A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 438: Factional Conflict
"But it seems that now Misaka-san is no different from joining the Shokuhou faction, right?" Jiezai Xuezi said in a low voice.

Although the relationship between Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki is rather subtle, at least she does not hate the other members of the Shokuhou faction - Jiesai Xuezi can still see this.

"That's not a faction, it's just a personal relationship between the two of them," Zhicang Lengli said, "You don't need to join her faction to help a friend."

"Friends... Shokuhou-san? But aren't they incompatible?"

"Yeah, but the two aren't contradictory, are they?" Zhicang Lengli said with a smile, "Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just ask casually when the time is right. Although I've thrown a lot of trouble on you, Jiezhai is a freshman after all, and I hope you can enjoy your middle school life."

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"Mister Mizukage, none of the Shokuhou clique members went out today." In the Mizukage clique's activity room, Sukerawa Seina reported the latest intelligence update. "We believe the Shokuhou clique's recent off-campus activities have come to a halt. They will likely shift their focus back to the school grounds."

——Why did my campus life unfold like a spy drama?

The faction leader Mizukami Nagisa was in a daze. To be honest, she didn't actually give any orders. Everything was done spontaneously by the members below.

It turns out that in order to get a good figure, young girls are amazingly proactive and autonomous.

In a sense, the members of their Shuijing faction and even the Zhicang faction, which has achieved full elitism, are more proactive.

"Also," her other "confidant," Kakuzaka Rinna, continued, "three more people are joining us this week. Lady Mizukage can meet with them when she has time."

The faction members in the activity room puffed out their chests and showed proud expressions.

You know, it has been two months since the school started, and the only faction that has new students joining is their Shuijing faction.

Because of the sudden rise of first-year students Shokuhou Misaki and Misaka Mikoto, the Sand Faction, which was very strong last year, suffered a setback and no new members joined for a long time.

As for the Zhicang faction...the number of members has remained almost the same since last year. Although there have been occasional increases and decreases, the overall situation has remained unchanged.

After the third graders left last year, the number of students has been slow to recover.

Although the strongest faction is still the Zhicang faction in terms of comprehensive strength, the basis for the title of "Eternal Era Princess" is the size of the faction.

So Zhicang Lengli may have to say goodbye to this position in advance.

As for the Shokuhou faction, they should be the most influential among the new students who just enrolled this year - after all, they have two level people in charge.

However, due to Shokuhou Misaki's overly strong ambition and her intimidating ability of "mind control", her faction was collectively excluded by the second and third year seniors.

In addition, although Shokuhou Misaki's method of "bringing her own team" to school built the organizational framework of the faction as quickly as possible, it also inadvertently turned the Shokuhou faction into a family-style acquaintance organization.

As a result, apart from the fanatical fans, the first-year students also feel a sense of alienation and discouragement towards the Shokuhou faction.

This invisibly restricts the entry of new people.

"However," Sukerawa Yeona said, "according to our analysis, the Shokuhou faction's off-campus activities have generated quite a positive response among students—especially among the first-year students."

Kakusaka Rinna continued, "If the Shokuhou faction shifts its focus to on-campus activities, we can foresee a period of strong expansion."

—Wow, that's amazing... I mean, Sukerasuna and Kakusaka Rinna, are we taught intelligence analysis in our classes?

"Yeah, I understand." Facing the expectant eyes of her subordinates, Mizukami Nagisa couldn't admit that she had been daydreaming, so she dealt with it vaguely.

"Master Shuijing, what should we do next?" someone asked. "Please give the order!"

"Huh?" Mizukami Nagisa was stunned. Although she had been distracted, she had at least taken in some of the discussion. It seemed there wasn't any mention of requiring orders. "Ah!" As the leader's closest confidant, Sukezawa Serai immediately knew her leader had been distracted again. "Are there any measures we need to take to address the situation?"

Mizukami Nagisa tilted her head and thought about it, feeling that it was very troublesome: "We don't have to do anything, just leave it like this."

There was a burst of low murmurs in the activity room, and then it soon returned to silence.

Without any objection, all members attending the meeting expressed their unconditional support for the leader's decision!
In other words, Mizukagami Nagisa has no interest in power at all. Otherwise, given the situation of the Mizukagami faction, she could easily become a dictator.

Of course, Mizukami Nagisa had noticed this a long time ago, but she was too lazy to care about it, so she just let it go.

Anyway, as long as the leader himself does not act recklessly, the entire faction will not be in chaos.

——Ah, this is really troublesome...

Mizukami Nagisa thought—I really want to find a place to lie down by myself, without having to worry about anything or anyone...

In order to weaken the power of the Shokuhou faction and to prevent the other two from getting a strong supporter like Misaka Mikoto, the three major factions of Tokiwadai Junior High School all extended olive branches to Misaka Mikoto.

But as expected, Misaka Mikoto rejected all invitations; what is even more surprising is that Misaka Mikoto now even shows a tendency to join the Shokuhou faction!

This surprised everyone. It wasn't about "cooperation," but actually joining the "Shokuhou Clan." Was Misaka Mikoto really willing? And did Shokuhou Misaki really dare to accept it?
As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain. With two level 5s together, it's hard to say whether the faction should be named "Shokuhou" or "Misaka"!

This is also one of the reasons why the three major factions are not particularly keen on recruiting Misaka Mikoto. No matter how outstanding the current faction leader is, he is still a little bit worse than the level 5.

After all, this is an Academy City centered around the development of superpowers, and ability level is, in a sense, everything.

The leaders of the three major factions are all excellent, but compared with level 5, they are indeed weaker in momentum and reputation.

No one can say for sure whether the family's surname will be changed to "Misaka" at that time.

The reason why Misaka Mikoto seemed hesitant was because she was persuaded by Shokuhou Misaki.

In other words, it is a compromise with reality.

After all, they now have at least ten thousand Misaka sisters to take care of.

There is absolutely no way Misaka Mikoto would give up on them. For this reason, she is even prepared and willing to pay any price!
Including joining the Shokuhou faction and becoming a subordinate of the Queen Bee...

Of course, the actual situation wasn't that dire. For various reasons, Shokuhou Misaki didn't really want to recruit Misaka Mikoto.

After all, she already has enough "Misaka" around her, there's really no need for another one.

So it would be nice to maintain the cooperative relationship as before.

"Shokuhou, is there still no news from you?" Misaka Mikoto has recently gotten into the habit of reporting to the faction activity room and having afternoon tea.

Shokuhou Misaki blinked. "Same here. So far, there's still zero progress."

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