One-way traffic

Just as I was lost in thought, the phone rang suddenly beside me.

It's Hatsune Miku.

"Huh…?"

However, the girl was taken aback when she saw the contact person on the phone.

Who could be making that call in the middle of the night?

"What's wrong."

"This... the person who called was actually..."

Accelerator raised an eyebrow, walked directly to her side, and looked at the contact information displayed on the phone.

——Kamidai Yuka.

The two exchanged a glance, and Hatsune Miku quickly answered the phone.

"...Miss Yuka?"

After her first questioning, the other party did not respond promptly.

Then, one second later.

"Miss Hatsune...!! Mikoto... Mikoto's breathing has suddenly become very rapid, and her body is even trembling!!"

"And no matter how I call her... she won't wake up!!"

It's Mikoto Himeno again...?

Hatsune Miku was startled and quickly turned up her voice.

"Did you call an ambulance? Get her to the hospital first!"

"I... I already called... but Mikoto... she doesn't seem to have... a typical illness at all!!"

pat.

Hatsune Miku heard the voice and realized that it was Accelerator who opened the door.

"That brat is just causing trouble for everyone."

Accelerator looked at her and gestured with his eyes.

"The ambulance service is too slow."

"Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, this matter cannot be resolved by the hospital."

"Eh…?"

So Accelerator said directly.

“Take me to their place, the two of us will go together.”

Chapter 534 The World of Dreams

It was 11:30 p.m.

It's clear from the surrounding street environment that very few people will remain active at this time.

Tomorrow everyone has to work and go to school, and it's not a holiday, so the whole street has a very quiet atmosphere.

Then, a series of sounds swept across the street.

The roar of a sports car engine.

Are you sure it's the hospital in District 7?

“That’s exactly what Ms. Yuka told me, and they’ve been there for about ten minutes now.”

Accelerator sat inside the sports car, which was transformed from Natos, and drove while listening to the information Hatsune Miku was sharing.

I see... If it's that hospital, then there probably won't be any problems.

“But even so, the two of us still have to get there.”

Is it because...you can't let go of your worries?

"It's not just that simple reason."

Recalling the situation described by Yuka Kamishiro on the phone, Accelerator did not believe that it was just a simple nightmare or a physical illness.

"Scientific methods alone probably cannot solve what happened to that girl."

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Within minutes, the two had arrived directly at the hospital that Yuka Kamishiro had reported.

Even at this hour, there are still many nurses walking in the corridors inside the hospital. No matter the time, the hospital is never a quiet place.

Hatsune Miku followed Accelerator, and instead of heading anywhere else, the two went straight to a certain room.

"Um, shouldn't we ask the nurse where Miss Yuka is?"

"That's not necessary."

Accelerator walked skillfully to the second floor and then came to a door that looked inconspicuous.

"If this were this hospital, this guy would definitely be the one to take care of all the patients."

He didn't knock; he just opened the door.

Just as Hatsune Miku was about to say that, she then saw the person standing in the ward.

"what…!"

He was a male doctor who was around middle-aged.

It has white hair on both sides, and its appearance... although it sounds a bit inappropriate, it does look a lot like some kind of amphibian.

Simply put, he has a frog-like face.

"Were two girls looking for you just now?"

"...You actually came to my place in the middle of the night. Did you introduce me to those two kids?"

"Enough with the small talk, how are those two doing now?"

As soon as they entered the house, Accelerator began to talk to him in a very crisp, efficient, and familiar tone.

"The girl named Yuka Kamishiro is fine, but the other girl's problem is a bit more serious."

The frog-faced doctor picked up the now-cold coffee on the table, took a sip, and continued looking at him.

"By the way, are those two kids your friends? That's quite unusual, especially for you."

"That has absolutely nothing to do with you."

"Confirming some information about the patient is also a necessary step... Well, considering your personality, I don't plan to ask any more questions."

The two's overly familiar manner genuinely puzzled Hatsune Miku, who was standing to the side.

"Um...do you two know each other?"

"Let's leave it at that."

Surprisingly, Accelerator does not intend to deny this.

"Is this young lady also your friend? Oh my, it's been a while. You seem to have more and more friends around you, and they all seem to be girls..."

"I already told you it has nothing to do with you, so shut up."

The first person naturally started arguing with the doctor.

However, there was no hostility in their conversation; rather, there was a rare sense of rapport.

Whether it's Accelerator or that doctor.

"Excuse me, who exactly are you...?"

Hatsune Miku asked about this with some curiosity.

"Just call me the Soul Chaser of the Underworld."

The doctor with the frog-like face smiled kindly, as if he could always maintain this benevolent appearance no matter who he was facing.

"I thought I was pretty famous, after all, the collar-like electrodes around the neck of the person next to you were designed by me, and they've helped quite a few people so far."

"Huh? Is that so?"

The girl with twin ponytails glanced at the electrode collar around Accelerator's neck, then at the middle-aged doctor in front of her.

It's truly hard to imagine that such a sophisticated, high-tech product was actually designed by the person in front of me...

"That concludes the self-introductions. Now, let's turn our attention to the child you introduced."

The two followed the Soul Chaser out of the room and into the adjacent ward.

This is a double hospital room, but one of the beds is empty, while two people they both know are sitting on the bed and the side of the other bed.

"Miss Yuka!"

As soon as Hatsune Miku entered the ward, she immediately looked at the girl with chestnut hair.

"Miss Hatsune..."

Yuka Kamishiro also looked over, her face showing a complete lack of understanding.

"Mikoto... Mikoto suddenly... became like this!"

On the hospital bed next to Yuka Kamishiro, Mikoto Himeno remained lying flat.

The device was attached to her body; it was a machine used to monitor her heart rate and brain waves.

However, although the teenage girl was indeed asleep, she maintained a very strange posture throughout.

"...Waaaaah!!"

Within ten seconds, Himeno Mikoto, lying on the hospital bed, couldn't help but frown.

"Ah—!! Ugh…!"

“This, this is…?”

The scene was so bizarre that even Hatsune Miku was somewhat startled.

"Ever since she was brought here, this girl has remained unconscious."

The Soul Chaser from the Underworld walked to the bedside and quickly helped her adjust the output of the equipment.

With the help of some external stimulation from the instrument, a small amount of calming can be achieved for the girl's body. If her heart rate is abnormal, it can also be slowed down in time.

But no matter what they did, they couldn't wake the girl up.

"Whether it's the stimulation of bioelectricity or the effects of other drugs, although they can simply alleviate her tense and anxious state, they can't wake her up from her sleep."

"What...what happened?"

"Yes... we can't figure out what exactly happened just by using a machine."

Staring at Himeno Mikoto's pained expression, Mingtu Zhuihun's tone became heavy.

"...Frankly, I don't think this is simply a disease phenomenon."

"Strictly speaking, it's more like the result of some kind of...abnormal phenomenon."

All the hospital's equipment was ineffective; no amount of medical or scientific technology could revive him.

"If this continues, her brainwaves will become extremely erratic and uncontrollable, and she may even face the life-threatening danger of brain death."

Unlike the Underworld's pursuit of souls, Accelerator relied on his own abilities to directly observe the girl in front of him.

He placed his hand on Mikoto Himeno's forehead, and a series of biological data appeared before his eyes.

however.

'...What happened?'

An aberrant, completely anti-biological energy was connected to the depths of her brain.

No, strictly speaking, those vectors are no longer simply data such as bioelectricity or brainwaves.

This is a more conceptual, vector observation belonging to the spiritual world.

Only Accelerator could observe this anomaly, and it is clear that ordinary diseases, no matter how much they affect the brain, can only have an effect on areas such as brainwaves or brain bioelectricity, and cannot affect the conceptual mind of this consciousness entity in any way.

The only thing that can affect this abstract region is something that is also abstract.