One-way traffic

The buildings on both sides of the alley were shattered by the tangible light, their exterior walls were cut open, and industrial water was constantly flowing out of what looked like water pipes.

"Really."

A young man stood here.

The brown-haired youth, dressed in a magnificent top, stood unharmed in the same spot.

"I can't believe I've run into something like this. I'm really unlucky."

Kakine Teitoku couldn't help but say with a sigh.

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"ha…!"

The two girls quickly ran down the street.

There were very few people around, so you could basically see the two of them running quickly through the streets.

"Run, it should be okay to run here, right?"

Frenda couldn't help but catch her breath. Although she was a member of the Dark Division, she was still completely unprepared for this sudden situation.

The two stopped in their tracks. This place was about a kilometer away from where Kakine Teitoku had been before.

In this situation, they are unlikely to be caught.

"...You saved me."

Frenda couldn't help but look at the person in front of her.

A girl dressed in colorful clothes, with light blue hair, was remarkably beautiful.

"You...you wouldn't happen to be a member of the Anbu, would you?"

"...I don't know what you're talking about. I just saw you being attacked by that person."

The girl shook her head, indicating her intention.

"So, you just wanted to save me?"

"Huh? Hmm... that's about it?"

"...How stupid."

Frenda immediately made this assessment.

As someone who lives in the shadows, she has witnessed far too much of the dark side of things, but she has never seen anyone act for such a stupid reason.

"But... thank you."

After that, Frenda looked at the girl in front of her again.

"What's your name?"

Hatsune Miku…

“I am Frenda, and you… you saved my life.”

The blonde girl couldn't help but chuckle, looking gratefully at Hatsune Miku in front of her.

"If you hadn't intervened in time, I don't know what would have happened to me... I might even have lost my life."

"How could this be... Ju, it's really that serious?"

Hatsune Miku's face showed an expression of disbelief.

As expected, she wasn't someone who lived in darkness.

Frenda shook her head. The other person was not from the darkness. Although she possessed great power, there was no need for her to involve her in this incident.

"You should leave now. I'll handle everything else on my own."

"I see, so that's what you thought?"

--What?

Frenda was startled and came to her senses to hear footsteps beside her.

She turned her head slightly and saw a young man standing right next to her.

A young man with brown hair, wearing a fancy top.

"Underlying...matter?"

"How annoying. If possible, I would prefer you to call me by the proper name, Kakine Teitoku."

"How is this possible... This place is a full kilometer away from where we were just now!"

"Oh, so what?"

For a moment, Flanda almost forgot who the other person really was.

“I am a Level 5 superpowered user, ranked second. You don’t think this little thing can stop me, do you?”

then.

A pure burst of light and sound exploded all around Frenda in one breath.

Bang! The street was instantly drawn into the dispute.

The asphalt road was instantly torn apart, and countless cracks exploded on the surrounding pedestrian crossings. The few people who witnessed this scene were immediately frightened and moved away, and the street was completely deserted.

However, Kakine Teitoku was not pleased with this.

He raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but look at what was in front of him.

"…oh?"

Frenda stood there unharmed.

No, someone protected her.

"Little girl, I never knew you had such abilities."

He couldn't help but chuckle as he glanced at the girl beside Frenda.

Holding a magic wand, surrounded by shimmering colorful cubes, the twin-tailed girl stares intently at him.

Magic Future 2019 is equipment that can adjust magic to maximize its attack potential.

Kakine Teitoku waved his hand dismissively.

"Stop it, this has nothing to do with you."

"No... I can't let you attack a girl who's completely defenseless!"

"So, we've figured it out. That guy attacked us first, okay?"

Even so, I cannot let her fall to that state!

Recalling what Kakine Teitoku had planned to do to Frenda, if things had continued, it was very likely that things would have escalated even further.

Hatsune Miku would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

"Oh, I see. That's interesting."

Kakine Teitoku couldn't help but sigh.

"Looks like we're going to have to fight two pointless battles today."

Immediately afterwards, a burst of brilliance erupted.

A dazzling power exploded from behind Kakine Teitoku.

"No! We can't go head-to-head with that guy!"

Frenda shouted without hesitation.

Kakine Teitoku is the second-ranked Level 5 esper in Academy City, second only to the strongest Level 1. Her strength is such that even Mugino Shizuri, who is ranked fourth in the same dark organization as her, cannot handle her.

Although we don't know what Hatsune Miku's abilities are, the gap between levels is enormous, and she absolutely cannot contend with an enemy of Kakine Teitoku's caliber on her own.

but.

The girl with twin ponytails didn't turn around; she unilaterally raised the staff in her hand.

After rapidly reciting a verse as if chanting a song, pure radiance exploded around her.

In mid-air, countless floating cubes transformed into pure flashes of light in an instant, attacking Kakine Teitoku at a speed surpassing that of a pistol firing.

boom----! !

The light bursts collided, further damaging the asphalt road surface.

even so.

Kakine Teitoku still raised his hand, and something dreamlike instantly erupted from behind him.

wing.

Three pairs of pure white wings, looking like the wings of an angel, shimmered while exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.

"Goodbye."

He never gave it his all from the beginning.

Only at this moment did Kakine Teitoku reveal the true power of his second-ranked superpower in Academy City—DarkMatter.

He himself was just standing still, but his three pairs of pure white wings were fluttering rapidly.

A burst of pure white light bombarded everything at once.

That's a light burst powerful enough to uproot skyscrapers and instantly destroy the most advanced armored vehicles in Academy City.

Boom! The ground in front of them was instantly torn open, revealing a twenty-meter-long line of destruction.

Kakine Teitoku looked ahead, where only pure traces of destruction remained; nothing was left.

"Did you exert too much force?"

He stared at the empty ground in front of him and shook his head. He had thought he could get information about the enemy's dark forces by interrogating them, but now it seemed that was no longer an option.

After all, he was the second strongest esper in Academy City, and his power was fundamentally different from that of other Level 5 espers, at least that's what he thought.

"Never mind, I should be able to do the same thing with tweezers. I'll go back and do some research on it."

Without bothering to check the original location, Kakine Teitoku casually walked away into the distance, and the three pairs of wings on his back simply vanished into thin air.

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"Ha ha…"

Hatsune Miku took a deep breath and leaned against the wall.

That person is amazing.

He only managed to offset the power of the magic future 2019 by relying on its high output. However, that level of power was probably just a strong blow to him, and probably not even his full strength.

However, at least I can still fight that person.

If it were up to her, Hatsune Miku would have some confidence that she could reach a point of equal strength with Kakine Teitoku in a short period of time.

However, what she relied on just now was not merely the destructive power of the magical future.

"Thanks to this child..."

She couldn't help but look at the Snow Rabbit she was holding in her arms.

The instant Kakine Teitoku and her own power collided, she transformed her clothes into the style of Snow Mirai 2017.

This outfit helped her manipulate the various powers of celestial bodies, and then, with the help of Yukine Rabbit's teachings, she used the power belonging to the Lepus constellation in that instant.

The power of Lepus is to directly create corresponding virtual clones.

Although they possessed no power whatsoever and were merely phantoms that could shatter at the slightest touch, relying on them allowed him to directly lead Frenda back to hide in a nearby alley.

In this way, at least they can completely escape Kakine Teitoku's pursuit.

"It's okay now."

After confirming that Kakine Teitoku would not reappear, Hatsune Miku turned around and looked at Frenda behind her.

She chuckled softly.

"That person has already left, and they won't be able to find us for at least a short time."

"...Really?"