I travel through countless worlds at the same time

"Hmm... this one seems to be just right." Index twisted her body and then said.

"Really? Then wear this one to pay the bill, and then pick out some other clothes to change into."

"Ok!"

Just when Index finished checking out and was about to choose other clothes.

Sudden.

An alarm sounded over the store's public speakers.

"This mall has a power failure and needs maintenance. We are very sorry, but the business hours are over. Please evacuate immediately."

……

This is a notice of emergency closure of the shopping mall.

After hearing this announcement, although Misaka Mikoto was a little confused, she was still prepared to follow the instructions and evacuate with everyone.

But after taking two steps, he saw Higashino Yu standing there with no intention of leaving.

"Hey! What are you doing standing here? Are you really a pervert?"

Misaka Mikoto said unhappily.

In her opinion, Higashino Yuu was most likely the underwear thief who came to steal underwear while she was waiting for the circuit to be repaired.

And she naturally wouldn't allow Higashino Yu to do that, so she had to keep a close eye on him!

Higashino Yu looked at her and asked back instead of responding.

"What do you think the daily turnover of such a large mall is? What level of circuit failure would make them give up a day's turnover just to repair it?"

For shopping malls, they are there to make profits. They will continue to operate as usual, even if it rains knives from the sky, as long as there is no collapse or fire, let alone electrical failure. Even if one half is under renovation, the other half will still be open.

There's nothing I can do, this is all money.

If the company were to shut down for one day, the fiscal revenue lost would be enough to pay these staff members a month's salary with some left over.

"So...you mean this is a prank?"

Misaka Mikoto frowned. If it was just a prank, the price would be too high. Just like Higashino Yuu said just now, the loss was enough for the mall to pay its employees a month's salary.

"ε=(′ο｀*))) Well, it seems that's what you think. Do you think the leaders of the mall will play a prank over such a thing?"

"It's very likely that the mall had to evacuate the crowds!"

"Could it be a terrorist attack?"

Higashino Yu has already said this much, if she still doesn’t understand, she would be presumptuous to think she is at level 5.

"That's hard to say!"

"Could it be the recent void explosion case?"

As long as she had an idea, Misaka Mikoto instantly thought of a lot of things, and her eyes lit up.

Then he looked at Higashino Yuu: "Do you know where that guy is hiding?"

"How is this possible! I'm not the mastermind of the void explosion case, so how could I know all this? But I believe that guy will come out soon! No, he has already come out! Follow me!"

The corners of Higashino Yu's mouth curled up slightly.

His observation Haki can easily cover an entire city, so a mere void explosion will naturally not escape his perception.

It’s just that he didn’t open his perception before.

Now that the entire shopping mall has begun to be evacuated, that person will definitely not escape from his grasp.

"Okay! Then let me see which bastard wants to do this!"

Upon hearing this, Misaka Mikoto immediately rubbed her hands together.

Many of the targets of the Void Bombing Case's mastermind were members of the Discipline Committee. When she heard that Higashino Yuu had found the other party, how could she resist punching him to vent her anger?

545. Void Explosion Case

Near the elevator, Higashino Yuu ran into Hatsuharu Shikiri who was wearing the discipline committee armband.

When she saw Higashino Yuu and the other two, Hatsuharu Shiri was visibly stunned.

"Misaka-senpai, and Tono-senpai, why haven't you gone to take shelter yet?"

As the Discipline Committee, her job was to help disperse the crowd.

We are now checking whether there are any omissions between the buildings.

It would be troublesome if there were children who got separated from their parents or customers who didn't pay attention to the broadcast.

At this time, she had just confirmed and went downstairs, but she didn't expect to run into Higashino Yuu as soon as she went upstairs. The other party was with Senior Misaka.

"Take refuge? Is there any disaster here?"

Misaka Mikoto raised her eyebrows, and then looked at Higashino Yuu who was standing beside her. Although she had already made some inferences just now, she still couldn't help but marvel at the other party's vigilance in her heart.

There was no one around, and in the eyes of Hatsuharu Shikiri, both Misaka-senpai and Higashino-senpai were very steady seniors.

Hatsuharu Shikarisai nodded.

"That's right. This time it's not because the circuits are aging and need to be repaired. Instead, it's because the satellite detected a family phenomenon of graviton activity nearby. This phenomenon has appeared every time a void explosion occurs."

"So you think that the bomber chose this place as his target, so an explosion is about to happen here, right?"

Higashino Yuu continued what she said.

"That's right, so Tono-senpai and Misaka-senpai, you two should go to the shelter and leave this to our Discipline Committee."

Although they knew that Higashino Yuu and Misaka Mikoto were both LV5, in the eyes of their Discipline Committee, they were just ordinary people. Now that they were faced with such a terrorist attack, it was natural that the Discipline Committee would take the lead and there was no reason to let ordinary people take the field.

Although the police officers who were rushing here from the branch should be the ones handling this matter at this time, she herself just happened to encounter this situation by chance.

"You're really right!"

After hearing what Hatsuharu Shikiri said, Misaka Mikoto not only did not take any action, but instead looked at Higashino Yu with a complicated expression.

"Is that right?"

Upon hearing this, Hatsuharu Shikiri couldn't help but look at Higashino Yuu.

"Did Senior Dongye say anything?"

"Ah! This guy just said there might be a terrorist attack! And he might be the real culprit of the void explosion, and he was just about to take me there."

Misaka Mikoto pointed at Higashino Yuu behind her.

"What? Does Senior know where the other party is?"

Once, Hatsuharu Shikiri was really shocked.

You know, the void explosion case has not been solved for such a long time. The reason is not only that the other party hid well enough, but also because the objects used in the void explosion have the characteristic of delayed time.

And now this senior actually said that he has found the person!

"Ah! Although the details have not been confirmed yet, it's almost done. Let's go. If we are late, something might go wrong."

Higashino Yuya came forward and said softly.

"Yes, yes! Let's go quickly, we must not let this get over!" Upon hearing this, Hatsuharu Shiki nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

She had been to the scene of many void explosions, so she knew how much damage would be caused if the other party caused an explosion.

After saying that, the four of them walked quickly forward.

The reason why Higashino Yu intervened this time was because the plot had been changed too much by him, so he was no longer sure whether everything would remain the same as in the original.

Apart from anything else, at least now Higashino Yu has solved all of Misaka sisters' problems, but Misaka Mikoto still doesn't know anything.

In other words, if Misaka Mikoto had made another mistake this time, at least several people would have died in this explosion.

Just as the few people had walked a short distance, they heard the footsteps of a little girl, walking towards them with a clattering sound.

Just after everyone turned a corner, they saw a little girl who had escaped from somewhere and had not followed the others to take shelter appear in front of them.

When the little girl saw everyone, especially when she saw Hatsuharu Shikiri, her eyes lit up obviously. Then she trotted towards Hatsuharu Shikiri, holding a frog doll.

"Big sister from the Discipline Committee, this is a gift from a big brother to you."

The little girl, who looked about six or seven years old, stared with a pair of innocent big eyes and handed the doll in her hand to Hatsuharu Shiri in a cute manner.

"..."

Hatsuharu Shiki was stunned at first, then she subconsciously caught the doll and prepared to take the little girl to shelter.

However, as soon as she took the doll, she immediately found that the doll in front of her began to collapse and deform as if it was sucked into an invisible vortex of the void.

Having witnessed many void explosions, she immediately realized that this was a sign of an impending void explosion.

"¨ˇBe careful, it's a bomb!"

While preparing to throw the doll in her hand, Hatsuharu Shikiri was preparing to use her body to protect the little girl from getting hurt.

However, it was too late.

There was a huge explosion of energy, and she could even see red fireworks appearing in it.

She couldn't help but widen her eyes in despair.

"Shhhh-"

Suddenly, the sound of whistling wind sounded in my ears like beautiful music.

Then, as she stared in amazement, streams of air that were almost visible to the naked eye enveloped the bomb...

Subsequently.

"puff!"

The void explosion that could have blown up a classroom now made a dull sound and then became completely silent.

It was not until this time that a hand slowly grabbed the broken doll in mid-air and took out a twisted and charred aluminum can from it.

So that's it, is this the true form of the void explosion? It's a good idea, but it's used in the wrong place.

Relying on his own power, Higashino You could clearly feel the heavy particles that were still overflowing from it, which was the power of Tao.

Although the void explosion looks mysterious, it is actually just the manipulation of heavy particles in the distance to accelerate in an instant, causing violent collapse in space and forming a big bang, to be precise.

He first reduces the distance between particles. This external force reduces the distance between particles and also increases the repulsive force between particles. When this external force suddenly disappears, the repulsive force takes effect, the force between particles becomes unbalanced, the state of particle motion changes, and the moving particles move outward as if they are running wild, producing an explosion effect.

"So, the criminal is this little girl?"

Misaka Mikoto came over, glanced at the tattered doll in Higashino Yuu's hand, then turned her gaze to the little girl still held in the arms of Uiharu Shiori.

546. Miss Mount, you are here.

Thinking about what happened just now, Misaka Mikoto still feels scared.

She didn't react at all just now.

Who could have imagined that a cute little girl would be holding a time bomb in her arms that could kill someone?

"Could she be the suspect we are looking for?"

Seeing that the other person was also in a state of panic, Misaka Mikoto found it hard to believe.

Then the next second, a bang hit her on the head.

"pain!"

"Are you stupid? She's still just a child, how could she have that kind of power? And didn't she just say that an older brother asked her to deliver it?"

"This is too much! How can you involve children in this!"

After hearing Higashino Yu's explanation, Misaka Mikoto didn't bother to cover her head and said angrily.

If what Higashino Yu said was true, then according to the range of the explosion just now, the little girl would definitely not be able to escape. It would be fine if the other party retaliated against society and attacked the Discipline Committee, but they actually involved the child.

"This is simply unforgivable!"

"Can you find that person?"

Looking at Higashino Yuu, Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but say, she just heard Higashino Yuu say that he could find that person, but now the person carrying the bomb is a little girl, can Higashino Yuu still find her?

"I remember it was a big brother wearing glasses." The little girl on the side also said with her eyes wide open.