How Unfortunate! / This Pajama Set Is So Cute

After leaving the office of the 177th branch of the Disciplinary Committee, Yuxian and his friends continued to wander around Academy City. It was still early, and there was nothing to do at home, so they simply strolled around.

If you don't know exactly how long you'll be staying here, it's good to wander around aimlessly and get familiar with the area.

As Yuxian was walking, he suddenly saw a very familiar figure at the intersection ahead.

Hedgehog Kamijou Touma.

He is the most important person in the entire Academy City, and the most important pawn of Chairman Aleister.

In other words, Aleister built this Academy City to attract Kamijou Touma, who possesses the 'Imagine Breaker', to this place.

Yuxian was actually somewhat reluctant to Kamijou Touma because he was surrounded by trouble.

This has a lot to do with Touma's right hand.

'Imagine Breaker' is like a passive buff, constantly activating around Kamijou Touma.

All the unusual abilities that came near his right hand were instinctively repelled, including luck.

However, since they had run into each other, Yuxian didn't mind going up to say hello. He wasn't so cowardly as to deliberately avoid them.

Furthermore, 'Imagine Breaker' is ultimately a kind of energy cancellation, rather than some absolute law of power.

If you're so capable, remove the curse of immortality from Scathach, and Yuxian will immediately kneel down and sing "Conquer".

Even Index's 'Dragon's Breath' couldn't negate it; it could only change its trajectory. So, it's not an ability that Yuxian should pay special attention to.

Of course, the power of 'Dragon's Breath' is indeed great; Yuxian estimated that it could be comparable to the power of certain Noble Phantasm.

Yuxian walked over and greeted him, "Hey! What's wrong? Are you having some trouble?"

At this Kamijou Touma was being asked for directions by a beautiful woman with dark circles under her eyes. He was probably in a hurry to go to the supermarket to buy discounted items, so he was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to do.

Kamijou Touma, a busybody by nature, was eager to leave, but instinctively couldn't bear to refuse the other person's request for help.

Yuxian's appearance was like finding a savior to him, and he quickly recounted the events.

It turns out that this woman with dark circles under her eyes couldn't find the parking lot where her car was.

Yuxian turned his gaze to the beautiful woman with dark circles under her eyes. She looked exhausted from staying up all night and seemed sickly, as if she was about to fall asleep.

Yuxian knew Kiyama Harumi, and his biggest impression of her was that she was a good teacher.

Those children...

Seeing her in her Yuxian time immediately reminded me of the children she wanted to save.

There's no need to rush this. He currently has the access to the 'Tree Diagram Designer' feature, so he can help her out.

If all else fails, go find the Heaven Canceller, a super big shot who can bring the 'dead' back to life.

Just as Yuxian was still thinking about these random things, he saw Kiyama Harumi fan his face with his hand and say, "It's so hot..."

Without saying a word, she started taking off her clothes, without any regard for the fact that they were on a public street.

People around them turned to look.

"Ah! Master, close your eyes! You'll go blind!" the children screamed.

Mash swiftly stepped between Yuxian and Kiyama Harumi, blocking his view.

She blushed and said, "Hurry up and put your clothes on!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Kamijou Touma turned and ran away.

After much persuasion from Mash, she finally managed to convince Kiyama Harumi to put her clothes back on.

Similarly, Yuxian and his team also took on the task of helping her find a parking lot.

This was no easy task for those of them who had only recently arrived in Academy City.

However, the children were very interested in this adventurous activity and eagerly took on the task.

Yuxian didn't care about this. He was just strolling around anyway, and helping Kiyama Harumi find a parking lot wouldn't be a bad thing.

"Set off!"

Little Jeanne, leading the children, embarked on their adventure.

Chapter 6, Section 179: What a misfortune!

The children led the way, while Yuxian, Mash, and Kiyama Harumi followed behind, keeping a certain distance but not out of their sight.

Watching the children's lively and happy faces, Kiyama Harumi muttered to himself, "I hate children..."

Yuxian overheard his words and immediately retorted, "Really?"

Kiyama Harumi turned to look at Yuxian, but said nothing.

Yuxian smiled gently, looking at the children in front of him, but he was in a very good mood.

"Aren't little kids adorable?"

Upon hearing Yuxian's words, Kiyama Harumi repeated, "I hate children..."

She then added, "They love to play pranks, are unpredictable yet always seem friendly."

Her voice was very soft, as if she were speaking to Yuxian, or perhaps to herself.

"Why..."

Yuxian sighed. He knew that Kiyama Harumi was still feeling guilty about the children who had fallen into a coma because of the experiments.

She conducted research by any means necessary to awaken those children; 'Dream Device' was her creation.

However, such research ultimately yielded no results.

Kiyama Harumi attempted to simulate the experiment using a network of brains composed of tens of thousands of people.

Putting aside the consequences of doing so, how could she possibly achieve the result she wanted so easily and perfectly on her own?

Doing so will only be futile and may even lead to a loss of control, triggering a series of other problems.

It's important to know that Misaka Network was developed with the participation of numerous research institutes, authorization from the higher-ups of Academy City, and simulation calculations by the 'Tree Diagram Designer' before it was finally completed.

However, Yuxian knew that others couldn't persuade her about this; they could only wait for her to come to her senses on her own.

Knowing that persuasion was useless, Yuxian Xian simply stopped saying anything more.

With the children working together, they finally found the parking lot where Kiyama Harumi's car was located.

Actually, it was not far from the street where they met Kiyama Harumi. To be honest, Yuxian didn't know if Kiyama Harumi was deliberately looking for fun to relax his tense nerves.

This is probably what people call a scientist's quirk.

As they were about to part, Yuxian said to Kiyama Harumi, "I have access to the 'Tree Diagram Designer' app. If you need it, Mr. Kiyama, you can contact me."

Kiyama Harumi paused for a moment, gave Yuxian a deep look, and said nothing.

She slammed the car door shut, stepped on the gas, and the car sped away like an arrow.

Yuxian didn't know what she would decide. 'Dream Device' was an extremely dangerous experiment, one that was beyond her capabilities. He hoped she would realize her mistake and turn back from the wrong path.

Whether Kiyama Harumi comes looking for him or not, Yuxian doesn't care. In the end, this matter is just a microcosm of Academy City.

Such things are countless here. In this city that seems perfect on the surface, darkness lurks everywhere, as numerous as hairs on a cow.

Yuxian waved to the children and said, "Let's go, it's getting late, we should go home."

The group slowly walked back. The day was quite ordinary, without any major events. They met a few people, visited a few places, and that was about it.

As the sun begins to set in the west, Academy City is about to enter night, and the streetlights on the road slowly begin to light up, providing illumination for pedestrians instead of sunlight.

"Ah! It's Misaka-neechan!"

As they were nearing home, two figures suddenly ran past Yuxian and his companions.

It was Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma.

They will face off once again...

The children naturally followed the familiar faces, and Yuxian had no choice but to go along as well, so he could also witness the battle of the third-ranked Railgun in Academy City's Level 5.

When they arrived at the riverbank, Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma were already fighting, although it looked more like a one-sided beating...

Kamijou Touma was constantly dodging Misaka Mikoto's attacks, or using his right hand to neutralize her electromagnetic attacks.

Are they fighting?

"Fighting is wrong!"

"It doesn't look like a fight, they're probably just playing around."

"Then we want to go play too!"

Yuxian could stop them, they skipped and hopped over.

The children's appearance interrupted the battle between Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma, and they both stopped.

"It's you guys." Kamijou Touma recognized Yu Xian and his Yuxian, who had rescued him from the stripper on the road.

Misaka Mikoto looked at Touma, then at the children, and asked in confusion, "Do you know each other?"

Yuxian slowly walked over and explained, "We met him once before."

He then asked, "Aren't you going back to your dorm? I heard your dorm supervisor is capable of instantly killing three level 4 fighters with his bare hands. Are you sure it's okay if you go back late?"

"Ah!--"

Upon hearing this, Misaka Mikoto covered her head and screamed, forgetting to even say goodbye, and ran away without looking back. It seems that she had a very deep memory of the dormitory supervisor's imposing manner.

Meanwhile, Kamijou Touma, who breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Misaka Mikoto run away, was about to thank Yuxian for coming to his rescue when he was surrounded by several children.

They asked, "We heard that your right hand can nullify all attacks?"

Yu Xian had mentioned this Yuxian, and they remembered it.

Yuxian had such a great influence on these children that they would remember even the smallest thing he mentioned.

Kamijou Touma didn't know how to answer, so he just scratched his head and gave an awkward, wry smile.

"I'll give it a try."

After saying that, Illya took out her Ruby Wand and unleashed a slash.

Kamijou Touma hastily blocked her attack with his right hand.

Illya's slash flew to Kamijou Touma suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Wow! It's true!

Jack drew his dagger and charged at Touma: "Let's give it a try too."

Kamijou Touma quickly jumped back to avoid Jack's dagger, and luckily Little Jeanne d'Arc was quick-witted and grabbed Jack's collar, pulling her back.

Little Jeanne criticized him sternly, "Jack, the Master said he could nullify abilities. You'll hurt him with your dagger!"

"Is that so?" Jack tilted his head, his big eyes blinking.

She thought about it for Yuxian had indeed said that, so she had no choice but to put the dagger away.

Seeing Kamijou Touma Kamijou's troubled expression, Yuxian stopped letting the children bother him any longer, clapped his hands, and said, "We should go back now."

Upon hearing Yuxian's voice, the children all returned to his side.

They had already received the answer they wanted from Illya, so they stopped attacking Kamijou Touma.

Yuxian waved goodbye to Touma and slowly left with the children.

Kamijou Touma let out a long sigh, muttering, "What a misfortune!"

Chapter 7, Section 180: This pajama is so cute!

Early in the morning, after having breakfast, Yuxian sat in the living room to discuss their plans for the day.

"Let's go buy clothes. Illya hasn't bought any new clothes in ages."