Kamijou Touma of a Stand-in Messenger

"That's right, I'm just one of them. As far as I know, there are at least three other people who survived that experiment."

The night seabird that has lost its ability is like a helpless little girl, answering the scary hedgehog's question with some trembling.

"Do you know why they want to recycle you?"

"Maybe it's because I'm one of the few people who has been successfully implanted with the calculation model of Yifang Tongxing. I'm the only 'experimental material'. After all, rare things are expensive."

Compare yourself to a precious experimental material, so that Touma can intuitively understand her status.

"Where are the rest of them?"

"I don't know, but it seems that someone, like me, chose to hang out in Academy City. You know, keep a low profile and earn some extra money. After all, even LV4 is too small for Xuedu."

"Are you all willing to participate in the experiment?"

"Of course not, but I've accepted it, and I'm glad I got picked."

Yes, not everyone is disgusted with all this, and some people even feel like a fish in water.

"...do you want to get away from it all?"

Touma's question stunned Heiye Seabird for a moment.

"Get rid of what?"

"At your age, shouldn't you enjoy campus life?"

Heiye seabird frowned tightly, looking at Touma with the eyes of a fool.

"Huh? Are you really a member of Anbe? This is my school. Of course, compared to graduates like you, I am just a preparatory student who has not enrolled. My future is here, and I enjoy everything here .”

"...You said, you enjoy everything here?"

"Nonsense, you know, I am a 'spear', how can I raise a 'spear'? Only here can I display my greatest strength and show my value."

Touma remembered Uncle Dio's words.

"A king has the talent of a king, and a chef has the talent of a chef. This is life. You can't put a person in a wrong position and ask him (her) to be himself. Your values ​​​​can't be universal. value."

Uncle Dior is right, his own values ​​are not universal values.

"Really, uncle is always right."

As time went by, Touma became more and more aware of the unfathomableness of Uncle DIO. Almost every word he said was verified in Touma's life.

Thinking of what Uncle DIO said, he was a little scared.

"Hahahaha, how do you feel when your kindness is ruthlessly thrown away by others? Don't live in a dream, you are not a savior, Kamijou Touma!"

Mugino was very happy to see Kamijou Touma deflated.

"…I see."

It was a big blow to Touma to be rejected the first time he offered to help.

……

In the end, the night sea bird was taken away. Even if she could get help if she asked Toma for help, she did not choose another way.

She really wants to stay here.

"Although that little man is a bit tougher, he is still very strong. Moreover, such a person will not be left to rot in the gutter. Maybe we will meet her again in the future."

After seeing Touma's expression, Mugino said in a strange way.

"I know."

Touma's mind is not the night seabird, but what she secretly told herself before leaving.

"I'll give you a piece of information for free. Tonight at 21 o'clock, at the headquarters of the talent workshop in the second school district, you may find someone who needs your help. Hee hee hee, goodbye, big idiot with a hedgehog head."

Originally, she planned to rush over to have a look today, maybe she could meet survivors of the "Dark May Project" like herself, but unfortunately, the appearance of item disrupted her plan.

But she, who likes chaos, threw this information to Touma. The addition of this guy may have an unexpected impact.

It's best to disrupt all the plans of those big shots and let everyone eat ashes together.

However, the night seabird may still underestimate Touma's ability.

"Is it a talent workshop..."

It was the first time he heard this term, but it didn't hinder his next actions.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Touma decided to go to the second school district immediately in order not to miss anything.

"Are you really planning to go?"

Mugino was leaning against the wall, she had heard it before.

"That's right, now that the commission is over, I can do whatever I want, right?"

The Item Squad is a seamless team only when they are executing commissions, and once the missions are fulfilled, they can return to their lives.

Now, Touma is no longer an item's assaulter, but an ordinary third-year junior high school student.

"Haven't you considered the possibility that this is a trap? Or, that kid is playing tricks on you."

Mugino Shimori has never seen a stunned young man like Kamijou Touma. In her opinion, putting herself in danger for someone she doesn't know is a complete fool if it is not because of the profit.

"If that's the case, it's best. At least, there are no people who need my help. That's the best situation."

If all the tragedies in the world really happened to him, that would be the most ideal situation that Touma thinks. His strength is strong enough and his will is strong enough. He can resist everything alone. In this way, no one will cry A perfect world may be born.

"...So, the first two times I met you, you really just wanted to help them?"

Mai Yeyuan thought that Touma defeated him desperately the first two times because of himself, but now it seems that he was wrong.

"No, I did it for myself, sorry, I will act alone next time."

Choosing to help others for his own peace of mind, Kamijou Touma never considered himself a hero.

Mugino naturally didn't believe his nonsense, and she didn't think Touma could get anything from it.

It turns out that such idiots really exist...

Looking at Touma with complicated eyes, Mugino was suddenly curious about how far he could do it.

But what excuse was there to act with him?

supervision?No, now is the end of work time, this reason is not valid.

contract?No, the agreement between them did not stipulate this.

Pretending to be curious?No, no, wouldn't that make her unprincipled?

Just as Mugino was struggling with what excuse to use to go with Touma, the phone rang suddenly.

"Hello? What? Again? What is it this time?"

It seems that there is a new commission.

"Talent Workshop? Are you sure? No, I didn't refuse. We accepted the commission."

Hanging up the phone, Mai Ye only felt that the middleman had finally done a personal job.

"Now, you don't have to act alone."

Flanda on the side shook her head. She had already made an appointment with her younger sister to go back and eat their favorite mackerel curry, but now it seemed that the plan was in vain.

"Are you going too?"

When Ma hadn't left, he naturally heard what Mai Ye said.

"Nonsense, a commission is a commission, and it must be completed after receiving it. By the way, the person who commissioned this time has revealed his identity. It is the talent workshop itself. Two days ago, someone began to sabotage their experiments and facility, so let's drive out the enemy."

Having said that, Mai Ye tilted his head and said doubtfully.

"However, the entrusting party specifically requested that it can only be expelled. Killing the other party will count as a mission failure. Ha, it's really interesting."

When Ma didn't know what was interesting.

"Is there anything wrong?"

"When encountering this kind of situation before, the content of the entrustment is usually to repel or kill the other party, but this time the request is only to expel, and it is specially requested by the talent workshop. dead or alive?"

Perhaps because he was in a good mood, Mai Ye said a few more words.

"Don't think all the high-level people are so bad, maybe, this talent workshop, a kind-hearted leader suddenly came recently?"

Touma's words made Mugino and Frenda laugh, and even Sanwu's Takitsubo covered his mouth.

"What, what? What's so funny?"

Dang Ma said dissatisfied.

"In the end, your hedgehog head is the strangest one, right? How can a guy who can get in touch with Anbu be a really good person? Of course, except for your super hedgehog head."

Frenda's words are not groundless. In the dark side of Xuedu, there are no truly good people.

If there is, then such a good person is either dying or already dead.

Here, there is no place for good people to live. Only by being more vicious than others can they gain a foothold here.

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Chapter 42 Confused Girls

Shokuhou Misaki, the owner of this strange name, is a 13-year-old girl who was born in a wealthy family. She was sent to Academy City a long time ago and became a capable person.

It's just that, unlike those of her peers who went to school step by step, her relatively short life experience was somewhat bumpy, and it's all the result of her step by step that she can live to this day.

LV5 Psychological Mastery, the pinnacle of psychic abilities, one of the only seven superpowers in Academy City.

But even so, she was just a good guinea pig.

If she can't control her own power, if she doesn't have the strength to make those big shots fear, then all that awaits her is destruction.

So, after witnessing the death of her friend, and seeing the real face of Academy City, the girl with honey-colored long hair made the final decision.

Now that you have decided not to let those high-ranking guys at the mercy of you, you must show enough courage.

Therefore, she took control of the talent workshop that has always treated her as an experimental animal, and brainwashed everyone into her own puppets.

Looking at the dull faces of these high-level officials who had no one in the past, Shokuhou didn't feel the thrill of winning, but instead, there was an unspeakable emptiness.