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"Choose to control power, rather than be controlled by power."

These words immediately resonated in the girl's heart.

Chapter 461 The Corpse Reawakens from Silence

Flandre possesses an extremely powerful ability to destroy the concept of "eye".

This power was so strong that even she herself could not suppress it. The destructive effect of the power far surpassed that of her sister, Remilia Scarlet. Even though both of them were vampires, Flandre's destructive power reached a level that no one could measure by relying on this extraordinary ability.

Within the entire Scarlet Devil Mansion, she is the most destructive being.

Even though she is a vampire girl younger than Remilia, she still holds such an unshakeable position.

however.

It is precisely because of this, because she is the younger sister, that her own mind appears even more immature.

Powerful strength, if not governed by an equally powerful mind, will ultimately lead to only one outcome.

Those who wield power will be devoured and dominated by it.

And that's what happened to Flandre.

Because of its overwhelming destructive power, even she herself could not control it. In order to stabilize and control this power so as not to harm her younger sister, her older sister had no choice but to imprison her in the basement of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

It was precisely because of this series of reasons that Flandre's mental state became very abnormal and tense.

That's why she can't even destroy a single one of Accelerator's fingers right now.

Because her mental state was too unstable.

It is precisely because of the disproportion between strength and spirit that strength affects the spirit. Excessive power that cannot be controlled becomes the most serious burden on the user.

The reason Flandre was locked in the basement was because she was unable to perfectly withstand the destructive power of this force, which caused her mental state to be greatly affected.

Accelerator exploited this loophole.

"Psionic generator" is a power that can manipulate all mental realms.

Using this ability to manipulate all mental realms in the world, Accelerator can directly hack into Flandre's mind, distorting and deceiving everything she sees.

Now, what she sees is no longer what she thought it was.

For Flandre, what she saw might have been Accelerator's goal, but in reality, it was merely the first person who had bewitched her using the generator's power.

What he held in his hand were merely the vases that could be found anywhere in the room.

Of course, after the vase's eye is crushed, the next eye to appear in Flandre's hands will be the eye of something else.

Sofa, bed, table, chandelier...

She would consider everything in the room to be an object belonging to Accelerator.

Even if she grasped all the eyes in the room, she still couldn't catch the eye that belonged to Accelerator.

"Why...? What on earth went wrong?!"

This is something that Flandre does not possess.

Although she possesses destructive power at the conceptual level, she lacks the corresponding mental strength.

Accelerator, however, is completely different here.

He not only possesses abilities that are no less than Flandre's, but also a mental level that surpasses hers.

The strength of a force cannot be determined solely by its destructive power.

Even after crushing all the eyes, Accelerator's body was still not harmed in the slightest.

Subconsciously, she had already decided that there was no "eye" left in the room that could be destroyed, and had subconsciously blocked out the eye that belonged to Accelerator himself.

The first person possesses such formidable mental strength that they are capable of achieving this level of achievement.

"You should probably wake up by now."

"Realize...what?"

"Of course it's what you call the strongest. Get me straight, what exactly does 'strongest' mean?"

It is precisely because he is the strongest that the first-ranked person is able to say such words clearly at this moment.

Having power alone does not make you the strongest.

Long ago, Accelerator underwent ability development in Academy City, instantly awakening his own inherent superpowers.

From the moment he developed this ability, he was already at the very top.

His power was even greater than that of Flandre. At that time, not only were the people around him hostile to him, but countless armies and even the entire Academy City regarded him as a monster without any reason.

From the very beginning, his abilities were already at the highest level in the entire Academy City.

However, at that time, he was more mentally vulnerable than anyone else.

Having immense strength but lacking the mental fortitude to control it is hardly an exaggeration to say that such a person is being devoured by that strength rather than using it.

But he is completely different now.

"You...you're just a human, aren't you?"

Before she knew it, the girl had calmed down.

Because there was nothing left to destroy around her, her volatile temper cooled down, and she put down the hand that had been about to crush everything around her.

But then she looked at the other person with an incomprehensible expression.

"Humans are such a weak race, they should look so frail... How come you can unleash such power? Why is it that even though my power far surpasses yours, I can't defeat you at all?"

Even a girl who has lived for nearly 495 years would have no way of knowing the answer to such a question.

But the human standing in front of her spoke with ease.

"Because I have mastered the power, not the other way around."

“…Huh?”

"However, there is one thing I need to correct: you are absolutely right about something you said."

Accelerator looked at the vampire girl in front of him and said from the bottom of his heart.

"Only those who stand at the pinnacle of all fields can be called the strongest in the true sense. Those who have great power but cannot control it are not strong at all."

"Your abilities could easily kill almost every living being in this world, so why can't you kill a weak human like me? The answer is simple. Just like I said, you never had the mind to control this ability from the beginning, so you could never beat me."

"I am confident that my spirit and strength are absolutely proportional. No matter what kind of power it is, I can easily control it. Not suppress it, but completely control it. So I can beat you. Even if your ability has a destructive effect, I will never lose to a guy like you."

At first glance, it sounds like a sarcastic tone.

Flandre, however, was surprised to realize that what the other person was saying was definitely not just a simple mockery of her.

Seeing the blonde girl who seemed to understand but not quite, Accelerator didn't launch into another long explanation; he simply turned his head away.

"If you can't understand what I'm saying, it only proves that your mind is far from mature, you little vampire."

The girl in front of him should be several times older than Accelerator; 495 years is a time that no human can compare to.

However, the mind of the person in first place is undoubtedly superior to that of the other, and by a great extent.

This is perhaps why he can be called the strongest.

The number one in Academy City.

That kind of title isn't something you can get just by being destructive.

"So you're satisfied now, right?"

"Ah, um..."

Flandre looked around and found that the entire room had been completely destroyed by her.

Even the bed frame is gone; you can't tell at all that this used to be a bedroom.

Accelerator didn't care about any of that; he simply leaned against the dusty wall.

"I won the bullet hell game you're playing. Since that's the case, then tell me honestly what information I want."

"Intelligence...? What intelligence?"

"…ah?"

But just as Accelerator was about to get some information from Flandre, the girl in front of him looked completely bewildered.

"...Wait a minute, don't tell me you don't know a single thing about these guys?"

"Huh...? Who are these guys...?"

"If it wasn't a corpse lying there from the beginning, where else could it be? Don't tell me this bunch of guys just popped up here like headless flies for no reason!"

"Ah...it really does seem like it suddenly popped out of mid-air."

Flandre said those words with an unremarkable expression.

"Hmm, Fran remembers now. It was a few weeks ago. Fran was sleeping when she was suddenly woken up by some noise... When she woke up, the dolls were already in the room."

"Although Fran doesn't know how they got here, I still wanted to play with them. But before I knew it, well... they all ended up like this."

This is the fruit of victory obtained after a painstaking battle.

Frankly, this kind of intelligence is worse than no intelligence at all.

This amount of information... didn't help Accelerator in the slightest.

"I should have thought of that a long time ago."

"Huh? What came to mind?"

"We shouldn't have expected a brat like you to be of any help at all. It would be good enough if you didn't make things worse!"

Even the top player in the strongest field sometimes faces problems that they can never solve.

For example, now.

He should have known long ago that his countless encounters with young brats should have made him understand just how much of a hindrance a race like brats could be…

Was it all for nothing in the end? What a load of rubbish…

"No, it can't be said that it was a waste of time."

He turned his gaze back to the area where the bodies were piled up.

"At least these guys' bodies are still here. If we take them back for research and analysis, we can most likely confirm whether they are that guy's clones or not... In short, having them is better than not having them."

Although the progress was much slower than expected, it was still helpful.

What Accelerator needs to do now is to take the remains of these monsters out of here and figure out their true forms. If they are not the beings he remembers, then there is no need for him to stay in Gensokyo any longer.

At that time, he could try his best to analyze the thing called the Hakurei Great Barrier and leave this place safely without affecting everything as much as possible.

Then, return to your original world as soon as possible.

"Whether it's that woman or that brat, they're still waiting for me."

There are just too many things to worry about.

Thinking of this, Accelerator unconsciously clenched his fist.

He shook his head and resolutely walked toward the monsters' bodies.

then.

The moment he made his move, light shone in the room.

"what?"

Flandre, standing behind her, also noticed the anomaly.

She gradually shifted her gaze to the remains of the monsters—

"Are the eyes... glowing?"

It should have been transformed into the remains of countless corpses.