The Legend of Level 0 in Academy City

"Just because of something like that..."

Something is brewing.

Negative emotions enveloped Touma Kamijou's frozen body, slowly brewing, and the red liquid flowing in his veins, which had been dormant, began to surge and gradually erupt.

"So you think you can kill my friend?"

Something mixed in his blood, trickling down like a stream, eventually converged into a river. Touma Kamijou lowered his head, letting the restlessness consume his body.

"I'm telling you, you bastard... do you even know what you've done?!"

Shouting this, Touma Kamijou rushed out.

Fire from the right, with its massive arm outstretched toward its right shoulder, charged out.

"Warning, Chapter Twenty-Two, Section One. Titled 'God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?' - Seven seconds until full activation."

A strange sound came from somewhere.

At the same time, the control artifact in the right-hand fire's hand emitted an unusual light.

then.

boom!!!!

A crimson light burst forth.

A beam of light emanated from the magic circle that appeared in front of the fire on the right, hurtling straight toward Touma Kamijou's body.

Something was twitching on Touma Kamijou's back.

Although I had never seen it before, I instinctively reacted with a strong aversion to any light that came near me.

Although he raised his right hand instantly, what awaited Touma Kamijou was a crushing weight that almost broke his fingers.

It cannot be dispelled.

The invincible illusion killer was unable to thwart the magical attack that rushed towards Touma Kamijou.

As Touma Kamijou confronted the pillar of light, the voice of the fire on his right, which had been in front of him, rang out from behind him.

"So, relying solely on spells is indeed disadvantageous?"

Where Touma Kamijou couldn't see, the third hand of the Right Flame gripped a gleaming greatsword, aiming at Touma Kamijou's head, and swung it horizontally.

The Imagine Breaker is not good at dealing with attacks coming from multiple directions.

Moreover, what he was facing now was a powerful attack that no illusion killer could eliminate.

He was not blinded by anger.

On the contrary, at this moment, nourished by hatred, Touma Kamijou's fighting instincts were more active than ever before.

Suddenly, Touma Kamijou raised his right hand and simultaneously swung his body dramatically.

Faced with the light that seemed to say, "God, why have you abandoned me?", Touma Kamijou's mind raced, and with his right hand as the center, his feet began to move.

The light then moved away from the right hand.

Instead of directly confronting the attack, Touma Kamijou used the fact that Illusion Killer could block the beam of light to move his right hand at a slightly angled position, forcibly reversing the trajectory of the beam.

The beam of light, distorted in its forward direction, tilted as if it had lost its balance and shot towards Touma Kamijou's back.

Yes.

It was launched towards the direction where the fire was located on the right.

but.

Despite the red beam rushing towards him, Right Flame showed no sign of panic.

He swept his hand horizontally with his third hand.

The greatsword of light shattered the red beam with a single strike, and then tore through space, targeting Touma Kamijou's body.

The premonition was amplified infinitely. The moment Kamijou Touma's body received the information that an attack was about to occur, his body fell backward.

Then the greatsword pierced through the top of his head.

Fire on the right chuckled softly.

After making a sword-throwing motion, he began fiddling with the remote-controlled spirit equipment.

"Long-range combos reduce accuracy. Wasn't that already confirmed?"

The remotely controlled spirit dress faintly emitted an unnatural red light. The Right Flame, which had mastered all of Index's knowledge, once again activated the magic belonging to the Index Forbidden Book.

"Warning, Chapter 29, Section 33. 'Pyxgarua's Crimson Stone' - Seven seconds until full activation."

Upon hearing the sound, Touma Kamijou, who was lying on the ground, immediately braced himself with his hands and tried to get up.

However, just as Kamijou Touma stood up, he suddenly felt pain coming from below.

A sharp pain surged up from his foot bones to his ankle, calf, and knee. It felt like the pain of his joints being forcibly stretched, as if something unseen was using the floor to penetrate his body through Touma's feet.

------

air.

The fighter jet that Touma Kamijou abandoned circled around and returned to the battlefield centered on Right Flame.

Misaka Mikoto held a whip made of magnets in her hand, which was attached to the bottom of the fighter jet.

On her body, Misaki Shokuhou, like an octopus, firmly gripped Misaka Mikoto with her limbs.

Misaka Mikoto's expression was pained. Given the difference in their physiques, Shokuhou Misaki was naturally heavier than Misaka Mikoto.

It was only because Misaka Mikoto never neglected her physical training that she was able to support Shokuhou Misaki's weight at this moment.

At this moment, Misaki Shokuhou didn't have time to tease Misaka Mikoto about her pained appearance. Her eyes were fixed on the battle between Right Fire and Touma Kamijou not far away, and... the white-haired girl lying motionless on the ground.

She saw Touma Kamijou dodge the combined attack of the beam of light and the fire from the right using an almost refracting principle. Immediately afterwards, Misaki Shokuhou said to Misaka Mikoto:

"Saten is over there, she's probably unconscious. Misaka-san, put me down here and then go get Saten. She's in the middle of the battlefield between Kamijou-kun and Right-Hime, she's in great danger!"

"Stop nagging! Don't breathe hot air into my ear! I know that even if you don't say it!"

Misaka Mikoto's cheeks flushed an unnatural red as she spoke to Shokuhou Misaki.

Roaring angrily, Misaka Mikoto's other flashlight beam flashed and connected to the ground. At the same time, Shokuhou Misaki controlled the pilot to lower the fighter jet's altitude.

When she was only a dozen meters above the ground, Misaki Shokuhou grabbed the rope that Misaka Mikoto had extended from her hands, which had already absorbed a lot of iron sand, and quickly fell to the ground.

Chapter 485 Tears welling up in my eyes, Frost's Sorrow

Above the Star of Bethlehem.

The fighter jet descended slowly under the pilot's control, while Misaka Mikoto extended her iron whip and lowered her body toward the ground.

As they got closer, Saten Ruiko's white hair became even more noticeable, and Misaka Mikoto frowned with worry.

She had a bad feeling.

Not far from here, Kamijou Touma, whose legs were wracked with pain, was trying his best to channel power into his legs, attempting to forcefully overcome the pain and move.

The fighter jet flew close by, temporarily drawing Touma Kamijou's attention.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Misaka Mikoto land next to Saten Ruiko, and her friend Inoue Hideka, who was still unconscious, could be vaguely identified through the transparent protective film on the co-pilot's seat of the fighter jet.

The blood was still on his clothes, but because they had been exposed to the air for a long time, the clothes with the blood on them had changed color.

“Yinghua…”

Touma Kamijou murmured, his expression softening, finally no longer looking expressionless.

……

then.

With his fists clenched again, Touma Kamijou withdrew his sorrowful gaze and, without hesitation, slammed his fists hard into his thigh.

"Ahhh!"

The excruciating pain from his feet suddenly vanished because of this blow.

"Warning, Chapter Thirty-Five..."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Touma Kamijou's expression changed drastically, and he anxiously called out to Misaka Mikoto, who had just walked up to Saten Ruiko's side:

"Misaka! Take Saten and get out of here! Get out! Now, ahhhhh!"

Overlapping with Touma Kamijou's shout:

"Chapter 18, 'Sulfur Rain, Scorching the Earth'—Five seconds remaining until full activation."

Without hesitation, Misaka Mikoto abandoned her plan to check on Saten Ruiko's condition the moment she heard Kamijou Touma's reminder. She bent down to support Saten Ruiko's body, and with her other hand, she used the Iron Sand Whip to connect to the fighter jet, quickly moving away from the area.

In the sky, just a few dozen meters after Misaka Mikoto left, something orange and fiery, like an arrow, suddenly appeared and fell towards where Kamijou Touma was.

Not just one or two.

Nearly fifty arrows suddenly appeared in the air, hurtling towards Touma Kamijou like a ceiling hanging down.

Faced with the flaming arrows hurtling towards him from above, Touma Kamijou could only swing his right hand with all his might.

At Touma Kamijou's right hand, several arrows turned into orange sparks and were blown away like powder. The tiny particles then collided with other arrows as if aiming at new targets, causing meaningless explosions in the air.

Even so, not all the arrows were shot down.

An orange arrow struck Touma Kamijou nearby, instantly pulverizing the surrounding rubble. Despite being hit by the shards, Touma rolled backward and stood up on his feet.

Fire on the right and Touma Kamijou.

The two men glared at each other through the white smoke.

"Oh no. Although it's not the situation predicted, it's good to recognize the deviation from the theoretical value. So, I apologize to the 'enemy that must be defeated' that has surfaced."

For some reason, the fire on the right stopped attacking.

Kamijou Touma stared intently at the right-hand fireman spouting nonsensical words, but his attention drifted out of the corner of his eye to the fighter jet carrying Inoue Eika.

He needed to confirm the safety of Inoue Eika and the others. He had already lost a close friend, and if something happened to Misaka Mikoto and Inoue Eika as well... Kamijou Touma couldn't imagine what he would do then.

Unbeknownst to Touma, the illusory third hand of the Right Flame changed shape, extending close to his body and reaching the ground. Then, it quietly crawled along the ground towards Touma's feet.

"The world's distortion ends here. I, Your Majesty, will personally put an end to this distorted world. As long as you obey, you will witness the moment I save all of humanity. A new era is about to begin..."