“It seems I don’t have the right to refuse you…” said Kinuhata with a small smile on her face.

As she spoke, she grabbed a nearby bench and threw it.

But…

An unidentifiable explosion appeared with Kakine at its center.

The bench was blown to pieces and even Kinuhata was blown away.

Her small body flew through the air 10 meters before landing. She broke through the thin wall and into some room.

Watching that, Kakine smiled thinly.

“So you weighed your pride against your death. That’s sentimental but not realistic.”

Kakine ordered a man from the subordinate organization to retrieve her.

“Retrieve her? …You mean she’s still alive?”
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“I was looking for you. I really was. You’re the search esper, right?”

As he spoke, the man took the thing he was dragging with his left hand and tossed it towards them. It flew a few meters through the air and landed at Hamazura’s feet. It was the person they had split up with just a bit ago, Kinuhata Saiai.

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As she spoke, there was a slight smile on Kinuhata’s lips.

She wasn’t unscathed. There was blood spilling from her mouth. And yet she smiled while watching Hamazura act on Takitsubo’s behalf.

“Is there any last thing I can do for you?”

“…Hmm. Use Code 52 to contact the subordinate organization and call in the information suppression team and an ambulance. As you can see, I super can’t move.”

Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol. 15 ch.4 pt.3-5