Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:RailgunSS3 Chapter8 (section)

===Part 3===

“Hokaze-san, help me out!!”

“I will support you from behind, so go ahead!!”

An explosive boom erupted out.

That was the sound of a Railgun tearing across the large server room and mercilessly slamming against the thick outer wall of that panic room. The dry-ice-like fog was stirred up after a moment’s delay. According to Uiharu Kazari, the entire top floor was surrounded by thick walls made of special steel so not even a Railgun could destroy them. But that meant the Railgun blast shook the entire wall violently, creating a deep and violent boom similar to a large drum.

Mikoto had no intention of destroying that mother’s body in front of her daughter.

The global threat of Zero Day Link had long since been ended, so their current objective was rescuing Ryouu from that violin. And to be honest, Mikoto found herself much more motivated to fight toward that end.

“Sa10> Whoa!? What’s going on!? The display broke!!”

“GK> The sound must be so loud it overwhelmed the voice recognition and caused an error.”

Yes.

Mikoto’s attack had not been meant to defeat their target.

“Tch. Even that loud boom wasn’t enough to stop the bizarre things that violin is causing!?”

“Not a bad idea, but it isn’t ''the sound that reaches your ears'' that matters; it’s ''the sound that leaves me''. The world doesn’t revolve around you, so why should I care how those wax-covered eardrums vibrate? Try to ignore the title of Stativarius with a little trick like that and you’ll just get yourself killed.”

Shirai Kuroko and Sakibasu Yuri grimaced at about the same time.

“That violin…”

“I really do not think we can ever reach an understanding!!”

This was the exact opposite of what they had done during the elective exam. Was this a sign that even Stativarius Tam Lin was only a musical instrument – a tool used to produce sound? Could he not even imagine the ways beautiful music could move someone to emotion?

This was a selfish performance where only the produced sound mattered.

That was no different from a racket that kept the neighbors up at night.

How could that bring anyone happiness?

“Nothing’s more boring than seeing you repeat yourselves because you don’t know what to do,” said Tam Lin. “I’ll switch things up myself.”

The note that followed was not exactly loud, but it never seemed to end.

This was not a great mass of sound that hit you like an explosive boom or shockwave.

However.

A moment later, the volume leaped up like a giant shark bursting from the water’s surface.

It was loud enough that Mikoto could not even hear her own shout.

But that was hardly surprising when this sound did not come from the violin’s strings. This was the noise of things burning. A tsunami of flames filled the space, swallowed up all the computers that had been knocked over, and pushed out toward Mikoto and the others!!

“Wha-?”

The amplitude of sound was not enough to explain this.

Gathering together nearby scrap metal to create a shield would have actually been more dangerous because it was all glowing red with heat. The radiant heat was so powerful it might have scorched her black.

“Queen!!”

“No, Hokaze!!”

The ringlet curls girl clung to her and asked for help, but Shokuhou Misaki pushed her TV remote back at her.

Yes, this heat was no illusion.

The heat from straight ahead brought a piercing pain and the rapid heating of the floors and walls caused them to “sweat” like the condensation on a glass.

Of course, they did not think vibrating the water molecules to heat it up like a microwave oven could produce explosive flames like these.

Plus, they had already seen a dark giant’s upper body leaning over the beautiful mother from behind. They had no way of explaining that either.

But they still could not hide their surprise.

Things had been overturned yet again.

This was a world of which Misaka Mikoto was unaware.

“Sound is only the foundation. Just as angry yelling on a snowy mountain can ultimately trigger an avalanche, the amplitude of my notes can summon the four elements of fire, water, wind, and earth in whatever balance I like. Have a taste of the true threat I pose!! Have a taste of Stativarius Tam Lin’s ''spell''!!”

The unexpected occurrences slowed the girls’ reaction speed just a bit.

And like windshield wipers clearing away the raindrops, a great wall of flames swept out across the entire server room.