One-way traffic

He seems completely unable to understand the current situation.

Even if Accelerator clearly understands what words like "love" really mean, for him, perhaps fighting a difficult enemy for about ten minutes is more appealing than so-called love.

Hatsune Miku, who was well aware of this, could only smile wryly despite feeling helpless about it.

Accelerator clicked his tongue in utter boredom.

Just as he was about to continue searching for Itsuka Shido,

A strange aura drew him in.

"…how?"

He immediately focused his attention on what was in front of him.

To be precise, it was a figure in the crowd.

"Right now, our top priority should be finding Shido and the others, right? In that case, we need to determine their previous location and direction... Huh?"

Hatsune Miku also noticed this.

To be precise, she was forced to notice it.

In front.

A figure draped in a long robe slowly approached them.

In stark contrast to the surrounding romantic setting, which exuded an air of glamour and sweetness, it was a tattered robe that looked as if it had been salvaged from a garbage dump.

The person wearing this robe kept his head bowed deeply, making it difficult for the two people to see his face even under the direct sunlight.

Moreover, what's even stranger is his way of walking.

Without saying a word or taking any other action, they simply kept walking forward.

He literally smashed a path through the crowds that had been blocking the road.

"Hey!"

"What's wrong with you? Can't you watch where you're going?!"

"Honey...that person seems a little scary...!"

"I think so too. Could it be... a homeless person?"

His series of bizarre behaviors also made passersby feel disgusted.

But he didn't care at all.

Just like that, step by step, slowly and deliberately, they walked up to the two of them.

wrong.

To be precise, we arrived directly in front of One-Way Street.

Everyone around, including Hatsune Miku, looked utterly astonished.

And the shadow slowly raised its head.

Accelerator seemed to have sensed something at that moment.

The other party was looking for him, but unfortunately, he didn't know such a strange guy in this world.

So here's the answer: just one glance at the face hidden beneath the robe is enough to completely identify the other person.

When Accelerator used the light to see the face beneath the tattered robes...

What appeared before my eyes was an inhuman, distorted face.

A devil's face

"Acceler—Accelerator——"

He finally realized the situation.

The first person, who was standing still, immediately widened his eyes.

"Hatsune! Deploy the defensive barrier!"

The next second, phenomena that are incomprehensible to humans erupted.

Starting with the figure being stared at with astonishment by everyone, the surrounding area was engulfed in a dark red storm.

The tattered robe was torn to shreds by the figure inside, revealing its original appearance.

A crimson demon with wings, its entire body is golden.

Of course I do.

How could Accelerator not recognize this guy's identity?

He stared with equally scarlet eyes and shouted the other person's name.

"DO Apis...!!"

That nightmarish figure returned at this very moment.

Chapter 382 More Than One

The demon, a golden-yellow creature with a transparent hue, revealed a blood-red killing intent in its crimson eyes.

DO Abis.

The demon of the abyss, who was once banished to outer space by Accelerator and Advisari, has now returned to the surface once more.

The demon of the Crimson Lotus roared loudly.

As if venting its anger over its exile, the dark red aura spread out in all directions in one breath.

The area within a radius of several hundred meters was affected.

Houses and the earth were torn apart; a disaster caused by a spatial earthquake descended upon reality.

If left unchecked, everyone present would be doomed within a second.

A force as powerful as a tsunami surged forth.

In that split second, with immense force.

Hatsune Miku raised her arm, and what she held tightly in her hand was a gohei made of sacred wood at the bottom.

"Unleash! Barrier—!!"

Accompanied by the sound of a bell from the other hand, a dazzling, snow-like light enveloped everything.

Thump—! The force, like a tsunami, slammed into the pure white barrier in an instant, but was then neutralized by an even stronger impact that pushed it outwards.

Hatsune Miku is clenching her teeth at this moment.

A ball of light representing the four elements of wind, fire, water, and thunder condensed around her.

If Yuki Mirai's power, which allows her to freely manipulate and adjust the shrine maiden's magic, is adjusted, she can use the power of natural elements that cannot be perfectly mastered in other forms.

It is precisely because this posture is that of a shrine maiden that she can do this so easily.

Four orbs of light surged in the four directions of the barrier, forming something resembling a torii gate.

Although all of this shocked everyone present, they had no time to care.

Hatsune Miku's top priority right now is to strengthen the barrier as quickly as possible and absolutely prevent the power of that demon from leaking out!

Seeing that things hadn't turned into a tragedy as he'd imagined, DO Apicton roared loudly.

The screams were so loud they seemed to shatter even skyscrapers, and with that furious emotion, further destruction was about to take shape.

But someone else was even faster.

With wings formed by four tornadoes swirling behind him, the strongest in Academy City hurtled towards him like a rocket.

Everything happened in a moment shorter than an instant.

The abyssal demon named DO Apis was thus violently blasted away in one go.

Boom——! ! !

The red shadow barely stopped after passing through about three buildings.

Accelerator did not fly away with it. Instead, he manipulated the vector to force himself to stay in mid-air before landing at high speed.

"Do it now!"

"I know...!"

Accelerator will hold off the demon, and Hatsune Miku must extricate the people inside the barrier as quickly as possible during this time.

We'll deal with erasing memories from this period later.

The most important thing now is to avoid innocent casualties.

Hatsune Miku swiftly manipulated the power gathered throughout her body.

The spiritual energy was transformed into the spiritual power that drove the shrine maiden's magic, and then the shrine maiden's body slowly floated into the air.

To the people, it was as if a goddess of destiny had come from heaven to save them, and many were deeply moved by the scene.

But next.

"Huh…?"

People soon noticed the strange phenomenon.

At their feet, snowflakes rose up like raindrops.

Before they could even marvel at it, their bodies were enveloped by snowflakes and vanished from the spot.

Hatsune Miku did not send these people outside the barrier, as that would only cause greater chaos. Instead, she created a small domain to protect them all within it.

This means that I can no longer use any other postures during this period and can only remain in the Snow Future 2018 mode.

Although she desperately wanted to help Accelerator defeat the demon as soon as possible, Hatsune Miku knew it would be a difficult task.

It wasn't just that his current strength was insufficient to keep up with the opponent's; it was also because he had to exert all his efforts to maintain the strength of the barrier and protect the people in the area.

That's all she could do.

Boom! A scarlet arm, as red as blood, emerged from the rubble, sending debris flying and causing the ground to shake violently.

The demons of the abyss have returned to the surface.

But the first thing it saw when it looked up was the reason it had been knocked away earlier.

Accelerator's body arrived in front of him at supersonic speeds.

That merciless kick instantly aimed for the demon's jaw.

Boom!! The demon's body was kicked up, but it quickly recovered from the force.

Two scarlet eyes locked onto each other.

"...Don't get too cocky."

The monster's deep voice burst forth.

In the next instant, the two shadows broke through the clouds and clashed violently.

Accelerator and D.O. Apex are engaged in a fierce battle in mid-air, both moving at supersonic speeds.

At speeds exceeding those of fighter jets, their bodies moved in a dense, interwoven pattern, their back-and-forth motion resembling circuits constantly circulating on a circuit board.

DO Apis is a demon who transcends all laws, but Accelerator is also at the pinnacle of the same level.

Even while maintaining supersonic speeds, it can still perform such precise and fluid maneuvers. This level of precision is far superior to missiles that simply exceed the speed of sound but cannot engage in precise combat, just like the Christian saints who could physically enter the realm of sound.

But can this level of progress really solve the problem of the demon in the abyss?

DO Apis opened his arms.

His strange movements instantly alerted Accelerator, and then countless lights exploded from behind him.

It is the light hidden inside its wings.

These rays of light, with temperatures five times that of the sun, directly scorched the clouds in the sky, burning them away. It was a power that completely transcended the laws of physics.

However, Accelerator is also an existence that cannot be tolerated by the laws of physics.

Unfazed by this unknown power, the monster clenched its right fist and charged forward.

The aftershock of a single blow was enough to blast the main gate of the nuclear shelter away, and the punch landed head-on on a beam of light of that magnitude.