One-way traffic

The person standing in front of Accelerator is a human.

To be precise.

He was a young man with black hair.

"Calm down, young man, there's no need to be so nervous."

"Are you sure this is the tone you're using when you're talking to me right now?"

Accelerator showed no mercy in displaying his overwhelming presence.

The oppressive aura, which even top-tier experts would find difficult to withstand, instantly spread throughout the room.

The young man's neck was surrounded by his own air blades, and if he made any rash move, those compressed air blades would mercilessly slit his throat.

but.

"I'm pretty sure."

The young man shook his head indifferently, unaffected by the oppressive feeling and unconcerned about the blade at his neck.

"It would be more accurate to say that I kindly saved you, and to threaten your benefactor in this tone, and even use such a dangerous thing, don't you think that's going a bit too far?"

"you…?"

At this moment, the first person finally recalled the scene before he fell into a coma.

Everyone present except himself was wiped out—including Kakine Teitoku, who possessed holistic abilities.

however.

Kakine Teitoku desperately threw one of the girls toward himself, and he himself did everything in his power to protect her.

"Hatsune..."

"Hmm, it seems to be the person I remember. It really is Hatsune Miku."

For a moment, Accelerator didn't even pay attention to the meaning behind the other person's words. After considering this outcome, he looked at him warily.

"Did you really do this? You brought me and that woman here?"

Why would I need to lie to you?

"Impossible. Even if I used all my strength, I wouldn't have survived in that situation. No one could have survived even if you searched the entire world. How could there be a complete corpse?"

"Nothing is impossible. Didn't you just think about it in your dream? The world is so big, why isn't there anything you can't understand? Don't overcomplicate things, junior."

In a dream?

Accelerator was stunned again. This guy actually knew the content of his dream?

"Who exactly are you...?"

Despite repeated inquiries, the young man still did not answer.

"Come over here, although it's just a model room made according to your memory."

He pushed open the door, revealing the entire living room to him.

"But I think you'll still like it, right?"

— Right before my eyes.

What is shown is the house where Hatsune Miku has always lived in her original world.

The living room, kitchen, bedroom, and even everything outside the window are exactly the same as they were back then.

correct.

Just like when Accelerator first met that girl.

"I don't know how to cook, so I just made a little something with the ingredients I had in the fridge."

Looking at the various dishes on the table, which were even more beautiful and fragrant than the delicacies served at state banquets, the young man said this.

"Please sit down. You like spicy fried chicken and cola, right? It's all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink, no charge."

Everything before his eyes left Accelerator completely bewildered.

He rushed to the window and looked out, but everything from here to the outside seemed to be real.

"…you."

Even the top student in Academy City felt a chill run down his spine at this moment.

"Who is he?"

The other party responded with a smile.

"As I've already said, you are my junior, but in terms of seniority, I am probably your senior."

"Don't worry, just call me 'Yunze'."

A young man who called himself Yunze.

This is how they responded to the strongest ability user in Academy City.

Chapter 823 The Power I Trust

"I see... Is that what you've always thought?"

In the time that followed, Accelerator and the young man named Yunze talked about many things.

The two sat together at the dining table in the living room, enjoying the dishes Yunze had prepared.

Surprisingly...

'The taste... is just as good as Hatsune Miku's.'

He looks like an ordinary young man, but he seems to be very good at cooking.

Moreover, it's clear that these dishes weren't conjured up all at once by some unknown force, but rather were made by Yunze himself, bit by bit, using ingredients from the refrigerator through his culinary skills.

In other words, the other party themselves possesses extremely high technical skills.

Wait... why did I think of such a pointless thing?

The first person shook his head, banishing all those thoughts from his mind.

However, what he didn't know was that Yunze had actually accepted all of this with a smile.

"So, according to you, you're currently... well, in big trouble, right?"

"You can tell at a glance, right?"

Accelerator pursed his lips, and his tone became somewhat listless.

"That thing is just a general under someone else."

"so?"

"If we can't even defeat that kind of thing, then even with everyone's combined strength, there's absolutely no hope of winning."

This is the first time so far that even Accelerator using his strongest power has been unable to win.

The first player also clearly understood that the item was merely one of the opponent's pieces. If he couldn't even defeat such a single piece, then there was no point in talking about defeating the opponent.

"Since we've already done our best, used up all our strength, is there no hope of winning?"

The young man, who called himself Yunze, simply smiled at this.

"That's a truly heartbreaking situation, for which people all over the world have sacrificed themselves."

"...However, there's one thing we need to agree on beforehand."

Accelerator perked up, and Yunze followed suit and spoke to him.

"As for this battle, well, I won't be involved again."

"...Are you just going to watch all the worlds be destroyed?"

"Who knows? The world is on the verge of collapse. This is not just a simple matter of the destruction of the universe. With such a huge situation, what if I accidentally die here? Just kidding, I am a very cowardly person, not to mention how good my character is."

He is lying.

Even without using his abilities, Accelerator could tell at a glance that Yunze said those words on purpose.

If he were truly the kind of person who didn't care about other people's lives, he would never have chosen to save Accelerator and Hatsune Miku.

As for being afraid of death? That's even more impossible. Although we don't know exactly how the other party did it, this young man did indeed save himself and Hatsune Miku in a situation where all the worlds had been destroyed.

How could someone who can accomplish something so seemingly impossible possibly be afraid?

"So what should we do?"

"What do we do?"

"Stop pretending to be stupid. You can understand without me saying it."

The first one continued speaking to Yunze in an annoyed tone.

"...We must find a way to stop that guy."

The last thing he saw inside the black hole immediately came to mind.

That person with a body shape exactly like mine.

Although he didn't know why the other person had turned into his appearance, he was certain that it was the "evil eye" he had seen back then.

Or rather, it is the essence of that eye itself.

With just one eye, it possessed power comparable to Accelerator's Pure Gray Wings, not to mention its own strength.

No matter who the other person is.

"I understand. I get the general feeling and thoughts you have."

Yunze waved his hand, indicating that he had figured everything out.

"But then another problem arises, right? What should we do? If we don't have enough strength, everything we do will be in vain, so how can we find a way to stop them?"

…This guy, he says everything perfectly normal, so why does it make me so annoyed?

Accelerator suppressed the anger that was slowly rising in his heart for some reason, and then looked at the other party again.

"Do you have a better way?"

"Of course not. I just happened to save you; I'm not the 'protagonist' in this story."

After giving a cryptic smile, Yunze stood up from his chair.

"How to save all this is your question, isn't it?"

silence.

Accelerator let out a deep breath, but didn't know how to respond.

"Normally, bringing you here from that place would already be considered a foul, but I can't stand seeing others finish so easily, so... I'll give you a little hint for now."

As Yunze approached the person in first place, he casually opened a can of cola and started drinking.

"The problem is, do you really understand yourself?"

"…ah?"

"Didn't you understand? It's actually a very simple meaning."

After Accelerator voiced his question, Yunze explained it to him again.

"Have you seen your own true nature? The power you possess does not originate from external sources, but from your own mind, or even directly from the essence of your soul... The more you understand the nature of that power, the more immense its power will become."

Indeed...that's true.

A superpowered individual who can manipulate all directions of energy—while such an ability could be considered unfair, would not be able to perfectly manipulate the direction of energy if the nature of the energy was not understood in the first place.

The most important point is understanding.

One's abilities need to be utilized in this way to be effective.

And isn't that true of myself?

"You mean I don't... understand who I am?"

"No—you already know very well who you are, what you should do, and what kind of potential and power you possess."

Seeing Accelerator's confused expression, Yunze spoke again.

"But those things were just left there."