The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

However, Right Fire will not simply let Saten Ruiko's provocation go unpunished.

Anyway, all the other party did was wave their right hand.

……

Once again, Saten Ruiko was knocked away, and Ueto no Hi, who had walked out of the room, suddenly lost sight of Saten Ruiko.

He took a leisurely step forward, clearing the high slope ahead. His vision became clear, and he saw Saten Ruiko's figure to his right.

Saten Ruiko covered her left shoulder with her right hand, where she had been injured by the Right Flame. Even with the extremely compressed air wave blocking her, she was still injured by the Right Flame's attack.

On his bloodied shoulder, a bloody mess, beneath the gaping hole in his clothes, instead of revealing snow-white skin, there was a deep, bone-revealing wound.

At that moment, the roar of fighter jets filled the air.

The fighter jet carrying Touma Kamijou finally approached the ceremony site. Below the fighter jet, Misaka Mikoto extended a blue whip from her hand, which was suspended from the fighter jet's steel surface.

As the fighter jet approached the ceremony site, it slowly descended. Misaka Mikoto extended a whip formed of electricity and quickly jumped to the ground.

Seeing this, Misaki Shokuhou stepped out from behind the wall and led Touma Kamijou into the room after he got off the fighter jet.

At this moment, upon discovering that someone else was approaching, Right Fire had lost patience to continue with Saten Ruiko.

He stared coldly at Saten Ruiko, but didn't take another step forward. He simply moved his right hand slightly.

That's all.

boom!!!

Before the sound could be heard, Saten Ruiko had already been sent flying backward and quickly turned into a tiny speck of light.

On the right side of the fire's shoulder, a twisted block of light appeared, resembling the arm of a giant.

The third hand of the Right Fire!

Then, the ferocious arm wriggled and retreated back to the right shoulder of the fire.

Saten Ruiko sensed something unusual the moment the enormous arm appeared. The arm, which was condensed with unusual energy, seemed to radiate boundless power. Even Saten Ruiko, whose consciousness was somewhat blurred due to her injuries, could easily feel its overwhelming presence.

But that's all.

Just as Saten Ruiko was feeling immense pressure, a giant arm that appeared in front of her instantly pushed her thousands of meters away.

boom! boom! boom!

After the impact dissipated, Saten Ruiko's body was affected by gravity and rolled several times on the ground before coming to a stop.

Fortunately, Saten Ruiko had wrapped her body in a protective membrane made of compressed air beforehand; otherwise, her body would probably have been crushed into powder by the friction of the air at supersonic speeds.

Although Saten Ruiko's body can still maintain a human form, this is the extent she can do it.

At this moment, her body was in a terrible state. Her smooth, fair skin was gone, and every part of her body was stained with scarlet blood. Her clothes were torn to shreds, barely covering some sensitive areas.

A sense of powerlessness filled Saten Ruiko's heart; she couldn't even move a finger.

Her heartbeat was slowing down; Saten Ruiko had already foreseen her death.

But no.

Saten Ruiko knew all too well that she could not die here.

She hadn't yet confirmed Inoue Eika's survival; she had more important things to do than simply stay alive.

The right-hand fire will definitely go back to stop Kamijou Touma from destroying the ceremony site.

If no one restrains the fire on the right, the ceremony site will not be destroyed, and Inoue Eika will not be able to escape danger.

I can't... I can't die...

The remaining consciousness told Saten Ruiko this.

However, Saten Ruiko was like a drowning baby; her consciousness was stuck to something soft and sticky, as if it was trying to drag her somewhere.

The light gradually diminished, and everything around was slowly swallowed up by darkness.

Saten Ruiko knew that she was about to lose consciousness.

She could only watch helplessly as the boundless darkness swallowed her world, and there was nothing she could do.

last of the last.

Before that last glimmer of light disappeared, Saten Ruiko told herself... no, perhaps she wasn't telling herself, but rather praying to the power of belief that existed only in her imagination—

If... anyone can.

Please help me save the boy who is suffering.

Chapter 480 His passion burns brightly, his body is fragile.

Over Russia, Feng Zhan Binghua, with its enormous wings outstretched, flew rapidly along the orbit formed by the AIM positions of more than 10,000 sister ships distributed around the world, and finally arrived at the center of the battlefield of World War III.

Driven by the belief of 'protecting her friends,' before finding those she needed to protect, the first being she sensed was someone 'of the same kind' as herself—the Archangel Michael!

Within Russian territory, a fiery red figure enveloped in emerald green wings is currently wreaking havoc on the Russian and Academy City armies on the ground.

Attracted by the aura of its 'kind,' Kazakiri Hyouka flapped its wings, changed course, and flew toward the Archangel.

However, at that moment...

Kazakiri Hyōka felt a kind of summons.

A stronger attraction than the aura of 'kind' is calling to her.

Along with this gravitational pull came a familiar scent—the scent of the girl who had awakened him from the abyss of darkness on September 30th.

This is beyond the comprehension of Kazakiri Hyouka.

Why could he sense her presence? Feng Zhan Binghua didn't understand.

But it is not important.

Kazakiri Hyouka could clearly sense that the aura contained the same deep despair she felt when she was unable to control her body and was forced to destroy Academy City.

And that yearning and urgency, like being trapped in the deep sea and unable to breathe, hoping to be saved in the next moment!

Kazakiri Hyouka could not ignore this feeling. As someone who had had a similar experience, Kazakiri Hyouka knew better than anyone how helpless and desperate Saten Ruiko was at this moment.

Without the slightest hesitation, Feng Zhan Binghua immediately responded to the call!

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All around was endless darkness.

Saten Ruiko had no idea where she was or what she was doing. She couldn't feel her own existence at all, and all she could see was darkness.

She couldn't see her own hands, nor could she feel the ground beneath her feet; in fact, she didn't even know if she had feet at all.

She was like a consciousnessless being, all she could do was stare at the unchanging darkness before her.

She wanted to do something, but she didn't know what she was capable of doing, or in what way or form she should do it.

then.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Because nothing in front of her had changed from beginning to end, and she couldn't feel her own existence, she couldn't even tell time by her heartbeat—yes, at this moment she couldn't even feel her own heartbeat.

Therefore, concepts like time and space are merely existing in Saten Ruiko's mind in her current state.

Perhaps a long time has passed, or perhaps only a moment has passed.

Perhaps she has traveled a long way, or perhaps she has been standing still.

In short, the next moment.

The darkness was broken.

Like fireflies gathering in the darkness, the points of light breaking through the darkness gradually grew larger.

Then, Saten Ruiko saw it.

A figure emerges from the darkness.

The curves of her body suggest that this is a girl.

She was wearing the uniform of Tokiwadai Middle School, and as she approached, Saten Ruiko noticed the goggles she was wearing on her head.

At that moment, Saten Ruiko finally recognized that it was Misaka Dori walking towards her!

Saten Ruiko was surprised. She wanted to ask Misaka Dori why she was here, but she suddenly realized that the voice she had imagined did not come, and she could not even feel the force of her mouth opening and closing, which she usually did not pay attention to.

I want to speak, but I can only think about it; I can't actually do it.

However, the person opposite her seemed to be able to see through her thoughts, and the girl with goggles explained:

“I am not Misaka Dori, you can call me Total Consciousness/escape.”

The girl was definitely not Misaka Dori. Saten Ruiko realized that this was not Misaka Dori when the girl walked up to her... no, to be precise, not in front of her, because Saten Ruiko didn't have a body at the moment. It was only when the girl walked up to her and she could see the girl's facial expression that Saten Ruiko knew that this was not Misaka Dori.

The girl's face bore a rich array of expressions unlike anything seen on Misaka Dori's face—she looked very sad, as if some tragedy had just occurred.

However, Saten Ruiko saw no regret in her eyes. Saten Ruiko guessed that perhaps some tragedy was 'about to' happen, and what saddened the girl was that she was powerless to stop it.

Then, after a brief pause, the goggles-wearing girl—whose overall consciousness continued—said:

"Simply put, the power of the electrodes you're using is the combined computational power of 20,000 people, including the dead and the living, that I provided. Of course, you're not using that much right now. I can help you unseal this power and fuse it with a new one. However, you will die. Even so, are you still determined to use this power?"

Yes!

Without time to dwell on the strange verbal tic and the wealth of information contained in the overall consciousness, Saten Ruiko's inner voice cried out without hesitation.

That's right! As long as I can save that person, I will not hesitate for a moment, no matter what power or cost I have!

As she made this vow, Saten Ruiko's vision was once again shrouded in darkness.

Faintly, Saten Ruiko heard a voice, tinged with a verbal tic, fading into the distance, say the following:

"Understood. I will try my best to distribute the damage caused by the power evenly without causing too much harm. The rest is up to you. As for how long you can hold out, well... let's leave that to fate."

When the sound disappeared, Saten Ruiko's surroundings were also completely plunged into darkness.

But this time, less than a second later, her vision suddenly cleared!

She stood on the ground of the Star of Bethlehem once again. In the distance, she could still see the back of the figure in red. He was moving away from this place, rushing towards the ceremonial field and towards the room where Inoue Eika was.

At this moment, a pair of huge white wings stretched out from behind Saten Ruiko, and her whole body was enveloped in white light, making her look like a phantom.