"Eek!?" A girl's startled cry suddenly rang out from Branch 177.
Uiharu Kazari clutched her skirt, her pretty face bright red as she glared at Saten Ruiko and complained.
"I know you're happy about awakening your ability, Saten, but you didn't have to use me as your test subject."
"Sorry, sorry, it was instinctive..." Knowing she was in the wrong, Saten Ruiko scratched the back of her head and apologized sheepishly. Ever since awakening her ability, she had still felt a strange sense of unreality.
But seeing the skirt she had lifted with her ability made that feeling less unreal. Thus, a world where only Uiharu Kazari got hurt had been achieved!?
"A teddy bear this time? You're as childish as ever~" Shirai Kuroko's teasing, delivered in her distinctive voice, made Uiharu Kazari's pretty face flush even more deeply. She was on the verge of collapsing into a dark corner and drawing circles.
"Hey, hey, that's going too far." Misaka Mikoto spoke up for Uiharu Kazari, while also offering a vicious suggestion.
"Uiharu could wear safety shorts under her skirt."
At those words, a lightbulb seemed to light up over Uiharu Kazari's head, and she looked at Misaka Mikoto with delight.
"So that's how you solve the problem of accidentally exposing yourself? Amazing!?"
"No! Absolutely not!?" Saten Ruiko immediately rejected the idea upon hearing the two girls' conversation. She looked sternly at Misaka Mikoto, as though saying, How dare you corrupt my Uiharu.
A bead of cold sweat slid down Misaka Mikoto's temple.
"Why not? That way, even if Saten lifts my skirt, I won't feel embarrassed." Uiharu Kazari puffed out her cheeks like a little pufferfish as she retorted unhappily.
"You really don't understand at all~" Saten Ruiko shook her little head with a troubled expression before continuing.
"What