Magical Index: Become a Girl and Come to Academy City

A pair of wet hands grabbed the guardrail by the river.

But these hands did not come from someone on land, but from Tianchuan Palace who struggled to climb ashore from the icy river.

She used all her strength to barely hang her body on the guardrail, then used her healthy right leg to support it, then lay her body across it, turned over and fell to the concrete floor.

After swimming in the river for more than ten minutes, the pain from the wound and the biting cold had reduced Tianchuan Gong's physical strength to the lowest point. Now he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

She lay on the ground with her face sideways, looking at the tall buildings emitting a cold blue light, the deserted streets, and the world before her eyes as if it were turned sideways.

In the distance, a small shadow slowly walked towards her, and it became bigger and bigger in her eyes. It was Mu Yuanluo sitting in a wheelchair.

"As expected, based on the time and your weight, we can calculate that you should have swum here by now. Now, we can proceed with the experiment again."

Muyuan Biao stopped in front of the girl and looked down at her in a condescending manner.

Tianchuan Gong, who had lost his strength, wanted to get up, but his feet were entangled by the mechanical arm, which then pulled him upwards and lifted him up like an object, hanging him upside down in the air.

The girl wanted to scream, but she was powerless, and was then put back into the river by the robotic arm.

Instead of putting her completely under water, Kihara Pathology submerged the upper half of her face, leaving only her nostrils and mouth for breathing.

"What do you want to do now!" Tianchuan Gong shouted with her eyes closed. From time to time, the water splashed by the wind entered her nasal cavity, making her choke and feel pain.

The scientist named Kihara Pathologist slowly approached, untied the bandage on the girl's left leg, and poked his finger into the bullet wound.

Then, ignoring the girl's screams, she replied, "Tianchuan Gong, let me introduce you to the content of our experiment. First, I want to ask you, why do you want to stop Mu Yuan? Why do you want to save those people who have nothing to do with you?"

"For us, Kihara, dying at the hands of a test subject is considered a failure of the experiment. This is a very normal thing. We will neither seek revenge on the test subject nor feel sorry for Kihara's death."

"But you are different. You are outside the experiment. Your actions are an obstruction to the experiment for Kihara, so your actions must be stopped. That's why I am here because I want to make people give up. Do you understand?"

"Well, now tell me, why did you save those test subjects? Ringo from the Dark May Project, the third and fifth from the Level 6 Project? These people clearly have nothing to do with you. What good would it do you to save them?"

The finger left the wound, as if to let Tianchuan Gong stop screaming and have a chance to answer his question.

Facing Kihara's pathological questioning, the girl simply said four words, "I don't know."

In fact, even Tianchuan Palace, who did these things, didn't understand why she did them. She just thought it would be good. Although there would be no benefits, she just felt that helping these people survive was a good thing.

"Is it because of Kamijou Touma?" Kihara suddenly said this name.

Tianchuan Palace was suddenly stunned when he heard the name, and even forgot to spit out the river water even though it flowed into his mouth.

Before she could react, the pathologist Kihara said another name, "Kaimei, the little girl I talked to in the hospital. She told me that you like Kamijou Touma, right?"

"But that's not actually the case, Amagamiya. You don't like Kamijou Touma, you just desire someone like him."

Why should we save those people?

It was Kihara Pathology who asked the question, but she also gave the answer: "It's because you long for someone like Kamijou Touma."

"If you only like Kamijou Touma, why not just pursue him from the beginning? Why worry about other things?"

"Because you long for a hero like Kamijou Touma, you feel that the world needs to be saved by Kamijou Touma. For that boy, he wants everyone to smile back, so you identify with these values ​​and become an imitator."

An imitator? An imitator of Kamijou Touma, that’s what occupied Tenkawa-no-miya’s mind.

There are countless tragedies in this world, the deaths of tens of thousands of clones, nuns persecuted and sacrificed by the Roman Orthodox Church, and sad people who have lost important people and embarked on an extreme path of revenge.

All of these need to be saved by Kamijou Touma. It can be said that the appearance of Kamijou Touma changed most of the tragedies.

People like Ganglingo, Kaimei, Franda, and Tomine Yeri all died in places where Kamijou Touma could not see, just like Amakawa-kun is being tortured now, and Kamijou Touma did not come to save her.

But there's nothing that can be done about it. Kamijou Touma has no idea about these things. If he knew, he would definitely come and save her now, but unfortunately he didn't.

Because he is only one person, and the world is so big, there will always be places he cannot see, and there will always be people dying in unknown places.

But Amakawa knew, she knew these tragedies would happen, and she could save them like Kamijou Touma, so Ringo survived and Yomi also survived.

In her eyes, Kamijou Touma's thoughts were like a belief, a world where all happiness could be obtained, and specific characters appeared based on this.

Just like the trolley problem, no matter which choice you make, it does not represent salvation, but loss. The essence of this choice is not about saving the side with more or fewer people, but more precisely, whether to sacrifice the majority or the minority.

No matter what choice you make, your hands will be stained with blood, and it will be a choice that will cause pain and regret.

But Kamijou Touma is different. He can break the rules and choose to let everyone survive. He can really do this.

That's why Amakawa-kun desires this and wants to imitate Kamijou Touma to do the same thing, and wants to change the fate of those who are destined to die.

"That's not love, that's belief." Mu Yuan Pathologically operated the mechanical arm, dragged Tianchuan Palace back, and smashed him to the ground.

The wheelchair continued to move forward, as if deliberately not noticing, and ran over Tianchuan Gong's legs.

The weight of the electric wheelchair was beyond Tianchuan Gong's imagination. The huge pain made her lie on the ground, screaming and thrashing.

This approach is not only intended to seal her abilities, but also to break her will.

Kihara, who had done this, looked completely pleased. Looking up as if reminiscing about the past, he said, "A long time ago, I wanted to make Kamijou Touma my guinea pig for this experiment of 'giving up,' to make him give up the very value of saving others."

"But I can't do anything. I don't have the authority to touch him. But fortunately, I have you. You can participate in my experiment as a substitute. Give up this kind of values, give up the values ​​of preventing Kihara from saving others."