I Stand at the Forefront of Popularity Supremacy

[??? Why isn't she taking off her eyepatch this time?]

[Wait, who remembers that the real Mikoto put on an eyepatch when she first went out?]

[Wait, that isn't Imouto, that's the real Mikoto?]

[She's not taking off the eyepatch, but she doesn't have the verbal tic either. Holy shit, this is probably the real Railgun.]

[Could the one next to Shokuhou be a stand-in?]

[Could Aleister and Railgun have a disagreement?]

"Through the ritual, Imagine Breaker will be anchored in this world. Imagine Breaker itself is the world's reference point. With it, our world will not only survive, but become the main axis..."

As she spoke, Aleister rose to her feet.

Imagine Breaker would be "grafted" onto this world.

From then on, this world would become the "trunk."

"Mm. That's right. That's why we used the plan to bring him here."

"The time is about right. We should begin acting too."

"Pfft—"

"Urgh—"

Lightning so tangible it seemed solid pierced Aleister's chest.

"You've weakened to the point where you can't even react to an ambush like this. It can't be helped. You've been sustaining this world all this time," Mikoto said. "Your method may indeed save the world. But... it comes at the cost of that world's existence."

"Do you know what you're doing?" Aleister could not move.

"Mm. But I have no right to erase the Sisters. Or rather... the reason I wanted to continue the Level 6 Experiment was to let the Sisters be born into this world." Mikoto looked outside. "I have already taken their lives—tens of thousands... hundreds of thousands... perhaps even more. So I cannot take away even their chance to be born."

"What exactly have you been through?!" Aleister realized something was wrong as well.

This Mikoto had known things from the very