Kuroko Feels Like She's Being Cheated On... / Kaguya: A Mere Turkey Is Just an Ingredient for a Pot of Garbage Soup!

After Chu Chen sent the Misaka Sisters away, Alester, as expected, came looking for Chu Chen again.

"You certainly caused quite a stir the moment you arrived in Academy City..."

Alester was not referring to how much of a fuss Chu Chen had made, but to the things he had done.

Those dead Misaka Sisters had all been resurrected, hadn't they?

At the very least, all those corpses had vanished. It could not be that Chu Chen had destroyed them all, could it?

"Not bad. Wasn't it all within your expectations? If you truly cared about the Misaka Sisters, you wouldn't have waited until now to approach Mikoto and the others..." Chu Chen said with a cold laugh.

From the fact that Alester had silently watched Mikoto steal away the corpses and interfere with the Ability Evolution Plan, only approaching Misaka Mikoto after the incident with Index, it was clear that what concerned him was not Mikoto's interference with the plan. What concerned him was that Mikoto and Kuroko's strength might have a considerable impact on his plans.

To Alester, the problem was not strength, but unknown variables...

What effect that unknown might have on his plans was beyond Alester's ability to predict.

"Since you have put it that way, shall we begin our first transaction?"

Alester had come only to see what Chu Chen could offer as compensation for his losses this time.

As a merchant, if one caused losses to the buyer, naturally one had to compensate them...

"Compensation won't be a problem, of course. However... if I act, your plan can be shortened by quite a bit, can't it? I believe this compensation has already exceeded the balance of benefits between both sides. Shouldn't you give me something in return..."

Chu Chen did not need Alester's magical