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- And that was when the second wave arrived.
- A high-voltage current expanded along the surface of the snowscape and attacked his feet
- that were buried in the snow.
- “Gah!?”
- “There’s no such thing as a perfect world.”
- He felt a pressure around his heart and his footing grew unsteady, but Mikoto grabbed
- his collar to support him when he started to fall.
- “Even if it looks perfect on the surface, you’ll find something twisted if you look at it
- differently. It was the same with the #1’s experiment. You wouldn’t accept it when I said
- my way would make everyone happy! If you understood it back then, why did you change
- your mind now!?”
- After a sound like a swinging metal baseball bat, her forehead slammed into his.
- (Not good.)
- But it was too late.
- A lightning spear of a billion volts produced a tremendous noise as it stabbed into
- Kamijou’s head from point blank range.
- “Vwah!? Agwah!!”
- As he lay in the snow, his limbs trembled and he could not get up properly. His heart,
- brain, and nerves all cried out in pain.
- “Those six billion people were swallowed up!! That was a world where a single set of values
- was forced on them all and they were only allowed to smile!! Anyone who doesn’t smile is
- treated like they don’t belong!! If you see something like that, you aren’t supposed to sit
- there looking jealous!! No matter how painful and hard it is and even if you’re all alone,
- isn’t it your role to clench your fist and say it’s wrong!?”
- Misaka Mikoto did not hold back.
- She climbed on top of the collapsed boy’s stomach, grabbed his collar with both hands,
- violently shook his head, and shouted at close range.
- “You came back to this world? You sacrificed everyone else to do so? If so, you aren’t
- supposed to envy what you turned your back on!! You’re supposed to be glad you returned
- to this world! Even if it’s imperfect and incomplete, you should be glad you were born into
- this world!! You should be proud of that fact!!”
- As if twisting his neck, he desperately looked up at her face.
- “Of course…I’m going to change my mind,” he spat out. “You were smiling. You may not
- remember, but in that golden world, you were truly happy and smiling!! When I see that,
- I’ll attack my previous thoughts and admit I was wrong!! I’m not some stuffed animal on
- a conveyer belt!! If I know continuing on will drop me off a cliff, I’ll readily change my
- beliefs or ideals!!”
- A great sound burst out as Misaka Mikoto swung down her fist.
- Something split within his mouth, his cheek felt oddly hot, his right eyelid was swollen,
- but he continued shouting and ignored the fist as it swung down again and again.
- “I’m just a high school student! I’m not the 47 Ronin from the Chushingura!! I’ll change
- what I say any number of times based on what I think is best at the time!! Even if I said
- something different three days ago and even if I’m saying the exact opposite, it’s still a
- win as long as someone is smiling in the very end!!”
- - New Testament Volume 10 Chapter 16 Part 3
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