Clip exposure, the savior Kamijou Touma

The number of Five_OVERs does not matter at all.

Because this is a duel between Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma.

(…Wait. Where on earth did that idiot go?)

The girl gave orders to the Five_OVERs around her to scan the area with various detectors.

The results came back quickly.

Behind. Directly behind.

The target was Kamijou Touma, who climbed onto the back of the Five_OVER at Mikoto's feet!

"Hi, Misaka."

The boy clenched his fists and smiled.

"If possible, I really don't want to use this thing on you. Do I still have to fight you?"

The electromagnetic cannons on the Five_OVER aircraft occupying this area are powerful. However, although the Gatling can scatter shells all over the sky, it sacrifices accuracy. At most, it can achieve the level of "probably shock and death on the spot if it touches the body", and it can't be as accurate as sniping a matchstick. Since the concept of Five_OVER is "to win over the esper used as a model", it means that even if Mikoto defends with all her strength, she is still in danger of being penetrated by stray bullets through the shield.

In other words, the safest place is next to Misaka Mikoto.

It didn't matter if she was surrounded by more than a hundred Gatling guns. Once the order to fire was given, even Mikoto herself would be blown up.

Misaka Mikoto first understood this premise through calm thinking.

Then a large amount of iron sand gathered around her.

These bundles of iron sand were no different from the "Iron Sand Sword". But this time she didn't hold them with her hands. The number was also different. The many black whips moving around like a visualization of the girl's anger looked like...

"...Heh...Heh. You think dealing with me would be 'safer and easier' than dealing with those scrap metals, right? Heh...oh...yeah..."

"When did you...become a tentacle pie...?"

"Even with those words, you totally think I'm an idiot, don't you? I have to end this here today. No matter what happens to you, I will first correct your rotten mentality with my own hands--!"

At the footing less than ten meters away on the back of Five_OVER, Misaka Mikoto, who was manipulating eight whips, confronted Kamijou Touma, who only had one fist.

To be honest, among all the attacks performed by Misaka Mikoto, Kamijou thought that the most terrifying one was the "Sword of Iron Sand".

The trajectory of the "Lightning Spear" and the Super-Electromagnetic Cannon is a straight line, and once launched, they cannot turn midway. Although their overwhelming speed and destructive power are threatening, it is not impossible to deal with them by staggering the timing and inducing misfires.

On the other hand, the "Sword of Iron Sand" would swing like a living thing. For Kamijou, who only had the ability to dispel with his right hand, this blade that could change its trajectory like a snake during an attack was even more terrifying. It was not impossible for it to withdraw at the moment when his hand was about to touch him, and then it would cut his wrist in return.

And this time there are eight.

They felt more like long spider legs than octopus or squid tentacles. Behind Mikoto floated a black sphere made of iron sand, and the whip extended from there, passing through Mikoto's shoulders or armpits and attacking Kamijou.

It seems like a wave of life attacks from eight directions simultaneously.

I can't handle it with just my right hand. I can only let others do whatever they want.

but!

Just as Kamijou grabbed one of the eight whips that was attacking him from the front.

Eight whips flew at the same time.

"strangeness?"

It can be said that he was completely defenseless and unarmed.

Kamijou looked at Mikoto, who was stunned, with an unpleasant look on his face.

"...Sigh, those eight are all connected to the sphere at the back, right? And wherever the 『Sword of Iron Sand』 touches, it will disappear entirely...If that's the case, wouldn't the destructive effect spread to every strand if I just touch it with this hand?"

"Huh--!"

"What's with this warm feeling? Ah... After all, until just now, I was really on the verge of life and death... How should I put it, this makes me feel at ease."

"Shut up! Don't put me in the group of funny characters!"

"That should be it. You give people the feeling of a hot spring in the snowy mountains or an oden vendor in winter."

"Don't treat me as a middle-aged or elderly person! You are obviously older!"

Mikoto's bangs made a "crackling" sound, emitting blue and white sparks.

Kamijou was prepared to face the "Lightning Spear", but things turned out to be unexpected.

Boom!

Five_OVER, which was originally used as a stepping stone, suddenly turned around like a bamboo stick was inserted and turned over. Mikoto rushed to Kamijou who was thrown into the snow by the shortest route.

“Come to think of it! You! Didn’t you say that you were going to repair the ‘troublemakers’ based in the ‘Sea Cemetery’ in Tokyo Bay together? And stop the guy named Othinus from making the ‘Lance’? Eh, how come you’re suddenly in love with the blonde eyepatch girl! You bastard!”

“Puff! Shit! My normal punches can’t handle it! Wait, there are many reasons why I’m like this!”

Kamijou barely dodged Mikoto's punch by turning his head, and then he and she rolled into a ball on the snow as she was about to ride on him.

The girl not only raised her fists, but also hit Kamijou’s face with her elbows and forehead from time to time.

“What should we do about ‘killing Othinus’?!”

"No more! No more use!"

"Why!"

"Well, I don't know where to start. Anyway, the world has already been destroyed!"

"How can such a ridiculous excuse explain why even you are on Othinus' side?"

"This is not just her problem anymore!"

Facing Mikoto who was trying to ride on him, Kamijou pulled his right leg to his chest and placed his foot on the girl's stomach. Then, like a spring being released, he flung his opponent away.

They stood up from the snow and started over again, a brief silence falling between them.

With weapons scattered around, Mikoto was the first to ask.

"…What does that mean?"

Chapter 229. Misaka Mikoto: Who understands this?

Who would have thought that this topic would unfold?

There was no fierce duel between the two.

There is no direct reversal of the plot to help the partner.

The direction of the plot at this moment.

Instead, it was Kamijou Touma who revealed the truth and the events after chasing and playing with Misaka Mikoto.

That's right.

This was the brilliant idea that Kamijou Touma came up with.

No..

It can't even be called wonderful.

It can only be said that it is a rational and inferior measure.

Because he always knew.

This troublesome girl in front of me is not an unreasonable person.

She is straightforward, yet fragile.

Sometimes he pretends to be tough, but his nature is never bad.

if you can.

The boy hoped that the stubborn brown-haired girl could understand his difficulties.

Understand why you have resorted to this desperate measure.

Hopefully she'll listen.

Be willing to listen to the world you see.

In that imaginary world.

All of the Misaka sisters exist.

No one was injured or killed.

Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator, who once became enemies because of this, now have a normal relationship as colleagues.

When we meet on the roadside or street corners, we can even greet each other and smile.

He started from the beginning and explained word by word.

"It actually took a long time from the time we arrived at the 'Sea Cemetery' to the time we were attacked by Othinus. However, you didn't notice it. Although you certainly wouldn't feel it, it's all true!"

That's right...that's something no one will remember.

Apart from the audience watching the clips on screen.

Only Kamijou Touma and Othinus will remember this record which is destined to be remembered by no one else.

Now I try to forget it.

The boy had to once again awaken the memory that he had tried to seal and sink into the abyss of oblivion.

I couldn't help but clench my teeth, squeezing out the stiff words that were clearly in my panic and palpitations.

His fear came not only from the cruelty he had suffered.

more.

More intuitive.

It is the pain and regret that a world that was originally destined to be perfect has been destroyed because of one's own willful actions.

What a perfect world it is...

Even though it was just a dream, I was still moved when I woke up.

"At that time... ah, damn it... I thought I had overcome it, but I was shaken again. Anyway, a lot of things happened at that time. A lot of things really happened... For example, can you believe it? None of the 20,000 sisters died, and they all participated in the temple fair together. And you were no longer tortured by it, and you simply laughed with your friends - I saw this scene. It was not an illusion or suggestion, nor was it a parallel world or a dream. It really was that 'this world' became that 'happy era'!"

He tried to find a sense of identity with Misaka Mikoto.

I want to describe in detail the world I see.

And accompanied by the voices of conversation within the screen.

The audience outside the screen also started discussing it.

...

There are generally two opinions.

A traditional school.

A group of reformists.

Traditionalists believe that these wonderful stories have nothing to do with Misaka Mikoto today, and it is just a little ridiculous to say it.

"But does such a world have any meaning for Misaka Mikoto who knows what happened in the past? That is the world reset by the demon god. Although it is a utopia..."

"But this utopia is for Misaka Mikoto in that world."

The representative of the conservative faction, Sarutobi Hiruzen, shook his head. As the Sandaime Hokage, he had a thorough and far-sighted view of things like human nature. He knew very well that these trivial words were nothing more than Kamijou trying to vent the pain from his heart.

The spokesperson for the reformists, Subaru Natsuki, was completely different. He yelled and clenched his fists, ignoring the helpless expressions of his companions beside him, and exclaimed: "That's right, tell him the truth, Brother Kamijou!! We are both protagonists, I know your thoughts too well!!"

The pain of being killed constantly, the pain of a world that only you can see, the pain of others being unaware of what has happened and having to swallow the bitter fruit alone.

Natsuki Subaru is so familiar!

He really had no way of forgetting the past.

Therefore, Kamijou Touma's catharsis at this moment seems to be a true reflection of himself.

Although Subaru Natsuki felt relieved when he saw himself in the Sanctuary during the previous clip of his story, Kamijou still felt guilty as he recounted the past that only he knew.

That sense of resonance that belonged only to him surged up again.

However... it's all in vain...

Even when Mikoto heard him say that, she was just surprised.

There is no such thing. It doesn't feel real.