"Huh?"
The sudden voice caught not only Sylvia and Sasha off guard—even Elizrina seemed not to have expected it, her face instantly showing surprise.
"This is..."
Fang Li's eyes widened outright.
For no other reason.
It was because that voice was not unfamiliar to Fang Li in the slightest.
Almost instinctively, Fang Li turned his head toward the doorway.
The next second, the person matching that voice appeared there.
"So you really were in a place like this."
Misaka Mikoto stood with her arms folded, speaking as though she were glaring at Fang Li. Her words were filled with hostility and complaint.
"I finally found you. I'm exhausted..."
Shokuhou Misaki looked utterly spent, nearly collapsing onto the floor. She had clearly traveled a long way, leaving the Queen, who was hopeless at exercise, teary-eyed as she looked at Fang Li with the same resentful gaze.
Behind Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki were two more people.
"It feels great to ride on coattails. If it weren't for these young ladies, getting in here wouldn't have been so easy, nya."
Tsuchimikado Motoharu swayed his head as he said this, making anyone want to punch him in the face.
"...I never want to ride one of those life-shortening supersonic planes again. What misfortune."
Kamijo Touma still wore his usual unlucky expression. If anyone skilled at reading faces had seen his sighing look, they would surely have cried, "How can someone with such a terrible face exist in this world?" before fleeing in terror of being jinxed.
The group of four, dressed in Tokiwadai Middle School uniforms and a certain high school's uniform, had appeared here without any warning.
"Why are you here?"
Fang Li was completely dumbfounded.
Naturally, Sylvia could only look equally stunned. It was easy to imagine just how surprised she