One-way traffic

Why are you helping us like this?

Actually, the answer is quite simple.

"This is a principle belonging to the evil party."

That's what he's always been adhering to.

That's right.

"A truly wicked person wouldn't drag people like you, who don't belong to darkness, into it. Would they really drag peace-loving people into tragedy just to achieve their own goals? Don't be naive. Do you think I'm only that kind of evil?"

That's the choice.

Now, all the roads that belonged to Fuyukawa Ryo have been swept away, leaving only one road.

That was a passageway called a one-way street.

"Remember this."

The first person, who unilaterally declared everything and had never listened to anyone else's words from the beginning, spoke coldly.

"The choices I give you must be based on your own actions. You must do your best to survive."

“If you yourselves don’t even have the motivation to try to survive, then I have no reason to care about you anymore. If you don’t even want to live, I’ll throw you into the forest to be fed to wild dogs, understand?”

"Yes... thank you so much!!"

The path you choose is predetermined from the very beginning.

That's right, they can't participate in the battle because it's not a battle that belongs to their world.

But even so, it's okay...

Regardless, the person in front of me will choose to protect me and escape from this world that doesn't belong to me.

This was done by this dark man who calls himself an evil party.

"that…"

At that moment, a purple-haired girl walked in through the door.

She is a court magician named Melina.

"The girl seems to have woken up, and her complexion has returned to normal."

"Really, really?!"

Upon hearing this, Fuyukawa Ryo immediately ran out, and before leaving, he didn't forget to bow deeply to Accelerator.

The white monster couldn't help but click its tongue in amazement.

"You're always causing me this kind of trouble, you bastard."

Chapter 144 Please let me join you?

"That's really not being frank."

"what?"

Sitting to one side, casually opening a can of coffee and eating bread, Accelerator looked over here.

Hatsune Miku sat next to him, smiling broadly as she spoke.

"Because, you see, no matter what you say, in the end you'll still protect those two people, right?"

"It's just to ensure we don't lose the team fight. Who knows if we'll fail if those two guys die in the middle?"

"Oh, is that so?"

The girl couldn't help but chuckle, revealing a teasing expression.

"Hmm...this side is actually quite cute~"

Bang!

"pain--!"

The white-haired, red-eyed man mercilessly chopped the girl's head with a chop, causing her to gasp in surprise.

"Stop talking nonsense. If you do it again, I won't hesitate to spank you a hundred times in front of others."

“Wow…”

The girl blushed slightly and immediately dared not say anything more.

"that."

Melina, standing to the side watching the two of them do this, couldn't help but blink.

She said it directly.

"Hatsune-sama and Accelerator-sama, are you a married couple?"

"puff--!!"

Accelerator and Hatsune Miku, who were still drinking coffee and tea, couldn't help but spit out the liquid in their mouths.

"Are you out of your mind? What kind of nonsense are you spouting?"

"Huh? Isn't that right? Well, the way your relationship looks, it's like that of a married couple... isn't it?"

"...You shouldn't be able to draw such a conclusion just by looking at it with your eyes normally."

The result of these words was that the girl next to him froze on the spot as if she were on standby, looking like steam rising from her head as if it were boiling water.

Accelerator couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"Well then, I don't want to waste time on boring stuff, let's get straight to the point."

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After the somewhat awkward atmosphere eased, the three of them resumed their discussion.

What is there to discuss? Is there even a question?

"That's how it'll be arranged."

With one hand resting on the table, Accelerator succinctly summarized the situation.

"To defeat that guy called King Arthur, we need to get our hands on the Holy Sword, which is hidden in that castle. We have to sneak in no matter what... that's the idea."

"Yes, but the journey was definitely not that simple."

Melina sat to one side, looking at the table with a worried expression.

"There will definitely be enemies attacking along the way. They could be King Arthur's men or demons he summoned with his sword sheath. In short, it will definitely not be safe along the way."

"The most dangerous part is still infiltrating the castle. Now, the entire city of Camelot has become a puppet city under King Arthur's rule, and the people there may have been turned into demons, so..."

"Does this mean that once we enter the castle, we will inevitably face a massive battle?"

Accelerator had probably guessed this by now.

Although it's unclear where the people from the opposing camp are, the fact that the scabbard is in the hands of the man on the robot proves that he must have a close relationship with King Arthur.

If we can break into Camelot, we can find King Arthur, and probably also those from the opposing faction.

"…snort."

He gave a cold, dismissive snort.

"No matter what, the things that need to be done will never change, right?"

"But it's very dangerous, if we attack directly—"

"I don't want to wait for the enemy to come to my door before I make a move."

Accelerator interrupted Melina directly, making this declaration unilaterally.

He won't resort to extreme coercion; that's simply not his style.

"Instead of waiting for the enemy to come up to us, I now know where those guys are. It would be the most foolish thing to do not attack head-on. If we drag it out like that, we will be the ones who suffer in the end."

"A direct breakthrough, I need to strike first, that's the style that suits me best."

If he is facing something completely unknown, then he definitely needs to act prudently.

But now Accelerator doesn't need to do that anymore.

Having a clear goal and path, choosing to remain passive under such circumstances would not be his usual approach.

His choice was to launch a frontal assault.

Constantly clinging to mere forbearance is definitely not what someone with the title of "Number One in Academy City" should be doing.

That's the reason he became the strongest.

So next.

"Get ready to call those two guys outside."

Accelerator finished his coffee and placed the empty can on the table.

"The next thing to do is to walk all the way to the end, and never come back to this place again, so let's just call those two people and get on the road."

"Is this really good?"

Hatsune Miku said with some concern.

"Is it really okay to bring them along? I don't mean they're a burden or anything, it's just... if the opposing faction is in that castle, it would be very dangerous to bring them along later, wouldn't it?"

If the Black Team members are indeed hiding in King Arthur's Camelot, then bringing Fuyukawa Ryo and Hiyori Ruri along would likely plunge them into even greater danger.

Don't just focus on the beginning and ignore the end.

Accelerator hummed softly.

"If we leave them here now, who knows if the guys from the opposing camp will come and attack us? Without our protection, they won't stand a chance against those guys, and they might even drag everyone in this village down with them. If that happens, then we won't be laughing anymore."

If we were to abandon Fuyukawa Ryo and Hiyori Ruri in this village now, the Black Team would eventually come after them, and in the worst-case scenario, the entire village would perish.

Realizing this, Hatsune Miku blinked and immediately nodded.

"Let's go."

No need for any more rest.

Accelerator stood up from his seat and looked towards the door.

"I'm ready to break through head-on. Enduring this is not my style, you bastard."

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The girl slowly opened her eyes.

Before me was a wooden ceiling, and I could feel the gentle touch of a blanket covering me.

But reality shouldn't be like this.

In his last memory, he should have been unconscious in the middle of nowhere...

“…Liuli!”

A familiar voice reached my ears.

The girl couldn't help but open her eyes wide, finally seeing everything around her clearly.

Including the familiar young man standing beside his bed.

"cold?"

"You're finally awake, that's great... How are you feeling?"

"Huh…?"

The girl tried to get up and didn't feel any discomfort, only a stiff feeling like she had just woken up.

it's wired.

Before that, I should have been living in misery every day, so why... was my body cured?

"Liu Li."

Fuyukawa Ryo couldn't help but look at her.

The young man helped the girl sit up from the bed, and this was the expression on his face.

"We don't need to worry anymore. Someone is protecting us. We...we're saved."