Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:Biohacker Chapter5 (section)

===Part 15===

Kamijou caught the girl as she crumpled and he gently set her down.

No one could say what would happen to the Beginning Child after this. To her, it would likely feel like returning from Ryugujo. If she could not adjust to this era, it would be a tragedy for her.

But he had ended it all the same.

He had done it without letting the girl die.

At the very least, he would not let anyone say the tragedy was her fault. He wanted to think he had at least accomplished that.

He sighed.

He doubted this was the end of all the problems. What would happen to L.S.S. itself? What about the monsters released into the woods by Matsuo Ryuusuke? He was also worried about Mitsuari Ayu and Kumokawa Seria. They would also need to contact Anti-Skill so no one would climb up onto this mountain without knowing the danger.

While he was considering all that, he heard a rustling sound.

“Senpai?”

“Yeah. I see you ended this.”

It was Kumokawa Seria. She was limping a little, but nothing seemed broken and she did not look badly burned. It was lucky enough to have simply survived in such a dangerous environment. Matsuo Ryuusuke had in fact not survived it.

“What were you off doing all this time?” asked an exasperated Rikuri.

“Did you think Aleister would just sit idly by after the Beginning Child was found? If I hadn’t messed with the chain of command to delay that operation, this entire slope would have been glassed by an aluminum and iron oxide cluster bomb.”

But.

Now was not the time to reflect on what had happened.

Some of them had been lucky, but had they all been? The sailor uniform high school girl had made it safely back to them, but what about the other girl?

“Where did Mitsuari Ayu go?”

No one could answer Kumokawa’s question.

Rikuri’s drone had seen her lying unconscious on the ground earlier, but once the sandstorm cleared, she was nowhere to be found.

“That Biohacker’s toys should still be wandering around. She’s still in danger if she’s injured and unable to move.”