Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:Toaru Love Letter SS (section)

===Part 9===

The boy rolled up the copper wire he had extended into his sleeve and walked out of the building.

Wires were really convenient.

They could be used to tie people up and used to strangle people to death. It could be used as a weapon to spear through a target's legs, and could even be used to reach for places where the narrow gaps couldn't reach.

He finally got the letter, and he used his fingers to roll past the name on the envelope,

“So this is the contact that the consultant of that director wanted to hand over to Kamijou Touma...”

The boy casually muttered as he wanted to pull out the cute sticker.

At this moment,


'''''“Your brain will be drained out.”'''''


A girl's voice could be heard from behind.

A chill.

Then, without knowing whether it was deep within his skull or the intensity, the boy felt sticky in this 'container that's called a head'.

It got taken away.

It was like tilting a board that had bean curd all over it and letting it slide.

Of course, that was just a mistaken feeling,

But he couldn't resist.

At the same time,

A cracking sound could be heard from his backbone.

Unbelievably, the pain that shouldn't be there causes the fingers to stop. He couldn't move; he was about to become a pillar. The boy finally realized.

(...So the girl's words didn't have any meaning in them.)

The boy felt sweat on his nose tip, but he couldn't rub it away.

(...She just wanted me to feel shocked and create this opening...!?)

This wasn't some special scientific power of Academy City.

It was just a simple trick.

This girl who had used her brain and auditory ability to face off against the darkness managed to use her sharp tongue to a certain effect.

Completely unable to turn back, the boy heard footsteps from behind him.

He knew.

Even if he didn't turn around, his mind could clearly imagine the smile of that shinigami.

“Really, I suppose you should know how people who obstruct other people's feelings should feel, right?”

Such a unique way of speaking.

The breath reached the ear.

“But that's easier for me. To think that I can nab you so easily. I actually wanted to maintain a fine line against that guy, so I intended to let the letter get passed around to spy on the situation, all just to lure you out. But really, right now, I have a mean to destroy that platform you belong to.”

“Th, then...”

The hormone that didn't allow any refusal kicked in.

His lips completely stopped.

“Before that, I have something that I want to try.”

Only the girl's sweet words slipped into his ears without obstruction.

Deep into his ears.

Deep into his brain.

“You often hear in movies or manga that hypnotism isn't all-powerful, that it can't be effective when the person being controlled doesn't like a command or when it endangers the person.”

The words themselves didn't have any significance.

The main point was to shock that boy.

To open the psychological 'opening', to cause the boy to sink into his own heart.

“Is that true?”

However,

Even if he knew, he couldn't avoid it.

It was like Pandora's Box.

Even though one knew that he couldn't open it, there was a hidden voice tempting, forcing one to open it.

“As for whether it can work, let's try it.”