One-way traffic

"It's ok."

But Hatsune Miku was still murmuring.

She remained calm, as if she only remembered those words, simply pursuing the goal in her heart.

"I will definitely bring you back."

"No matter who stands in our way, I will tear them all apart. That's right, with your own power."

The girl gently stroked the wings on her back.

A happy smile appeared on her face.

"We are together."

"From now on, we will definitely always be together, so I will never let you...leave me..."

The world is still undergoing subtle changes.

And that's what made all of this happen.

It was the result of a girl's obsessive madness in her attempt to gradually bring back someone who no longer existed in this world.

The rampage caused by this academy city continues.

With a non-divine body, transcending the realm of gods.

Chapter 708 The White Monster Transformed into a Soul

"Huh? What's wrong, Touma?"

Index walked along the street, which was nearing the depths of winter, and turned back in confusion to look at Touma Kamijou beside her.

"...No, I just feel a little uncomfortable."

"Huh? What do you mean by feeling uncomfortable...?"

"To be honest, I don't really understand this either."

Kamijou Touma scratched his right hand.

Then, he tightly closed his five fingers together.

"I just always feel like I've forgotten something."

"...something that is probably very important to me."

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illusory.

The concepts of heaven and earth seem to have not yet been born, and the five senses, the six senses, or even all of the above senses are unable to function.

Questions like "Who am I?" and "Where am I?" are simply unanswerable.

They can't even maintain the most basic thinking.

It's as if time has been stopped. For those whose time has been frozen, this moment is just a fleeting instant, but for those who can still move within the frozen time, this moment is eternity.

The concepts of time and space, quantity and hierarchy, all disappear.

Boundless and endless, pitch black with no bottom in sight.

…Then.

It was as if I heard a sound that should never have been heard.

Click.

It's like raindrops hitting glass.

Click click click.

It's like a thick sheet of paper being shaken back and forth.

Click click click click click click click click click—!!

Then, it shattered.

The human soul appeared directly there.

"—?!"

Accelerator.

He instantly appeared in the ethereal space, his eyes wide, waking up in disbelief from a slumber he had been in for an unknown period of time.

I…

"Still alive...? No, that's not right..."

After confirming that he still had self-awareness, Accelerator immediately looked at his current body.

She was not wearing anything.

He wasn't even wearing basic underwear, and the electrodes on his neck had disappeared without a trace. He couldn't see his body from his own perspective, but when he pulled a few strands of hair from his forehead, he immediately confirmed that his pale hair color hadn't changed.

Judging from this, the blood-red pupils should not have changed.

"...and their abilities are still intact."

When you extend your right hand forward, you can clearly feel that everything in the space is under your control—a magical feeling.

The superpower to manipulate all directions of energy in the world still exists.

but.

Accelerator slowly reached out and touched his heart.

There was no movement.

Strangely, even though my whole body felt warm, my heart was not beating. Even if I manipulated the flow of blood inside to stimulate it and force it to beat, my feelings remained unchanged.

Even more unusually, he finally realized that he was no longer in Academy City, nor inside the black hole he had been in before.

Rather, it's in the universe.

In the vast expanse of space, where only distant stars can be seen all around.

Using his ability to manipulate vectors, his reflections allow him to evade all harmful rays and the incredibly cold temperatures of the universe.

But even so, it absolutely cannot solve his oxygen problem.

For Accelerator to move freely in the universe, he has always needed to use the "Doomsday Destroyer" to create a space inside his head that connects to the atmosphere on Earth so that he can breathe.

But now, let alone a "doomsday destroyer," they don't even have a decent set of clothes.

How did he manage to breathe normally in space without suffocating?

No, in the end—

The current Accelerator is not breathing at all.

"I see... So that's how it is? Damn it."

From a biological point of view, he is indeed dead.

However, Accelerator still exists here at this moment.

Rather than a ghost, it was more like a moving corpse. However, Accelerator was well aware of his current physical condition, which could not be explained by simple physics or biology. In fact, it was not a normal body at all.

Could it be that I can continue to move around in this universe even without relying on reflection?

Driven by this subconscious thought, Accelerator unconsciously... shut down his reflexes.

Swah——

Harmful rays from the universe, along with various other effects, and unimaginably low temperatures, instantly enveloped his body.

So cold.

It was unbelievably cold.

Frozen to the point of mental stiffness, Accelerator retrieved Reflection without hesitation.

I wish I had some clothes.

When this subconscious thought resurfaced in his mind—

And then the clothes appeared.

"…ah?"

Even Accelerator himself was stunned.

Covering himself was his signature black and white striped top and jeans that looked like they belonged to a designer brand.

The clothes that I used to wear almost every summer in my earliest days appeared on my body.

"What... is going on? Could it be that I've gained the ability to make my wishes come true?"

"Impossible." Accelerator immediately dismissed the idea.

He then considered other things, such as running to Last Order and Hatsune Miku's side, or turning back time to the time when he was still slaughtering the Misaka Sisters, or even the simplest idea of ​​giving himself a can of coffee, but none of them came to fruition.

But there were other sensations inside the pocket.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out... a cell phone manufactured in Academy City.

In his trouser pocket was the pistol he hadn't used in a long time, the one he'd used during his time in the secret service.

Could it be... that all of these things were reconstructed based on one's own memories?

"The texture is almost indistinguishable from the real thing, so what if I change my clothes...?"

The thought flashed through his mind, and his clothes turned grayish-white—a pure white overcoat and a black and white striped overcoat.

In the end, she went back to wearing that black and white striped short-sleeved t-shirt.

…It seems that only clothing can be changed at will.

Moreover, whether it is external or internal, or even in terms of mental vectors, my own structure is completely different from that of normal humans.

"Ha! If that's the case, then my current state must be that of a soul, right?"

It's truly an amazing result.

Logically speaking, the so-called soul form should be a kind of physique that cannot be touched or seen by ordinary people, or perhaps an invisible person.

However, Accelerator did not become like that, and he was also certain that his current state was simply a soul body.

But it doesn't matter.

"Whether it's a soul or a zombie, as long as it can move and retains normal consciousness, that's fine."

He truly deserves the title of Academy City's number one. No matter how bizarre the situation, he can absorb and understand it at the fastest learning speed. He is indeed the strongest mind in Academy City.

"As long as there are no problems, that's good. Although I don't know exactly what happened, I need to go check on those guys first."

If you're unsure whether this world is truly your own, the best way is to use the soul system to confirm.

Accelerator instinctively called out to the system in his mind.

No reaction.

The second time, he tried to access the system's inventory, but there was still no response.

He tried a third time, a fourth time, and even dozens of times, but he didn't succeed even once. He even shouted out, but nothing appeared in front of him.

The system disappeared.

No, or rather... that soul system is still within me, but... it may be unable to be summoned for some reason.

"Does it mean that I'm already dead, and my current state is just a soul, so it can't have any effect on me at all?"

That would be troublesome.

Tsk... The first person immediately thought of a whole bunch of troublesome things.

If he can't start the system, it means he can't cross the world and return to his original place.

Moreover, the items stored in the system inventory... probably won't be able to be taken out at all.

Armed items such as Nathos, Apollo, and the Doomsday Destroyer are probably out of the question.

Now, all I have at my disposal are a pistol, a cell phone, and various abilities that I can never lose.

This is a real problem... an unprecedented level of trouble!