One-way traffic

"Can't you just stop already? What exactly are you planning to do?!"

“Little girl, it’s alright…don’t say things like that to people.”

"It was my problem to begin with..." the old woman thought to herself, and then quickly reached out her hand.

"very good."

Accelerator responded indifferently and then placed the coins in the old woman's palm.

--Then.

The instant their skin touched.

A sensation like being struck by lightning instantly coursed through the old woman's entire body.

"Whoa—?!!"

"Grandma!!"

Anna was startled; the old woman... seemed to have been electrocuted in an instant.

She immediately looked in the direction of the passage ahead, and even conjured up her own weapon.

"—Huh?"

Followed by.

Amidst an incredulous voice, the old woman—

She opened her eyes.

"what…!"

Even Anna was stunned and stood there in shock.

The old woman stood up and blinked dryly.

Although his eyes were filled with a slightly sour feeling, he was overwhelmed by the colorful world before him and the gentle girl standing in front of him.

—You can see everything now.

"Ah...ahhh...!!"

"Grandma...! Can you really see?!"

Anna quickly helped the old woman, who was trembling with excitement and almost fell over.

"I saw it, really, I saw it all..."

Tears streamed down the face of those eyes that had finally regained their sight.

She slowly reached out, sobbing and trembling with excitement, and touched Anna's delicate face.

"So this is what a little girl's face looks like... So cute, really, so cute, and so beautiful...!"

People around turned around in surprise and looked at the old woman.

To them, all of this might just seem like a meaningless display, but Anna knew very well why the old woman was so agitated.

Those eyes that shouldn't have been able to see this world regained their sight.

Then.

How exactly was all this accomplished?

"what…!"

Anna quickly looked towards the front of the shop, intending to go and see the person.

But in front of the flower shop.

But there was nothing there.

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Accelerator returned to the Chaldea embassy.

Most people had already gone to sleep, but those who stayed behind after Siduri and I cleared the table remained.

It was that girl with the light blue twin ponytails.

The first person didn't say much, but simply placed the three bouquets of flowers she had bought—two of them—beside her and arranged them properly.

Then, he walked out the door alone.

"and many more--!"

Just as he was about to fly out of Uruk immediately and go further out to search for intelligence.

But then came urgent calls from behind.

Thump—that was Anna leaping at high speed.

She shouldn't feel tired or fatigued at all from this kind of exercise, but she was unusually panting heavily.

"You...who were you just now...?!"

"It's nothing, just something I did on the spur of the moment."

Everything happened in the instant that Accelerator shook hands with the old woman.

Bioelectricity is something that permeates the entire human body.

Therefore, the number one in Academy City, who can manipulate all energy directions through skin contact, has no reason not to stimulate the eyes by manipulating the body's bioelectricity.

The old man's eye disease was actually just nerve failure caused by old age.

In that case, we only need to use the simplest stimuli to activate the nerves.

For example, by utilizing the bioelectricity inherent in the human body.

"Tsk... This kind of thing is not suitable for me at all."

The white monster held the purple flower in its hands; its ferocious and terrifying image, which terrified the world, was completely at odds with this gentle little flower.

Without hesitation, he tossed the flowers behind him and let the wind scatter them.

then.

The purple flower fell directly into Anna's arms.

"Ugh——!"

A strong wind swirled up in front of me.

When Anna came to her senses again, there was nothing left in front of her.

The white figure vanished completely into the night, leaving Uruk alone.

Only Anna, holding that flower with a complicated look in her eyes, remained here alone.

"..."

She recalled the impression Accelerator had left on her so far.

However, it's hard to connect what he did with his personality.

"I see."

There was another person hiding in the shadows.

The flower magician who holds a magic wand and whose whole body is filled with the fragrance of flowers.

Merlin chuckled as he watched it all unfold.

"It seems that person is not good at expressing themselves, but is surprisingly kind-hearted."

The same is true tonight.

The number one and strongest monster in Academy City... He is a ruthless and merciless destroyer who kills without hesitation.

Death, inhuman monsters, and a despair more profound than any nightmare.

This is the title that truly belongs to him.

So... there's no need for him to do things so openly, like helping that old lady just now, which is out of character for him.

He only does what he wants to do in ways that fit the description of a "monster".

He was neither a good person nor a bad person, and he certainly could not be a hero to be praised.

If you're simply annoyed by what's happening in front of you, then just punch it and smash it all to pieces—that's all the motivation you need.

Simple and monotonous, the strongest monster that leads to death.

So all of this was just a minor episode orchestrated by a murderous monster like him.

"Ha... then let me see where those two damned bastards are hiding!"

The first one disappeared into the dead of night, and then went to search for enemy intelligence across the entire land.

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"Ah...that's enough."

Puff——!!

In this world covered in blood, a gigantic human figure was devouring all the flesh and blood around it.

No… that shouldn’t be a human figure.

Instead, it is a shadow with the lower half of its body being a snake.

"Are you satisfied now, Mother?"

A person with green hair and white clothes, pretending to be Enkidu, was standing over there.

"The northern cities have all been swallowed up by me. Destroying that hateful Northern Wall is only a matter of time."

"That's right... As long as we defeat Uruk, kill that king, and obtain the Holy Grail from him, we can become the ruler of this world..."

Enkidu smiled faithfully and said.

"That is you, my mother."

Hearing these words, the giant shadow laughed.

After that, Enkidu emerged from the blood-red temple.

His previously joyful expression immediately turned sour.

"...How long are you going to eavesdrop?"

"What do you mean by eavesdropping? Aren't we allies?"

"Then stop pretending to be innocent by hiding in the shadows, you boring guy."

A rustling sound—and indeed, a figure emerged from the bushes.

A man with purple hair, dressed in clothes out of step with the times.

He calmly looked at Enkidu in front of him.

"What brings you here at the time that my mother and I planned?"

“Mother… ah.”

The young man smiled and didn't take it seriously.

“You call that pawn your mother… Is that really okay? That mother goddess is crying.”

—Bang! !

Then, the golden spear transformed into a chain and charged forward.

But before that, a sweeping attack, like lava, neutralized it.

Before Enkidu, not only the young man, but also another eerie figure emerged, whose eyes gleamed with the light of death.

"Alright, Elherut, there's no need to get entangled with this guy. Anyway, I'm just stating the facts."

The roaring figure retreated, and Enkidu lost all interest in fighting him.

He is not the real enemy.

Now, the biggest goal is to conquer Uruk together with him, or... directly awaken the Mother Goddess.

"Judging from this situation, those guys from Chaldea should be heading to Ur in a few days, right?"