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He never expected the situation to turn out like this. This was his first time transmigrating, and he'd already landed himself an opponent so troublesome it seemed impossible to defeat. How could he break through that thorny, transparent turtle shell?

Besides his physical strength, he seemed to have no other peculiar abilities. He couldn't break through it. Perhaps once his strength reached a certain level, he could break it when the opponent could no longer reflect his attacks?

He could ignore that for now; it was impossible to achieve currently. Since that was the case, he should just run.

While running, he casually destroyed that building. This casual act would likely require Jiu Ming to recuperate for a period. At that moment, he directly activated his mental power, keeping it in an extremely active state. In that instant, he could utilize more mental power, exchanging it for greater explosive force.

Destroying a building with a single punch was no big deal!

Was it difficult? In this era, any random high-magic or high-martial existence who couldn't do this would be relegated to the ranks of mere passersby. He wondered how strong the top-tier combatants in this world were. Take that White Hair, for example... was he a boss-level threat, or just a regular type? At the very least, was he an elite unit?

"This... Oh my god." After reaching a safe location, Jiu Ming's eyes twitched slightly as he looked at the dozens of Misaka Sisters who had reappeared around him. "How many of you are there?"

Dozens had just casually appeared. If he waited a bit longer, wouldn't that become hundreds?

Being stared at by dozens of soulless eyes, Jiu Ming would rather be mobbed by a hundred normal people than feel like this. He was starting to feel an urge to help.

He had once been in a desperate situation, unable to help others, and had merely acted as a detached bystander. Now that he had the ability... why hesitate?

Damn it, it's just some White Hair, it's not like he's truly invincible anymore. If personal attacks don't work, then switch tactics!

Or, he could simply ignore the opponent and focus on saving people. If Accelerator were truly insane enough to pursue them relentlessly, Jiu Ming felt he would have to carefully consider how to break through that turtle shell.

Poison?

Hmm, a good idea.

What he needed to focus on now was how to settle these Misaka Sisters before him. Clones... He could face them squarely, but others might not. Did he really have to have philosophical discussions with them? Life is equal, even for clones, because they possess faint and innocent souls...

That would be less effective than him directly holding a knife to someone's throat and threatening them fiercely, like: "Hey, you guys dare to touch them, and I'll grab two cleavers and chop my way from the east gate to the west gate, wiping out your entire families!"

How direct?

How simple!!

The problem was, he couldn't do it...

He was clearly overthinking things right now.

"What? You don't want to leave?" Damn it, do they have to be so stubborn! After understanding the wishes of these dozens of extra Misakas, Jiu Ming was conflicted. He wanted to take them away, but they didn't think so. The experiment must not be interrupted!

Why are they so set on this? The experiment is costing them their lives, and they don't plan on leaving?

And they look like this is the outcome they should expect?

"How do we interrupt the experiment?"

Reasoning with them was useless. Trying to reason with beings who lacked emotion only made him frustrated. He decided to try a different approach.

"..." Misaka 1 reported a string of what seemed to be passwords. Jiu Ming naturally couldn't answer, and then...

No one answered!?

Tapping his head, Jiu Ming's head was starting to ache. There were quite a few ways to interrupt the experiment. The most foolish and time-consuming was to interfere with the normal experiment while simultaneously destroying these research institutes. If not a single one was left, the experiment naturally couldn't proceed.

Doing so would inevitably lead to omissions. Another method was to find the mastermind... and take them out!

Uh... that seemed a bit too difficult.

There was another way. Accelerator seemed to be a rather important experimental subject!

If he was taken down, would the experiment end? If that wasn't stable enough, then to be more decisive, he could simply drag the other party to some obscure corner and make them disappear for a while.

"One last question, who is willing to come with me?"

To take away dozens of identical girls, even if Jiu Ming resorted to snatching, he only had two hands. Carrying, hugging, and hoisting, he could forcefully take away ten at most. And that scene... if anyone saw it, he'd definitely be thrown in jail in this world!

Only Misaka 1 stepped forward because her experiment had already been forcibly terminated by Jiu Ming. The next one to appear wouldn't be her, but Misaka 2 and the subsequent Misaka Sisters. As for their fate, to put it nicely, it was recycling; to put it bluntly, it was humane destruction.

It seemed the only way was to choose to take down Accelerator. He couldn't stay in this world indefinitely.

"Sigh... turns out the forest abandoned me," he complained as if joking, shaking his head. "Let's go, I'll find a stable place for you for now."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Jiu Ming seemed to think of something and directly summoned Panel-kun...

"It's your turn to appear, how big is the Mysterious Shop?"

The Mysterious Shop could add useless things like bathrooms and bedrooms at any time... Even now, the Mysterious Shop still judged these things to be useless to Jiu Ming!

In short, if it could create such things by opening up extra space at any time, then just how big was the Mysterious Shop?

Very big.

Then, Panel-kun, who had appeared for less than 0.1 seconds, concealed himself again, leaving Jiu Ming with a very vague answer. How big was "very big"?

Panel-kun had explained that the Mysterious Shop was similar to a demiplane. And as for demiplanes... he wasn't a mage specializing in mysterious spaces, so how could he understand them clearly?

As for why these Misaka Sisters appeared here, the reason was simpler than Jiu Ming could imagine—curiosity and spectating!?

Are you kidding me? He hadn't seen Misaka 1 make a phone call, nor did she have any communication tools. So how did she know about him and happen to come by to spectate?

"The Misaka Sisters share a common brainwave pattern. All Misaka's brainwaves are converted into electronic signals and connected to each other, thus forming the 'Misaka Network'," Misaka 1, who was following Jiu Ming, explained to clear up his doubts.

A human network?

Curling his lips, Jiu Ming couldn't help but feel the wonder of this world. It could be like this!?

Then, with this network, they could communicate anytime and anywhere? Hey, hey! What powerful communicator could possibly compare to this ability?

Perhaps this experiment is far from that simple...

Jiu Ming thought uncertainly. If any clone could have this kind of network, then this world would be insane. Spies and infiltrators would be everywhere, and they wouldn't even have to worry about being exposed. Any information could be transmitted to another clone just by thinking about it, without needing a contact person.

Right! How about a drastic measure, a complete dismantling from the root? What if he just exposed all the information about clones?

Hmm, would he be silenced if he did that? Forget it, he really didn't believe anyone could cross dimensions to hunt him down!!

Clink...

"What is this thing?"

Hearing a slight sound, Jiu Ming looked down and saw a dark, smoky object that had landed at his feet.

"A grenade. It's obvious what it is. Misaka is concerned about your intelligence."

"I know it's a grenade! I'm more concerned about who threw it!" With that, the grenade was thrown back even faster.

A chaotic commotion, accompanied by a loud explosion, and then a rocket launcher, trailing a long smoke plume, flew towards Jiu Ming.

They clearly didn't care about the Misaka Sisters here. Jiu Ming flicked away the incoming rocket, using its momentum to grab it and spin around. The rocket flew back the way it came...

"Phew, I can't learn the 'Heaven and Earth Great Shift'... but it's good to draw inspiration..." he muttered. His force-dispelling technique was developed by sparring with a virtual opponent from the Mysterious Shop... Zhang Wuji? No, no... definitely not Yang Xiao!

That person was Yang Ding Tian, the one whose wife ran off with someone else! YANG DING TIAN!

He had to admit, that name was even more badass than Jiu Ming's own! To have the courage to use such a name, he truly admired it!

"Heh! What else... You bitch!"

Calmly watching several more rockets appear, Jiu Ming put his hands on the ground and lifted a large stone slab to block them. This time, he couldn't just throw them back one by one; he only had two hands!

Boom boom boom--

The stone slab was blown to pieces, and a blinding flash of fire erupted. "Go, go, go! What are you still watching here for!?"

Although he didn't know who the attackers were, the appearance of 'conventional' weapons like rocket launchers suggested this wasn't a world where laser weapons from some advanced tech tree were flying around. That was good enough; he could handle this... as long as that effeminate White Hair wasn't a recurring threat!

He shooed the Misaka Sisters away. The attackers clearly didn't care about their lives, and the Misaka Sisters left decisively, making Jiu Ming feel a pang of guilt. Had he saved a pack of ungrateful wolves?

Sigh, forget it. Perhaps for them, cognition was simply a matter of 'is' or 'is not'. Hesitation was a problem... They didn't even seem to care about death, so how could they hesitate?

It was as expected that they would leave without a word when told to. What was unexpected was that Misaka 1 stayed.

"You go too. I'll find you later." Jiu Ming waved at Misaka 1, staring into the darkness ahead. He could sense many people lurking there. They hadn't pursued the scattered Misaka Sisters; they were after him?

Hearing footsteps behind him, Jiu Ming nodded. Perhaps she staying and saying, 'I won't leave, we'll face this together' would sound heroic, but that was just talk. When the fighting started, he'd be the one frustrated. With her small frame, what if a bullet grazed her...

"Come on! Let me see who you are!" Taking a deep breath, Jiu Ming stared intently at the dark area. A troop of fully armed personnel ran out.