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Chapter 235 - Chapter 1: Under the Blazing Sun from the Starting Signal. Commence_Hostilities.[Part 6]

"Touma…eh, what's wrong? Why do you look like you just cried?"

"It's nothing..."

Facing the cute white nun who tilted her head slightly, Kamijou replied in a trembling voice. He thought, maybe it was better not to talk about the adventure he had while he was looking for her. In the end, because Index's phone had run out of power (forget about charging, Index didn't even know what a power source was), Kamijou had to look for her using her beautiful monastic robes.

He returned to the spectator stands reserved for students. Index got around the crowd to get back to Kamijou, and for some reason, she was carrying the calico cat and a plastic bottle that used to contain isotonic drinks. The calico cat, being hugged together with the PET bottle, didn't seem to react as it gave a bored yawn, like it was saying, "Who said that cats are afraid of PET bottles? That's a superstition!"

"...This isn't important. I'm hungry, get me something to eat…Touma."

"Eh, what about the bento? Why do you look like a vengeful spirit that's thirsty for spiritual energy!?"

"The short-hair down there just now gave me a drink and some chocolate biscuits…but I'm not full..."

"You're not full!? You ate a bento and several other things, and you're still like this? Who's that short-hair you're talking about!! Ah, never mind, it doesn't matter who she is, but did you thank the person properly? Index!?"

Index did not react to Kamijou's shouting at all. It's said that girls have another stomach for sweet stuff, but it seemed like this girl in front of him had the ability to separate every single type of food into different stomachs.

Since she was not satisfied with just eating a bento, they had to go to the stores, Kamijou wildly thought. He flipped open the thick tourist guidebook that was kept with Index, and found that there was still a bit of time before the next event, the 'Roll the Ball Match.'

"Alright, let's leave the spectator stands. If we go back to where the stores were just now, we'll still be able to find lots of food that can easily form a mountain when they're stacked up."

Upon hearing this, Index quickly turned her head around,

"As tall as a mountain!!"

"No…not really. Although the amount of food can form a mountain when they're stacked up, I don't have enough money to buy them all! Don't look at me with those glowing eyes! I'll feel guilty!!"

Kamijou sighed as he dug into his pockets, trying to confirm how much money was in his wallet. There was still some money inside, but it was all he had for the entire Daihaseisai tournament, which lasted for 7 days. If he was to spend all of it on the first time, what awaited him would be tragedy.

Kamijou frustratedly thought of how to control Index, and decided to head toward the stores first. Index, who was beside him, started to daydream about the food haven that she hadn't even seen. Including her eyes, hair, skin, well basically, her entire body was glowing. The psychological theory that any mental activities will bring about physical effects to the human body seemed to be true.

Kamijou and Index walked toward a major road.

Seeing the traffic light turn red, they stopped moving. Basically during Daihaseisai, ordinary vehicles weren't allowed on the roads of Academy City, but business vehicles like buses, taxis and delivery trucks were allowed. Because of this, though there were so many people, they couldn't just turn Academy City into a walking haven.

Once they crossed the road, the stores would be right in front of their eyes. They could faintly smell sauce and soy sauce getting burned from opposite the road. When the traffic light turned green, Index started to shine so brightly that the shining index was at its highest of the year.

Khlap Khlap Khlap Khlap

Anti-Skill, who was maintaining the safety of Academy City, raised the 'No access' boards in front of them.

"Ah, I'm sorry. But there'll be many schools performing an ensemble parade here. We won't make it if we don't stop the crowd."

The Anti-Skill member was the woman who had taken care of him during the opening ceremony two weeks ago. She was a really beautiful teacher who tied her pitch-black hair behind her. Right now, she was not wearing an ordinary green track attire, but a black standard uniform. The reason she was not wearing a safety helmet was probably so that she wouldn't give a bad impression to the visitors. Kamijou thought, besides wearing a track attire or a standard uniform, wouldn't wearing decent clothing be much better?

During Daihaseisai, Academy City residents paid the most attention to providing a good impression to the public. In other words, half the reason why they were organizing this event was to give a good impression to the general public.

In order to prevent any outsider access to any secret areas that involved the development of esper powers, the security in the research areas was very strict. Only an expert could rely on his skills to give a sense of seriousness 'without ordinary people sensing it.'

The Anti-Skill nee-san also gave this sort of impression. Besides her putting on full gear and covering up all her skin, seeing a beauty's face would likely give anyone a good impression.

Kamijou looked at the 'No access' signboard, then looked across the road, before asking,

"Excuse me, if I may ask, I want to get across the road; what's the best way to do so?"

"Aiya, because this is a major parade, there's no access along this road for 8 kilometers. You see here, it's written in the tourist guidebook. Ugn—"

The Anti-Skill nee-san flipped open the guidebook, and said,

"There's no overhead bridge nearby...so the nearest location is here? An underground street 3 kilometers from here. From exit U04 here to exit V01, you can get across here..."

3 kilometers...!? Kamijou was speechless.

Looking beside him, Index couldn't withstand the hunger in her stomach, as she silently sat on the floor, giving a look that "I can't walk for that far..."

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