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Robert Cartwright, who was at the United Nations building, had a bitter face and was using a special landline phone. He said to the person on the other end of the phone: "It doesn't matter where it is. We are ready for emergency takeoff. As long as your country agrees, we can immediately provide the power to fight that thing."

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds, and then responded in somewhat clumsy English: "Although you said that, we also have difficulties. We have the obligation to protect the people, so we can't let Tokyo become a battlefield. We haven't found a way to strike the culprit and avoid this situation, so I'm very sorry..."

A # appeared on Robert's forehead, but he still said in a friendly manner: "We have been observing your country's situation with satellites. The deployment of your troops has nothing to do with Gremlin's location. Even if the people are crushed to death, all the main roads must be cut off. Do you only know how to buy time to get from the council hall to the shelter!?"

"How dare we? We are only choosing the actions that will protect our citizens to the greatest extent possible. Moreover, the proposal to assemble a united force may also bring unnecessary tension to the Asia-Pacific region. Let me see..."

"You bastard are actually reading a script to me!?"

With a bang, Robert smashed the phone back heavily, and the landline shattered on the spot with a loud bang.

His action made Queen Eliza of Ying Kingdom look helpless, and the other two also had different reactions.

In the end, it was Eliza who spoke up: "Before you slammed the phone, couldn't you ask about Academy City's intentions and movements? To be honest, everyone outside of Academy City is just a small player."

"Do you think these small characters can accurately grasp the trends in Academy City? Those guys are real monsters who once took the stand of a single city and faced the war head-on." Robert Cartrell didn't think that those small characters could understand the situation in Academy City.

At this moment, Pope Peter stopped what he was doing and said calmly, "Academy City will take action soon, but it is hard to say whether Academy City will be able to distinguish between our combined forces and Gremlin by then. If it develops into a situation where anyone who uses magic or something incomprehensible is killed without mercy, the situation will become even more chaotic."

"After all, it's hard for Academy City to fully trust our position."

"Once that happens, no one except Gremlin will be happy to see it."

The young man who had received the education also spoke up at this time: “But... even this situation is one of Gremlin’s strategies to buy time, right? Now we must try to get as many people who believe in us as possible.”

There is no time left to do time-wasting things. Every second wasted will increase the chance that the [Lord's Spear] that can destroy the world will be forged.

Katri scratched his head and said, "I heard that during the Third World War, Academy City and Yingguo Puritanism joined forces. Don't you have a hotline?"

"Well... that's mainly because the Puritans' work is not the responsibility of the Royals. But speaking of which, since the end of the war, it seems that we have been unable to contact the General Director Aleister. Some people even doubt whether Aleister is still in that city."

"So, even you don't know the inside story of Academy City, right?"

Eliza nodded.

Robert Carter pounded the conference table angrily. The completion of [Lord's Robbery] was getting closer and closer. If he continued to wait, once the countdown was over, there would be no chance of a reversal.

His decision may cause a lot of blood to flow, and perhaps he will be criticized by historians and written into textbooks.

"president!"

At this moment, Loslaine, who served as an aide, called out.

It was this call, which seemed to say something but also seemed to say nothing, that made Robert Cartrell smile.

"What needs to be done remains unchanged. Let's vote."

"Are you using this democratic method to diffuse personal responsibility?"

"No! Only those who agree will do it. Only those who are truly not afraid of death will follow me!"

........

In a space located in Tokyo that houses a variety of indoor gyms and fitness studios, in one of these facilities, a gymnasium centered around an indoor swimming pool, Kamijou Shiina and Misaka Mirei witnessed the commotion outside.

"Ah, ah, what happened?"

"The streets outside are all as crowded as a wet market with a special event. Is it some kind of parade? Although I'm not familiar with international football matches."

At the entrance of the swimming pool, there was a young woman wearing a coach's uniform, shouting through a loud speaker in her hand.

"It seems to be very chaotic outside right now, so I hope everyone won't leave the facility for the time being."

Even if she didn't say it, given the situation outside, most people wouldn't choose to go out, right?

Misaka Mirei took out the waterproof cell phone from her chest.

"Uh... the internet and email are not working, and the phone can only connect to the message board during the disaster."

"If this happens, we won't even know what's going on."

Kamijou Shiina tried to watch online TV on her mobile phone, but the programs could not be displayed normally. This was because the illegal exchange of various radio waves caused an overload, but she didn't know it.

So she turned to Misaka Miling and asked, "What should we do?"

"I live alone so it's okay for the time being. Is the situation at your house not good?" Misaka Miling thought for a moment and asked.

"Well, it shouldn't matter."

Kamijou Shiina said this while holding her phone and pressing the buttons one by one with her other hand like an old man, which made Misaka Mirei secretly complain, "This is really an amazing operation method." At the same time, she asked:

"Where are you calling? I don't think you can call home."

"I wanted to use the message board to tell them I'm safe."

"Is that so? Is it better to say it? Then I'll leave a message too." Misaka Miling thought about it and it seemed to be the case, so she began to study how to use this message board that she had never used before.

"It's time to go."

Misaka Mikoto stood vertically on the wall of the building, hugged Index with both hands, lightning flashed on her hair, and began to move quickly between the buildings.

Index desperately hugged the uneasy calico cat to prevent it from falling. Although she was a little dizzy from moving in the air, she still asked, "Where are we going?"

“Of course we have to find a way to reunite with Kamijou. Given his personality, he probably won’t consider retreating. Although it’s very chaotic right now, everyone’s goal is the base at the Ship Graveyard, right? Although the routes are different, there is only one destination.”