Chapter 836: The Life That Was Taken Away

Though she was usually just a mascot, Index was quite useful at times like this.

"Touma, Touma, over there—"

"Oh—You found something that quickly... uh..."

Over there was a space restaurant, with promotional words reading, "Unprecedented Space Cuisine."

"Space cuisine... It looks so delicious!" The foodie nun's eyes lit up.

"Ahem, Miss Index? We came here because we had something important to do, didn't we?" Touma said.

"Exactly, which is why we can't enter the venue." Index looked utterly matter-of-fact.

"What's wrong with the venue?!" Touma immediately tensed up.

"Judging by its current structure, the venue will be the core of most of the spells. If your right hand touches that place, Touma, Endymion will collapse and trigger a massive explosion."

[Index can go, but Kamijou Touma can't.]

[So Index is actually accompanying Kamijou Touma.]

[Oh my god, Index, you're so gentle!]

[And Mikoto still hasn't appeared in this half of the episode.]

[If we're being precise, the Shokuhou who appeared earlier was using someone else's body, so she herself didn't show up either.]

[Honestly, it seemed like the Shokuhou faction had been investigating something else before this.]

[What could possibly be more important than the end of the world?]

[Railgun?]

[Fuck.]

[Honestly, Railgun should be close to escaping by now, right?]

[Front-row reminder: Railgun said from the start that time flows differently on the other side. What we're seeing may have happened long ago, but Mikoto might have only just summoned that mysterious creature at this very moment.]

That was half true and half false.

But as long as someone believed it, that was enough.

On the contrary, it could buy Mikoto more time to make her arrangements.

"Simulation 999... complete. Entering simulation 1000... begin."

Somewhere beyond the audience's sight, Mikoto continued making adjustments.

"Immersion" was essential.

Since she