Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:MvM Chapter1 (section)

===Part 3===

She knew how to move her pieces.

So it was finally time for the #5 to fight on the board too.

“How long do you think you can keep away from me, Misaka-sa-!!”

Shokuhou began her pursuit of Mikoto and, on the second step, tripped and fell flat on her face.

She was (although she would never admit it) extremely unathletic.

Tokiwadai’s Queen shouted into the ground while still lying face down.

“Hokaze-san, a little help!!”

The brainwashed ringlets girl placed her beloved Queen over her shoulder and began running faster than an electric car.

“Hey, um, could you show more class ability!? You look like a bandit taking me home with you!”

The blushing and tearful Queen had to hold down her fluttering skirt. She had brainwashed and ordered Hokaze, but the selfish girl still complained.

The School Garden was home to several fancy girl’s schools.

Hokaze was faster than anyone else on foot since she could boost her muscles with electric signals, but Mikoto had gained unthinkable speed by making large leaps while magnetically drawing herself to streetlight poles and cars parked on the curb.

However, her ability was not perfect.

Mikoto could only magnetically attach to the building walls because of the steel frames and rebar inside. The same principle applied to the streetlight poles and cars. Conversely, she could not use wooden 2x4s or piles of bricks. It might look like she had it easy, but she was risking her life. If she misread a jump, she would end up plummeting from a dangerous height.

Meanwhile.

Mikoto had used her lead to make a detour.

She was inside a small room(?) about the size of a phone booth.

“Smash her!!”

Which was ''crushed underfoot''.

A 3m foot made of clear water had dropped from above to squash the booth. Water was convenient because a simple calculation using a relative density of 1 would tell you how much was needed for a certain weight and deadly force.

“Damn, Shokuhou got Wannai-san from the swim team!?”

After jumping out at the last second, Mikoto clicked her tongue and resumed her flight.

The #5 agreed that Wannai Kinuho would be a regular pain as an enemy. Which was why she had actively sought her out.

Next to Shokuhou, the (also brainwashed) black-haired swimmer Awatsuki Maaya smoothly explained.

“That booth has a communication cable leading outside. It appears to be an emergency hotline to Anti-Skill.”

“Hm.”’

There were some things you didn’t pick up on even while living in the School Garden. Or maybe the Queen simply wasn’t interested in what the janitors and guards were ordinarily up to.

For example, in the world outside the city, police boxes could be set up in train stations, amusement parks, stadiums, and other facilities commonly used by the public, even if they were privately owned. It was hardly surprising for Anti-Skill to have similar infrastructure set up inside the School Garden. Of course, it would only be staffed by female teachers.

(I bet it took a lot of connections ability to get that set up, though.)

“So was she trying to call Anti-Skill for help. Heh heh. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!! Oh, Misaka-san, did you really think such a sloppy countermeasure would be enough to escape Mental Out’s clutches!?”

<Saying “clutches” that way really makes you sound like a villain.>

“Kobayashi-san☆”

Hokaze’s prized strength would let her grab a large motorcycle between her hands and crush it smaller than a soccer ball, but she couldn’t provide that destructive force unless she got within grappling range of the target.

“But Hokaze-san isn’t the only card in my deck. Watch out, Misaka-saaan, you have a swarm of high-level esper girls coming for you!!”

“Argh, what is this, a riot disaster movie!?”