Dangerous Kuroko

"Senior Yifang!"

"Luo Yifang?!"

"Gorilla?!"

Hatsuharu, Mikoto, and Kuroko cried out at the same time. Hatsuharu was excited by Luo Yifang's timely arrival, while Mikoto and Kuroko were shocked by his appearance.

"Who's that guy?" Yomikawa Aiho hurriedly asked Hatsuharu.

"Ah, Senior Luo Yifang is an LV.5 esper too, just like Senior Misaka!" Hatsuharu quickly explained. "With him and Senior Misaka here, that monster won't be a problem!"

"Damn it, why do unrelated people keep interfering today?!" Yomikawa said viciously. "Hey, pass the order down! Tell everyone to help those three kids below suppress that monster with firepower!"

"Yes!"

Intense gunfire erupted from the elevated highway, but none of it could actually inflict any real damage on the AIM Diffusion Virus. Luo Yifang was honestly impressed by those people. Couldn't they call in some heavy firepower? What the hell were a few rifles and vehicle-mounted machine guns supposed to do?!

"You came at just the right time." Mikoto leaped up and stood beside Luo Yifang. "Cover me. I'll find an opening and kill it in one blow!"

"What about me, Onee-sama?!" Kuroko asked Mikoto anxiously from the side.

"Kuroko, your ability isn't suited for confronting that monster head-on. Go provide support from the rear!" Ignoring Kuroko's ashen expression, Mikoto turned to Luo Yifang. "Ready?! We're going in!"

What Mikoto hadn't expected was for Luo Yifang to wave a hand and stop her just as she was about to charge forward. He said unhurriedly, "Um, I have an idea. We don't need to make this so troublesome."

"Huh?" Mikoto looked at Luo Yifang with a face full of question marks. As far as she was concerned, one Railgun shot was the cleanest and most efficient solution.

"Like this."

Luo Yifang extended a hand toward the AIM Diffusion Virus and lightly clenched it. The AIM Diffusion Virus seemed to sense the danger as well, rapidly deploying a large number of barriers and defensive abilities.

Yet after nothing more than a crisp crack, those seemingly impregnable defenses shattered like fragile eggshells with a snap. Along with them, the AIM Diffusion Virus inside was crushed into an indescribable lump of mush that dripped onto the ground, nauseating everyone to the extreme.

"Urgh..." Quite a few people on the elevated highway immediately began dry-heaving at the sight, and even Yomikawa's expression looked unpleasant.

Mikoto and Kuroko, who stood extremely close to the monster, nearly failed to hold it in as well. It took them a while to suppress the sickening feeling.

Mikoto walked up and kicked Luo Yifang. "Couldn't you have used a method that wasn't so disgusting... urgh..."

Luo Yifang caught Mikoto's leg with one hand, looking utterly innocent. "Didn't you say to kill it in one blow?"

"Couldn't you have done it another way... urgh... And let go of my foot!" To escape the sticky mud earlier, Mikoto had decisively abandoned her shoes. Luo Yifang's hand gripping her foot gave her a strange feeling.

"Oh." Luo Yifang responded expressionlessly and let go.

Then his vision blurred as Mikoto's other leg came flying at him. This time, Luo Yifang didn't block it and simply let her kick him. Otherwise, she might kick him again later.

"Hiss!" Misaka Mikoto pulled her foot back while clutching it, tears welling in her eyes. "Did you use your ability?!"

Heavens above, Luo Yifang had completely turned off Vector Manipulation just then! Otherwise, miss, your leg might have been gone! But Luo Yifang's superhuman body had been strengthened to the point where it could collide head-on with a main battle tank. If he hadn't relaxed his muscles just now, that kick would have injured Mikoto instead of merely making her foot hurt.

"Onee-sama!" Seeing her Onee-sama suffer a setback, Kuroko rushed over and supported the limping Mikoto, shooting Luo Yifang a vicious glare. Inside, though, she was so happy to be close to Onee-sama that she was practically about to fly.

"You still need more training," Luo Yifang said to Mikoto as he looked at the indescribable mass beside them. "You looked far too miserable today."

"Shut up, it's none of your business!" Mikoto snapped at Luo Yifang. "Even if you hadn't interfered, taking care of that thing would've been easy!"

"Fine." Luo Yifang shrugged. Seeing that he at least knew when to back off, Mikoto huffed and stopped paying attention to him.

On the surface, Mikoto looked like she didn't care, but deep down, she felt a tiny bit ashamed. After all, she really had been stuck in a deadlock just now.

Even if Luo Yifang hadn't come, she still could have escaped that attack, but getting hurt would have been unavoidable. She had even nearly dragged Kuroko, who had come to help her, into danger. That mistake left Mikoto feeling terrible.

"Senior Yifang!" Hatsuharu ran up to Luo Yifang, panting, and said excitedly, "This is great!"

Luo Yifang patted her little head and smiled in response to the girl's enthusiasm. "It was nothing."

"I think a certain someone just wanted to show off," Kuroko muttered under her breath.

"Kuroko!" Though Kuroko's voice was quiet, Mikoto still heard it. She promptly gave Kuroko an unforgiving knock on the head—partly for herself, too. That girl had taken the chance to cop a feel again!

Kuroko cried out in pain, clutched her head, and squatted on the ground resentfully. "Why can't Onee-sama ever accept Kuroko's love?"

At that moment, Mikoto placed her right hand on Kuroko's head. Just as Kuroko thought her Onee-sama had changed her mind, Mikoto lowered her head and said in a deep voice, "You want another one?"

A few drops of cold sweat appeared on Kuroko's forehead. This time, she was completely obedient, squatting on the ground without daring to move.

Watching this little clown's antics, everyone couldn't help but laugh. Their laughter gradually washed away all the negative emotions from before. Luo Yifang looked at the scene before him with emotion as Hatsuharu said to him, "It's really wonderful that everyone's okay! It's all thanks to Senior Yifang arriving in time!"

"Yeah, Hatsuharu-chan." As he spoke, Luo Yifang suddenly remembered something. He bent down and whispered something to Hatsuharu, then vanished while no one was paying attention.

When everyone recovered from the joy of victory, Mikoto suddenly realized that Luo Yifang, who had been standing beside her just moments ago, had disappeared again.

"Hatsuharu, did you see that guy?" Mikoto moved close to Hatsuharu and asked quietly.

"Eh, do you mean Senior Yifang, Senior Misaka?" Hatsuharu looked at Mikoto curiously. "Senior said he still had something to take care of, so he left first."

"I-Is that so? That guy really is... Forget it, he's already gone." Mikoto's expression darkened for a moment, but she quickly returned to normal and walked off to stay by herself.

Hatsuharu blinked her big, adorable eyes. She briefly analyzed why Senior Misaka had looked disappointed after Senior left. Could it be...

Hmm? Nearby, someone named Kuroko but pronounced pervert suddenly sensed someone's gaze upon her. She vigilantly looked around, but failed to find who it belonged to.

If that was really the case, Shirai-san would definitely be angry! Hatsuharu thought.

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