Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:GT Volume16 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 7===

Afterschool time came for everyone the same.

The School Garden was also inside District 7, so there was nothing at all unusual about the middle school girl named Misaka Mikoto being there with phone in hand.

“Onee-sama,” said the voice on her phone. “You should probably head back early today.”

“Did something happen, Kuroko? The dorm manager only just did a surprise inspection, so we should be fine there for a while.”

“Because nothing good ever happens when you run into a big seasonal event like Halloween or the New Year’s mad dash on the shrines. And Judgment has a duty to prevent incidents before they occur.”

“Do you actually expect me to listen to a warning when you put it like that?”

She hung up, her expression blank.

She was Academy City’s #3 and knew very well how to operate electronics. There was no way Shirai Kuroko could use her phone’s GPS data to track her down.

(Entrance exams, huh?)

She did have her thoughts seeing the signs for snacks and sports drink presenting themselves as weird good luck charms for the exams. Entrance exams were all about the future. Thinking about them worried her. But she didn’t have anyone she could discuss this with. Shirai was a fellow Tokiwadai student, but second years and first years felt very different about these things.

And she would rather die than discuss this kind of vulnerability with that big-boobed brainwashing monster.

“Hm.”

Entrance exams were still relevant to a middle school second year.

The third years were currently going through hell and it would be her turn next year. She would be in trouble if she didn’t start thinking about her plans for the future soon. …She would end up like that busty ringlet curls girl.

Of course, Academy City’s #3 Level 5, Railgun, would have countless options available to her. She probably wouldn’t even need to tie herself to her desk and study for hours on end. She could get into any of the finest schools, including Nagatenjouki Academy and Kirigaoka Girls Academy, on a recommendation alone.

So that wasn’t what was worrying her.

The issue occupying the majority of her mind was something no one else would consider a big deal at all.

“…”

She was worried about somewhere far removed from that struggle over the most elite options. She was thinking about ''a completely ordinary coed school''.

She did of course wonder if she could really decide her path forward based on this.

But without a specific occupation in mind for her future, she couldn’t say clearly what school would be right for her.

This was about her future.

What did Academy City’s #3 hope to learn and where did she hope to go?

And while she was worrying over this, she heard some voices.



“What’s wrong with you!? I’ve got nothing against you, so why are you getting in my way, you stupid idiot!? Stop thiiiis!!”

“Why do I have to be called an idiot by a criminal whose causing trouble just cause he did bad on his exam!? Does my misfortune really mean I deserve being made fun of!?”



She couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

“Wh-what the hell is he doing?”

Someone had jumped out and started playing at a fleeing criminal’s feet.

Did he think he was the Youkai called a Sunekosuri?

If this continued, he would definitely get kicked like a soccer ball.

Electricity scattered from Mikoto’s bangs.

“Ugh, really!?”