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Umm I was referring to the next part of this story, as in misunderstandings between the characters and especially the Sisters.
A Certain Droll Hivemind (A Certain Magical Index)
- Thread starter EarthScorpion
- Start date
- Location
- Leeds
I'll be back when the next update is here. Theres nothing worth trawling through these posts for.
Attempting to create a superior coconut by the only way she knows how-killing ten thousand coconuts.
Their sacrifice for science will not be forgotten.
- Location
- in the trash
It's so Yui can finally get decent coconut ice cream. A worthy cause to die for.
- Location
- oregon, usa
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Level Six Shift was Accelerator killing ten thousand Misaka sister units, not ten thousand clones of himself. so for the coconuts, there should be one coconut used to kill ten thousand bananas, or something similar.
See, she doesn't want a Level Six Coconut. A Level Six Coconut may have the offensive and defensive power to cause her serious harm, even if it tastes better than a Level Three Coconut. She just wants a Level Three one or so, and that only requires that she kill ten thousand of them. If she kills twenty thousand of them, she might also gain a level. Gaining a level is good. It means she is less likely to risk horrible death.
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- Location
- in the trash
Is there any reason why Misaka couldn't have attained Level Six by killing 10000 of her clones?
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Assuming that would have worked in the first place, which is apparently pretty dubious, Misaka wouldn't do it. It's just not something that she would do under her own will.
helnae
Mlem~
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Her sense of morality?
You mean other than the horrifying trauma she'd get due to not being psychologically built like Accelerator?
- Location
- in the trash
I'm only asking to determine the viability of the Level 3 Coconut Shift plan. Obviously Misaka would never do something like that.
In that case, the question isn't whether it's viable, but whether Yui would think it's viable. And Yui trying to hypothesize about the results of an altered Radio Noise project where Misaka's the one doing the hunting ends with Yui's roommates freaking out about why she's hiding under the kitchen table hugging an assault rifle, softly crying and muttering a monotone, inflectionless " 'Not the original, not the original,' says Misaka with unbearable fear and sorrow" over and over.
However, there's potentially another path to Level 6 for Misaka Mikoto, one which Yui seems to have intuitively hit upon even though she may not consciously recognize it since it isn't nearly bloody and violent enough to look like a power development program: Have Misaka join the Network. Yui repeatedly asks Mikoto to do so, and realizes that this will make everything more efficient and useful for all involved, even if she hasn't explicitly linked this to level upgrades yet. The Network can upgrade AC's damaged abilities by distributed computation; why not do the same with an existing Level 5? Being able to see the inside of a Level 5 Electromaster's brain at work might even assist the Sisters in improving their own Levels more quickly.
So if Yui realizes the potential in this principle and extrapolates to her beverage-related problems, we can expect Yui's roommates to instead freak out about why she's run a single thin pipe through a chain of about a crate's worth of coconuts, including a single organically grown prize-winning coconut twice as large as all the others, and hooked the entire thing up to a pump so that the coconut juice circulates through the entire system.
By accident rather than design, this will also make it easier for Yui to extract the juice for use in smoothies and other drinks. This will serve as evidence of the soundness of her theoretical approach.
Guile
Having a really great time right now
And I'm pretty sure all the accumulated trauma just hit Accelerator all at once, right around the same time Touma's fist did.
I kind of assume the psychological stress of suddenly recognizing the Sisters as people is what half paralyzed him, not one uppercut to the chin. I dunno, maybe that's explained better in the LN.
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Well that didn't exactly end well the last time someone tried to turn the Network into Mikoto's personal level-upper.
Although to be fair, having it forced on her probably didn't help things.
confusopoly
Metaphor Overextended. Ow.
- Location
- Germany
- Pronouns
- he/his
Now I'm wondering how Yui would interpret that one song.
Yui looks from the lime in her hand to the coconut on the counter, a small frown on her face. "I might need to ask the original to get that teleporter to help with this."
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warning
Steady on.
I'd honestly have hoped that a member of staff could show a little more restraint with their use of invective. You're highly intelligent, am I really to believe that you're incapable of making your case without taking every opportunity to call Farmerbob1 stupid? The fact that you can do it in a variety of ways that demonstrate the benefits of a good education is utterly immaterial to me; it isn't the kind of thing I like to see on this forum.
Please, in future, try to restrain yourself to the point at hand rather than the other poster. Thanks for your time.
stop
Calm down.
This is over the line. I don't care if Farmerbob1 has committed the cardinal sin of talking about things you don't like in your fanfic thread. I do care somewhat if he has broken the rules or wronged other posters in doing so, but that does not excuse your conduct. It is simply not acceptable for you to talk to other posters on this forum in the manner you have.
I find it tragically ironic that you call Farmerbob1 a hypocrite for responding to Aleph and yourself in a way that was indeed unacceptable- and then proceed to do the same thing but with slightly more verbage. If you feel someone is debating in bad faith, spewing vindictive personal attacks, or simply being an unbearable arse, then you have recourse. You can report them and let the people who are best equipped to deal with it.
Since you are a Councillor, I honestly find it a bit difficult to believe that you were unaware you had this option available to you. Whatever this arose from- anger, a desire to get some licks in, or perhaps a somewhat more misguidedly noble attempt to stand up for a friend- is ultimately irrelevant. It is not acceptable for you to behave like this, and it is not your job to respond to the bad behaviour of others with barbed tongue and brimstone.
You have left me no choice but to infract you, under C.C.III.15.5 of the Community Compact. Please don't do this again.
Thank you for your time.
blindvi1
The one who shall purge the heresy of the wicked
- Location
- USA, and Academy City in another life
But...But the ...blenders... (snffles) XD jk Kihara SCIENCE! right there lol
You mean other than the horrifying trauma she'd get due to not being psychologically built like Accelerator?
Dorm Mother vs the Clones XD now that'd be interesting to see.
"Misaka wishes to see the Original, Misaka states to the strange lady with glasses standing in her way as she walks in."
"Is that so, Mikoto? Then why are you here, and not in your room like you're supposed to be."
"Misaka asks again, may i see the Original...please, asks Misaka following proper social ettique"
"You will answer my question, Mikoto! Before I have to issue punishment."
"Misaka is not sure of the question you hypothisize, as she stares at you confused."
(Dorm mother walks to Misaka and attempts to grab her. Misaka Yui of course, like she's been trained to do, reacts by dodging her grab and attempting to zap her into submission out of fear of her life, and lands a hit, but it doesnt faze the Dorm Mother. No, instead she simply tanks it and keeps going xD. Other clones notice it through the Network and begin to move on the Tokiwadai dorms, grabbing rifles and moving at the ready.) Yui then switches to her F220R and lets a shot off, but misses, causing the entire dorm to be in a state of panic at the sound of gunfire. Yui attempts to shock the Dorm Mother again which only makes her ten times more terrifying as she simply shrugs it off and simply lunges at her, and snaps her neck (to which the clones take as an action of assualt and begin to target her.)
The next thing we know everyone is screaming at the panic caused by the gun fire as the clones storm the Dorm grounds with goggles on and rifles ready. The elecricity to the Dorm is suddenly cut off as the door to the dorms is blown apart by a rifle-fired grenade while the clones move in like a SWAT team raid. Dorm Mother starts taking the clones apart with her bare hands like some Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris bullshit when they approach and she violently throws them into the wall and anywhere else she feels like, even when the clones try going hand to hand on her XD When Anti Skill arrive, they find thirteen Mikoto's laying on the ground in states of unconsciouness. When the real Mikoto returns to the Dorms, she and Kuroko both get their necks snapped.
Dorm Mother ain't no joke, man XD
"Is that so, Mikoto? Then why are you here, and not in your room like you're supposed to be."
"Misaka asks again, may i see the Original...please, asks Misaka following proper social ettique"
"You will answer my question, Mikoto! Before I have to issue punishment."
"Misaka is not sure of the question you hypothisize, as she stares at you confused."
(Dorm mother walks to Misaka and attempts to grab her. Misaka Yui of course, like she's been trained to do, reacts by dodging her grab and attempting to zap her into submission out of fear of her life, and lands a hit, but it doesnt faze the Dorm Mother. No, instead she simply tanks it and keeps going xD. Other clones notice it through the Network and begin to move on the Tokiwadai dorms, grabbing rifles and moving at the ready.) Yui then switches to her F220R and lets a shot off, but misses, causing the entire dorm to be in a state of panic at the sound of gunfire. Yui attempts to shock the Dorm Mother again which only makes her ten times more terrifying as she simply shrugs it off and simply lunges at her, and snaps her neck (to which the clones take as an action of assualt and begin to target her.)
The next thing we know everyone is screaming at the panic caused by the gun fire as the clones storm the Dorm grounds with goggles on and rifles ready. The elecricity to the Dorm is suddenly cut off as the door to the dorms is blown apart by a rifle-fired grenade while the clones move in like a SWAT team raid. Dorm Mother starts taking the clones apart with her bare hands like some Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris bullshit when they approach and she violently throws them into the wall and anywhere else she feels like, even when the clones try going hand to hand on her XD When Anti Skill arrive, they find thirteen Mikoto's laying on the ground in states of unconsciouness. When the real Mikoto returns to the Dorms, she and Kuroko both get their necks snapped.
Dorm Mother ain't no joke, man XD
Next thing you know you find an urban legend of signs of Mikoto being targeted by MAR and taken down, being arrested by Anti Skill and taken away to a "special holding facility" at Yomikowa's request when she tries to kill her from inside her cell with electricity. She ends up attacking Kuroko on her visit as she's then transferred into an insane asylume by public record, but one of the Sister transferee office's as the scientists led by a Kihara who created the clones put the screws into her.
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- Location
- Daybreak
Fanfiction.net Update!
Was that foreshadowing the Russians? 'Cause Yui was just guessing at that point, right?
Was that foreshadowing the Russians? 'Cause Yui was just guessing at that point, right?
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BadRoad
a thousand miles
Yui has a history of being right for the wrong reasons, like when she thought that boy wanted her to lower her guard so he could exploit her for his own purposes.
Entry 22
Entry 22
This is Misaka-10901. Misaka-11111 has requested that I continue her diary for her because she is otherwise occupied. I have agreed because I am sitting on a beach watching the sun set. It is quite boring. The sun sets every day. We do not understand why this is special. However, I have a drink made from pineapple and coconut. This has alleviated the boredom.
I am wearing a Hawaiian shirt, because I am in Hawaii. This is logical. It would be useful for the Network if there were other clothes named for where you should wear them.
I do not want any more of my sisters to die, and it would be hard for her to update her diary while also engaging in combat. I shall now begin the transmission from Misaka-11111 - alias 'Yui' - with a sequence of three asterisks. I will also terminate it in the same way. This will aid her in copying the document down when she is free. She is aware that this method is less secure, but she considers this preferential considering the hazard she is currently in.
***
I have finished negotiating with Misaka-10901. She is in Hawaii. It is not raining in Hawaii. However, given I have recently eaten a lot of ice cream, I do not wish to also have her drink. I do not think there is enough space in my stomach.
Perhaps I should not have eaten so much ice cream. I am feeling quite full. The Network believes this may harm my combat performance.
Abe Eiko and I are hiding in a photo booth. We are waiting for the two hostile Russians we have located to patrol closer to us. They are moving up and down the corridor, looking in each store and making sure that no one tries to run away. I have disabled the CCTV watching this corridor on Abe Eiko's insistence.
With my goggles, I can see when the Russians talk to each other over the radios. They are checking in with each other every one hundred and eighty seconds. I have mentally copied the check-in from these two. I will be able to broadcast it when we incapaciate them, thus preventing the hostiles from realising we have eliminated the group. The Network has received combat training on how to engage hostile fireteams. We do not know why because the Accelerator did not use radios or work in teams. That is because the Accelerator is not a team player.
They are now in range. One is passing right by the photo booth.
I broadcast a strong localised burst of white noise, flooding the local radio spectrum. Both of the men wince, hands going to their heads. One of them tears off his helmet and balaclava, yanking out his radio bead. The other seems to be attempting to adjust the volume.
Abe Eiko springs from the booth. She has a knife. She kicks the man in the back of the leg and he sags, which allows her to get her arm around his neck and press her blade against his jugular. I have my gun raised and aimed at the other man, who does not have his weapon raised.
"Drop!" Abe Eiko shouts at him in English. "Drop rifle! Drop pistol!" Her English was not very good. "Or she shoot!"
I move around to the side, so he does not feel tempted to try to shoot both of us with a full automatic burst. As I am the one who does not have an armoured Russian as a hostage, I would be more likely to be killed if he does that.
Fortunately, the Russian is aware that if he tries to shoot, I will shoot him. Carefully he raises his hands.
"Drop rifle!" Abe Eiko shouts again.
The man does not have a rifle. He has a submachine gun. Perhaps Abe Eiko does not know the right word. He nevertheless removes the sling and lowers his weapon, and then drops his pistol.
"Kick! Kick to her!"
He obeys. The guns slide across the ground. I wanted to keep the pistol, but I do not have the permit which would let me keep it.
"Stungun," she says to me. "Knock him out."
"'I will charge him with a crime,' Misaka says with a giggle," I say, and giggle. The Network provided that one. We have been waiting to say it to a criminal for some time. Maybe we should suggest that the original say that too. It is very funny.
"Save the one-liners for later!" she orders.
Keeping my F2000-R level and aimed, I approach around him. I reach out and grab his wrist, and then made use of my power.
He looks shocked. Because I have just electrocuted him. Hee hee hee.
I lower him to the ground. I maintain the potential difference until I know that his twitching is not conscious.
"Hey, Misa-Misa… could you not giggle while electrocuting people?" Abe Eiko asks. One of her knives reformed, making a collar around her hostage. "Now, tell him what I tell you to, in Russian. Got it. Don't change a thing. Don't even add your describing thing."
"'Fine,' Misaka says sulkily," I say sulkily. Abe Eiko does not seem to have a sense of humour even though she is smiling in a scary way. Perhaps she smiles when things are not funny. That is very confusing. Smiling is for when things are funny. We are almost certain that this is the case.
"Tell him this, 'There's a monomolecular collar around his neck. It does everything I tell it to. If he struggles or tries to fight, I'll choke him out. If he finds a way to keep going when he should faint, I'll cut his head off with it. I can - and will - do it.'."
I look him in the eye. He can not see my eyes because my glowing goggles were in the way, so he does not look me in the eye. He looks me in the goggles. "'''Tell him this, 'There's a monomolecular collar around his neck. It does everything I tell it to. If he struggles or tries to fight, I'll choke him out. If he finds a way to keep going, I'll cut his head off with it. I can - and will - do it.'''' says…. that's it," I say in Russian, managing to catch myself before I told him that I was saying it threateningly.
He was already trying to stay still, but he tries even harder. Abe Eiko shifts the position of her knife, holding it close to his eyeball. "Now. Ask him his name."
"What is your name?" I ask him.
"Ivan. Ivan Gurlukovich," he says.
"'He says his name is Ivan Gurlukovich,' Misaka says informatively," I say, informing her of what he had said.
"Good," Abe Eiko says, still smiling. "Now, tell him this. He is going to tell us why he is here, what his mission objectives are, and his force composition. If he does this, he can live and you can just knock him out. If he doesn't, tell him that I'll stick a Dark Matter bug in his brain and extract the knowledge that way. And that's a mess, because the bug will slowly eat his brain and he'll feel every moment of it. I'll leave him alive, but he'll be a brain damaged quadriplegic."
"'I do not believe that the Dark Matter power can do that,' Misaka says, with a frown," I say, frowning. "'You are only Level One.'"
"Do you think he knows that?" Abe Eiko says. "And are you sure that I can't do it? What makes you think I was telling the truth when I said I was Level One?"
"'I am not sure,' Misaka says consideringly," I say, considering things. Once again, we are shown that I have been insufficiently cautious of my flatmates. It may have been a mistake to trust the official ratings of their powers. Apart from Aino Sumiko, because no one would willingly give themselves the burns she gets for the sake of pretending to be a Level One.
I clear my throat. "She says that you are going to tell us why you are here, what your mission objectives are, and your force composition. If you do that, you can live. If you do not, I am to tell you that she will stick a Dark Matter bug in your brain and extract the knowledge that way. And that is a mess, because the bug will slowly eat his… your brain, and you will feel every moment of this," I tell him. "She will leave you as a brain-damaged quadriplegic."
Abe Eiko then pushes a small blob of dark matter into his ear. He immediately starts talking.
It appears that informing people that bugs will eat their brain is a convincing way of extracting information. He is very talkative. The Network has made a note of this. We cannot create bugs made of electricity, however, so we will not be able to make use of this conversational tactic. We may be able to make computer bugs that will make people's computers not work, but that will probably not be as effective.
To summarise the information we receive from him, his group is former Russian military, now working for a private individual they do not know the name of. There are twelve field agents, plus a support team of four who are not on site, and in addition their employer has sent someone to accompany them. They are to recover someone from Academy City who called in an emergency evacuation, which was escalated to a critical emergency about an hour ago as they reported they had been found by some high-threat inhabitant of Academy City and had barely escaped with their life. They have an escape route planned via the basement, and this hostage scenario is designed to cover-up the escape and the involvement of their employer because part of the team is planting data theft devices in a bank on the premises.
I convey this information to Abe Eiko.
"Oh," says Abe Eiko. "So not our problem, then. Shock him."
I shock him as soon as Abe Eiko lets go. He twitches less than the other Russian. He just jumps slightly. That is strange. Misaka-20001 suggests that I electrocute him again to see if this happens all the time, but I ignore her. Her suggestions are usually bad, although I do not tell her that because she whines frequently.
Abe Eiko disarms the unconscious man, taking his pistol and holster. "Urgh. I thought… well, never mind. Let's go dump them in the photo booth and… I dunno. Go put our weapons away and go find Judgement or maybe just go back to the others and…"
I suddenly notice a radio signal which I cannot decrypt. It is approaching rapidly in a stuttering motion. Misaka-10901 realises what it is before me, and advises that we conceal ourselves rapidly. There is no table here, but I pull Abe Eiko into the photo booth again just in time.
There is a faint pop from just outside the booth. "Investigating the camera failure on Level 1, East Wing," says Shirai Kuroko. "And… I've got two hostiles down over here. Yes… yes, they're breathing." There is a clink as she cuffs them. I can see that someone is talking to her, but I cannot break their stream. "I don't know. I can't see anyone, but…" Shirai Kuroko sniffs. "Wait a moment. They smell like… burnt hair," Shirai Kuroko says, with a loud sigh.
She pauses and I can see someone is talking to her.
"Yes. I told her to go home and stop interfering in Judgement cases, Uiharu! And she never listens! And takes it as an encouragement to get involved. It's so hard trying to keep her out of trouble!"
There is a thunderclap from somewhere overhead. All the normal lights go off, leaving only emergency red lighting in place. Several bulbs have blown, as if a very powerful source of electricity has just overloaded the local power grid. It is probably because a very powerful source of electricity has just overloaded the local power grid.
"Onee-sama!" Shirai Kuroko shouts, and vanishes with a pop.
I breathe a sigh of relief. For the second time today, I have narrowly avoided being murdered by Shirai Kuroko. I do not think even Abe Eiko could fight her off. She is a master of CQC, even above what I have seen of Abe Eiko and her own use of the fighting style.
"Oh. The Teleporter. I've heard of her," Abe Eiko says darkly. "I've heard she can survive having her neck snapped. Probably some kind of gene splicing, that's my guess. We should keep well clear of her."
I have also heard such a rumour.
"'That would be sensible,' Misaka agrees sensibly," I agree sensibly. Because it would be sensible.
"Well Judgement is on the case," Abe Eiko says, rummaging through the pockets of the unconscious men. She takes one of their wallets and empties it of cash. "Neat. I'm in profit today. So we should probably just get out of here and let them do their work, eh?"
"'We should make sure that Koizumi Kyoko and Aino Sumiko get out safely too,' Misaka says firmly," I say firmly. "'We may get in trouble if our flatmates are killed by hostile forces. It would be a mission fail'."
Abe Eiko shrugs. "Huh. Not in my experience. But whatever." She looks at me. "Just remember to put your gun away before we go back in. Don't wanna scare the normies."
That is a good reminder. I might have forgotten otherwise.
***
There is more for me to write. I am just pausing now. My hand is hurting and I have run out of pineapple and coconut drink. I will acquire more. Or perhaps I will be adventurous and try something new. I do not know what pineapple and coconut and lime tastes like. The world is full of new experiences. I went surfing. It was very hard to balance on the board. I also am sunburned. It is painful. I do not wish for this to happen again. I shall investigate means of sun protection tomorrow.
I will be back to continue, unless Misaka-11111 dies and cannot continue her narration.
This is Misaka-10901. Misaka-11111 has requested that I continue her diary for her because she is otherwise occupied. I have agreed because I am sitting on a beach watching the sun set. It is quite boring. The sun sets every day. We do not understand why this is special. However, I have a drink made from pineapple and coconut. This has alleviated the boredom.
I am wearing a Hawaiian shirt, because I am in Hawaii. This is logical. It would be useful for the Network if there were other clothes named for where you should wear them.
I do not want any more of my sisters to die, and it would be hard for her to update her diary while also engaging in combat. I shall now begin the transmission from Misaka-11111 - alias 'Yui' - with a sequence of three asterisks. I will also terminate it in the same way. This will aid her in copying the document down when she is free. She is aware that this method is less secure, but she considers this preferential considering the hazard she is currently in.
***
I have finished negotiating with Misaka-10901. She is in Hawaii. It is not raining in Hawaii. However, given I have recently eaten a lot of ice cream, I do not wish to also have her drink. I do not think there is enough space in my stomach.
Perhaps I should not have eaten so much ice cream. I am feeling quite full. The Network believes this may harm my combat performance.
Abe Eiko and I are hiding in a photo booth. We are waiting for the two hostile Russians we have located to patrol closer to us. They are moving up and down the corridor, looking in each store and making sure that no one tries to run away. I have disabled the CCTV watching this corridor on Abe Eiko's insistence.
With my goggles, I can see when the Russians talk to each other over the radios. They are checking in with each other every one hundred and eighty seconds. I have mentally copied the check-in from these two. I will be able to broadcast it when we incapaciate them, thus preventing the hostiles from realising we have eliminated the group. The Network has received combat training on how to engage hostile fireteams. We do not know why because the Accelerator did not use radios or work in teams. That is because the Accelerator is not a team player.
They are now in range. One is passing right by the photo booth.
I broadcast a strong localised burst of white noise, flooding the local radio spectrum. Both of the men wince, hands going to their heads. One of them tears off his helmet and balaclava, yanking out his radio bead. The other seems to be attempting to adjust the volume.
Abe Eiko springs from the booth. She has a knife. She kicks the man in the back of the leg and he sags, which allows her to get her arm around his neck and press her blade against his jugular. I have my gun raised and aimed at the other man, who does not have his weapon raised.
"Drop!" Abe Eiko shouts at him in English. "Drop rifle! Drop pistol!" Her English was not very good. "Or she shoot!"
I move around to the side, so he does not feel tempted to try to shoot both of us with a full automatic burst. As I am the one who does not have an armoured Russian as a hostage, I would be more likely to be killed if he does that.
Fortunately, the Russian is aware that if he tries to shoot, I will shoot him. Carefully he raises his hands.
"Drop rifle!" Abe Eiko shouts again.
The man does not have a rifle. He has a submachine gun. Perhaps Abe Eiko does not know the right word. He nevertheless removes the sling and lowers his weapon, and then drops his pistol.
"Kick! Kick to her!"
He obeys. The guns slide across the ground. I wanted to keep the pistol, but I do not have the permit which would let me keep it.
"Stungun," she says to me. "Knock him out."
"'I will charge him with a crime,' Misaka says with a giggle," I say, and giggle. The Network provided that one. We have been waiting to say it to a criminal for some time. Maybe we should suggest that the original say that too. It is very funny.
"Save the one-liners for later!" she orders.
Keeping my F2000-R level and aimed, I approach around him. I reach out and grab his wrist, and then made use of my power.
He looks shocked. Because I have just electrocuted him. Hee hee hee.
I lower him to the ground. I maintain the potential difference until I know that his twitching is not conscious.
"Hey, Misa-Misa… could you not giggle while electrocuting people?" Abe Eiko asks. One of her knives reformed, making a collar around her hostage. "Now, tell him what I tell you to, in Russian. Got it. Don't change a thing. Don't even add your describing thing."
"'Fine,' Misaka says sulkily," I say sulkily. Abe Eiko does not seem to have a sense of humour even though she is smiling in a scary way. Perhaps she smiles when things are not funny. That is very confusing. Smiling is for when things are funny. We are almost certain that this is the case.
"Tell him this, 'There's a monomolecular collar around his neck. It does everything I tell it to. If he struggles or tries to fight, I'll choke him out. If he finds a way to keep going when he should faint, I'll cut his head off with it. I can - and will - do it.'."
I look him in the eye. He can not see my eyes because my glowing goggles were in the way, so he does not look me in the eye. He looks me in the goggles. "'''Tell him this, 'There's a monomolecular collar around his neck. It does everything I tell it to. If he struggles or tries to fight, I'll choke him out. If he finds a way to keep going, I'll cut his head off with it. I can - and will - do it.'''' says…. that's it," I say in Russian, managing to catch myself before I told him that I was saying it threateningly.
He was already trying to stay still, but he tries even harder. Abe Eiko shifts the position of her knife, holding it close to his eyeball. "Now. Ask him his name."
"What is your name?" I ask him.
"Ivan. Ivan Gurlukovich," he says.
"'He says his name is Ivan Gurlukovich,' Misaka says informatively," I say, informing her of what he had said.
"Good," Abe Eiko says, still smiling. "Now, tell him this. He is going to tell us why he is here, what his mission objectives are, and his force composition. If he does this, he can live and you can just knock him out. If he doesn't, tell him that I'll stick a Dark Matter bug in his brain and extract the knowledge that way. And that's a mess, because the bug will slowly eat his brain and he'll feel every moment of it. I'll leave him alive, but he'll be a brain damaged quadriplegic."
"'I do not believe that the Dark Matter power can do that,' Misaka says, with a frown," I say, frowning. "'You are only Level One.'"
"Do you think he knows that?" Abe Eiko says. "And are you sure that I can't do it? What makes you think I was telling the truth when I said I was Level One?"
"'I am not sure,' Misaka says consideringly," I say, considering things. Once again, we are shown that I have been insufficiently cautious of my flatmates. It may have been a mistake to trust the official ratings of their powers. Apart from Aino Sumiko, because no one would willingly give themselves the burns she gets for the sake of pretending to be a Level One.
I clear my throat. "She says that you are going to tell us why you are here, what your mission objectives are, and your force composition. If you do that, you can live. If you do not, I am to tell you that she will stick a Dark Matter bug in your brain and extract the knowledge that way. And that is a mess, because the bug will slowly eat his… your brain, and you will feel every moment of this," I tell him. "She will leave you as a brain-damaged quadriplegic."
Abe Eiko then pushes a small blob of dark matter into his ear. He immediately starts talking.
It appears that informing people that bugs will eat their brain is a convincing way of extracting information. He is very talkative. The Network has made a note of this. We cannot create bugs made of electricity, however, so we will not be able to make use of this conversational tactic. We may be able to make computer bugs that will make people's computers not work, but that will probably not be as effective.
To summarise the information we receive from him, his group is former Russian military, now working for a private individual they do not know the name of. There are twelve field agents, plus a support team of four who are not on site, and in addition their employer has sent someone to accompany them. They are to recover someone from Academy City who called in an emergency evacuation, which was escalated to a critical emergency about an hour ago as they reported they had been found by some high-threat inhabitant of Academy City and had barely escaped with their life. They have an escape route planned via the basement, and this hostage scenario is designed to cover-up the escape and the involvement of their employer because part of the team is planting data theft devices in a bank on the premises.
I convey this information to Abe Eiko.
"Oh," says Abe Eiko. "So not our problem, then. Shock him."
I shock him as soon as Abe Eiko lets go. He twitches less than the other Russian. He just jumps slightly. That is strange. Misaka-20001 suggests that I electrocute him again to see if this happens all the time, but I ignore her. Her suggestions are usually bad, although I do not tell her that because she whines frequently.
Abe Eiko disarms the unconscious man, taking his pistol and holster. "Urgh. I thought… well, never mind. Let's go dump them in the photo booth and… I dunno. Go put our weapons away and go find Judgement or maybe just go back to the others and…"
I suddenly notice a radio signal which I cannot decrypt. It is approaching rapidly in a stuttering motion. Misaka-10901 realises what it is before me, and advises that we conceal ourselves rapidly. There is no table here, but I pull Abe Eiko into the photo booth again just in time.
There is a faint pop from just outside the booth. "Investigating the camera failure on Level 1, East Wing," says Shirai Kuroko. "And… I've got two hostiles down over here. Yes… yes, they're breathing." There is a clink as she cuffs them. I can see that someone is talking to her, but I cannot break their stream. "I don't know. I can't see anyone, but…" Shirai Kuroko sniffs. "Wait a moment. They smell like… burnt hair," Shirai Kuroko says, with a loud sigh.
She pauses and I can see someone is talking to her.
"Yes. I told her to go home and stop interfering in Judgement cases, Uiharu! And she never listens! And takes it as an encouragement to get involved. It's so hard trying to keep her out of trouble!"
There is a thunderclap from somewhere overhead. All the normal lights go off, leaving only emergency red lighting in place. Several bulbs have blown, as if a very powerful source of electricity has just overloaded the local power grid. It is probably because a very powerful source of electricity has just overloaded the local power grid.
"Onee-sama!" Shirai Kuroko shouts, and vanishes with a pop.
I breathe a sigh of relief. For the second time today, I have narrowly avoided being murdered by Shirai Kuroko. I do not think even Abe Eiko could fight her off. She is a master of CQC, even above what I have seen of Abe Eiko and her own use of the fighting style.
"Oh. The Teleporter. I've heard of her," Abe Eiko says darkly. "I've heard she can survive having her neck snapped. Probably some kind of gene splicing, that's my guess. We should keep well clear of her."
I have also heard such a rumour.
"'That would be sensible,' Misaka agrees sensibly," I agree sensibly. Because it would be sensible.
"Well Judgement is on the case," Abe Eiko says, rummaging through the pockets of the unconscious men. She takes one of their wallets and empties it of cash. "Neat. I'm in profit today. So we should probably just get out of here and let them do their work, eh?"
"'We should make sure that Koizumi Kyoko and Aino Sumiko get out safely too,' Misaka says firmly," I say firmly. "'We may get in trouble if our flatmates are killed by hostile forces. It would be a mission fail'."
Abe Eiko shrugs. "Huh. Not in my experience. But whatever." She looks at me. "Just remember to put your gun away before we go back in. Don't wanna scare the normies."
That is a good reminder. I might have forgotten otherwise.
***
There is more for me to write. I am just pausing now. My hand is hurting and I have run out of pineapple and coconut drink. I will acquire more. Or perhaps I will be adventurous and try something new. I do not know what pineapple and coconut and lime tastes like. The world is full of new experiences. I went surfing. It was very hard to balance on the board. I also am sunburned. It is painful. I do not wish for this to happen again. I shall investigate means of sun protection tomorrow.
I will be back to continue, unless Misaka-11111 dies and cannot continue her narration.
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Update! YAY!
Also, viewpoint change! Interesting! Do they all have diaries? If not, what is 10901 writing on?
So, the Sisters like shocking people... Like that's not disturbing at all...
I guess this version will update on Wednesdays as well? If that was a pattern, I didn't notice it...
Also, viewpoint change! Interesting! Do they all have diaries? If not, what is 10901 writing on?
So, the Sisters like shocking people... Like that's not disturbing at all...
I guess this version will update on Wednesdays as well? If that was a pattern, I didn't notice it...
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....I love the Network. And that was a perfect way of continuing the diary during action scenes
Shanejayell
Yuri Fan without a Pause
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- He
Ha!
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- Republic of the Philippines
It is just me or Misaka 10901 loves to rub it in that she have coconuts and lounging on a beach in Hawaii?
You got to love the Network provided humor and puns.
I beg to differ, it is absolutely adorable and a very cute trait that gives Yui a unique character from the rest of the network.
I wonder what will happen if the entire network have a friendly chat and tea party with Hansel and Gretel from Black Lagoon.
Overall it was a very entertaining update. Good Work!