Chapter 35: A Runaway Network, a Beast of Fantasy

Scientists and madmen are actually all the way.

This is a phrase that many people agree with immensely. Because when scientists put too much of their mind into the so-called 'experiments', they will go into a state of madness. At this time they are no different from madmen.

Haruo Kiyama is a scientist, so he naturally has this trait. But compared to the kind of scientific maniac who treats human life as a number, she can still be called a 'human'.

Haruo Kiyama's personality is relatively indifferent, which is also a common problem for most researchers.

As a researcher, she also has a teaching license, and for this reason, she has been assigned a task to teach the Abandoned Children. From that moment on, her life changed.

"I hate children...... Impolite, willful, mischievous, illogical at all, always posting at every turn...... They are such a troublesome existence. ”

This is Haruo Kiyama's inner monologue, and it is also her personal feeling in her teaching days. However...... At some point, this existence called 'trouble' began to occupy her heart, and then she always talked about their 'trouble' with a smile on her face.

She felt that this feeling...... Seems pretty good.

But...... A long-planned human experiment destroyed it all.

"It's all my fault! If I could have noticed it sooner......"

Haruo Kiyama blames himself for all this as his own fault, and vows to save those children no matter what the cost.

She thought that she had found a way to fulfill this long-cherished wish with a little time, but she never imagined how difficult it would be to realize this wish, because the dark hand hidden behind the scenes was deep enough to make her despair......

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"Net...... Internet...... Get out of hand!? Kiyama Haruo hugged his head and let out a painful groan, and the whole person trembled and fell to his knees, his eyes flashing with disbelief.

"What's that?" Mikoto looked at what was floating on Kiyama Haruo's head with some incredulity.

It was like a newborn fetus, with air currents all over its body, and an angelic halo on its head, but its blood-red eyes made it look very strange and evil. Behind it, there are many white lines of light floating around, like tentacles.

But soon, it really gradually turned into a dark tentacle-like thing, and its body, like fermentation, expanded irregularly and floated towards the sky.

It seemed to condense in the sky like a mist, and then, in that mist, what Naraku saw was a baby.

However, if it is a baby, it is an insult to human beings, and the appearance is too weird, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a monster.

It has a disgusting, jelly-like, translucent body that resembles a baby that is not fully developed, though it is still more similar if you can ignore the large eyes and saw-like mouth that are clearly human.

Several tentacles grew on its back, waving slightly, the ends fading as if it were connecting to the void.

"Stormed away, fantasizing about the Mitsute Network, out of my control."

At that moment, the 'baby' floating in mid-air opened its eyes. It was a pair of strange red eyes.

Woo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The newborn 'baby' let out its first cry, but it was so shrill and high-pitched, like a soul-snatching sound.

"Whew!" Under this piercing cry, the shockwave suddenly swept around him, rolling up countless rubble, spreading outward around its body.

Mikoto Misaka was a spirit, and under the conditioned reflex, she immediately used electromagnetic force to gather the surrounding stones mixed with steel bars, blocking the sweeping wind.

As for Naraku......

"Oh, sound pressure? Or roaring? I guess it's the former. ”

Even now, he smiled at other things and didn't defend at all, but at the moment when the attack was about to reach him, he draped the [crystal robe] on his body and blocked all the attacks, so as a result, his body actually didn't feel even a little breeze.

"Naraku-senpai! Misaka-san! Are you all right? ”

Naraku turned his head to see that Hatsuharu, who had woken up, was running towards him.

"Early spring! Don't come here! It's dangerous here! Naraku didn't react, but Mikoto Misaka was in a hurry.

It's so good to die, the 'baby', who didn't react after screaming, seemed to be attracted by the movement here, and the pair of red eyes full of tyrannical aura looked over.

The next moment, pieces of ice picks the size of millstones appeared out of thin air and flew towards this direction.

"Oops!" Knowing that he was dodging, his friends who were running in this direction would be affected by Mikoto Misaka's forehead, and a huge power grid enveloped all the icicles that shot at him.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The ice pick hit the power grid and was immediately blown to pieces, but many of the ice fragments were scattered by the explosion, even if it was a very small piece of broken ice, the power of the explosion was almost comparable to that of a bullet fired from a pistol, and it was no joke to pierce a person, and the power of that size was probably greater than that of a bullet.

"Danger!" Mikoto Misaka wanted to stop it too late.

Well, he's not the only one capable here.

Suddenly, all the broken ice froze in mid-air, and then fell back to the ground with a clang.

"Uh......" Mikoto Misaka then remembered that the guy next to him was not a vegetarian either, but she still used her arrogant nature to glare at him and then turned her head to show disdain, and once again focused on the 'baby'.

"Damn! Actually launched an attack without making a sound, since this is the case......" The electric light began to gather in his hand.

"Wait a minute! Don't attack! Naraku stopped her, "The attack just now wasn't meant to be aimed at us. ”

"You're talking ...... Ay? I really didn't attack anymore, like that...... It's like you're going crazy. "Looking at the 'baby' who didn't attack again, but just kept screaming, Mikoto Misaka wondered.

"I always feel ...... It was like it was struggling in pain, so pitiful. The kind-hearted little pot friend of early spring expressed sympathy.

"Now is not the time to talk about its pitifulness, you rush over without knowing anything, do you know that this is an act of looking for death, do you think you are a cat, you have nine lives, or do you have a lack of brains." Naraku said as he looked at Hatsuharu with an idiot look.

"Naraku-senpai, as a member of the [Wind Discipline Commission], I can't watch you take risks and do nothing." Hatsuharu replied with words.

"Although they are a little reckless, they are not okay now, why are they so cautious." Mikoto Misaka was also on the side to help speak.

"Well, it has nothing to do with me that you are looking for your own death, but it is better to die in a place where I can't see, I don't want to waste my strength to save you."

"You ......" Mikoto Misaka was about to go crazy about Naraku's malicious words, but was stopped by Hatsuharu Mori.

Da Da Da ...... Suddenly, a series of gunshots rang out on the high-speed bridge.

Mikoto Misaka was taken aback: "Gunshots? What's going on? ”

"Ahh It's [Guard]! I must have seen this strange thing and thought it was a monster and shot it. Hatsuharu replied.

"That'...... Why does that thing seem to be getting bigger? Mikoto Misaka pointed to the 'baby' that was expanding and getting bigger.

"It seems that normal physical attacks are useless against that thing, and will stimulate its growth."

"What then? It's not a good thing to keep it getting bigger. ”

"It's best to ask a professional this question. Oh, over there. ”

The others followed Naraku's gaze and found that Haruo Kiyama, who had fallen into a coma, was stumbling to his feet.

Mushan Chunsheng leaned weakly against the bridge pier, covered his forehead and smiled: "Hehe...... I didn't expect that the runaway network would produce such a monster, and if this was published in the scientific community, it would definitely be commended. ”

Although she was smiling on her face, she was extremely painful in her heart, and the network she had worked so hard to build was suddenly out of control, and she thought she could achieve her long-cherished wish, but the reality gave her a hard blow.

"It's over......"

"So you give up? Looks like you're not in a good mood to save those kids. ”

"It's you!" Looking at the man and two women standing in front of him, a wave of anger rose in Kiyama Harusi's heart, if it weren't for these people interfering halfway, maybe this kind of thing wouldn't have happened.

"You know what! I'll do anything for the sake of those kids! Even if it's the enemy of the entire school city, it's not hesitating! ”

"Then why do you look like you're giving up on yourself now?"

Mu Shan Chunsheng was stunned, then lowered his head and said, "The network is out of my control, everything is ...... Too late. ”

"Ahh After Naraku finished speaking, he jumped onto the bridge.