On how PhDs become human evil

"So why are we here helping with the move?"

"..."

Yes, Touma Kamijou and Mikoto Misaka are currently helping with the move.

The person moving was an Anglican nun named Orsola. Originally a Roman Catholic nun, she joined the Anglican Church due to certain events and met Touma Kamijou. This was her former residence. Since the Anglican Church had women's dormitories, she needed to move her belongings there and happened to run into Touma Kamijou, so she asked him for help.

Then Touma Kamijou met Misaka Mikoto and pulled her over to help him as well.

"I'm so sorry to have troubled you with this."

Osora, dressed in a black nun's habit, spoke apologetically to Misaka Mikoto.

Misaka Mikoto waved her hand: "It's okay, I don't have anything to do anyway."

"Did you come alone?" Touma Kamijou asked.

“I came with Bai Jie and his wife, but they’re on their honeymoon now, so I’m alone.” Misaka Mikoto shrugged. “Well, I think I should think things through on my own for now.”

"Think? Think about what?"

"None of your business." Misaka Mikoto glared at Touma Kamijou, picked up a cardboard box, and walked down the stairs.

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Orsola's luggage wasn't a lot, but it wasn't little either. It mainly consisted of valuables, such as oil paintings and vases, as well as many magical items, requiring extra care during transport. By the time everything was moved, it was already evening.

After putting the last item into the truck and closing the cargo door, Osora bowed deeply to the driver of the swaying truck as it drove away: "Then, I'll leave it to you."

In any case, the moving is now complete.

Misaka Mikoto stretched vigorously and moved her slightly sore hands: "It's finally over."

"Yes, thank you so much for your help, Ms. Misaka, and also Mr. Touma and Index."

"No, it's alright. What are you planning to do next, Osora? We're thinking of going back to the hotel first, and then sightseeing around the area. Would you like to come with us?"

"No, no, no."

Osora spoke softly, covering her slightly flushed cheeks with one hand and looking away.

"It's really a bit embarrassing to go with the two of you who are planning to go back to the hotel now... those are adult matters."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Touma Kamijou, who instantly understood Osora's meaning, coughed violently.

She gave him a disdainful look and crossed her arms: "It's hard to believe you wouldn't try anything with a silver-haired little girl in the same room."

"No way! I like beauties like the dorm leader! I have absolutely no interest in a loli like Index!" Touma waved his hands in defense.

"Touma, are you talking badly about me?"

Although she didn't understand what Touma Kamijou meant, Index instinctively felt that Touma Kamijou was belittling her, and slightly revealed her sharp teeth, which made Touma Kamijou shudder immediately.

With a slight smile, Osora picked up her square leather bag containing only the bare minimum of luggage: "Then I shall take my leave. If there is an opportunity, I would like to entertain you both in my room in London."

"Yes, if you have the chance to come to Japan, I will too."

"Before that, Touma has to clean the room first."

"In that case, I should probably head back to the hotel, although I really don't want to see that heartless couple."

With that, the individuals walked off in their own directions through the dark streets after sunset.

Just then, Index suddenly looked up and said, "Could it be... this is—everyone, get down!"

Touma Kamijou looked at Index in surprise at her actions: "Lie down... what are you doing?"

"Lower your head, put your spiky hair down!"

Bilibili!

Suddenly, Misaka Mikoto's voice and the sound of electricity rang out behind him. Without thinking, Kamijou Touma hurriedly covered his head and crouched down to defend himself. The next instant, a lightning spear flew over his head and shot straight towards the roof not far away!

"Ughhh!"

A mournful cry came from the roof, and a figure staggered and fell down.

"What are you doing, Biri Biri! You suddenly started discharging electricity!"

"I told you not to call me Bilibili!" Misaka Mikoto glared at him. "I sensed someone trying to snipe us from that rooftop over there."

"Sniping?"

“Hmm, and it was a mage’s sniping.” Index said, “I originally wanted to change the sniping trajectory by forcing a chant, but I didn’t expect this brown-haired guy to make a move.”

"I see... But why did the mage attack us?"

"I don't know—watch out, Touma! Behind you!"

"What—uh!"

Just as Touma Kamijou was about to turn around, a cold hand gripped his neck, cutting him off and dragging him towards the waterway!

The murky seawater stung his throat, and the icy water soaked through Touma's clothes. Through his distorted vision, as if refracted, Touma saw a person swimming towards the road. In his left hand, he held something gleaming with metallic luster—probably a sharp weapon like a knife.

(You bastard...stop it right now!)

Kamijou Touma wiggled his hands and feet, gaining the strength to float, and burst out of the water in one breath, then pounced directly on the black-clad man wielding a sharp weapon.

"boom!"

The man in black was knocked away by Touma Kamijou.

Quickly approaching Osora, Touma glared at the men in black: "Who are you? Why are you attacking us?"

“They are Roman Catholics, and they must have come to attack me,” Osora said.

An attack on Osora?!

Kamijou Touma was slightly taken aback, and it was this moment of hesitation that gave the man in black the opportunity to attack.

"go to hell!"

The man in black gripped the knife tightly and stabbed at Touma Kamijou with all his might. Although it was unclear whether it was a magical artifact or not, just looking at its length of several tens of centimeters, it was clear that being stabbed would be no laughing matter.

Clenching his right fist, Touma Kamijou was intently anticipating the direction from which the attack might come.

“Good luck, good luck!”

A bolt of lightning suddenly shot out from behind Touma Kamijou, curving in the air before striking the man in black!

"Seriously, don't pretend I don't exist."

Misaka Mikoto flicked her bangs.

P.S.: I failed to get any characters in the new Arknights banner. I pulled Schwarz, Lappland, Reed, and Greythroat in over forty pulls, and didn't even get a single one. What a loss!

Section 552, 51. The Star Rank doesn't seem any harder than the Diamond Rank.

After defeating the two men in black, Misaka Mikoto asked, "So, who are these people? Why did they attack us?"

“They are Roman Catholic troops, probably here to attack me,” Osora said. “Although I mistranslated the Book of Law, I am still an excellent interpreter. The Roman Catholic Church probably sent them to attack me to prevent me from falling into the hands of the Anglican Church.”

Upon hearing Orsola's explanation, both Touma Kamijou and Misaka Mikoto frowned, their expressions showing displeasure.

"Isn't the Roman Catholic Church a bit too domineering?"

“This is quite common on the magic side,” Index said. “For the church, magicians are wealth. Rather than letting wealth fall into the hands of others, it’s better to destroy it ourselves. This is basically a consensus and unspoken rule on the magic side.”

"...But even so, you can't attack people, and what you just did was clearly intended to kill Osora."

"The Roman Catholic Church has always treated apostates this way."

As a former member of the Roman Catholic Church, Orsola was well aware of the Church's methods.

Hey!

Suddenly, the sound of shoes hitting the ground came from ahead. Everyone looked over and saw that the magician who had been stunned by Misaka Mikoto's electric shock was now standing up! As she ran, she shouted in Italian, "Abandon the forwards! Prepare the retreat ship immediately! Kill that woman on the ship!"

Because he was speaking Italian, Touma Kamijou and Misaka Mikoto didn't understand what he meant at first, while Index and Orsola, who did understand, looked puzzled.

A ship? What kind of ship?

At that very moment—

"Boom!"

A loud noise came from below, and the surface of the canal was like a waterfall turned upside down, with the seawater surging upwards towards the sky. A huge object emerged from beneath the canal.

Upon seeing that enormous thing, Touma Kamijou immediately exclaimed, "What is that?!"

A sailboat emerged from the canal.

The first impression it gives is of an ancient ship with four masts from the Age of Exploration. However, unlike the wooden ships of that era, the ship that appears now is translucent and gives a cold feeling, as if it were made of crystal. Even the sails and ropes on the masts are the same, making one wonder if it has any real function as a ship.

However, this is not what surprised Touma Kamijou.

The real reason is the size of the ship.

The canal was about twenty or thirty meters wide, and the boats that emerged from it shattered the canal walls and road with just their sides.

Many motorboats moored on the shore were either smashed and sunk, or were thrown into the air, with large amounts of rocks flying around like raindrops.

"Bilibili Bilibili Bilibili!"

Lightning flowed through the space as Misaka Mikoto swiftly wove a net of lightning, using electromagnetic waves to attract the tiny amount of metal on the bricks and trapping all the rubble in mid-air.

"Hey, how did this thing manage to hide under the canal for so long?"

"Magic is kept secret from ordinary people, so they must have used a trick to deceive others."

"This is too reckless, you magicians! -- So annoying!"

While complaining about the Roman Catholic Church's nonsense, Misaka Mikoto used lightning to knock down the flying rocks.

At that moment, everyone suddenly lost their footing. The ground had completely collapsed under the impact of the boat, and the boat that had been sinking in the canal had now completely emerged. The boat, which was a full twenty meters tall, appeared on the street, and its length was roughly estimated to be one hundred meters!

"what!"

Suddenly, a cry of alarm came from the ship. It was Orsola, hanging from the side of the ship!