The shrine maiden sat on a bench in the hospital hallway, her eyes slightly hollow. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the first time, she was confused about her own path.

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After leaving the street, the shrine maiden immediately rushed back to the seventh-mist, which was completely unrecognizable—it was not the work of the Bombin, of course, but the result of the shrine maiden's full blow. Even the aftermath of that blow destroyed two-thirds of the buildings in the Seventh School District. So even now, the shrine maiden is curious why Kamijo Dangma didn't die.

After returning there and confirming that Mikoto Misaka and the others had been taken away by ambulance, the witch who knew the plot of the Demon Forbidden decisively sent Mikoto Misaka and the others to the hospital where the soul was chased in the underworld - this hospital in the seventh school district was not damaged at all, should it be said that it was the protection of the plot, or the will of the universe to help?

Anyway, after please, after chasing souls in the underworld, all the shrine maiden can do is wait.

Although she knew that the Soul Chaser in the Underworld could be said to be the number one doctor in the Demon Forbidden, she still couldn't completely put her mind at ease.

But at this time, the shrine maiden didn't feel much guilt.

She recalled what had just happened.

Mikoto Misaka, who was seriously injured and unconscious, woke up halfway through.

-- It's a strange thing. Even though the "disaster" in the seventh school district is not over, Mikoto Misaka was anesthetized and then sent to an ambulance. But Mikoto Misaka actually got rid of the state of being anesthetized.

But the shrine maiden didn't really care about that. She cares about something else......

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The shrine maiden sat in the front seat, holding the coin against the driver next to her—in fact, the coin was not too lethal in any way. However, it is clear that the shrine maiden used some unconventional means to scare the driver and the ambulance crew in the back seat, and at the same time hijacked the ambulance.

- That's why the shrine maiden was able to send Mikoto Misaka and her to the hospital inside the Seventh School District, which was considered a "dangerous area" by the ambulance crews.

The atmosphere in the car was silent.

It's also natural. In any case, it is unlikely that the hijacked persons and the criminals will have a good and pleasant conversation.

The shrine maiden stared intently ahead, her slightly trembling hands making her look a little nervous.

It was clear that she was not paying attention to the movements of the hijackers.

But neither the driver next to him who noticed this, nor the ambulance personnel behind him, dared to do anything like calling for help - you can imagine what kind of intimidation the witch had done to them before.

But the shrine maiden really didn't care about these people.

――Not only because of the huge disparity in combat power, but also because even if she kept her eyes on the front, the spiritual consciousness that had been emitted within a kilometer diameter all the time could feed back all the movements of everyone in the car to the witch's brain.

And just when the shrine maiden was already vaguely able to "see" the outline of the hospital, Mikoto Misaka's eyelids trembled slightly.

This is not an illusion, nor is it caused by the fluttering of the car. The shrine maiden was sure of this.

So, at the same time, as if teleporting, the shrine maiden appeared beside her.

The coin was dropped in the front seat, and anyone could see the nervous look on the shrine maiden's face. This also makes the medical staff a little strange. But the shrine maiden didn't pay attention to this.

She just looked at Mikoto Misaka's pretty face as if she was asleep.

There was an inexplicable hint in his eyes.

She doesn't have any special thoughts about Mikoto Misaka.

She looked at Mikoto Misaka's face, but was thinking about something else.

Things from the past.

But give her time to think...... Not much, actually.

As she thought, the slight tremor of her eyelids was a sign that Mikoto Misaka had woken up.

However, the interval between the light trembling and the awakening was much shorter than the shrine maiden had imagined.

Mikoto Misaka opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was a shrine maiden thinking.

He didn't feel any pain, but he couldn't move. Mikoto Misaka quickly reacted - it was the effect of the anesthetic.

It also means that she has remembered what happened before.

“…… It's obviously level5, but it's such a mess. ”

Muttering to herself, Mikoto Misaka was a little helpless - compared to the destructive power, her defensive ability was indeed too far behind. At that moment, all she could do was make a shield out of iron sand - but it was clear that Iron Sand, which was already inclined to attack, could not completely defend against the "Void Blast".

Then, Mikoto Misaka looked at the shrine maiden.

"You...... Did you go to find the culprit? ”

This sentence also froze the shrine maiden, who was about to say something.

The answer, of course, is to go.

She also found the first arrow of the travel service.

But she ...... But he failed to avenge Mikoto Misaka.

Not only did he not succeed in killing Jielu Hatsuya, but he was not arrested yet. As for those injuries, for the shrine maiden, it was better than nothing.

What's more, there is no reason to kill him, it's just that the shrine maiden has relented.

“…… I'm sorry. ”

After a moment of silence, the shrine maiden could only reply.

"Why apologize?"

Mikoto Misaka asked rhetorically.

"I didn't kill the murderer, and I didn't get you to the hospital in the first place."

Yes, that's what the shrine maiden thinks.

Even if you do one of these things, you can stop the shrine maiden from doing this...... Suffering.

She's in pain right now.

She thought about what had happened in the town before.

If she could stay in the town, would it still be like that?

Even if she didn't stay in the town, if she had liberated the spiritual power in her body for the first time, would the situation still be like that?

The shrine maiden knew that she had countless excuses to forgive herself. The combat power is not enough, and the side effects of liberating spiritual power are unknown, not to mention being seriously injured......

But all along, the only one who can't forgive the shrine maiden is herself.

The "gods" gave her the way to salvation. The name of the road is revenge.

If it is not enough to kill the reincarnation team, kill all the reincarnators; If it is not enough to kill all the reincarnators, it will destroy the main god space...... The shrine maiden firmly believes that as long as she continues like this, she will definitely be redeemed.

The words of the "gods" are not without doubt, but there is no other way for the shrine maiden.

It was only at this point that Mikoto Misaka gave her a second path.

"Why apologize?"

Mikoto Misaka repeated the previous question.

"The Dome didn't do anything wrong."

"It's okay to avenge us as soon as it's over, or to come back to us as soon as 'revenge' is over......"

Due to the effect of anesthetic, Mikoto Misaka couldn't make any big moves. She could only tilt her head slightly, allowing herself to look directly into the shrine maiden's eyes.

"There's nothing wrong with the dome. Moreover...... Even if you do kill that murderer, I won't be happy. No, it's not just me, but Kuroko, Saten, or early spring, I won't be happy. ”

The shrine maiden's pupils widened slightly.

Mikoto Misaka captures this.

"So, that's fine."

"I don't have a crush on the Void Blast murderer, and if I find him, I'm sure I'll beat him up as well......"

Mikoto Misaka's words paused.

“…… But that was done so that he could learn how to use power. ”

"The ...... of power How to use it......"

Mikoto Misaka's words could not fill the emptiness in the shrine maiden's heart.

But even insignificant ones are good. The forgiven shrine maiden was truly redeemed at this moment.