One-way traffic

But if you're facing someone else, it's a completely different story.

"That guy..."

Even now, Ryoko Kusakabe can never forget that scene.

That pure white Grim Reaper who manipulates everyone with a single stroke.

Her brows furrowed immediately.

Even the palms of my hands, tightly gripping the document, were soaked with sweat.

"At least with a 'Princess,' there's something we can do to fight back, but that guy... we don't even have a way to fight back at all...?"

Click.

Just as she was pondering all of this, the door opened.

A silver-haired girl, around ten years old, walked straight in.

Despite being at a very lively age, all that appeared on her face was indifference.

"It's origami."

Ryoko Kusakabe had anticipated that the other party would come.

She got up and walked to the vending machine that was placed in the corridor not far away.

"I heard from the medical staff that your body must be struggling lately, right?"

"It's nothing serious."

"That's not right. It's a lingering effect from your battle with that 'Death,' isn't it? That guy sent you flying with a single blow."

Upon hearing these words, Origami Tobiichi's shoulders trembled slightly.

Ryoko Kusakabe glanced at the other person out of the corner of her eye, then sighed.

He took two cans of drinks from the vending machine and threw one of them directly at the other person.

"It's not your fault. Wasn't everyone there the same way?"

She sat on a bench to the side, while Origami Tobiichi just stood there.

The two of them together unzipped the can.

"That guy is too strong. We can't beat him. Or rather, I can't even imagine what means humanity could use to fight against such a monster."

"At most, all we can do is hold out for as long as possible within the given timeframe. For someone like him, killing us would be incredibly easy. We can only try our best to prevent his destruction from spreading to the surrounding area..."

"Do not."

As soon as Ryoko Kusakabe finished speaking, the other party directly rejected that point.

Origami Tobiichi gripped the beverage can tightly.

Her eyes, with a peculiar look, stared directly at him.

"AST's mission is to defeat the elves."

"...So, that kind of thing is simply impossible."

"It's possible."

Origami Tobiichi spoke each word carefully.

"Even elves are just living beings. And all living beings have weaknesses, even the Grim Reaper."

"What I have to do is keep fighting them, again and again. As long as I keep fighting, I will definitely be able to find their weaknesses."

"Then, defeat him in one fell swoop and kill him completely."

Ryoko Kusakabe frowned, not even touching the drink in her hand.

"Origami... didn't you also disobey my orders and fight the spirits on your own when you were on the battlefield?"

no respond.

The girl just stared at her with a monotonous gaze, but she couldn't see any light in those eyes.

"Why? I know that elves are a threat to this world, but... why go to such lengths no matter what?"

Without saying much, Ryoko Kusakabe got up again.

She looked at Origami Tobiichi in front of her, but she couldn't figure out what the other person was thinking at all.

"...Never mind, I won't pry too much into personal matters, but you need to understand one thing."

"If your personal actions affect the entire team, I will not let you stay here any longer, understand?"

"Anyone who disobeys orders on the battlefield has absolutely no right to remain in the ranks."

"…Yes."

Origami Tobiichi stood there, watching the other person leave.

For a long time, the deepest glimmer of light remained in her eyes.

The sword spirit that appeared before his eyes at that time.

And then there was the pure white Grim Reaper, who instantly defeated him with overwhelming superiority.

The girl gripped the can tightly.

Chapter 342 Don't overthink it, it's just for intelligence.

"Is that really the case?"

"This is the third time you've asked this."

"But... that's really an incredible thing."

On a street that was almost deserted, Accelerator and Hatsune Miku walked side by side.

Hatsune Miku was carefully considering what Accelerator had just said.

"Letting a high school boy face so many inhuman girls and go on dates with them one by one... Hmm... It's an unimaginable scenario."

"You're not much older than that kid, are you?"

"That's true, but the experiences are completely different. She's an idol!"

The Hatsune Miku walking beside me constantly proclaims her status. Speaking of which, does this world also have idols?

Thinking about these trivial things, the two walked back to their house.

"Speaking of which, Yifang."

"what happened again?"

"Although we now have a clear understanding of the specific information, it's still quite difficult to continue this work, isn't it?"

"...What do you mean by that?"

Accelerator, who had just opened the door, couldn't help but turn around and look at her.

Hatsune Miku wore a wry smile as she entered the room.

"Because, after all, it's just someone else's date."

"what?"

"So, that boy named Itsuka Shido is going on a date with that girl who's called a spirit... Is there really any way we can interfere in something like this?"

Wait, if that's the case...

This statement immediately made Accelerator rethink the situation.

"Whatever happens next, it'll just be that kid getting intimate with some other guy, nothing more than a pointless little thing. There won't be any real fighting going on..."

"So, although we have great power, judging from this trend, what's going to happen next shouldn't have anything to do with us, right?"

Accelerator and Hatsune Miku, in this world, both possess extremely powerful abilities.

Even if Hatsune Miku were alone, she could exert overwhelming strength against teams known as AST, and she probably wouldn't have much trouble even against Pokémon.

However, what we need to be concerned about here is not strength or combat.

For Itsuka Shido and Ratatoskr, their real focus is on their dates with the spirits.

In this situation, it's fair to say that there was absolutely no room for the two of them to appear.

This is especially true for OnePass.

"Your strength is undeniable, but... what's going to happen next is ultimately just a typical romance between a boy and a girl. In this kind of development, great power probably won't be of much use, right?"

This might not mean much to Hatsune Miku, but it's a completely different story for Accelerator.

His power is immense, equivalent to the pinnacle of strength in this world.

However, romantic relationships between men and women have nothing to do with strength.

Even if you could sink a continent or split an ocean in two with a single blow, it wouldn't help your relationship in the slightest.

Then the problem is coming.

In all of this, what exactly is the role of Accelerator?

What is the purpose of his coming into this world?

"However, the system notification is still on that boy... which means that what we need to do is inextricably linked to him."

"It doesn't matter how stupid he does, who cares how many women that kid is going to sleep with."

"Hmm~ So, you know what you're going to do next, right?"

"I don't know."

"Oh...I see."

Hatsune Miku couldn't help but exhale a frustrated sigh.

"Then wouldn't that be the same as what people say, ending up not even knowing what you're supposed to be doing..."

"No, you've got one thing completely wrong."

But Hatsune Miku's words were quickly refuted.

Accelerator took a can of coffee out of the refrigerator and said without turning his head.

"It's enough for me to know that there's something that can be done."

"Huh…?"

Faced with this incredibly strange answer, the girl blinked in surprise.

"What...what do you mean...?"

"Whether that kid is going to pick up girls or do something else, it's up to him, but the system notification is still on him, right?"

That's enough to know.

"As long as there are clues, it means there are things we can do, and the rest doesn't matter anyway."

"Because no matter what, I will figure out the process of finding the result."

It's like a problem in advanced mathematics.

Even if the process of arriving at the answer is complex and difficult, almost to the point of being impossible, it is enough to know that the result can be obtained.

Because no matter what, Accelerator will always find a way to figure out what it should do.

Just like when I was in Russia, I had to find a way to use magic through my own methods.

Of course, Hatsune Miku, standing to the side, couldn't understand this incredibly bizarre idea.

"Well... in short, you do have a way of finding targets to work on, right...?"

"That's just how I am."

Thud. He sat down directly on the sofa next to him.

Sipping his coffee, Accelerator turned his gaze to Hatsune Miku.

"So this is how I do things... And how about you? Do you have a way of finding things to do?"

"Hmm...it's something I should do..."

For some reason, Accelerator suddenly felt something was wrong.