One-way traffic

Accelerator walked in.

Following closely behind were girls of all ages from Gensokyo, as well as everyone else.

They completely disregarded the building's strong external defenses and reached the deepest part of the building with far greater ease.

In other words, it directly connects the external space with the internal space of the building point-to-point, and then manipulates the spatial vectors to directly penetrate it.

"Even if you offered someone a hundred billion US dollars, I don't think anyone would want to stay in this godforsaken place."

Accelerator stood inside the room, looked around, and finally came to this conclusion.

He was able to travel directly in using his spatial abilities because he was familiar with part of the building's structure, which saved him the trouble of attacking and damaging the building's outer walls from the outside.

Moreover, the exterior of this building is not so easy to break.

Calculation-based impact diffusion composite material.

The reason why Accelerator is said to know part of the building's structure is precisely because of the material used to form the building's exterior walls.

That is enough to rely on the ability of one side to pass through, and partially reproduce the effect of reflection, slowing down and neutralizing all incoming energy.

Although it only reproduces part of the effect of the ability to manipulate the direction of energy.

But what exactly is the strength of this force, and how exactly is it calculated for these armor plates?

This is something that Accelerator could not possibly know.

Where is that guy?

Even before they entered the building, some people were already getting restless.

Kakine Teitoku frowned as he looked around.

He didn't care about the building's interior structure or environment; all he wanted was to find the person he had always longed to meet.

"If you barge in looking like this, that guy definitely won't even give you a second glance."

"I don't care what that bastard thinks! Do you think I care? Or do you think I'll do something to make that bastard Aleister look at me the same way?!"

The two stared at each other, when Kakine Teitoku suddenly roared.

The commotion they caused drew the attention of others behind them.

Kakine Teitoku then calmed down a bit, not saying much, and simply tidying up his clothes.

But even so.

The expressions in the young man's eyes could not be hidden.

"So... what is your purpose in bringing us here?"

Reimu looked around and asked her first question.

"Judging from your expression, it seems like you're taking us to see someone."

"Hey~ Fran doesn't know anyone in this world at all."

Flandre, who had barely spoken until now, finally spoke up.

She looked around, curiously observing the structure of the entire building.

But then he looked at the building's walls with some surprise.

"How amazing! Although there are 'eyes' on these walls, no matter how I look at them, these 'eyes' never end up in Fran's hands."

"Fran, be quiet."

Patchouli quickly pulled Flandre's hand away, preventing her from getting involved in the discussion.

Accelerator could also see that the girls from Gensokyo were all looking at him with puzzled expressions.

Just as Flandre meant, the girls didn't know anyone who lived in the building.

If that's the case, why go through all the trouble of bringing them all to a place like this?

But until then.

One-way, first shifted its gaze to the other side.

—The area where they had just entered.

boom! ! !

The first one slammed his right foot into the ground.

An unparalleled shockwave, transforming into a substantial wave, slammed head-on into that location.

"Whoa-!"

"What...what's going on all of a sudden?!"

Marisa and Reimu, who were closest to the camera, were both startled.

However, apart from that, the other girls were not particularly surprised by it.

They seemed to have realized why Accelerator did this.

The shockwave bombarded the wall, and in theory, such a powerful impact should have spread throughout the entire building, causing a series of chain reactions.

But that's not how it turned out.

From the darkness, two dark shadows emerged.

Bang-!

There were two figures.

One of the figures appeared to be a man dressed in black, with blond hair and cat-ear-like headphones.

He leaped into the air and instantly neutralized the impact of the energy manipulation with a single punch.

And when he landed.

Accelerator, standing in front of him, raised his black and red gun and pointed it at his forehead.

"oops."

The blond youth was also taken aback for a moment.

However, he quickly adopted a posture with his hands raised.

Despite this, there was no sign of danger on his face.

"While it's wrong of us to hide in secret, is it really right to point something so dangerous at someone right away? Hey, buddy, you're really polite!"

"Who are you?"

--"you".

That's right, Accelerator's question wasn't just directed at the young man in front of him.

He pointed his pistol at the blond youth while turning his gaze to the other side.

Right there.

Emerging from the darkness was a man dressed in black and red clothing and a white cloak, but completely bald, with even his eyes appearing rather indifferent.

Two very strange men appeared in the chairman's building.

At this moment, the other girls, as well as Kakine Teitoku and Hatsune Miku, all turned their attention to them.

Are they... enemies?

"Wait a moment."

But just before this stalemate was about to escalate further, someone came to Accelerator's side.

Takibayashi quickly waved his hand.

"One side, they are not the enemy, put your guns away."

What's your basis for that?

“Uh… I heard from Miku that you now have the ability to read other people’s memories. In that case, why don’t you just read my memories directly? That should be faster than me talking about them.”

So Takibayashi just said those words out loud.

"Oh...mind reading?"

"What? You can read minds...?"

"Oh dear...that reminds me of some unpleasant memories."

"Your Highness, are you referring to the monster called 'Satori'?"

"Yes~ Those monsters have a third eye that can read other people's thoughts. As for me, I've never really liked associating with them."

"That's true. People who can read minds are really annoying."

"This guy has such a disgusting ability. Maybe we should just ignore him from now on. Who knows if he'll be able to read our minds?"

"Big sister, what does mind reading mean?"

Just one sentence caused such a huge uproar.

The girls in Gensokyo started whispering amongst themselves, but Alice was the only one who didn't join them in their murmurs.

As for Takibayashi, who said those words... he already foresaw what his fate would be.

He noticed Accelerator's kind expression as he looked at him.

"Uh... forgive me, I didn't mean to."

The first person didn't intend to do anything to him, but just pursed his lips in obvious displeasure.

What he cared about was that Hatsune Miku told Takibayashi about all the abilities she possessed.

The first person glared at Hatsune Miku, who was standing some distance away, with some displeasure, while the girl with the blue twin tails smiled sheepishly.

He didn't intend to tell Takibayashi all the details, just in case the kid had some other plans... but it didn't matter anyway.

So, following Takibayashi's instructions, Accelerator immediately converted the generator into a psionic generator and used it to read his mind.

"...That did happen."

After reading Takibayashi's memories, Accelerator put away Apollo and looked at the two people in front of him again.

He then went on to try to read their thoughts.

however.

"…ah?"

One of them could not be read.

I don't know exactly why, it feels like... it's been erased by something.

This feeling wasn't like my own reflex; it was as if the ability to manipulate mental vectors was being forcefully deflected.

It actually looks somewhat like... the right hand of that powerless person.

"Ah, my head is a little itchy."

However, the other person successfully read it.

Even so, the bald man whose mind was being read still scratched his head, which was enough to make Accelerator feel strange.

"Well, forget about reading my mind or anything like that. If you have any questions, I'll just tell you directly."

"No need, I already know everything."

By reading a fragment of memory from the previous part, Accelerator was able to at least learn about the situation of these two people.

One is called Saitama, and the other is called Izayoi Sakamaki.

Just as Takibayashi described, they had met before and had even helped each other.

As for how they got into the building…

"They actually got in through the crater they made on the building's exterior wall before?"

"Ah, well, I'm not quite sure who made that hole either."

Izayoi Sakamaki scratched her head and laughed nonchalantly.

"It looks like someone blew open the exterior wall of this building from the inside and escaped. Anyway, it's much easier if there's an opening. We can just pull from both sides and widen the opening."

That being said, even when spoken to, one can still use physical strength to pry open the outer wall of a building that could withstand nuclear weapons...