One-way traffic

But Reimu did not hesitate at all.

Several huge, twisted, colorful spiritual energy projectiles were launched, and those projectiles instantly hurtled towards him in a tail-to-tail motion.

Both its speed and power are beyond comprehension.

Moreover, that force was completely tracking, which meant that it was impossible to evade these attacks simply by relying on speed.

Accelerator only has two options: smash it or withstand it head-on.

Saying.

Now that things have come to this point, it's about time to think things through.

— Abandon this haphazard fighting stance that has always been in place.

Faced with countless spiritual energy projectiles, the white-clad figure could only shake his head in utter helplessness.

then.

When he opened his eyes again, everything was different.

An overwhelming aura enveloped the entire world.

“Wu——?!”

Alice and Reimu Hakurei, both girls, felt this sudden chill and oppression.

Several spiritual energy projectiles were already hurtling towards the opponent.

His state of mind is no longer that of someone unwilling to confront a direct confrontation.

That's the real number one in Academy City.

This was the moment when he truly unleashed his full power.

He is no longer merely a human being.

So the monster looked ahead.

The burst forth from those scarlet eyes was a madness powerful enough to destroy the world.

He stretched out his arm, without needing to dodge or defend himself.

Because he is so powerful that he can deflect all the energy in the world.

Then, several huge spiritual energy projectiles slammed head-on into it.

The first "reflection" is then activated.

Chapter 416 The Hidden Gaze

The air seemed to tremble with a single breath.

The violent collision caused by the immense force of the impact has indeed affected the surrounding environment, shaking and tearing apart even the nearby bushes and ground.

then.

The massive spiritual energy projectile fired at Accelerator was distorted from its original direction almost instantly.

"Well…?"

A massive conflict arose between these forces.

Under Reimu's gaze, the spirit energy bullet bounced back towards her.

--wrong.

The reflection wasn't directed in her direction.

The enormous spiritual energy projectile did indeed come with astonishing force, but its target was not the red and white shrine maiden at all.

That's a situation that can be confirmed with a close look.

The rebounded spiritual energy projectile ricocheted off directly towards the remaining spiritual energy projectiles.

"What…?"

Interestingly, the person who uttered this word of surprise was neither Reimu herself nor Alice, who was floating in the distant sky.

Accelerator himself gasped in disbelief.

Others have no idea what the specifics of the situation are.

In their view, this was nothing more than the fact that 'the Hakurei Shrine Maiden's attack was directly deflected by the opponent.'

Only Accelerator himself was aware of the anomaly in this situation.

The reflected spirit energy bullet collided with another spirit energy bullet, causing it to fly towards the remaining spirit energy bullets.

But the phenomenon doesn't stop there.

The rebounded spiritual energy bullet twisted and trembled in an extremely bizarre manner, and finally—

They forcibly split into dozens, even hundreds, of tiny spiritual energy projectiles.

Light and light produced a mutation that should not have happened.

What it produced, however, was a further mutation.

Divided into dozens, even hundreds, of colorful orbs of spiritual energy, like the previous giant spiritual energy projectiles, they relentlessly pursued the locked-on enemy.

That's right.

They shot back directly in the direction Reimu Hakurei had originally been.

"What, what is this?!"

The shrine maiden's face immediately showed a look of fright.

Before she could make her next decision, the vast, rain-like attack completely engulfed her.

Bang bang bang bang bang————! ! !

Endless explosions echoed across the surrounding area.

"what happened…?"

From Alice's perspective, when the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine unleashed a powerful finishing move of that level at the opponent, the opponent instead reflected her own power back at her, even making the power itself more refined.

What exactly happened? How was Reimu defeated? And what kind of power did that person use?

I don't understand any of these questions.

When Alice came to her senses, all she saw was a figure buried in dust.

"Ouch... Ouch! Now my freshly washed shrine maiden outfit is all dirty again!..."

Although the area below was almost entirely covered by dust, the shrine maiden's voice still came from within, and it didn't sound like anything was wrong.

That would mean the battle was over.

In this fantasy world, as long as the number of spell cards is exhausted, or the opponent falls down, it is considered a victory for your side.

This battle was undoubtedly a victory for Accelerator.

but.

I should have been the winner.

The person in the first position showed an unprecedented look of shock.

The number one level five superpower in Academy City, capable of manipulating all directions of energy.

Ultimately, this power is only at level five.

In other words, without relying on skin contact, Accelerator would not be able to further manipulate vectors.

No matter how much he relies on the wind or the earth as a medium for indirect contact, it's the same.

Once it is removed from his physical touch, everything that is displayed is just a normal physical phenomenon.

That's how the rules for his abilities should be.

Then.

—What happened just now?

Putting aside the question of whether the power seen at first glance can be reflected, the reason why Accelerator uses reflection to deflect enemy attacks is fundamentally to observe that power from the front and then bring it into his "personal reality that belongs only to him".

However, after the reflection is activated, everything goes completely wrong within a short period of time.

The colorful spiritual energy projectiles, which should have been reflected back in a straight line, instead launched an attack on the nearby spiritual energy projectiles like marbles.

The reflected spiritual energy bullet collided with another spiritual energy bullet, causing that bullet to bounce off as well, thus affecting the other spiritual energy bullets.

Ultimately, these spirit energy projectiles were forcibly disintegrated in mid-air, breaking into countless tiny individual entities that continued to maintain their original characteristics and launch homing attacks on their opponents.

The difference is just too great.

All of these phenomena have completely transcended the essential meaning implied by the word "reflection".

That's not a law or phenomenon like 'you can control the direction of energy just by touching your skin'.

even--

All of this was never something Accelerator truly intended to do from the beginning.

In that instant, his abilities seemed to disregard his commands and act accordingly.

So, what exactly happened?

This is a problem that Accelerator has so far struggled to understand.

The only thing that could be confirmed was that my own abilities had probably changed in some way.

"What are you doing...! Even if you want to hit me, you shouldn't be attacking someone else's clothes like that!"

"I don't need to consider making the attack so precise that it wouldn't even penetrate my clothes, do I?"

"What kind of argument is that! Do you really want to see me with my shrine maiden outfit ruined?"

Saying things that were not at all like what a priestess should say, the red and white figure slowly floated up from the ground.

A not-too-large hole appeared on the ground.

Its radius was only a few meters, which was a very small destructive range compared to the battle we had just fought.

If these two really get serious, the entire area around here will probably be reduced to ruins.

Accelerator couldn't help but glance at the shrine maiden beside him. Just as she had said, her red and white shrine maiden robes were indeed covered in dirty dust.

But that only meant the clothes were somewhat disheveled.

As for the extent of damage to herself and her clothes, there was absolutely no damage.

"You were fighting so badly just now, it's amazing that I can't see a single scratch on you."

"Huh? Aren't you the same? And compared to me, what was that just now?"

Recalling what happened during the battle, the girl's expression immediately turned displeased.

"A technique that reflects attacks back? It can even reflect my power as a Hakurei Shrine Maiden... I've never heard of anything like this before!"

"You two—!!"

A sound came from the air.

The doll-wielding girl named Alice landed on the ground in this way.

Looking at the large crater left by the battle and the two people in their current state, she had an expression that said nothing.

"Whether it's Reimu's side or Accelerator's side, you two have gone too far! Has the fight really escalated to this point?!"

"Oh, is it alright? We've had plenty of battles like this on a regular basis. Come to think of it, is one battle really enough...? Normally, we'd encounter about five or six enemies in a row before we were done."

"I never intended to fight you in the first place; you were the one unilaterally declaring war on me..."

Alice frowned, unsure of what to say in Reimu's state.

However, the victim himself did not seem to care much about it.

Accelerator then turned his attention to the other party.

"Have you calmed down now?"

"Oh dear... what are you saying? I've been perfectly sober from the very beginning."

"That statement has absolutely no credibility, you scoundrel."