Chapter 42: The Constant Core
Mikoto Misaka walked alone on the streets late at night.
In order to get out of the bath, Mikoto had to go to the bath outside, but unlucky, she happened to encounter the "no oxygen alarm", a unique emergency situation in the 22nd school district, which caused her to be trapped in the building, and when she noticed, the time had completely become late at night, and the hot body after taking a bath was completely cold, and the point of taking a bath was no longer at all.
(Ah, really...... As a result, I had to wash it again when I got back to the dormitory. )
Although I think so, until now, the entrance and exit of the 22nd school district are still blocked.
Now, it seems that the "no oxygen alarm" has been resolved, so you can get out of the building. It seems that there is something wrong with the system, and the middle-aged uncle who manages the gate is scratching his head in embarrassment.
Usually she would complain a word or two, and hear the panicked footsteps behind her uncle, and the rough roars and rebukes coming from everywhere. I don't know if it's because I'm too careful, but the uncle who responds to these complaints is pale. In this situation, if she complains again, the other party will inevitably be too pitiful, so Mai Tamin decided not to say more.
(hmm...... What the hell is going on?)
Mai Trin thought to herself, she couldn't get to the ground until the gate was lifted, so she looked at the 22nd school district's map and decided to go to the high-end hotel on the seventh floor.
(Now it's suddenly gone, I don't know if I can live...... The warden's kind of scary. Or do you want to call Kuroko and ask her to move me out of here with spatial movement?)
And just like that, she walked up the spiral ramp to the seventh floor.
That's when it happened.
In the darkness ahead, someone suddenly appeared. The way the other person walks is unusual. It is not so much unstable as it is rather unstable. Is it a suspicious character?Mai Trito frowned, and her face was full of surprise as the figure walked under the streetlight.
It's the upper strip when hemp.
"Wait......... What are you doing here!?"
Mai Trin hurriedly ran closer.
Normally, she wouldn't react like that. Because I know that this boy often wanders the streets at night, there seems to be some kind of bad relationship between him and Mikoto. Although there are sometimes quarrels when we meet, it is rare to worry about each other as much as we do now.
However, Mai Trin now faces a situation where it has to adopt a different mode of action from the past.
The appearance of the upper strip as a hemp is obviously quite strange.
His face was blue and looked like he had been immersed in the icy seawater. The bandages on his body were loose everywhere because of his reluctance to move, and in some places he even oozed red. The clothes he was wearing were also strange, not the usual student uniform, and looked like a surgical gown for a patient.
"It's Misaka......?"
Kamijo leaned his body against the pillar of the street lamp, and finally managed to maintain his balance and said. I don't know if it was forcibly broken, but there are still patches with electrodes on his cheeks and arms, and even the wires are still hanging on the ground.
Looking closely into his eyes, Mai Tamin couldn't help but be surprised.
Although it is impossible to see Uejo's right and left eyes clearly without looking closely, the way the pupils open is slightly different. The focal length is not aligned, like looking through frosted glass.
Judging by Uejo's expression, he didn't seem to notice this. Or is the situation so urgent that he doesn't have time to pay attention to such trivialities?
“……”
Kamijo's lips twitched slightly, but Mikoto couldn't hear what he said.
With a slow movement, he let go of the street lamp and took a new step. As he tried to pass by Mai Trin's side, his knee suddenly lost strength.
Mai Trin hurriedly supported the upper strip who was about to fall to the ground.
"Stupid, you guy, what's going on with those injuries? And the wires for these electrodes...... You can't have snuck out of a hospital somewhere, are you?"
"I'm not going... Don't ......"
Maybe because of the close distance between the two sides, this time she was finally able to hear Kamijo's voice.
"Those people... Should... Still fighting. So... I definitely want to go ......."
Just hearing these fragments, Mai Trito found herself trembling all over.
She could guess that this teenager should have been involved in events very often without her knowledge. However, she had always thought it was just an extension of the fight. Although she had witnessed a battle between Kamijo and the strongest level 5 superpower in the school city, she had witnessed a battle between Kamijo and the strongest level 5 superpower in the school city, but that should be something that could only happen once in a lifetime. Who could have imagined that he had been in such a life-and-death situation several times, and at the same time, she felt that it was possible.
There was only one word in her head.
(…… Memory loss. )
Every time you continue to fight like this, you can't be safe. Mai Triin didn't know if his amnesia was due to a mental blow or a problem with the structure of his brain. But whatever the reason, it's "very likely." Because Uejo's body is so broken.
He had to be stopped. Mai Koto thought to herself.
It is necessary to stop the teenager in front of him, who is dragging his dying body, and even though he has experienced memory loss, he still has to go to some crisis.
“……?”
Kamijo looked at Mikoto in surprise, who had been clutching his arm.
Judging by his expression, he couldn't understand why Mai Tamin was standing still like this.
Because he has hidden all the things that will make others feel worried, he feels that there is absolutely no one who comes to talk to him, as long as he doesn't say anything, it is impossible for the people around him to know that he is in crisis, and there will be no good things that others will take the initiative to help him, what he believed so firmly in when he was a teenager, his expression is exactly like this.
This fact made Mai Trin feel quite angry.
It was anger from the bottom of my heart.
"Why do you ...... What if you don't say it?"
When she came back to her senses, she realized that she had said this. Although she knew that she could not take these words back, she still spoke.
"It's like save me, help me! No, it doesn't matter if it's not so specific! You can say it more simply! Can't you be honest and say that you're scared or uneasy!?"
"Misaka. What are you... Say ...... what?"
"I know it all. ”
At this time, I still want to perfunctory...... No, it should be said that he is still acting and doesn't want to involve Mai Trina, and for such a high article, Mai Tamin said it desperately.
"I know you've lost your memory!"
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At this moment, Shangjo's shoulder shook suddenly.
It was so violent that it was enough to see that it was a great "shake" that would affect his life.
"I know you have something that you have to keep secret from you. But is it necessary to carry it all by yourself? Covered in bruises and even lost in memory, what is the reason for fighting alone like this!?"
Kamijo just listened to her words.
- Ah, yes.
Did she already know about it?
What is your expression now?...... It must be exciting. Kamijo's near-idling mind brushed the question aside, and then looked at Misaka in front of him again.
She is usually grumpy, but this time she is a little different.
"What kind of mood are others waiting for you?,Let you experience it for yourself today!Lying on the side of the hospital bed.,The mood of the people who can only watch you fight from a safe place.,Let yourself feel it yourself!!You,When you help your sisters, it's like now!!Obviously asked me to talk to you here.,But I went by myself to challenge the strongest superpower in that school city!! Why doesn't your theories work on your own, why don't you ask anyone for help!?"
With the words spoken with strong emotion, only fragmented words passed into Kamijo's head.
But the other party's meaning has been fully conveyed to him.
But.
(Not really.) )
The core of the upper strip was not broken.
(I don't know what kind of person I used to be, and I can't imagine how I should feel when I die.) But—I held on until I lost my memory, probably not to blame anyone else. )
That's why he hid the fact that he had lost his memory. I don't blame anyone, if he hadn't done anything, he wouldn't have fallen into this situation, he must not want to hurt anyone because he said such boring lines.
It was a past that I couldn't remember.
However, Kamijo still realized that he had to be injured in order to protect something important, and in fact, that sacrifice did turn out to be a result. It wasn't meant to elicit tears to glorify suicidal thoughts, but there was something waiting for the other end of the spectrum of action. Even if he gets hurt, it's still something that pushes him forward.
As Misaka said, he didn't have a reason to fight to this point, and he didn't have the compulsion to do so.
- He...... Just wanted to do it.
This conclusion is the real core of the previous article.
(Even if my memory hadn't been lost by accident, I would have done the same.) )
“…… Such... Yes. ”
So, in the face of Mikoto's angry, worried feelings, Kamijo moved his lips with difficulty.
That looked like a smile.
"So you already know. ”
Shangjo is a person, and he will not be shaken by whether he has a memory or not.