Mash-up Anime World: Creating the SCP Foundation to Contain Anomalies-Chapter 310 - 304: Farewell to Shouko Nishimiya and the Relocation of Star Sea Academy

Chapter 310 - 304: Farewell to Shouko Nishimiya and the Relocation of Star Sea Academy

Est clung to Haruto like a sloth, completely draped over him.

To this, Haruto was utterly helpless.

Although Est's true form was a holy sword, in her sword spirit form, she was the embodiment of a soft and delicate girl—easy to knock over.

If he tried to pull away with even a bit of strength, he would feel the softness of a girl's body—

—causing some rather indecent sounds.

"As expected of Lord Haruto."

The Aleister, clapped lightly from the side.

Haruto felt somewhat offended.

"By the way, what do you think about adding another academy to Academy City?"

Haruto suddenly brought up a seemingly unrelated topic.

Aleister didn't give it much thought and casually nodded in agreement.

If it were the upside-down Aleister submerged in glass tubes, he might have analyzed Haruto's intentions more carefully.

But in her silver-haired girl form, Aleister was far more radical and clear-sighted about many things.

Seeing her agree, Haruto continued,

"Perfect timing. Academy City has a complete and well-established system for developing superpowers. There are some children who, due to a meteor called Charlotte, accidentally gained superpowers. Through proper development, helping these kids control their powers would be a good thing."

Haruto emphasized the word "well-established."

Naturally, he was referring to the students of Star Sea Academy.

Due to the Charlotte meteor, Adolescence Syndrome emerged, granting certain boys and girls superpowers.

And after some targeted training—

It had been proven that powers caused by Adolescence Syndrome could indeed be retained.

The most obvious examples were Mai Sakurajima and Nao Tomori.

Their powers, after systematic training, had become controllable and clearly remained even afterward.

Even after adolescence, the powers nurtured and mastered wouldn't disappear.

However, before Academy City came into play, the Foundation had no plans to train the students of Star Sea Academy.

It would consume too much manpower and resources, and the results might not be ideal.

After all, the Foundation lacked experience in this area. And using Star Sea Academy students as test subjects to gain that experience was also unacceptable. But now that a mature training system existed—

It was worth a try.

Upon hearing about Adolescence Syndrome, Aleister was visibly surprised and quite intrigued.

"Such a thing exists? Fascinating. After all, 'Gemstones' are extremely rare."

In Academy City, "Gemstones" refer to people who naturally develop powers without any external training.

These Gemstones account for less than one percent of Academy City's massive esper population.

As naturally-born espers, Gemstones held greater research value than artificially developed ones.

That's why Aleister was so intrigued.

Haruto didn't say anything more, only asking Aleister to prepare a section in advance for Star Sea Academy to move in.

Then, Haruto headed to another island in the Pacific Ocean.

On this island stood a thriving academy.

One could see adolescent boys and girls from all over the world walking through the campus.

Most wore bright and youthful smiles.

In truth, before entering Star Sea Academy, many of these students were social outcasts at their former schools.

Some were even dropouts unable to adapt to school life. For adolescents, gaining superpowers wasn't necessarily a blessing.

After all, Adolescence Syndrome wasn't stable.

Many of these kids tried hard to suppress and hide their abilities—

Fearing they'd hurt others, or be shunned and isolated if discovered.

Their powers had become burdens instead.

But at Star Sea Academy, such worries no longer existed.

It was like being reborn.

Haruto landed at one corner of the island and entered the academy. The security system used here was the same as the Foundation's site system.

Naturally, Haruto had clearance.

Coincidentally, as Haruto stepped into the academy, he saw a familiar face.

Shunsuke Otosaka.

At that moment, Shunsuke was staring at a manhole cover on the roadside.

"Is it broken?" Haruto asked curiously as he approached.

"No, maybe it's just a bit clogged, but considering it's the island's water system..." Shunsuke replied instinctively.

Only after finishing did he realize the voice sounded familiar.

When he turned and saw Haruto, his expression was surprised—then quickly turned into joy at seeing an old friend.

"President Haruto, it's been a while."

Haruto nodded with a smile.

It really had been a while.

In fact, ever since that negotiation to take over the lab, the two hadn't met.

The transition process for Star Sea Academy had always been handled by Nao.

"Did something happen?" Shunsuke asked hesitantly.

Unexpected visits always brought some unease.

He instinctively touched his eye. Seeing this gesture, Haruto suddenly remembered—

This guy should be of college age by now.

And his time-leap ability couldn't be trained recklessly either.

"Your ability has disappeared, hasn't it?"

Shunsuke smiled wryly and nodded.

"Yeah, it's gone. I'm afraid I won't be of any help. If it had been a little earlier, maybe..."

Haruto waved his hand dismissively.

Shunsuke thought Haruto was here to use his power.

But that wasn't the case.

Even if something were to happen in the main world that required a full timeline reset, Haruto would do it himself—not rely on Shunsuke's ability.

The time-leap ability, while seemingly able to reset the world, in truth only sent Shunsuke to another timeline.

And those timelines weren't the main world.

Even if Shunsuke used his power again, he'd never meet a younger Haruto.

At the moment Haruto obtained divine authority and completed the time loop, his timeline became the only one.

"I just want to relocate Star Sea Academy and introduce a new teaching model. So I came to discuss it with you, since technically, the academy doesn't fall under the Foundation's jurisdiction."

Haruto's words made Shunsuke blink in surprise, then curiously ask,

"What kind of teaching model?"

Currently, the academy's model was built on standard education, with students free to pick subjects they were interested in for further learning.

To Shunsuke, that was already a near-perfect system.

Haruto didn't hide anything and explained the situation in Academy City.

Of course, he didn't mention its dark side.

That part had already been purged.

And with Star Sea Academy moving in, they wouldn't be exposed to it anyway.

After hearing everything, Shunsuke couldn't help but click his tongue in awe.

A city built to develop superpowers—

It sounded like some urban legend.

But Shunsuke knew it was real.

After a brief moment of thought, he said,

"As President Haruto said, Star Sea Academy isn't part of the Foundation, nor is it mine. This concerns everyone, so let's have a vote."

Haruto nodded, not surprised at all.

Just as Shunsuke was about to set up the voting process,

two girls ran over.

"Big brother Shunsuke!"

A black-haired, cheerful girl ran over, calling out sweetly.

Her large eyes sparkled with innocence—clearly the energetic animal-like type of girl. Shunsuke responded and introduced her,

"This is my little sister, Ayumi Otosaka."

Haruto greeted her briefly, then turned his gaze to the girl who came with her.

"Shouko, long time no see. How's campus life been treating you?"

Haruto asked with a smile.

Shouko Nishimiya's eyes lit up. When she saw Haruto, her expression turned to pure joy.

"Haruto! Long time no see! I've been really happy!"

Shouko looked vastly different from when they first met.

Her hair was now long, her speech was clear, and her voice as sweet as silver bells—her eyes shone like starlight.

The inferiority and guilt that once clung to her seemed to have been completely shattered and discarded.

Her joy was no longer hidden but expressed openly and fully.

That transformation made Haruto genuinely happy for her.

Like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, Shouko Nishimiya was now radiant.