Plan to Save the Misaka Clones (Third Update)
The next day, after George woke up, he continued to stay hidden and follow Misaka Mikoto.
Since it was summer vacation and there were no classes, Misaka Mikoto had nothing to do and spent the whole day wandering around Academy City.
During this time, I encountered a group of elementary school students who were just beginning to develop their superpowers. I played soccer with them for a while, and then I was attracted by a little girl's Gekota badge. I then spent a whole day struggling in front of the gashapon machine where I could get badges.
"As expected, children are still children."
After following Misaka Mikoto for a day without finding any useful information, George was already considering whether to give up on Misaka Mikoto and explore on his own.
However, things changed in the evening.
Because Misaka Mikoto encountered Clone #9982, which is the clone that was ranked after her.
Misaka Mikoto seems to be very concerned about being cloned, and wants to find the laboratory that cloned her through the clone, and seems to regard the clone as her younger sister.
This gave George some new ideas.
Originally, he didn't care about the more than 10,000 clones who were still alive, nor did he intend to save them.
But now that the original Misaka Mikoto seems to care a lot, he wonders if he can use Misaka Mikoto's help to make it reasonable for the clones to live openly and legitimately in Academy City.
If possible, he could also use his clone identity to live openly and honestly here, better develop his superpowers, and search for traces of True Magic.
On the surface, his identity is Misaka Mikoto's Clone 9981, except that he has undergone a slight mutation and his abilities have been greatly enhanced.
"Misaka is going to do an experiment and won't be going back to the lab. It's your freedom to follow Misaka, but you won't be able to see the person who created Misaka."
On the overpass, Misaka 9982 spoke to Misaka Mikoto.
Misaka Mikoto's plan failed, and after some childish squabbling, she had no choice but to bid a reluctant farewell to Misaka 9982.
"These clones don't seem to be devoid of emotions, which is good, so I won't seem too different."
George, who had been observing from the air while remaining invisible, thought to himself.
He originally thought that because the clones were not programmed with emotions, they were no different from robots.
However, through today's observation, he discovered that this was not the case. The clone was like a blank sheet of paper, forcibly filled with all kinds of knowledge, without undergoing normal growth, which is why it felt like a robot.
If they grow up normally, they might not be much different from ordinary people.
During the few hours that Clone #9982 spent with Misaka Mikoto, he clearly treated her as his older sister, showing some dependence on her, and even took the Gekota Misaka Mikoto had spent a whole day trying to get as a gift.
Do you want to know the truth?
After landing under the overpass, George deactivated his invisibility as Misaka Mikoto's true form stepped off the overpass.
Misaka Mikoto's eyes widened when she saw yet another clone that looked exactly like her.
"Who are you?"
"I am Misaka 9981, and the one just now was Misaka 9982. The laboratory has cloned a total of 20,000 Misaka Clone."
George said calmly.
Upon hearing George's words, Misaka Mikoto grabbed George's arm:
"What exactly is going on?"
Do you know about the Level 6 Shift Project?
George didn't notice Misaka Mikoto's hand gripping his arm tightly, because that force was too weak for him.
She slowly explained the details of the Level 6 Shift Project to Misaka Mikoto.
"9,980 Misaka Clone had died before me. I should have been killed by Accelerator last night, but I don't know why I awakened my survival instinct and self-awareness when I was on the verge of death."
So they eventually escaped.
What Misaka 9982 just said about going to conduct experiments was actually sending herself to her death.
"There's a limit to nonsense! They want to kill me 128 times and then replace me with a clone. This is just too ridiculous!"
After hearing George's account, Misaka Mikoto trembled, her face filled with anger and disbelief.
She understood that the seemingly idyllic Academy City harbored some darkness, but she couldn't believe it could be so dark and inhumane.
"If you don't believe me, we can follow Misaka 9982 and we'll immediately verify whether what I said is true or false."
George didn't explain further, but simply turned and walked towards the top of the overpass.
"The experiment starts at 9 p. m. every day, and there are still 10 minutes until 9 p. m."
When Misaka Mikoto saw George walking towards the overpass, she recalled the information she had seen in the laboratory about the "Mass Production Ability Project" and was already mostly convinced.
So she turned and caught up with George; she couldn't let clones like Clone #9982 be killed again.
Because of the same brainwave connection, George and Misaka Mikoto quickly caught up with Misaka 9982, but George did not let Misaka Mikoto go forward.
"She may have a surveillance device on her body, so we followed her slowly."
What are your plans?
Misaka Mikoto watched as Misaka 9982 walked into an empty alley, took out a pre-prepared Charge, and waited quietly there. She then asked George, who was standing calmly beside her.
She always felt that this clone called Misaka 9981 seemed to have a very mature mind, and perhaps he already had a plan before coming to find her.
George nodded:
There are two ways to stop the Level 6 Shift.
The first option is to get Accelerator to give up participating in the experiment. Without a test subject, there's no need to send our clones to their deaths.
The difficulty lies in the fact that if Accelerator doesn't give up, given his strength, we might not be his match.
The second option is to locate the laboratory where this experiment was conducted, and then destroy all the laboratories and data, thus making it impossible for the experiment to continue.
However, there are more than twenty research labs for this experiment, scattered throughout Academy City. Unless they can be destroyed simultaneously while the researchers are not paying attention, the experiment can continue once they receive a message and relocate.
"Let's go with the first one then. Accelerator will appear in a few minutes. I'll try to persuade him to quit this experiment!"
Misaka Mikoto felt a surge of electricity coursing through her body.
Destroying more than twenty laboratories and research labs at the same time is unlikely, so the only option is to force Accelerator to abandon the plan. If the other side doesn't give up, then fight until they do.
Although Accelerator was ranked ahead of her, she was very confident in her abilities.
"In that case, I'll tell you about Accelerator first."
George quickly recited the information about Accelerator that was in his mind.
The Misaka Clone have fought Accelerator 9980 times, and all the experience from those battles will be transmitted to the minds of every subsequent clone through the Misaka Network. George also has a copy.