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"Okay, that's it. Mr. Kamijou, you'll be right there... Don't do it!"

Kamijou Touma immediately bristled at the flames in Stiyl's hand, saying, "Can't you all be reasonable? Just because you have abilities doesn't mean you can use them recklessly! Look at what Academy City and Luancheng are like now! Are you even civilized people?!"

Kamijou Touma has given up on himself and has even begun preparing for a new round of battle.

Anyway, he already has quite a few band-aids on him today, so a few more won't matter.

Touma's words made Stiyl frown. He said, "Who are you? What do you want with Index?"

Stiyl spoke in a questioning tone, but upon hearing Stiyl's words, Touma Kamijou blinked, then suddenly became overjoyed and said, "Hey, do you know Index? Are you also looking for Index?"

"Great, so she's not alone anymore? But you guys were so careless, letting such a little girl run around like that. Aren't you afraid she'll get hurt? Academy City is so chaotic right now, can't you be a little more careful?!"

By now, both of them had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Kanzaki Kaori and Stiyl exchanged a glance, temporarily put down their knives, and said, "You know Index too? Tell us what's going on."

"Oh, you're asking about that..."

Touma Kamijou scratched his head and recounted how he met Index that day. Stiyl and Kanzaki Kaori carefully observed Touma's expression, and only after confirming that Touma wasn't lying did they breathe a sigh of relief.

So, Index, that child, has been loved by someone again by chance?

The two people, who felt the same way, softened their gazes towards Touma Kamijou.

The relationship between the three is completely different from that in the original work. In the original work, the magic duo believed that Kamijou Touma was after Index, while Kamijou Touma believed that the magic duo was purely trying to harm and kidnap Index.

Upon arriving here, the three of them, sharing the same goal, surprisingly maintained a harmonious relationship.

"By the way, do you have any news about Index? If not, we should hurry up and look for her, otherwise it's too dangerous for her to be alone."

Touma Kamijou looked anxious. Stiyl stared at Touma Kamijou, then suddenly thought of something and said, "I have a way to solve the current problem."

Kanzaki Kaori was slightly taken aback and asked, "What method?"

"Simply put, as long as the leader of the organization attacking Academy City is an Academy City insider, then we can just use an excuse to get away with it, right?"

As he spoke, Stiyl moved closer to Touma Kamijou and said, "Hey, you're Touma Kamijou, right? We know about Index. She's been kidnapped by an organization, and we're about to take action."

"Are you coming along?"

……

"Are you ready, Best?"

In the very center of Academy City, Best and Rami stood on a rooftop, ignoring the chaos within the city and looking up at the sky.

"Yes, the power of existence has been replenished, and I can now unleash a large-scale free magic. Thank you, Rami. Without your help, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to complete this mission successfully."

Rami shook his head and said, "You're too rigid. After all, the situation in Academy City has changed, and your Existence Power has been greatly depleted. You could have asked the Crimson World for more support, but instead, you've been struggling on your own."

"I don't want to cause trouble for everyone, and I don't want more people to dislike me."

Best spoke softly, this was the beginning of her attempt to integrate into the Crimson World, so everything was done with utmost care. But these words made Rami, who was behind her, feel a little sorry for her, and said, "Sometimes, as long as you are liked by one person, it doesn't matter if you are hated by many others."

Best turned to Rami and said, "I don't quite understand. Are you talking about Momo? We only have ten days left. After that, he will forget everything. No one will hate me or him because of this, so it's okay."

"So, Best, if you had to choose between his liking and the fact that everyone in the Crimson World doesn't dislike you, what would you choose?"

Upon hearing this, Best fell silent. After a long while, she shook her head and said, "I don't know. Do I have to answer?"

Best answered that he didn't know, but Rami smiled and said, "Not knowing is already a good answer. Let's begin."

"Ah."

Best nodded, looked up at the sky again, and a towering gray-brown flame rose from his body, flying directly into the sky and transforming into a curtain of flames that enveloped the entire Academy City.

The project to sever Academy City has finally entered its final stage.

204 The bald guy ran away.

"It's starting..."

As Best and Rami were weaving their magic, Aleister appeared behind them. This was because Best and Rami hadn't made any effort to conceal their positions, and someone of Aleister's caliber could easily detect them.

"That's right, as agreed, the separation is about to enter its final stage. After tonight, the world will completely forget Academy City, and Academy City will also completely forget the world."

"After about ten more days of checking and patching up any remaining issues, we will have complete control of Academy City. After that, the gates to the Crimson World will open, and the Purification Plan will begin."

"Please rest assured, we at Hongshi will absolutely keep our promise."

Best, as the main force in the separation, was giving it his all and couldn't say anything. Rami, however, was merely an assistant; after all, according to the plan, he shouldn't have had to intervene. Coupled with his extraordinary magical abilities, Rami could still easily converse with Aleister.

Aleister no longer doubted Crimson World's purpose, since with Momo's trading authority as a guarantee, Crimson World was indeed there to carry out the purification.

The question that needed to be considered was whether the Crimson World possessed the strength to accomplish this. Therefore, Aleister decided to become a witness.

"Will this so-called separation affect me? Will I also forget everything outside Academy City?"

This is a very important issue for Aleister, since his ambitions and everything he has done are closely related to the outside world of Academy City. Therefore, he absolutely cannot lose his memories; otherwise, wouldn't he also lose his motivation and purpose for doing all this?

"Regarding this... I think it's like this."

Rami hesitated for a moment, then said, "The specifics will likely depend on the actual outcome. However, I believe that while your strength is formidable, it is not yet sufficient to confront the laws of the Crimson World."

"So, even if you don't completely forget everything, you will at least forget most of your memories outside of Academy City."

Hearing this, Aleister frowned. This was all within his expectations, but as expected, this conflict still needed to be faced.

"It seems I need to leave Academy City. After all, I can't forget my past, and I need to carry that past with me to witness the purification process of this world."

Aleister looked at Rami and said, "After I leave, everything in Academy City will be handed over to you. Consider this an early handover. I hope you won't think I'm breaking my promise because of this."

Upon hearing this, Rami was slightly taken aback and frowned. He hadn't anticipated this development, as it involved Aleister's past and personal wishes, and Rami was unaware of Aleister's story.

However, Aleister's request is reasonable. His goal is to cleanse the gods. If even the memories are forgotten, will Aleister still agree to cleanse the gods and hand over Academy City to Crimson World?

"I understand. Although it's a bit troublesome, I think we can get through these ten days without any problems."

"Things are not that simple."

Aleister smiled knowingly, saying, "There's too much dust and dregs in Academy City. Once I lose control, they'll inevitably rise up. This is just a friendly reminder: controlling a city isn't always possible with just one person's power."

"Even if both of them were godlike figures, it would still be the same."

Aleister has always been quite frustrated. Despite his immense strength, he has been forcibly suppressed by the Crimson World, leaving him no room to resist or move.

As everything neared its end, he finally used the current situation to present Rami and Best with a troublesome task: to clean up the chaos that was about to erupt in Academy City.

Aleister had lost confidence in his own abilities, but he believed that he was far superior to any Crimson World in managing the city.

Imagining Rami and Best in a state of utter chaos, Aleister's breathing seemed to become much easier. As for what Academy City would become... why should Aleister care about a pawn that had already been used?

Aleister walked through the void, step by step, towards the edge of Academy City. He passed through a portal opened for him by Rami and left Academy City. Aiwass suddenly appeared behind him and followed.

The two share the same goal: to leave Academy City. Aleister wants to witness the purification of the gods, while Aiwass is filled with interest in everything that is about to happen in this world.

After seeing the two people off, Rami's expression was not relaxed. As Aleister said, although Rami had a long lifespan and profound knowledge, it was not enough for him to manage a huge city with 230 million people, especially a modern academy city with superpowered individuals.

How to help the city survive the next ten days without it being completely destroyed is something Rami must consider.

Although there was no specific agreement with the SOS Brigade to completely preserve the entire appearance of Academy City, it's not right to hand over an Academy City that has become ruins to the SOS Brigade.

Ten days is not a long time, but it's not short either. Ten days is enough for an ordinary human to paralyze and throw a modern city into chaos, let alone Academy City where many people have the powerful ability to demolish buildings.

For example, if someone like Accelerator went all out, how could he demolish an entire Academy City in ten days?

So, what should he do?

There is clearly only one solution: find a sufficiently powerful agent to restore order to Academy City.

Who should we contact for this?

After much deliberation, Rami had only one choice in mind: Momo.

But the thought of Momo filled Rami with dread. He felt inexplicably that completely trusting Momo would lead to a situation that was beyond his and even the entire Crimson World's control.

After all, Momo is an administrator, and the power of administrators is undeniable. They possess the power of supreme gods, enough to accomplish inconceivable miracles.

With this in mind, Rami had to confront once again a problem he had been unable to understand, a problem he still couldn't figure out even after a long talk with Best.

So, what exactly is Momo going to do?

It's clear that Momo's actions in Academy City were purposeful, without a doubt. Rami, who had been secretly observing from within Academy City, had also noticed some clues.

First, Momo interfered in some incidents in Academy City, especially the Absolute Level 4 incident, and then took the remaining clones of the Misaka Sisters under her control.

This isn't hard to understand. In Rami's view, it's simply that Momo is recruiting people. The Misaka Sisters aren't particularly strong individually, but their strength lies in their unity and numbers. Such a force would be incredibly effective in a world where the average strength is limited.

In addition, there are the girls around Mo Mo. Each of them possesses their own strength and outstanding appearance.

Rami wasn't sure whether Momo's actions stemmed from lust for the girls' looks, a simple pursuit of pleasure, or from interest in their abilities. However, overall, everything Momo did seemed to have the same purpose as his involvement with absolute ability users—it was all for human benefit.

Therefore, Rami can draw a preliminary conclusion that Momo needs manpower, which is obviously still in the initial stage. Although Momo can strengthen the strength of the people around him to a certain extent, Rami does not take Momo's strength and power seriously at the moment.

There's no way around it; the gap between the two sides is on a completely different scale.

This is corroborated by the fact that Momo was very weak, almost killed by the SOS Brigade, and then sealed by the SOS Brigade. Although Momo later broke free of the seal and even set his sights on Best, forcing Rami to come out and resolve the situation in the end.

However, even though Rami has been observing Momo, there are still some things he doesn't understand, and he can't figure out what Momo's purpose is.

Why did Best suddenly believe Momo? Momo was able to ease the tension between Aleister and Best, and make Aleister completely believe in Crimson World's motives.

This is naturally due to the power of trading; however, as long as Momo has never traded with Rami, Rami will never know of the existence of the power of trading.

As for the other thing Rami couldn't understand, it was that Momo wanted not only people but also land. Currently, Momo had consolidated a significant portion of Academy City's institutions and industries, and the speed and cost of this acquisition were increasing rapidly, clearly indicating a specific purpose.

However, the problem is that Momo already knows that Academy City will soon be taken over by the SOS Brigade, and no matter how much Momo invests in Academy City's industries, he will not be able to reap any benefits.

Would the SOS Brigade really allow Momo to set up businesses on their territory?

Absolutely not, after all, the two sides are mortal enemies!

So, the question is, what exactly is Momo going to do?

What exactly is Momo's purpose in investing in Academy City?

Through the disappearance of the Misaka Sisters, Rami confirmed that Momo could take people away from this world, since the administrators all possessed the ability to travel through time.

But Momo can't just move Academy City away too, can he?

They moved Academy City right under the noses of Crimson World and the SOS Brigade.

As far as Rami knew, no previous manager had ever possessed such abilities. After all, this wasn't just a matter of time travel; it was a power struggle between managers.

"I just can't figure it out!"

Rami shook his head helplessly, then looked at the occasional flashes of light in the distance. Clearly, Academy City was showing signs of a small spark igniting a prairie fire.