declare war on you! I will expose your true nature! Aaaaaah!"
Misaka Mikoto was instantly startled awake by the sudden scream.
Her forehead bulged with irritation as she grabbed a pillow and hurled it toward the source of the noise.
"Hey! What is wrong with you so early in the morning?"
The pillow struck Shirai Kuroko directly in the face without mercy, knocking her off the bed. Her legs twitched on the floor like a frog.
At that moment, a terrifying roar echoed through the hallway outside, causing both Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko to tremble instantly.
"Hey! Shirai Kuroko! Misaka Mikoto! What are you two doing now? Do you want to clean the art room again?"
"I am very sorry, dorm supervisor!" Misaka Mikoto immediately apologized like a frightened quail.
"Waaah..." Shirai Kuroko slowly sat up while rubbing the back of her head.
"Kuroko, what is wrong with you lately? You have become so strange." Misaka Mikoto said with several irritation marks appearing on her forehead.
"Um... Onee sama... actually, I wanted to discuss something with you. A friend of mine really admires you and has been begging me to introduce you," Shirai Kuroko said weakly while rubbing the swelling on the back of her head.
"Could you not wake me up in such a bizarre way? Honestly, what if you disturb the other students?"
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