Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:MvM2 Depth6 (section)

===Part 10===

Somehow they had survived.

Once the aircraft were retrieved, Camouflaged Carrier Izanami and Landing Ship Izanagi departed.

The Imperial warships did not immediately fire on them. They must have truly only been for show and weren’t prepared for immediate action.

But Mikoto and the rest had to beat a quick retreat. The Empire had never intended to agree to a ceasefire and this entire battle had been a waste of effort.

26 days remained.

That limit couldn’t be fast-forwarded or rewound. If they didn’t consider how they would survive until then, their ships would be sunk before they could return to Earth.

But…

“Phew.”

Looks like we can finally begin our counterattack.”

“Why are you the only one here who looks remotely satisfied, schemer? Read the room. Don’t you get our situation here?”

“Misaka-saaan. I think you’re the one who doesn’t understand our situation. This is another world, which means Academy City and its esper development doesn’t exist here.”

“?”

Mikoto was about to ask why that mattered, but the Queen smiled darkly.

“That means they don’t know espers exist and won’t have any countermeasures in place to stop them. Now, Misaka-san, care to remind me what my power is?”

“Don’t tell me…”

Level 5 Mental Out.

The strongest psychological esper.

Even if it was to catch her in a trap, the Empire had badly miscalculated in appearing before that monster in person.

(Was this what the dorm manager meant by using our heads?)

That glasses woman loved to act like a responsible adult, but apparently she was as much a schemer as the Queen.

Shokuhou Misaki grinned.

“All the damn soldiers invited to that international meeting hall were the top brass at the center of their military, so I thought I would start by giving us a foothold there. Of course, if I have them act too strangely or stupidly, they’ll be kicked out, but if I play my cards right, I might just be able to cause that massive empire to collapse from within☆”

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