On how PhDs become human evil

Misaka Mikoto frowned: "Shokuhou Misaki, are you deliberately trying to provoke me?"

Raising an eyebrow, Misaka Misaki laughed, "Oh my, you seem to have changed quite a bit, Misaka-san. You're so aggressive now."

"..."

Misaka Mikoto didn't speak, her eyes fixed on Shokuhou Misaki. The current Misaka Mikoto is no longer the naive Misaka Mikoto of the past. If Shokuhou Misaki decides to fight her, she won't hold back and will immediately transform and deliver a Railgun Rider Kick.

Tokiwadai's school rules stipulate that abilities cannot be used casually, but there is no rule against allowing people to transform.

Sensing Misaka Mikoto's meaning, Shokuhou Misaki's composure vanished. The current Misaka Mikoto made her feel a sense of danger. Normally, Misaka Mikoto was fine, but if she continued to provoke her, Shokuhou Misaki felt that she might have a long-awaited mishap.

"It seems that's something very important to Misaka-san. I was rude, I'm sorry."

Misaki Shokuhou readily took a step back.

"But Misaka-san, you really are different from before. Although I don't dislike you for this, you used to be the only one who was different, but now you're starting to become just like us."

After saying this, Misaki Shokuhou stood up and left the dining hall with her guards.

"Creak..."

After Misaki Shokuhou left, the window next to Misaka Mikoto was opened, and Bai Jie's voice came in from outside: "That girl will probably start an investigation. If Mental Control wants to investigate, it will probably find me very quickly."

"...I'm sorry, teacher."

"It's alright, it's just in time for her to come over and let me do an experiment."

"An experiment?" Misaka Mikoto tilted her head. "What kind of experiment?"

What do you think of the combination of Railgun and Psycho Master?

Misaka Mikoto's face darkened.

Are you a demon?

"I am far superior to demons."

P.S.: A reader pointed out a problem: Cecilia in the original timeline has been missing for an unknown period of time. This was my oversight, and I will arrange to address it later.

Section 571, Chapter 68: Misaki Shokuhou Walks Towards the Trap

Tokiwadai has two dormitories: one is an external student dormitory, and the other is a dormitory located within the Academy Garden.

Although there is no explicit rule, Tokiwadai has already reached the consensus that the external student dormitories are Misaka Mikoto's territory, while the student dormitories inside the Gakusha no En are Shokuhou Misaki's territory.

However, although Misaki Shokuhou is ostensibly only the Queen of Tokiwadai, in reality, the entire Academy Garden is her backyard. The Academy Garden contains five noble girls' schools, and Misaki Shokuhou has planted people in each of these schools. In other words, Misaki Shokuhou has spies everywhere in the Academy Garden, and there is no information she cannot obtain.

Now, Misaki Shokuhou has mobilized her own people to start gathering intelligence for herself.

Misaka Mikoto, Bai Jie, Blue Bottle

These are the keywords provided by Misaki Shokuhou. Any information involving these keywords must be reported to Misaki Shokuhou.

"Your Majesty, new intelligence has arrived."

A girl with exaggerated curly hair, wearing the Tokiwadai school uniform, approached Shokuhou Misaki with a tablet computer. Her name was Hokaze Junko, the second-in-command of the faction led by Shokuhou Misaki, or rather, the person in the Academy whose status was second only to Shokuhou Misaki—excluding Misaka Mikoto.

"If it's still information about those blue-bottled drinks, I don't need it."

"No, this time it should be valuable intelligence. Please take a look."

Taking the tablet from Junko Hokaze, Misaki Shokuhou looked at the already opened document, and the first line that caught her eye immediately piqued her interest.

Misaka Mikoto frequently visits a villa, which, according to the investigation, is registered under the name of Professor Bai Jie.

"Does Misaka-san often visit Mr. Bai Jie's house? This is quite a surprise. I never would do something like this."

Misaki Shokuhou smiled brightly. If the outside world knew that Misaka Mikoto, the young lady of Tokiwadai, frequently visited a teacher's house, it would probably cause a huge uproar. Japanese people are very resistant to overly close teacher-student relationships, and it could easily lead to social death for the person involved.

Misaki Shokuhou would never do such a thing.

Picking up the remote control on the table and pressing a button, Misaki Shokuhou said, "Forget all the information on this screen and bring the person who provided this information to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Junko Hokaze, whose pupils had somehow turned into starry eyes, nodded and then turned to leave.

Looking back at the tablet, and swiping down a couple more times, Misaki Shokuhou suddenly paused.

Urban Legend: The Kamen Rider Who Controls Lightning

"Kamen Rider...?" Misaki Shokuhou looked at this urban legend with some confusion. "What exactly is this Kamen Rider?"

"Huh? Your Majesty, you didn't know?" A Tokiwadai student serving Misaki Shokuhou laughed. "Kamen Rider is a tokusatsu series featuring heroes wearing masks. It was very popular when I was in elementary school."

"Yeah, my little brother always squats down to watch."

"When I was a kid, I even fantasized about Kamen Rider appearing next to me."

......

Listening to her attendants chattering amongst themselves, Misaki Shokuhou frowned: "What's the deal with the Kamen Riders that have recently appeared in Academy City?"

"You mean that blue Kamen Rider? He suddenly appeared a while before the summer vacation ended. Quite a few people witnessed it, although he disappeared for a few days before that... Oh right, it seems like he disappeared a few days after the Daihasei Festival ended."

Within a few days after the Daihasei Festival ends?

Misaki Shokuhou frowned: "The Daihasei Festival ended exactly one week ago today. Misaka Mikoto left Academy City for a few days during the week after the Daihasei Festival ended, and the Kamen Riders also disappeared during this period... It's too much of a coincidence."

"Could it be that Misaka Mikoto is... Kamen Rider?"

Misaki Shokuhou felt this was too far-fetched; how could Misaka Mikoto possibly be a Kamen Rider?

But if it's true...

Do you have any videos about that Kamen Rider?

"There's no video. That Kamen Rider has the ability to control lightning; he must be an Electric Shock Master. All the surveillance cameras wherever he went were hacked."

Electric user... Misaka Mikoto is also an electric user, so there's another condition that applies.

Misaki Shokuhou is increasingly convinced that Misaka Mikoto is Kamen Rider.

Putting down her tablet, Misaki Shokuhou said, "Let's make some arrangements. After class this afternoon, I'm going to visit Professor Bai Jie."

"Yes!"

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School ends quite early in Academy City, especially now that it's autumn; classes end around 4:30 PM.

After tidying up his desk in the office, Bai Jie found a secluded spot on campus, opened a portal, and returned home.

Bai Jie opened the refrigerator, took out a can of soda, and returned to his room to turn on his computer.

"Let me see if there are any discounted games on Steam. Speaking of which, there have been a lot of discounts on Steam lately, with a sale every few days."

As Bai Jie sat down at the computer, he was about to open Steam when he froze the moment his hand touched the mouse.

Seeing it didn't make a difference, but now that I've touched Bai Jie, I realize that my computer seems to have been hacked while I was away.

"Interesting. They dare to hack my computer. I'd like to see who's courting death."

Although Bai Jie's computer didn't contain any important research data, that didn't mean he could tolerate others hacking into it. It would be bad if the other party left behind a virus, for example, if opening a webpage would definitely reveal a virus from the HS website, which would be a very troublesome matter for Bai Jie.

The evil forces of this world invaded the computer and traced the network cable backwards. The hacker did not seem to be a high-level hacker, as there were quite a few traces left behind. It did not take Bai Jie much time to track them down.

However, to Bai Jie's surprise, the intrusion address he found by tracing the network cable turned out to be Xueshe Zhiyuan.

(The Academy Garden... it was probably Misaki Shokuhou who did it, that girl is really quick.)

Rubbing his temples, Bai Jie opened his clairvoyance, and the entire Academy City immediately came into view.

(Oh wow, they're already on their way here? With a few students following them, and several more lurking in the shadows... this is quite the spectacle... truly befitting the Queen.)

Turning off his telescope, Bai Jie took out his phone and called Misaka Mikoto: "Hey, Misaka, Shokuhou Misaki is here. Do you want to come and watch a good show? ...Hurry up, Shokuhou Misaki will probably be at my house in half an hour."

After hanging up on Misaka Mikoto, Bai Jie dialed someone else's number: "Hey, I've figured out something for you. Come and get it. Also, I'll show you a good show. Get there within half an hour, Accelerator."

Section 572, 69. Misaki Shokuhou (×) Ishtar (?)

Just as Bai Jie had calculated, half an hour later, Misaki Shokuhou arrived at the entrance of Bai Jie's villa.

Looking at the enormous villa in front of her, Misaki Shokuhou gasped in surprise: "It's quite unexpected that Professor Bai Jie lives in such a nice place."

“Professor Bai Jie is a distinguished guest of the Chairman of Academy City; it must have been arranged by the Chairman,” said Junko Hokkaido. “So, Your Majesty, are you really planning to go in alone?”

"We can't all go in together, can we? If we do, Professor Bai will probably think we're here to cause him trouble. I'll go to visit him by myself. You guys can meet me up later."

"...Be careful in all things, Your Majesty."

"Alright, alright, it's just a visit to my teacher."

Misaki Shokuhou waved her hand and went up to ring the doorbell of Bai Jie's house.

Ding Dong!

The doorbell rang, and the tightly closed door opened automatically.

"Huh? Nobody here?"

There was no one behind the opened door. Misaki Shokuhou frowned in confusion—could there be a trap inside?

Misaki Shokuhou is very vigilant. Because of her ability to control her mind, she often encounters bad things, which has led her to develop a strong sense of vigilance. She will be on guard as soon as something seems amiss.

Now, Bai Jie's family made her feel that something was very wrong.

(Could it be that Professor Bai Jie already knew I was coming and opened the door in advance?)

If that were the case, Misaki Shokuhou would have to wonder if she was being watched. But regardless, she would definitely have to go to Bai Jie's house.

Gudong!

Swallowing hard, Misaki Shokuhou stepped into Shiro's house.

"boom!"

The moment Misaki Shokuhou stepped through the door, it slammed shut behind her. Misaki looked back and saw that the door was now tightly shut, with several chains that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere locking it securely.

"What... what kind of emergency is this?!"