A certain little girl who had set fire to the ability-testing area on the school athletic field that morning, publicly destroyed several pieces of equipment, and even brought ability testing at Tokiwadai Middle School to a halt, set the school swimming pool on fire again not long after classes ended that afternoon. Near 16:00, she successfully let her LV5 superpower, an otherworldly flame, engulf the place, which had only a little water left in it.
"!!"
"Damn it! How could Annie do that?! Even if she had to set a fire, couldn't she have given us a warning first, or at least held back a little?!"
After narrowly getting herself and her beloved older sister out of the swimming pool, Shirai Kuroko stared at the raging blaze and the waves of heat rolling toward them, still shaken. Then she turned to the equally rattled Misaka Mikoto beside her:
"Onee-sama! Are you all right?!"
After loudly complaining about the little rascal who had no idea when to stop, Kuroko hurried to check on her older sister. She even reached out with her grabby hands to feel around her sister's body and back, trying to make sure she was really okay.
"I'm fine!"
"By the way, where's Annie? Where is she now?!"
First, Misaka Mikoto deftly smacked away Kuroko's annoying, wandering hand. With no time to fool around with her, she looked around, then gazed uneasily at the fire ahead. It was gradually dying down, but it still burned, and the heat was still intense. She clicked her tongue.
It looked like that little rascal Annie hadn't made it out. Had she been caught up in the terrifying blaze and its scorching waves of heat?
"I don't know..."
Kuroko had been focused on herself and her older sister. The two of them