One-way traffic

At this moment, Right Fire fully understood that the other party would never let him go, no matter what.

“Originally, if you could have completed the plans you mentioned, you would have reached the highest position I hoped for, which would probably have been in line with my plan.”

"By directly altering the phase itself, you will be able to interfere with the entire world... Do you understand what I mean?"

change the world.

For humankind, the so-called world is actually quite vast.

Some people think it only covers Japan, some think it covers the Earth, and some speculate that it covers the vast solar system or even the entire universe.

The world is actually much bigger than anyone imagines.

If we compare the Earth to an egg yolk, the universe to an egg white, and then what surrounds the universe is an eggshell of countless phases.

And the world is contained within the egg itself.

What would happen if a world larger than the universe, containing the entire universe and all phases, were altered?

The fire on the right will have an effect more terrifying than destroying the universe.

He himself possessed such immense energy, which he believed to be 'power enough to save the world,' a genuine and real power, only—

More than the amount of power, what the fire on the right lacks is the method of how to use that power.

He will die here.

He will not be given any chance to repent. Knowing some truth that he himself cannot confirm, he will surely die here.

"...Perhaps that's the case."

Right Fire chuckled.

Even though his right hand was still bleeding, he did not stop.

Bang! !

A red right hand, as sharp as claws, burst forth and appeared in the air as he conceived it.

Although it is no longer at a level that can be freely controlled, the essence of its power remains unchanged.

"...And what is your reason for fighting?"

"I'm so bored," Aleister said.

"The reason is actually very simple."

As two people who have reached the pinnacle of the world, their battle began with this very sentence.

"—We can't let that person's world be toyed with by you like this!!"

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Everything has come to an end.

The core of the archangel was completely erased, and the Star of Bethlehem sank into the Arctic Ocean.

That's it.

The whole world has achieved true peace, and that is enough.

"…Huh?"

Kamijou Touma opened his eyes.

What appeared before my eyes was not icy seawater, but—snow.

He lay on the ground, surrounded by sparks; someone was sitting next to him warming themselves by the fire.

"Wake up."

A figure dressed in white winter clothes, someone that Touma Kamijou recognized very well.

"one…"

He couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Accelerator—?!"

He couldn't understand why the other person would be in such a place.

No, in the end—in his opinion, why would someone like that be here?

but.

"Now that you're awake, there's no need for me to continue doing these foolish things here."

"What…?"

Kamijou Touma frowned, but then noticed something else.

In front of the fire was a fish skewered on a stick.

Those must have been creatures found in the Arctic Ocean. Accelerator skewered them with wooden sticks and roasted them over a fire.

"I still have a bunch of troublesome things to deal with, so you can do whatever you want with me after that."

"Hey, wait a minute—!"

Just as he was about to leave, the spiky-haired youth behind him suddenly shouted.

"Um... I'm very grateful that you saved me, but..."

Even Touma Kamijou probably didn't expect this.

In the past, the monster he once regarded as the strongest would actually do such a thing for him. The person who had slaughtered nearly ten thousand lives... would he really do something to save him?

"I don't have much to say."

Accelerator answered casually.

"The guys who defeated me before ended up in the Arctic Ocean, where even their bodies are nowhere to be seen... That's no funny joke. Do you think I'd let something like that happen?"

"Well…?"

Wait, wait a minute—if that's how it's put it.

So the other person was really just trying to save them?!

Come to think of it, I think I saw something with wings on its back when I defeated the archangel before... Could it be him?

"Wait a moment."

"...Say it all in one go."

Accelerator turned around with ill intent and glared at Touma Kamijou.

"Stop slurring your words, and say everything you want to say."

"What's your purpose here?"

Touma Kamijou's expression was no longer confused.

After confirming all this, he looked at the other person with a serious expression, and the two stared at each other like a confrontation.

"What is your purpose in coming to Russia? You must have participated in World War III, right? If so... I'd like to know, what is your real reason for coming here?"

"Of course you don't have to answer me. It's not an obligation of mine. But I really want to know... what kind of reason would motivate someone like you to come here?"

Once upon a time, the spiky-haired youth in front of me defeated the strongest number one in Academy City.

He reached an unprecedented and terrifying height in Accelerator's heart: a hero, a savior, even an being capable of solving everything.

He once denigrated himself as evil, and transformed his path into a completely different one from Touma Kamijou's.

Good and evil, light and darkness.

If it were him, he would definitely regard Touma Kamijou as a genuine benevolent hero.

That was the old way of saying it.

"The reason is simple."

"It's just to save the people I want to save... It has nothing to do with so-called good or evil, understand?"

There is no need to follow his path anymore.

Like a coming-of-age ceremony, it completely severs the path he has taken in the past, and from now on, he will embark on a truly unique path.

It turned out to be the case.

Touma Kamijou nodded, a simple smile appearing on his face.

"—Isn't that a good thing? For you, this is enough."

"Tsk..."

Accelerator clicked his tongue in displeasure, which made Touma scratch his head and laugh.

After that, a roaring sound followed.

Before their eyes, the first monster had completely vanished from its original spot, leaving behind only a pile of wreckage.

"Uh…"

Kamijou Touma scratched his head in frustration, at a loss for what to do.

"Then... how am I supposed to get home?"

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A person who has made a grave mistake in the past, suffers from the consequences of their sins, and desires to repent and turn to the right path.

The path it has taken has already undergone a brand new change.

"I see."

He gazed at the world.

He smiled as he uttered his final words.

"The time has come."

Chapter 244 Where did things change?

They returned to the ground.

Accelerator didn't care about Touma's safety... because there was no need to.

Although it was near the Arctic Ocean, he had already scouted the area beforehand. Academy City's forces would be coming to search for signs of life there again. Even if there were none, he could still find inhabited areas by walking forward, enough for Kamijou Touma to return to Academy City.

There's no need to worry about other people's business anymore.

"...That's the feeling, isn't it?"

It carries a unique selfishness, and it will think about the people around it.

A feeling that Accelerator had never experienced before was now slowly beginning to emerge in his mind.

"Oh, I'm back, I'm back."

If you walk forward, you will see a group of people gathered together.

On the boundless snowfield, countless people lay on the ground, and directly in front of them could be seen an enormous, immeasurable figure.

It is a deep red fire dragon.

A colossal dragon, over a hundred meters long, circled around there, while in front of it stood several people, each in a different situation.

The final act: sitting by the fire in the snow, keeping warm.

The side character, who occasionally stomps on the people lying on the ground, has a grin on his face.

And Hatsune Miku standing not far away, stroking the dragon's whiskers with one hand.

"What's going on here?"

"They're pursuers from Academy City. You've been seeing them all along, haven't you?"

The extra character crossed over these people's bodies and came to stand in front of Accelerator, saying...

"Because they were busy with World War III, these guys didn't have time to manage things on your side. Now that they're back, their goal is to take you back as number one, right? Of course, they probably also have Misaka and Last Order in mind."

"What about the result?"

"Can't you tell just by looking?"

The chestnut-haired girl spoke harshly with a malicious smile.