One-way traffic

"What do you mean by useless things? The situation here is quite shocking."

After checking the various values ​​on the machine, the frog-faced doctor—the man known as the Soul Chaser of the Underworld—came over.

He also sighed.

"It's one thing to suddenly appear, but even the electrodes on your neck are gone... I remember your brain hasn't recovered to the point where you can think independently without electrodes."

"Tsk."

Sure enough, there will be a lot of trouble. Accelerator thought to himself.

"Without that thing on, you shouldn't be able to think straight... Is your wound healed?"

"That's how it is, and it's none of your business to worry about it."

He walked directly to the side and took the white coat from Hatsune Miku's hands.

The Soul Chaser of the Underworld couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"It's truly astonishing. The machine shows that all your measurements are perfect, and the cracks in your skull don't even appear to exist. It's like a miracle. What kind of person could heal an injury of that severity?"

"Forget it, it's not in my principle to pry too much into patients' affairs."

He paused, walked to the table, and took a sip of tea.

"So, where did your electrodes go?"

"That's none of your business, is it?"

"Don't say that."

He waved his hand and quickly said.

"I was the original developer of that electrode, after all. Shouldn't I have the right to know its final fate?"

"..."

That's quite true.

Accelerator thought for a moment, then casually took something out of his pocket.

A black object, like a collar.

"It's still here... I thought you had already thrown it away."

Netherworld Soul Chaser blinked and couldn't help but look at Accelerator.

If it were up to his personality, he would definitely do something like this—throw away the useless thing, that troublesome electrode, as long as he was sure that there was no longer any threat to his head.

This thing is very inconvenient. Not to mention the time restrictions, wearing it around your neck is a hassle in itself.

Basically, nobody wants to wear this kind of garbage that's like a shackle.

"No, I won't throw it away."

However, he said this.

With unwavering resolve, Accelerator uttered those words in a tone that left no room for negotiation or hesitation.

"I don't care about losing anything else, but I will never throw this thing away."

"...Why? Shouldn't that be something that gets in the way?"

Under such comments, it was only natural that Mingtu Zhuihun showed a puzzled expression.

However, Accelerator does not intend to explain this.

You would never understand.

Yes, that's not something that can be explained in a simple way.

For Accelerator, this thing—the electrodes, the collar that had countless times restricted his abilities and even his normal life—was a huge deal.

He will never throw it away.

In order to completely imprint that unforgettable sin on the deepest part of his soul.

After putting on his coat, he tucked the electrode back inside, actually using this angle to avoid the Netherworld Soul Chaser's gaze, and then put the electrode back into the system's inventory.

Without saying a word, he simply put his hands in his pockets and left the ward.

"Um... thank you! Thank you so much for helping Yifang maintain his computational abilities all this time!"

"You're welcome, young lady. It's just what I should do."

Seeing Hatsune Miku bowing and thanking him in place of Accelerator, Mingtu Zhuihun couldn't help but wave his hand.

"This is my reason for being a doctor: I must prepare what my patients need. That's my motto."

"...Thank you, Mr. Soul Chaser of the Underworld."

Doctors like this are extremely rare, no matter what world they are in.

Hatsune Miku couldn't help but clasp her hands together and look at the other person with a somewhat moved expression.

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"This is such a hassle."

The two of them walked directly out of the ward.

Accelerator sighed. He had wanted to see Last Order, but it was impossible under these circumstances.

Well, as long as her safety is ensured, that's enough.

Hatsune Miku, who was right behind him, walked up to him and handed him a small object.

"...What is this?"

"Is it coffee? It's the brand you usually drink, Yifang?"

"I know it's coffee, but what did you use to buy it?"

"Eh…?"

It took me a moment to think about it carefully before I remembered.

The monetary system within Academy City is independent and unlike any other currency in the outside world. All currencies in Academy City contain special chips, making them impossible to replace with currencies from other worlds.

Accelerator had already considered this point and had transferred a considerable sum of money to Hatsune Miku beforehand.

Although he had caused excessive damage and incurred debts in Academy City during the period leading up to September 30th, almost all of these debts were settled through missions by the Dark Side 'Group'.

Currently, the astronomical sum of money is still in Accelerator's bank account; it's all the money he saved from his past experiments.

As for Accelerator, he probably never imagined that the money in his savings account could one day be transferred to someone else.

"…boring."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again.

"Even though I'm back in this place... I have absolutely no idea what to do."

Essentially, this is still a world of free missions selected by the system, so there will inevitably be missions that they need to complete.

But what exactly he was going to do, what his purpose was, was completely unclear to Accelerator. All he could do was continue to act according to everything he remembered, nothing more.

It's like that feeling when you finally get back something you've lost, but then you don't know what to do with it anymore.

"Hum~"

However, at this moment, such a sound came from beside me.

Hatsune Miku, standing next to her, seemed to have noticed this, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Oh, I see. You can't find anything you want to do?"

"What…?"

He turned his head in surprise, only to see Hatsune Miku make a surprising move.

pat.

Her little hand clasped her own hand.

"...What are you doing?"

"Oh dear, I think I took a nice tour of the city in my previous world, didn't I?"

While holding his hand, she said this, and a mischievous smile appeared on the other person's face.

"So, this time, shouldn't it be your turn to show me around and show me around the city?"

"what?"

He noticed something amidst Accelerator's astonished voice.

Because of Hatsune Miku's action, almost everyone around them turned their attention to the two of them.

Many students couldn't help but start discussing it, and you could hear comments like "How bold!", "Wow, I'm so envious!", and "These two are so beautiful!"

He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"What kind of trouble are you trying to cause?"

"Well, I don't really have any ideas... It's just that this is a city I don't know well, so I can't figure out the route by myself."

With that tone in mind, Hatsune Miku smiled innocently.

"If possible, I really hope you can personally show me around this city...hehe~ just like when I took you shopping back then~!"

These words caused the surrounding students to once again display an explosive expression.

That's really a fascinating statement.

hum-

Even so, there were still things that needed to be dealt with before that.

Accelerator glanced at himself and took out the phone he had tucked into his pocket.

…This must be the first time in a long time that someone has called me.

After releasing Hatsune Miku's hand, he answered the phone under the girl's somewhat astonished gaze.

"—It's connected?!"

The voice on the other end was one of utter astonishment.

Accelerator recognized the other party in an instant.

"...Is it Tsuchimikado?"

"Ah, ahhh—? Is it... is it Accelerator?!"

The person on the other end responded in a tone of utter astonishment and disbelief.

"You really broke through...? No, you, are you really Accelerator?"

"Stop talking nonsense. You can't recognize my voice?"

"this…"

It seems that something unimaginable happened when I left.

Thinking about the last time he was in this world, Accelerator frowned, not intending to tell the other person these things.

"Forget about these things for now, just come over here first."

"Where is the location?"

"We'll be waiting for you in front of the dining hall area in District 7."

"That's good, I'll just go there directly."

After casually hanging up the phone, Accelerator immediately understood the whole situation.

It's a mission, a mission assigned to the dark side.

…If that's the case.

"Is it...something important?"

"Ah, yes, it is something that I should pay attention to."

He responded casually.

Hatsune Miku couldn't help but blink, and said without hesitation.