One-way traffic

"Hey, hey, this is bad—"

"...just causing trouble for others."

The first one cursed as he took action.

Boom! A pebble on the floor was kicked out of the room.

However, the girl dodged the attack with superhuman speed, and at the same time turned her gaze in her own direction.

Accelerator and Cinderella's eyes met.

The girl continued moving at the same speed as before, rapidly advancing towards Accelerator.

"One side——!"

"This guy…"

The first monster revealed an extremely grievous expression.

My damage output should be the strongest among everyone here, but the enemy is a mage, and we don't yet know what the enemy's magic effects are.

If it's an ability that can be used to attack enemies regardless of vector distance, then even he would have a headache dealing with it.

Should we avoid it? No, or should we face it directly...?

Reflection is not guaranteed to be completely effective against this enemy.

Unknown.

Just as Accelerator was thinking this, Cinderella had already danced her way to the first-place player.

"The old woman with the pumpkin carriage."

"Please give me the glass slipper."

"—500 meters away, unlimited number of people, give me a solemn and cold trial of the crystal shoes that will make all the people full of lies bow their heads."

That sentence followed.

Cinderella smiled gracefully, intending to unleash her power directly on Accelerator.

--Then.

"This is not okay."

The sound carried throughout the surrounding area.

"When did you become so bad that you can't even handle this kind of trash?"

boom! ! !

A loud bang engulfed everything around.

Cinderella's body flew backward, and then a sudden shadow landed directly in the center of the entire venue.

He was a young man.

A mysterious man with short silver hair and light blue eyes.

He was tightly gripping something like a belt in his hand.

"That won't do, Accelerator."

"You, who can move the entire universe, shouldn't be dragged down by this piece of trash that can't even destroy a mere galaxy, or even Earth, right?"

Extra Chapter 8.31: Birthday and Rebirth

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I woke up groggily from my dream.

The first one with white hair slightly opened his eyes. Normally, he would activate the world's strongest defensive ability, Reflection, so that no sound could disturb his sleep.

But he didn't do that today.

The first person rubbed their eyes slightly and then got up from the sofa.

"...Isn't it over yet?"

"Hehe~ I'd like to take even more photos with everyone!"

The location is an apartment in the 7th District of Academy City.

The first person to be awakened from their sleep was this very girl.

A cute girl wearing a red and white striped long dress and with light blue twin ponytails.

That is the world-class idol princess, Hatsune Miku.

"Okay, this angle is pretty good, let's take another one!"

"Ok!"

"That's really nice~ Speaking of which, Misaka started to wonder what it would look like if the number one wore such a cute outfit?"

"If you utter another word of unnecessary nonsense, I'll rip your tongue off."

Slightly displeased, Accelerator twisted his neck and got up from the sofa.

He couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Hatsune Miku, who was still posing and being filmed by Kikyo Yoshikawa.

"Is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

"Hmm... After all, today is quite unusual."

The girl chuckled softly, her face showing anticipation and excitement.

"On your birthday, you must have a happy time!"

Yes.

August 31st.

Today is Hatsune Miku's birthday.

As a world-class idol, her birthday celebrations have reached a global scale, and everyone knows the special significance of this day.

Looking out the window now, all the streets outside are filled with celebratory decorations and all sorts of birthday-themed merchandise.

Accelerator couldn't help but purse his lips.

"These guys don't even want to miss out on their birthdays? They release all sorts of limited-edition souvenirs to boost sales... What a bunch of money-grubbing bastards."

Although he is also an idol, Accelerator never expected that Hatsune Miku's birthday would cause such a large-scale impact around the world.

If you open your phone, you'll see that even on foreign websites, there are posts everywhere celebrating the princess's birthday.

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"Whoa! Misaka is descending from the sky! Misaka Misaka happily takes out the gift she prepared and quickly throws it towards Hatsune Miku-neechan!!"

"Watch out, Last Order!! It's easy to fall like that!"

Ignoring the sounds coming from behind, the first person stood by the window.

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The sound of camera flashes came from beside me.

"...What are you up to now?"

"Oh dear, it's someone's birthday, and you're just putting on such a sour face. That's really unacceptable."

"You, a clone made of malice, have no right to say that to me."

Standing next to Accelerator is a side character holding a camera.

She looked at herself with a mischievous grin.

"I'm saying, aren't you going to show any remorse?"

"What else can it represent? If we're talking about gifts, I already went downstairs to buy one, didn't I?...Although you guys practically dragged me there."

"What a heartless guy. Even Misaka feels that you are so heartless... Look, your face in the photo is exactly the same as it is in real life."

Pulling the newly taken photo out of the camera, the extra individual shook it, and the contents of the photo appeared.

Naturally, Accelerator's expression was completely unremarkable.

"...A person's facial expression can't be changed so easily, and besides, what kind of expression do you expect me to make?"

"Shouldn't you at least put on a little smile? This is a girl's birthday, and a girl you have a very special relationship with. How could you pull such a stunt?"

Of course, the extra character who said this also had a malicious smile on her face, and it was obvious that she had no right to talk about others.

"Misaka is really curious, does someone like you ever look like you're celebrating your 80th birthday?"

"I wish there really was one."

What?

The extra character paused slightly, looking at the other party with some surprise.

"...You, I mean you don't mean—"

"What's going on?"

"No, no... Even Misaka remembers her creation date! You really don't even know your own birthday?!"

When asked this question, Accelerator turned away indifferently.

"Because it's completely meaningless."

The first person glanced at her and then left the living room.

Only one simple sentence remains.

“I don’t even care who my biological parents are, so why would I remember such a boring thing?”

Even the extra characters couldn't help but be somewhat taken aback as they watched the other person's departing figure.

Accelerator can't even remember his own birthday.

No.

For someone with the most powerful esper in Academy City, remembering their own birthday is an incredibly simple matter... In other words...

The other person is consciously making themselves indifferent to forget their own birthday.

It's like 'I accidentally dropped a grain of rice on the floor while eating dinner last night,' something so trivial that Accelerator categorizes his birthday as such an insignificant matter.

"Really? That guy... he really is a monster, right?"

"Side story individual... what's wrong?"

When she came to her senses, Hatsune Miku was already back in the living room.

"From what you just said, it sounded like you were talking about something about Yifang... What happened to him?"

"...No, it's nothing important."

This should be considered the first time that an individual from the side story has managed to drown out an opportunity to mock the number one player.

She squinted slightly and placed the camera on the table beside her.

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As mentioned before, Hatsune Miku took many, many photos at home with her current family.

"Ahhh! I'm so happy!"

"If I remember correctly, after Hatsune Miku... I should be going to a live concert, right?"

"Ah, yes... that happened tonight."

Although it's her birthday today, she still has to continue doing things related to idols.

There's no way around it; if she holds a live performance on her birthday, sales will definitely be booming... although she herself doesn't seem to care much about money.

"It's so tiring... Misaka Misaka couldn't help but worry about Hatsune Miku... Are you really okay?"

"It's okay..."

With a gentle smile, Hatsune Miku patted Last Order's head.

"This has always been how it's always been done, so it's fine. Besides, the live performance is only forty-five minutes long, so after that I can do whatever I want!"

After nodding slightly, the final work was then drawn to the side story characters in the distance.