Shokuhou: A World Without Mikoto Has No Meaning!

The pool was shallow, filled with warm liquid.

But that was not the important part.

The important part was the glass tank in the distance.

It was practically the same model as Aleister's.

The only difference was that the person inside this life-support device was floating upright rather than upside down.

"...Mikoto."

Shokuhou Misaki walked over and stared at the sleeping girl through the glass tank.

That girl looked exactly like the Mikoto she knew.

Except her hair was longer, nearly reaching her ankles.

Shokuhou Misaki was very familiar with that appearance.

"This is Misaka Mikoto," Kiyama Harumi answered.

"...Yes, but when?" Shokuhou Misaki asked. "When did she come here?"

"Sorry, I don't know." Kiyama Harumi replied, "My memories of the past are somewhat vague and difficult to comprehend. I believe it may have been caused by interference from an esper."

But there was another possibility—that incident.

Without a doubt, the girl who had "transferred" to Tokiwadai had used Dolly's body.

But what about before the salvation of the world?

"What's wrong with her now?" Shokuhou Misaki continued.

"Misaka's thinking ability and bodily functions are almost completely shut down. Her thoughts rely on the calculations of the Misaka Network, while her bodily functions are entirely replaced by machines. The processing power is concentrated on Dolly, who then communicates with the original body to complete the thought process. So the Mikoto by your side is, at least in terms of consciousness, indeed the real person. You can rest assured of that."

Her consciousness was indeed her own.

But her body was not.

"So Mikoto has been Level 6 for a long time?" Shokuhou asked.

"No, Misaka is not Level 6," Kiyama Harumi said. "By integrating the Misaka Network, she has actually transformed toward some even more advanced state. And something appears