One-way traffic

"That, that."

She blinked, and the girl in the blue dress with a starry sky pattern couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"It seems like I used a little too much force..."

Snow Mirai 2017 is a new power that only Hatsune Miku can fully utilize. The true nature of that power is the ability to directly control everything in the eighty-eight constellations to launch attacks.

She had used the corresponding power before.

According to the pet named Yukine Rabbit, Hatsune Miku can use the power of various celestial bodies and the eighty-eight constellations to transform them into special abilities. The Hydra constellation's ability is to conceal her form, so naturally, the other abilities must also have unique effects.

This time it's Sagittarius.

As its name suggests, the ability summons countless rockets from the distant sky, which fly down at speeds exceeding the speed of sound, with each arrow traveling at at least five times the speed of sound.

Under such a sudden and powerful attack, even the powerful Drive Armor of Academy City was defeated without them realizing it.

"They've gone too far."

"Sorry, I'm not quite familiar with what this power looks like yet..."

Seeing Hatsune Miku's somewhat apologetic expression, Accelerator didn't bother to say anything.

In short, once the enemy is defeated, everything will be fine.

He casually walked to the front of one of the drive armors.

"...It seems that's how it is."

"What's wrong…?"

Hatsune Miku followed along, and then she saw Accelerator grab the helmet of the Drive Armor.

Bang! The helmet, strong enough to withstand the impact of artillery shells, was ripped off in one go, but the inside was empty.

"No driver?"

"Not only that, these things should all be driven armor with fully automatic AI functions, so there is no driver inside these driven armors at all."

It turned out to be the case.

Because it is a trial model, Academy City does not intend to house real people inside it to avoid any accidents.

However, this would result in a situation where neither friend nor foe could be distinguished, and people from Academy City or France would be attacked indiscriminately.

Accelerator casually tossed the helmet back into the air.

"But I still don't understand."

"What...is it?"

"Although the powered armor was supposedly deployed to suppress these rioters, it is questionable whether those rioters were actually only members of the Roman Catholic Church."

Accelerator clearly saw that a group of seemingly ordinary people had also mingled into the rioters' march.

Isn't it said that only Roman Catholics would do such a thing? Why would ordinary people get involved? Or is Academy City's reputation really that bad?

It's probably not that simple.

"Hatsune, I'll leave this place to you for now."

He glanced around and then spoke to Hatsune Miku.

"There are probably still quite a few powered armored vehicles moving around, launching indiscriminate attacks and fearlessly dragging ordinary people into them as well."

"I understand... You want me to stop them, right?"

The girl nodded readily, and Accelerator didn't say anything more.

She was already capable of helping him.

Compared to the helpless young lady she was at the beginning, Hatsune Miku has indeed grown considerably.

"So, what do you plan to do, Yifang?"

"The people from Academy City will be here to pick me up soon. They'll let me board their supersonic aircraft and we'll carry out the rest of the planned operation together."

Are you going to participate...?

"Although I don't want to get involved in this kind of pointless, unauthorized thing, I have no choice."

If one relies on the ability to act freely, that's enough to oppose the higher-ups.

However, that would only cause the entire Academy City to reject him. That wouldn't be the worst of it, but it would be enough to drag those around him into it as well.

It wouldn't be good if the Last Order and the others were implicated; he didn't want those people's hard-won peaceful life to be wiped out like this.

Accelerator turned his head and looked at Hatsune Miku.

"Then please."

"Yes... I will."

The two nodded in tacit agreement and then parted ways.

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One-way traffic took a much longer route.

This appears to be near a museum, and it looks much grander than the other buildings.

"It's a complete mess."

The streets were in complete chaos, with both rioters still active and ordinary people constantly fleeing.

Even if he wanted to solve all of this, it would be far too complicated.

"In the end, this kind of riot is definitely not something an ordinary person could do; there must be someone behind it."

However, it remains unknown who it is.

Although it is called the Roman Orthodox Church, Accelerator doesn't really know what the so-called Roman Orthodox Church is, nor does he know what its followers do.

Could the Roman Catholic Church, the world's largest Christian organization, really be associated with such a thing?

pat.

Just as he was thinking this, Accelerator felt something coming from beneath his feet.

"Huh? What?"

Looking down, he saw pure white powder flowing around his feet.

This is...wheat flour?

"Why is there such a thing?"

He touched a pinch of white wheat flour with his finger; it looked very fresh, as if it had just been exposed to the wind.

But why would something like this happen in a place like this…

No, that's not right.

In that instant, Accelerator discovered something.

Wheat flour is something that extends all the way.

That's right, directly in front of the road—

"That is…?"

Accelerator frowned and quickly looked at the wall in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, the sound reached my ears.

"Oh dear... it seems Academy City has indeed taken action."

"What does it mean?"

"Don't you understand? The user of the 'C-Script' is still just an ordinary mage. Faced with such a large-scale attack, even a mage would have no chance of resisting."

"So you're going to resort to a ruthless, indiscriminate attack? Don't be ridiculous!"

"Yes, I agree with that. They're just a bunch of heretical monkeys anyway, whether they live or die is none of my business."

There was sound; it was the sound of several people talking.

Accelerator was standing behind the wall, and the voice was coming from the other side of the wall.

"Well, although fighting isn't really suitable here, I don't intend to retreat immediately. Didn't I tell you? I'll give you ten seconds to consider. What do you plan to do next?"

It was a man's distorted voice, and at the same time, the sound of a blade sliding could be heard.

Could it be... a battle?

Moreover, Accelerator seemed to hear a very familiar voice... a hateful voice so familiar that it gave him a headache.

"Then... let's end it here!"

Ever since.

In that instant, the wall exploded.

boom----! ! !

"Whoa-!"

"Wha, what?"

It seemed to be a man and a woman, and then the sound of them running away from there was heard.

"Tsuchimikado!"

"Alright, Shang, even though we don't know who will come to our aid at a time like this, we should run if we get the chance!"

After the sound faded into the distance, the dust completely dissipated.

Only a green-haired man in a green suit remained in the same spot.

"What... that fluctuation just now, was it made by the iron lump of Academy City?"

"No, that's not true."

A cold, ominous voice came through.

The man blinked, and then he saw a figure standing out from the smoke and dust.

A person dressed in pure white winter clothes, with white hair and scarlet eyes.

"Seriously, what's so funny about this?"

"Oh dear, this is really... I never expected that other people would get involved in this."

Accelerator got a good look at the person's clothes and appearance.

A green dress, green hair, and still... a very ferocious face.

He also had a bag marked with a green cross at his waist, and inside... that should be the wheat flour he had seen before.

He couldn't help but purse his lips in displeasure.

"The guy who dresses so outrageously in a place like this, could you be the one who started this riot?"

"Oh...I see."

The man then revealed a knowing smile.

"You're not an ordinary person, are you?"

The next second.

The white broken blade that fell from the sky tore through us in an instant.

Click——! !

Accelerator simply stomped his foot on the ground, and an invisible shockwave tore everything around him apart.

The wind, reaching speeds of 120 kilometers per hour, exploded.

Bang! The white blade formed from wheat flour was instantly sliced ​​apart by the wind from Accelerator. The two faced each other, and the man opposite them revealed a contemptuous smile.

"This kind of power, which cannot be sensed by magic, is something that ordinary weapons cannot achieve. You, you wouldn't happen to be from Academy City, would you?"

"So, you really are one of those guys from that righteous sect?"

The two men faced off against each other.

Although he didn't know who that person was, Accelerator sensed a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling in that power; it wasn't a manifestation of superpowers.