On the 23rd, Tōma Jōjō brought Accelerator, who had lost his consciousness, to Yoshikawa's research lab.
Yoshikawa handed the portable terminal and the black solar panel to the Preceding Article and motioned him to accept it.
"The enemy is likely to locate your mobile device, so using a phone may expose your whereabouts. My contact information is stored here, use this to contact me. "
"Why do I feel like … everything is well planned … Hahaha …"
Yoshikawa ignored the Preceding Article and continued to speak. "Through this portable terminal, I can find your location. In addition, in order to obtain information, I also installed eavesdropping equipment inside, so the power will be consumed very quickly. At this time, you need to use the solar panel. Do you understand? "
…
Then, at the moment when the final battle with Tsurugi was about to take place. 26th.
"Portable terminal, you didn't forget, right?"
"I didn't forget, your obsession with it is too deep."
After Kamijou handed the portable terminal to Accelerator, the white-haired, red-eyed esper finally shifted his gaze away after examining it over and over, before forcefully shoving an item into Kamijou's hand. "Take it."
"Huh? This is … "
Accelerator pointed at his ear and motioned for the Preceding Article to put it on.
"Wireless earpiece, I will instruct you how to deal with the bastard named Tsurugi over there."
Accelerator looked at the Preceding Article and put on the earpiece in a daze. He raised his head slightly and an almost imperceptible smile appeared on his face.
"Although I really don't want to work with you … In the end, I will reluctantly help you."
This was the final joint action between Tōma Jōjō and Accelerator.
—
—
After Accelerator looked at the Preceding Article and turned around, he quickly turned the portable terminal in his hand as if he was examining it. Then, he opened the back cover with his fingers.
Inside it was the electric storage cell that he had already modified long ago. If they were connected to electrodes, they would be able to replenish electricity and temporarily restore computing power.
This was the First One's final secret weapon, a preparation for the end from the very beginning.
Accelerator tightened his grip on the battery and clenched his teeth.
Tōma Jōjō shouldn't have any problems. Although he didn't plan to use his ability to help Tōma Jōjō, Tōma Jōjō was someone who had experienced life and death situations. He wouldn't be defeated so easily.
Moreover, in such a short period of time, Accelerator's electrode could only recover a tiny amount of power. If they used it to defeat Tsurugi, then they wouldn't be able to stop Academy City's actions.
(Tsk, as expected, I should get rid of the small hydrogen bomb before those Academy City bastards arrive …)
Accelerator raised his head and looked at the nearly destroyed spire.
Under the dark, lightless sky, the tip of the tower was bent and cracked like a bird's beak.
Although the timer was stopped and there was no danger of explosion, if the small hydrogen bomb placed on the spire was recovered by Academy City, there would be no point in stopping Tsurugi.
So Accelerator stood up.
While glancing at the Preceding Article from the corner of his eyes, he moved as little as possible in order not to be discovered.
Using the little ability he had just recovered to control the direction of the electric current in his body, reduce the cerebral cortex's excitability, and strengthen the inhibition process. This method had a certain analgesic effect.
Although the pain was alleviated, Accelerator knew that the wound didn't completely stop bleeding. This method was nothing but self-consolation that didn't have any real effect.
(But if I want to stop the bleeding … my computing power will be used up.)
Accelerator looked down at his side abdomen.
Although he didn't feel any pain, the large red and black bloodstain was still slowly expanding. In other words, the wound opened again when he was fighting Tsurugi.
Accelerator sighed, pressed down on the wireless headset, and then said to the Preceding Article.
"I'm only going to say it once, so listen carefully."
Tsurugi's shooting mode, if he didn't miscalculate, was limited by the angle of deviation. And the bad consequence of mechanical modification was that — — the trajectory could be predicted.
"That guy's continuous firing mechanism shouldn't be maintained for too long. Sixteen shots at a time is already the limit. In order to save as many bullets as possible and improve accuracy, that bastard should be able to — — shoot in bursts. "
Although Tsurugi might not be aware of it himself, his shooting was interfered with by his thinking mode. It seemed like random numbers, but it could be completely predicted.
The degree of muscle contraction, the angle of arm tilt, and the trajectory of the bullet based on the timing of the Preceding Article's dodge could all be calculated.
The moment Accelerator finished the high-speed calculation, he got a perfect result.
"(23, 20, 17)"
— — This was something much more complicated and difficult for ordinary people.
But Accelerator could do it.
As the number one in Academy City, this process was so simple that he didn't have to worry about it.
… …
While reporting the 3D coordinates to the Preceding Article (Because of the Preceding Article's strong request, it was changed to 2D coordinates), Accelerator slowly retreated to the edge of the steel mesh.
61m away from the top of the tower.
If he used his ability to control the airflow, he would immediately be noticed by the Preceding Article. Although being discovered wouldn't cause too much interference to his plan.
But.
Accelerator tried to imagine the scene, and his face immediately became gloomy.
— — The Preceding Article would definitely chase after him.
Since that was the case, he had to prevent this from happening.
Accelerator sized up the structure of the spiral steel mesh.
In order to fix and support, there were several steel bars connected in parallel between the two steel bars. If he had to describe it, it would be like the arrangement of hydrogen bonds between the DNA double strands.
Accelerator then grabbed the steel bar. His intention was clear — — to climb to the top of the tower by following this steel bar.
61m away from the top of the tower, 271m away from the ground.
If he was careless, he would fall to his death.
For Accelerator, whose physical fitness couldn't compare to a normal person's, who was seriously injured and extremely tired, this was simply the worst choice.
But this was the only way to stop the Preceding Article from catching up.
The chilly night wind cut into his skin like sharp blades, the cold and pain like a whirlpool and tidal wave ravaging this esper's mind.
The five fingers holding the steel bar had already lost feeling. With the feeling of his life hanging by a thread, Accelerator gasped for breath.
Even so, he didn't stop moving. He continued to climb with difficulty and stubbornness.
(… … What the hell am I doing, I …)
Every time he moved up a little, he felt that he was getting closer to the dark and oppressive sky.
(Ha … … Why do I have to care about that powerless person's movements. Even if that bastard comes over, it won't do anything. Can't I just throw him off the tower?)
But he still couldn't relax.
Even if the Preceding Article had the slightest intention of coming over during the battle with Tsurugi, he would subconsciously become nervous.
He didn't want Tōma Jōjō to be involved.
He didn't want him to be killed by him.
This kind of mood constantly troubled Accelerator.
While he was thinking about this, the first person slowly moved up.
But perhaps because he was distracted, he stumbled and lost his footing.
After losing his center of gravity, when Accelerator came back to his senses, he was already falling backwards.
Below him was a seemingly bottomless void.
If he fell from this height, there was no chance of survival.
He desperately reached out to grab the steel bar to stop his fall. But this crazy fall couldn't be stopped.
— — He couldn't catch it.
It was as if it wanted to obstruct him. He couldn't grasp the slightest chance of survival.
In that instant, Accelerator's slightly moving lips leaked out a few syllables.
But perhaps because the signal wasn't good, this weak voice didn't reach the Preceding Article's ears.
Just like that, it disappeared.
— —
— —
"Hey, Accelerator."
It was the voice of the powerless person.
"… Why can't I … hear your voice?"
Accelerator panted softly and looked at the top of the tower, which was still 31 meters away from here.
Finally, he managed to stop himself from falling. Step by step, he climbed up to this place. At this time, Accelerator was so tired that he almost didn't have the mood to answer the Preceding Article's question.
Taking a deep breath, Accelerator tried his best to calm down.
"The signal is bad."
But he was questioned by the Preceding Article.
"Then … the tiredness in your voice is also caused by the bad signal?"
At that moment, he exposed Accelerator's lie.
His heartbeat accelerated and his whole body trembled.
Accelerator didn't realize until now how afraid he was that Tōma Jōjō would discover his intentions.
But as if he was narrating the calmest facts, Accelerator said indifferently and without any emotion.
"Ah, yes. It's just that the signal is bad. "
It wasn't because of a bad signal. Both of them were well aware of that.
But as if they were carefully protecting the thin layer of lies, neither of them spoke the truth.
No, it was more like a naive fantasy.
Accelerator imagined that Tōma Jōjō wouldn't discover the truth until the last moment. And Tōma Jōjō imagined that Accelerator wouldn't do anything before the ten minute time limit was up.
In fact, this was futile.
Because what Accelerator was going to do was —
— —
Erase his own existence.
— —
Until a few years ago, he was still an ordinary gangster that could be seen everywhere in the underground streets.
He smoked cheap tobacco and drowned in the smell of alcohol all day long. He ran through the streets and alleys with his friends, who he was more familiar with, and made vulgar jokes loudly and unrestrainedly.
This was the daily life of the man named Tsurugi.
However, this peaceful and monotonous life suddenly changed one day.
His mother had a terminal illness.
Originally, Academy City's advanced technology could have prevented the disease from spreading, but it would have cost a lot of money.
He took out all of his savings and even sold all of his family's property to pay for the treatment, borrowing money everywhere until he was in debt.
— — but he still didn't have enough money.
He still couldn't save his mother's life.
"Human experiments are very profitable." Until one day, he heard someone say this in a tavern in the underground streets.
And so, in order to get that generous reward, he accepted Academy City's illegal human experiments.
71% of his body was replaced with alloy and cotton wool, and even his organs were removed to exchange for money. In order to save enough money, he didn't hesitate to become a chess piece hidden in the darkness of Academy City.
But even so, he desperately tried to make money to extend his mother's life, but one day, he still received a death notice.
The cause of death wasn't organ failure as written on the notice, Tsurugi understood this.
"Ranking floating plan." In order to smoothly implement this plan, a large amount of scientific research and medical treatment was needed.
For this plan, the medical personnel were temporarily transferred, which led to his mother's death.
For personal gain, he easily gave up on the patient's life.
For this inexplicable reason, he heartlessly cut off the chance of survival that he risked his life and destroyed his body in exchange for.
That's why.
From the moment he knelt on the cold floor of the hospital and cried his heart out, Tsurugi made up his mind.
Not only for his mother who died for no reason, but also for his own body that had been modified to the point where it no longer resembled a human.
— — he absolutely had to destroy Academy City.
No matter what price he had to pay, no matter what method he had to use, he had to crush this thick darkness.
…
He had already made up his mind at that time.
He had already decided to walk further and further down this path of no return.
However, this feeling was shaken like never before.
After he shouted out his determination to destroy Academy City, he was interrupted by the hedgehog-headed boy called Tōma Jōjō standing in front of him.
"That's true … I can understand your feelings now. The pain of losing someone you love, as well as the flames of revenge that want to burn your heart to ashes — — I completely understand your feelings. "
[You definitely don't understand.]
Tsurugi wanted to say this, but when he saw the boy's obsidian-like eyes, he was speechless.
Tōma Jōjō's eyes also contained a haze that couldn't be dispelled.
But in that haze, there was a flash of anger and determination.
[This boy is the same type of person as me.] Tsurugi couldn't help but think so.
"I have also experienced … the pain of losing someone precious. Although that guy has temporarily returned, I don't know when he will be lost again. You are the same — — anxious because you can't protect your mother, because you can't protect the person you love the most, right? "
Tōma Jōjō took a step forward.
"But have you ever thought that your method is completely wrong?!"
Shocked by the boy's words and his imposing manner, Tsurugi widened his eyes and couldn't say a word.
The Preceding Article continued to take a step forward.
"In order to protect someone, you can hurt 2.3 million people? In order to protect someone's happiness, you have to sacrifice 2.3 million lives and let your hands be stained with blood?! Is this what your mother and your family wish for, or is this a farce you made for your own self-satisfaction like a child?! "
Something seemed to have touched Tsurugi's heart. His arm trembled violently as he raised the muzzle and finally aimed at the boy standing across from him.
The Preceding Article took a step forward and finally stood in front of Tsurugi.
"It's not … like what you said …"
Tsurugi desperately wanted to use words to refute the will of the boy. He muttered incoherently.
"It's not like that … it's like what you said!!!"
At that moment, he fired at Tōma Jōjō.
It was only a few steps away, and there was the danger of falling from 271 meters at any time. The result was that the boy couldn't dodge the bullet.
However, there was no need to dodge.
Kamijou Touma didn't make any movements to dodge. He used his body that wasn't considered strong and was completely like an ordinary high school boy's body to receive the incoming bullet head on!
At that moment, blood splashed out and scattered on the surrounding steel bars.
His body was covered in blood.
But he didn't retreat half an inch.
With the most resolute gaze, he turned into a sharp arrow that pierced Tsurugi's heart.
"I won't … fall. Before all of this is over … I won't fall! "
In the face of the bullet, he took another step forward.
With a body full of scars, with a will that was not damaged at all.
With the most natural movement, Tōma Jōjō raised his right fist.
"You were transformed by Academy City, this is an indisputable fact —"
The boy glared at Tsurugi without dodging. He shouted with all his strength as if he was about to cry.
"But, you're still a living human! You can still breathe, stand here, communicate with me, and have your own consciousness!! "
He wanted to protect the most precious thing.
When had he ever forgotten his original intention?
He wanted to become the most ordinary human.
When did he abandon his original intention?
— — The boy's right fist smashed into his face.
Although his nerves had been anesthetized for a long time, Tsurugi couldn't feel the slightest pain. However, a shuddering pain came from his heart that was still throbbing.
"Even so … I can't forgive Academy City. You want me to stop with just a few words from a brat … "
"Then leave the rest to us."
The Preceding Article abruptly interrupted Tsurugi.
"I'll inherit your will. Tōma Jōjō, my current position is free. I don't belong to Academy City, nor do I belong to any faction. I will definitely find a better way than destroying Academy City, which is a third-rate option. "
"Hah, you're just a brat, yet you speak so eloquently. But — — do I have any basis to believe you?"
Tsurugi coldly laughed and stared at the Preceding Article.
He tried to find the slightest hint of wavering in the boy's eyes, but he failed.
That impeccable conviction couldn't convince him at all.
"… The 'Ranking Floating Plan'."
Suddenly, a word came out from the boy's mouth.
For Tsurugi, that word had a very complicated meaning.
The murderer of his mother. The target that he really wanted to stop.
Staring in shock at the boy who seemed to know everything and was shockingly calm, Tsurugi's forehead broke out in cold sweat for the first time because he couldn't adjust his body temperature.
Tōma Jōjō said.
"— — I'll stop the Ranking Floating Plan. In return, you can't do anything to the 2.3 million people of Academy City."
Tsurugi smiled at him.
Smiled. Laughed loudly. Laughed madly.
Finally, the emotionless laughter that seemed to never stop.
Then he calmed down and slowly took off the Beret on his head. He, who didn't take off his hat during the fierce battle, finally took it off at the last moment.
He pressed the hat on his chest and bowed deeply.
"To show my … respect to you."
The Preceding Article nodded slightly. "It's my pleasure."
Tsurugi stood up straight and looked at the Preceding Article.
The man with a scar on his face and 71% of his body made of alloy said.
"Although it wasn't my intention to ask you, brat, but this time, I'll trust you for once."
The two of them adjusted their posture and didn't dare to face each other in a tense confrontation.
On top of the spiderweb-like steel bars, at an altitude of 271 meters, the two of them faced each other.
After a long silence, Tsurugi was the first to break the silence.
He said.
"… Let's fight it out."
"Ah, that's what I thought too."
The Preceding Article answered.
As soon as his voice fell, the two of them faced each other head-on.
Perhaps because he ran out of bullets, Tsurugi didn't shoot. Instead, he punched straight at the face of the Preceding Article.
The hardened alloy fist brought with it a sharp wind, as if there was a reaction force pushing it forward!
However, The Preceding Article didn't make any defensive or counterattack movements at that moment.
He jumped off the steel bars.
There was a 200m void below, a hopeless height where a human's body couldn't survive.
Even Tsurugi was shocked by his decisiveness. His pupils contracted, and he subconsciously stopped his movements.
At this moment, The Preceding Article stretched out his arms and grabbed the steel bars. With the trick of pull-ups, he threw his body up!
Tsurugi's back was facing The Preceding Article. Even if he sensed his breath, he still didn't turn around.
He stretched out his finger and tapped his head.
"Let's end this, brat."
Head. This was Tsurugi's weakness, the only part of his body that hadn't been modified. Exposing all of this to The Preceding Article, Tsurugi's intention was clear at a glance.
Tōma Jōjō stood up.
Standing still, getting up, and punching.
It only took a few seconds, but it felt as long as a century.
The owner of "Imagine Killer".
The teenager said in a deep voice.
"Your fantasy will end at this moment, at this moment —"
The powerless named Tōma Jōjō punched again.
For the lives of 2.3 million people. And for himself.
"— I'll kill you!"
—
It was over.
When he realized this, The Preceding Article found himself kneeling next to the column in the middle of the steel bars, holding the phone that had just changed the battery and was waiting to be turned on.
After using all of his strength to hit Tsurugi, the man didn't resist at all. He lost his balance and fell from a height of 271 meters.
In other words, the opponent deliberately let him win.
(Fortunately, he was only grazed by a bullet, so it wasn't a big price to pay.)
The Preceding Article checked the wound and then sighed.
At this moment, he was shocked by the exaggerated vibration of his phone.
20 missed calls filled the screen, and all of them were from a girl — Mikoto Misaka.
Trembling with fear, he tried to call back once. Sure enough, as soon as he heard the busy tone, the extremely recognizable female voice immediately came through.
"Seriously, you idiot!! You said you were going to meet at the Third Wheel Bridge station, but where are you now?! How can you ask a girl out and then stand her up — "
The Preceding Article's forehead was covered in cold sweat.
"… Let's not talk about that, beep beep beep. Where … are you now? "
"Huh? It's right next to Zakura, the Third Wheel Bridge Station! "
"Huh?? You … are still there? "
I'm so sorry, Miss Mikoto Misaka!! Mr. Ujō ditched you and went on a date with the Armed Powerless Group! Although he really wanted to say that, he really did look like an idiot who didn't understand romance.
"Hehe, I'm kidding ~ who would wait for a guy like you. By the way, I'm now in School District 7, I'll ask you to compensate me for the bus fare to School District 9 …" Mikoto Misaka said to herself. Her tone seemed to be a little happy that she "tricked" the Preceding Article.
However, the Preceding Article mercilessly interrupted her.
"Um … Let's talk another day. I'm hanging up, okay? "
"What? What? That's it! Wait, wait … Let's talk another day … "
Ignoring Mikoto's panicked voice, the Preceding Article's expression gradually became serious.
The screen showed Yoshikawa's number.
After hanging up the phone with Mikoto, the Preceding Article called the researcher.
However, as soon as he picked up, Yoshikawa's anxious voice immediately came through.
"Kid, where is Accelerator?"
"He just took a break, now he's …"
The Preceding Article stood up and walked around the pillar.
However, the first person was nowhere to be seen.
"… She's not here." The Preceding Article muttered to himself.
Then, a terrible and extremely ominous premonition tightly gripped his heart, and he felt dizzy for a moment.
— I should've noticed it earlier.
I should've noticed it earlier!
The call with Accelerator was cut off halfway, and the first person had already told him before that.
"The signal is bad."
The reception range of the wireless headset wasn't very large.
Since there was no signal, it meant one thing.
— Accelerator moved without permission.
"Why … What the hell …!"
The Preceding Article clenched his hair as if he was going to pull his scalp off, and he trembled in despair and pain.
However, Yoshikawa's words made him even more desperate.
"Go stop that kid! Accelerator … intends to blow up the entire Seventh District.
Tower! No, that's not the most important thing, that kid — "
"Wants to pay with his life to end all of this!!"
—
The Big Bang theory.
As early as 1848, Gamow established the theory of the Big Bang. Unlike the explosion form on Earth that spread around from one point, it happened everywhere at the same time. Each particle flew away from another particle, causing the space to be filled with the rapid expansion of the explosion.
The premise for the Big Bang was extremely high density and high temperature of microscopic particle gas.
If you want to create such a space, I'm afraid that the computing power won't be able to bear the load.
However, it must be tried.
Although using plasma was also a method, due to the effect of the Poltergeist, the airflow of the entire Academy City was completely chaotic. I'm afraid that I'll have to constantly modify the calculation formula, and it'll be impossible to destroy the hydrogen bomb before the Academy City's recovery team arrives.
"Then, let's make this space expand rapidly."
Accelerator tilted his head and quickly listed the steps needed to calculate in his mind.
Because this was a huge high-risk experiment that even humans couldn't simulate at this stage, there was no practical theoretical support.
Accelerator remembered the conversation he had with Yoshikawa a day ago.
["… Is it about the calculation field? How much can it expand? "]
["91% … No, 87%, right?"]
At this time, he could only use 87% of the calculation field. The remaining 13% was the fragments left over from the original A-level password, which was almost impossible to clean up.
This experiment was still very dangerous when his computing power was at 100%, and he only had 87% of the ability to complete it.
To be honest, he would die.
Even if he was the first in Academy City, Accelerator would die.
The moment he expanded the calculation field, his brain sent a warning signal.
[Space Extension # 22! 0？ 3D Space Cutting? 8/%)
This was an alarm that his computing power couldn't handle.
Originally, the simulation of a universe explosion was already too ridiculous to believe.
However, Accelerator endured the severe headache and continued to calculate.
At that moment.
A voice came.
"— Accelerator! Stop it! "
For a moment, he felt shocked and confused. He couldn't believe it and stopped part of the calculation function in his brain.
After looking around in a panic, he realized that the portable terminal that he had put the battery back into the back cover after charging it was lit up. The sound of a note being loaded came from there.
Seeing that the Preceding Article didn't come here, Accelerator was relieved.
Then, he picked up the terminal.
At the moment when he didn't stop the explosion calculation, he said in a relaxed tone.
"… Yo, who allowed you to call."
In contrast to his relaxed tone, his trembling body and pale and painful expression.
There was no turning back.
— Then at least at the end, say goodbye.
— —
"What … are you going to do."
"After blowing up this tower, go back to sleep."
"This sentence is a lie."
After being quickly pointed out by the Preceding Article, Accelerator took a deep breath. The Preceding Article didn't let go of this detail and continued to speak.
"Accelerator, you didn't plan to come back in the first place. I know this clearly."
His fingers almost crushed the portable terminal in an instant. The first tried to calm his emotions.
"And then? So what if a lowlife like you knows about it? Save the entire Earth, or fly around like a superman in red shorts and stop the meteor shower? Ha … Don't joke around. If you can't do anything, don't interfere! It's as if you understand everything and have seen through everything. Your bastard attitude is what pisses me off the most! "
"— So I can die like this?!"
Suddenly.
Caught off guard.
Tōma Jōjō roared with a crying voice, with intense pain and unwillingness.
"No one here is expecting your sacrifice! Why can't you understand this? We put in so much effort to save you, but in the end, what do you want me and Yoshikawa to do? Are we just a simple part of the plan?! Even if you don't consider this, Misaka Sister's Commander Tower is your final work. Are you going to abandon her?! She doesn't want to see a Academy City without you!! "
Silence.
As if he was speechless by the Preceding Article, Accelerator didn't make any response.
The Preceding Article slowly panted and then said.
"Finally, this is my personal complaint."
"I … started working with you on the 14th. It's been two weeks. To be honest, you're so stubborn. Although the plan seems to be quite thorough, you always exclude others and stubbornly believe that as long as you sacrifice yourself — "
The Preceding Article's voice was a bit intermittent.
It wasn't because of the bad signal, but because of the fact that he was crying.
"But, as infuriating as you are, so infuriating that I almost want to give you a few punches at once ---"
"Compared to the black and white photo on the coffin surrounded by wreaths, I prefer you alive, Accelerator."
These were the most sincere words of Tōma Jōjō.
He wanted to save this white-haired, red-eyed superhuman, he wanted to pull him back from the dark abyss. This kind of intention was completely conveyed to the other party's heart.
"Hey, Accelerator. Where are you right now? "
The Preceding Article's voice sounded a bit tired, as if he was gasping for air.
He said with a bitter smile.
"— I'm coming to find you."
At that moment, Accelerator's pupils shrank.
His slightly opened mouth and trembling arms showed how emotional he was at the moment.
Accelerator was afraid that the Preceding Article would know his intentions.
— But what he was most afraid of was that he would catch up.
The Preceding Article said to himself.
"Although you may not know, but I made an oath to you, who lost consciousness. I will definitely bring you back, even if I have to put my life on the line, I will definitely — "
The Preceding Article was madly moving his legs, as if he was going to break his bones, rushing up the stairs with an unstoppable momentum.
The elevator stopped because of the tremors, and even the escape tunnel was filled with rubble.
But he didn't stop.
This ordinary male high school student who planned to use his legs to climb a height of sixty meters was indeed just a youth without any special abilities, and his body wasn't that strong.
Accelerator's expression became more and more shaken.
The determination of the Preceding Article, perhaps no one could stop him.
As long as he made up his mind, he would bravely move forward. This was his biggest characteristic and indelible essence.
So, he should be extinguished here.
The first person laughed.
"Hey, Incompetent."
This was the tone that the Preceding Article was very familiar with.
In the absolute ability evolution experiment, when he killed twenty thousand sisters. It was the cruel and merciless tone that Accelerator used.
"After saying so much, isn't it just to make me stop the calculation immediately? Then what's the benefit of making me stop? Immediately start the ranking floating plan? Let those bastards in Academy City benefit from it? That can't be right, your goal is the complete opposite of this! "
Accelerator showed a bored and bloodthirsty smile.
"Or, are you saying that you want to obediently come to me and be killed by me? After all, didn't you see that my mission, that crappy thing called XM73 — — was established with the premise of killing you!! "
The Preceding Article clenched his teeth. Just as he was about to refute, he was stopped by the first person's words.
That was an exceedingly terrifying and completely unacceptable fact.
"Ah, by the way. Even if you ran until your legs broke, you still wouldn't be able to reach me. "
Accelerator slowly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.
— — Twisting the steel bars into a knotted lock, and together with the rubble, blocked the road. As a powerless person, the Preceding Article was completely unable to reach here.
This was a cemetery that Accelerator specially prepared for himself.
At the same time, it was also the final stage.
“Game
Over, it should be like this. In the end, I still won. "
Accelerator said without the slightest sense of crisis.
He even showed a happy smile like a child.
"You … Do you think that your death is a condition for victory?! This kind of thing … "
"That's right."
The first person answered decisively.
Because, there was no better way.
If only one person's life could stop the plan from starting, the price was worth it.
The Preceding Article's voice was weak.
As if he wanted to confirm, he asked in a conflicted and painful voice.
"… Accelerator, to you, what am I?"
Accelerator was silent for a moment.
The white-haired, red-eyed superhuman's face revealed an expression of extreme fragility and pain.
Even though he did not shed any tears, he was probably crying silently in his heart.
He didn't want to leave.
He didn't want to die.
He wanted to live here.
This was Accelerator's truest and purest wish.
However, at the last moment, the Preceding Article heard the coldest answer.
Accelerator said with a calm and emotionless voice.
"— You and Yoshikawa are just chess pieces."
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