This is a real story about my senpai's encounter with her boyfriend.
It was on a hot, humid, summer day when her boyfriend went by a lonely park.
A woman who happened to be standing there asked him how to get to the station.
As her boyfriend kindly gave the woman directions,
the somewhat pale woman slowly raised her hand...
...and suddenly, in a flash...
In a flash...
Took her blouse off!
Um...
Hey! That wasn't scary at all!
Even if we try hard to make the atmosphere scary,
it's useless if it's that kind of story
Come on... If you actually encountered her, wouldn't you be scared?
An urban legend about a woman who suddenly undresses... "The Undressing Woman"!
Not scary at all!
Wouldn't she just be considered a pervert instead of an urban legend?
Well then... How about a tale like this?
Hmm?
When the wind turbine propellers start turning the other way,
something strange happens to the city!
At 4:44PM, you shouldn't cross between school district boundaries!
Otherwise you will wander into the legendary "Imaginary Number School District".
An item that increases your ability just by using it: the Level-Upper!
Quit looking at childish sites like that.
Urban legends are so un-scientific.
We're in the famous Academy City, you know.
Oh, have a little adventurous spirit!
There are also cases where real things become rumors, too.
Like a guy who has an ability that prevents other abilities from working on him!
Doesn't that sound Academy City specific?
An ability that prevents other abilities from working?
Nonsense! There's no way an ability like that exists.
Right, Onee-sama?
Uh...
Yeah, that's right.
If he really exists, then I'd like to try fighting against him.
Well, only if he actually exists.
Magazine: Real Academy City Urban Legends
Urban legends, huh?
A guy who has an ability that prevents other abilities from working on him.
Yeah right.
Hey, you're cute.
Oh, and you're from Tokiwadai!
How about you go out with us for a bit?
Don't worry, we'll make sure you get home.
We don't know how late it'll be, though.
-Idiots. Trying to hit on me...
-Don't worry, you'll be home by the morning after the next day.
-It's not that they're cold-hearted.
Let's go.
I know.
Even if they got involved in this, they wouldn't be able to do anything, anyway.
They would only get themselves hurt.
-What are you looking at?
-Everybody likes themselves.
That's normal.
If there is someone who would help some complete stranger,
that person is simply an idiot, or...
Oh, there you are!
Looks like my companion caused you trouble.
Man, you shouldn't just go off on your own!
Bye guys!
Who are you?
Huh?
Hey, just go along with the script!
My "Pretend to be an Acquaintance and Naturally Pull Her Out of the Messy Situation" plan is ruined!
Why must we do something so troublesome like that?
Who do you think you are?
You made a fool out of us.
You got something against us, huh?
Too bad, then.
Huh?
Yeah, I do.
Don't you feel embarrassed?
All of you gather up and circle around a single girl.
Just look at the person you tried to hit on.
-Oh wow.
She's just a kid!
You heard that conversation, didn't you?
She has a rude attitude and has no respect for her elders!
She might look like an ojou-sama, but she's still acting like some teenage rebel!
She's just a little kid!
Guys like you who can't deal with a little kid without ganging up annoy me!
The type of person that makes me the most annoyed,
is you!
Heh...
Huh?
Why didn't my electric shock work on him?
Could he really be like that guy in the urban legend?
That's impossible!
If I get serious, he'll just be...
The next time I see him, I'll definitely...
Um, do you remember any landmarks that might help?
Landmarks. Hmm...
Oh, there was a crosswalk right in front.
Crosswalks aren't good landmarks...
Hey, you!
Oh, it's the Biribiri middle schooler!
I'm not Biribiri!
I'm Misaka Mikoto!
Today will be the day we put an end to all this!
So that means you have some free time now.
I have all the time in the world to waste!
Will you help me find this person's parking lot then?
Huh?
Well, I forgot where the parking lot I parked my car was.
Oh, hey... Why?
Well, I have to go somewhere.
You're free, so it's fine, right?
It's not a matter of whether it'll be fine or not!
I won't let you blow me off with some random excuse again!
You make up all this crap every time we meet!
-It's just really hot.
Real-
W-What are you doing?
I've been walking in the sun a lot, so I'm sweaty.
Who is this person?!
I just met her a while ago, myself!
J-Just put your shirt back on! Please!
Oh my, a woman's being attacked!
Did that guy force her clothes off?
That must be it!
T-That's wrong...
You've all got the wrong idea!
H-Hey!
Hey, you. I'll be in trouble if you take my shirt away.
Oh my.
Just put your clothes on! Please!
Everyone's watching!
Everyone is watching, so please hurry!
This place is cool and refreshing.
What's with her?
She suddenly takes her shirt off in public.
Oh...
Come on. If you actually encountered her, wouldn't it be scary?
An urban legend about a woman who suddenly undresses... "The Undressing Woman"!
Oh, that's impossible.
Hello?
Onee-sama, where are you?
We're going to have tea with Uiharu and Saten.
Do you want to join us?
Well, you see, I'm with some weird person right now...
"Weird," you say?
She suddenly took her shirt off?
Oh, that must be "The Undressing Woman"!
Are you okay, Misaka-san?
Hey, stop it you two!
Oh, take a picture and email it to me!
Hey, now-
Don't start thinking it's funny and try to compare it to some urban legend.
She's a little awkward, but she's a normal person-
Are you talking about me being awkward?
Oh, suddenly asking a stranger... and... well... you know...
The number you have called is unavailable.
-She switched it to voice mail.
Is she in trouble?
We might want to go look for her.
Only idiots are serious about urban legends.
Huh?
It's a thank you present for helping out.
Oh, thank you.
Hot.
Why hot?
And... curry soup?
When you're hot, you should drink warm drinks.
Plus, the spices in the curry help you feel refreshed.
Well, I might understand the logic,
but my feelings are telling me that I want a cold drink.
Feelings...
But yes, young girls make choices that way.
I'll go buy something new.
What do you want?
Oh, don't worry about me!
It's the thought that counts.
I'm sorry. I'm doing so much research that my brain tends to think in too logically.
Research... So, you're a researcher?
Cerebral physiology. I mainly do research on AIM dispersion fields.
You mean the weak power that ability users emit unconsciously?
Yeah. So you learned about it in school already?
Yes, in my first year.
I heard it was such a weak power it's not detectable by human sensory organs, and it can only measured by machines.
I do research on applications of that power.
Oh, really?
So, does that mean that you know a lot about abilities?
Is there something you want to know about?
Well...
Um... Is there an ability that cancels out other abilities?
Well, there are many abilities out there.
What kind of abilities won't work, for example?
Like having no problem surviving high level electric shocks.
Electric shocks, huh?
For example, an ability that produces something like a lightning rod that averts the electric current.
It's different from that, though...
Do you personally know this person?
Eh?
Oh, no... It's just an urban legend, you see.
I just happened to hear about it.
Urban legends, huh?
So young girls these days talk about that stuff, too.
Well, it's not so much that they're popular, but that we have a lot of them.
Like "The Undressing Woman".
"Undressing Woman"?
Ah, it's nothing!
Oh!
Hmm?
I-I'm sorry!
Oh, don't worry about it.
It'll be fine if I wash it quickly.
I told you not to undress!
#4 Urban Legends
A Certain Scientific Railgun
Huh?
Onee-sama still won't pick up.
"The Undressing Woman" must be attacking her!
Quit that foolish talk.
Saten-san, I've found a website with lots of information about "The Undressing Woman".
Let me see.
What?!
What's the matter?!
Shirai-san, the people who meet the Undressing Woman make a final scream and then become unresponsive.
Oh, you're making up stuff again.
Onee-sama is the strongest. The invincible Electroshock Princess of Tokiwadai.
There's no way some "Undressing Woman" who just undresses will beat her.
Wrong. Something even scarier might be happening.
What do you mean?
The undressing is infectious!
It's infectious?!
Those who have come in contact with "The Undressing Woman" also become "Undressing Women" because of her curse!
Oh my!
That means Misaka-san will be going around flashing herself!
No way!
Onee-sama, you can't!
No!
Onee-sama!
Don't do it anymore!
Shi-Shirai-san?
Uiharu! Find a way to undo the curse!
Immediately!
Oh, please don't be so serious about it!
That's right. It's just an urban legend!
Sorry to trouble you.
Well, I can't just quit midway.
Here you are.
Thank you.
Oh, yes. Please remember to thank that guy.
That guy?
He's your acquaintance, right?
Right when I was in trouble, he called out to me.
Oh, did he?
He's a good guy.
He just meddles in other people's affairs, like a wanna-be cool guy.
He talks to you, throws you at someone else, and disappears.
How irresponsible of him.
How should I say it...
Either he's good at dealing with people,
he just isn't serious, or...
he does a lot of things that annoy me.
It's like he's always-
Looks like you're having fun.
What are you...
You like him?
W-What are you...
Well, they do say that people sometimes treat the one they love coldly.
It was popular a while ago. What was it? Tsun... Tsun...
Tsundara?
No...
Tsunjire?
That's impossible!
What's wrong?
What happened?
I wonder?
Now, now. Lets' hurry.
Thanks a lot.
All right then.
Take care.
Rather...
How could she forget which parking lot she parked her car in?
Geez.
Why am I so tired?
It's all his fault.
If I meet him again, I'll definitely...
Argh!
It's completely totaled!
My precious source of proteins!
I-I waited in line for two hours just for this!
Oh.
Thanks for leaving me and running off like that!
You leave the troublesome work for others and go shopping?
For poor students, it's a matter of life and death whether or not you can get the special, on-sale items!
An ojou-sama from Tokiwadai wouldn't understand this!
I had lots of trouble too!
She started taking off her dirty skirt,
and I had to wash it since there was no other choice.
So in the end...
Tsunde-
Tsun?
A-Anyway, fight me! Just fight me!
"Fight me," you say?
But you've lost every match.
Shut up!
I haven't been hit a single time, either.
I haven't lost!
Then how do we finish this?
Well...
Of course, after I win!
You! Don't sigh even more loudly than before!
All right.
If that's what will make you happy...
...then I'll be your opponent.
So you're finally getting serious.
We won't cause any trouble to the surroundings if we do it here.
You're free to start any time.
Bring it.
You don't have to tell me!
I've been waiting for this chance!
Just as I thought, electric shocks don't work.
Then...
Hey... What?
H-Hey, don't use weapons!
I made it using my ability.
The iron sand is vibrating like a chainsaw.
If you touch it, you might bleed a little bit!
Err... I don't think the injuries will be that minor!
Even if you dodge my attacks like that, I can do stuff like this, too!
The sword extended!
It'll hit!
He can't avoid!
He forced it back into iron sand.
But I've expected everything until now.
L-Looks like you lose.
Really?
Hey, you're even using the iron sand taken by the wind!
No matter how many times you do this, the result will still be the same!
Even if you can counter the electric shocks I shoot-
The electric current isn't flowing through?
What is he?
Umm...
Well...
Gyaaaa!
I-I lose!
D-D-D-D-D-Don't joke with me!
Fight me seriously!
But you were scared!
I'm not scared at all!
Don't lie!
You were like this, in tears, and tiny from curling up!
Die!
Don't escape!
Hey, you!
If that actually hit me I would be dead for sure!
It won't affect you anyway!
It's not a matter of whether or not it works on me!
How could you use an attack like that on someone without hesitation?
I've never used something like that on anyone else before!
Why only me then?
Fight me properly!
Ow, hot!
Heh...
I'm home.
Huh?
Kuroko isn't in?
I'm so tired.
Onee-sama...
Kuroko?
Where are you-
You suddenly took off your clothes.
That means you must've been cursed by "The Undressing Woman"!
Now please put this on your head too, Onee-sama!
What's gotten into you?
This is the only way to undo "The Undressing Woman's" curse!
Disappear, "Undressing Woman"!
Quit it already!
It's still warm!
It's...
So she's the rumored level 5.
She's an interesting girl.
Next Episode
Hey, I really had a lot of fun today.
A Certain Newbie Training of Two
And they even let me do the preview!
I should expose myself splendidly to show off, then.
So next episode-
Don't undress!