One-way traffic

The girl felt an intense surge of emotion.

She suppressed these overwhelming emotions and, with all her might, managed to say these words.

"Could you take me...at least to see what this city looks like...?"

Chapter 677 A Battle Belonging to a Young Girl

The city has largely returned to normal.

Fire on the right and Takibayashi eliminated the monsters in the rest of Academy City one by one—after evacuating the crowd, they discovered a situation.

That's the black hole in the sky, where no new monsters are emerging anymore.

"Does that mean the guys up there aren't planning to continue the attack?"

Right Fire and Takibayashi stood on opposite sides of the street.

The sheer number of monster attacks caused massive damage to several city blocks, but fortunately, both Takibayashi and Right Fire possessed the ability to stop it.

With their help, most of Academy City has returned to normal.

Although it's unclear why the black holes above have stopped spewing out new monsters, at least things are calm now, which is a rare opportunity.

"So... what should we do next?"

"How could I possibly know?"

When faced with Takibayashi's question, he simply responded...

"I've been completely clueless about what's going on, so how could I possibly figure out what to do next?"

"Haha...you're right."

Takibayashi finds it relatively difficult to adapt to people like Right Fire.

He hadn't read the entire main story of A Certain Magical Index, so he wasn't entirely clear about the true nature of the character Right Flame.

At least, judging from our initial impressions, he doesn't seem to be the type of person who can get along well with others and get things done.

I really want to break up with him soon...

As Takibayashi was thinking this, he turned his head and looked in the distance.

He saw several figures slowly walking towards him from the end of the street.

Among those figures, the most prominent was that very familiar shadow.

"One party...?"

After getting a clear look at the figure, Takibayashi couldn't help but be astonished.

"Oh, that guy's already taken care of things over there?"

Right Fire raised an eyebrow, reacting to the arrival of the person Takibayashi had mentioned.

He also glanced straight ahead on the street, where a familiar white figure was walking towards them step by step.

…That's not quite right.

Accelerator is definitely there.

However, there was another person closely following him.

"...What the hell are you doing, kid?"

"what?"

As soon as he reached the two, Accelerator was met with a surprised question from Right Flame.

Even the first person himself looked confused.

Is there something on my face?

"Who cares what's on your face?"

Immediately afterwards, Right Fire spoke about what he cared about.

She looked at the person beside him with a twitching at the corner of her mouth.

"How come even you're starting to have women around you now?!"

This is the case.

Behind Accelerator, a large group of beautiful girls followed closely.

Not only that, but there was also a woman standing close to him.

She is a blonde, blue-eyed, and distinctly Western-style young beauty.

Alice blushed as she listened to Right Fire's words.

After looking at Takibayashi and Ue no Hi, the girl stepped forward slightly, placed her hands in front of her, and gave a gentle bow.

"...Hello, both of you..."

Her quiet temperament was completely at odds with her pure and beautiful appearance.

When the girl spoke, she clearly revealed a dark aura, but at the same time, both of them could sense it.

Once she's by Accelerator's side, this blonde beauty will suppress that dark aura.

She even unconsciously exuded an aura that made people feel she was very happy.

No.

"Wait a minute—!"

I didn't notice any significant changes in the fire on the right.

But Takibayashi immediately sensed that something was wrong.

But he quickly restrained himself and didn't voice his inner complaints.

Nevertheless, it still drew a puzzled look from Alice.

"...Excuse me, what's wrong?"

Alice tilted her head and looked at Takibayashi with a puzzled expression.

"No, no, it's nothing. I just suddenly realized that our situation is going to get really difficult."

"That is indeed a possibility."

"Right! You see, those monsters in the sky aren't showing up anymore. I think when they come out again tomorrow, they might be even stronger. It will be too late to decide on a countermeasure by then, so we need to prepare a plan now!"

That was close...

Takibayashi quickly suppressed what he knew. He knew the blonde girl in front of him was named Alice, and he knew most of what was going on about her…

Therefore, if the other party discovers that they actually know you at this time, it will definitely cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

It would be great if we could get through this.

"If we're going to discuss this, let's go somewhere where we can talk first, shall we?"

"Where is the place where we can talk?"

"Anywhere is fine, a bar, a coffee shop, or even someone's place, anywhere is fine, right?"

Do you think these places could still operate normally under these circumstances?

"Uh…"

On closer reflection, even Academy City wouldn't be so careless as to have bars, cafes, or restaurants open for business amidst so many monster attacks.

Takibayashi couldn't help but freeze in place.

It was at this time that...

Instead, a series of vibrations came from Accelerator's phone.

"…Telephone?"

"It's an email."

"No, no, would anyone actually send an email under these circumstances? That seems really strange."

Accelerator ignored Takibayashi's words and continued to read the contents of the email.

Then, the expression on his face changed.

"This is ridiculous. Fine... you guys come with me."

"Where to go?"

"Why are you asking so many questions? Just come with me."

With an air of absolute authority that left no room for Takibayashi to refuse, Accelerator said this forcefully.

Of course, the fire on the right doesn't fall for that at all.

After observing Accelerator for a moment, he turned around.

"The demon god has been eliminated, right? In that case, there's no reason for me to stay here any longer."

"Suit yourself, I don't need you anyway."

Eh... Eh?

Under Takibayashi's gaze, the two seemed to have suddenly fallen out without any warning, each not even glancing at the other.

The fire on the right turned around and vanished from its spot in an instant.

Accelerator didn't pay any attention to his situation.

"Wait, wait a minute... Can we really manage without Right Flame? He's still a very powerful force, and he'll be a huge help to us in our upcoming battles against the enemy organization..."

"This has nothing to do with you. He and I have our own plans."

Takibayashi wanted to say something more, but the first person just glared at him, and he was completely speechless.

In any case, Accelerator has no intention of going after Right Flame.

He was with Takibayashi, Alice by his side, and countless other girls from Gensokyo.

They walked together in a fixed direction.

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Now, it's a situation where a few people are following the main group.

The girls from Gensokyo followed behind, with Accelerator and Takibayashi leading the way.

Naturally, Alice followed behind them.

But he didn't say a single word the entire time.

He simply followed Accelerator silently and unpretentiously.

then.

Before Alice could even react, a hand had already pulled her abruptly behind her.

"What are you doing, Alice?!"

A black and white magician.

Marisa pulled herself back to the intersection of a street behind, ignoring the girls slowly leaving around her, and dragged Alice to this deserted corner.

Marisa's face showed an expression of disapproval.

"Go for it! Take the initiative! Uh... I remember reading something like that in the book. Anyway, don't just stand there doing nothing! He's right in front of you, isn't he? Try saying something!"

"I...can't do it..."

Alice slowly lowered her head.

He spoke in a low voice, keeping it as quiet as possible.

"I... right now, whenever I see him, I feel like I can't say anything at all... I have so much to say, but... at times like this, I'm completely different from my usual self..."

Marisa, of course, knew what Alice was like on a normal day.

Calm, compliant, and serene.

She always exudes elegance, giving off a mysterious aura that makes her seem like a synonym for mystery. Once you get close to her, you can feel an unparalleled tranquility. Combined with her lovely figure and face, she is the epitome of a Western dark and mysterious beauty.

…But now it's completely different.