One-way traffic

Chapter 363 Another Spatial Tremor

Tonight.

The area near the streets of Tiangong City presents a scene that normal people cannot see.

bang-

The trash cans in the alley were knocked over.

Scattered kitchen waste and a trash can knocked over, behind which lay a figure lying on the ground.

I could barely muster the strength to get up again.

It's not that her body has lost its strength; on the contrary, the girl lying on the ground is healthier than anyone else.

That's just because of the prolonged inability to move.

If a person doesn't move their hands and feet for a long time, let alone walking, even simple actions like lifting their feet or raising their hands will be extremely difficult.

For this girl, this period of time has lasted for nearly five years.

Five years were spent in brutal human experimentation and torture, with no one caring for him, leaving him with only despair.

Then, in this despair that is difficult for even the outside world to perceive.

And just today.

He escaped from that hell.

Everything happened so suddenly.

As a result, the girl always felt that she was in a dream, and she still thinks that way now.

She trembled as she strained to focus her gaze forward.

Outside the alley was a street bathed in moonlight. At this time of day, there seemed to be no one outside, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.

The reason he was able to escape from that hell was entirely due to the situation in the battle just now.

After countless explosions and gales assaulted him, even though he was an elf, he couldn't withstand it all and was blown away by those forces without any ability to resist.

It was precisely because of this that he was able to escape from that tall building.

Since I am an elf, I don't need to worry about falling to my death from that height. On the contrary, I am very lucky to have landed in such a narrow alley.

Even though her consciousness was extremely blurred, she still remembered everything that had happened before.

I was able to get out because someone rescued me.

That's right.

That person healed their body, freed themselves from their constraints, and even more importantly, directly cured their spirit, which should have been plunged into the abyss.

I still remember what that person looked like.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but focus all her attention on the depths of her memories.

then.

Zzzzz—!

A sudden, explosive sound rang out.

The source of that sound was inside the girl's head.

"Ugh—? Guuu waa ...

The unimaginable pain robbed me of my ability to think normally in an instant.

Completely unaware of this, the girl instinctively clutched her head with both hands, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Something was stirring deep within my mind.

Something is slowly being taken away from my mind.

What...what am I...?

Why...am I in a place like this...?

She lost all her memories.

In that brief moment, the dazed girl uttered these last words.

She then fell completely unconscious in the alley.

To the outside world, no one knows any of this.

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The night passed quickly.

When Accelerator returned to his room, it was nearly midnight. When he arrived in the living room, he found Hatsune Miku still sitting there, yawning constantly, but she hadn't gone to sleep.

"Because... I want to wait patiently for you to come back before I go to sleep..."

This is how the sleepy-eyed girl answered herself.

Even now, looking back, he still doesn't know what to say about it.

Now it is the morning of the second day.

Although he did manage to do other things in his spare time, his main focus remained on Itsuka Shido, and Accelerator always kept his attention on him.

However, it is also true that he obtained a considerable amount of intelligence from DEM's company.

In your spare time when nothing is happening, use that intelligence to pass the time.

Thinking this, Accelerator was about to ignore the noisy surroundings.

"Shido——!!!"

"W-What's wrong, Tohka? Has something unexpected happened?!"

"What's going on with this thing? Why can't I open it no matter how hard I try!"

That was a conversation between two people standing at the classroom door.

Yatogami Tohka, who was standing there, was staring intently at the closed classroom door with a very confused look.

"Um, Tohka... this thing is called a door, and it's not something you can open with a gentle push right now."

"Oh! So you just need to push hard, right? Great! That's something I'm really good at!"

"Wait, wait a minute! That thing doesn't open by pushing, it requires pulling the handle! Stop it!!"

As the content described above suggests, Itsuka Shido experiences these kinds of problems with Yatogami Tohka almost every day.

Moreover, each and every question they raised was incredibly stupid.

This guy isn't just lacking common sense; he's practically jumped out of another world.

…No, that's exactly the truth, isn't it?

"Hmm... they're still getting into a lot of trouble, as always. Should we help them?"

"If you want to go, you can go by yourself. I don't want to be lowered by this kind of childish nonsense."

Accelerator, who spoke such words without any mercy, did not care about Hatsune Miku's intentions and just kept looking at the textbook in his hand.

Of course, his attention wasn't on the book at all; he was merely using it as a pretext to think about other things.

All he could think about was the intelligence he had stolen from DEM Company the previous night.

First, he already knows everything that company has done.

On the surface, DEM is the world's largest manufacturer of display devices... but in reality, it is constantly conducting various inhumane experiments in order to study spirits.

This kind of content is enough to provoke strong disapproval from First Party.

When this topic comes up, he can't help but recall the clone-related incidents he experienced in Academy City. If he could, he would have destroyed that place yesterday.

Indeed, that was the case. Accelerator had already decided that once all of this was over, he would completely eradicate this disgusting company from the world, ensuring that it would never be seen again in any corner of the world.

The reason he didn't do that was because he had other things to consider.

'The basic clues have all been exposed. That shady company's goal from beginning to end has always been to obtain information about human experimentation. Given that, their intentions regarding Hatsune Miku are more or less predictable.'

Since they have already conducted human experiments on elves, they will inevitably become even more extreme.

The reason for that attack on Hatsune Miku was probably to take her or his own body there to be used as experimental material.

If this is meant as a provocation, it's enough to thoroughly enrage the number one person.

He would never allow anyone to harm the people around him, but—

For the sake of long-term planning, the lion in first place suppressed its raging anger, which was like a volcano.

He is no longer the destructive monster who used to think about destroying everything.

Only those who can consider everything in every sense are qualified to be called the true strongest.

"Yesterday, DEM's main office building suffered moderate damage, but fortunately no one was injured. Currently, reporters are making every effort to obtain an interview with Mr. Westcott, a director of DEM's Japanese branch."

Just as I was thinking this, I heard this news from my side.

Accelerator immediately turned his attention to the person next to him.

Standing in the aisle between his seat and the seat to his right was the girl with short silver hair.

Tobiichi Origami.

She is not only an ice-cold beauty, but also an ace in the AST (Elven Defense Organization).

"This news was released at 7:05 this morning."

Origami Tobiichi turned off the news and put her phone back in her pocket.

She looked directly at Accelerator.

"Based on the news and the words of our AST superiors, this situation only broke out after 9 p.m. last night."

"So, what are you trying to tell me?"

"DEM is the world's largest manufacturer of display devices, and the fact that it has suffered this level of damage during a time when the spirits are very active cannot be a simple coincidence."

As she said this, Origami Tobiichi's eyes gradually sharpened.

But Accelerator remained completely unmoved.

"So your kind of organization is so idle that you even need to know about such trivial matters? How utterly tasteless."

"Others may not know what I'm saying, but what I'm saying is very clear."

She fixed her gaze on the white-haired figure before her.

"You're the one who destroyed DEM, aren't you, Death?"

"...Even if that's the case, it wouldn't make any difference if you knew, would it?"

"Just as I thought...!"

What a troublesome idiot.

Seeing Origami Tobiichi already in a fighting stance, Accelerator sighed helplessly.

"Listen up, little girl, I don't care what you think of me, but you should at least be clear about one thing."

"If you're thinking of starting a war in a place like this, you'll only be the one who suffers."

The AST is an organization responsible for protecting the peace of the people. If it were to forcibly fight against spirits that have not harmed or damaged the surrounding area, resulting in harm and harm to innocent people, it would be a huge problem for Origami Tobiichi.

and.

Even if I were to actually fight him, would I be able to defeat him?

Origami Tobiichi should know this better than anyone else.

Moreover, there is actually a fact that she herself finds disgusting.

Not long ago, when the spirit named Yatogami Tohka went berserk and attacked him relentlessly, it was this being he recognized as a spirit who saved him.

No matter how much she disliked elves, this remained an undeniable fact.

After thinking about this, Origami Tobiichi left without saying a word.

This series of events caused the surrounding classmates to look at them with surprise.

"That girl's heart was very closed off."