One-way traffic

When the extra individual realized this, an unprecedented surge of power emanated from beside him.

boom--! !

The aura formed by magic instantly blasted her away.

"Well--?!"

The extra character fell to the ground, and she saw a deep blue light suddenly appear in front of her.

The girl who had been lying on the ground, who had been holding the girl who was responsible for Last Order, stood up.

Her clothes changed, becoming a dress-like garment, and she seemed to be holding a magic wand-like prop.

but.

In just a moment, Hatsune Miku's pretty face turned deathly pale.

Her body seemed to lose all its strength, and she collapsed to the ground, having exhausted all her power in that very act.

"...What's going on? It was just a charade?"

Even if the power of magical future is triggered, Hatsune Miku's body is not strong enough for her to use the magic power converted from mental energy.

The girl collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, her body even weaker than before.

The extra characters have come a long way step by step.

"Oh yeah... I remember now."

"One of the orders from above was to destroy the original command tower of Misaka Networks. That's right... Last Order has to die too."

She went straight to the final work.

"don't want…"

The extra character felt a sense of restraint coming from the ground.

It was that girl with pigtails, hugging herself tightly with both hands.

"...Will this ever end?"

Thump! Her foot kicked the other person in the chest without any mercy.

Ignoring Hatsune Miku's pained expression, the extra character mercilessly kicked her away and stomped hard on Hatsune Miku's chest.

"Ughh ...

"Ah...that's how it is. The Misakas no longer need a new command tower."

She chuckled and pointed the thumbtack at the forehead of the final piece.

"The Misaka no longer need the command tower of the old era, so... prepare to die."

She stomped one foot hard on Hatsune Miku, while her other hand launched an attack directly at Last Order.

then.

—The ultimate sound of air chaos destroyed the world.

Rumble rumble rumble—! !!!

"Ugh—Gooaaaaaaah!!!"

That was the sound of the extra character being swept into the air in one breath.

She saw it.

In his original spot, a monster was staring at him with wide eyes.

No emotion.

"you wanna die."

Chapter 233 The Price of Magic and Abilities

He had made up his mind that he would never hurt any of the Misaka Sisters again.

That was the path he walked, the path called atonement. Accelerator once yearned for a world called light. Living in darkness, he considered himself a pure villain. Only in this way could he truly atone for his sins, only in this way could he repay his past transgressions.

However, that is not what he is thinking now.

One-Way Street has changed.

—Don't get caught up in trivial notions of good and evil, but move forward on the path that is simply your own.

He understood this; if it were his past self in this situation, he would likely have suffered a mental breakdown instantly.

The Misaka Sisters, known as Extra Individuals, are special individuals created by the higher-ups of Academy City to destroy Accelerator's mind. Killing her would be tantamount to breaking Accelerator's past vows, while ignoring her would result in her directly attacking Accelerator. No matter which option is chosen, there is no way to resolve this peacefully.

In the end, it will be discovered that there is an even deeper darkness hidden within the individual in the side story, which will cause his entire spirit to die completely. In this way, Accelerator will become a walking corpse, a vegetable, whose body is still alive but whose spirit is dead.

He originally intended to handle the matter silently.

but.

Now he understands, it's impossible.

He can tolerate any attacks on his body by the extra characters.

He can allow off-characters to arbitrarily damage his mental well-being.

He can also tolerate the extras criticizing and mocking all his past actions.

He could not tolerate the harm that the extra characters caused to Hatsune Miku and Last Order.

From this moment on, my stance has changed.

The strongest esper in Academy City, and as his name suggests, he is the strongest.

boom--! ! !

A storm swept across the world.

Accelerator's spirit and emotions surged dramatically, and he controlled the wind of almost the entire city above his head, transforming it into countless gun-like objects.

He aimed them at the extra individuals and fired them without mercy.

"Goo-ah—?!"

The girl, who kept dodging by using her power generation ability, was ultimately unable to escape all the wind spears, because their number had reached over 100,000.

However, it was just a scratch.

"You bastard! Haha! So that's how it is. After your complete mental breakdown, you're planning to completely break your vows to the Misakas?!"

Accelerator will no longer slaughter any of his sisters. If he were to kill the extra characters with his own hands, he would destroy this redemptive process.

"You're mistaken."

However, Accelerator's spirit did not collapse.

Although his tone was incredibly cold and he appeared to be filled with murderous intent, he was perfectly clear-headed.

He wasn't just pointlessly giving up on himself here.

"…What?"

The extra character confirmed one thing.

Looking back, they discovered that the area spanning several hundred meters had been swept away by the previous wind spear, and even the ground itself had been reduced to a depth of several hundred meters.

A huge circular arena was created by Accelerator using his abilities.

In this situation, the extra individual has no way to continue escaping, and cannot even jump out using her own abilities. If she fails, a deep abyss hundreds of meters deep awaits her.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

An unknown fear gradually welled up in her heart.

Everything had been going according to her plan until now. Accelerator could have just let her attack and insult him as he always had, and then suffered a mental breakdown.

—Why is he able to act so effortlessly?!

"If I'm not mistaken, those bastards in the upper echelons of Academy City have probably installed some kind of self-destruct program in your body. Once I convince you or save you, they'll activate it and detonate your body, making you die in front of me... something like that."

"?!"

"Furthermore, you said that you are an existence formed from all the negative emotions in the Misaka Network. If that's the case, that brat should also have a control effect on you. But those bastards in Academy City definitely know this. It's very likely that you were also equipped with a function that allows you to directly disobey the highest orders of the Last Order command tower... Is that right?"

So... what happened?

Everything you said was correct.

The extra character felt extremely cold, not only because of the Russian winter weather, but also because of the white monster in front of him.

Even though he hadn't said anything, he easily deduced the meaning.

Why? Misaka was supposed to be a weapon of malice used against Accelerator, so why isn't he mentally broken and is handling things so effortlessly?!

"Stop joking!"

boom! !

Those were iron nails fired at supersonic speed by an extra individual.

Nails traveling at more than three times the speed of sound, accompanied by a purple-white electric current, shot out. Although their power was not as great as the original Railgun, they were still beyond the human body's ability to withstand.

But Accelerator didn't pay attention.

He didn't use reflection; he extracted something else.

Bang——! !

Six purplish-black generators, mixed with equally purplish-white current, instantly deflected the nails from the extra character.

"Varied--?"

"To be honest, I don't want to hurt you right now, so I subconsciously shut down all my reflexes. I don't plan to use that kind of thing on you either. If I accidentally kill you... I won't be able to undo the damage."

Accelerator genuinely didn't want to hurt those girls anymore, and that's something that can't be changed no matter what.

However, there is one thing that needs to be clarified.

"I can tolerate everything you do to me."

The white monster walked steadily on the snow, causing the extra individual to instinctively back away.

"But don't take yourself too seriously."

"--What did you say?"

The extra character couldn't help but laugh.

It was a smile that bordered on despair.

"Weren't you standing here to protect the Misakas? If that's the case, what kind of nonsense are you spouting now?!"

"...I really am going to do that."

Accelerator raised one hand.

In that hand, he held a pebble.

"But you need to get one thing straight."

"What I want to protect are all my younger sisters."

Do you think I would allow you to make a move on the final piece?

In the final moment, the extra individual felt pain.

It wasn't a particularly excruciating pain, but rather a drowsy feeling, as if Accelerator had shot a pebble into her head.

"you…"

Before she could finish her last words, she collapsed to the ground.

The scene was extremely chaotic.

Accelerator sighed and looked around. The snowfield was in a terrible state because of the wind spear he had blasted earlier, but that was not a method he used to allow the extra characters to escape.

Not far away, one could see a group of men lying on the ground, wearing long robes and holding long knives and spears.

Those people were probably local Russians. As for why they were here, they were probably attracted by the disturbance caused by Accelerator and the side characters.

Regardless, Accelerator could tell at a glance that they had no good intentions, so he decided to use this time to knock them unconscious.

After glancing at the fallen extra character, Accelerator immediately turned around and ran to the two people on the ground.