1086. Misaka Mikoto's World / 1087. Misaka Cosplays as Misaka ...

A great work cannot be completed by one person alone; it requires the love and recognition of millions, even tens of millions or hundreds of millions of people.

For example, J. K. Rowling, even her pen name J. K., was changed because she thought that a pen name that was too feminine might be looked down upon.

If she hadn't been in the UK, receiving government subsidies, she wouldn't have been able to write while barely making ends meet when her daughter was only one year old.

If her Harry Potter hadn't been published, she would have just been a single mother on welfare.

If Harry Potter hadn't been made into movies, she wouldn't have achieved such a huge impact.

If the quality of this film series isn't consistently high, and it falls apart midway through, or if the main child actors go astray like some young idols, get carried away, and end up in jail, the work will suffer a great blow.

It is precisely because everyone in all sectors made their utmost efforts that the work achieved such a great influence and created such a miracle. From a single mother receiving welfare to a female billionaire and a Lady of Honor, such a female writer is unique in the world.

Everyone acknowledges that she is an extraordinary woman, Harry Potter is a great work, but this greatness is not solely due to J. K. Rowling, but also to the collective efforts of fans worldwide.

When this power comes together, it can create miracles, even divine intervention. It's not impossible that so many people could create a world for a shared dream, at least that's what the fans firmly believe.

Just like devout believers who uphold their religion.

"Actually, none of that matters. You believe you really exist, don't you?" Shirou countered.

"Of course!" Mikoto Misaka answered loudly. Everything she had experienced—her parents, her friends—was absolutely true!

"Then I believe you too!" Shirou replied with a smile.

Chapter 1086 Mikoto Misaka's World

"Is... is that so? Thank you." Mikoto Misaka turned her head away, replying shyly. This is probably what it feels like to have a kind older brother.

After Shirou's explanation, she understood.

While the light novels and comics in this world do record some of the things that happen around her, they only represent a part of it. Anime and text alone are simply insufficient to portray a person's true life.

"Speaking of which, Misaka, have you seen a twin-tailed girl carrying a sign walk by here?" Shirou suddenly remembered the important matter and asked the brown-haired girl.

"So, there was such a person. I saw her holding up a signboard, acting all high and mighty, but she looked like she had no luck with money, so I didn't talk to her," Mikoto Misaka said.

Although we haven't seen the face clearly, the detailed descriptions suggest we can be certain.

Shirou mentally calculated that even if it wasn't 100%, it was at least 90%. There was no doubt that the twin-tailed girl was Rin Tohsaka, but what kind of relationship did the girl have with the light novel he wrote?

"I'm going to find her. She probably knows something about why you're in this world," Shirou said.

"Over there! I'll show you the way!" Mikoto Misaka pointed to the back of the residential complex.

The neighborhood here is quite old, probably a product of the last century, and has some design flaws. Natural light is insufficient, and some spaces are underutilized.

Shirou followed Mikoto Misaka, but they reached the end of a dead end with nothing there.

"Huh? That's strange. Does your friend know how to climb over walls?" Mikoto Misaka asked, pointing to the other side of the dead end.

"No, rather than climbing over a wall, could there be some hidden passage here that connects to other worlds?" Shirou looked around.

This is a dead-end alley sandwiched between two apartment buildings. There are walls on both sides, and nothing there. Because it never gets any sunlight, it feels a bit eerie. There is a lot of dust and dead leaves piled up on the ground, so it seems that no one usually comes here.

"Go back? That does seem a bit strange." Mikoto Misaka carefully sensed the nearby electronics, as if she had noticed something. She fired an arc of electricity at the wall.

Where the electric arc struck, a palm-sized gray ripple appeared and vanished in an instant.

Shirou quickly stepped forward and touched it, but his body passed right through it and hit the wall without any reaction.

"Misaka, do you want to try leaving from here?" Shirou turned to the girl and asked.

"Okay! I'll give it a try! You step back first."

Shirou quickly created some distance.

Mikoto Misaka walked to the bottom of the gray ripples, clenched her fists, squatted in a standard horse stance, and emitted electric shocks! She looked around for a long time, but there was absolutely no reaction in that spot.

"It seems like this won't work..." Mikoto Misaka said, lowering her hands.

"What exactly happened?" Shirou touched the spot where the gray ripples had appeared, but there was still no reaction. He had no magic power and could not investigate further.

However, Shirou can at least confirm that there is no Holy Grail or the Divine Power of the White God in this world. So what is it that caused this space to appear?

"It seems the coordinates of this place don't match mine. I don't know much about spatial theory either. If Kuroko were here, she might know something." Mikoto Misaka's mood became somewhat depressed again when she talked about her lost junior.

Her last memory of her original world was being suddenly pounced on from behind by Kuroko, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground. When she came to her senses, she found herself in this strange world.

"Come on, don't be discouraged. Oh, right, as an apology, I'll buy you Gekota merchandise." Shirou said, comforting the listless girl.

"Huh? Gekota?! There are Gekota in this world too?" Mikoto Misaka's eyes lit up and her whole body sparkled as she looked at Shirou, completely forgetting Kuroko Shirou.

"Of course," Shirou replied with a smile, but he really didn't dare say, "I even have your merchandise, and much more of it."

"Really? Where?!" Mikoto Misaka asked with a bright smile.

"Uh..." It's really hard to answer. Academy City takes up most of Tokyo. To compare it to which ward it is, Shirou really can't do it, and I guess Hippo can't either.

"Since we can't go back for the time being, let's just treat it as sightseeing. It's on me," Shirou said.

To avoid going to shops with suggestive content, Shirou carefully selected Shibuya PARCO instead of Akihabara. As a revolutionary super mall specially renovated for the Olympics, it might be able to make up for some of the gap between Shibuya and Academy City.

Shirou decided to show Mikoto Misaka around this world first. Since he had come across her, he felt obligated to take good care of her. Even if he couldn't make her feel good about this world, he at least didn't want her to be hostile towards it.

But before that...

"Misaka, there are a few things I need to make clear to you," Shirou said earnestly, looking at the girl.

"What? Aren't you leaving yet?" Mikoto Misaka said impatiently.

"Misaka! I'm about to say something very important!"

Shirou looked at the girl seriously and said, outlining three rules:

"You need to remember this! Don't use your electric shocks on people so easily. My physical abilities are already at the limit of human potential in this world. You can't use me as a standard. Everyone else is just an ordinary person and can't avoid your electric shocks at all. Also, public facilities and electronic equipment are not as good as Academy City and can't withstand your destruction. Please be careful."

"Are you my mother!?" Mikoto Misaka exclaimed.

"Many people say that, and if you promise to follow these rules, then I can ignore you," Shirou said nonchalantly.

"I understand! Let's go!" Mikoto Misaka grabbed Shirou's hand and said impatiently.

This road has a bus stop leading to the Shibuya PRACO shopping mall. In preparation for the Olympics, Tokyo has undergone a major transformation in recent years, and the transportation has improved considerably. Shirou led the girl onto the bus.

Because we avoided the peak hours, the bus arrived at its destination smoothly. It was a huge, square-shaped building, and after getting off the bus, we walked about a hundred meters to the main entrance.

"Wow! This doll is so cute! What kind of mascot is it?"

As soon as Mikoto Misaka entered, she saw a large doll with yellow skin, long pointed ears, and a lightning bolt-shaped tail. She immediately took a liking to it, opened her arms, and pounced on it.

"Pikachu~ Pikachu ~!"

Yeah, yeah, Misaka suits you perfectly.

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"Pikachu, Pikachu," the doll uttered in a cute voice.

"Really? Pikachu, Pikachu~!" Mikoto hugged Pikachu and called out to it as if she could communicate with it.

"Alright! Mikoto, get up. Pikachu still has to entertain the other guests." Shirou pulled Mikoto, who was clinging to Pikachu, and headed upstairs.

"Wait! Let go of me, Shirou! Ahhh! Pikachu ~!" Mikoto Misaka reluctantly stretched out her hand, only to be dragged away by Shirou.

"Alright, didn't you come to see Gekota?"

"Yeah! Goodbye, Pikachu!"

"Pikachu, Pikachu." Pikachu waved goodbye to Mikoto and Shirou before walking outside with its pigeon-toed gait.

They were just as dedicated as the actors in Disney parks; I just don't know who's actually inside the suit.

"Hehehe." The people around her laughed at Mikoto Misaka's innocent and carefree behavior.

Mikoto Misaka then realized she had gone a bit too far, and, pulling Shirou's hand, whispered, "Ah... Shirou, let's hurry up and go!"

Shibuya PARCO is a new landmark in Tokyo and a groundbreaking shopping mall and event center. It integrates the original Part 1 and Part 3 buildings, with a total of 22 floors including office space and a total usable area of approximately 64,000 square meters. PARCO occupies floors -1 to 10, totaling 42,000 square meters.

The new PARCO integrates five elements: "Fashion," "art & culture," "entertainment," "food," and "technology," and consists of more than 180 brand stores with unique personalities.

In the arts, there is a long-established drama theater with over forty years of history, and authoritative Asian art magazines such as 'Art Notebook' have set up shop there, along with gallery-style stores. Some galleries also present exhibitions related to anime and games.

The entertainment section features a collection of Japanese cultural and creative products, including "Nintendo," "Pokémo Center Pokémon Center Shibuya," and "JUMP SHOP."

Here, customers can not only buy goods, but also experience this unique shopping space in all aspects by stimulating their five senses through a variety of cultural and creative products and services that combine games, anime, e-sports, art, clothing, food and more.

The first four floors are mostly occupied by international and Japanese brand names and trendy brands, selling clothes, shoes and bags. The fifth floor is for digital products, while the sixth floor is Shirou's destination, a mecca for anime lovers that brings together everything from animation, manga, novels, and games to all kinds of merchandise.

"Oh right, Mikoto, why don't you buy some clothes on the second floor first, then go up?" Shirou suddenly remembered something and said to the girl.

"Eh? No need. Anyway, the clothes here aren't as good as the Tokiwa Dai school uniform I'm wearing now," Mikoto Misaka said, waving her hand.

"Is that so? Then let's go straight to the sixth floor." Shirou nodded. Since the girl didn't think it was necessary, then so be it.

"Okay! Let's hurry up and see Gekota!" Mikoto Misaka said expectantly.

So the two went to the nearby shops and bought all the Gekota -related merchandise. Perhaps because Shirou was generous enough, or perhaps because the girl was focused on Gekota, she didn't react excessively to the other merchandise in the same series.

She bought a chibi version of Kuroko's Avatar merchandise, saying she would give it to him once she found him.

Shirou felt that if he were to give it away, it might be the wrong merchandise to choose.

In any case, nothing serious happened, so everything was fine. Money was a minor issue, since Shirou's light novels were quite popular and he was usually very frugal, so this expense was nothing to him.

The surrounding area is very comprehensive, even including a phone case for Gekota, but they ended up arguing over the last cushion.

"Give me this! I don't need the one next to it. Give me the Gekota!" Mikoto Misaka said, pointing to the display items behind the counter.

"Sir, this is a free gift. If you'd like, please buy the one next to it," the shop assistant explained.

"So what do I need that for! Just sell me Gekota!" Mikoto Misaka said angrily. Is it really that hard to buy Gekota? And they're even bundling it with other products.

"That won't do, sir! I already said the Gekota pillowcase is a free gift. If you buy this Mikoto Misaka body pillow, I'll give you Gekota!"

"I already said I don't want that! Give me Gekota!" Mikoto Misaka was even angrier. She wasn't that narcissistic, sleeping with herself like that!

"No, no..."

"Waaah... I just can't reason with this guy." Mikoto Misaka clenched her fists, sparks crackling from her body.

"Okay, okay. I've bought them all! Give me the ones you don't want!" Shirou quickly stepped forward to stop the girl, took out his wallet, and bought the body pillow.

"Hmph! I don't need that! Gekota is enough for me!" Mikoto Misaka shoved the body pillow into Shirou's arms unhappily.

"Huh? But we can't just throw it in the trash, can we?" Shirou was carrying a bag in each hand, with only a body pillow with a girl's anime face printed on it tucked under his arm.

It represents the person in question, so throwing it away in front of them seems wrong, but giving it away doesn't seem appropriate either. It's a real dilemma.

"Who cares about you! Since you say you want it, then here you go!" Mikoto Misaka snapped angrily, leaving Shirou behind and running outside.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Shirou called out helplessly.

This time, the girl visited a cosplay uniform shop with a space inside that serves as an area for cosplay enthusiasts to interact, where cosplayers dressed as various anime characters gather and socialize.

Mikoto Misaka looked around curiously, only to find that others were staring at her with the same, or rather, even more intense, gazes. More and more people were focusing their attention on the girl.

"Wait, what's going on?" Mikoto Misaka looked around in annoyance.

"Oh, oh, oh."

"Look at that! It's amazing!"

"It's Misaka Mikoto! She looks just like her!" A few exclamations from foreigners could be heard mixed in with the crowd.

At this moment, someone moved. It was a cosplayer dressed as a female character with long silver hair and pointed ears. Since it was easier to strike up a conversation because they were of the same sex, the other person spoke directly:

"Hey girl, can I take a picture with you?"

Wait, he's actually a cross-dresser. Although cross-dressing is a very common thing.

"A... a man?" Mikoto Misaka was startled and took a few steps back.

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"Hmm? Is that so strange?" the heavily made-up young woman with a prominent Adam's apple asked back.

Mikoto Misaka didn't know whether to nod or shake her head. Was this not unusual in this world?

"Ah... does it mean it's not okay if you're a guy? No need to force yourself. By the way, how old are you? Are you in middle school? Did you come here alone?" The young woman waved her hand and said with a smile.

"Ah... ah..."

Just then, Shirou finally finished packing up the body pillow and rushed over with several bags.

"Shirou!" Mikoto Misaka hid behind the man; she was having trouble dealing with the people around her.

The young lady saw the Shirou's hand and smiled knowingly, saying: