"..."
"..."
In that instant, everyone fell silent.
Fang Li fell silent.
Misaka Mikoto fell silent.
Shokuhou Misaki fell silent.
Shirai Kuroko fell silent.
Even the members of Shokuhou Misaki's faction held their breath one after another under the influence of the atmosphere. Yet they still secretly glanced at Fang Li and began discussing him in hushed voices.
"Hey, isn't that boy the one who's been all over the internet lately?"
"The songstress's deskmate?"
"It's him..."
Amid those murmurs, the smell of gunpowder began to permeate the air.
Only Sylvia tilted her head somewhat bewilderedly. After a while, she asked Fang Li a question.
"Do you know them?"
The strange silence at the scene was immediately and mercilessly shattered.
Then Fang Li answered like this.
"No."
Fang Li spoke with extreme composure.
"I don't know them."
That single sentence utterly set off the volcano.
"Bzzzt..."
Amid a sharp crackle of electricity, a flash of lightning leaped across Misaka Mikoto's bangs.
"...Is that so?" Misaka Mikoto clenched her fists, closed her eyes, and said in a low voice as though forcibly suppressing her anger, "So you don't know me?"
It was not just Misaka Mikoto. Even Shokuhou Misaki exploded.
However, unlike Misaka Mikoto, Shokuhou Misaki would not directly show her emotions on her face. Instead, she gave a dazzling smile and greeted Sylvia rather than Fang Li.
"Hello." Wearing a smile so perfect that not the slightest flaw could be found in it, Shokuhou Misaki smiled at Sylvia. "I'm Shokuhou Misaki."
At those words, Sylvia was not surprised in the slightest.
"I know you. Academy City's Number Five, the strongest Mental Ability User, right?" Sylvia returned her smile and said, "You can just call me Sylvie."
"Sylvie?" Shokuhou Misaki's expression froze, and then her face changed slightly.
"Sylvie?" Misaka Mikoto's eyes