"Then, Kiyama-sensei, please tell me the specific information about the car model and color, and I will use the surrounding surveillance equipment to search for it." Haruue Erii brought out a laptop, turning it on while speaking to Kiyama Harumi.
However, Kiyama Harumi's normally languid gaze trembled slightly when she heard the word 'sensei', and a hidden flash of sadness flickered in her eyes.
"Sensei, huh?" Kiyama Harumi looked at Haruue Erii with a complicated expression.
"Uh, I'm sorry, I'm used to it, and I accidentally…" Haruue Erii thought her address had offended the other party, and she nervously rubbed her small hands, looking adorably apologetic.
"No, it's fine. I used to be a teacher too, though I was somewhat unqualified." Kiyama Harumi gave a self-deprecating laugh, making the atmosphere even more awkward.
"AIM Diffusion Field? Isn't that thing…" Misaka Mikoto suddenly recalled what Rhode had said then, and subconsciously looked at Rhode.
"The AIM Diffusion Field is a weak power that espers unconsciously release in all directions. This power is very faint, almost negligible, but if it's the two million three hundred thousand espers in Academy City, this power cannot be underestimated." Rhode explained with a faint smile on his face.
"It seems this gentleman also knows about the AIM Diffusion Field." Kiyama Harumi looked at Rhode with surprise, her eyes filled with an exploratory meaning.
"I wouldn't say I know it, I just know where these AIM Diffusion Fields will ultimately be used." Rhode replied casually.
However, this answer made Kiyama Harumi's pupils constrict. The look of surprise was fleeting, and she quickly returned to her languid expression.
Rhode also noticed Kiyama Harumi's change, and chuckled, shaking his head. The 'use' he was referring to was not Kiyama Harumi's Imagine Breaker plan, but Aleister's terrifying plan to envelop the entire world with the AIM Diffusion Field to completely eradicate the existence of magic.
"…" Misaka Mikoto remained silent. She did not intend to ask Rhode about the purpose of the Misaka Sisters being distributed around the world at this moment.
After experiencing the Absolute Power Project, she had also become more mature and capable of calmly thinking for herself.
Just from the brief summary Rhode had given earlier, she could glimpse the terrifying extent of the Chairman's plan, like seeing a leopard through a tube – a vast plan encompassing the entire world.
To what extent did he calculate, even including her own act of providing her genetic map when she was a child? With a little more thought, Misaka Mikoto would feel a chilling sense of fear.
"Here's a car similar to the one Kiyama-sensei described. Take a look, is this it?"
A moment later, Haruue Erii found a vehicle similar to Kiyama Harumi's description. Turning the laptop towards Kiyama Harumi, Haruue Erii asked.
"Ah, yes, that's the one. That's amazing." Kiyama Harumi quickly checked it, nodded in affirmation, and praised with a smile.
"No… it's nothing… Hahaha~" Receiving praise from an elder, Haruue Erii shyly waved her small hands, but the blush on her cheeks betrayed her, clearly showing she appreciated Kiyama Harumi's compliment.
After some effort, Kiyama Harumi was successfully escorted to the parking lot. Sitting in the Lamborghini, Kiyama Harumi expressed her gratitude to everyone.
"Thank you for your help. Goodbye then."
Watching the car drive away, Misaka Mikoto said speechlessly,
"She really is a strange one."
"Legend has it that if you encounter a stripper, you might be cursed and end up stripping in the street like her!?" Saten Ruiko immediately explained when she saw Kiyama Harumi leave.
This made everyone look at each other.
"Don't talk nonsense. That person is just an ordinary researcher with an exhibitionist habit. How could it be related to a curse?" Shirai Kuroko said speechlessly, with a grumpy look on her face.
"Say what?" Rhode raised an eyebrow, asking in confusion.
"It's an urban legend! Oh, by the way, Mr. Rhode, did you really defeat Academy City's number one, Accelerator!?" Haruue Erii first explained, then suddenly remembered what Misaka Mikoto had said earlier and became excited, asking Rhode.
"Yes, yes, yes, is it true!? Mr. Rhode." Saten Ruiko also snapped back to attention when she heard this. She should have asked immediately, but she didn't expect to be interrupted by Kiyama Harumi's explosive stripping.
Seeing the two girls look at him with bright, starry eyes, a drop of cold sweat slid down Rhode's forehead. He looked at Misaka Mikoto, but saw the little girl whistling, her pretty face flushed as she turned her gaze away, looking incredibly guilty.
Rhode shook his head with a chuckle, then looked at the two girls and nodded gently.
"Yes, I did defeat Accelerator."
"So amazing!?" The two girls exclaimed in unison, their eyes growing even more fervent. They never expected that Academy City's strongest person was right before their eyes.
"Why did you and Accelerator fight?" Shirai Kuroko was more curious about this.
"Why? Ask your Onee-sama." Rhode's lips curved into an arc, and he casually pointed at Misaka Mikoto, throwing the blame onto her.
The three girls all looked at Misaka Mikoto, clearly very interested in this question.
"This… well… I… Ahahaha~" Misaka Mikoto clearly couldn't explain it to them. If they knew about the Absolute Power Project and the Railgun Clone Project, and understood the dark side of Academy City, could they still live their peaceful daily lives normally?
Misaka Mikoto's face flushed with anxiety, which instantly set off alarm bells for Shirai Kuroko. In her imagination, a melodramatic love triangle emerged: Rhode and Accelerator fought over Misaka Mikoto, flattening an entire school district, and ultimately Rhode won, taking the beauty home.
Misaka Mikoto intimately bestowed a kiss upon Rhode. The moment this scene ended, Shirai Kuroko collapsed again, shouting loudly,
"No! Onee-sama!? Please don't abandon Kuroko!? Kuroko, I…"
Watching Shirai Kuroko suddenly go crazy and bang her head on the ground, everyone fell silent again.
"This guy's iron head technique is pretty good." Rhode complained. Since he met Shirai Kuroko, he had almost always seen her going crazy.
The three girls all glared at Rhode and quickly stepped forward to stop Shirai Kuroko's self-harming behavior.
"Eh, but if Mr. Rhode defeated Accelerator, why didn't he become the number one?" Saten Ruiko noticed a crucial point and asked.
"Who knows? Maybe because I'm not an esper, or because I blew up the Chairman's office building not long ago~"
Rhode shrugged indifferently. He didn't care about the position of number one; it was just fame or fortune. He didn't value fame, and as for fortune, for him, who could freely take unlimited currency from the System, money was just a number.
"Blew up the Chairman's office building?! Is… is that the No Window Building?" Haruue Erii swallowed nervously, asking tensely.
"Yes."
"…" There was another long silence. Everyone was speechless. Strictly speaking, the person in front of them could be defined as a terrorist in Academy City, but he possessed the strength to defeat Academy City's number one. Who would dare to arrest him?
Even someone as headstrong as Kuroko (in a dual sense) wouldn't be foolish enough to arrest Rhode.
"Wait, Mr. Rhode just said he wasn't an esper?" Saten Ruiko noticed the information revealed in Rhode's words, and asked Rhode with curiosity mixed with some inexplicable anticipation.
"Heh, that's right, I'm a sorcerer…" Rhode briefly explained to these girls the basic knowledge of what a sorcerer and Curse Power are.
This undoubtedly opened a new world for these girls.
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