Inside the church-like military facility, Fang Li and the others emerged and returned to the square.
"So..."
Fang Li rubbed his temples and focused his gaze on the several uninvited guests.
"Can you tell me why you're here now?"
Without realizing it, Fang Li's tone had taken on an unquestionable edge.
Clearly, this time, Fang Li had no intention of letting them muddle through it.
However, the people before him were undoubtedly troublemakers themselves. There was no way they would obediently answer.
"What?" Misaka Mikoto said with extreme displeasure. "Do you really hate seeing me here that much?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Fang Li answered without hesitation. "This is a battlefield, the center of a world war, where every disaster began—a Vortex of Calamity. Not only are Russia, Academy City, and the Elizrina Independent Nations Alliance fighting here, but the Roman Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, and even English Puritanism have gotten involved. You students came to a place this chaotic. Are you trying to get yourselves killed?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Misaka Mikoto retorted defiantly. "You're a student too!"
"Yes, I'm a student, but I'm confident I can handle myself on a battlefield." Fang Li's expression did not change. "What about you? Can you guarantee that you'll remain unmoved when you see people die? Can you guarantee that, when you see the tragedies of two nations at war, you won't recklessly throw yourself into the fray without regard for your life?"
"I..." Misaka Mikoto was immediately left speechless.
It seemed that Tokiwadai's Electric Princess had never considered such questions. Only now that she had realized them did uncertainty creep into her face.
No matter what, Misaka Mikoto had lived in Academy City's peaceful surface world.
The incident involving the twenty thousand Misaka Sisters had nearly broken her before. Here,