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“That’s all we can do.” Shiori Hatsuharu swallowed hard. “Although the files on the computer are corrupted, there should still be some traces… Anyway, let’s try to repair them. We can only hope that the damage isn’t too complete.”

If she completely destroys something without leaving a trace, there's nothing she can do.

There might even be a healing procedure for the Phantasm Master here.

Chu Chun Shiri's fingers trembled incessantly on the keyboard as if they were cramping. If she were typing for an hour, she could probably write ten thousand words without any effort.

Saten Ruiko, standing to the side, simply watched, lamenting that she might as well have imagined the beasts; perhaps she could have been of some help.

They understand absolutely nothing here.

As expected... even with abilities, one isn't omnipotent.

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. So-called "capable people" are simply those who excel in only one area.

Nothing else will change.

......

"Half an hour to an hour? The fourth binding spell, this rope."

Chi-

An invisible barrier blocked the golden ropes, and then the surrounding forces pressed in, completely destroying the binding spell of number four.

"Do you already know how to defend against it?"

Not much of the demonic path's Ryougi Mana felt troubled.

The little bit of ghost magic I knew on the fly was no longer effective against it.

Furthermore, it continues to grow stronger over time, and there are nuclear devices nearby. They need to hold out here for half an hour to an hour... Of course, this is only under the ideal circumstances.

Ryougi Mana glanced at Misaka Mikoto, who was resting to the side, and then turned her attention back to the fantastic beast in front of her.

Such a long time, and possibly even longer, no one knows how long they can endure it, so they made the decision.

Two people each hold it down for ten minutes, then go down to rest, and then continue after ten minutes.

This should allow them to remain trapped for a longer period, until the 'Illusionist' treatment procedure is completed.

"ah----!!"

The fantastical beast roared, uttering incoherent words.

"Really... I knew I couldn't let you grow like this..." Ryougi Mana held up a finger: "Erasing it once shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"What is she doing...?" Misaka Mikoto asked, looking at Ryougi Mana. "What kind of technique is it...? It's really strange, isn't her superpower supposed to be enlarging and shrinking? But it feels like... she's using something unrelated to those..."

With her keen eyesight, she noticed wisps of black material gathering at Ryougi Mana's fingertips, but what were they?

enlarge--

Gather your spiritual pressure in your fingers, and then—amplify it with your superpowers!

"Cero—!"

hum-

boom------!

The black light instantly engulfed the fantastical beast and even shattered the clouds in the sky.

It lasted for several seconds before slowly disappearing, but even so, it still left cracks in the space, which were... marks of space being torn apart.

Only some of the tentacles of the original fantastical beast remained; the rest had completely disappeared...

After all, this is an attack into the sky. If we want to wipe it all out, then it would be an attack on the ground. There are nuclear facilities nearby... It's better not to do something like this.

but...

Ryougi Mana clenched her fists, feeling the unexpected glint in her eyes...

This Cero... perhaps it has reached the level used by his father... Ryougi Kazuya?

No, Father's should be stronger. But...it's close, very close—

"What...is that?" Misaka Mikoto stared wide-eyed at the trail in the sky. Was it a superpower? No, it wasn't. She didn't sense the AIM field; it was something completely unknown to her.

But—even so...

"It's not over yet! The Fantasy Beast has regenerated again!" Misaka Mikoto, watching the Fantasy Beast, now reduced to only a few tentacles, rapidly regenerate, realized the predicament was dire. Even with most of its flesh evaporated, it could still regenerate...

It seems we can only wait for the treatment to begin... Until then, we can only blame ourselves for stopping this imaginary beast from approaching the nuclear device.

Chapter 1207 The End

When do humans fall into despair?

Is it a moment of failure?

Is it the moment of losing one's life?

Do not--

It must be in a situation where they are facing immense terror but are still helpless—

But this situation doesn't exist now; it doesn't exist anywhere.

Kiyama Harumi and Uiharu Kazari, one is trying to rewrite the 'treatment program' while the other is trying to repair the damaged 'treatment program'.

Both of them chose to believe.

I trusted those two people in that situation—

Misaka Mikoto and Ryougi Mana are confident that the two of them can definitely stop the fantasy beast. All they need to do is complete their job and create the 'healing program'. That's all!

Half an hour?

An hour?

I don't know, but it's definitely something that can be done; it's just a matter of time.

"Ha ha----"

bilibilii————

The electric current flickered, shattering the fantasy beast's attacks time and again, and tearing its body apart with each blow. However, its regenerative abilities were too strong, making even this impossible.

However, the fantastical beast, though slow, continued to approach the nuclear device. At this rate, it would be within ten minutes. And... twelve minutes had passed since Kiyama Harumi left.

But at this point, it was still a question whether she had even touched the computer.

The chances of completing the treatment procedure within ten minutes are extremely low!

"The important thing is not the damage inflicted on it, but repelling it..." Ryougi Mona thought to herself as she watched, pondering what she should do when it was her turn next.

Let's use Cryo instead.

If she knew Kido at this point... for example, the Binding Spell of Number 81 would be much simpler, but she doesn't. So she just used a weak Cero to push it away, which would have increased the distance, right?

By the way—

alchemy--!

She had almost forgotten—

"Ten minutes have passed—" Ryougi Mana shouted, "It's my turn—"

"Huh? Ah, please!" Misaka Mikoto said with a sigh of relief. However, she felt that she could hold on for a long time. She did not use her full strength, after all, she did not know how long she could last if she used her full power.

However, if it's just a small-scale discharge like before, to block its attack and slow down its movement as much as possible, then it won't require much computing power.

"Cero—"

Chi-

boom----

Ryougi Mana immediately unleashed a Cero, but this Cero was weak, unlike the one that had directly obliterated the Illusion Beast. She limited her power.

"Ah ...

The point where the fantastic beast and the Cero intersected slowly disappeared, but quickly regenerated. The regeneration and disappearance kept happening, as if the beast hadn't been injured at all.

But—they retreated.

Under the power of this Cero, it kept retreating, kept retreating—

Soon, when they retreated to the vicinity of the overpass, Ryougi Mana stopped: "Now that we've created some distance, what's next—"

alchemy--!

While using Cero, he had already drawn a transmutation circle on the ground with the tip of his blade with his other hand. The next moment...

Large clods of earth were piled up on the ground, forming a wall several meters thick that bound the fantasy beast within, and even added a cover.

"Wow...that's amazing, what is this?"

boom--!

The fantastical beast inside relentlessly bombarded the walls with various superpowers, but... even so, it would take it quite a while to break through. And just as she was about to succeed, Ryougi Mana could easily make another one.

We arrived at the equipment-related area.

Shirai Kuroko glanced at Kiyama Harumi's work progress, then looked at the footage coming from the battle: "Wow, that's amazing... but something feels off..."

"what happened?"

Kiyama Haruo asked in confusion.

"Don't get distracted, hurry up and do it—" Shirai Kuroko paused before finally revealing what she had seen: "Don't worry, that fantasy beast has been brought under control and shouldn't be able to break free anytime soon."

“Is that so…” Kiyama Harumi paused for a moment, “Hopefully, it won’t use spatial abilities. There are spatial ability users among those ten thousand people, you experienced that during the battle, didn’t you?”

Shirai Kuroko's expression stiffened slightly, then her face paled: "Are you... a jinx?"

In the video, the trembling of the wall stopped instantly.

But the next moment—

The enormous, fantastical beast arrived before the nuclear facility, its massive body crushing the walls.

Without a doubt, at that time, this fantastical beast used spatial abilities—