Huh!? This question instantly made Lin Luo open his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"I have a very bad feeling about today."

Yeah, I feel it too. Hearing her say that gave Lin Luo a sense of finding his organization, tears streaming down his face, even though that organization was the very culprit.

Mikoto sat down on the other side of the sofa, shamelessly propping both legs up on the table, and continued, "At the amusement park, I felt like I was being watched. At first, I thought it was an illusion, but then the feeling grew stronger and stronger. I suspect we are being targeted."

Lin Luo was a little surprised. "You mean we're being targeted? Are you sure?"

Mikoto said confidently, "Of course. Especially in the haunted house, the feeling was strongest, like being bound. It made me want to fire a Railgun right then and there."

"I see. So my feeling was also correct then," Lin Luo murmured, stroking his chin.

"Hm?"

Seeing Mikoto look at him with a puzzled gaze, Lin Luo slowly said, "Remember when we were on the roller coaster? For a moment, I felt like I was locked onto, and it was awful, like falling into an ice cave. I also thought it was an illusion, but now that you mention it..."

"Oh, that time? That was just pure malice."

"Pure malice? You felt it too at that moment?"

"It's nothing major, it's normal." Mikoto spread her hands nonchalantly and said, "There are always guys like that, unhappy with their ranking, or finding weaklings an eyesore, who will go to great lengths to knock them down and crush them. I've encountered too many of those types in Academy City."

Lin Luo glanced at her, feeling speechless, because in his opinion, Mikoto could barely be considered one of those types—challenging strong people, zapping anyone she found displeasing. Just like in the first episode of the anime, her entrance was incredibly arrogant.

But that wasn't the main point. "You mean someone wants to crush us?"

"That's what I mean." Mikoto nodded. "But on the roller coaster, it wasn't directed at me, so the feeling wasn't as strong. But everywhere else, they were constantly targeting me, which is really irritating."

"That's why I asked if you had any enemies. That guy is probably coming to cause trouble for you, and he seems impatient about it."

"Enemies?" Lin Luo tried to think for a moment. "Probably. After all, I’m quite a big shot now. I guess many people must dislike me."

"Oh?" Mikoto seemed a bit interested, a spark flashing in her eyes.

"You probably don't know this, but I'm one of the Seven Luminaries of the Otaku Gods," Lin Luo said proudly, with a touch of showing off. "Power Level 5, ranked third, known as the King of Conquest, between mortal and immortal. Uh, it seems to be the same as yours, my status online."

"I meant in reality, you idiot!" Hearing Level 5 and third, Mikoto had been intrigued, but after listening to the rest, she got so angry she stomped her foot.

Lin Luo was startled and quickly said, "In reality, probably not. Because I know fewer than five people in real life. Oh, two of them are the manager of the convenience store next door and her six-year-old daughter... Sigh, but they probably don't recognize me now. I feel very sorry about that."

Mikoto's mouth twitched. Just how deep into otaku culture does one have to be to reach this level? "You really are thoroughly dedicated to being an otaku."

"Ah, thank you for the compliment."

"I wasn't complimenting you." Mikoto smacked her head in frustration and tried to reason with him, "Look, no matter how much you love being an otaku, you need to at least separate reality from the network."

"I keep them very separate," Lin Luo stated righteously. "I've always seen myself as an inhabitant of the 2D world. Reality is the worst."

"Be a person of the real world for me!" Electricity crackled in Mikoto's bangs out of sheer anger. She had every right to be mad. Because of Lin Luo, she was also being treated as a target to be crushed, and apparently, one receiving special attention. While she wasn't scared, anyone would be annoyed by being implicated for no reason, and the person at the center of it all was rambling about 2D nonsense... Damn, I really want to blast him!

"No thanks, reality and all that." Lin Luo looked at Mikoto, infinite yearning in his eyes. "Biribiri, the 2D world is the most wonderful thing in my eyes. It's a divine realm!"

"Ah, forget it, forget it." Mikoto thought this guy could use a complete factory reset, maybe there was still hope. She waved her hand helplessly, no longer intending to dwell on this topic. "Let's go back to what we were discussing. Since you have no enemies in reality, then who is it that wants to deal with you?"

"I have no idea."

"Then have you offended anyone recently?"

"Hmm, let me think... Now that you mention it, before you arrived some time ago, I killed a Berserker that was close to max level down to nothing but his underwear. Does that count?"

"Please, can you stop bringing up topics about the network?" Mikoto sighed. This guy was probably a lost cause.

Lin Luo raised his hand and replied calmly, "Okay, I promise I absolutely haven't."

"Can you stop being so calm? Someone is trying to deal with you right now."

"What's there to fear? Don't I have Biribiri here? In the face of your powerful Railgun, even Mother Earth would feel pressure. All enemies are just clouds," Lin Luo said dismissively, thinking to himself, I have Big Sister right behind me, no pressure.

Seeing Lin Luo show no shred of shame, Mikoto thought that this kind of person should probably be put down humanely.

"Don't be so naive. That guy's mental power is very strong, perhaps not inferior to mine, and that naked desire makes even me feel a bit unsettled."

Huh! Lin Luo was taken aback. "You haven't even met the person, how can you be so sure?"

Mikoto looked serious. "Idiot, truly powerful people can be sensed even without a fight. At least that person gives me a very strong impression."

Looking at Mikoto's oddly serious and almost mystical demeanor, Lin Luo found it baffling. Was this girl really Misaka Mikoto, the Railgun? Always so carefree, always ready to blast anything with a Railgun, and now she’s saying things like this? It felt so contradictory! Judging an opponent's strength purely by feeling? Was it really that fantastical? You're the Scientific Railgun, after all!

Where did the science go?

Mikoto slanted her face towards him with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone, "Are you looking down on me? I'm a Level 5 Esper! Through development, my mental power has exceeded that of a normal person by more than fifty times, and my sensitivity to feelings is beyond ordinary imagination. Although in Academy City, this ability is largely shielded due to the AI field coverage, this world doesn't have such things. So, unless someone is vastly stronger than me, when they try to probe me with their mental power, I can more or less sense their strength."

So that's how it is. Lin Luo started to realize; indeed, ignoring the context and just looking at the surface was a tragic mistake.

"So, the person who wants to deal with us is someone no weaker than you, at least in terms of mental power."

Mikoto nodded.

"That's incredible. I didn't expect people like that to exist. The real world is indeed deep," Lin Luo frowned. If this was true, he needed to take it seriously.

"You're no different," she retorted.

"Me?"

Mikoto's words startled Lin Luo quite a bit. He thought she might have found out about the Book of Contracts.