Comprehensive: Beginning with the Killer Queen

The future master?
Kamijou Touma's face changed, and he looked at Roland with an unnatural expression.

Although his knowledge in this area was only at the level of an average high school student, he was inevitably influenced by his friends who were well versed in this area.

Plus, the girl's attire calling herself Misha was already easy to make people think of something else. Was I involved in some weird master-servant relationship?

“That’s a really rude thought, Kamijou-san. I saved you from the most difficult situation. Can you at least wait until I’m gone before criticizing you?”

Roland's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly.

"Sorry...wait, I shouldn't have said that, hey, Mr. Roland!"

Kamijou Touma rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and began to apologize skillfully. Halfway through his words, he realized that he recognized Roland.

Although they only met once, the other person's temperament left a deep impression on him.

"Well, long time no see,"

Roland nodded and glanced behind him, seeing Accelerator almost yelling but holding himself back, his eyes flickering slightly.

"It seems that you still have a lot of luck after the orbit shifted. I don't know whether to say you are unlucky or lucky."

"It's unfortunate no matter how you look at it. I'm just a person without special abilities, but I'm always involved in conflicts between people with special abilities."

Kamijou Touma gave a bitter smile and did not continue to show off his bravery. He retreated behind Roland at the right time.

He often uses his innate fantasy killer to help others, but this is not out of a desire to be a hero, but simply following the emotions that arise in his heart.

In this weird situation, it is obviously better to let the professionals handle it.

"Come to think of it, you just mentioned something like magic, could it be related to the reason why she's pestering me?"

"Of course, since it's Angel Fall, as the name suggests, isn't it normal for an angel from heaven to be pulled into this world?"

Roland said with a smile.

"The name Misha is a male name in Russia, and she is obviously a female, right? Even the most carefree parents would not lack this common sense. Only an angel who wants to maintain a neutral feature would deliberately call herself that."

"Otherwise, Accelerator wouldn't have been defeated so quickly. Even with the two weaknesses of reduced output and reduced computing power, his strength is still very impressive in terms of science alone."

“……?!” Kamijou Touma opened his eyes wide, looking stunned.

Being suddenly informed of the existence of magic would have been fine. As a high school student of the new era, although he was a little surprised, with the precedent of superpowers, he could still regard magic as another system of science.

But the angel that exists in religion appeared before him in the form of a young girl, which inevitably challenged his previous three views.

Kamijou Touma stared at Misha, and then suddenly remembered what Roland had just said.

"Wait, in that case, wouldn't what you just said be very bad? That would already be considered blasphemy, right?"

"Relax. Although she is indeed an angel in the true sense of the word, this kind of existence degraded by magic does not have its own personality at all. It is just a ball of energy called angel power." Roland shrugged and said calmly.

"Although she can make certain thoughts and judgments based on the situation, it is essentially just an emotion imitated by the restraints and beliefs of Christianity. Just like the current AI, as long as it does not touch upon the tasks and sensitive words in the program, she will not care at all."

As Roland said, although they were all described as energy masses, the girl was not moved, and she didn't even care that she was suddenly left aside.

"My personal opinion is that you and he are both unaffected suspects."

She just stared at Roland with empty eyes, as if she was thinking about something.

"Question one, are you the caster?"

"Of course not. If I were to perform this technique, it would not be so crude. By the way, the unfortunate high school student next to me is not the culprit."

Hearing this righteous answer, Misha first nodded, then shook his head.

"Answer 1: I agree with the first point, but the answer to the second point is not convincing. The phenomenon that has not changed has spread from this teenager, so a convincing explanation is needed."

Roland told the truth without any hesitation.

"Even if you are just a beginner magician, it is impossible to let a magic as great as Angel's Fall spread to the entire planet. After all, this goes against the original intention of the spell."

"Only ordinary people who know nothing about this could accidentally activate the ritual after gathering all the items, but not notice it at all, and allow the ritual to expand, leading to the current situation."

"As for why the phenomenon started with Kamijou Touma, it's also very simple. The caster is his father, Kamijou Touya, and he also has a right hand that can negate all supernatural powers, so it caused this butterfly effect-like twists and turns."

Kamijou Touma, who was listening carefully, froze in place.

Thinking back to how his father always loved to collect strange souvenirs from all over the place, and how he would arrange the souvenirs in order throughout his hometown, combined with Roland's words, it was very likely that this was not a lie.

But why do you know more about your family’s situation than I do?
Kamijou Touma felt the malice of the world.

But now is obviously not the time to care about this, because as Roland spoke, Misha also raised her head.

The pair of lightning-like pupils hidden by the bangs were completely devoid of any emotion.

In other words, those were no longer human eyes.

After all, no matter how brilliant a psychologist is, he cannot read emotions or even thoughts from eyeballs that are like glass beads or crystals.

"Question two, once again confirm, is Kamijou Toya the culprit who launched Angel's Fall?"

"Yes, I can guarantee that."

Roland shook his finger gracefully, ignoring the dumbfounded Kamijou Touma beside him, and nodded with a smile.

After getting a positive answer, Misha opened her eyes in an instant.

Then, a rumbling sound that shook the earth and the sky began to sound.

There was a loud noise like an explosion behind the girl.

The moisture in the air was instantly drawn out and condensed, like irregular waves or water snakes. In the blink of an eye, a huge water wing extended out.

As the pair of strange wings rose, Misha overcame gravity and floated directly into the air.

"Wait a minute, Misha, if this is just a conflict caused by misunderstanding, we can also solve it through communication..."

Thinking that the girl was going to kill his father directly, Kamijou Touma called out anxiously.

But to his surprise, after flying into the air, Misha did not leave, but stood there coldly.

She looked at Kamijou Touma expressionlessly, with neither a sense of crisis nor compassion in her eyes.

It is like humans standing on a high place and watching ants crawling on the ground, without any concern for whether these insignificant creatures are looking for food or calling for their companions.

She just rolled her eyes slightly, and then the nature of the world changed.

The bright daylight turned into a starry night sky.

In the center of the dark sky, a huge full moon that didn't match the time hung high above the head.

Because it was too unbelievable, Kamijou Touma subconsciously touched his head with his right hand to prevent it from being an illusion caused by some ability.

Only when the scene before him did not change did he slowly open his mouth.

"How is this going?"

"It's just celestial manipulation. By changing the positions of the Earth and the Sun, and adjusting the angle of the Moon, we can get this result." Roland said lightly.

Although this was a force that was enough to end the world, he did not show any surprise.

Compared with the girl's true identity, such exaggerated power can only be said to be justified.

"After all, it's Gabriel. As the guardian of the moon, the symbol of water, and the archangel serving on the left side of the One God, it makes sense."

Roland maintained a gentle smile and spoke slowly.

"Don't worry. This guy is a being that follows a program. He won't stop the rotation of the earth and blow away the earth's crust just to return to heaven, thus ending everything once and for all."

"Really, that's good..."

"——At most, it will destroy human civilization."

This is not the most at all!
Kamijou Touma’s expression said so.

He looked up nervously, cold sweat pouring down his body.

With the full moon in the sky as the center point, a huge magic circle that covers the horizon suddenly unfolds.

Just like migrating flocks of birds and salmon swimming upstream, even the spots of light that make up the lines of the huge magic circle are another magic circle.

In the center of the magic circle, a fragile and shining group of lights flickered dimly like a person who had just awakened.

Even Kamijou, who knows nothing about magic, can tell that these magic circles are extraordinary.

"What it is?"

"The rain of fire that burned Sodom and Gomorrah."

"Following the will of the One God, destroying the Fallen City with rain of fire, this is the classic feat of the Power of God Gabriel."

Roland said softly, his chin resting on his head, staring quietly into the sky.

"Even if the power of a single one is only about that of a missile, this number is more than enough."

More than enough?
Looking at the billions of light points in the sky, Kamijou Touma felt a chill piercing his spine.

Judging from the range of the night sky, if those light spots were to fall, half of the earth would probably be reduced to scorched earth.

Although even a miracle from God could be wiped out by his right hand, the magic circle was too far away and he was powerless.

Kamijou Touma clenched his teeth tightly. He did not vent his anger on Roland who was standing next to him because of the current situation.

The other party just told the truth, and the fact that Kamijou Toya was the culprit behind everything will not change.

Gabriel will find out the truth sooner or later, and now that things have happened, finding a solution is the right thing to do.

What's more, in a sense, revealing the truth in advance would be a help to him. Otherwise, it would be even worse if he found out Misha's true identity after returning home in a daze.

Kamijou Touma's teeth chattered at the thought that he might have to protect his often out-of-touch father while fighting against the archangel of Christianity.

"Mr. Roland, please think of a solution!"

Kamijou Touma looked at Roland beside him in panic.

He knew nothing about the origins of this mysterious man, but the relaxed attitude he showed when evaluating the archangel was something that a person without confidence could never fake.

"Don't worry. Even an archangel would need a lot of time to prepare for such a divine punishment."

Roland maintained a calm smile, looking confident of victory.

"During this period of time, it would be easy for him to change his mind."

"Eh?"

Kamijou Touma's face was full of confusion.

"Isn't that archangel a rigid program? Before she completes her purpose, she won't pay any attention to us unless we can interfere with her."

Although it might not be obvious normally, Kamijou Touma has an excellent intuition.

After Roland used the analogy of AI from the technological side, he understood why Gabriel, who had deliberately held back from killing them before, was now so ruthless as to intend to destroy human civilization.

This is just a difference caused by different stage objectives.

Gabriel's initial purpose was to confirm the identity of the caster. In this process, apart from the first task of finding the caster, her other actions were passive simulations of the archangels believed in by Christianity.

Therefore, we have always followed the rule that we cannot kill people indiscriminately without the command of God, so as to avoid any errors in the result of whether those people will go to heaven or hell after the end of the world.

But once the culprit was found, the order to return to heaven became her first goal.

Everything else takes priority over this directive, just like an organ transplant.

Even though I know that I will die if I have a rejection reaction, my body still cannot control its instincts.

Angels do not distinguish between good and evil, they only follow the most effective method.

Using Divine Punishment will definitely kill the caster and undo the Angel's Fall, so there is no need to do something with a lower success rate.

In this situation, Kamijou Touma could not think of any other way except to kill her directly.

"That's not wrong, but since it's a rigid program, there must be ways to exploit it."

Roland smiled and said so.

"There's no need for us to interfere with her. Isn't it enough to let her come to us on her own initiative?"

"Is this kind of thing... possible?"

"Of course, the order to return to heaven is just a conclusion drawn by Gabriel's program based on the current situation. We can override this order by using the underlying logic that constitutes this archangel."

Kamijou Touma was speechless.

Although there is nothing wrong with this theory, the problem is that

——What kind of situation would make the fallen archangel give up and return to heaven?

“Kamijo-san, do you know why Gabriel would perform the technique directly in Academy City?”

Roland showed a ferocious smile at the corner of his mouth, and then took the initiative to reveal the answer without waiting for his answer.

"Because this Academy City was deliberately built to allow crime to happen, and it is extremely prosperous. Using it as a symbol, it will be much easier to activate the Divine Punishment."

“But such a prosperous and decadent city is also the soil of sin. The reason why Gabriel was given the mission to destroy it is precisely to prevent the birth of the things inside.

"This achievement is both the Archangel's honor and power, but also her shackles, so

——Please watch my transformation!"

Then, the roaring crimson shadow bared its fangs to the world. (End of this chapter)