Stray Chapter 72: “The Reborn”

"Who is this?"

Looking at the magician who came back from the gate, and the professional woman following him, Misaka Mikoto asked.

"This is Miss Terestina." Xia Ran introduced in a serious manner, "She came to rob people. The group of students from Mushan Chunsheng were picked up by us, and now she has found us on our heads. , so I want to come over and grab it back to continue the experiment..."

Miss Terestina smiled and nodded again and again, gesturing to everyone in front of her with her eyes, maintaining the almost perfect professional smile on her face.

Yes, that's it.

A group of students can have any kind of city government, and they don't need any excuses they think of, they foolishly believe it, it seems that there will be no accidents this time...

Huh, wait? What did this man just say?

Terestina, who was thinking happily, suddenly realized that this guy who was introducing her suddenly realized that the words she said later were a little wrong, but he seemed to be serious about himself. The reception of normal guests was so confusing that she couldn't react for a while.

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"What's the matter? Why didn't you speak?" Xia Ran was a little dissatisfied with the sudden silence. One or two was too ingenious. Why can't you respond?

"What?" Zoten Leiko clenched the corner of her shirt nervously, "Senior, what should we do now?"

"What are you still doing? Beat her up!" The magician sighed, this kind of adaptability is really terrible, but there is no way to do it. Strictly speaking, they are still a group of students. They went to block the road last night. Accelerator's beating is already the most "outrageous" thing they have ever done.

Compared to Misaka Mikoto and others who were hesitant, Terestina's reaction was significantly faster. Her pupils shrank suddenly, and she stepped back almost without thinking. At the same time, a hand suddenly He reached into his clothes and took out a tiny little instrument.

Press.

There was some kind of weird, high-pitched sound that came from nowhere, but it shook instantly, filling the air, as if it were everywhere.

At the same time, Kamijou Touma and Himesami Akisa just raised their eyebrows slightly, feeling that the noise was a bit harsh, but Saten Leiko and Misaka Mikoto turned pale all of a sudden, and they bitten tightly. Lower lip, almost unsteady, covering his forehead hard.

For some reason, they felt extremely uncomfortable the moment the chaotic and harsh noise resounded, as if a sharp needle had stabbed into their brains and was still stirring vigorously.

"My head hurts, I feel dizzy..."

"The sound is weird, I've seen it before, and it hinders our ability to calculate..."

Saten Leiko groaned and bit her lower lip tightly. Misaka Mikoto finally found out what this kind of targeting came from. After all, she had seen this kind of thing before. It was a group of premeditated attackers. of armed incapacitated groups.

I didn't expect to see it again here.

It is said that this specially designed noise is a little harsh to ordinary people, but it is an extremely terrifying nemesis for those who are capable. Greatly weakened or even useless at all!

"Oh, that's right, it's a "calculation block", you've seen it before..."

Terestina took a few steps back and looked at the group of people in front of her with a sneer. She thought to herself that she had a good reaction. After realizing something was wrong for a moment, she immediately acted decisively and immediately reversed the unfavorable situation. complacent.

Of course, there is also the reason why this group of chicks who have not grown evenly are too naive, but they are so stupid that they can only be chess pieces or guinea pigs!

"I originally planned to deceive those experimental subjects back and forget it, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant. Well, a LV5 superpower is worth even more..." Her eyes flashed with greed. His eyes were locked tightly on the girl with brown hair.

At the same time, outside the gate of the research institute, a figure of an action troop wearing special combat uniforms and fully armed to the teeth quickly appeared, rushing towards the entrance of the research institute.

It can be seen that Terestina was fully prepared, and unknowingly, she has taken over the broadcasting facilities around the institute, prepared the means of "calculation obstruction", and also arranged special combat troops around it. As long as she uses "Calculation Obstruction", it is equivalent to sending a signal to them.

Tossing the cup is the number, so the subordinates heard the sound and moved!

Although they are all action troops composed of ordinary people, they are definitely the elites among the elites, and they are fully armed with guns and live ammunition. In addition, the "calculation obstacle" directly weakens the superpowers of those with abilities, making them unable to use their abilities. , they are not affected.

With such an increase and a decrease, even the No.3 Railgun is nothing more than a powerless little girl!

"Alas, if this was on the battlefield... I clearly reminded you all, but in the end, this insidious, cunning, despicable, pitiful, arrogant, inhumane, ugly and stupid woman came after, You have taken the lead, so you have to reflect on it."

Xia Ran shook her head, her tone somewhat resentful.

"...what did you say!!"

Terestina, who was proud in her heart, glared furiously at this moment, her face was like an evil spirit, as if she wanted to eat him on the spot. Did this person understand the current situation? I don't know. Is she the one who decides their fate? !

How dare you mock her face to face and say it so ugly?

"Oh, sorry. I didn't notice you were still here just now, sorry!" The magician glanced at her and apologized sincerely, "I'm a straight-hearted person, if I offend you, please take your seat. "

"You...!! Damn, catch him for me!"

The furious Terestina was determined to teach this stinky brat a good lesson about the sinister principles of society. She waved her hand vigorously and gave a commanding command, and the special forces behind her... did not appear.

Nothing happened.

It was only then that she suddenly realized that the noise that had been ringing just now had disappeared for some reason. She subconsciously turned her head to look and found that the members of the special forces outside had fallen to the ground, a boy with a spiky head Tooth grinned and walked back from the outside, shaking his arms.

The effect of force is mutual. After hitting so many people wearing helmets to coma one by one, Kamijou Touma felt that his fists were swollen.

“…!!”

Terestina's pupils shrank again, this time only the size of a pinhead remained. She remembered that this boy was standing among the few people across from him just now, how did he get behind her in the blink of an eye? Is this some kind of super power, but how to break through the "calculation obstacle"?

"Director, it's done..." Kamijou Touma walked in, shaking his hand while complaining, "My hand is about to break."

"Alright, alright, I'll give you a snack at noon, and give her a quick punch..." Xia Ran nodded and pointed to Terestina in front of her, "But you have to be measured, just let If she has a severe concussion, she will be fine. If she has enough strength, she can blow her memory away, don't blow her head too hard..."

Terestina stiffened, feeling a sense of despair in her heart, spreading throughout her body, filling her thoughts with pessimism.

Why is this happening? Isn't this wave stable? He also prepared a trump card for those who were capable, and brought in elite special forces. He had already been riding his face, so why did he lose in a daze?

And this person is too vicious. What does "as long as" a severe concussion is enough? Does he know that for a scientist, the brain is the most important thing!

"Severe concussion? Destroying memory? This...I won't."

Kamijo Touma was in a cold sweat and refused decisively. The director said it was too dangerous, how could he possibly be favored by such a thing, and he had no experience at all, how could he be able to grasp the importance of it?

As for what Xia Ran said later about blowing his head, he automatically and consciously ignored the past, thinking that he had never heard such **** words.

"I can't learn it. From now on, starting from Miss Terestina, I can also teach you. There are not many points to make people amnesia, as long as they cause enough damage to a person's white matter. , you can make that person never remember anything, and the location of the white matter is..."

The magician stood beside Terestina, who was frozen, and pulled out a small blackboard out of nowhere, and sketched the anatomy of the brain on it, marked it and waved it. Tap the blackboard with the pointer to start the on-site teaching mode.

"Wait, I really don't know... why don't you come by yourself?" The spiky-haired boy's expression froze, looking serious?

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Xia Ran coughed lightly, and looked out of the door with a wandering gaze: "I am a pacifist and cannot do such violent things."

So does this person have some misunderstanding about pacifists? A pacifist means that he cannot commit violence himself, but can allow others to commit violence?

Besides, the scene where this person kicked Fangtong Xingxing twice before is still vivid in my mind, as if it happened yesterday, okay? Accelerator will cry!

"Well, then I'll do it..."

Finding that he couldn't count on Kamijou's youth, Xia Ran sighed and turned to look at Terestina.

"You, you just said that you are a pacifist and can't do violent things!" The woman who thought she had escaped because of Kamijou Touma's resistance was a little relieved, and she found out in horror right away The devil is going to do it himself.

"No problem, I directly use the ability to modify, no need to use physical means, this is not considered violence..."

The magician said with a smile, "Come on, look into my eyes, look at me, it doesn't hurt, it'll be fine in no time."

"No, don't..."

Terestina became more and more terrified, desperately shaking her head and backing away, or closing her eyes, daring not to meet the person's line of sight, trying to do her best to fight to the death.

"Be obedient, let me be healthy!"

"No!"

Terestina resisted desperately, and then suddenly saw a fist enlarge in front of her eyes instantly. The next moment, she was unconscious, and the last trace of consciousness was the emotion of incomparable astonishment--"The promise not to use What about physical means?"

"It's really a toast, not eating and drinking..."

The magician withdrew his fist and said impatiently while shaking his hand.

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"That...Senior, what are you going to do with her?" Satian Leiko's face was still a little pale, the disturbance caused by the noise just now was not so easy to retreat, and after getting rid of the disturbance, she was the first Time used the ability and maintained it for a relatively long period of time.

"This girl has gone astray, I want to influence her well, give her a new lease of life, give her up, change her mind and become a new person, change her from the bones to another person, no longer be against us, but will Be a reliable comrade-in-arms on the united front..."

Xia Ran replied calmly.

"Is this?" The girl's expression was pale, and she didn't know if it was because of the noise just now, or something, but she seemed to have some doubts, whether the senior said it was too simplistic.

"Don't worry, I'm measured... and kindness is indeed a virtue, but no virtue can be overdone." Xia Ranruo pointedly said that this kind of reason does not matter whether the reason is right or wrong, and regardless of the goal. What kind of person always wants to forgive, this behavior is actually wrong.

Accelerator is not bad, but it still has some effect in the future, and there are more than 10,000 victims who rely on him to protect it desperately.

What can Terestina do? Since it doesn't work, she is still such a ruthless woman, and disappearing completely is the best way. He is just a little bit of waste now.

However, there is no way to do it. The problem of personality and concept cannot be changed with a few words, so he did not say his real way of dealing with it. After all, these people will definitely not accept it, and there is no reason to have a quarrel because of this kind of thing.

Even if they are young and can't think of too many in-depth philosophical questions, they can understand that if a person's memory and personality suddenly change into a different one, then the person before is actually equivalent to having Killed?

It's just that a new personality reappears in the body, replacing the original soul.

So Xia Ran is very good at speaking, and she is very skillful in expressing what she wants to do with a set of modifiers.

That's right, that's right, it's a new life! Make a change, be a new person!

Exactly the same meaning, a different way of saying it, wouldn't it be easier to accept?

"Okay, let's deal with the perverted sunspots, don't let them know about this..."

Xia Ran picked up the unconscious woman with one hand and glanced at the "corpses" of the special forces outside the door, diverting everyone's attention: "I will handle the people outside, if you don't want to involve them If they do, just hold them back and don't let them come out so quickly..."

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"Well, it's so dizzy...it hurts..."

The illusory headaches, mixed with a sense of dizziness, made the woman feel uncomfortable. She was like a drowning person in the dark, struggling to stick her head out of the water, breathing desperately, Greedy mouths breathing precious air.

After a while, she regained her breath a little, feeling her mind regained clarity, and her willpower was finally successfully condensed.

Driving her tired and tired body, she sat up from the bed, looked around in a daze, and then froze for a moment, she found herself lying on the hospital bed, surrounded by pure white, air It smelled of disinfectant.

Appears to be in the hospital.

But...how is that possible? Under such a disaster, the world, civilization, everything has ceased to exist, how can there be such an institution as a hospital?

Terestina was stunned for a while, then looked around subconsciously, and then found the electronic clock in the room, and she felt like she was struck by lightning.

The date there clearly shows that today is August 9th...

After he died, he was inexplicably reborn and returned to the past?

Absurd thoughts surfaced in her mind, and Terestina's body trembled. She tried her best to calm herself and recalled her memories... That's right, that's right, it was August 9th, On this day, I went to the institute to get those students back.

But it didn't work, but was beaten all over by the group and was eventually taken to the hospital.

This is also the beginning of the later story...

She didn't give up after that, but changed her strategy, spending time and energy getting close to the group, eventually gaining their trust, gaining their friendship, then discovering a startling secret and later betrayed At that time, she made the most regrettable decision in her life.

After that, the whole world has undergone earth-shaking changes, and she has survived the blows again and again, and finally slowly understands what she really needs to protect.

But by then, it was too late.

When death came, she thought her ridiculous and sad life was over.

However, what I didn't expect was that when she opened her eyes again, she actually returned here, back to the original August 9th... If there was a chance to start all over again, what would she do? Terestina thought about this question time and time again in the tragic years that followed.

Now, it has come true!

The regrets of the previous life must be made up... I am back, and I will never let the tragedies and mistakes of the previous life repeat itself!

The woman's fists are clenched tightly, her nails sinking into her flesh.

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Outside the ward, the magician narrowed his eyes, as if the rebirth plan was going well.

Of course he didn't make Terestina's temperament change drastically. In that case, everyone could see that it was wrong, so he was very patient to observe the future trend. The combination of the false and the real, and the combination of the real and the fake, instilled in this woman. A memory that doesn't exist.

Let her recognize her own changes from the bottom of her heart, thinking that she is reborn.

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"Iwass, you said..."

In the windowless building, Aleister, who had completely witnessed everything that happened, had a subtle expression on his face. He didn't know what this person wanted to do by tampering with Terestina's memory like this. But also seriously thought about it.

After a while, he asked if he understood——

"Isn't the current Terestina the "Judas" he chose? The ceremony for him to step into the realm of the gods is to prepare for the replay of the original experience of the Son of God? "