One-way traffic

And it made me realize how to protect others.

From then on, I finally understood my true stance. I abandoned simple values ​​of good and evil. As long as I could protect the people I cared about, I didn't need to care about so many other things.

Thus, black evolved into white.

As his feelings deepened, he single-handedly saved countless lives across Eurasia on Russian soil.

Since then, he has gradually come to understand his own way of survival, and little by little, he has moved towards a new realm...

Until here.

Only after one side passed through did it slowly raise its head.

What appeared before me was a vast, seemingly empty world.

"...Here again."

The sky was covered in darkness, and the ground was covered in pure white.

Purple and dark red rotate on the left and right sides respectively, and in front of them is what I recently acquired.

A pure gray, a murky color like chaos.

That is the power I possess.

Accelerator stood up and looked directly at the pure gray light in the void.

This space is a reflection of my spiritual world. The reason I came here is basically because of some rather peculiar experiences.

He never imagined that he would be able to come here again.

As he slowly walked towards the deepest part of the space, Accelerator gently placed his hand on the gray light.

Tick.

A sound like dripping water could be heard.

As the fingertip touched the surface of the gray light cluster, a slight ripple spread outwards, extending boundlessly beyond the mental space.

He knows what it is.

The wings I had recently acquired were pure gray, like wings of chaos.

…However.

"What's the point of me looking at these things now that things have come to this?"

The first person couldn't help but show a self-deprecating expression.

"Even if we obtain this power, even if we obtain such great power, what can we actually do?"

Having traversed so many worlds, experienced so much, and witnessed countless hardships, what I have finally gained is this pair of wings before me.

It gave itself the strongest power, and could even be said to be truly invincible.

…Even the most powerful force at present is still unable to protect what it wants to protect.

Let alone saving the world, he couldn't even protect the few people he wanted to protect.

In the end, what was the point of all that I did?

Is the so-called title of strongest, the so-called title of number one in Academy City, really just an empty promise?

I may not be able to be the so-called strongest at all.

This thought instinctively surfaced in Accelerator's mind.

He knew that there were always people more capable than him, and there was always something beyond his understanding. He might be invincible in this world, but he wouldn't be invincible in other worlds. Even beyond parallel worlds, there were still vast worlds that he could hardly imagine.

There must be people among them who are even stronger than myself.

Therefore, Accelerator never felt that he was truly invincible or the strongest.

…Even so, he still tried his best to play the strongest role among the people most important to him.

All we wanted was to protect their safety.

But even such a small thing couldn't be accomplished.

Tragedy is like a shadow; you can't shake it off no matter where you go.

Even having reached such strength, even having searched countless worlds, one cannot find an existence that can rival him.

He still couldn't hold onto what he wanted to save.

to be frank.

Is there any point in doing things that go back and forth like this?

Click.

As Accelerator had this thought, he saw something seem to emerge on the gray ball of light in front of him.

"This is?"

It was a crack.

Through the crack, it could be seen that something else seemed to be hidden inside the ball of light.

Could it be...?

Accelerator was slightly taken aback.

Then, he thought of something.

The pair of pure gray wings that I have controlled so far.

It's actually only in an incomplete state.

He was using only a tiny fraction of the power he possessed, and with that alone, he was already invincible in countless worlds. It was precisely because of this that he felt he had done his utmost and had no way to continue resisting.

That's not actually the case at all.

"So, in other words, I... actually possess far more unimaginable power within me?"

He couldn't help but have this thought.

So, if there is an opportunity to unleash the true power within oneself, perhaps everything can be changed.

That way you can completely defeat your enemy!

"That's right... If we do it this way, we can rewrite everything. Yes! It has to be this way!"

The number one in Academy City smiled like never before.

That panicked, confused, and unnaturally excited expression would never be what he should look like in his normal state.

and so.

Along with this change in behavior, the entire mental structure that constitutes the world before his eyes also changes.

In an instant, it collapsed.

"What—? What on earth is going on?!"

Accelerator's eyes widened as the sky and earth were torn apart, and everything within this space was being obliterated into the abyss.

He tried to reach out and grasp that pure gray light.

But no matter what, it was impossible to grasp.

It was as if he had lost the right to access that power.

"How could this be...!"

He tried his best, but even if he wanted to use his abilities, he simply couldn't.

They could only sink along with the darkness.

"I can't fall! I can't! I... I still have people to save, I haven't been able to atone for my sins! How can it end like this... like this!!"

The world turned dark.

The spiritual world that belonged to the first person seemed to have become completely empty.

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"—!!"

Then, Accelerator awoke from his slumber.

He got up from the bed, panting heavily.

"It was a dream..."

Once he came to his senses, he calmed down.

but.

Everything I saw in that dream while I was unconscious—

I still remember it perfectly.

"What exactly happened? That dream... it was just like..."

He looked at his hands. The difference between his current calm and his previous state in the dream was enormous.

Anxious, conflicted, and afraid to look at everything directly.

These are the images of yourself that you see in your dreams and the emotional changes you experience.

However, if it were any other time, or even now—the number one in Academy City would absolutely never show such a sorrowful emotional change.

Accelerator knew very well that it wasn't him.

"Where exactly is this place...?"

He looked up and saw a small, modern room around him.

And its room structure.

A slightly bluish-white ceiling.

A lovely atmosphere filled the entire room, with the bed he was lying on also having the same lovely tone, as did the dressing table, wardrobe, and window on one side.

Looking out the window, the bustling cityscape of the daytime comes into view.

Familiar with.

The room felt incredibly familiar to him, and with his absolute power level of calculation, it was almost impossible for him to forget something he had seen before.

And so, it was easy to remember whose room this was.

"That guy...?"

In my memory, this should be Hatsune Miku's bedroom.

And it wasn't even in Yomikawa Aiho's bedroom in the 7th school district.

Rather, it is... the room where Hatsune Miku lived when the world of idols and the world of magic and science did not intersect.

How did I end up here?

He looked around in disbelief. If the worlds had merged, Hatsune Miku's original house should have disappeared.

Therefore, it's naturally impossible to come to such a place...

“I created this environment based on the bedroom that left the deepest impression on you, and I thought you would like it.”

? !

I heard someone else's voice behind me.

The first person immediately turned around and raised all five fingers.

Boom——! !

The air was instantly shattered by a sound like an explosion.

He turned around, and under his manipulation, he remotely transformed the surrounding air into a deadly blade.

They spun around the person standing in front of the door like tops.

"who are you?"

"...Now it seems that although you are very attached to this room, you don't seem to want to see it at this time at all."

"what?"