Magical Index: Become a Girl and Come to Academy City

Downstairs, Xie Mei saw Tianchuan Gong walking down and ran over happily like a child.

"Tianchuan, I'm here. I have good news for you. I've transferred from the Second Arm. From now on, we can live together and go to school every day..."

"Why are you here?" Tianchuan Gong frowned, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.

Xie Mei was suddenly stunned. Her excited tone softened and she said softly, "What...what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Tianchuan Palace looked at Yoshiro Baba with displeasure, but this time in her eyes, Yoshiro Baba's words and expressions revealed frivolity and rudeness.

"I've already said that I don't want to work with you and I don't want to have anything to do with you. Don't you understand? Or was I not clear enough before?" Tianchuan's tone gradually became heavier.

Xie Mei stared blankly, standing there not daring to speak, not knowing what she had done wrong.

"I don't want to see you again, and I don't want to have any communication with you. Can you respect me?" Tianchuan Palace, whose cognition was disturbed, looked at the "Yoshiro Baba" in front of him with disgust.

She was so anxious that tears were about to come out, and she grabbed the corner of Tianchuan Gong's clothes and begged.

"Tianchuan, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly like this to me? Do you not like me turning around, or did I do something? Tell me, please."

"Let go!"

She waved her hand mercilessly to shake off Xie Mei, took a step back, kept a distance of one meter, and crossed her arms over her chest in a defensive posture.

In Tianchuangong's eyes, it was not that he was holding the beauty hostage, but that Yoshiro Baba had been teasing her with words and even wanted to flirt with her.

"Hey, aren't you a bit disgusting? Do you find it fun to always pester others?" Tianchuan Gong gritted her teeth and pushed the other person away.

She stood there in a daze, unable to believe that this was still the person who had been so good to her before, unable to believe that this was still the gentle Tianchuan Palace.

Jie Mei's fingers trembled as she sobbed in a low voice, "Why did you become like this too? Why did you treat me like this too?"

She cried and wiped her tears, squeezing out the tears that blurred her vision, trying her best to look at the orange-haired girl in front of her, and then her eyes widened.

"Tianchuan, you... your mouth..."

Only then did Xie Mei see clearly in the other person's mouth that there was red liquid oozing out from between the gums and teeth, and there was a little blood mark that had just solidified on the lips.

Seeing this, she immediately grabbed the other person's hand and pleaded earnestly: "Tianchuan, what happened? Why is there blood in your mouth? Is there something wrong that you are afraid of getting into trouble so you don't tell me? Are you the one who hurt me that day? Tell me, please tell me, please don't abandon me again."

However, these so-called pleas and tears did not bring any mercy. To Tianchuan Palace at this moment, it was just a pervert harassing him.

Snapped!

The slap was still delivered. Tianchuan Gong's blue pupils were full of anger. Jie Mei was tortured by this cruel look. She knelt on the ground and grabbed Tianchuan Gong tightly, unwilling to let go.

"Oh, really, there are so many things going on, I'm tired of seeing them. Tell Chaos to stop getting in the way." Yamagata Kanbiko was bored in front of the screen in School District 16. He gave an order impatiently, and the machine in the unmanned truck began to execute it.

In an instant, the whole world fell silent in Xiemei's eyes. Tianchuan Palace disappeared from her sight, and there was no one around.

She collapsed, kneeling there in a mute voice, tilting her head back and taking a deep breath.

"palace!!!"

Xie Mei shouted loudly: "Gong, where are you? Where have you gone? I can't find you, I can't see you, what should I do, what should I do..."

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and she waved her hands in front of her eyes, looking for that person. Even though that person was right in front of her, she couldn't see him. Tianchuan Palace could not feel the pain of the girl kneeling on the ground. He walked forward woodenly, left the girl's side, and got on the unmanned truck carrying "Chaos".

At this time, the door on the side slowly opened.

Perhaps because the hypnotic gas was used with the window open, or because the homemade hypnotic gas was impure and the other party did not inhale too much, Kamijou Touma, suppressing the aftereffects of the hypnotic gas, staggered forward and walked through the dormitory building's gate to the crying girl.

"Tianchuan is your friend, right? I remember seeing you in the hospital before." Kamijou Touma said weakly.

Xie Mei raised her head and looked at him, but she was crying so hard that she couldn't speak, so she could only nod silently.

Kamijou Touma swayed a bit, regaining his balance, but he spoke firmly, "I don't know what happened. I don't understand why she used hypnotic gas on me, but I saw the blood on the knife in the room. I know she suddenly did something irrational, but I believe in her heart that she is definitely not that kind of person. If she's in trouble, she would definitely want help."

Xie Mei stopped crying: "You...you mean..."

Kamijou Touma extended his hand to her: "She is very important to you, right? If so, let's go and get her back together."

That’s right, I have been running away. I can’t cry anymore, the girl thought in her heart.

Xie Mei stood up, her eyes becoming firm: "Gong, wait for me, I will definitely bring you back safely."

At the 177th Discipline Committee Activity Branch, Hatsuharu Shikiri answered the phone.

"Hello, this is the Discipline Committee. How can I help you?"

Xie Mei said anxiously on the phone: "I'm Xie Mei, I just arrived. Please help us find Tianchuan Palace."

Upon hearing this, Saten Ruiko ran over and asked, "What happened to Tianchuan-senpai? Is she missing?"

"That's right, I can't find her. Please help us find her." Xiemei held the phone tightly, a worried look on her face.

Upon hearing this, Hatsuharu Shiori immediately became serious, her previously enthusiastic expression suddenly turning serious. "Okay, I'll help you find the surveillance footage right away."

"Thank you, thank you." Xie Mei said gratefully.

Suddenly, Hatsuharu Shikiri frowned. "That's strange. The surveillance footage at that location just paused. For a while, it was frozen on the previous scene. There was no recording at all."

Saten Ruiko said worriedly, "Does that mean they can't find Amagawa-senpai?"

Hatsuharu Shiori shook her head. "No, there was a truck before the paused scene. Judging by the model, it wasn't just any truck, but one used to transport labs. And it disappeared after the scene ended. This means the surveillance camera is most likely connected to this truck."

Xie Mei quickly asked, "Can this truck still be found?"

Hatsuharu Shikiri's fingers tapped rapidly as she spoke, "Okay, I got footage of the truck three blocks away, heading for District 19. But District 19 is a desolate school district that's been dormant for over six months due to a failed redevelopment. There's no surveillance footage, and I don't have the authority to access Altair 2's satellite footage, so this is the only place I can find it."

Xie Mei was very excited, "Thank you, it has helped a lot."

"Now that we know the clue, let's go find her."

Kamijou Touma and Kiromi went to School District 19.