soon.
The four arrived at a large metal gate.
After passing through pupil recognition and fingerprint verification, the heavy metal door slowly opened.
This is a secret facility under the Talent Workshop.
Misaki explained: "Mikoto and I have placed all the Misaka Sisters we could rescue here."
After passing through several security gates.
They arrived at a huge circular hall.
The lights are on.
The scene inside came into view.
In the center of the hall are hundreds of transparent life support pods.
The blue-green nutrient solution flowed slowly inside the culture chamber, reflecting the same faces.
They look almost exactly like Misaka Mikoto—Misaka Sisters, that's the proper name for them.
The Misaka Sisters slept peacefully inside the transparent capsule.
This...this is...
Index covered her mouth, her pupils contracting sharply.
Wow! So many Misaka Mikoto girls!!!
She gasped and covered her mouth with her small, cold hands.
Kanzaki Kaori's willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed deeply.
What's going on with them?
She doesn't believe there are that many identical people in the world.
You can think of it as a clone created from Misaka Mikoto's DNA by the scientific side.
Ling Qing simply explained that Ling Shenlie Huozhi felt disgusted by the scientific side's involvement in life experiments.
Comparable to her loathing for mages who studied necromancy and similar magic.
157 individuals have been rescued so far.
Misaki's voice lowered, becoming eerily calm.
She stood in front of the largest central control console, her star-like eyes sweeping over every sleeping face.
Accelerated growth through drug stimulation leads to incomplete bone development, organ failure, and an average lifespan of no more than three years.
Both the brain and body have varying degrees of defects, so they can only remain in a dormant state.
Kanzaki Kaori's Seven Days Seven Swords emitted a slight hum in their sheaths.
The saint was pale at this moment.
This is even more... cruel than we imagined.
This was the first time she had realized that the science side also had this aspect.
Index doesn't understand...
The silver-haired nun clutched her monastic robes tightly.
Why would humans do such a thing to their own kind?
Ling Qing lightly swiped her finger across the control panel, and all the locks on the incubation chambers popped open simultaneously.
Because some people believe that sacrificing a minority can create so-called absolute powerhouses.
He turned to face the three women, his iridescent eyes gleaming with an indescribable light.
But today, this mistake will be corrected.
Misaki Shokuhou suddenly grabbed Rei's arm.
Wait! If they are suddenly awakened, their physical defects will—
Just watch.
Ling Qing's lips curled up slightly, her smile containing a confidence that transcended human comprehension.
He raised his right hand, his five fingers spread.
In an instant, the entire laboratory was filled with iridescent light.
The light, like a living fluid, seeped into every incubation chamber, enveloping the bodies of every Misaka Sister.
Misaki Shokuhou's starry eyes widened to their limit.
What did she see?
Those rays of light are reshaping the sisters' bones, repairing their internal organs, and adjusting their neural connections...
This is impossible...
Kanzaki Kaori muttered to herself.
As a saint, she could sense the distortion and reconstruction of the laws in space.
Is this... magic?
The magic of creation and regeneration.
Ling Qing's voice echoed in the light.
However, it is a power that only demons can wield.
He had barely finished speaking.
The first Misaka Sister opened her eyes.
Then the second, the third...
Within seconds, 157 girls woke up simultaneously.
They sat up neatly from the incubation chamber, their movements so fluid that they didn't seem like people in long-term hibernation.
Vital signs confirmed, Misaka 10032 reporting.
No abnormal status detected, Misaka 10039 added.
"My physical functions have reached or exceeded the standard value," Misaka 10086 exclaimed in surprise.
...
Everyone wore a human-like expression, whether it was surprise or something else.
This is a powerful indication that their emotional system has been restored.
This scene made Misaki Shokuhou's legs go weak, and she almost knelt down.
Kanzaki Kaori caught her in time.
But even the saint's own hands were trembling slightly.
Because she witnessed a miracle!
Have their defects really been cured?
Misaki Shokuhou's voice carried an unprecedented wavering.
Ling Qing didn't answer directly, but instead looked at the Misaka Sisters who were moving around.
Of course, I never say things that are impossible.
And this is just the beginning.
He snapped his fingers.
Click!
The space shattered like glass.
The next second, everyone was standing on a wide open grassy field.
This is... the abandoned testing ground in District 23?
Misaki Shokuhou looked around and immediately recognized where she was.
She had become numb to Ling Qing's powerful spatial teleportation ability.
At this moment, she was more concerned about why Ling Qing had come here.
Before she could even ask the question...
Ling Qing had already taken a few steps forward, and after observing, a satisfied expression appeared on her face.
This place is spacious enough, so let's begin.
Raise both hands.
The world suddenly changed color.
The clouds seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand, forming a huge vortex.
The ground began to vibrate at 530 degrees, and the grass blades moved automatically without wind.
Countless points of light appeared in the air, and they converged to gradually form a human-shaped outline.
In the name of the Demon God, we transcend the boundaries of life and death.
Ling Qing's voice became ethereal and grand, as if a million voices were speaking at the same time.
Return, lives that have been taken from us.
Points of light coalesce into solids—one, ten, a hundred, a thousand…
In the blink of an eye.
The grass was filled with brown-haired girls wearing the same uniforms.
They have the same face and the same expression.
Misaka's network connection confirmed, individual ID identification in progress...
The data was stored completely, and the final record was used as the experiment termination signal…
Life signs confirmed, Misaka 20001 reports in confusion…
The chirping sounds buzzed in Misaki Shokuhou's ears like bees.
? ? ?
At this moment, she was completely disheveled in the wind.
Kanzaki Kaori also had a blank stare.
If what just happened was a miracle, then this is a divine intervention.
Index even knelt on the ground, clasping her hands together as if in prayer.
...