The Divine Power of Comprehensive Comics

"Would you like some lip balm? The store is quite dry because of the air conditioning."

"No, it broke yesterday."

Tokiwadai Middle School basically prohibits students from wearing makeup, and the rules are quite strict.

Not to mention bright lipstick or mascara, even medicinal lip balms that emphasize practicality and hand creams that should not be considered cosmetics are banned.

So for them, light makeup that is barely visible to others has become a tradition.

Unless you look very closely, you will notice that Mikoto and Shirai's lips both exude a faint color and luster.

But this last resort strategy has now formed a small trend in the area around Tokiwadai Middle School.

Everyone also gave this makeup technique a serious name, "Lady's Etiquette."

"All right……"

After Mikoto rummaged around in her schoolbag for a while, she took out a stick of lip balm and said.

"We'll go to the drugstore to buy lip balm later. Can you use this one to wipe it on first?"

"What!?"

Shirai Kuroko looked at the ordinary lip balm that Mikoto took out in surprise.

Her eyes widened, and her whole body was shaking with excitement.

"H... lip balm! Sister... sister's... sister's... sister's precious lip balm that my sister uses to wipe her lips every day! Ah... ah... Heizi... ah... Heizi can't do it anymore——!"

Now Shirai Kuroko was as excited as if he had ridden a mule on the subway.

"Wait... wait, why did you push the lip balm out? Pause! Pause! Kuroko, why are you opening your mouth so wide! Do you want to eat it in one bite?"

"Ah...I was so excited at the moment that I almost wanted to give it all to..."

"..."

Even Mikoto was speechless for Shirai's performance.

————————————————————————

Academy City has been shrouded in the sunset.

The buildings in "School Garden" have white walls, and the atmosphere changes easily with the weather.

The last bus of the school bus was approaching, and a large number of girls wearing five different uniforms rushed to the bus terminal.

Just like Shirai and Mikoto, their dormitory is outside the "School Garden".

Although the school does not strictly require students to take the bus, many of these hothouse girls are afraid of Academy City, which is isolated from the outside world.

Chapter 145: The remains of the tree diagram designer (4/5)

Some of them have never been outside the dormitories, buses, and school grounds.

Amid the noisy crowd of returning families, Shirai and Mikoto walked leisurely.

But they didn't do it voluntarily, but they were too tired to speed up their pace.

The shriveled schoolbags in both hands were swaying weakly back and forth.

They never take the bus, so they don't have to worry about the last bus time.

Shirai looked sideways at the small stores that were closing early due to the departure of students, and said.

"Sister, where are we going now? My original plan was to find a place to eat after shopping."

"That's right. It's too late today, isn't it? Especially the shops in the school garden close very early."

"Hmm, but as soon as you leave the school garden, there are many shops that are just starting to open up.

For example, we can go for the dessert set at Heimitang..."

"Ah, Heizi, you can't resist temptation. No wonder the parts of your body that shouldn't be plump are so...ow!"

Mikoto was only halfway through her teasing words when she felt a terrifying murderous aura.

Shirai next to him lowered his head, hiding his expression and muttering something vaguely in his mouth.

"Hei... Heizi... I was originally going to follow this sentence with "But as long as you exercise properly, it doesn't matter how much you eat"..."

"Sister, if you like to say such words that hurt girls' hearts so much, your clothes will be moved to other places by space in broad daylight, right?"

"Woo..."

Mikoto couldn't help but feel a little nervous when she thought that she would be in danger of her clothes flying away at any time.

At this time, Shirai's cell phone rang.

"Heizi...why do you always use such a powerful but flashy mobile phone? Is there any point in increasing the number of chords in the ringtone?"

"Hehe, not only that, although this phone is small, it has many shortcomings such as being easy to lose, the buttons being difficult to press, and the screen being unclear."

Shirai smiled weakly and took out his cell phone.

Her mobile phone has a completely different shape than ordinary mobile phones. It is a cylinder with a diameter of one centimeter and a length of about five centimeters. It looks like a lipstick.

She pressed the button on it to stop the incoming call, and then pulled out a thin and transparent paper-like object from the side like a scroll. This was the main body of the phone.

“It looks like science fiction, but it’s extremely difficult to use. It’s really nothing more than what it looks like.”

"Don't worry about me. I just like to blindly pursue cutting-edge technology. One day, I still want to sit and watch the tram running in the transparent tube... Ah, I'm sorry."

Shirai turned his back to Mikoto, looked at the screen on his phone, and then put the phone to his ear.

The call came from a number registered in the phone book.

The screen showed the liaison office of Academy City's security maintenance organization "Discipline Committee".

The "Discipline Committee" is somewhat similar to a security organization, responsible for solving various cases caused by superpowers in Academy City. Shirai is also a member.

"I'm Shirai. It's rare that I can go shopping with my sister today. The atmosphere is just right. What on earth must bother us?"

"Wow! Didn't I keep Miss Misaka's virginity? That's such a relief."

Of course, the person on the other end of the phone was also the disciplinary committee member. His voice sounded sweet and greasy, as if his mouth had been smeared with honey.

Shirai heard this but couldn't help but want to hang up the phone.