One-way traffic

"One party...?"

When he came to his senses, the girl in front of him was looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Accelerator took a deep breath.

"...At least that's how it is now."

"Eh?"

"Relying on this thing called the Soul System, we have gained power and abilities that are countless times stronger than before... although we will never be able to figure out what the ultimate purpose of this system is, or what the guy who created this thing was after."

But—the first one paused.

"No matter what kind of road lies ahead, I will keep walking it."

Even if the road ahead is unknown, Accelerator will still choose to move forward.

The reason is very simple.

Only by possessing sufficient power can one better protect those around them.

Perhaps the road ahead is indeed bottomless.

But so what?

If descending into the unfathomable depths of hell can truly allow him to protect what he wants to protect.

"Let's go."

He took the initiative and spoke to the girl in front of him.

Everything is for the sake of being able to truly protect.

After a while.

A faint light flickered in his room, then vanished completely.

Date A Live

Chapter 325 The Strongest One Who Was Mistaken for Him

A series of bizarre phenomena were observed.

That was like the end of a world in constant change.

No matter what, there is no proper radiance to be seen, and it is impossible to even look up to find the sun or the moon. In such a place, even the simplest concept of the ground cannot be found.

Any human being with a sound mind would feel an indescribable fear if suddenly placed in such a bizarre space. In more serious cases, it could even lead to a mental breakdown on the spot.

But this person didn't do that.

He simply let his body drift in this mysterious and unpredictable dimension, turning his head away indifferently.

"...Not again?"

Just like the last time I traveled through the world.

This time, Accelerator fell into a dimension he knew nothing about under the same circumstances.

Unlike simple spacetime turbulence, in this dimension, Accelerator can still maintain perfectly normal physical senses and thoughts, perhaps because he has complete control over the energy direction of spacetime.

But in any case, this is not the first time this has happened.

Unlike his previous demeanor when facing this scale for the first time, Accelerator's face showed only a calm and indifferent expression.

"Tsk, that guy's not around again?"

Looking around, I couldn't find Hatsune Miku anywhere.

It's unclear where the other person went. If it's another time-space difference like before, that would be manageable. The worst-case scenario is that she herself falls directly into this strange space.

Unlike Accelerator, Hatsune Miku does not possess the ability to perfectly protect herself in spacetime turbulence.

But compared to this situation...

Now, it seems there's something even stranger going on.

"...?"

Accelerator looked around.

Suddenly, the surrounding space underwent a dramatic change.

It was as if he was being completely expelled.

The spatial pressure from the outside world was constantly squeezing into his entire body.

Bang——! !

Naturally, the reflection was activated.

Even with the strongest superpower that could easily reflect spatial forces from the eleventh dimension, Accelerator was completely unaffected.

He remained suspended in the turbulent world, completely unaffected by the apocalyptic scene.

but.

"There are two unusual spatial fluctuations? No, the one outside is..."

Because he has awakened the "spacetime generator", he is able to directly observe spacetime-related vector situations.

Currently, there are two spatial disturbances surrounding Accelerator.

It was as if they were being gradually expelled from the body; Accelerator could clearly sense that they were constantly wandering towards some area outside this world.

This is not the end of the world.

Beyond this level of space lie other, entirely new worlds.

"...Will this ever end? This annoying thing is so incredibly bothersome, it's driving me crazy with all the noise."

So, the first one, dressed in pure white, stretched out his hands.

With an action that seemed to grasp the entire world in one's hands, space itself truly changed.

Click, click, click—!

Originally, the two spatial entities that should have burst out into the outside world in one go were directly controlled by that illogical superpower.

Accelerator completely disregarded everything around him.

Clinging tightly to those two spaces, he charged directly toward the outside world as if he wanted to replace them.

then.

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And then, in that very instant.

Loud alarms echoed throughout the area.

"This is not a drill."

The pre-recorded female voice, delivered in a serious tone, resounded throughout the city.

"Foreshocks were detected, which is expected to be a space quake."

"All residents living nearby, please evacuate immediately and take shelter in the nearest available refuge. I repeat—this is not a drill, all residents living nearby—"

As the woman's voice rang out, the alarm began to grow louder and louder.

People who were going about their own business on the street were suddenly stunned.

"A spacequake?!"

"Really?! It actually happened!"

"No—this is absolutely not the time for discussion!"

Even after regaining their senses, the residents immediately took the next step.

That is the most instinctive reaction of living beings.

Escape for your life.

"Run...faster, faster!!"

"Run! Run! Run!"

"The refuge... the shelter is over there, right?!"

Like animals before an impending flood or torrential rain, the residents had no time to hesitate and ran as fast as they could toward the nearest shelter.

Shelters are located deep underground and are essentially similar to nuclear shelters, often simply called nuclear bunkers. Although their defensive capabilities are certainly not as strong as those of nuclear bunkers, they are still similar to air-raid shelters.

These shelters were not intended for protection from nuclear bombs.

Rather, it was a refuge to escape a disaster called spacequake.

The so-called spacequake, in fact, just like its name suggests, probably means 'space is experiencing an earthquake'.

In any case, the first spacequake occurred thirty years ago in the central region of Eurasia.

The disaster that affected approximately 150 million people was arguably the largest in human history.

Since then, spacequakes have frequently erupted in various regions, and no human civilization on the entire world or the surface of the earth has been able to escape such a disaster.

Once a true spacequake erupts, at the very least, the entire street in front of it will be swallowed up and destroyed.

Fortunately, the people in this area regularly conduct evacuation drills related to space earthquakes, so they were able to take cover in a very short time.

The same is true today.

Although it has been a long time since a spacequake has occurred in this city, the reality is that no one dares to risk their life to verify whether it is true or not.

In front of the building located in the very center area.

The vague and unusual changes then spread.

hum.

—That was a purplish-black sphere.

A mysterious dark substance that seemed poised to swallow the entire world.

It kept expanding, from its original size of only about the size of a football to the size of half a tall building.

Simply freezing that thing in mid-air was enough to shake the entire street.

A devastating, apocalyptic blow would annihilate everything the moment that power descended.

then.

A spatial quake powerful enough to destroy an entire street.

He was sent flying like a volleyball in an instant.

boom--! ! !

The exact number should be two. Saying it was "swatted away" is not accurate, as that is a very abstract spatial concept. However, the physical phenomenon that appears before our eyes is indeed like that.

—A white figure suddenly appeared and kicked away two spatial quakes that were about to spread out.

At speeds that seemed to pierce through everything, two purplish-black spheres, with unimaginable force, tore through the sky and then completely broke free of the stratosphere.

All of this can be observed directly from the outer regions of the Earth.

Two circular areas, neither too big nor too small, were completely bombarded in outer space.

pat.

Having accomplished all this, the white figure landed arbitrarily in the very center of the street.

Everything around was completely undamaged, and every blade of grass and every tree was exactly as it had been before the alarm sounded.

"Just as I guessed, the outside world is the normal world, while the inside area is the troublesome place."

The white figure waved his arm, and six purplish-black, spike-like generators immediately surrounded him, transforming into a necklace around his neck.

Space shock.

When Accelerator first arrived in this outside world, he did hear those words, and the sound just now was like an alarm, so it seems like they were on guard against this situation.

Those two spheres that I just kicked away were spacequakes?

The energy direction is no different from the general concept of spatial calculation. In the end, it doesn't matter whether it's a spatial earthquake or something else. The vector manipulation capability that can directly interfere with eleven-dimensional vectors can naturally be cracked in this situation.

Accelerator stood on the street and looked around.