One-way traffic

Accelerator turned around, and Hatsune Miku walked in with him.

Therefore, the current scene has become two people confronting one person.

"...What exactly do you want to do?"

Sayaka Miki stared wide-eyed at the two people in front of her.

She never imagined all of this would happen... she never thought of it.

“…Sayaka, listen to me.”

Hatsune Miku walked over and stood in front of her.

"Shouldn't we be the ones asking this? Why, why did you do something like this...? You should know how serious the consequences of becoming a magical girl are, right?"

"What do you mean by 'how serious'... You're the ones who don't understand, aren't you?"

The girl clenched her fists tightly.

“I’m not like those guys who become magical girls just for their own desires! I’m aiming to be like Mami-senpai from the past. I became a magical girl for justice and peace, and to protect Kyosuke’s dream!”

"That's a completely different matter...! If you become a magical girl, you'll be facing extremely dangerous situations from now on. Have you forgotten what Mami went through yesterday?!"

"In that case, it shouldn't matter anyway!"

Sayaka Miki flung her hand away and said without any mercy.

"If everything I do can bring Kyosuke's dream to fruition and his recovery, what does it matter if it's something else? I don't care at all! As long as Kyosuke's dream can be restored, that's enough!"

"Aren't magical girls just like heroes, existing for this kind of justice and hope!"

The atmosphere instantly plummeted to its lowest point.

"hero?"

The person who responded to her was not Hatsune Miku.

"You just mentioned heroes, right?"

He came over.

The number one esper in Academy City, a king who reigns supreme over all evil, he walked over with a cold and aloof demeanor.

"Do you dare say what you just said again?"

A chill ran deep in my heart.

Sayaka Miki always felt that the creature standing in front of her was like a ferocious beast poised to pounce and kill her at any moment.

But she did not hesitate.

"Did I say something wrong? Aren't magical girls heroes and warriors born for love and peace? If that's the case, what's wrong with wanting to use my wish to achieve justice? What's wrong with wanting to use my wish to successfully restore Kyosuke's dream?!"

Magical girls are definitely heroes who fight against witches to protect everyone, and who step forward to safeguard love, peace, hope, and dreams.

Therefore, even if Sayaka Miki wanted to sacrifice everything to fulfill Kyosuke Kamijou's wish, there was absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Justice and hope are such tangible and real things, aren't they?

"Stop spouting nonsense, you brat."

Then, the person standing in front of me.

He coldly shattered all of these ideas.

"What heroes, what justice? I say, do you even understand what a so-called hero is?"

"So what do you understand? What do you know? What gives you the right to stand here and talk to me like that?! You're not a hero, so what do you know?!"

"Of course I'm not a hero."

He raised his head coldly, declaring his identity.

"I am a member of the evil party."

"Varied…?"

"My hands have been stained with filth and darkness countless times, and I've killed countless white scoundrels like the one just now."

"Who do you think you're talking to, you brat?"

Without a doubt, what Miki Sayaka just witnessed was Kyubey being killed.

The other party showed no mercy, which means... this kind of thing has been done more than once before.

He is a being who can truly take other people's lives.

Upon realizing this, Sayaka Miki felt a chill run down her spine.

"Didn't you say you wanted to be a hero, kid?"

He opened his arms.

At this moment, an opportunity is standing in front of Miki Sayaka.

That's a fork in the road.

"I'll give you a choice."

"You want to be a hero? Fine, then try to eliminate the evil in front of you first. The one standing in front of you is the most wicked and vicious bastard in the world. No one is more wicked than me. If there is, I will kill him. So—try running over me! Didn't you say you wanted to be a hero? What kind of bullshit is a hero who can't even eliminate the simplest evil?"

"If you can't do it, then you'd better get back to your old ways and go back to where kids like you belong. Stop spouting nonsense to me, understand? Huh?!"

His cold voice was like a blade, etched into Sayaka Miki's heart.

The girl opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but she couldn't say anything.

Do you have the courage to become a hero?

Do you have the courage to do what a hero should do?

Can you eliminate the truly evil person standing before you, who is above all fear?

If you can't do it, then get back to your original world.

because--

There is only one way forward; there are no other paths.

And just like that, the blue-haired girl froze on the spot.

"One side..."

“…a tasteless brat.”

Accelerator lazily fidgeted with the bones in his neck, making them creak.

"Can't even make a choice about something this basic, yet he wants to call himself a hero? Are all the brain-dead brats in cartoons these days so prone to wild fantasies?"

"It's so boring."

He left those words without any mercy, not caring what Sayaka Miki was thinking.

You think you can be associated with heroes with such a low level of skill? Bullshit, don't make me laugh.

A true hero isn't someone like you.

Thinking of this, Accelerator's mind was filled with that unforgettable image.

—That 'hero' with the spiky hair, who defeated himself, the strongest, from the weakest position, and saved everyone.

Compared to that bastard, Sayaka Miki is far inferior.

Hatsune Miku looked at the two people in front of her. Although she wanted to say something, she also understood one thing.

It would be best to make Sayaka Miki realize the importance of everything.

hum-

Just then, the phone rang.

"What...is it Madoka?"

"what?"

Accelerator looked at Hatsune Miku's phone in surprise; it did indeed display Madoka Kaname's phone number.

The two exchanged a glance, and Hatsune Miku quickly answered the call.

"Miss Hatsune! No, something terrible has happened!"

"I've discovered a large group of people gathered here. They're planning to—massively detonate dangerous chemical fuel and then commit suicide together!!"

Hatsune Miku was immediately startled, realizing something completely.

She's a witch.

This is something only a witch could accomplish.

"Don't worry! Um, where are you located?"

"It's in a warehouse, the location is—ahhh!!"

Click. The phone was hung up.

"Hello? Xiaoyuan! Xiaoyuan!!"

Hatsune Miku looked at her phone; the call had been unilaterally ended.

"Xiaoyuan...?"

Miki Sayaka, who was standing to the side, also realized all of this, and she looked over with great concern.

How to do this?

The actual location cannot be found, and moreover, there is no doubt that danger has already occurred there...!

"Hatsune, take this brat home and leave the rest to me."

"Huh? Is Yifang... alright?"

"Who do you think I am? This is nothing, not even a kid's game."

Accelerator smirked and walked up to Kyosuke Kamijou.

He placed his hand directly on the other person's head, and a massive amount of data instantly surged through their brain.

Even the bare minimum of reflection cannot be maintained; all computing power is consumed.

However… he was able to easily grasp all the information inside Kyosuke Kamijou's brain.

What he did was very simple: he simply retrieved the memories of the various supernatural events he had witnessed up to that point and then deleted them all at once.

"That will solve the problem."

He didn't want ordinary people to witness all of this, so Accelerator altered Kyosuke Kamijou's memories, making him completely forget everything that had happened before.

"...Why are you meddling in my affairs?"

Sayaka Miki raised her head.

The girl's eyes showed complete incomprehension.

"Why are you meddling in my affairs? This shouldn't be your business..."

"The reason is simple, you brat."

Subsequently.

The being who stood above the very top left behind a final sentence before departing.

"A guy like you has no idea what a real 'hero' is."

Chapter 114 The Red-Haired Magical Girl

Accelerator left the hospital in Mitakihara.

What he needs to do next is simple: find the warehouse where Madoka Kaname is, and then kill all the witches there.

But first he needs to know exactly where the warehouse is located.

But this is no challenge for the number one with the strongest superpower in Academy City.

"Just rely on the flow of air."

That's a very simple principle.

Accelerator gently opened his arms, and the wind danced with his movement.