One-way traffic

However, the person who should have been sobbing didn't cry out; instead, it was she, the one in charge of the handover, who silently shed tears.

"It's alright, Kron."

The young man gently embraced himself, speaking softly with the kind of attitude one would have when truly facing a loved one.

"This war is about to end, and we humans will end it all ourselves."

There is absolutely nothing in this world that is impossible to succeed at—because the world itself is a game.

Even a one in ten chance is still a possibility.

If there is a possibility, then there is a possibility of achieving a successful outcome.

Rick has always thought this way.

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"So... you altered the memories of those 170-plus people, and then transferred all the collected data to them?"

"It can't be said that it was handed directly to them; that would be too disrespectful to others."

The two ate the freshly prepared food simply while continuing their conversation.

"The battlefields I mentioned before are mostly real, but... I intervened in most of them and changed the course of the battle. In some cases, I even directly altered the memories of goblins, forest elves, and other races, which triggered a conflict."

“In this situation, we can lure those people inside and place the prepared intelligence there, so that they can get their hands on it as they wish.”

"Of course, sometimes I might just appear in front of them and hand them the items directly, which would definitely make them recognize me... So I rewrote their memories, making them believe from the beginning that they found the information in a facility of a certain race and that they had never seen me before."

It would be far too difficult for the 170-plus ghosts to accomplish all this on their own.

Of course, this doesn't mean they can't complete it, but—that means they'll have to pay a price worse than death.

Rick does want everyone to survive, but to harm one's own body for the sake of intelligence... can such a life truly be considered living?

Perhaps this is the realization that belongs to them.

No, but I'm sorry.

For Accelerator, he doesn't care about any of that.

I don't care about your level of awareness or beliefs. Now that I'm here, don't even think about sacrificing yourself to obtain intelligence. That kind of bullshit is utterly worthless. No way.

Some might think that doing this would be a violation of the resolve that the ghosts had already made.

Unfortunately, for Accelerator, who is number one, what does all this mean?

If so-called enlightenment means forcing these people to risk a miserable existence for the rest of their lives to carry it out, then even if it is enlightenment, Accelerator will mercilessly crush it into pieces that are not even worth as rubble.

With the realization that one can never enjoy happiness and must have to sacrifice something to obtain it?

What's it to me?

Making physical and mental sacrifices for happiness? Who cares about petty thugs like that?

He doesn't care about anyone's opinion. Precisely because he is the number one in Academy City, he will ruthlessly tear apart anything he doesn't like, even if it means trampling on someone's feelings. As long as he can protect them, he will do it without hesitation.

Anything that stands in the way of Accelerator, anything that gets in the way, is crushed to pieces, without leaving a trace.

Even if violence is used, even if absolute power is used to crush everything and trample on everyone's will—it is still much better than the outcome of living a life full of wounds.

That's right.

It is precisely because he can do all of this that he is the strongest.

Only then will it be an absolute one-way street.

In his eyes, there is only one path allowed—a one-way street leading to a happy ending where everyone smiles.

"...What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Do not…"

Hatsune Miku smiled slightly and said happily.

"It's just that I like you more now~"

"...What rubbish are you spouting?"

The first person remained unmoved, pursing their lips and continuing to eat the food in front of them.

Chapter 566 The Reasons for Each Fight

After a brief lunch break, Accelerator and Hatsune Miku returned to the topic of discussion.

Accelerator held the intelligence documents for each race, while Hatsune Miku tilted her head and looked over from behind him.

"I don't understand it at all."

"The documents above are composed of languages ​​from various races. It's normal that you can't understand them if you haven't learned the corresponding languages."

"That's true, but you yourself haven't studied it, so how come you can understand it..."

That's because even if it's a language I've never heard before, I can still learn it clearly on my own the day after tomorrow.

While rushing out to help the 170-plus ghosts gather intelligence, Accelerator also managed to learn the languages ​​of the various races he encountered.

If you think about it carefully, there are about fifteen races in this world, and each race has its own language. It is a complete fantasy to think that you can learn all the languages ​​of each race in such a world.

However, it's not a big deal for Accelerator.

He possesses superhuman computational abilities. His brain has been fully developed by Academy City, and combined with his computational abilities that are equivalent to those of a quantum computer, he can learn even a single language system in a few dozen seconds. How much effort would it take to learn a dozen more languages?

Of course, explaining this to Hatsune Miku would be too complicated, and it would definitely create new problems.

To avoid trouble, Accelerator kept all these reasons to himself.

"That's it, I've explained most of the detailed information to you."

He explained all the intelligence he had to Hatsune Miku, word by word, so that she could understand the current battle situation in this world.

Accelerator then assigned her a special task.

"From now on, go to the coordinates I just told you and protect the humans who are gathered there."

"Huh? Are we going now?"

Hatsune Miku said with some surprise, "I just got the information, and we're already setting off so soon?"

"It's more accurate to say that there's simply no time left to wait."

Accelerator looked out of the cave, his gaze passing through the sky as if he were looking at something in the distance.

"It won't be long, no... it's very likely to happen in the next few days, or even today."

"The alliance between the forest elves and the goblins, and then the alliance with the winged race, these three forces will... be completely plunged into a state of full-blown battle."

Accelerator has already explained this relevant information to Hatsune Miku.

These three most important races each possess their own unique and powerful trump cards.

The forest elves possess a technique called "Void Zero Protection," specifically designed to deal with fantasy species, while the goblins possess a technique called "Marrow Explosion," specifically designed to deal with god species.

The Skywing race, on the other hand, possesses a method specifically designed to deal with all races in this world—arguably the strongest method available.

That is, Althu's "God Strike".

Once his Divine Strike is unleashed, the two allies, the Forest Elves and the Goblins, will inevitably unleash their own trump cards, and their allied races will also release all their hidden trump cards to fight against the Divine Strike.

At that time, what if Rick's plan went wrong?

What will the result be?

"...The aftershocks of the attack will hit the continent itself, and in the best-case scenario, the Earth will be in a state of near destruction as a result."

Accelerator has investigated almost all the weapons of all races and obtained corresponding information, but he knows nothing about Altshu's "God Strike," how powerful it is, and what the activation conditions are.

However, considering that other races also have to pay such a high price to resist the "God's Strike," the power of that "God's Strike" must at least be enough to destroy the planet's ecosystem—no, it might even be enough to destroy the planet itself.

If that's the case, these allies alone simply cannot withstand it.

If Rick's plan succeeds, that's fine. The power of the attack will be successfully induced, directly penetrating the planet, causing the "Star Cup" to appear. Finally, the destroyed planet will be brought back to its original state, and no one will be in trouble.

If the plan goes wrong in the slightest, and the final force is not guided as he intended.

In the worst-case scenario, the planet would likely explode, which is entirely different from simply exposing its core.

This world will face "destruction" in the most basic sense.

Of course, Accelerator was well aware of this level of power. Because he himself possessed power "enough to destroy the world," he knew exactly what would happen if Althu's "God Strike" landed on the ground.

Because he knew better than anyone else, he needed to be even more certain about one thing.

"You are responsible for protecting the safety of ordinary people."

"If the aftershocks of the battle reach them during the fighting, these humans alone will absolutely not be able to stop it."

Accelerator was certain that Hatsune Miku could do it.

Once, at the end of World War III, the most powerful attack by angels, capable of destroying all human civilization on Earth, was blocked by Hatsune Miku and her power.

While there is an element of reliance on Accelerator's power to some extent, Hatsune Miku would absolutely not be able to participate in the battle concerning the destruction of the world if she did not possess sufficient strength.

"Hmm... I'm a little curious."

After considering it for a moment, Hatsune Miku spoke again.

"Why do you go to such lengths to ensure the safety of those people?"

"what?"

"Ah, well, I didn't mean anything by it. Even if you didn't bring it up, people would still do their best to protect the people of this world. Please don't misunderstand."

However, Hatsune Miku still cannot understand one thing.

All along, Accelerator's impression on her was that he only protected the people around him.

From initially becoming a villain in the darkness, using evil to protect the world of light, to later fighting regardless of good or evil, solely to protect those around him.

But this time, the situation has clearly gone far beyond the reason of 'fighting just for the guys in the cell phone shops'.

but.

The girl had barely uttered the question for a second when she herself showed a relieved expression.

"Ah... could it be that...!"

The first person glanced at her briefly.

"Since you've figured it out yourself, there's no need to say it out loud."

Accelerator didn't say anything more.

He slowly got up, went to the stone table to the side, and took a sip of hot water.

"There's no need to gather any more intelligence, but there are still quite a few things I don't understand about the Skywing race, so I'll be going out for a bit."

"Yeah, I understand."

She also got up, smiling gently.

It is precisely because we have communicated our thoughts and fully understood each other.

Therefore, there's no need to discuss what needs to be done next, or what the reasons might be.

"Then, be careful on the road."

"Ah... there's no need to worry about a monster like me."

The white figure slowly walked towards the entrance of the cave.

"Who do you think I am?"

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"cough…"

As mentioned before, because the schedule has been shortened, there are fewer things to do.

Even so, the necessary price must still be paid.

In the dimly lit room, Rick clutched his stomach, cold sweat dripping from his forehead as he gritted his teeth and groaned softly.

—Deep black, like a corroded skin.

Those are signs of erosion caused by the black ash falling from the sky.

But this is not natural, because even if ordinary black ash falls on your body, it will only slightly burn your skin, and only a little bit at that.