Inside the laboratory, a girl in a black surgical gown was undergoing an examination.
Though he did not know her name, Fang Zheng could tell from her appearance and hair.
This had to be...
"So that was it. A clone of Misaka Mikoto?"
"That's right."
Looking at the girl before them, Shokuhou Misaki lowered her voice. Fang Zheng stroked his chin, glanced at Shokuhou Misaki, and said nothing.
The clone before them was named "Dolly," Misaka Mikoto's first clone. She looked older than Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki had at the time, like a middle school student. That was only natural. She was a clone, her growth and development accelerated by drugs. Precisely because of that, Dolly's health was quite poor, and she even needed certain devices implanted in her body to prolong her life.
Though it seemed like a humanitarian gesture at first glance, Fang Zheng knew perfectly well that those scientists had chosen to extend Dolly's life not because they cared about the child. On the contrary, they were simply searching for the limits of her life, wanting to know how long her vital signs could be sustained under the current system with various drug reactions. It was essentially an experiment to find the absolute limit.
There, Dolly also made a friend—not Shokuhou Misaki, but a black-haired girl whom Dolly called Xiao Mi.
The two got along very well. They could often be seen playing around, laughing and chatting together.
"So Xiao Mi was that close to Dolly..."
Seeing this, Shokuhou Misaki seemed somewhat displeased.
"What's wrong? You look like you just found out your wife's first love was someone else."
"No, it's nothing..."
At Fang Zheng's question, Shokuhou Misaki shot him an annoyed glare and looked away.
"I just think your ability is really impressive. It can