Monk (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

But compared with Railgun Sister, it was still far behind. She could reach a billion volts. They weren't even on the same

level.

Still, over two hundred million volts was terrifying.

Could I really reach that level?

I figured I could melt steel in an instant.

Wasn't that a little too fantastical?

Hmm.

And why did I get such a strange ability? I'd have taken compound eyes, or even a sense of smell that could detect the temperature from several kilometers

away.

Why give me this ability? Good thing I'd seen A Certain Magical Index. If I'd only watched Pokémon, would I have to

shout "Pikachu!" every time I discharged electricity?

I pictured myself squeezing my eyes shut and shouting "Pikachu!" I looked... unexpectedly cute.

Damn, had I relaxed a little too much? I'd started fantasizing about myself?

I shook my head, tossing that ridiculous image out of my mind.

JN City wasn't far from TA City—only sixty-odd kilometers. Even driving as slowly as I was, after a little over an hour,

I was nearly there.

After the snow and ice melted, all I saw along the way were ruined houses, collapsed buildings, and roads covered in

dead grass.

The road beneath me was choked with withered vines. As the car rolled over them, I could hear them cracking

under the tires.

Wind howled past the car. After some thought, I turned on the music. The desolate scenery might stir something in me

if I looked at it now and then, but staring at it

for too long would weigh on my mind. Better to listen to a few songs and relax.

I switched on the speakers, and a voice I knew all too well filled the car.

"Good luck is coming your way! May good luck come to you!"