Now That You Mention It, We're Wide Awake! / Best Comeback of the Year: Aren't Kurumi's Clones All Supposed to Be Sacrificial Pawns?

It was like giving a speech onstage for the first time. Any student who had never done something like that would be nervous no matter how you looked at it.

Only by doing it more often could she ease the tension in her heart.

Chu Chen rubbed his forehead. After thinking for a moment, a malicious smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

The moment Misaka Mikoto saw that ill-intentioned smile, her heart skipped a beat, and panic began to rise within her.

There were only Chu Chen and herself backstage. Beyond the curtain was the stage. If Chu Chen wanted to do anything to her, wouldn't she have no way out at all?

Scorching breath washed over her cheeks, and Mikoto's face instantly flushed red.

Feeling the heat surrounding her, she thought her heart was about to leap out of her chest.

After a while, he released Mikoto. This sort of thing only needed to go so far.

"Y-You... what were you doing just now?!" Mikoto said, her face crimson with embarrassment.

"Didn't you say you were nervous? So I let you experience something even more nerve-racking. If you mess up this time, I'll do something even more excessive, you adorable Tokiwadai Electric Princess..."

His voice sounded beside her ear. Mikoto's cheeks burned red as she could practically feel his breath against her face. At the same time, she couldn't stop herself from imagining the even more excessive things Chu Chen had mentioned...

"Th-Th-Th-Th-Th..."

Mikoto stammered, unable to form a complete sentence. Her eyes spun in circles like the Rinnegan.

"Th-Th-Th... um, Chu Chen... Huh? Where did he go?"

Just as Mikoto wanted to say something, Chu Chen had already vanished from before her.

Where had that guy gone? She had thought he would watch her go onstage.