Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Purple three-dimensional characters appeared in front of Yan Ming, and the explosive aura they emitted instantly distorted space and time.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

He drew his strongest ultimate sword and casually slashed at the place in front of him.

This was just the result of a casual, unremarkable swing.

Even so, the enormous purple light that exploded out instantly crushed the entire research institute.

"No, this is bad!"

Mugino Shizuri was immediately shocked and tried his best to resist.

The result, naturally, was that they could not withstand it.

The force not only sent all four girls flying, but also shattered the room and spread outwards towards the surrounding mantle.

At that moment, Academy City's seismograph instantly observed the result of a weight exceeding the size of a mountain reverberating underground.

Yes, such incredible power.

And all this.

…It was just a casual slash from Yan Ming.

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Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 138 The Tragedy of Gates

Because the force of that strike was so great, the entire research institute collapsed instantly along with the aftershocks.

However, there are still people here, and Yan Ming will not allow everyone to be buried here with him.

Buzz—! After a burst of iridescent fluctuations, time seemed to stand still throughout the entire underground research institute.

If time stopped, the piles of rubble and steel bars that were about to collapse and fall would naturally remain suspended in mid-air.

Misaka Mikoto and the Misaka Sisters didn't notice this, thus avoiding a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Yan Ming looked ahead. There should be an emergency escape passage there. The four people who were "Item" should have run away through that passage.

Instead of focusing on these petty squabbles, Yan Ming immediately deactivated his transformation and headed towards Misaka Mikoto and her fellow Misaka Sisters.

Are they alright?

"Don't worry, my Demon King, with my protection, not even a single pebble hit them."

What Wozniacki said was reassuring.

When Yan Ming looked at Misaka Mikoto again, her eyes had completely changed.

"you…"

She looked at the watch face in Yan Ming's hand and the time-space driver at his waist with an incredibly complicated expression.

"Who exactly are you...?"

She had seen everything that had just happened.

Despite being a powerless individual, he was able to easily defeat Mugino Shizuri, who ranked fourth, using such advanced equipment. Could it be that the other party was sent by the upper echelons of Academy City?

If that's the case, then all the interactions between myself and this person named Shilun Yanming so far... could it all have been... arranged from above...?

"You don't need to think so much. What I'm doing has nothing to do with this Academy City."

"What did you say…"

Misaka Mikoto was once again shocked by Yan Ming's answer.

What does "no relationship" mean?

"It means exactly what it says. Whether it's protecting you or destroying this research institute, it's all something I did out of my own personal will."

Now, the entire research institute has been destroyed, and whatever data was hidden inside is no longer usable.

“I have seen the report on that experiment, the plans, and the follow-up arrangements, which is why I chose to destroy this place and stop them.”

"...Don't you have anything else to say?"

After realizing that Yan Ming was the one who helped her, Misaka Mikoto's gaze towards him became even more complicated.

"You see, so, I mean, all these kids here are my clones or something..."

"I could have guessed it when I saw them appear in front of me in groups, so there's nothing surprising about it."

"But these are clones! Look! They're directly copying a living person like me, creating 20,000 clones! Aren't you scared? Don't you feel any physical discomfort?"

After saying that, Misaka Mikoto realized that the Misaka Sisters who had regained consciousness were all staring at her.

"Sorry... that's not what I meant. I just wanted to ask you... why did you choose to... help me?"

"There's no good explanation for this. Clones are people too. I just can't stand the fact that their lives are destined to be killed by others, which is why I stopped the subsequent actions of this plan."

"Just... such a simple reason?"

"What else do you want? To prevent this city from using clones to create a crisis that could destroy the world, and then become the savior of the world?"

Misaka Mikoto was rendered speechless.

Because, in her mind, her relationship with Yan Ming was one where they had met at most a few times, and he had no reason to help her with such a personal matter, let alone in the face of a clone incident that was fraught with ethical issues.

But he acted as if he could accept it so easily…

“Listen carefully, I’m not here for any grand reason. I’m here simply because I sensed something was wrong, investigated and found out about their ridiculous experimental plan. To prevent these girls’ lives from being threatened, I decided to completely destroy the plan. It’s that simple.”

"...You seem like a really strange person."

Even though this matter had absolutely nothing to do with Yan Ming, he was just coincidentally dragged into it, or even just dragged into it, yet he still decided to... destroy this plan.

However, thanks to him... the follow-up to this plan can be considered to have been completely terminated.

The 20,000 clones were never brutally slaughtered from the beginning because the plan was blocked due to the First's rejection, but this led to a series of subsequent events, which he stepped forward to resolve in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Misaka Mikoto knew very well what she should say.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. As I just said, this is simply because of my personal wishes..."

"But no matter what, you saved those children, and that's enough for me."

She stared intently at me with a very serious look in her eyes.

"To me, they... although they are my clones, I really treat them as my sisters."

"So I will not allow anyone to hurt them, and I also want to sincerely thank the person who protected them."

Both sides have their own perspectives.

Yan Ming didn't say anything more. He understood Misaka Mikoto's thoughts, so... let's just let this matter rest.

He looked again at his sisters around him.

"You all heard what I just said, so there's no need to ask me why I chose to help you."

"...I can't understand it. Why would someone want to help others so easily just out of their own will? Misaka completely cannot understand this."

“That’s right, it doesn’t work from a profit perspective… Misaka couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard she tried.”

"I just can't figure it out no matter what I do. Misaka feels like her brain is about to go haywire."

It doesn't matter if I don't understand it. Anyway, I've already accomplished what I wanted to do, and that's enough.

For Yan Ming, this was like self-satisfaction.

He doesn't care whether others can understand his reasons for acting, nor does he care about other more complicated things.

“Let’s go, Woz, there should be somewhere else we can get out of here.”

"If all else fails, we can use the power of the Aurora Veil to leave this place, my Demon King."

Yan Ming and Woz headed straight out of the room.

However, at this very moment...

They saw a large group of people running quickly down the corridor.

"Those guys are—!"

Misaka Mikoto noticed this and went directly to the doorway with her sisters.

The group left the room with Yan Ming, and then they saw the people fleeing in panic.

"Those guys are researchers at this research institute!"

“If we let them escape, the experiment could very well be restarted,” Misaka said with some concern.

Yan Ming and Woz exchanged a glance. After learning about the situation, they naturally knew what to do.

Just as the two of them were about to make their move.

Suddenly.

A deathly pale shadow landed directly in front of the researchers.

"Waaaaahh ...

The shockwave reverberated throughout the corridor.

The researchers who had fled in panic all fell to the ground from the blow, the roof was smashed open, and a figure emerged from the dust.

"...At this point, you still want to do something so tasteless?"

White hair, red eyes.

Dressed in black, white, and gray clothing, their genders indistinguishable, they blocked the path of all the researchers.

"The, the first one!"

"Why? Why is that monster Accelerator here?!"

Their expressions changed from simple panic to despair in an instant.

Accelerator, the number one and strongest Level 5 esper in Academy City.

He calmly observed all the researchers before him.

Just standing there with their hands in their pockets was enough to make them tremble uncontrollably.

…and even lose control of their bladder.

"Please, please let us go! We won't do any more experiments, absolutely not!"

"That's right! They're just a bunch of clones. You can have as many as you want, just don't kill me! We absolutely don't want to start any more experiments!"

After escaping, the experiment was restarted.

No matter what, Accelerator must successfully kill those 20,000 clones to continue the plan to make him an absolute power user.

"You said it out loud."

"Wh-what?"

At this moment, the researchers instinctively covered their mouths.

Just now, they couldn't help but blurt out all their true thoughts.

"It seems you have no intention of ending the experiment at all, and are planning to make a comeback after leaving here, right?"

Why is this happening? Why do our thoughts get spoken out uncontrollably?!

Could it be... this guy?

"Impossible...impossible!"

The researchers trembled, staring incredulously at the white monster before them.

"The number one's superpower should only be able to manipulate the direction of energy, no, it shouldn't be able to manipulate other people's minds! You and that guy in number five are completely different!"

"That's right... How could you possibly have read our thoughts?!"

What a bunch of blind, useless people.

The first one curled his lip and bluntly slammed his right hand against the wall next to him.

boom!!

Countless piles of rubble fell directly from the ceiling, smashing them all to pieces.