Chapter 466: Double Spy
World Toaru, Academy City
"Damn..."
Touma sighed, bringing a hand to his head. He looked at the nun sleeping on his bed and couldn't help but think about his bad luck.
This nun is a quite outstanding girl, with a small stature and, much to his dismay, flat chest. She has big green eyes and silver-blue hair.
Since Touma found this nun on his balcony, the number of times he sighed in a day increased, but his sense of justice was something he couldn't ignore about this girl.
This girl has little time left and is about to lose her memories, and the fact that he couldn't do anything to help made him feel helpless and sad. But it's not something a high school boy without any powers could solve.
The clown from last night showed him how weak he was. He had trusted a lot in his right hand, but there were things even his right hand couldn't stop, like the power of that clown.
But as Touma drowned in his misery, the door of his room opened, and three people entered.
Touma turned his head; he knew these people. However, among these people, there was one of them who shouldn't be in his room, so Touma opened his mouth and pointed...
The three people were Kanzaki, Stiyl, and of course...
"Tsuchimikado?! What are you doing here? No, what are you doing with them?"
The person Touma pointed at is called Tsuchimikado Motoharu, a young man with blond hair wearing sunglasses and a gold chain around his neck. He wore shorts and only a green T-shirt with white floral prints, reminiscent of stereotypical Hawaiian shirts. He wore his shirt unbuttoned, showing off his toned muscles, which was very rare for his age.
Tsuchimikado is also Touma's neighbor, as well as a classmate and one of the three Idiots alongside Touma, at the same time someone known as the 'Sergeant Siscon'.
It wasn't surprising to find Tsuchimikado in the dormitory; what Touma didn't know was why Tsuchimikado was with Kanzaki and Stiyl. These two are magicians, while Tsuchimikado is a Level 0 Esper just like Touma, there shouldn't be any connection to magic.
"Nya~ Kami-yan, I see you have quite a few questions~"
Ignoring Touma's surprised expression, Tsuchimikado waved his hand and looked towards Index.
"I brought him here; we need his help..."
The one who responded was Kanzaki, and Tsuchimikado explained the reason. As an Esper, Tsuchimikado should be in the shadows regarding magic. However, before becoming an Esper, Tsuchimikado was a magician belonging to Necessarius. He is currently a hybrid of Magician-Esper, something that shouldn't be possible. Furthermore, he is a spy for both sides, Necessarius and Academy City.
He is a magician who works behind the scenes to maintain the balance between the two sides, magic and science. It is for this reason that his stay in Academy City is quite long, and he is also someone who knows Academy City like the back of his hand. The information this guy possesses was something that Kanzaki and Stiyl urgently needed if they wanted to save Index...
"I understand..."
After explaining all this, Touma looked at Tsuchimikado with different eyes, as his friend was not having an easy time either...
"Enough talk, I brought you here to tell us everything you know about that clown..."
Kanzaki and Stiyl entered Academy City without contacting this guy. Due to his sensitive identity as a spy, both Stiyl and Kanzaki decided to leave him out, which led to the fight with that clown...
"Nya~ the only clown I know that can cause such trouble is the Joker"
After Kanzaki explained the situation to him, Tsuchimikado sounded bitter.
"But I'll have to disappoint you~ the amount of information I have on that clown is limited nya~"
As someone who protects the balance, Tsuchimikado had tried before to contact and monitor the Joker and learn his true identity. Unfortunately, the moment Tsuchimikado appeared in front of the Joker, the latter punched him in the face without hesitation.
And when Tsuchimikado asked why he was being hit, the Joker responded with something that almost made him fall to the floor...
"Your face says 'Hit me'"
Those words were enough to leave Tsuchimikado defenseless, but this didn't stop him, and he wanted to form an alliance with the Joker. Unfortunately, the Joker didn't accept it. On the contrary, currently, the Joker is the biggest variable in Academy City. It has been a year, and even Aleister hasn't been able to catch him, and Tsuchimikado couldn't do anything to him either. When they fought, the Joker swept the floor with him using only his hat. The clown was very strong, and Tsuchimikado couldn't do anything.
"Did he hit you too?"
"Nya, Kami-yan, that clown is the real deal. I'm afraid his strength has already surpassed the range of saints..."
The Joker is a giant, and no one knows it better than Tsuchimikado. He could single-handedly confront an organization without any problems. Such a variable was worthy of a report to the church; however, the Joker cut off all communication from Tsuchimikado, which led to the current situation of Kanzaki and Stiyl...
"But the fact that Imagine Breaker was useless against him is quite terrifying nya~"
Tsuchimikado knew something about Touma's right hand, so he knew a little about its power, but the fact that even Imagine Breaker failed made Tsuchimikado reassess the clown's strength.
"Even you don't have information..."
Sighing, Kanzaki hoped that at least this double spy knew something about their enemy. After all, Index was the most important thing right now, and the faster they find that Esper, the better...
"The Joker said that there is an Esper capable of saving Index... Do you know anything?"
Stiyl didn't beat around the bush and asked directly. Index was the most important thing at the moment, and the sooner they found that Esper, the better...
"Esper?"
Tsuchimikado thought about it. As far as he knew, there was no such Esper in Academy City, but if the Joker said it, the likelihood that it was true was quite high. This made several Espers pass through his mind...
"The Joker also said that this Esper is always surrounded by flowers..."
Seeing that he wasn't responding, Stiyl decided to talk about the clue the clown had left.
"...."
Tsuchimikado frowned. He didn't understand what a plant-controlling Esper had to do with saving Index. Index's case requires mental abilities or abilities related to the human body, not to mention the restrictions that the church left on Index's body. It shouldn't be a simple Esper.
However, Tsuchimikado thought there must be some trick or message in these words...
(What if his definition of flowers is a metaphor?)
At that moment, Tsuchimikado's gaze met Touma's, and as if struck by lightning...
Tsuchimikado understood now. It was so obvious that he ignored it, and this was his biggest mistake. The answer was right in front of his nose, so he nodded towards Touma, and they both spoke at the same time.
"That guy is a playboy!" x2
"Huh?"
Kanzaki and Stiyl didn't understand these two idiots who were smiling and shaking hands. It seemed that thinking too much had fried their brains...
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TN: lalalalala