One-way traffic

We've almost reached the point where we can feel comfortable and at ease here.

After spending so much time with Hatsune Miku, I've long since figured out what kind of personality she has.

Unlike those shady characters, she doesn't harbor any excessive thoughts. She's kind-hearted and always thinking about protecting others. She's a silly and naive young lady who often makes foolish mistakes.

That's basically the impression I have.

In any case, Accelerator will basically no longer have any useless wariness towards someone like her.

An idol girl with light blue twin tails sat down next to him.

"Hehe~!"

"...What's going on?"

"I'm getting a little excited just thinking about unlocking new mission rewards!"

"That's something only a kid would do."

"What? I'm already sixteen! I'll be seventeen soon, almost at the age where I can get married!"

So, what are you trying to say? What are you trying to express?

I thought carefully about what I had just said and what it meant.

Upon realizing this, a visible blush appeared on the girl's face, and she became completely dazzled.

"Let's hurry up and open the mission rewards..."

She's incredibly stupid; she can get herself into trouble just by saying those things.

With a casual glance, Accelerator opened his system menu.

Hatsune Miku naturally did the same thing.

Opening the menu bar in front of you reveals a scene displaying information about the previous world.

World: Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Free Mission Status: Mission complete. Please check your current personal status to confirm receipt of the free mission rewards.

Click.

The options and situations are very simple.

Hatsune Miku merely scanned that part of her consciousness, and in an instant, she opened the mission reward in front of her.

"Whoa-!"

A burst of light enveloped the girl's body in an instant.

Enveloped in a bright white light, Hatsune Miku unconsciously stood up, while Accelerator couldn't help but shield his eyes with his hand.

The numbers 0 and 1 continued to flash.

However, this time is a little different.

Something more intense has been mixed in with it.

Like a dynamite, Radiance exploded directly in the living room.

What is being displayed this time is a colorful cube.

Unlike the monotonous transparent blue of the last one, this time all six surfaces have been transformed into colors.

The girl's clothing has changed drastically.

The white dress was replaced by black, and the hairband on her forehead was also changed to a black ribbon like a bow.

He wore a small hat like a magician's, and his wand turned into a microphone.

Magical Mirai

The form can be transformed according to the user's definition.

Current form: 2017 record, 2018 record.

The functions of the 2018 record.

The magical power that greatly enhances the blessing effect can double all the original blessing abilities, but it will weaken the power of attacks, making it only enough to protect the user. At the same time, it greatly enhances the defensive ability and can cast a variety of effect magic based on the user's mental strength.

Magic itself not only has the effect of blessing those around you, but also the effect of blessing your enemies.

—The above-mentioned outfit, named Magical Future, seems to have also been given the ability to transform into different forms.

"Wow, amazing! It actually transformed into a different style of clothing!"

The girl in front of him cheered with great surprise.

She kept looking at herself in the mirror, her face full of a happy smile, surrounded by those colorful little cubes.

I don't know if she actually read the description of the clothes' capabilities.

"Form transformation ability, which means there will be even more other forms in the future?"

That is indeed a pretty good thing.

In Accelerator's view, Hatsune Miku doesn't need to acquire too many new powers right now; she just needs to maintain the powers she already has.

In other words, it's about stabilizing the foundation, and that's what the current system does. It doesn't give her any new abilities or weapons; it merely adds a new form of effect.

Indeed, the so-called soul system can strengthen the user based on their own situation.

Thinking this way, Accelerator seemed to feel a bit of anticipation.

So, what will be my reward for completing this task?

With this in mind, he did not hesitate to open it.

That moment.

—A crimson hue, strong enough to incinerate everything, rushed towards us.

boom----! ! !

Hatsune Miku's movements came to an abrupt halt, the commotion behind her immediately pulling her back to reality.

"What…?"

The girl quickly turned around, her eyes widening in surprise.

Accelerator sat on the sofa and was then enveloped in crimson flames.

The flames looked like the karmic fires burning in hell.

"Why, why is this happening?!"

There are some things I just can't understand about Hatsune Miku.

Why did Accelerator suddenly burst into flames? What on earth is going on?!

No, we have to put out the fire quickly!

No—there's no need to worry about it.

The sound had already come before that.

Accelerator stood up without hesitation, his voice calm and composed, unlike what one would expect from someone on fire.

This immediately surprised Hatsune Miku even more.

What exactly happened?

Accelerator stood quietly in place, taking in everything around him.

That was indeed a kind of flame.

The flames themselves had passed through his reflection, seemingly from some kind of force he had never seen before.

But the flames did not cause him any harm.

It should be said that it's impossible to cause any harm.

"Was it done by the system?"

He could sense that the flame was nothing other than a power with its own consciousness.

If power itself possesses self-awareness, it cannot so easily become something in the hands of others.

The Soul System was created specifically to develop powers or weapons that are highly compatible with the user, so it's impossible for such a basic error to occur.

The flames themselves had been controlled by the system, completely bypassing the reflection and unable to harm the First Path in the slightest.

It has completely become something belonging to One-Way Street.

Boom! ! Seemingly understanding this, the flames were no longer raging.

It slowly coalesced into a single point, and Accelerator raised his palm, completely enveloping it.

The flames merged into his body.

Accelerator closed his eyes and felt a warm current flowing through his heart, as if it had even flowed into his spiritual world.

The thing coalesced and returned to the outside world.

A voice rang out from outside.

Om-!

It sounds like the buzzing of something.

Hatsune Miku blinked in surprise, looking at Accelerator in front of her.

"...Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Huh? Well, um, because it wasn't like that just now..."

Upon seeing Hatsune Miku in this state, Accelerator did not intend to explain, but instead simply opened the door.

He walked straight out of the apartment.

"Wait, wait a minute, where are you going—!"

Because she is an idol, Hatsune Miku cannot go out directly without changing her clothes, so she can only look down from the balcony.

She saw a car.

A sports car that is almost exactly the same as the Apollo IE supercar in the real world.

Yes, almost exactly the same.

Besides the futuristic lines covering the silver surface and the sharper edges that could slice through a sheet of iron.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a normal car; it's as if it came from the future and traveled through time.

The center of the tire is scarlet, and the tire itself looks completely different from a regular sports car. The interior is a four-seater, but no matter how you look at it, it should be a supercar.

No… in the end.

How could a regular supercar possibly have flames like raging fire erupting from the back of its body?

Accelerator was completely unconcerned about all of this.

Fortunately, there was no one around, and none of this was noticed by others. He went straight to the front of the car and put his hand on the handle.

"No, no, you can't do that! Stealing is wrong!"

She had barely finished speaking when Accelerator casually pulled open the car door handle.

--Eh?

Could this be...is this one of Yifang's cars?!

"If I could, I would have preferred something more convenient like a watch or necklace... but it turned out like this?"

After he entered the car, the doors closed automatically.

The interior of a car has a very complex structure.

The seats, dashboard, steering wheel, and other mechanical parts are decorated with black and red striped patterns, and the screen in the center displays images of constantly flashing silver-red particles.

It's covered with settings that are impossible to install on any supercar.

Attack mode, action mode, weapon mode.

And, in the very center of the screen, the hellish, fiery red text.

『Natas』.