"Ha, looks like the game's over." Teresstina reached toward Misaka Mikoto, seized her by the throat, and pinned her against a concrete pillar before lifting her off the ground.
Misaka Mikoto struggled in agony. The intense suffocation gradually made her limbs stop obeying her.
Just as her consciousness began to blur, with Teresstina's strange laughter and the piercing static of "Capacity Down" filling her ears, a tremendous crash suddenly drowned everything out. After it subsided, the harsh "Capacity Down" noise had vanished completely. But it was still too late. That fleeting relief made Misaka Mikoto lose consciousness entirely.
"Hm?" Teresstina darkened as she looked at the collapsed broadcast tower. She casually tossed the unconscious Misaka Mikoto aside, then switched on her radio. "Marbles, enter the target area as soon as possible. Send a few people here to secure Railgun."
Who had brought down the broadcast tower? A massive question mark hung over Teresstina's mind. The red-hot, melted steel frame plainly proclaimed the power of the attack. The other party was definitely an esper, but why had they not been affected by "Capacity Down"?
"Mugino, why did we blow up that tower?" Frenda stood atop a building, holding binoculars as she asked curiously.
"That thing was an eyesore," Mugino Shizuri said flatly, lowering her hand. "Besides, wasn't our assignment to blow up that tower?"
"Eh? Weren't we supposed to deal with this guy?" Frenda kicked the unlucky fellow at her feet, who was tied up like a dumpling with a rag stuffed in his mouth and could only make incomprehensible noises.
"No need to think about it. It was probably the First One's order," Kinuhata Saiai said expressionlessly as she tossed an unconscious man in black aside.
"That's right. Still, making me come all this way just to blast some lousy