Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:RailgunSS3 Chapter4 (section)

===Part 6===

However.

Mikoto’s phone started ringing.

“Misaka-saaan, this is urgent! It’s a bit of an emergency!!”

“Wait, why do you have my number, Shokuhou?”

“What a dumb girl you are. Do not underestimate my clique ability. For one thing, Sakibasu is not yours. She is one of my girls.”

She then forced the conversation back on track.

“But more importantly, I have been investigating things from a different angle than you☆ But it’s just awful. The grownup world is such a filthy and horrid place.”

“What is your point?”

“The group managing those keys seems to have some members inside Anti-Skill. Some of the privileges and special services that the keys provide require that they have a presence there. And the problem is that the stereotypical example is to cover up the key holder’s crimes. You can imagine how much a black-hearted VIP would want that, can’t you? So to put it simply, they have a vanguard among those meant to protect the peace of this city.”

That alone was not enough to know anything for certain. Anti-Skill was a large organization. But for some reason, a very bad feeling raced through the back of Mikoto’s mind.

What if that ambulance simply disappeared on the way to the hospital? What would happen then?

They had captured that attacker, but they still did not know her name or esper power name!!

“Hold on. You aren’t talking about a man named Maeda, are you!?”

“No.”

She breathed a sigh of relief when that suspicion was denied.

Then she felt guilty for doubting the man based on her impression of him instead of actual evidence. That made her the same as him when he attacked Sakibasu based on a first impression.

But then Shokuhou gave the answer.

“Inoue Kasha.”

“…”

“That is the one name I have managed to uncover. So don’t allow Anti-Skill near anything important here. Sakibasu, any important witnesses, and any evidence should be left in the care of a Judgment branch you trust. Make sure of that no matter what. …Wait, Misaka-san? Um, are you even listening?”

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