Short-Haired Mikoto: I really can't do this!

"—Warning, Chapter Six, Section Thirteen. New enemy detected. Switching combat thought patterns. Beginning battlefield scan... complete."

The attack suddenly stopped.

"Assessment: the instant St. George's Sanctuary strikes the enemy, it will be countered."

"Correcting objective. Prioritizing escape from the current environment... Error. Unable to escape."

In the distant space, an Imouto looked over in their direction.

Then came a second, then a third.

The Imoutos had already surrounded the entire space.

"Uh—"

A group of long-haired Imoutos encircled the area.

Electric light flowed between them, "sealing off" the space before them.

"Target changed. Engaging the intruders."

Index looked at Mikoto.

[Holy crap, she actually wanted to run.]

[She didn't even run in the original work.]

[God's right in front of her, what can she do? 233]

[God my ass.]

[To be fair, Railgun really did almost become a god.]

[This Railgun is insanely strong.]

[What's funniest is that this Railgun is still wearing a collar, so she's currently still Level 5. Which means the original Railgun could do this too.]

[Short-haired Railgun: You're persecuting me again, huh? 233]

[The gap in combat experience, 233. This Mikoto has probably looped countless times like Kamijou Touma in New Testament.]

[Why did Index say she couldn't escape as soon as the Imoutos showed up?]

[Yeah, shouldn't she have some kind of teleportation magic? Why stop using it once the Imoutos arrive?]

"...The Imoutos?" Touma was stunned. "Why are they here?"

"Nothing much. I just constructed the hypothesis I mentioned earlier," Mikoto said. "Put simply, I used the Imoutos' power to infinitely distort the surrounding space. It may look close, but in reality, this space is now infinitely far from its surroundings... The scene outside is already from several minutes ago."

"A scene from several minutes ago?" Touma failed to process it at first.