When George first awoke from his Body Division yesterday, his Psychic Abilities immediately sensed that he was being monitored.
The feeling of being monitored didn't disappear until he went invisible, so he didn't deactivate his invisibility until he had established his own base and entered it.
Today, when I was following Misaka Mikoto, he was also completely invisible, and I didn't feel like I was being watched.
But as soon as he reappeared from stealth, the feeling of being watched immediately returned.
But what he was certain of was that he had destroyed all the nearby surveillance cameras that might have captured him before he appeared.
He closed his eyes, amplified his Psychic Abilities to the maximum, and spread them outwards.
He quickly realized something was wrong. The surveillance seemed to be coming from countless tiny, constantly moving points nearby, which were almost imperceptible unless you paid close attention.
"I'm letting you monitor me!"
George activated his magnetic force, forcibly crushing all the small monitoring points he could sense within his magnetic field, instantly eliminating the feeling of being monitored.
No matter how high-tech the monitoring equipment used in those laboratories is, even if it is invisible to the naked eye, it will definitely be made of metal.
Anything made of metal is within his range of abilities.
As mentioned before, his superpowers are essentially the same as Misaka Mikoto's, but their applications are different.
Misaka Mikoto's main skill is generating electricity from magnetism. Even when controlling metal, she uses her own electric current to manipulate it. The Super Electromagnetic Cannon she fires at three times the speed of sound doesn't directly control the game coins; it uses electromagnetic induction to manipulate them.
George uses magnetism to directly and crudely control metal, just like Magneto. Any technological object containing metal cannot pose any threat to him.
Previously, due to her low superpower level, it couldn't be revealed. Now, after being enhanced by the Misaka Clone, both the weight she can control and the range of her abilities have been greatly improved.
He can't lift a submarine weighing four or five thousand tons from the ground like Magneto, but lifting something weighing ten or twenty tons is a piece of cake for him.
Furthermore, if his superpowers can be further developed and reach level five in this world, they will be enhanced.
Now that he had discovered those invisible metal surveillance devices, they could no longer monitor him.
"They've been discovered!"
Aleister suddenly opened his eyes, his brows furrowing slightly.
He used his Sky Floating Wires to monitor every corner of Academy City. This was the first time he had been discovered. The key point was that what he discovered was not the level 5 Misaka Mikoto herself, but a level 4 clone.
This made him increasingly aware that something was wrong with clone 9981.
"It seems we need to capture Misaka 9981 as soon as possible."
Aleister, through a communicator, ordered the head of the Mizuhō Medical Institute's Pathology Analysis Department to commission the Dark Side's "Tools" team, composed of Level 5 Esper, to immediately capture the Level 4 Clone 9981.
Clone 9981 can stop his surveillance, then he will no longer be able to control the overall situation, so this problem must be solved as soon as possible to prevent his plan from going wrong.
"He's here!"
At that moment, both George and Misaka Mikoto saw a white-haired boy walk into the alley; it was Accelerator, a Level 5 esper.
"It is now 8:58. The 9982nd experiment will begin in two minutes."
In the alley, Clone #9982 spoke in a completely flat voice.
Accelerator, hands in his pockets, looked at Clone #9982 and, instead of his usual sarcastic remarks, asked with a hint of madness:
"What happened to that copy yesterday? Why did it escape?"
"Shouldn't you replicas be completely devoid of human emotions, feeling neither fear nor apprehension?"
Previously, he had always viewed those replicas as emotionless machines, devoid of fear and unable to beg for mercy, like NPCs in a game, whose deaths would help him level up.
That's why he never cared.
But yesterday, one of the replicas got scared and ran away. Does that mean these replicas are more than just replicas?
This made him waver, panic, and feel somewhat lost.
Because deep down, what he hates most is hurting innocent people.
From birth until the age of nine, he was always in the research institute being studied. When he was ten years old and his abilities awakened, he was assigned to a special class with only him, and then moved around to various research institutes.
Until he became the number one Level 5 Esper in Academy City.
However, because of his immense power, he was coveted by many organizations, who sent various people to contact and try to control him, causing him endless trouble. Even after he broke the arms and legs of those people, they still did not stop.
So the reason he was persuaded to join the Level 6 Shift was actually to become the absolute strongest, so that he would no longer be harassed or hurt others.
"Misaka 9981 was an accident, don't worry about it. As long as you continue to complete the next experiment, you can evolve into Level 6 Absolute Ability User after killing 10,020 Misaka."
Wearing the Gekota badge, Misaka 9982 lowered her military night vision goggles and raised her Charge to attack Accelerator.
"It's nine o'clock. The 9982nd experiment is about to begin."
"This is so annoying! If you want to die, then just die!"
Accelerator frowned. Before the bullets even reached him, he used Vector Control to reflect them all back.
Having fought Accelerator 9981 times Misaka 9982 skillfully dodged the attacks, activated her electric shock ability to turn off the lights in the alley, and began to launch a sneak attack from the shadows.
However, the difference in strength was too great, and she was quickly disarmed, losing her night vision goggles and Charge. She then began to move the battlefield according to the battle script.
Accelerator also chased after him at a leisurely pace. He planned to defeat the clone according to the experimental requirements and see if it would beg for mercy before dying.
If he can, then he will stop the experiment; if not, then he is overthinking it.
George and Misaka Mikoto saw that Misaka 9982 and Accelerator had moved the battlefield, so they followed them.
The final battlefield was set at an abandoned dock by the river. According to the experimental script, Misaka 9982 would be defeated by Accelerator here, thus ending today's experiment.
"We can get started now."
Seeing that Misaka 9982 was about to be caught, George disappeared into the shadows, and Misaka Mikoto rushed out to block Accelerator.
"Stop!"
"Another one has arrived. They didn't say they would conduct two experiments today, but it doesn't matter."
Accelerator his hand, using energy to control a whirlwind that lifted the container and smashed it towards the two Misaka.
"Iron Sand Sword!"
Misaka Mikoto used electromagnetic force to gather the underground iron sand within a radius of 200 meters, forming an electric chainsaw that was tens of meters long. With a gentle swing, she split the container in two.