How did you bunch of silly group members also time travel

At least the person is unharmed, only suffering minor burns to the area that came into contact with the skin!

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Chapter 262 This is Kuroko!

Discipline Inspection Committee Member Activities, Branch 177.

It was already close to dusk, and there weren't many students left. The only two people in the small room, and even one of them was a classmate who had just come to visit a friend, were bored out of their minds in the empty space.

"Hey, early spring, early spring, have you heard about it lately?"

Saten Ruiko, a first-year student at Sakugawa Middle School, is not a member of the Disciplinary Committee but often appears at the Disciplinary Committee Branch 177. She is lying upside down on the sofa with her hair hanging down to the ground, just like you guys when you're bored at home.

Saten Ruiko shook her head, looked at Uiharu Kazari who was busy in front of the computer and ignoring her, and continued:

"A chat room installed inside the brain."

“Saten-kun.”

Uiharu Shiori wasn't particularly interested in the topic, but she still earnestly explained to her visiting classmate: "Even if Academy City is at the forefront of the world in brain development, it's still impossible to use the human brain as a server to install software. What you're talking about is very likely just a joke played by some kind of mental ability user."

"Hey, don't you think it's cool and convenient to have a chat room installed in your brain?"

Saten Ruiko casually grabbed a book from the table and started reading it upside down: "Installed in my brain, I can chat with people online anytime without needing any other electronic devices, and maybe it'll even pop into my head when I have any cheesy thoughts in early spring~"

"Saten-san!!"

The temperature-controlled Grim Reaper suddenly pouted like an inflated pufferfish. In her business mode, she wasn't interested in urban legends: "Besides, 'a chat room installed in the brain' is still too outrageous. If it were really possible, wouldn't that mean human memories could be modified at will?"

Okay, okay, I was just kidding~

"But I heard that the 'man who can nullify all abilities' is a member of the 'Brain Chat Room,' so maybe it's not a joke made by a mental ability user~"

"A man who can nullify all abilities—that makes a lot more sense..."

After thinking for a moment, Shiori Haru unknowingly exited the disciplinary committee's operating mode. The interface on her computer also unknowingly spun to the website page of urban legends, where "Chat group installed in the brain" and "Man who can nullify all abilities" were highlighted in bold red at the top.

The testimonies of all those claiming to be members of the chat room in these two related topics don't even match up. The man with ineffective abilities doesn't even have a proper description, yet he's widely believed to be real. Furthermore, later posts even standardized the descriptions of the chat room and included the characteristics of the man with ineffective abilities.

For example, there are several chat room members whose IDs seem to be online for long periods of time without needing to sleep, such as "Cousu", "Sunflower", and "High School Student". There are also claims that the previously popular "Elf from Another World" is one of them. The man who can nullify abilities is the "High School Student" in the chat room. He has a hedgehog hairstyle and is an idiot, etc. It's all very orderly, as if a rumor has become a fact as it's spread.

Shiori Haru shook her head. These urban legends were best left unsaid. Having learned the general idea, she prepared to leave the website and return to her dormitory once her senior, who was away on a mission, returned.

"Alas?"

Just then, one of the urban legends caught Haru Shiori's attention.

"Legend has it that angels can be seen in a certain research institute, and Academy City may be researching angels."

Angel?

The appearance of such religiously charged terms on the Academy City website greatly surprised Katsuri Uiharu. As everyone knows, Academy City is the world's largest scientific research base, gathering the world's most elite researchers and leading the world in technology by over a decade. In this city that reveres science, the fact that someone would believe in angels and think Academy City was researching such things was quite unexpected for Katsuri, and she clicked on the topic without hesitation.

This topic itself is not popular. Compared to the two pinned topics, it can be said to be so obscure that there are hardly any active participants. After all, it is Academy City, where there are still many normal people. It is quite normal that things with religious overtones are not popular.

Chu Chun Shiri nodded, and upon closer inspection, she discovered that there was only one post under this topic, which, when clicked, turned into a single photo.

This photo appears to have been taken secretly; the angle is odd, the clarity is poor, and the lens is even mostly blocked by a large dark shadow. You can only clearly see that it's a person... and a dog?

A dog with a cigar in its mouth!?

And this dog seems to be the head of the research institute...

"Hey, what are you looking at? Let me see too!"

Having not seen Chuchun for a long time, Wu Zuotian quickly came over and, seeing that Chuchun wasn't working, immediately joined in.

Moreover, the website's name also greatly intrigued Saten Ruiko:

"Urban legends like 'the woman who suddenly takes off her clothes,' 'the Imagineering ability that enhances your powers,' and 'the sunflower field in the dormitory'... they're all quite interesting things, early spring!"

knock knock!

A knock came from the 177th branch of the Discipline Inspection Commission, startling the two people in front of their computers. Their hearts immediately tightened, though they didn't know why they were afraid. It was probably like reading a horror novel late at night, where any slight movement would make them subconsciously think there was a ghost.

Saten Ruiko and Uiharu Kazari exchanged a glance, and both of them saw a strange sense of fear in each other's eyes.

"Phew, people who come to the disciplinary committee are definitely seeking help. They wouldn't turn a doll into a bomb and give it to the disciplinary committee, would they..."

knock knock!

The knocking sounded again, completely extinguishing the courage that Shiori had finally mustered.

"Sorry to bother you."

After knocking twice on the group chat with no response, (the doorknob flashed with a few electric lights) and Misaka Mikoto entered. She immediately saw the two people sitting in front of the computer, their breathing halting: "Excuse me, do you know where Kuroko, Shirai Kuroko, is right now?"

"Hey, the young lady of Tokiwadai!? Someone Shirai-senpai knows...?"

Upon hearing this, Misaka Mikoto looked at Uiharu Kazari, who happened to be looking at Misaka Mikoto as well. Their eyes met, and Uiharu Kazari immediately became dignified, her emotions tense, and she completely forgot about Misaka Mikoto's question.

"Wait, wait a minute! It'll be ready soon!"

Then, suddenly realizing what the other party had asked, Shirai Shirai hurriedly picked up the microphone to try to contact Kuroko, but without exception, there was no response after several attempts. It was as if Shirai Kuroko had disappeared and completely lost contact with the 177th branch!

"A naked, lewd woman moving swiftly through the streets and alleys at dusk."

At that very moment, a strange urban legend appeared on the refreshed page of the urban legend website.

"It's Kuroko!!"

Misaka Mikoto rushed over immediately!

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Chapter 263 "Sunflower"

"A naked, lewd woman moving swiftly through the streets and alleys at dusk."

Upon clicking, a very blurry video appears, with poor resolution and some shakiness. All you can see is a tall, seemingly naked girl wearing only a coat draped over her shoulders, appearing suddenly while holding someone's hand, and then suddenly disappearing from the frame.

Because the footage was too blurry, it was impossible to tell whether the woman in the video was actually wearing clothes or not. However, the flesh-colored body in the video was indeed very suspicious, as was the outline of the man whose hand was being held!

"This couldn't possibly be Shirai-senpai's!"

Uiharu Kazari stated definitively, "While Shirai-senpai is absolutely perfect as the young lady of Tokiwadai, but... but Shirai-senpai's figure..."

At this point, Shiori Uiharu couldn't continue. After all, it was really impolite to talk about this behind someone's back, and the relationship between the girls wasn't close enough for them to gossip like that.

However, everyone here understands, after all, the figure of the naked pervert in the video is indeed beyond what Shirai Kuroko could achieve.

"hateful!"

Misaka Mikoto slammed her hand on the table, making the computer tremble and startling both Uiharu Kazari and Saten Ruiko.

She was feeling quite conflicted. When she saw the title, she thought, "Great! I've finally found Kuroko's trail." But when she realized that the person in the article wasn't Kuroko, she breathed a sigh of relief—thankfully, Kuroko wasn't that twisted.

However, in this way, the only clue to Kuroko's whereabouts can be found from where Kuroko works. It is not easy to find someone with the ability of spatial teleportation. At least checking the surveillance footage is a huge amount of work, and there is no guarantee that something might happen to Kuroko during the time that is wasted!

Although she was both disappointed and relieved not to find Kuroko in the video, the outline of the naked perverted woman holding hands, which was not clearly visible due to the blurry pixels, bothered her.

Judging from his physique alone, he had the build of a very ordinary male high school student...

"Um, did something happen to Shirai-senpai, the senior at Tokiwadai?"

In early spring, Shili asked.

She came to the disciplinary committee branch looking for someone again, and she pounded on the table again because she found out that the naked pervert was not Shirai-senpai. This made Uiharu Kazari start to worry that something might have happened to Shirai-senpai, since she couldn't reach him by phone at all.

"Uh!"

Misaka Mikoto then realized she had just lost her composure, and to prevent the two of them from getting involved in the matter, she quickly laughed it off: "No, no, no, Kuroko is fine. I just couldn't reach her on her phone, so I was looking for her. Kuroko probably didn't notice that her phone was out of battery... Haha!"

"Oh..." Shiori Uiharu sighed, seemingly disillusioned.

Saten Ruiko sized up the Tokiwadai-senpai who had suddenly barged in. Her clothes were disheveled and she looked travel-worn, with beads of sweat on her face. Although she tried to hide it, her worry and anger were clearly revealed in her large, expressive eyes.

However, since the other party didn't want to say it, so be it. After all, the two of them didn't have much of a relationship. Saten Ruiko believed that she, a Level 0 ...

"By the way, do you guys know where Kuroko went?"

“Senpai Shirai, we recently received a report that someone with abilities was committing a crime in the Seventh School District, so we rushed over. Could the phone have been damaged during the battle?” Uiharu Kazari guessed. “That should be it!” Misaka Mikoto said with an awkward laugh, wanting to end the topic as soon as possible. Now that she had a clue about the “Seventh School District,” she could investigate it herself. “Well then, I’ll be going now.”

"Okay, goodbye, senior!"

Shiori Hatsuharu nodded, her hands returning the webpage to its initial homepage. The most popular discussion topic on the urban legend website once again dominated the page.

"A chat room installed inside the brain?"

Misaka Mikoto suddenly noticed that, in addition to the naked perverts she suspected, there were several other titles on the website that connected her to her current situation.

"Senior, are you also interested in these urban legends?"

Shiori's eyes lit up, and she quickly clicked on the topic of the Brain Chat Room on the urban legend website again, and started discussing what she had just learned.

The article provides a detailed explanation of everything from the connection between "the man who can nullify all abilities" and several chat room member IDs such as "filler," "sunflower," and "high school student," while also offering its own opinions.

"However, these are probably pranks by people with mental abilities. Even with the world-leading technology of Academy City, they couldn't create a chat room installed in the brain!"

"Haha, yeah, the idea of ​​having an app installed in your brain is terrifying!"

Misaka Mikoto laughed awkwardly, but what she was really thinking was completely different.

Unfortunately, not long after, she became a part of this urban legend of a "chat room installed in the brain".

"Just filling a quota", "sunflower", "high school student"

Of the three leaked group member IDs, Misaka Mikoto had already seen two of them, but she couldn't find "Himawari" anywhere, not only in the chat room members list but also after searching through everything in the chat room!

"Could it be... a clue!"

"Just Filler" is the newbie who's there to make up the numbers; they're the real chat room user. "High School Student" is that ordinary high school student; we don't know who they are, but they're really annoying!

There are no clues about the "Sunflower," yet it circulates on a very popular urban legend forum in Academy City. So finding the "Sunflower" must yield some clues about the chat room!

Based on Misaka Mikoto's limited understanding of that newbie who was just there to make up the numbers, this coward hiding behind the chat room would never reveal any clues about herself!

"Excuse me, could you please help me look up some information about 'Sunflower'?"

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Guatai: Just you wait, I'll definitely find you and give you a good beating! @Newbie_to_make_number

Newbie just there to fill a spot: Huh? What?!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.