One-way traffic

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Now that the matter of the Great Demon has been clarified, he will admit to what he has done.

As for how he should resolve his relationship with the British side, that's not something Accelerator needs to worry about.

then.

After separating from the main group, he went to a nearby hotel with Hatsune Miku.

"Now we can finally have some peace and quiet."

Inside the huge guest room, Accelerator sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, while Hatsune Miku stood opposite him, gazing intently at the scenery outside.

As for Q-Demon, she was flying around the room, seemingly quite surprised by it.

"So, what exactly happened to you?"

Hatsune Miku recalls those memories that surge from the depths of her soul.

However, this is not something that can be easily filtered out.

Accelerator could have easily seen through her mind through mental manipulation, but he didn't.

He is waiting.

He waited for the girl to decide for herself whether or not to tell him everything.

"…I."

She took a deep breath.

“In the Taisho era, which is about a hundred years ago... I was active during that time.”

"Active" means...

"In other words, my... past life."

Although this is absurd and difficult to explain from a scientific point of view, Accelerator was not too surprised.

It was as if they had expected this to happen.

"At that time, I was a priestess living in that era."

"At the same time... he is also a member of the Shadow Possession Special Forces Team and the Divine Possession Special Forces Sakura Team."

"…ah?"

However, even the top student with exceptional comprehension skills was slightly taken aback when suddenly hearing these words.

"This sounds like the setting of an RPG game."

"It's true! The Senbonzakura I owned back then is the best proof!"

Hatsune Miku walked over excitedly and raised her hand.

A burst of cherry blossom-colored light flashed by.

Just as she said, something called Senbonzakura—a Japanese sword longer than her body—emerged.

The scabbard has some cherry blossom stripes and a solid texture.

Upon direct observation, it doesn't look like it was made from any material on Earth.

“In our time, there were evil creatures called Shadow Possessions, and then… beings that could directly confront those Shadow Possessions were called Divine Possessions.”

"And the weapon used by the gods is also called a divine artifact. The divine artifact I possess is this! Senbonzakura!"

She was breathing heavily with some excitement, and it seemed that recalling her past life memories had indeed had a great impact on her.

Accelerator was also staring at the Japanese sword in front of him.

As mentioned before, both the blade and the scabbard exhibit a material form that does not belong to this Earth, and Accelerator also observed an immense energy swirling inside the scabbard.

From the perspective of someone who can observe the direction of energy, it's like—

Pink petals surround it.

Then, these petals form a certain arc, which in turn connects to Hatsune Miku herself standing to the side.

The weapon before us, named Senbonzakura, has an incredibly important link to the soul of Hatsune Miku.

"So, what is it that I need to do?"

He quickly organized the information and then began asking questions.

"These things belong to your past life, right? But now, it's no longer your so-called Taisho era, is it?"

Recalling these memories is ultimately just recalling memories of a past life in this life, so there's nothing that absolutely needs to be done, right?

"...About this..."

Hatsune Miku's expression suddenly became somewhat complicated.

"Actually, in my past life, I seem to have made some kind of contract."

"After I have signed a contract with someone, I will keep my most important soul fragment in Senbonzakura, and then hand it over to someone else for safekeeping."

"As for myself... I went on to sacrifice my life at that time to seal away all the shadows."

"But... even if I sacrificed all my lives back then, I still wouldn't have been able to seal all the shadows."

Therefore.

The Hatsune Miku of the past placed her hopes on her future self, which is why she has preserved her most precious power to this day.

"So what do you want me to do?"

"If only I could go back to the past, back to the Taisho era, and resolve everything..."

"According to you, these should all have happened in the past, right? But I haven't seen any trace of them appearing now, not even when I was fighting that devilish bastard Kronzun."

No—that's not right. Accelerator himself negated it after saying such a thing.

"Unless... it's in a different timeline of a different world."

"Eh…?"

"So, it refers to the past, before your world merged with mine, that's what it means..."

According to the logic that the world will automatically repair itself after merging with other worlds, the things Hatsune Miku left behind should no longer exist.

but.

As a symbol of the Senbonzakura (thousand cherry blossoms) at the time, this Japanese sword still survives.

This means that things like so-called "shadow possessions" still exist and have not disappeared.

However, it has always existed in some forgotten timeline and world.

And if we want to solve all of this...

It requires doing something that has been almost never done before.

"...Time travel, huh?"

Accelerator squinted and looked at his hands.

Now, he possesses power that surpasses everything.

The limited time and space of his journey could not possibly hinder him.

"Alright, I have a lot of things to deal with anyway, including dealing with this matter of yours."

"...Is that all?"

Upon hearing him say that, the girl couldn't help but pause in surprise.

"It's just that I had a lot of things to take care of, so they just happened to help me out...that's all..."

In an instant, her expression gradually turned dejected.

Seeing the increasingly distressed expression on the other person's face, Accelerator twitched the corner of his mouth, afraid that the other person would burst into tears.

"Tsk... even if I genuinely wanted to help you, okay!"

"Um…?"

"I understand, but that's not enough... I'll do my best to help you resolve these issues, and you should be satisfied now, right?!"

He responded with a helpless tone, and Hatsune Miku instantly became happy.

"Hehe~ As expected, you really love me, Yifang!"

"..."

"Damn it..." He suppressed the urge to slap the other man's head a hundred times and had to swallow his anger.

"Let me make this clear beforehand: this is my first time doing something like time travel, and I'm not sure if I can get you to the place you want to go."

"It's okay, I'll trust you the whole time."

Hatsune Miku nodded happily, while Accelerator had no choice but to accept it.

"Reverse Primal Puzzle 545, come back."

"Eh? Is Master going to be so stubborn?"

The Q-Demon, flying in mid-air, had its mouth full of the complimentary snacks from the guest room, so much so that it couldn't speak.

"Too bad they haven't had enough yet, so they'll just have a little more—waiaaaaah!!"

Before Q could say anything, Accelerator raised his hand, and a blood-red magic circle unfolded along with his consciousness.

Then, Q-Demon was mercilessly sucked in.

"...You're really rough with this child."

"Don't worry, there's plenty of food prepared for her in that space. It's enough for her to eat for a lifetime."

It seems that although he appears quite rude, his actions in the details are always very gentle.

Hatsune Miku smiled and looked ahead with Accelerator.

Then, the first person pressed the button on the neck.

The weapon, named "Doomsday Destroyer," was then materialized.

Those were six deep black, spike-like machines, in the form of a time-space generator.

Although this powerful weaponry was once destroyed by the final enemy's attack, Accelerator's awakened power, which was equivalent to creation and destruction, directly restored all the weapons he had lost.

"Timeline alignment".

After briefly observing the direction of the energy covering the Senbonzakura tree, Accelerator fed that energy into the generator.

Countless numbers floated in mid-air.

Ultimately, it was locked onto a certain era.

Swish——! !

A massive, purplish-black portal appeared before their eyes.

"With this, you can go directly to the world you call the Taisho era."

Accelerator was about to go in when he noticed Hatsune Miku beside him looking a little hesitant.

"What, don't tell me you've changed your mind again."

"No... just."

She recalled all the memories in her mind.

He then revealed a deeply moved expression.