Chapter 179 (1/2)

Shoujo Grand Summoning Chapter 179: systematic progress…

On that day, almost all the Hounds got wiped out, only a few managed to escape with their lives. Kihara Amata who got hit by missiles managed to escape as well but the Hounds might as well be a hollow organization with such devastation to its numbers.

Of course, if Kihara Amata were to given time, he would surely be able to rebuild Hounds but during that window of time, Wu Yan would have managed to save all the sisters.

ITEM managed to escape with only 1 casualty and 3 others unharmed. It isn't a big dent, in fact, this damage is too light to be considered casualty, but they still scurried their way out to safety.

All in all, the kill squad composed of two black ops: Hounds and ITEM can only be declared as a failure.

To add salt to the wound, the clones that were gathered and guarded heavily were spirited away by the sudden appearance of invaders. With this, almost all of the Misaka clones are now missing, even the clones that partic.i.p.ated in experiments and were cut down by Accelerator (Tl: raws used Ippou Tsuukou) got stolen as well.

The Misaka clones that got away were taken out amidst the chaos while the others that failed to be salvaged got stolen.

The researchers a.s.sociated with lv6 s.h.i.+ft started going berserk in their homes throwing appliances and s.h.i.t. The main person behind the management of this project, Amai Ao fainted when he heard about the happenings.

With only a few hundred Misaka clones at their disposal, Lv6 s.h.i.+ft program was put on indefinite hold in the hopes that one day they might recover the lost sisters or they manage to get new DNA samples.

Heavily invested in lv6 s.h.i.+ft, Amai Ao was saddled with a lot of debt and he disappeared into G.o.d knows where.

The higher-ups in this matter know that the status quo is merely temporary as the s.h.i.+ft of this project had changed to finding those missing persons.

The normal people living in peace within the city has no idea that underneath that perceived peace of theirs, the dark side of the city is in an uproar, anyone who even infringes slightly on that side would get engulfed in its force…

Academy City school district 7, within the windowless building…

”What are you going to do now?”

The divine voice came with a lot of static, stirring the erstwhile silent place giving the odd s.p.a.ce an eerie sense of stillness.

Floating in his jar of liquid in that usual position of his, Aleister isn't surprised by this sudden voice, he stayed silent.

After trying a few times and learning from his mistakes, he had concluded that it is futile to rely on his greatest information gathering device the Under_lines. He didn't even bother checking the footage on the scene. After he read the report, he stayed in this manner.

”Giving up?”

The distorted voice came to him once more and this time Aleister finally responded, not with words, but actions. A projection appeared in front of him and though he didn't say anything, it is his understanding that the owner of this discrepant voice knows what he is thinking about.

On that projection is an image of Mikoto.

”It isn't your style to stoop to such a stage…”

The voice that didn't seemed to conform to aural laws sounded strange but it is pretty clear that it didn't care either way. Probably to the owner of this voice, nothing does matter.

Aleister closed the projection and rested his eyes before replying.

”Stopping now would be uncharacteristic of me…”

♦ ♦ ♦

Meanwhile, at Wu Yan's home…

This isn't the house that got riddled with holes by Mugino s.h.i.+zuri. It's the new house he just bought.

Wu Yan sat on the ground with a handheld device in his hand. His hands didn't move but the contents displayed on the screen kept changing. If one were to look closer, small electrical signals were being sent from his hand to the device…

Finished with what he was doing, he stopped the flow of electric signals and stored his handheld device away. Stretching himself, the feeling of contentment welled up within him. How can he not be? he pulled one over the Hounds, decimated their forces and rescued almost all the sisters. Now he had over 19000 clones stored away in his biocontainment unit including sisters who were cured with genetic life infusion.

All he has to do now is to save the remaining sisters and he would have granted one of Mikoto's wishes. His first mission in this world would then be completed as well. Also, with almost all the sisters in his hand, the lv6 s.h.i.+ft program must have been stopped and this meant that no further deaths will occur on the sisters' side…

He might be able to revive the dead sisters but if at all possible he didn't want them to go through such an experience. The best case scenario is that he rescues them without them dying.

With so little sisters to guard, the research firms are able to expend relatively more resources to guard these sisters.