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Chapter 367 - Chapter 367 Chapter 367 After

Chapter 367: Chapter 367 After Chapter 367: Chapter 367 After After her personality switched, Qianqian, well, was in a state somewhere between abnormal and even more abnormal…

She seemed to be able to generate chilling ideas seriously and effortlessly, and she enthusiastically put those ideas into action.

Seeing One-Way Street’s pupils tighten suddenly, I could only knock Qianqian on the head irritably and then reassure One-Way Street, “Don’t be scared, she’s just trying to scare you. Our death penalties usually don’t involve cooking…”

Now, he was thoroughly convinced that he was in the hands of cannibals…

“You two really are something,” Lin Xue said, covering her forehead while shaking her head in a strange tone, “Really, you two should cut it out.”

My feelings towards this One-Way Street are quite conflicted.

Kill him? He did make my precious little sister angry–of course, that was impossible. Visca might be crazy enough to destroy humanity over a single sentence, but I was rational. Having read the original story, I clearly know that this fierce-looking boy before me is actually not a villain, nor is he our enemy.

When I first saw his character appear in the original story, my impression was of someone ruthless and inhumane, someone who would stop at nothing for power. But eventually, I came to understand what One-Way Street was really like.

He was once an ordinary child and had his moments of pure innocence, like a blank sheet of paper. However, because his awakened abilities reached LEVEL5 at once, he unintentionally harmed countless innocents, which led him to avoid people and even reject the entire world, turning himself into an “object” outside the world, thinking that this way he wouldn’t hurt anyone.

Honestly, I can’t even begin to imagine such thoughts.

I’ve always thought One-Way Street was psychologically abnormal, and even after learning about his true nature, I still think so. He acquired terrifying powers from a young age, and everyone around him was just an ordinary person who could be killed easily. Growing up amidst continuous harm and hatred, I am honestly surprised that as a LEVEL5, One-Way Street’s psychological distortion isn’t even at LEVEL1–cough, cough…

And then, becoming the strongest in the Academy City, the admired LEVEL5 ability user, he still faced endless challenges and endless harm.

If one could become the ultimate strong being, the existence that no one dares to challenge, then everything should end, right?

With this thought, the somewhat twisted One-Way Street agreed to the “level-up” plan by slaughtering twenty thousand Sister Misakas, and then…

There was no then, his life’s journey of distortions ended there, and he met a madman even more twisted than himself.

Visca, a madman who can smile while tossing entire continents into magma, who can massacre the civilization of Atlantis for personal enjoyment, on the path of insanity, poor One-Way Street barely compares–cough, sorry, I got carried away.

This young man before me isn’t basically a bad person, although what he’s done might be enough to earn him the label of a demon. But then, considering the Imperial Soldiers gathered around me…

Which one of them has less than a five-figure body count?

Since even the Last Order could forgive this young man, I couldn’t bother troubling him anymore.

“You have no memory of today’s event, understand?”

“It looks like you’re actually planning to let me go?”

One-Way Street showed a slightly surprised expression, seemingly finding it incredible that such ferocious Imperial Soldiers could have such a merciful Emperor.

“Of course, you can go now and clean up your twisted life. Honestly, your popularity is quite high–well, anyway, you’re free to go.”

One-Way Street frowned uncertainly, glancing around at the Scorpion Soldiers who had automatically made way, then said with a feigned evil tone, “Your trust is really cheap. I can’t guarantee my ability to keep a secret.”

“No worries,” I said nonchalantly, shrugging, “The only reason I want you to keep it a secret is so my vacation isn’t disturbed. But if you do tell, it will just cause some trouble for us–oh, and the price you’ll pay is the life of every creature on this planet beneath your feet–clearly, we are not siding with any Earthling.”

One-Way Street clenched his fists, his murky red eyes staring intently at me.

“I don’t care about this filthy world, but… well, it seems there’s no benefit in opposing you, interdimensional invaders and such, I’m not interested.”

“Damn, you’re from another dimension, your whole family is from another dimension!”

After letting One-Way Street leave, I turned my head towards another problem that needed addressing.

Zuotian Tsuruya timidly looked this way, beside her stood sixteen Armored Scorpions with knives on alert, and the area was still filled with smoking bomb craters–hardly a place suitable for the healthy growth of minors.

“Yo, Tsuruya.”

Sister Lin Xue greeted cheerfully without a care, giving a thumbs up as she said, “Well done!”

“Don’t come over!”

When Lin Xue tried to get closer, Tsuruya immediately got scared, hugged her shoulders, and stepped back, causing the vigilant Armored Scorpions next to her to move as well. The clanking of metal limbs made the already jumpy girl scream again–I’m not sure if that Storm Commander who was directing the battle just happened to hop through time.

“Starting to panic now that everything’s calmed down, huh,” sighed Qianqian, “She’s just a little girl after all.”

Wasn’t the little girl who just played CS with dozens of Mechanical Scorpions and nearly destroyed human civilization also just a little girl!?

“Disarm!”

Vega ordered loudly. Amid a series of metallic collisions, the scorpions deactivated their combat forms. The monstrous mechanical torsos were replaced with their normal humanoid bodies. Looking around at the ferocious mechanical beasts returning to their familiar forms of researchers and security guards, Tsuruya looked around bewilderedly and then hesitantly glanced over at me.

“Don’t be scared, it’s safe now,” I said with a smile as I approached Tsuruya and patted her head like always, “Leave the rest to me.”

“Director?”

Zuotian Tsuruya called out cautiously, to which I shrugged, “Let’s skip that title; you might have guessed already that all this ‘Director’ identity was a hoax. Just call me by name, or ‘brother’–I personally prefer the latter.”

Lin Xue, whose hearing was nearly infinite, dismissively said from afar, “You’re a hopeless siscon.”

I turned around abruptly: “Negligent Prophet, go think about what you did!”

Since Vega had already recovered and the powerful energy field formed by Pandora was starting to fade, the security forces of Academy City also began to approach the area. To avoid trouble, we first returned to the research institute, and then, we had to explain the situation to Zuotian Tsuruya, who had accidentally been caught up in all this.

“From another world?”

After listening to the chaotic explanation by the trio of Qianqian, Sister Lin Xue, and taking ten minutes to process it, Zuotian Tsuruya finally figured it out. Her neural circuits, after a fierce and arduous battle, finally caught on.

I knew I shouldn’t let more than two women speak at the same time during such times.

“Although it’s similar to this Earth, it’s another world indeed,” I nodded.

“A powerful Alien Empire?”

Tsuruya continued to filter out the comprehensible part from the plethora that had bombarded her, and from the look on her face, she was already about eighty to ninety percent convinced–I mean, if I met a loli on the street who could summon a Positive Electron City Breaking Cannon, there’s no way I’d believe she was made on Earth.

I pointed at Vega, who had returned to her smart little sister form and was busy comparing heights with Pandora, strong or not… never mind, better not to look.

“And came to save the world while taking a holiday on the way?”

We nodded, nodded.

“Except for the last part, the rest seems quite normal.”

Zuotian Tsuruya finally concluded like this.

“Don’t say such offensive words with such an indifferent face! Haven’t you heard about taking care of the Savior?!”

Once we saw that Zuotian Tsuruya had calmed down, we knew the problem was almost solved. Big Sister brought the tea set over, and as she poured tea for everyone, she said, “Anyway, that ‘Fragment’ that might hit Earth is our concern, and we must take care of it personally. However, it looks like it’s started to disrupt the lives of ordinary people, and it even pulled you into this, so I’m truly sorry.”

We hadn’t noticed, but as the issue was gradually clarified, Zuotian Tsuruya’s eyes began to sparkle, and by the time Big Sister apologized, Zuotian’s expression had transformed from initial panic to excitement and she erupted, slamming her hands on the table, and exclaimed full of excitement and surprise, “No, you don’t have to apologize at all, you guys are so cool! Dimensional creatures from another world saving Earthlings, this is an amazing setup!! And… how could you say I was ‘pulled in’!? Being a part of such a legendary event, isn’t that incredibly exciting?”

We were dumbfounded.

Even Big Sister ended up spilling tea on someone’s clothes.

Now I have to change my clothes…why does the misfortune have to be mine?

Anyway, after I changed my clothes and came back, what I saw was a curious baby version of Zuotian Tsuruya, excitedly discussing Star Wars with Qianqian and Big Sister, and asking if traveling between worlds was fun. It goes to show why women are considered the world’s most incomprehensible creatures… completely unrelated to age.

However, considering Tsuruya’s character in the original work, her curiosity might seem… well… perhaps it’s reasonable?

“Hey, Director… um, should I call you Brother Chen Jun? What about my abilities? They’re not the superpowers developed by the Academy City, are they? Are they from alien technology?”

A normal human would be at least a little worried about their own situation at this time! You were experimented on by dimensional creatures, you fool!

This Zuotian, why hadn’t I noticed this exasperating side of her before?

As much as it was unsettling, at least there was one thing I could be assured of: Tsuruya didn’t seem to develop any fearful or rejecting emotions towards us. Her adaptability was truly frightening, and given her excitement about dimensional creatures, maybe she was meant to be a group leader from another dimension.

After leaving the overly excited Zuotian Tsuruya to the energetic gifted Qianqian, I took my sister outside and took the elevator down to the underground structure of the research facility.

In the spacious and neat hall, an alien-like giant cultivation tank took up hundreds of square meters, and the pulsating red lights at its red entrance were gradually dimming, indicating the treatment program was nearing its end.

“Commander!”

Seeing us approaching, Vega, who was in charge of the security, came forward with a crisp salute, “Pa!”

“Little Scorpion, you’ve really outdone yourself this time.”

Having battled for over ten minutes alongside a squad of combat soldiers and Leader Level Angel Envoys against a miniaturized version of a General, the fight Vega had had was enough for her to take pride in.

“All for the Empire!” Vega responded resoundingly, the iron-blood aroma carrying a whiff of wind for twenty meters.

“How is the child’s situation?”

“Body repair is completed, and the soul is being reinserted now, ah, it’s done.”

Vega had barely finished speaking when the giant “Life Support Chamber” emitted a “ding” sound, just like my home microwave.

“Termination of treatment program, beginning the first awakening.”

This mechanical female voice was very sci-fi, unlike the situation now, which was quite absurd.

The low humming inside the maintenance chamber gradually quieted, and the surging red energy also faded away, then the platform carrying the human body was slowly extended out.

Familiar brown short hair, delicate features, Changpan Platform’s summer school uniform, the only difference being a night-vision-like odd device worn on the head. This was the Misaka Sister we had saved.

“Well, in fact, this Sister Misaka was injured by Visca.”

At the end of the day, Visca had no intention of protecting Sister Misaka; the only reason she was angry was that One-Way Street’s words had touched a sore spot in her heart. As for Sister Misaka–she had even forgotten about that incident by now.

The mad Visca launched an indiscriminate attack, which of course included Sister Misaka, who was nearby. If it weren’t for the last bit of sanity that made her send the innocents around her to a distant place, Sister Misaka would probably have suffered more than just a graze from the Floating Cannon.

“How are you feeling?”

Big Sister gently helped the just-awakened Sister Misaka up, asking with concern.

“Where is this? Is the experiment over yet?” Misaka 10031 asked with some confusion.

Although she spoke with confusion, Sister Misaka still maintained a wooden expression, more so than Pandora herself.

“You rest here for now, the experiment is about to stop,” I rubbed her head, “Yeah, soon the sisters will probably be taken over by us.”

“Are you the new guide for the ‘Absolute Ability Project’?” Misaka 10031 asked uncertainly; Sister Misaka blinked and then shook her head, “But Misaka 10031 did not receive such a command from the network,” Misaka 10031 added.

Of course, I couldn’t answer her question, but it reminded me of something quite important: “Sis, take care of Sister Misaka for now, I need to go see that old fox.”

“Oh, come back soon. If it doesn’t work out, just kill him,” Big Sister nodded, seemingly serious, “By the way, Ah Jun, what are we having for dinner tonight? Is mapo tofu okay?”

I teared up: “Sis, you cook first. I’m off to destroy the world…”

After parting from my whimsical sister, I called up the equally bored Lin Xue, and together we went to destroy the world… cough, to confront the old fox.

Just as I guessed–or rather, as Lin Xue saw–it, Aresta had predicted our arrival. The moment we reached the doorless, windowless large tank, a dark-haired little girl appeared in front of us and silently signaled that the master inside was waiting.

Aresta was still in that disappointing look, suspended head-down in the tube, his green surgical suit floating in Formalin, his expression as wooden as when I had my physics classes.

“Nice to see you again.”

I greeted him nonchalantly, then pulled out the usual–stool.

Lin Xue beside me gave me a disdainful look, then, with a snap of her fingers, bang! A super luxurious chair, large enough to serve as a single bed and covered in thick red velvet cushions, seemingly made of gold and crystal, fell from the sky.

The glamorous Miss Lin Xue elegantly leaned on the huge chair, back against the soft velvet cushion, smirking triumphantly at me.

“Hey!” I jumped up from the stool, smacking Lin Xue’s forehead with a karate chop, “Get it straight, you dead girl! I’m the boss here, and you’re just the follower!”

“It seems I’ve been ignored.”

It wasn’t until now that Aresta, who had been overlooked from the beginning, finally spoke up, sounding surprisingly unangry.

“Quite composed, huh,” Lin Xue, who had been trying multiple times to shove me off the chair but eventually gave up, shifted her attention to Aresta, “Well, do you like beating around the bush or getting straight to the point? Anyway, we’re here to take responsibility for a certain incident.”

“It seems that the incident at the periphery was indeed your doing,” Aresta remarked lightly, “But your attitude doesn’t seem like you’ve come to admit any wrong.”

Nonsense, if it weren’t for the fact that you hadn’t provoked us yet, I would destroy this tube right now just because of the accumulated dissatisfaction from the original!

“Although it was one of our little madmen who did it,” Lin Xue, of course, had no expression of regret, “but it was your actions that caused the incident… Come on, we’re all big shots here, let’s not sweat the small stuff.”

“Small stuff?” Aresta repeated gravely, then Lin Xue mimicked his tone and quickly followed: “But it makes you see us as an unsafe factor–I can guess what you’re about to say.”

“You really are a group I can’t see through,” Aresta suddenly chuckled lowly, then threw out a suggestion no one could have expected, “So, mysterious outsiders, how about making a deal?” (To be continued, to find out what happens next, visit www.NovelFire.net. More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)