One-way traffic

This is someone's residence.

Before he lost consciousness, he was helped to the hospital by someone.

The question is, who exactly is that person?

What was the other party's motive for doing this?

To confirm this completely, Accelerator got up right there in the room.

"...It doesn't look like an adult's room at all."

To be precise, it's more like the kind of place only fairy tale devils would go.

Although the house is made of wood, this is only really evident on the ceiling; the rest of the house is decorated with all sorts of pink ornaments.

There is also a large dressing table on the right, and opposite it is a huge wardrobe.

He walked out of the room and went straight to the living room, only to find that it had basically ended there.

The living room isn't very big; besides the kitchen and bathroom, there's only this one bedroom.

Accelerator turned his gaze toward the living room door.

—There seemed to be a figure standing there.

He walked out slowly, and then he could finally see the figure's appearance clearly.

She wore a purple and white dress, and her long black hair swayed gently in the breeze.

And so, the girl slowly turned around, as if she had noticed something.

Her gaze slowly met Accelerator's.

"—Huh?"

The black-haired girl's expression turned to one of astonishment for a moment.

It was as if no one had expected Accelerator to wake up at this time.

Accelerator himself, however, seemed to ponder for a moment after looking at the other person's face.

There seemed to be some kind of calling hidden deep in his memory.

then.

"…that."

The girl spoke directly to Accelerator, as if she were one step ahead.

"Perhaps you don't have much of an impression of me."

"But actually, for me... you hold a very high place in my heart."

She stared at One-Way Street and spoke slowly.

"...Two and a half years ago, if, if you hadn't saved me in that coffee shop."

"So there definitely wouldn't be a person like me now, right...?"

Accelerator and the black-haired girl stared at each other, a thoughtful look flashing in their eyes.

Accelerator has also completely recalled a certain memory from the deepest part of his past.

Even though it was just a trivial moment for him.

Two and a half years ago, before the attack by the Anti-Entropy Titans.

He did indeed see her in a coffee shop and rescue a black-haired maid.

Is it possible…

"It's you...?"

He looked at the other person with some surprise.

He looked at the girl who still remembered him even after two years.

Chapter 297 Anti-Hero

On the endless grassland.

Only Accelerator and the long-haired girl in front of him were walking here together.

call--

Although it was a strong wind blowing, it was definitely not the kind of wind that would occur under normal circumstances.

The color of the sky also looked very strange.

"...From the other side of the sky, an immense amount of Honkai energy is constantly being released towards the ground."

It was obvious that some unimaginable power had gathered in the sky.

That immense destructive energy affects nature and the surrounding environment.

Even the organisms themselves have been greatly affected.

"It's gloomy, isn't it?"

They stopped on a cliff-like hill and the girl turned around.

"All of this happened a few hours ago, around the same time I found you in the wilderness."

Eight hours?

"Um, what's wrong?"

This was nothing to the girl, but for Accelerator, those eight hours were very meaningful.

He was found by this girl in some unknown wilderness and brought here... A total of more than eight hours passed before he was able to move normally and wake up.

Such a long period of time is enough for certain events to escalate into a worse situation.

Thinking this, Accelerator also took out his phone from his pocket. Through this phone with system connectivity, he could keep track of Hatsune Miku's location anytime, anywhere.

But the icons that appeared on his phone made his expression change.

Because that icon represents something hundreds of meters above the clouds.

Hatsune Miku's actions were basically always accompanied by the Valkyries on the Hyperion.

That is to say-

"...If they're still in heaven, does that mean it's not over yet?"

Doesn't that mean that bastard Herrscher is still alive?

Was she the one who orchestrated all of this?

"Um, what's wrong? Are you still feeling unwell...?"

"No, nothing."

Even if I told the girl everything I knew, it would be pointless, as she would be completely unaware of it and there would be no need for her to tell me.

However, even though he can't say these things to the other party, Accelerator can still confirm the current information through other means.

"Let me ask first."

As he turned his gaze to the clouds high in the sky, Accelerator spoke at the same time.

"This situation in the sky, it really happened several hours ago, right?"

Yes, that's always been the case.

Boom——

As the two were talking, the sound of thunder and lightning echoed from the gloomy clouds.

At the same time, both of them can see a little bit.

Lightning is purplish-black.

Unlike the lightning of a normal thunderstorm, this strange purplish-black lightning contained a unique kind of Honkai energy. Even ordinary people could clearly feel the abnormality of this lightning compared to lightning in nature.

not only that.

"The impact of the sky on the ground is not just a matter of drastic changes in natural climate."

"what?"

Just as Accelerator was still puzzled by those words, reality quickly revealed to him what the girl meant.

The answer lies at hand.

Squeak——!!

The ground where they were standing cracked open in an instant.

"Well…!"

The black-haired girl was slightly taken aback, while Accelerator acted the instant it all happened.

After grabbing the girl's arm, the white figure retreated at high speed, taking her away from the dangerous situation.

Like a sandcastle built by a child being washed away by the waves, something emerged from the soil.

Boom! !

It was a gigantic, demonic body.

"What the hell is that thing?"

"...It's a Honkai Beast."

The girl gritted her teeth, her tone becoming heavy.

"But... they are all Honkai Beasts transformed from ordinary creatures, they weren't like this from the beginning."

Only at this moment did Accelerator finally see the true nature of the monster before him.

That was a wild boar.

The wild boar's body was covered in pure purplish-black electricity, and its eyes turned completely blood red. Even under such a gloomy sky, the red light emanating from its eyes was as dazzling as blood.

There were quite a few of these wild beasts in the vicinity.

It wasn't just wild boars; antelopes, bulls, petrels... even simple insects changed.

They expanded from the size of a person to at least several meters in height, their terrifying bodies capable of tearing the ground apart in an instant.

And their condition was exactly the same as that of the wild boar.

"These animals were originally just creatures living on the grasslands, but they all changed into this state because of the conditions in the sky..."

The girl's tone was one of deep sorrow when she said those words.

"They...were originally just livestock belonging to the nearby villagers..."

"...Is it enough to directly alter living beings with massive amounts of Honkai energy?"

You can feel that the atmosphere in the air is purely strange. Under such dense Honkai energy, even humans would find it difficult to survive.

…wrong.

If Accelerator wasn't affected by Honkai energy because he was able to reflect it—

What about the girl in front of me?

"Please step back a little."

"What's going on...?"

Accelerator, who had originally planned to take action and eliminate these Honkai Beasts, couldn't help but be surprised.

The girl raised her hand.

A moment later, cube-shaped objects surrounded her.

Click, click, click—!

The cube shattered instantly, transforming into streaks of purplish-black light that adhered directly to the girl's body.

She raised her right hand, and instantly drew out a weapon that resembled a particle lightsaber.

"you…?"

"Two and a half years ago, you saved me in that coffee shop."