One-way traffic

Perhaps it was DO Apis's doing, but in any case, the cage that Kakine Teitoku set up could not imprison that kind of monster.

"It's exactly what I expected."

but.

Is this all there is to being second in Academy City?

"This is the moment I've been waiting for."

What he did was very simple.

When the wingspan reaches approximately twenty meters, it spreads high, and the light passing through the wings is transformed into other types of poisonous light.

This same power was used last time to counter the first-ranked reflector.

However, this time the light was about ten times stronger than the previous one.

"The strengthening process takes place twice. One time is through my wings of primordial matter, and the other time is through the distortion directly through the cage used to imprison you."

In other words, the enhancement level in one session is approximately five times.

Just like acceleration strips on a race car, the more times you go over them, the greater the enhancement.

The second person possesses the creative power to transform originally insignificant power into other properties and then distort it.

"Endure it, and then face extinction in this world you cannot understand."

He gathered the aurora at the tips of his wings, and in one breath transformed it into a tornado-like gust of wind, which blasted directly toward the demon.

Even the aftershocks were enough to cause unimaginable tremors throughout the city.

If someone were to be hit directly by such a blow, what kind of damage would they suffer?

Kakine Teitoku had absolute confidence in his own power.

however.

Just as the light burst was about to arrive, the demonic claw extended from it.

boom--! !

It was bounced back intact, just like a baseball.

"Varied--?!"

Even the second-ranked student in Academy City showed a look of astonishment at this moment.

But it was too late.

The light burst shot back at a speed of more than ten times the speed of sound.

Before Kakine Teitoku could react, his body was engulfed by the pure burst of light.

then.

The second body was transformed into something like minced meat.

Kakine Teitoku remained in shock, unable to believe that his decisive blow had ended in annihilation. Subsequently, even his body rotted, twisted, and turned into unrecognizable remains.

His incredulous expression remained frozen at the very last moment.

DO Abis roared as if proclaiming his victory, and charged forward at top speed.

puff-

The heart was pierced by the demon's claws.

The second-ranked Level 5 esper in Academy City thus met his final, and final, end.

"...?"

The demon stared at the remains before it, its eyes widening slightly.

Because its arm, which was about to be pulled out, seemed to slow down somewhat.

"...So that's all there is to it?"

One hand grabbed its own claw.

Even though his heart had been pierced, and he should have been completely dead, 'Kakine Teitoku' was now staring at him with a strange smile.

"I thought that since you're so strong, you must be really smart too... It seems I had too high expectations."

"Your actual skill level is simply not comparable to mine, who is second in the rankings."

Followed by.

Kakine Teitoku, who had been pierced through, instantly turned into a pure white body.

It was a pure clone composed of undifferentiated matter.

boom! ! !

The shattered remains of the bodies then coalesced from all directions, and four figures, all pure white with green and red eyes, floated in mid-air.

They were all Kakine Teitoku.

"Although it was just a temporary solution, I didn't expect it to be so effective in actual use... Amazing, this is much more powerful than the power of just one person."

"Well then, let's think about it for a bit."

The roles of hunter and prey have shifted.

The second-ranked members of Academy City smiled easily with cold expressions.

"What will Kakine Teitoku, who is an unknown substance, do next?"

A storm arose.

The four clones, composed of primordial matter, unfurled their enormous wings, which extended to approximately one hundred meters in length.

Four more powerful tornadoes, even stronger than before, followed.

That was an ultimate destructive power that even the bombardment of the Zeus ship could not match.

DO Apis finally realized this.

It has been completely manipulated.

The enraged demon roared, and with a mighty gesture, it spread its wings, which stretched over fifty meters long, and then blasted away all the storm.

"That's good."

Suddenly, normal sounds came from above again.

Unlike those clones made of primordial matter, which have a magnetic and noisy voice, this was a genuine human voice.

DO Apis suddenly raised his head and saw Kakine Teitoku, in human form, right above him.

"—!!"

"Reflect all the attacks from my four clones back? Sorry, that really did me a huge favor."

Convergence.

Four tornadoes converged behind the wings spread out by Kakine Teitoku's main body, and then they merged into an even more powerful white light burst.

"My Undimensional Matter is not bound by the physical laws of this world, which means... there is no limit to the number of enhancements that can be obtained through Undimensional Matter."

To date, how many times have those tornadoes passed through areas that have actually passed through unidentified matter?

A simple estimate suggests that each of the four clones possesses a power enhancement of about five times, meaning there should be at least a twenty-fold increase. Moreover, considering the enhancement level of Kakine Teitoku's main body, it's not just a simple matter of five or twenty times.

In other words.

That kind of power is beyond what ordinary level five superpowered individuals can achieve.

"I'm so sorry."

The figure, brimming with infinite possibilities, spoke softly from high above, radiating an overwhelming sense of victory.

"Who do you think you're fighting right now?"

The second-ranked entity in Academy City, the Unreal Matter.

At this moment, he had completely broken through the limits of his own purely human realm.

that's it.

There was no room for resistance; a burst of light, flashing white lightning like thunder, instantly engulfed everything in front of them.

The moment the light burst open, the clouds were blown away, and then the thick beam of light continued to shoot out at an unimaginable speed to an even greater distance.

When everything was over, the four clones formed from the primordial matter also dissipated.

"...However, this method is quite threatening."

He vaguely sensed an instinctive sense of crisis.

He seemed to realize a certain split within his own personality.

Fortunately, he only used a small portion of that power for a short time; otherwise... he himself had no idea what would have happened.

But in any case, it's all over now.

The second-ranked Level 5 esper in Academy City easily returned to the ground.

but.

Looking at the chaotic scene before him, Kakine Teitoku spat out in displeasure.

"So, in the end, I'm the one who has to clean up this mess. That bastard from the first one, I'm going to have to make sure I get all the interest this time."

Chapter 385 The Mystery of the Connection

Kakine Teitoku remained seated.

This area used to be a park, but due to the damage caused by the two people earlier, it is no longer recognizable.

Before the battle began, there seemed to be an alarm-like sound. If it weren't for that alarm, there would probably have been considerable casualties by now.

Two figures lay nearby.

A boy named Itsuka Shido, and a girl named Takamiya Mana.

"It's an unbelievable feeling. The guy from earlier was the same way. Were they both after this boy?"

Although Kakine Teitoku couldn't sense what kind of power Itsuka Shido possessed, he could still perceive a certain uniqueness in the boy.

and.

"...The guy I was facing just now wasn't using a power created by Academy City."

This alone was enough to greatly astonish Kakine Teitoku.

But that's not enough; his current location is already an incredible realm.

If he had followed the ideas in his mind, he should be in another world right now.

It is neither a parallel universe nor a so-called reverse spacetime theory.

It was a completely different world, entirely unlike the Academy City he had previously inhabited.

Accelerator, who is number one, also exists in this world.

"That kind of joke isn't funny at all, hey."

What exactly happened? Even now, the second-ranked member of Academy City still doesn't understand his situation.

What exactly did he go through? And who was the enemy he just faced?

Everything is completely unsolvable.

However, he vaguely sensed something.

If this really is another place, a world completely different from ours—

"And why did that person who ranked first appear here...?"

After countless thoughts flashed through his mind, only one feeling remained in Kakine Teitoku's mind.

A strange feeling.

It was a feeling that emanated from his entire body, like an illusion.

"..."

The second-ranked superpowered individual couldn't help but frown. He raised his hand and saw that his arm had become somewhat transparent.