One-way traffic

"There's no need for you to worry about me; I know my own limitations."

"...I see. Since you've put it that way, there's nothing more I can say."

then.

Even Marisa couldn't help but show a serious expression at this moment.

"But no matter what, there's still one thing I want to ask you."

"Marisa...?"

The atmosphere began to change noticeably.

The usually half-baked magician girl was now showing such a serious expression.

Perhaps she knows something else.

Thinking this way, Accelerator's gaze towards her became extraordinary.

"...My question is, what's the purpose of your cane?"

"……what?"

Thus, the extremely serious atmosphere was instantly destroyed.

"You idiot... aren't you?"

"Yeah, no doubt about it. People will have expectations for Marisa. As expected, Marisa can't escape the realm of being an idiot."

"Hey! What are you saying all of a sudden?! What's wrong with my question? You guys are obviously curious too, aren't you?!"

And just like that, everything behind them turned into an incredibly noisy environment once again.

Accelerator walked slowly to the front, opened the door without hesitation, and let the cold wind and snow blow in.

"Hiss—!! It's so cold!"

"Don't open the door so wide!"

Ignoring Marisa and Reimu's complaints, he then turned his gaze to Alice.

Unsurprisingly, she was indeed looking at him too.

"What, is there anything else you want to say?"

Accelerator uttered a statement that was neither too serious nor too insignificant.

Faced with such content, the girl simply responded in the same tone.

Have a safe trip.

"Ah, you don't need to tell me, I know what to do."

This is a way of communicating that only two people with similar personalities would do.

Therefore, they do not need to confirm each other's thoughts.

Click.

A white figure walked out of the shrine and closed the door behind it.

Alice watched the departing person, then blinked as if nothing had happened.

When I came to my senses.

"...What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing, it's just that I suddenly felt... that someone like you, Alice, could actually make that kind of expression?"

"Did I make any strange faces? And don't act like you know me so well, you black and white magician."

"Hmm, that's certainly a tone that makes you feel completely unapproachable..."

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Accelerator walked out of the shrine and came outside.

The wind and snow blew towards him, and the environment, which was several degrees colder than indoors, rushed towards him.

However, One-Way Street was completely unaffected.

He looked up at the very high steps and easily leaped down to the bottom in an instant.

This is a shortcut called the Beast Path.

Walking here, there's a high chance of encountering all sorts of terrifying monsters, which is probably why no one has come to worship at Hakurei Shrine for so many years.

Accelerator walked quietly along the animal trail.

The surroundings were gradually filled with white snow, and his snow-white clothes and hair seemed to blend perfectly with the surroundings.

Then, after an unknown amount of time...

He walked slowly to the first spot in the deserted area, then suddenly stopped.

"It's gotten so quiet already."

He spoke slowly and deliberately.

"That's about right, it's about time you showed your face, wasn't it?"

Then, in an instant.

A stream of deep purple light shot directly toward his head.

Chapter 420 Demons of the Realm

Light faster than an arrow.

That might be the real speed of light, with a purplish-white hue on the inside of the light. By the time you can see and perceive it, it's already too late to realize this fact.

A force faster than sound roared out.

The purplish-white light seemed to pierce through the entire human head head-on, mercilessly penetrating it.

however.

Accelerator, which is directly confronting this phenomenon, has no intention of avoiding it.

People who know him well would probably think that it stems from his confidence in his abilities.

After all, the first one possesses the ability to reflect and perfectly withstand all phenomena.

But is that really what he was planning to do next?

Because, in the end...

The reflex ability that was ranked first was completely ineffective.

Just before the light, distorted in some way, was about to reach Accelerator's neck and tear him apart, it suddenly changed.

It's as if it's split into countless tiny shapes.

The light split open from the front of Accelerator's neck in one breath, and in a form too microscopic to be observed with the naked eye, it differentiated to the left and right, and then re-condensed behind him.

Then, it shot straight into the distance like a rocket.

This does not mean that the primary ability has lost its effect, or that the reflex is ineffective.

Instead, he had already determined from the beginning that there was absolutely no need to use reflection against this kind of attack.

Because the attack wouldn't hurt him.

The other party never intended to kill him or anything like that when they launched the attack.

Well, then, that's the case.

What was the motive of the person who attacked him?

And so, from a distance, one could hear a commotion as if something had exploded.

It was probably caused by the previous beam of light hitting the bushes directly.

Judging from the sound, the damage caused was not significant. But regardless of the extent of the damage, it was definitely not a realm that humans could venture into, nor even a realm that ordinary monsters could venture into.

As the first person can see, this move is merely an appetizer, just a greeting.

"Aren't you planning to come out?"

Accelerator turned his head slightly to look around, but he couldn't find any trace of a figure in the area.

Although the opponent launched such a surprise attack, judging from its power, even if it was just the aftershock, it would at least be enough to completely destroy a human body.

However, the fact that the attack did not directly hit Accelerator's body is enough to prove that the other party did not intend to kill him.

This was just a greeting.

but.

Regardless of whether it actually caused any damage to the First Passenger, the fact remains that it carried out a horrific attack on him.

Bang——! ! !

The tremendous sound exploded directly from the white snow.

The pure white figure stirred up a puddle of snow on the ground with a single movement, and with this movement, the snow wave, which was originally only a few centimeters in size, was forcibly spread to a distance of about tens of meters.

The speed of the snow waves is far greater than the speed of sound.

Because of the excessive speed, all the snow waves burned away, leaving only a pure and extremely destructive shockwave in mid-air.

Boom! The impact slammed mercilessly onto the distant ground.

The power of this blow profoundly shook the entire land; if measured with professional instruments, it would absolutely be comparable to an earthquake.

Even distant mountains were deeply shaken as a result.

But the person who caused all of this remained completely unmoved.

He looked into the distance; although the attack had been powerful, it had missed everything.

then.

When he turned around again, an anomaly that defied reality appeared there.

It is something that floats in mid-air.

Like a crack, it tore through the air like a zipper.

No.

It shouldn't just have the simple effect of tearing the air apart.

The first person looked toward the crack, which seemed to have been opened directly in space itself. Although countless eye-like entities could be seen, no other life forms could be found.

The attackers were not among them.

Perhaps it's hidden somewhere deeper, Accelerator couldn't help but think.

He planned to slowly approach the thing.

And so, just as he took that first step...

behind.

A sense of gloom, almost like that of a tomb, arises.

The icy breath seemed to be blowing on his neck, and at this moment, the human could clearly feel an even colder sensation slowly moving towards his body.

The location is his right shoulder.

In an instant, this unknown fear would descend upon him completely.

And he had absolutely no idea what would happen next.

How to cope with such a stressful situation that would cause ordinary people to panic to the extreme.

The top-ranked ability user devised the most reasonable response.

He raised his right leg in an instant.

With an air of intent to overturn everything in the world, this spinning kick mercilessly slammed towards the rear.

Click——! ! !

A sound like steel being blasted apart came from the ground.

With that seemingly weak kick, Accelerator stomped the ground, creating a huge crack with a radius of no less than ten meters.