"Onee-sama—!"
When that gloomy, deathly laugh came from Shirai Kuroko as she staggered toward them, the temperature in the air seemed to plummet by dozens of degrees, turning bitingly cold as gusts of chill wind swept through.
"—!"
Misaka Mikoto could not help taking a step back, her face filled with terror.
Not just Misaka Mikoto—even Fang Li felt a little unnerved.
"Has this lesbian finally snapped?"
That was Fang Li's only thought.
At that moment, Shirai Kuroko was utterly chilling. Not only did she walk like a zombie, swaying unsteadily, but her entire body was shrouded in black miasma, making her look like an evil spirit. Even her twin tails writhed in midair like octopus tentacles.
With her mouth stretched open as though split apart, reaching all the way to her ears, and her eyes gleaming with vicious red light, she did not look human at all anymore.
If Fang Li had not retained some shred of reason, he might have taken Shirai Kuroko for a monster like a Kabane or an Aragami and swung his dagger at her without thinking.
And if even Fang Li felt that way, Misaka Mikoto was in an even worse state.
"K-K-K-K-K-K-K... Kuroko...!"
Misaka Mikoto's face turned pale as she forced up a smile and asked with immense difficulty.
"Y-you... why are you here?"
Misaka Mikoto's question did not restore Shirai Kuroko to normal.
"Hehe..." Shirai Kuroko let out a bone-chilling laugh and murmured, "Onee-sama does not want Kuroko to be here? Because Kuroko would get in your way?"
"G-get in the way...!?" Misaka Mikoto's pretty face flushed as she hurriedly said, "N-no, you are not in the way! Not at all! We absolutely were not doing anything that we would be worried about someone interrupting!"
Unfortunately, Misaka Mikoto's desperate explanation had no