Open the door, there is another world

She really didn't understand this because it was completely inconsistent with what she was taught in school.

According to the knowledge taught in school, everyone can become a person with special abilities, and everyone can become a person with super powers. However, in fact, there are only a few people with super powers in Academy City, and many people cannot become people with special abilities. This is completely contrary to her cognition, so she really doesn't know why this happened. Is it because those who didn't become people with special abilities are too stupid? But Saten is not stupid at all. Is it because those people didn't work hard? But Saten has been working hard, so Misaka Mikoto really doesn't know why. What is the reason behind this?

Misaka Mikoto sighed, totally unable to imagine the reason.

Li Qing also ate a mouthful of ice cream and said, "You should ask the teachers and researchers about this. They may know the reason."

"You mean they are hiding something?" asked Misaka Mikoto.

Li Qing: “I didn’t say that.”

But Misaka Mikoto thought about it again. She felt that Li Qing said a lot and there must be something hidden here. It is normal that the level of the ability user will not stagnate in the development of super powers, because some people work hard and some do not. But it is abnormal if they cannot develop their abilities. It is like a subject. It is impossible for someone to get zero points in the most basic exams. If so, then there must be something wrong with the subject.

Misaka Mikoto drew inferences from this incident and made some guesses.

There is something wrong with the subject of superpowers. It is not a mature subject yet, which is why there are so many people without abilities.

But if that's the case, then wouldn't it be a long time before Saten-san becomes a real power user? Because if my guess is true, then Saten-san, who hasn't become a power user yet, will never be able to become one. Unless there is another major breakthrough in the field of superpowers, otherwise, powerless people will always be powerless and will never be able to gain power. This is too cruel.

Then she remembered something else.

The school has been promoting the fact that anyone can become a person with special abilities, giving hope to all those without special abilities and allowing them to stay in Academy City. Although it is obvious that those without special abilities cannot obtain special abilities no matter what, they are still undergoing the process of developing into people with special abilities in the school, taking all kinds of drugs and undergoing all kinds of experiments. Even though there is no hope, people still have hope in their hearts and are willing to go through all kinds of experiments here.

Isn't this it? Isn't this it? Isn't this a free trial?

"Human experiments?" Misaka Mikoto shuddered, and horrible thoughts emerged in her mind.

Then she quickly shook her head and threw the idea out: "No, no, Academy City is researching ways to turn people without abilities into people with abilities. This is definitely not a human experiment. I must be thinking too much. It's definitely not like this."

She pushed the thought deep into her mind, but it still left a mark on her, making her feel uneasy for a long time.

"Are you still conducting experiments on the development of people with special abilities?" She couldn't help but ask Li Qing.

Li Qing did not answer, but asked in return: "Can I refuse?"

Misaka Mikoto: “…”

She had never heard of anyone refusing, nor had she heard that this could be refused, so she fell into silence again.

Suddenly she felt that there seemed to be something dark buried deep within this Academy City, and it was no longer as bright and glamorous as she had seen before.

There seems to be a huge darkness lurking in the shadow of this Academy City, staring at everyone in the Academy City. Everyone here is in the palm of that dark figure, everything is under its observation and in its bondage, and no one can escape from her palm.

Misaka Mikoto quickly shook her head again and threw the idea away.

"How is that possible! This kind of thing is absolutely impossible!" She shook her head, thinking that she was really thinking too much.

Academy City is a city of superpowers, a place that exists only in everyone's dreams, a magical place where science fiction has come into reality. Everything here is so novel, everything here is so fascinating, it is the highest palace in everyone's mind, and it will never be shrouded in darkness.

"I must be overthinking it." Misaka Mikoto said to herself again.

Then she looked at Li Qing. These thoughts only appeared in her mind after she met Li Qing, so now she was wondering if this was Li Qing's guidance. After thinking about it in her mind, she found that it didn't seem to be the case, so she quickly shook her head again.

"What's going on? Why do you suddenly suspect others?" She sighed in her heart.

I feel like I'm really crazy. I'm doubting this and that all the time. There must be something wrong with my brain.

She sighed and took another bite of her ice cream, trying something sweet to calm her confused mind.

Then she stared blankly at the wind turbine that was rotating not far ahead. She was trying to empty her mind and stop herself from thinking so much.

Li Qing ignored her and just ate his ice cream. Although it was very expensive, it was really delicious. You get what you pay for. Expensive ones taste better than cheap ones. This expensive one could buy a whole refrigerator full of popsicles to eat for a whole summer.

"This is the taste of money." Li Qing muttered with a smile.

After finishing an ice cream, Li Qing looked towards Misaka Mikoto and found that Misaka Mikoto still had most of her ice cream left. She was still looking into the distance and seemed to be thinking about something, so Li Qing called her, "Misaka Mikoto! What are you thinking about?"

Misaka Mikoto came back to her senses, subconsciously took a bite of ice cream, and subconsciously shook her head: "Nothing."

Li Qing hummed, threw the ice cream box into the trash can not far away, and then walked back to sit down. While he was doing these things, Misaka Mikoto was looking at him. After he sat down, Misaka Mikoto's voice came again: "Do you really have no idea about becoming a capable person?"

Li Qing glanced at her and said, "Why are you asking this again?"

Misaka Mikoto said: "Because I still don't know how to persuade Saten-san. The method you mentioned about the bond doesn't work either, because I don't know how strong the bond needs to be, and what if I can't hold it? So I still want to know a better way."

Li Qing said: "Then study hard and become a researcher."

"Researcher?" Misaka Mikoto was stunned.

Li Qing nodded: "Become a researcher in Academy City, then I can order you special ability users around and make you do whatever I want."

Misaka Mikoto: “…”

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Researchers are not like that."

Li Qing shrugged his shoulders and looked around. Suddenly, magic power surged in his eyes. The world in front of him suddenly became clear. Li Qing saw nano-loops that were smaller than dust, but they did not come to him and Misaka Mikoto. Because Misaka Mikoto unconsciously emitted a weak electric current, these loops could not approach at all. Li Qing withdrew his magic power with a clear expression, and then said to Misaka Mikoto: "Then learn magic."

Since the hovering loop cannot be approached, there is no need to worry about anything.

You can't see the sights here, and you can't hear the sounds here, so anything you say is fine.

But Misaka Mikoto was puzzled: "Magic? What are you talking about? There is no magic in this world!"

Superpowers are science, and everything is the result of science. Magic is superstition, so she was speechless after hearing this. It felt like when you are sick, you don’t go to the doctor but drink magic water instead. It seemed weird no matter how you looked at it, so she couldn’t understand it at all.

"Who said there is no magic in this world? There are many magicians in this world." Li Qing said.

Misaka Mikoto looked at him: "Stop joking."

She didn't believe in so-called magic at all because it went against her common sense.

Li Qing didn't take it seriously: "I'm not kidding. You don't believe in magic because you haven't seen it."

"Then do you know magic?" Misaka Mikoto looked at him helplessly.

Li Qing nodded: "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be so indifferent to not being able to become a person with special abilities."

Misaka Mikoto: “…”

You said it as if it were true, but he still didn't believe it.

"Do you know Christianity?" Li Qing asked.

Misaka Mikoto nodded: "I know, but it's just a sect, just a spiritual sustenance, a kind of religious belief, so there are no magicians in it. It's just a simple religion. Magic is not scientific at all."

Li Qing shook his head: "That's because you don't have much experience."

Misaka Mikoto was speechless, then shook her head: "Okay, let's not talk about superstitions like magic. If you don't want to tell me your method, forget it."

Li Qingdang acted as if he didn't hear her words and continued, "The Christian Church has more than 2 billion followers, making it the largest religious sect in the world. The leader is the Roman Orthodox Church, which has churches in the last thirteen countries in the world. It claims to be the most orthodox cross church. The supreme leader is the Pope, and under the Pope are the Bishops, the famous Right Seat of God, and the most powerful cardinals, who reign at the top of all churches."

Hearing Li Qing still talking, Misaka Mikoto sighed helplessly: "So? So what? This is still just a church."

"No matter how tight her organization is and how powerful it is, it's just a religion." Misaka Mikoto said, "Although it claims to have 2 billion believers, it doesn't matter at all. Everyone is just looking for spiritual sustenance. It doesn't mean that just because I make a cross on my body, I am a member of your church and must obey your orders. There are so many people who go to the shrine every year. Are they all members of that shrine?"

Li Qing shook his head: "I'm not saying those believers are their people, I'm telling you that they are powerful."

"But it still has nothing to do with magic." Misaka Mikoto said: "No matter how powerful the power is, magic does not exist. It's all superstition."

"That's why people over there say you are heretics." Li Qing said.

Misaka Mikoto looked at him speechlessly, and after a while she said, "Have you read too many light novels?"

Li Qing laughed: "If you don't believe it, forget it."

Misaka Mikoto really didn't believe it. She was a staunch scientist and didn't believe in superstitions like magic at all.

Li Qing shook her head indifferently. Suddenly, she saw a little girl in a nun's uniform running hurriedly on the street. In the blink of an eye, she ran in front of her and Misaka Mikoto, and was rushing to run forward. So Li Qing subconsciously called out, "Do you want some ice cream?"

The nun stopped in her tracks all of a sudden, looked over here, drooling at the corners of her mouth, and her stomach growled.

Li Qing pointed at Misaka Mikoto and said, "She's treating us!"

Misaka Mikoto: “…”

What the hell? Why am I suddenly asking for ice cream?

But she found that the nun was looking at her with eyes full of desire, and she found it difficult to say no.

"Okay." She nodded helplessly.

Li Qing smiled and then touched his chin. He subconsciously called out to the little nun just now. Now it seems that he was a bit reckless because he had been trying to avoid being noticed by Aleister and let Aleister ignore his existence so that he could stroll around here leisurely without worrying about any conspiracy or intrigue falling on him. But now he called out to the little nun, which would definitely attract Aleister's attention.

After all, the little nun was a very important person. If I suddenly called her and invited her to eat ice cream for no apparent reason, it would certainly attract attention.

"Tsk tsk." Li Qing sighed.

But to be honest, this is not his fault. It was such a coincidence that the little nun appeared. He had just been talking to Misaka Mikoto about magic, and the little nun ran right in front of him. It was normal for him to subconsciously call out to the little nun in this situation. But it didn't matter. The reason why he was careful not to expose himself to Aleister before was because he didn't want things to become troublesome. It didn't mean that he was afraid of Aleister.

So it doesn't matter even if Aleister finds out.

Besides, right now, Aleister is just suspicious and cannot be sure of anything, so there is no need to worry too much. Just let things develop naturally. Even if the truth is revealed later, it doesn't matter at all. At worst, we can just fight with real guns and swords.

"And the same goes for those demons." Li Qing laughed again.

Although there has been no description of his magic practice for a long time, he has never stopped practicing magic. On his original Earth, he has completely absorbed and mastered the source of space-time magic on Earth, and has also radiated and mastered many other sources of magic. During this process, he feels that the origin of his soul is constantly evolving and has reached an incredible level, and his personality has reached a certain extreme.

He is definitely no less powerful than the demons in this world. This is not an exaggeration because he has definite evidence.

He discovered it when he came to this world, because he could see it clearly by looking up at the sky.

He looked up at the sky, magic power gathered in his pupils, he saw countless lines appear in his sight, all kinds of latitudes were vivid, he also saw many traces of demons, he could see those extremely powerful existences, but those existences could not shock him from the bottom of his heart, on the contrary, they seemed ordinary to him, so the demons did not matter, they could not make him feel the slightest fear at all.

Moreover, he could discover the existence of these demons, but these demons did not discover him. This also indirectly proved that these demons were nothing special.

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Li Qing retracted his gaze and looked towards the ice cream truck.

Misaka Mikoto was buying ice cream for the little nun. The little nun's eyes were sparkling, staring at the ice cream on the ice cream truck without blinking. When Misaka Mikoto asked her which ice cream she wanted, the little nun was not polite at all: "This, this and that! I want them all!"

Misaka Mikoto: “…”

Can you finish it all? And it will melt.

Misaka Mikoto talked to the little nun carefully, and the little nun reluctantly nodded and only took one.

"Come back and buy more after you finish eating the rest," said Misaka Mikoto.

The little nun nodded: "Okay!"

Then the two came back.

The two of them sat down, and Misaka Mikoto glanced at Li Qing. She was a little confused because she couldn't figure out what Li Qing meant. They were just chatting about magic and the church, but Li Qing suddenly called this girl in nun clothes over and pointed at her and said that he could treat this little nun to ice cream. This was really a bit confusing. Who was this little nun? Why did she have to treat her to ice cream?

Although I finally couldn't resist the little nun's sparkling gaze and bought the ice cream for her, I still didn't know what was going on?

"Do you know her?" she asked Li Qing.

Li Qing shook his head: "First time seeing you."

The little nun was also curiously looking at the two of them. She opened her mouth without saying a word and ate half of the ice cream in one gulp. Moreover, she could not feel the ice at all, but only the delicious taste, so she rolled her eyes and looked very comfortable. Misaka Mikoto glanced at her, then turned to ask Li Qing: "Then why did you call her?"

"She is a nun. Don't you not believe in magic? Let the nun explain it to you." Li Qing said.

Misaka Mikoto: “…”

You haven't given up on making me believe in magic.

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The little nun had already taken the crispy cone into her mouth and swallowed it all with one move of her throat. She also heard what Li Qing said, so she nodded and said seriously: "Magic is real, because I am a magician."

"And there are magicians chasing me." She added.

At this point everyone should have understood that this little nun is Index from A Certain Magical Index.

After saying this, Index looked towards the ice cream truck again. She had finished her ice cream and was thinking about buying a second one. She also remembered what Misaka Mikoto said before, that she would buy more after she finished her ice cream, so her eyes fell on Misaka Mikoto again: "I'm done."

What this means is that you can buy a second one.

Misaka Mikoto: “…”

She was still thinking about what Index said about a magician being chased after her, and then she heard Index say that she had finished eating. She looked towards where Index was and saw that she was staring at the ice cream truck. Misaka Mikoto was speechless. You just said that someone was chasing you, but now you are staring at the ice cream truck without blinking. This doesn't look like someone who is being chased at all.

Misaka Mikoto didn't know what to say, and then she thought of playing house.

Although she no longer plays house, she knows what it is, so she thinks Index is just playing house. The so-called magician and the so-called being chased by the magician, these are all settings when Index plays the game of house. Since it is a setting, there is of course no sense of tension. So it is normal to be attracted by the ice cream truck here now. After all, games can be played at any time, but ice cream cannot be eaten at any time.

Misaka Mikoto was helpless, but she still bought her a new ice cream.

Index ate more than ten ice creams in a few bites and finally felt almost finished. Actually, she was still not full, but she couldn't stand the coldness in her stomach, so she stopped eating.

"Have you finished eating?" Misaka Mikoto asked.

Index touched her stomach and said, "I want to eat."