"Boss, we actually lost."
Seeing that the fourth-ranked leader of Academy City had been defeated by the level-four clone 9981, the Frenda and the others who were bandaging each other also showed expressions of disbelief.
They simply couldn't understand why someone at level four, and even a clone at that, could be so powerful.
"So strong!"
Not only Frenda and her two companions, but also Misaka Mikoto, who had recovered some of her strength, was equally shocked.
Because she knew that even at her peak, she might not be able to defeat Atom Breaker was ranked fourth, head-on.
"Lab leaders, I know you're watching. Accelerator has been defeated, and the Level 5 Esper you sent has also lost to me."
Therefore, I hope you can stop the experiment so that we clones can live like normal people.
George looked up at the sky and shouted:
"I don't think you'd want to see two Level 5 Esper causing chaos in Academy City."
Furthermore, I have a lot of data from your experiments in my head.
If I release this information, the entire Academy City and the whole world will see your experiments of slaughtering clones.
Guess how many parents will still want their children to study in such a dark Academy City.
How will the world view Academy City then?
He had already discovered those advanced miniature surveillance cameras when Misaka Mikoto was fighting Accelerator, but this time he didn't destroy them.
He wanted the lab's higher-ups, or rather, the higher-ups of Academy City, to see Accelerator defeated and to witness his strength, so that they would be wary of him.
The definition of Level 5 esper is a terrifying being who can single-handedly withstand an entire army.
There are seven people in the entire Academy City, at least seven on the surface, but he doesn't know if there are any more in secret.
Of these seven, the first-ranked is Accelerator, the second-ranked is Kakine Teitoku, the third-ranked is Misaka Mikoto, and the fourth-ranked is Mugino Shizuri.
He has now defeated Mugino Shizuri, who is ranked fourth, in a one-on-one fight, so in terms of actual combat strength, he can be ranked in the top three.
They also teamed up with Misaka Mikoto to defeat Accelerator, so the higher-ups in Academy City should be well aware of the destructive power of their combined forces.
The key point is that the Level 5 esper in Academy City are mostly students, like Misaka Mikoto. They all have their own ideas and cannot be controlled by the higher-ups.
Therefore, if the higher-ups don't want the entire Academy City to be thrown into chaos, they should normally agree to her conditions.
Of course, if they don't agree and believe they still have trump cards to continue capturing him, then he will have no choice but to play along and reveal his last trump True Magic.
Then don't blame him for going Fiendfyre and destroying the entire Academy City.
"That's interesting. Let's keep it; we might need it later."
Inside the life support system of the District 7 building, Aleister, after a moment's thought, relayed his orders to those below.
The clone's power exceeded his expectations, and forcibly capturing it would come at too high a cost and completely disrupt his subsequent plans.
Although some unexpected things have happened, they haven't deviated much from his plan.
Therefore, he decided to temporarily abandon the capture of this special clone and continue with the following plan.
The Esper Academy City has gained a Level 5 esper may not be such a bad thing. If handled well, this clone can be used to facilitate the completion of other plans.
"It's just that Imagine Breaker didn't get enough training. Oh well, we can just give him more training."
In his original plan, he intended for the clone Misaka to introduce Kamijo Touma, who possessed Imagine Breaker, and then have Kamijo Touma Accelerator to gain experience.
As a result, Accelerator was defeated by Misaka Mikoto and her clone, Kamijo Touma no longer needs to appear.
"Ring ring ring!"
Shortly after George shouted his threat at the sky, the feeling of being monitored disappeared, and Takitsubo Rikou's phone rang.
A moment later, she said to George and Misaka Mikoto:
"The employer has already transferred the mission payment to our account and asked me to tell you that the Level 6 Shift Project will be completely terminated from today."
All clones will be freed and given a truly human identity.
"That's good!"
Misaka Mikoto breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
George also smiled, which at least indicated that the Academy City leadership had temporarily compromised.
He will soon have a legal and official identity in Academy City.
As everything came to an end, the Academy City ambulance arrived just in time and carried the injured Accelerator and the others into the vehicle.
At this moment, Misaka 9982 suddenly shuddered, turned to Misaka Mikoto and George, and said:
"Sister, the lab has transferred the remaining 10,018 of us to the hospital in District 7, and has also lifted its control over us, declaring that it will no longer restrict our freedom in the future."
"It seems that the experiment has indeed been abandoned."
Upon hearing this, George reconnected to the Misaka Network and saw the images uploaded by the Misaka clone.
Now that things have come to this point, he no longer needs to block the Misaka Network.
The Misaka Network can share memories and assist in calculations, which is helpful to him.
Of course, he wouldn't share his memories, nor would he fully open the connection. He would always maintain a state where he could disconnect and isolate himself, so that if the Misaka Network encountered any problems, he could escape in time without being affected.
"Let's go to the hospital."
Misaka Mikoto, along with George and Misaka 9982, got into another ambulance and headed to the hospital in the District 7.
The Misaka clone have all been successfully rescued, but their subsequent placement is a major headache.
In the ambulance, George saw the Misaka Mikoto's face and smiled as he comforted her:
"Don't worry about the follow-up resettlement issues. The higher-ups in Academy City aren't that stupid. With over ten thousand level-two Esper, they can form a network to communicate with each other. They won't just abandon them like this."
Although 80% of the people in Academy City are Esper, 60% of those are Level 0 Esper, meaning their abilities are negligible and almost useless.
Of the remaining 20%, most are Level 1, while Levels 2, 3, and 4 are becoming increasingly rare, with only seven Level 5.
Therefore, even if the Misaka clone, who are level two, have rich combat experience, and can share memories online, are not used for experiments, they are still a very powerful team as a guard force.
The Academy City leadership spent so much money to create it; even if they abandoned the Level 6 Shift Project, they couldn't just completely discard it.
Therefore, Misaka Mikoto, as a student, doesn't need to worry about these things.
Their main goal is to prevent the Misaka clone from being killed again. As long as they can live like normal people and use their abilities to do some work to make a living, that's understandable.