In Academy City, the Paradise Project begins.

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"It doesn't matter."

On the screen, Higashino Yu was casually wiping away a bit of cream from Mikoto's lips with a tissue. The girl's body stiffened slightly, but she didn't flinch; her face just turned even redder, and she avoided his gaze.

"His growth rate has far exceeded expectations."

Aleister's consciousness flowed, carrying a subtle, almost imperceptible interest, like observing an experimental subject pushing its limits.

The visitor from another world was not an incomprehensible being in his mind, but the ability it possessed was a surprise to him. After countless simulations, he confirmed that this ability could be used by him, and could even be the core of his being.

"Level 5's 'cognitive reconstruction'... its essence is being gradually revealed. Covering 10%? Excellent. This precisely proves that his potential is far greater than that. Let him continue to weave his web of 'cognition,' expanding the scope of cognition even further. We need to observe what interesting 'phase transition' will occur in Academy City itself, this 'experimental field,' when this web covers 30%, 50%, or even more."

Aiwas glanced at Aleister with some surprise. Although she had been observing Higashino from the beginning and his abilities were indeed special, it was precisely because of this that she found it increasingly difficult to understand why Aleister would so leniently allow Higashino to grow stronger and develop.

In her calculations, if Higashino's cognitive network were allowed to develop further, it would reach a point where even demons would find it difficult to shake.

"The risk factor is rising simultaneously. Regional reality anchoring may lead to unpredictable logical conflicts and phase frictions, which may produce unpredictable results."

"Risk is a variable. A variable is value."

Aleister's mind was cold and resolute. This was a special ability that allowed him to plan things out in one go, and he would never give up at the slightest risk.

"The more his 'cognitive network' expands, the more thoroughly he explores his own abilities, and the higher the value of the 'sample' he can present. As for friction and conflict... those are exactly the catalysts we need. Maintain the observation level, and do not interfere unless necessary. Let the 'reality reconstructor'... do his thing."

The screen switched to focus on the interaction between Higashino and Mikoto. He gazed at Misaka Mikoto across from him, her eyes slightly narrowed from a bite of sweetness, as if the whole world had shrunk down to just the dessert in front of her.

With Aleister's tacit approval, the invisible yet incredibly resilient net, woven from cognition and reality, quietly spread to a wider area.

Higashino also felt the gaze of a certain voyeur, but he didn't care. In the end, it was really uncertain who would come out on top. Aleister felt that he could make perfect use of him, but Higashino was also confident that he could counterattack.

We'll see whose plan comes out on top in the end!

Chapter 105 I think even the dormitory supervisor of Tokiwadai is still quite charming!

Higashino fed all the remaining strawberry parfaits to Mikoto.

Although she was a little shy about being fed so intimately in such a crowded place, Mikoto mustered up her courage and ate everything that Higashino handed her in the spoon, bite by bite.

This was the first time her boyfriend had done this since they officially started dating, and Mikoto simply couldn't bring herself to refuse.

And so she was completely under Higashino's control, and complied with his demands.

This scene made many people in the restaurant extremely envious. Some of the more extreme guys even lost their appetite and planned to go back, change into black clothes, grab a torch, and burn Higashino.

They seem to be core members of the FFF group, but when Higashino gave them a map to navigate before they left, so they probably won't get home until tomorrow.

As Higashino watched Mikoto across from him, her cheeks slightly flushed and her eyes seemingly a little confused, looking adorable, he was about to say something more when…

Jingle bell bell bell!

A sudden, almost piercing ringtone shattered the warm atmosphere between the two!

Mikoto jolted awake and frantically pulled her phone from her coat pocket. The screen displayed Kuroko's name and a text message from her.

"Big Sister—!!!!! Kuroko misses you so much! Where did you go today? I came back and didn't see you! But even more important than missing you is something else I need to report to you (Tot)!!!! Emergency!! The dorm supervisor said she'll start room checks 20 minutes early tonight!!! She's already at the next building ahhhhhh! Where is Big Sister?! (ノД`)ノ彡┻━┻ If she doesn't come back soon, it's game over!!!"

The text message was accompanied by a photo of the dormitory supervisor in a crisp uniform, wearing reflective glasses, standing at the entrance of the corridor like a cold-blooded Terminator, his sharp gaze sweeping across the room, the oppressive feeling seemingly overflowing from the screen.

The blush on Mikoto's face vanished instantly, leaving only a terrified paleness.

Her body trembled slightly. She clearly remembered the miserable experience of being subdued and punished by the dormitory supervisor when she arrived late to the dormitory last time.

"Oh no!! The dorm supervisor is doing rounds!!"

Mikoto suddenly jumped up from her seat, the movement so large that it knocked over the water glass on the table, and the clear water splashed all over the table.

"Heizi said... it's twenty minutes early! Oh no!"

Mikoto panicked and became incoherent, trying to wipe the water off the table while frantically searching for something.

She hadn't noticed the time that had passed during her "date" with Higashino and this dinner, and before she knew it, it was already quite dark.

Is dating really that time-consuming? I've never heard of that before!

"Tokiwadai has a rule! You have to be back at school on time to sleep! If you get caught, you're dead!"

Almost instinctively, she grabbed Dongye's wrist: "No, I have to go back right now, or I'm dead!"

The dormitory supervisor of Tokiwadai was incredibly powerful; Mikoto was trembling with fear, completely losing her usual composure.

"Don't panic, Mikoto. As long as you get back before she reaches your room, it should be fine."

Higashino was amused by Mikoto's nervous and frightened appearance. He knew of the dormitory supervisor's reputation; she could single-handedly kill two Level 5s from Tokiwadai.

Before her transmigration, there were even outrageous legends that she could single-handedly kill a demon god in her dormitory? Tokiwadai's dormitory was her exclusive phase, and even Aleister dared not approach it!

There's also a legend that the dormitory supervisor is a great beauty, the most beautiful person in Tokiwadai when she takes off her glasses. It's said that, "I think the dormitory supervisor of Tokiwadai is still very charming!"

Higashino grabbed her cold, trembling little hand in return, his voice still carrying a hint of reassurance.

"There's still plenty of time."

His warm and strong hand instantly enveloped her panic.

"How could I possibly make it in time! Even if I used my abilities to stimulate my cells and jump from the rooftop to the dorm, it would still take me ten minutes! The dorm supervisor is already in the next building! She usually walks very fast, she'll be here in five minutes at most, I'm doomed..."

Mikoto didn't hear him at all. She grabbed him and rushed out, muttering all sorts of terrible consequences. Her small body burst out with tremendous strength, dragging Higashino headfirst into the evening streets, running wildly towards the Tokiwadai dormitory.

Fortunately, Higashino didn't forget to leave the money with the restaurant, otherwise tomorrow's news might have featured two Level 5s openly dining and dashing.

She gripped Higashino's hand tightly, her palms sweaty, as if she were clutching at her only lifeline.

However, they forgot that Higashino didn't live in the Tokiwadai dormitory, and taking Higashino there was not convenient at all.

However, Higashino didn't care. He let her pull him along, a smile playing on his lips as he glanced at her flustered profile and the strands of hair blowing in the wind.

Anyway, there's still time, and it's quite amusing to see Mikoto running around in a panic.

"Wait, Mikoto, you seem to have forgotten why you suddenly bumped into me?"

After running for about two or three minutes, Higashino stopped Mikoto, who was running wildly, and said with a smile.

"Ah, yes, how come I... but such a long distance, even..."

Before he could finish speaking, Higashino activated his ability instantly.

Mikoto felt her vision suddenly distort! With just one step, the surrounding scenery changed; the street scene disappeared, replaced by the familiar scene inside the Tokiwadai dormitory!

The inertia caused her to stumble and almost fall, but fortunately, Dongye caught her firmly around the waist.

Mikoto, still shaken, looked around at the familiar dormitory—this was her and Kuroko's room.

"We've...we've arrived?!"

She gasped in disbelief, completely unprepared for the distance that Higashino's spatial teleportation could cover. Even Kuroko would have to continuously activate her abilities to reach that distance.

"sister!!!"

The moment Mikoto was stunned, Kuroko's excited voice rang out from the side!

Shirai Kuroko, who was anxiously waiting in her room, noticed the two people who suddenly appeared.

Before she could ask any questions, she immediately spotted the hands that were tightly clasped together—the hands of Mikoto and Higashino!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

Kuroko's eyes instantly blazed with jealousy, her face turning bright red and contorted in disbelief as she stared at the two who appeared hand in hand, completely oblivious to why they had suddenly appeared in the room.

"Big Sister!!! You!!! You!!! You!!! So you sneaked out today! To go on a date with that lecherous doctor?!!!! Unforgivable!!!"

Before the words were even finished, Kuroko had vanished from her spot, having activated spatial teleportation! Her target was Mikoto's embrace!

"I, Kuroko, also want my big sister's embrace! I want to enjoy my big sister's night all to myself! Big sister! Take this! Hug thrust!!!"

"Kuroko! Are you crazy?!"

Mikoto was embarrassed, anxious, and angry. Her boyfriend was right there watching, and Kuroko was acting like this without any regard for the consequences. What if Higashino misunderstood?

However, if Higashino knew what she was thinking, he definitely wouldn't mind.

Although Kuroko's personality is a bit twisted, she is still a beautiful girl. Higashino likes to see beautiful girls cuddling together, and even thinks that when Mikoto grows up and gets married, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have Kuroko help push her butt.

"Be normal, you hater!"

Without thinking, her body reacted almost instinctively, and a bright blue arc of electricity exploded directly from her elbow!

Crack! ! !

"Gah!!!"

A precise hit! Kuroko, still twitching in mid-air, her hair bristling like a frizzy lion's mane, slammed against the corridor wall with a thud, then slowly slid to the ground like a pink slime, her body still convulsing and emitting wisps of smoke, muttering incomprehensible words: "Sister... Sister... the master's... electric... shock... so cruel... so... so blissful..."

Boom boom boom!

Almost the instant Kuroko slid down, there was a knock on the dormitory door!

Mikoto's expression changed; she knew the person knocking on the door must be the dormitory supervisor.

"Oops!"

Mikoto let out a soft cry and looked around, trying to find a place for Higashino to hide!

"Hide! Quickly!"

Mikoto frantically gave orders, then growled at the convulsing Kuroko on the ground.

"Heizi! Get up and help!"

Kuroko was still a little dazed from the electric shock, but her fear of the dormitory supervisor instantly overwhelmed everything!

With astonishing willpower, she stood up instantly.

Inside the dormitory, the two girls looked at each other, both seeing the panic in each other's eyes. Mikoto's gaze quickly swept across the cramped space: Under the bed? Too high! They could see through it! The balcony? Locked, they'd be noticed! Behind the curtains? No way!

"The wardrobe! Quick! Get in the wardrobe!"

Kuroko, quick-witted, pointed to the large wardrobe next to Mikoto's bed. That was the only cover!

Without any hesitation, Mikoto flung open the heavy wardrobe door, which was filled with Tokiwadai's uniform and a few casual clothes. She called out to the helpless-looking Higashino, "Go in quickly! Don't make a sound!"

Higashino looked at Mikoto's almost tearful expression and was speechless. She seemed to have completely forgotten how she came to be.

"Mikoto, actually I can..."

"Stop talking nonsense and get hidden!"

Hearing the doorknob turning again, Mikoto became extremely nervous. Without giving Higashino a chance to speak, she shoved him deep into the closet full of clothes. Higashino had no choice but to stand inside.

Mikoto slammed the wardrobe door shut.

The dormitory door was slowly pushed open.

The dormitory supervisor, dressed in a crisp black uniform, wearing reflective glasses, and with an expressionless face, stood at the door, his gaze behind the glasses sweeping across the room with a questioning look.

Her gaze first fell on Hei Zi, who was still sitting on the ground, his hair disheveled, his face still flushed, and his body reeking of burnt smell.

"Shirai-kun?"

The dormitory supervisor sounded puzzled; Kuroko's appearance was really strange.

"Yes...yes! Dormitory Supervisor! I...I just tripped and fell! I bumped into the wall!"

Hei Zi explained incoherently, and exaggeratedly rubbed the back of his head, which was not even in a painful spot.

The dormitory supervisor's lips twitched, realizing that Hei Zi was trying to fool her again, and she turned her gaze to Mikoto.

Misaka Mikoto was trying her best to stand in the most standard posture, nervously looking at the dormitory supervisor.

"Misaka-san."

The dormitory supervisor's gaze lingered on Mikoto's tense face for a second before sweeping towards the tightly closed wardrobe door behind her.

"I seem to..."

Her voice carried a sense of oppression that even Misaka Mikoto feared.

"I heard a male voice."

A chill instantly shot from the soles of Mikoto and Kuroko's feet to the top of their heads!

Found! !

"A...boy?!"

Mikoto's voice shrieked, and she immediately shook her head violently, using all her acting skills to create an expression of extreme surprise and humiliation.