Saten Ruiko turned her head upon hearing a voice from behind, only to see the brown-haired girl's eyes sparkling as she looked at the parchment in her hand.
"Um… Misaka-senpai…"
"Ah, I apologize. I just found this Slime to be incredibly cute."
Upon hearing her words, Saten Ruiko nodded in agreement.
Looking at the adorable Slime in the drawing, Saten Ruiko smiled brightly and said,
"Since you've said so, then I'll shamelessly accept it."
"As thanks, I'll treat you to crepes! Oh, by the way, my name is Saten Ruiko! Nice to meet you!"
Zhong Chen smiled and spoke after hearing her introduction:
"Alright, Zhong Chen, nice to meet you. Oh, and this is my companion, Kochou Shinobu."
"Shinobu, say hello to them!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's call, Kochou Shinobu, who had been listening intently to him, immediately turned around and smiled at Saten Ruiko, saying,
"I am Kochou Shinobu. Hello, Saten-chan."
Saten Ruiko looked at the beautiful girl in front of her and quickly said,
"Huh? Oh, oh… Hello, Shinobu-neechan."
"Hehe, just call me Shinobu-neechan."
"Shinobu-neechan, just call me Ruiko."
"Mm, Ruiko."
Zhong Chen watched the two girls quickly become familiar with each other, and couldn't help but sigh, the speed at which friendships form between women is truly astonishing.
"Please take it, this is the last one."
As the boss handed the last Gekota charm to Zhong Chen, a sound of falling suddenly came from behind him.
Zhong Chen looked at the Gekota in his hand, and then heard the sound from behind him, a mischievous smile, similar to that of Jashin-chan, suddenly appeared on his face.
He walked up to the brown-haired girl, who was on all fours, holding the charm and shaking it in front of her eyes.
And the girl's head swayed in sync with the Gekota.
"Hehe, if you like it, I'll give this to you. You should…"
"Can I? Really, can I?"
Before Zhong Chen could finish speaking, the girl tightly gripped Zhong Chen's hand holding the charm, staring at him excitedly.
"Uh… Mm."
"Thank you so much! You're such a good person!"
After saying that, she took the charm and looked at the Gekota in her hand with a blissful expression.
However, after a moment, seeing the three people staring at her with strange expressions, her small face suddenly turned red, and she stammered,
"Um… I didn't take it because I liked it. It's just that since you didn't want it, then I… After all, frogs, who would like amphibians…"
After she finished speaking, Zhong Chen, suppressing his laughter, pointed to the Gekota charm on her backpack.
"Mew…"
"Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
After a burst of playful laughter, the brown-haired girl, with joyful steps, holding crepes, led Zhong Chen and the other two to Shirai Kuroko and Haruue Erii.
"Onee-sama? Who are these two?"
Shirai Kuroko looked at Zhong Chen and Kochou Shinobu who had followed, and asked with a puzzled expression.
"Oh, they are Saten-san's new friends, and they are super good people."
"Super good people?"
Upon hearing the brown-haired girl's words, Shirai Kuroko's gaze instantly became extremely sharp, especially when she looked at Zhong Chen.
"Hehe, hello everyone, my name is Zhong Chen, and her name is Kochou Shinobu."
"Shirai Kuroko."
"Haruue Erii."
"Nice to meet you!"
Zhong Chen noticed Shirai Kuroko's gaze, and a playful smile suddenly appeared on his lips.
Shirai Kuroko, an Academy City Level 4 esper, whose ability is the quite rare "Teleportation."
Her family owns Shirai Holdings, which is involved in convenience stores and imported supermarkets, making her a true young lady.
However… this person is written as Kuroko, but read as a pervert!
She is madly infatuated with her Onee-sama, and always does some shocking things.
Among them, the popular internet meme [computer parts] was created by her.
However, because she possesses a strong sense of responsibility and justice.
She has an unyielding belief in her heart, believes in it deeply, and acts upon it.
This caused her perverted personality to become a charming point.
Among the many female characters in A Certain Magical Index, she is also a very popular existence.
"Hehe, you are Ruiko's friends, so you are my friends too."
Kochou Shinobu said with a slight smile, looking at the two girls in front of her.
"Alright! Shinobu-neechan! *2"
"…"
Time passed in their greetings until Haruue Erii looked at a bank behind her with a puzzled expression.
"Look at that bank, it's daytime, why are the security shutters down?"
As Haruue Erii finished speaking, a violent explosion suddenly erupted from the bank.
"Boom!"
As the shutters were destroyed, three masked robbers rushed out from inside.
"Oh, it's starting…"
Zhong Chen watched Shirai Kuroko, who had devoured two crepes, rush out.
With a flick of his right hand, the familiar camera reappeared in his grasp.
"Yes, a bank robbery has occurred in front of the crepe shop in District 7. Requesting Anti-Skill deployment!"
Haruue Erii squatted beside a chair, pressing her right hand to her ear, quickly describing the situation at the scene.
"Hurry, don't dawdle, if we don't hurry…"
Before the leader of the robbers could finish speaking, Shirai Kuroko's figure had already appeared in front of the three of them.
"Stop, I am a Judgment member! I arrest you on charges of [destruction of property and robbery in progress]!"
After hearing Shirai Kuroko's words, the three robbers looked at the little girl in front of them and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Shirai Kuroko, who was being mocked, saw this scene and her face darkened.
"Listen up, little girl, if you don't move, you're going to get hurt…"
After saying that, he rushed towards Shirai Kuroko… "Shinobu, how about it? Wasn't I right? The biggest joke in Academy City is 'safety'!"
Kochou Shinobu, who hadn't particularly believed Zhong Chen's words, seeing how in this short day there had been both traffic light malfunctions and a robbery.
She couldn't help but nod in agreement.
As Zhong Chen and Kochou Shinobu chatted, Kuroko also easily took down a few robbers, with only one robber running to the side.
And this fleeing robber just happened to see a little boy who had come to sightsee, and quickly took him hostage.
"Perfect, come with me!"
Meanwhile, Saten Ruiko, who was looking for her lost child, looked around and, finding no one paying attention to this area.
She suddenly mustered her courage and rushed towards the robber.
"Even I can surely…"
"What do you want to do? Let go!"
The robber looked angrily at Saten Ruiko, who was pulling the little boy.
"No!"
The robber saw that Saten Ruiko wouldn't let go, and immediately raised his foot to kick her.
Just as he was about to kick her, the parchment in Saten Ruiko's pocket suddenly emitted a golden light.
"Uh… Ah, ah, ah!"
The robber was suddenly repelled to the side by a huge force.
"Damn it, then don't blame me!"
Although he didn't know why he was bounced back, it was probably some kind of superpower.
The robber quickly rushed into a nearby car, started it, drove for a while, and then began to turn around.
The brown-haired girl, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, saw this scene and her face instantly became extremely serious.
"Kuroko!"
"Huh?"
"Next is my personal fighting time, sorry, I'm going to make my move!"
No sooner had she spoken than tiny electric arcs flashed across the brown-haired girl's body.
One of the robbers, who had been subdued by Shirai Kuroko, suddenly seemed to remember something and shouted with a terrified expression:
"I remember now, the rumor is that being arrested by Judgment means the end of your life."
"There will be a completely dark-bellied…"
Just as this robber was in a state of panic.
The robber in the distant car had already rushed towards the brown-haired girl who was standing in the middle of the road.
"Watch me take care of all of you!"
Zhong Chen, who was watching from the side, raised his camera and said to Kochou Shinobu,
"That little girl is one of the seven espers who stand at the pinnacle of Academy City's 2.3 million people."
"The third-ranked [Railgun], Misaka Mikoto, also known as Bilibili…"
"Huh?"