"Did he seriously not reply to my message...!?"
At the same time, in the student dormitories outside Tokiwadai's School Garden, Misaka Mikoto was glaring at the phone in front of her, looking as though she were gritting her teeth.
A second-year middle school girl at Tokiwadai, with shoulder-length chestnut hair.
She was basically unchanged from before.
Only, unlike her usual summer uniform, Misaka Mikoto was wearing a beige blazer and a dark blue finely checked pleated skirt today.
Looking closely, the young ladies of Tokiwadai around Misaka Mikoto were all wearing the same uniform.
It was Tokiwadai's winter uniform.
After the Daihaousei Festival had passed, the season had gradually begun shifting toward winter.
As one of Academy City's foremost aristocratic girls' schools, Tokiwadai had distributed brand-new uniforms as soon as the Daihaousei Festival ended, having its young ladies take the lead in bringing the atmosphere of a changing season to Academy City.
Now, students at schools everywhere had begun changing into winter uniforms as well, truly making it feel as though winter was fast approaching.
And it had to be said that Tokiwadai's winter uniforms looked just as striking on all these young ladies. If they walked down the streets, they would probably draw quite a few gazes.
Of course, whether these young ladies would actually go out into the streets to attract attention was another matter.
For instance, those sheltered young ladies living in the School Garden definitely would not leave that secret garden and head into town.
Unfortunately, that was only how things used to be.
Those in the know would understand.
Recently, those sheltered young ladies who rarely ever left home had been unusually going out often, frequently lingering outside an utterly ordinary high school and one of its boys' dormitories, causing quite a commotion.
Unfortunately, Misaka