Judgement

<MC POV>

"Please quickly evacuate this place; there are possibilities of explosions."

"Akane-san, approach that direction with a shield."

"NO, IT IS GONNA BLOW UP."

"FREEZE" The doll stuffed with aluminium was surrounded by ice and showed no sign of an explosion.

"Thank you, Hoshino-San, for your work."

Now, you would be thinking, How did it come to this situation?

Actually, I entered a random convenience store and randomly detected that a certain aluminium piece was on the verge of exploding due to graviton, so I frozen it to save other civilians. And it was all caught by Judgement. And I was interrogated about how I found the exploding aluminium. I just answered that I can sense changes in temperature.

And now, I am being forcibly dragged into Judgement mess. And I became a member of the judgement of the 178th branch with my partner Akane Shirasaka, brown eyes and red hair, level 3 esper, psychic barrier. Actually, she can be graded as level 4 with her control ability, but with her flaw of only being able to use physical power to form barriers, she is graded as level 3.

And my senpai in the branch is Shina Shirasaka, who has the same features as Akane, except her ability is level 4 psychokinesis. And the biggest fact is that she is Siscon, a fellow classmate of Konori Senpai. And now I am getting deadly gazes from both Knori and Shirasaka Senpai. The first is due to my refusal to join her branch, and the second is due to Akane's continued friendship with me.

Well, now you would be thinking, Why don't you catch the culprit directly? Yeah, like I am going to expose myself to Aleister. It will be almost the same as giving a hint to Aleister that I am an anomaly in his plan. The good thing is that while studying the level upper, I started to develop AIM, but I still don't know what my real ESP ability is, but I can disguise it as cryokinesis. And due to harmony, the collision of magic and esper ability is not possible.

And a few days went by, and we were all present in the allied meeting, where the previous incidents were mentioned. Ahh, Akane is not here with me; she said she would be busy with something.

"Miss Konori, can I add something?"

"Yeah, Miss Hoshino." Due to our meeting, we have mentioned each other in respectful manners.

"I think that the Esper is especially targeting Judgement. If you notice that in every case, at least one judge is involved, or this bombing happens where ever any Judgement member is present,"

"It is a feasible reason. Does anyone have any opinion?"

"I think it is the most feasible conclusion."

"Then, please spread notice to every Judgement branch to look after their surroundings and pay attention to everyone's behaviour. The meeting ends here."

I left the meeting place but was caught by both Uiharu and Shirai.

"Amy-Senpai, will you go with us?"

"Why not?"

"Where is Akane-Senpai?"

"She said she had something to do, so she didn't come to the meeting."

I noticed that while Uiharu is keeping me busy, Shirai is talking to someone secretly. I shouldn't peek into anyone's conversation; even if I have the ability, I should keep a privacy limit so that I can know.

Ring.. ring... ring... Oh, it's Shirasaka Senpai.

"Hello, Hoshino, where are you now?"

"I am passing through district 15."

"Can you go over to the Golden Bakery shop faster than you can? Graviton particles were detected there."

"I'm going as soon as possible."

"An-" I ended the call. I don't know what she was going to say, but my first priority is to save anyone involved in this incident.

Shirai and Uiharu also understood the situation, and we all together rushed over to the bakery. I noticed Shirai and Uiharu had more serious expressions. Shirai teleported directly towards the bakery, but it was already late when the building exploded.

I left behind Uiharu and ran faster than I could. Why didn't I notice that Shirasaka Senpai was too panicked? The only reason Akane went to that same place Just as I reached there, I found Shirai holding a girl in her arm who had a half-burned face.

"Amy-senpai, Akane-senpai shielded a child during an explosion, which led her to be exposed to the explosion."

"I AM SORRY AKANE. I WAS TOO LATE."

"Amy-San, please take care of her." Shirai went away, I suppose she is pissed and want to catch the esper. I didn't prioritise it because I had to take care of Akane. I took out the health potion I carried from the previous world and fed it to her. All her injuries were cured, but still, I am not satisfied with my own performance. Just to protect myself from Aleister, I almost lost one of my friends. I sent her to the hospital with an ambulance. I took out the phone and called Shirasaka Senpai.

"Senpai, Akane is okay, and she was taken to Mizuho Medical Institute. And Senpai, one more request: I want to resign from Judgement. I really am not suitable for this job." Senpai can hear my hoarse voice over the call.

"Hoshino-San, you shouldn't make any decisions. Please contact me later, after you think it over clearly..... toot."

"WHAT? THINK OVER CLEARLY. DO I LOOL LIKE AN IDIOT?" I crushed the phone in my hand.

<ABILITY PLAYER'S MIND IS STRONGLY ACTIVATED.>

"Hah! It looks like I really am an idiot. I was taking a rash decision." I had to find that mad bomber.

I directly activated my HAKI and scanned over a larger area. And I found a creepy guy with an earphone hanging in his ear.

<UNKNOWN POV>

"Finally, the anomaly in the plan has shown her card. I suppose it is some kind of mental strength. As expected of an outsider, this is just the beginning of her strength; let's see what you can achieve."

<MC POV>

"Kaitabi Hatsuya, esper abilities synchrotron. Its judgement, you are under arrest."

"What are you talking about?" He stepped back and fell to the ground.

"Ah! What am I talking about? YOU M*THERFUCKER, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?"

I punched him hard on the face, and three teeth fell out of his mouth. He suddenly threw a lot of spoons at me. But I easily dodged them and kicked one towards him. It blasted near him, which made him more scared.

"YOU SCUMBAG, COME HERE. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THE POWER IS."

I grabbed him by the collar and punched him in the face again and again.

"I am so___*DUH*. I am S___sor__ry*DUH*."

"Say it louder; I can't hear a thing."

"I_I a_am Sorr___rr___y." At that time, Shirai came behind me and grabbed my hand.

"Hoshino-San, this is too much." She kept pulling my hand, but she couldn't stop me, so she teleported me behind her.

"Sorry, Amy-san. But you have crossed the line; you will be fined for this."

<ABILITY PLAYER'S MIND IS STRONGLY ACTIVATED.>

I calmed down a little, but I still had hatred for him. If I want, I can kill him, but I still hold back because I don't want to be the same person as him and bully weak people. But still, I lost my mind and beat him harder. I am really becoming more hypocritical.

"I am sorry, Shirai; I really crossed the line this time."

"It's good that you know you are wrong. I think you will be suspended for some time because of your behaviour. And please go visit Akane-senpai with me. Konori Senpai told me that another team would take care of him."

When I looked towards that guy, I noticed his face was blue and purple. I feel pity for this guy, but still, it's karma, and Karma is a b*tch.

After leaving that guy behind, I went to the hospital ward, where Akane was being treated. Even if I know she is not injured, I am still worried about her mental state. And I hope Shirai forgot that Akane had an injury to the face.

Just as I opened the door to enter,

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Hoshino-San."

"(◎_◎;)" Wait now that I think, according to my fake identity, it is indeed my birthday. Not that I can complain. I noticed Akane was also there. I approached Akane. Other than Akane, Misaka, Shirai, Uiharu, Saten, Shirasaka-senpai, and Konori-senpai were present.

"Thank you, everyone." I smiled, and it was a genuine smile. I don't have this many friends except Aqua and Ruby. But I didn't notice there were so many friends supporting me.

I quickly approached Akane. "Akane, are you okay?"

"I am fine. The doctor said that I just need to stay here for 2 days to check my mental state."

"I am glad that you are fine."

"Amy, I am sorry. I wasn't able to bring your favourite cake from the bakery. Who knew it would explode suddenly?"

"It's fine, and I am happy that you all celebrated my birthday."

"Amy, why don't you cut the cake? And also remember to wish before cutting the cake."

A wish, I wish I would not involve any innocent in any risk. I grabbed the knife and proceeded to cut the cake.