One-way traffic

"Is that guy the mastermind behind World War III?"

Accelerator turned to look at Elizabeth.

He felt an immense pressure from the sky. This was not because the angels were too powerful, so powerful that Accelerator couldn't even lift his head.

It was not because of his feelings about mysterious forces.

Accelerator can distinguish any force that doesn't belong to the scientific side by sensing a certain oppressive feeling within him. This time, the oppressive feeling is even greater than before, which proves that the so-called angel is a stronger enemy.

Then, Accelerator seemed to have discovered it.

The archangel in the sky seemed to have turned his gaze in their direction.

"No, no...! Run!!"

"what?"

"If the Fire on the Right can really control archangels at will, then that guy will definitely prioritize hunting down those of you who possess parchment!"

Parchment...

Accelerator took out the piece of paper he had found on the train from his pocket. It was covered with magical runes that he couldn't understand, and it was also something that Russian spies wanted to steal.

It seems that it really is the key to everything.

However, Accelerator also thought of something else.

On September 30th, he saw enormous angel wings in Academy City and confirmed that they seemed to be related to Last Order. He confirmed this again when he confronted Aiwass.

The existence of angels is closely related to the Last Order.

If this parchment is a crucial tool for the so-called mastermind, then it can be used to gain some means to control the angel.

This is not the main point; more importantly, this method might be able to save the final work.

"One, one side!"

Hatsune Miku exclaimed in surprise.

"The shadow in the sky seems to be getting closer and closer to us... What should we do?"

"It's very simple."

Accelerator casually tucked the parchment into his pocket.

he sneered.

"Pack up and leave."

"Huh? Wh-what?"

"Their target is this parchment, right? In that case, with this, we can decipher information about that angel in some way, and maybe even find a way to save that brat."

"Impossible! If the Right Fire could truly control the archangels, he would definitely order them to attack you!"

Elizarina said, her eyes wide.

"The power of angels is such that even saints cannot stop them, let alone ordinary people like us! You will be killed by the archangels!"

"Discard the parchment as soon as possible; that way, we might still have a chance to escape the angels' pursuit!"

The archangel will mercilessly kill Accelerator and Hatsune Miku, and then take the parchment.

This is the end.

"I said."

Accelerator glanced casually at Elizabeth, his tone indifferent.

"When did I give you the impression that I was running away?"

In that instant, Elizarina felt as if her mind went blank.

"What are you... talking about?"

"This is the last thing that can save that brat. You think I'd throw it away? You're kidding me."

He clenched his fists and widened his eyes.

"I'm going to fight."

"To fight against that archangel."

In order to protect the last remaining life of the final work.

To salvage what was his only remaining hope.

How could we possibly throw away our last hope!

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

Elizarina said in an almost shouting voice.

"Humans cannot defeat archangels! I don't know your ranking in Academy City, but those rankings are meaningless in the face of angels!"

"Even if you gathered all the armies in the world, you couldn't defeat that kind of guy; it's a monster of that caliber!"

"Oh my, Misaka found a jeep nearby, it should be able to carry all of us?"

"That's enough, let's go."

The group ignored her words and turned away.

Elizarina stood frozen in place, unable to process the situation.

Accelerator couldn't beat that archangel.

Why? Knowing this, why did he still go?

"that…"

Hatsune Miku walked over and looked at Elizabeth.

"I think it's probably to protect you..."

"Protect us...?"

“If we throw that parchment away here, then the angel’s attack will shift to you, won’t it?”

Upon closer reflection, the archangel's target wasn't actually a specific person, but rather he appeared to seize the parchment.

If Accelerator had thrown the parchment here, that archangel would probably have just blasted the entire Allied Kingdom of Elizabeth to smithereens.

"Just for something like this, you're going to fight an archangel with your own power?!"

This can no longer be explained by mere recklessness.

It's like an unprecedented dream, completely unrealistic.

"Don't say anything unnecessary."

Accelerator casually waved his hand and looked at Hatsune Miku.

"Let's get going."

"...Okay."

Before leaving, Hatsune Miku bowed deeply to Elizabeth before departing.

Even now, Elizarina is still unable to come to her senses.

Do humans truly have the power to fight against the archangels?

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I saw the dazzling light in the sky.

Accelerator and his companions sat inside the car, followed by a huge shadow.

"—They're here!!"

Hatsune Miku reminded them repeatedly, and the group looked towards the back of the car.

Slicing through the sky at Mach-level speed, came a genuine monster.

Dozens of wings, each over a hundred meters long, extended from its back. Even the shortest wing was tens of meters long. Although the enormous monster had the form of a human, it did not have a human face at all.

If I had to put it in a way, it's like some kind of uncanny valley effect.

"What do we do? What do we do? That guy seems to be chasing us the whole time, and we can't shake him off with just the car!"

The extra character chuckled lightly, seemingly enjoying the drama, while Hatsune Miku looked at him with concern.

"One side, my words..."

"No, you don't need to do it."

He raised his hand to reject Hatsune Miku's suggestion.

"You've only just recovered; forcibly drawing upon those powers will only severely damage your mental state."

"That……"

"It's my turn."

He opened the car door.

"I'll have a go at this so-called archangel."

In an instant, he flew out of the realm.

Four pairs of tornado-like wings erupted behind Accelerator. Ignoring the receding jeep, he looked behind him.

—Archangel.

In the realm of magic, Accelerator's understanding of beings originating from biblical stories is limited to this.

Perhaps his reflexes won't work either.

But so what?

"Alright...it's you, right?"

Two figures, each with different wings growing from their backs, faced each other in a standoff.

"This is the first time I've ever fought with an angel from a fairy tale."

So... nice to meet you?

For an instant.

A battle erupted between monsters.

The battle between Academy City's strongest esper and the angels from the Bible begins here.

Chapter 237 A Multi-pronged Counterattack Against the Angels

The battle is about to break out.

Accelerator's action was simple: he confronted the archangel head-on.

boom--! ! !

All sounds that could be called sounds have disappeared.

The two met at the same spot in an instant, and Accelerator himself was the first to react.

His reflexes are activated.

However, things did not go as he wished.

Squeak-!

Like ice blocks, water wings extending from behind the archangel shot towards him.

The reflection was successfully activated and blocked the Water Wings.

In reality, that effect is not what reflection should be like.

The Water Wings, reflected by Accelerator's ability, changed shape in the distant sky like maltose before finally crashing into the snow and slicing through the surface soil.

The water wings transformed into a kind of light and dissipated into the air.

'...So the reflex doesn't work at all after all?'

It cannot be said that reflection has lost all its original power; rather, it is said that it cannot achieve a perfect effect.

Accelerator's power cannot control things he does not understand. Therefore, the Water Wings, which contain powerful magic, can only be controlled by him with the slightest degree and cannot achieve the effect of reflection at all.