One-way traffic

"As for Uruk, without your subsequent help, even if it could still exist, it would only end up existing in name only."

"What a brilliant situation! You have perfectly saved this era and helped the future magicians of Chaldea to avert one of the steps leading to the destruction of humanity!"

"You are an extraordinary warrior, and an extraordinary hero! Accelerator!"

…Although, that's how it is.

But as King Gilgamesh spoke these words with great joy, there was no one left in front of him.

Have you left...?

He glanced silently to his right, and golden ripples spread out.

The large cup of Uruk emerged from it.

This is the prototype of the so-called Holy Grail to date, and it is the oldest thing in the world that can be called the Holy Grail.

In the final battle, he once handed the large cup to someone else.

Those were the golden chains that bound Tiamat at the last moment.

Now, the successful recovery of this cup also means that the other party has completely left.

but.

There is no need to feel the slightest bit sad.

Wang had witnessed the departure of a friend before, but now, witnessing the departure of a close friend for the second time, he would never cry again.

That's not something to be sad about.

Because this time, the other party left this world with an action that thoroughly embodied the name of a hero.

"Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness."

A familiar voice came from the front of the main hall.

Gilgamesh looked in that direction and saw a group of familiar figures, who then walked into the temple.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, Matthew, followed by Ishtar, Anna, the leopard man, Quetzalcoatl, and Merlin.

Leading the way is Hatsune Miku.

"You are here."

Saying the words he had already prepared, Gilgamesh looked at the crowd.

"Eh? Your Majesty? Why have you come down from the throne...?"

"It's nothing, I just met someone briefly."

The King of Gold smiled indifferently.

Just like the person I saw before.

"A human being who, though not a hero, is equal to a hero."

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Accelerator waited outside Uruk for a long time, bored.

After quite a while, a familiar figure finally appeared in the distant sky.

"Isn't it too late?"

"Really... You went to see King Gilgamesh in person, why won't you meet everyone else too!"

Hatsune Miku seems to harbor some resentment about this.

The girl flew down to his side, and Accelerator finally put away the phone he had been using to pass the time.

"Alright, I don't want to stay in this godforsaken place any longer. Let's hurry back to our original world."

"That being said, I have a feeling... something extraordinary happened in that original world."

Recalling the demon Othinus that erupted before she left, Hatsune Miku couldn't help but shudder.

The feeling is the same for Accelerator.

"No matter what happens, we'll have to go back eventually, right?"

"Yes...that's true."

Left with no other choice, Hatsune Miku could only nod.

The two of them grabbed each other's hands.

In an instant, their bodies transformed into pure light particles and disappeared into this age of gods.

The Chaldeans have perfectly completed the work of repairing the singularity, and the people of this Age of Gods have all survived.

Anna, who has always listened to Accelerator's stories at night, will probably disappear and return to the mythology.

When I think about it.

——Click.

The world turned black and red in an instant.

—?!

This happened at a moment when the transfer work between the worlds was still ongoing.

Accelerator's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at the black and red world.

"Get out of the way!"

A voice came from inside.

But by the time the sound reached them, it was already too late.

boom! ! ! !

It was a deafening roar that did not exist in any dimension.

As this force impacted him, Accelerator felt that his reflexes were utterly meaningless.

Hatsune Miku, holding his hands tightly, then drifted away between the intersecting worlds.

They fell back towards the direction of their original world.

"Tsk... I didn't make it!"

Someone emerged from the intersection of worlds, standing there with a worried expression.

A young man with brown hair.

Surrounded by two different colors, darkness and light, in this boundless world, he tried to find traces of the two people, but couldn't find a single clue.

If Accelerator and Hatsune Miku were here, they would definitely be able to recognize who this person is.

"This is bad. If this continues, everything will turn out the worst possible way..."

They occupy a near-top-tier position among countless system users.

—Takibayashi.

He was searching everywhere for traces of the two, looking very worried.

"We have to find them as soon as possible, before those guys get here...!"

The New Testament version of A Certain Magical Index is...???

Chapter 645 The World After the Demon God

First of all.

Where can we confirm the situation?

BOOM! ...

Accelerator's body was hit head-on.

Ignoring the orbits between worlds, they were struck by this mysterious force amidst their constant intersecting paths.

Most importantly, the reflection lost its effect.

"...What the hell is going on?"

The first one in Academy City is lying face up on the ground.

Strangely, even though I was hit, I didn't feel any real harm.

There wasn't a single wound on my body. The feeling was less like an attack and more like being blown over by a sudden gust of wind. It wasn't a fatal injury, and it didn't hurt or itch.

That's precisely what surprised him even more.

Who launched the attack just now? And was it really an attack? If so, why is it that it bypassed the reflection and hit me, yet I'm completely unharmed? And how did they manage to launch an attack on me while the two worlds were being teleported between them?

He quickly looked around, trying to find the figure that had fallen with him.

"Ouch...it hurts..."

The girl with the light blue twin tails collapsed there.

She got up from the slightly damp ground, touched the spot where she had fallen, and it seemed to be just as unharmed as she was.

But this is not enough to make One-Way Street relax.

He re-examined his surroundings and realized that he was in an area he was very familiar with.

—A place where countless ships are piled up underfoot, like an island.

Accelerator walked to the edge of the island, an island built from countless abandoned ships, whose front end was being slowly washed by the seawater constantly coming from the outside.

"are you back?"

"The Graveyard of Ships".

This is the gathering place of the "Gremlin" and also the base of the world's greatest enemy, the demon god Othinus.

This information had already been confirmed not long ago.

Since this is the place that appears before them, it proves that they have indeed returned to their original world.

What just happened...?

"I don't know, but it's probably nothing to us."

Although we don't know exactly what happened, we can at least confirm that their physical condition has not been seriously affected.

Of course, substantive confirmation is not that simple.

Just as Accelerator was about to further confirm whether his and Hatsune Miku's bodies had undergone any abnormal changes.

hum-

The phone rang.

Now that they have returned to their original world, the communication system that was previously unusable in the world of the gods has been restored, and signals can be communicated again.

However, what Accelerator received was not a phone call, but an email message.

"Huh? What's wrong? Someone's looking for you."

"It's nothing, just an email. I guess some clueless guy is sending out ads everywhere."

Given the current state of the world, which is already in a near-riotous state due to the influence of the demon god Othinus, there shouldn't be anyone sending out these kinds of harassing emails indiscriminately.

Accelerator wanted to confirm, so he opened his flip phone.

"…ah?"

Then, he froze.

As if unable to believe what was on the phone screen, she stared blankly, her lips twitching in disbelief.

"What kind of bullshit is this? What kind of stupid thing is that bastard doing?"

Huh...?

Hatsune Miku was a little curious because Accelerator's face at this moment actually showed a somewhat annoyed expression.

She couldn't resist moving closer.

And just like that, I was able to see clearly what was displayed on the phone screen.

"The Murder Request - Kamijou Touma, who works with the demon Othinus".