Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:RailgunSS3 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 4===

If you need some help with your plans, just come on down to Seikyu Handz!!

“Whoa…”

“Saten-san, why are you just standing there in the entranceway?”

“Quiet, Uiharu. When you visit Handz, it’s only polite to spread your arms, stand tall, and let the overwhelming aura wash over you!!”

“You’re in the way.”

They ignored Saten Ruiko and her strange custom.

Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko made their way to the DIY section full of bookcases and TV stands you had to assemble yourself. The section carried standard tools like saws and hammers, but also things like waterproof rubber glue and duct tape. The screwdriver selection included everything from sturdy attachments for electric drills to tiny models meant for use on glasses or phones.

“I want to try out several different things, so we will need sandpaper in at least three different grit sizes. We can just use woodworking tools for carving down the panels, but what if we need to add to them? Wood putty would be the standard option, but we could also use masking tape or wax.”

“What about the varnish? They have standard maintenance sets for musical instruments, but they also have the hard industrial wax used for gym floors.”

“The more options the better, so let’s prepare as many varieties as we can for testing. There’s a supermarket below this, isn’t there? We can buy some things there as well: egg whites, vinegar, soy sauce, mirin…oh, and chili oil might be interesting too.”

They were likely planning to blend ingredients together to find a miracle combination like they were mixing fountain drinks, but the specific options given made it sound like they were trying to cook the perfect gyoza.

“We should also buy a few different wood panels. Even if it’s a practice model, it would be a waste to ruin a real violin. It is only our pattern. The violin we put together and test will be a handmade one made from plywood.”

“If we’re going to be cutting curves in plywood, we’ll need a jigsaw, won’t we?”

“Wow, might as well get this water gun too.”

“Saten-san! Are you a child sneaking candy in the shopping cart!?”

Saten was unfazed by Uiharu snapping at her.

She asked a question while the other girl tugged on her ear.

“Building our own violin sounds fun and all, but how will you know whether or not it sounds even better than that…Stativarius was it?”

Yes.

Getting a nice sound was not enough. Their extremely practical objective was to “defeat” the Stativarius Ainsel. Without a way of measuring their goal, they would have no way to know if they were getting closer to it.

First of all, what was a “nice sound”?

How was it defined?

What was needed to convince people it was worth spending hundreds of billions in an auction?

“We need an example, don’t we? Kuroko, there’s a way to get the perfect sample to compare to, isn’t there?”

“Ugh… Onee-sama, you don’t mean…?”

“Was her name Sakibasu Yuri? After the trouble she went to to obtain that Stativarius, she must be dying to show it off. Kuroko, you ask her to hear it at school tomorrow. With a recording device hidden in your pocket, of course.”