Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:Item7 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 8===

The truth of the matter was Item had held a strategy meeting before launching their attack on Morning Call.



“M> We know for sure they’re after Frenda. So if we can keep them from doing that, their predictions will fall apart. For certain.”



They had also held this conversation before:

''“See, that nitrogen barrier of yours is far from perfect. In the end, you’re bleeding. Okay, fine.”

''“Why are you tearing a piece from your skirt? We chose that for you!”

''“I bought a few more of the same, so it’s fine. This one’s a spare.”

Which meant it wasn’t difficult to dress someone else up in ''the same clothes as Frenda.

Morning Call liked to set up a rocket launcher and then launch the explosive remotely. That meant they could ignore the possibility of being watched from close up.

By altering the details of her appearance with a fluffy blonde wig and such, someone else could pass off as Frenda from a distance.

And they had three reasons for choosing to swap out Kinuhata and Frenda.



1. Their heights were similar, making the disguise easier to pull off.

2. Offense Armor’s thick shield allowed her to survive a bomb blast, making her the safest option for a decoy.

3. Allowing the real Frenda to act freely was the perfect countermeasure against Morning Call.



While Morning Call was busy pursuing “the blonde girl”, the real Frenda was free to sneak up on them. After using her intuition as a bomber to track down Morning Call’s location, she had tossed in a clay-like bomb from close range. As payback for everything Morning Call had done.