Seeing that Scar Man's fist was getting closer and closer to Mikoto Misaka, Inoue Yinghua's eyes were about to split, and his heart was full of remorse.

Obviously I have made up my mind to protect their smiles, I don't want to see them hurt, I don't want to see them sad.

Do you want them to be hurt because of yourself?

No!

This is not allowed!

At this moment, Inoue Yinghua forgot the pain in his leg, squeezed the last trace of potential in his body, and ran forward desperately.

Scarface, who was rushing towards Mikoto Misaka, felt the movement behind him, and a wicked smile crossed the corner of his mouth, and he actually slowed down the pace of rushing towards Mikoto Misaka.

Inoue Yinghua looked at the gradually closing distance between him and Scar Man, and didn't notice that he was able to catch up with Scar Man's disobedience in this state.

At this time, he only had happiness in his heart, and he was glad that he could avoid Mikoto Misaka being seriously injured.

He himself has experienced for himself how strong Scar Man's attacks are, and Mikoto Misaka, who can't use her abilities, is just a girl with slightly stronger physical fitness than her peers.

If this punch hits her, what the consequences will be caused Inoue Yinghua can't imagine at all.

I'm afraid that breaking a few ribs is light, and no one can say whether it will directly shatter the internal organs.

Getting closer and closer to the scar man, Inoue Yinghua was ready to stretch out his fist and slam at the scar man.

At this moment, the scar man suddenly turned around as if he had eyes behind him, and smashed Mikoto Misaka's fist directly towards Inoue's abdomen.

Bang!

Inoue Yinghua, who rushed forward, didn't expect that the scar man would suddenly turn around, and it was impossible to stop the momentum of the forward rush.

It slammed straight into the fist that Scar Man stretched out.

"Hmm...... Burst! ”

Inoue Yinghua's body arched into a shrimp shape, a sharp pain came from his abdomen, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood sprayed violently on the ground.

"Hey~~ Are you okay?"

Mikoto Misaka stood in place in a panic, her face full of worry, and looked at Inoue Yinghua and asked anxiously.

"It's really good~~ I can get the favor of the third place, you kid is not shallow!"

The scar man smiled contemptuously, withdrew his hand from Inoue's abdomen, and grabbed it around Inoue's neck.

With the advantage of height, Inoue Yinghua was directly pressed to the wall.

"Ahem~ahem~" The neck was grabbed, Inoue Yinghua coughed violently, struggling and said intermittently:

"You, your goal...... Is it me...... Let her go...... I'll go with you......"

"Don't! I won't leave! Bastard! Are you telling me to leave you alone and run away? I'm not going to do such a thing! ”

Hearing what Inoue Hideka said, Mikoto Misaka yelled angrily.

"Oh? Although it's not within the scope of the mission, but being able to defeat the third place can also improve my status in the school city, right? ”

Hearing this, Scar Man threw Inoue Hideka in place, turned around and looked at Mikoto Misaka playfully.

"Ahem~~ Wait a minute!"

Inoue Yinghua slowly stood up against the wall, leaning on the wall to support the crumbling body, and shouted anxiously to the scar man.

"Capturing me alive is your goal, right? If you dare to hurt her, I'll kill myself before you have time to stop it, do you want to try? ”

said these words in a calm tone, but it was this calm tone and the stubborn expression on Inoue's face that it was not difficult to see that he was serious.

"You!"

As expected, the scar man's face changed when he heard Inoue Yinghua's words, and he glared at Inoue Yinghua fiercely.

Feeling that Inoue Yinghua didn't look like he was lying, he turned his head and snorted unwillingly.

"Humph! I'm afraid that the eldest lady won't let us go like this! ”

Inoue Hideka saw that the scar man gave up on Mikoto Misaka, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Mikoto Misaka, whose expression suddenly became gloomy.

"Sister Misaka, even if you stay, it will only add to the senseless sacrifice, and this matter has nothing to do with you, you better leave quickly. They were looking for me for a little thing, and it wasn't life-threatening. ”

"Stupid! Idiot! Bastard! It doesn't matter what you say...... Every time...... It's like this every time......"

Mikoto Misaka, who was standing at the mouth of the alley, lowered her head, clenched her fists tightly, and her shoulders seemed to be trembling slightly.

The light of the street lamps pulled her shadow long, and the sky that had darkened made it impossible to see the expression on her face, and only her deeper and deeper voice could be heard.

"Didn't you say I wasn't a flower in a greenhouse...... Why... Why do you have to keep me behind you every time...... Even if... Even if it's just once...... I... I ...... too."

Mikoto Misaka's voice became smaller and smaller, but her tone became deeper and more muffled, and with the help of the light, Inoue Hideka could feel that her shoulders seemed to shake more and more.

Just when Inoue Yinghua was almost unable to hear what was said, Mikoto Misaka suddenly raised her head to look at Inoue Yinghua, her eyes flashed with crystal tears, and she shouted loudly as if she had exhausted all her strength:

"I want to protect you too!"

With this roar, a large number of thunderbolts bloomed around Mikoto Misaka, lighting up the dark alley like fireworks that suddenly released in the night.

Inoue Yinghua, who was pierced by the dazzling brilliance, couldn't help but squint his eyes, at this moment, in his eyes, Mikoto Misaka was like the brightest star in the darkness, illuminating the world around him.

Looking at the stubborn girl who shouted to protect herself, her figure surrounded by blue light against the background of the dark night seemed to become more and more psychedelicacy.

Inoue felt a tremor somewhere inside him.

For the first time, for the first time, a girl said that she would protect him.

As a man, it should be a duty to protect women.

However, there are girls crying and shouting that they want to protect themselves.

That girl is the girl I once admired and loved the most.

With this deep feeling, Inoue Yinghua feels that he can no longer ignore it as before.

The blue light around Mikoto Misaka didn't stop at all, it extended, expanded, and hit Scar Man's body at an extremely fast speed.

Thorn ~ stab ~ The furious thunderbolt struck Scar Man's body with a piercing sound.

"Damn! Don't...... Could it be that the interference factors that are inhaled into the body are forcibly destroyed by an electric current? Zero! Linen! Retreat for now! ”

The scar man was numb all over, and stood in place and shouted unwillingly at the two girls at the mouth of the alley on the other side.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

With two serious responses, there was a popping sound in the alley.

Suddenly, a large amount of smoke shrouded the alley, completely obscuring the vision of Inoue Hideka and Mikoto Misaka.

"Hey! A sucker! Are you still there? ”

In the smoke, Inoue Hideka heard the sound of Mikoto Misaka approaching.

"Ah...... I am here! ”

"Whew! They seem to have escaped, so I'll take you to the hospital first! ”

Mikoto Misaka followed the sound to find Inoue Yinghua who was leaning against the wall, and looked at the wound on Inoue Yinghua's body and said worriedly.

"No, it's okay to wait a little longer."

Inoue Yinghua stretched out his hand to stop Mikoto Misaka, looked at her seriously and said:

"I have more important things to tell you than that."