One-way traffic

"If we wipe out all these guys here, I think we can end all this without him even having to lift a finger!"

Including Butterfly, there are a total of four enemies.

However, the power of each of them far exceeds the ordinary level.

"...Are you okay?"

Through remote telepathic communication, Accelerator immediately inquired about Hatsune Miku.

"I can handle them all by myself. They're just easy targets. There's no need to make it a two-against-four situation here."

"It's ok."

Hatsune Miku responded to him with a very firm tone.

"No matter what kind of enemy it is, I won't let you face it alone, so... let's go together!"

One-way stopped talking.

He smiled confidently and, together with Hatsune Miku, approached the enemies.

—In that very instant.

"what?"

"Wha, what?!"

Under the watchful eyes of several people, a strange phenomenon occurred.

Under the feet of One-Way Street.

A deep red vortex instantly opened.

"One side!"

Hatsune Miku gasped in surprise after realizing what had happened, but it was too late.

Accelerator didn't seem to put up any resistance, letting the vortex engulf him and causing his body to sink into an unknown space.

Everything around seemed to have come to a standstill.

All fell silent.

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boom--! !

Immediately afterwards, an immense sound shattered the surrounding space and time.

That was the sound of Accelerator summoning Doomsday Destroyer, tearing apart spatial dimensions in the form of a time-space generator.

He stepped out of that chaotic space and into a more spacious area.

Logically speaking, after destroying that place, what should be in front of you is the spot where he was standing when he disappeared.

"...where is this?"

What appears before you is less of a space and more of a room.

A grand hall, painted in shades of dark red and purple, exuding an air of solemnity.

At the deepest part of the main hall.

At the end of the road, which resembled a red carpet, sat a figure seated on a throne.

One-man cannot see the other person's face clearly.

However, he saw that the person sitting on the throne had the same white hair as himself.

They are exactly the same.

"You're the guy who sent me to this shitty place?"

He took a step forward and squinted.

"...Wasn't it you who sent those third-rate bastards to stand in my way?"

"And then, that disgusting eyeball bastard, isn't that also an incarnation of you?"

Snap, snap.

no respond.

However, the person sitting on the throne then clapped his hands.

"You are the true form of the 'Evil Eye'..."

If we defeat the opponent here, everything will be over.

Of course, Accelerator wouldn't be so reckless, and he certainly wouldn't believe that he could end all of this with his current power alone.

However, he still unleashed his oppressive hostility towards the other party without any mercy.

at the same time--

"You did a great job."

A voice entered his mind directly.

"Humanity, understanding, happiness, plans, my—understanding."

"…What?"

A series of things that were hard to describe entered his mind, but Accelerator could sense that the person on the other side did not speak.

Is it telepathy? No—

It is a kind of transmission at a higher level.

It's like in ancient times when gods directly transmitted their consciousness to their people.

"You shouldn't stop you from understanding the world's happiness."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Hearing these things he couldn't understand, Accelerator stared wide-eyed at the other person.

--boom.

Then, a flame ignited.

Right behind that throne.

A ghostly blue soul flame, like a will-o'-the-wisp, slowly appeared before the first person.

"All life in the world is enjoying its own unique beauty."

At this very moment, the person who had been sitting on the throne finally rose to his feet.

He looked up.

What appeared before Accelerator was a face that was... exactly the same as his.

However, his face was expressionless.

“All the worlds, all the individuals, have gotten what they wanted.”

"…you."

Accelerator stared at him, and even more so at the flames behind him.

Because within those flames, he saw something incredible.

--individual.

One after another, existences, whether living, inanimate, or particles or matter that are not inherently alive.

They all transformed into flames, appearing behind that person.

The sheer number of flames far exceeds the concept of infinity.

How were so many souls and so many individuals placed here?

The answer is actually very simple.

In that instant, Accelerator understood.

"You turned all the worlds that were previously swallowed up, and the people in those worlds, into that state?"

In other words, everything that the extremely colorful beam of light had previously devoured has now become what appears behind the other party.

Last Order, Yomikawa Aiho, Yoshikawa Kikyo.

Touma Kamijou, Hikaru no Ue, Aleister Crowley, Orelus—

People he knows, people he doesn't know, the world he knows, the world he doesn't know.

Even a single flower, tree, blade of grass, or snake, and even a single particle in the air, is divided into individual units.

Those individuals all have their own world and the right to make their own choices.

correct.

He knew exactly what it was—a tool that could provide the user with the most suitable power and the most suitable path.

Of course he knew what it was.

"Could it be a 'Soul System'?"

All beings were placed within a soul system.

Even the roadside weeds, a drop of water, a particle in the water, and the particles further differentiated into atoms, molecules, and nanoparticles—even these things have become users of the so-called soul system.

And everything, even a single particle, once it acquires the existence of a soul system, and is then rewritten by the being before us, will lead to something happening.

They are all "happy".

spoke.

There was no one speaking in a normal way from beginning to end, but finally someone spoke.

Even if those words were spoken in a way that would make Accelerator want to vomit.

"...They actually tried to communicate with me using my voice and appearance?"

"What disgusting stuff." The first person curled their lip and immediately glared at the person in front of them.

"So, everyone and the world are trapped inside those blue fires. If I just blow them up, I can rescue them all, right?"

"You didn't understand."

The figure in front of them slowly raised its hand.

creak-

Before him, like a giant screen, were huge images.

“These people, these individuals, are enjoying the world they deserve most.”

"What are you talking about—"

"In other words, the 'soul system' I created has prepared a perfect, 'happy' world for them."

Upon hearing this, Accelerator began to vaguely sense that something was amiss.

"Is it possible..."

"That's right, the 'Soul System' I developed allowed you, the initial users, to find the growth path that best suited you, and to determine the most appropriate direction and path for your future."

It continued to speak in a very mechanical tone.

"Everything is for the sake of making them 'happy'."

In the past, a certain supreme being, whose power was branched out as a so-called system.

The system extends to certain designated individuals, thus attaching them to the system and granting them the ability to travel through the world.

Traverse countless worlds and gain the power granted by the system to create a story that best aligns with your future and brings you the greatest satisfaction.

At the same time, it can leave traces of the system in all the worlds experienced by system users.

These traces will collect information about all organic and inorganic matter and all existences in the world experienced by the system users, and directly gather them together through these traces.

Based on the user's own circumstances, we will unconditionally provide them with the most suitable future and world.

This is the true power of the soul system.

To date, all those who possess a soul system have merely been test subjects of this ability.