One-way traffic

A figure at the top of the stairs, its face obscured by darkness.

He laughed.

"……what?"

In that instant, the captain made a perfect connection to something.

ITSME.

That mechanical voice that couldn't distinguish human timbre.

And standing in front of him, that thing that was completely inhuman.

He aimed his gun at the other man and swiftly pulled the trigger.

Click.

Oh, right.

—Before that, all the ammunition had been used up.

"…Ha ha?"

The captain laughed too.

Looking directly at his shadow, he gently raised the corners of his mouth again.

"HELLO?"

Non-human, white.

Chapter 284 Let's go say hello

It was 8:50 p.m.

Inside the ME Corporation headquarters of Anti-Entropy on the second floor, Accelerator stands here.

The squad leader responsible for guarding this floor fell down in front of him.

It should be agreed upon beforehand.

He never laid a hand on this guy.

"Did you faint from sheer terror?"

He had already obtained the information from Hatsune Miku.

The headquarters of Anti-Entropy is located in a company called ME on this street. You can find Wendy, who is being held captive by them, once you come here.

However, if we alert them, it might trigger a riot first, leading to a situation where people harbor murderous intent towards the Herrscher, which could result in the forced removal of the Gem of Desire from Wendy's body, which would be disastrous.

Accelerator can act regardless of all this because his mission objective is simply to obtain the gems, not Wendy.

There's no need to care whether that girl lives or dies; after all, she has nothing to do with me.

…Even so, he would never do such a thing.

Accelerator chose a more prudent approach, trying his best not to implicate the unrelated girl.

And so it turned out like this.

"By slightly altering the radio wave signals of communication to mimic pure mechanical sounds, and then responding in combination with the environment itself, humans are such easily defeated creatures."

After infiltrating this place, he had many ways to resolve everything without making a big fuss, but he still chose this method.

That is to rely on psychological tactics.

Since the entire building appears to be powered by a separate generator, once the power lines were cut off, the lights, infrared sensors, and cameras on the second floor all became ineffective.

Then came the stage setup for him.

He didn't attack the soldiers; he simply used his skills to create a simple jamming device and hacked into their communication lines.

In such circumstances, further interference with the ventilation ducts and various detailed areas, such as throwing wrenches in corners, creating various noises in a state where soldiers cannot perceive the actual phenomenon, and using air compression inside the ventilation ducts to create the sound of some kind of creature walking.

It felt like something out of a horror movie.

For humans, this situation would be considered an extremely terrifying and dark state.

It's like being alone in an empty medieval castle. The tranquility of the night and the eeriness of the castle itself are enough to put the human brain into extreme physiological tension.

At this point, only the simplest external stimulus is needed to completely rupture their highly panicked nervous system.

So Accelerator hacked into those radios, using all sorts of distorted sounds and words to frighten them, and then creating a series of environmental disturbances. In this way, even if the soldiers encountered each other, they would be frightened by each other and then shoot at their own comrades. It was as if the enemy was defeated without even being attacked.

These people may be well-trained soldiers, but that doesn't matter.

Because what they were facing was Accelerator, a monster that perfectly embodied human fears through rational biological calculations, creating a fear that could absolutely terrify the human brain—a fear that no amount of training could withstand.

Even special forces soldiers would be terrified by Accelerator's layout.

As the captain of this squad, he was so frightened that he fainted without even needing Accelerator to lift a finger.

"This is what a battlefield should be like."

*Thud.* The white-haired monster tossed the radio at the captain, chuckling as he spoke.

"If you can't even handle this much, you might as well go home and change diapers with the little devil."

He had used this tactic before when facing Kihara's numerous hound units.

The strongest esper in Academy City is not just powerful in terms of physical strength.

In terms of absolute psychological tactics and intelligence, Accelerator is truly the strongest.

"Next..."

All the junk on the entire floor has been disposed of.

It's about time to go and rescue that brat who was captured by anti-entropy, isn't it?

And so, Accelerator walked straight ahead.

Bang-!

Then, someone crashed directly into him.

His reflex worked instantly.

"Whoa-!"

A figure fell to the ground, looking as if it had appeared out of thin air.

"Huh? Why was the spatial teleportation suddenly interrupted...?"

That voice... sounds somewhat familiar.

Accelerator looked in front of him, but there was no one there at all.

However, he had somewhat guessed the outcome.

"...How did you end up here?"

Ah—the unseen person seemed to hear the other's voice and immediately stood up.

Immediately afterwards, a brilliant light and stars began to shine.

—A girl with twin ponytails, dressed in a dark blue dress with yellow five-pointed stars, appeared before him.

"So it was one side..."

"I mean, while I did consider the possibility that you would come here on a mission, I never expected you to show up like this... What's going on here?"

"Well... it's because of this."

The girl immediately felt helpless.

"Because we need to find a way to bring Kiana and Raiden Mei here as well... Right! We need to open the portal quickly!"

"...You've already learned such unrealistic things while I was away?"

Under Accelerator's watchful gaze, a somewhat anxious Hatsune Miku quickly raised her magic wand and pointed it at the wall in front of her.

Immediately afterwards, something exactly like the portal that had unfolded on the ground outside appeared.

"Phew... this will do."

Is it a function similar to MovePoint?

"No, it's just a two-way portal."

Accelerator couldn't help but look over as well.

Inside the portal, a vector flowed that even he found astonishing.

"This is a spatial portal formed by borrowing the power of Corona Borealis... Although it is usually used for one-way teleportation, it can be deployed directly like this when necessary."

At the same time, you can feel that different areas are connected to the other end on the inside.

"If two portals are opened at the same time, it will achieve an effect similar to a portal, allowing people on the other side to connect to this side as well."

"So they resorted to this method to invade, didn't they?"

"After all, the only person who could directly infiltrate this heavily guarded building is them."

After hearing Hatsune Miku's explanation, Accelerator stared intently at the portal.

This is a power connected to space.

He had a similar experience before.

His reflection works even against spatial abilities, as seen with Hatsune Miku just now. She used the power of Corona Borealis to teleport directly into the building, but he reflected her abilities.

However, when reflection encounters dimensional spatial abilities, it leaves some strange characteristics in the real three-dimensional world.

Unlike the magicians I met in Russia, and unlike the magic system that simply belonged to another world, space and time are a power that holds an absolutely special position in any world.

If we could go further...

'If we could go a step further and grasp the direction of energy in space…'

—Bilibili.

He didn't notice that the necklace around his neck, formed from the "Doomsday Destroyer," was emitting tiny specks of purple electricity.

All of this happened when he had this idea.

He was slightly dazed for a moment, then turned around.

"You stay here and wait for those guys."

"...Are you going to handle this all by yourself again?"

"You know, seeing me wouldn't do those guys any good."

These words made Hatsune Miku instinctively shake her head.

"It would be better if you were a little more cheerful... But that's just a characteristic of each person."

"Stop giving me unsolicited opinions about others."

He scratched his neck, sighed, and stepped over the captain who was lying on the ground.

He entered the elevator alone and went straight to the third floor.

He had already vaguely sensed the darkness.

For Cocolia, this should be considered their first meeting after two years, right?

"I'll prepare a wonderful surprise for you."

The moment the elevator doors closed, the image that appeared was the white monster's ferocious and cruel smile.

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The elevator doors opened.

Then, the world exploded.

boom--! ! !

In just a few seconds, all the Titan mechs on the entire floor were instantly blown away by the overwhelming force, reduced to something that couldn't even be considered scrap.

Accelerator walked directly to a door.

He didn't even need to consciously sense it to clearly understand just how immense the energy emanating from behind that door was.

"So."