The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

At this point, the fantasy beast had transformed into a monster over two meters tall under the guards' gunfire, and it was still growing larger.

Inoue Hideka left a trail of afterimages as she swiftly rushed to the side of the fantasy beast, delivering a flying kick that sent the beast flying away from the guards.

"Roar!" The fantasy beast screamed, and suddenly a large amount of light condensed above its head, shooting towards Inoue Hideka.

Inoue Hideka used her speed and agility to dodge, but she still got a cut on her shoulder.

Inoue Hideka paid no attention to this minor injury, and flashed behind the Fantasy Beast, slamming his fist hard into its body.

The fantasy beast, which hadn't yet grown particularly large, was instantly blasted away and landed on an open space not far away.

Although the fantasy beast possesses multiple abilities, it lacks intelligence and doesn't understand tactics, which is why Inoue Hideka dared to challenge it one-on-one.

If it were a human with multiple abilities, Inoue Hidekazu would probably not be able to challenge him based on speed and physical strength alone!

The fantastical beast stared wide-eyed at Inoue Hideka, then suddenly unleashed dozens of tentacles, which swarmed towards Inoue Hideka.

Just then, Inoue Eika heard Saten Ruiko's voice: "Inoue! I did this to realize my dream, and I have no regrets!"

Inoue Hideka felt a pang of sadness as he thought of Saten Ruiko possibly struggling in bed because of the appearance of a fantasy beast.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" In the blink of an eye, Inoue Hideka was entangled by dozens of tentacles. The fantasy beast used its tentacles to pull Inoue Hideka and fling him towards a nearby wall.

Even with all her might, Inoue Hideka couldn't break free.

"Sizzle~" At the critical moment, countless electric currents severed the tentacles that were binding Inoue Eika, and Inoue Eika also broke free and jumped to the ground along the wall.

Watching Misaka Mikoto casually toss her hair, with static crackling in it, Inoue Eika sincerely said, "Thank you!"

Misaka Mikoto proudly raised her head: "Seriously! A weakling should at least have some self-awareness! What's with the show of bravado!"

Inoue Hideka smiled nonchalantly and quickly charged towards the fantasy beast.

How dare you use Ruizi's voice to deceive me? Unforgivable!

The fantastical beast is growing larger and larger, now nearly 5 meters tall, and is slowly moving towards the nuclear-powered experimental reactor.

Misaka Mikoto simply watched from the sidelines, ready to support Inoue Eika at any moment. Inoue Eika's expression bothered her a little; perhaps something had happened.

Inoue Eika rushed to the front of the fantasy beast and stopped in front of the nuclear power experimental reactor. He stretched out his arms and forcefully tore down the gate of the test site. With one arm holding the iron gate, Inoue Eika stomped his foot, and the recoil force created a large crater in the ground.

Inoue Eika disappeared from the spot and reappeared to the upper left of the fantasy beast in less than a second, swinging the iron gate and slapping it towards the fantasy beast's face!

"Roar!" The fantasy beast roared, its body flying backward a great distance!

The flying fantasy beast suddenly formed an ice crystal-like light shield in front of it, which rushed towards Inoue Hideka at an extremely fast speed, so fast that neither Inoue Hideka nor Misaka Mikoto could react in time.

With a loud "boom!", Inoue Hideka was hit by the light shield and his body was sent flying several meters behind him onto the wire mesh wall before slowly falling to the ground.

"Hey, are you alright?!" Misaka Mikoto shouted as she rushed toward Inoue Eika.

Slowly, she got up from the ground. Although it hurt a lot and she bled a lot, it did not affect Inoue Hideka's movements at all. To exaggerate, it did not affect her at all!

This is all thanks to Inoue Hideka's months of self-torture training. Like a superhuman body, although he bleeds and gets injured, Inoue Hideka, who is completely used to these things, can move freely even when he is on the verge of death, as long as he still has the power to mobilize in his body and his body is intact!

Inoue Eika slowly raised an arm, signaling Misaka Mikoto not to come closer. After stretching her body slightly, Inoue Eika charged towards the fantasy beast again.

The fantastical beast stopped its retreat and slowly moved toward the nuclear-powered experimental reactor.

Suddenly, Inoue Eika appeared above the fantasy beast's head. In mid-air, Inoue Eika clenched her fist, gathered her strength, and slammed her fist hard into the fantasy beast's head.

All I could see was that the entire head of the fantasy beast seemed to have shrunk into its neck, and it struggled for a long time before slowly pulling its head out.

Suddenly, music that resounded throughout Academy City filled the air, and Inoue Hideka knew that Uiharu Kazari had succeeded.

So, all we need to do next is destroy the core, right?

The struggling fantasy beast paused for a moment upon hearing the music.

good chance!

Inoue Hideka immediately seized the opportunity, leaped to the side of the building's stairs, adjusted his angle, and with a snap, slammed his palm against the iron railing of the stairs. A section of the railing was immediately sent flying and pierced the body of the fantasy beast.

The fantastical beast roared in pain, trying to use its abilities to move the iron bars away, when *crack!* it was struck by another piece of iron bar, which pierced deep into its body!

"Roar!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

Inoue Hideka moved swiftly, inserting long iron bars into the body of the fantasy beast!

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of iron bars were inserted into the body of the fantasy beast, reaching deep inside, turning the fantasy beast into a hedgehog.

Even its struggling movements were restricted, leaving it only able to scream in agony.

Finally, Inoue Hideka found a large iron plate-like object at the testing site and slammed it down hard on the head of the fantastical beast's hedgehog-like body.

With a series of crackling sounds, the body of the fantasy beast, which had lost its regenerative abilities, was torn apart from the inside by the action of hundreds of iron bars, and pieces of flesh sprayed out.

Among the many slices of meat, Inoue Hideka could vaguely see a metallic core.

Suppressing the nausea brought on by the meat slices, Inoue Hideka jumped up on the spot, grabbed an iron railing, and stepped over the disgusting meat slices, stopping above the core.

The iron bars, imbued with Inoue Hideka's rage, shattered the core with a single, hateful blow!

Falling from the sky to the ground, Inoue Hideka was covered in blood, some of it his own, but mostly of the blood from his imagined beasts.

Seeing that she hadn't even had a chance to participate in the battle, Misaka Mikoto felt a little resentful, but seeing Inoue Hideka covered in blood, she still asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing serious!" Inoue Eika said. "Um, Misaka-senpai, I'll leave the rest to you. I have to go now."

Inoue Hideka said sincerely, with a pleading expression on his face.

Inoue Hideka was in a hurry to go back and see Saten Ruiko; he didn't want to be taken away by the security guards to give a statement!

In the first place, Inoue Eika had no intention of getting involved. If Saten Ruiko hadn't been dragged into it, he would have just watched from the sidelines, since he himself didn't have much ability and didn't want to get involved in such dangerous things.

"What the hell! I didn't defeat them, why are you leaving this trouble to me!" Misaka Mikoto said stubbornly, but she didn't stop Inoue Eika from leaving.

It must be something very important to him, right? Otherwise, this guy wouldn't have swallowed his pride and asked me for help!

Misaka Mikoto watched Inoue Eika leave and thought to herself.

Inoue Hideka ran to the roadside, hailed a taxi, told the driver to hurry, and then quickly headed towards Saten Ruiko's dormitory.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Psychological Mastery!

When Inoue Eika arrived at Saten Ruiko's dormitory, Saten Ruiko was sitting on her bed, staring blankly at her hands.

Seeing Inoue Hidekazu enter covered in blood, her eyes widened in horror. She quickly jumped off the bed, ran to Inoue Hidekazu, and asked worriedly, "Inoue! What happened to you?"

Inoue Hideka smiled with relief and said to Saten Ruiko, "Don't worry, Ruiko. This is all the enemy's blood!"

To avoid worrying Saten Ruiko, Inoue Hideka told a white lie.

"Inoue, I'm sorry! I almost lost something more precious than my abilities!"

Saten Ruiko stretched out her arms and hugged Inoue Hideka, ignoring the pungent smell of blood, and said regretfully.

Seeing Inoue Hideka covered in blood, even if it wasn't her own, Saten Ruiko knew that she must have been in a very dangerous battle to have gotten it.

"Raiko, will you still call me Inoue?" Inoue Eika said with a smile, "I promised what you mentioned before!"

"And welcome back!" Inoue Eika broke free from Saten Ruiko's embrace and said to her.

"Yes, I'm back, Eika!" Saten Ruiko smiled, a very happy smile.

Even though Inoue Hideka was extremely tired, seeing such a smile made her feel as if she had regained her energy.

Slowly lowering his head, Inoue Eika looked into Saten Ruiko's eyes and gently moved closer to her face.

Saten Ruiko shyly closed her eyes, but did not flinch, simply waiting quietly for that wonderful first experience.

With his hand on Saten Ruiko's waist, Inoue Eika embraced her, his lips brushing against the girl's fragrant lips.

Saten Ruiko felt the touch on her lips, waiting helplessly for Inoue Hideka's next move.

But Inoue Eika just stood there, and when Saten Ruiko opened her eyes, she found that Inoue Eika was just standing there asleep.

The battle with the fantasy beast, especially with Misaka Mikoto constantly enduring her electric shocks and her greatly increased speed, exacerbated the physical and mental exhaustion.

Therefore, Inoue Hideka is very tired right now. If it weren't for his belief in seeing Saten Ruiko keeping him going, he probably would have fallen asleep in the taxi.

Saten Ruiko looked at the sleeping Inoue Eika and tenderly stroked Inoue Eika's slightly resolute face. "Eika, thank you!"

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When Inoue Hideka woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon. Feeling the soft bedding beneath her, Inoue Hideka sat up.

Yes, she was very clean, with no smell of blood, and she was completely naked. The bed was Saten Ruiko's bed, and it had a faint, sweet fragrance of a young girl.

Saten Ruiko was in the bathroom, where she could hear the sound of running water, as if she was washing clothes.

"Huh!" Inoue Hideka seemed to finally wake up, recalling all sorts of harmonious images, and exclaimed in surprise, "Why did I fall asleep?!"

"You're awake, Yinghua..."

Saten Ruiko came out of the bathroom with wet hands, looking at Inoue Hideka and muttering softly, her face flushed unnaturally.

"Ah~~ Thank you for your hard work, Ruiko!"

Inoue Hideka wasn't stupid; he knew that bringing up the clothes at this moment would only make Saten Ruiko more embarrassed, so he simply pretended not to know.

"Um, Eika, can you tell me what happened before? Did you defeat the creator of the Phantasm Master?"

When Saten Ruiko saw that Inoue Eika had woken up, she stopped washing clothes, wiped her hands, sat down on the edge of the bed, and looked at Inoue Eika, saying something.

"Okay, sure. But could you go to my dorm and get me some clothes first, Ruizi?"

Inoue Hideka said awkwardly, since he was currently naked, "Also, could you get me a bento box? I'm starving!"

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"Oh, I see! That was really dangerous!"

After hearing Inoue Hideka's explanation of the whole story, Saten Ruiko couldn't help but exclaim, "Hideka, are you really a Level 0?"

Inoue Hideka chuckled mischievously and said, "Raiko, your boyfriend is the urban legend you're most interested in!"

As she spoke, Inoue Eika put down the bento she had finished eating and leaned closer to Saten Ruiko beside her.

"Huh?" Saten Ruiko sat up straight in surprise. "Really?"

"You may have forgotten, but on the first day of school, I laughed when you and Chuchun were discussing urban legends. Do you know why?"

Inoue Hideka smiled mysteriously, reaching out to stroke Saten Ruiko's hair; it was so soft!

"Could you be that number one enemy of the delinquents?" Saten Ruiko was even more surprised when she recalled what happened that day. "Wow! My boyfriend is actually an urban legend! I'm so excited!"