Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Not a single person remained.

"this--!"

Misaka Mikoto instinctively wanted to say something. In her opinion, even these researchers shouldn't have been killed like this.

"Is the person over there... number one?"

Yan Ming glanced at Misaka Mikoto behind him, and then walked directly in the direction of Accelerator.

The first one seemed a little displeased and pursed his lips, then snapped his fingers.

At this point, the whole world became distorted.

Everyone except Yan Ming and Accelerator remained frozen in place, like a painting.

He walked slowly forward and came to stand in front of Accelerator.

"What are you doing? Why are you here to deal with my business?"

"So this is what you meant by handling things."

Yan Ming looked at the researchers who were crushed in the rocks. In fact, even if Accelerator didn't make a move, he had already planned to take care of all of them.

If they are allowed to continue, the experiment will eventually be carried out again, and they will never be able to repent.

Thinking of this, he looked at Accelerator beside him with a somewhat surprised expression.

"But you... are you actually the number one superpowered person in this city?"

"Oh, that was just a script I wrote."

Huh? This time it was Yan Ming's turn to be dumbfounded.

"What does 'script' mean?"

"In other words, I am not from this world at all. It's just that there are other people like me in this world, so I took over their existence and assumed their identity."

"After I took over this guy's Accelerator identity in this world, I immediately rejected that boring, bullshit plan. Otherwise, the blood debt of clones would have been repeated in this world."

In short, it's like a role-playing game. Accelerator from another unknown world directly replaced the "Accelerator" of that world and rejected everything with his own consciousness when the other side was about to carry out the absolute power user plan.

but…

"You mean a reenactment... could it be that you mean...?"

no respond.

The Accelerator standing before me, whether he is an individual from a parallel world or some other higher existence, is unknown... In any case, he must have experienced some unbearable past.

Perhaps it was because of that past that he chose to come to this world and stop this absolute ability user plan.

"Anyway, you helped me out, thank you."

Accelerator then looked towards him and Misaka Mikoto.

"Anyway, I hate trouble. If the third person over there realizes what's going on, he'll definitely start rambling on and on. So I'm going to send you guys back to the surface. You just need to figure out how to get through this for me."

"Before that, I need to ask you something."

The two looked at each other.

"...Is it because you have already experienced similar events in another world that is exactly the same as this one that you came here to stop it all?"

"Yes."

When we come to this point again...

A look of reminiscence involuntarily appeared on Accelerator's face.

"That's all in the past. Now, my world isn't complicated anymore."

"Every day is nothing more than running around with the brat, messing around with that woman who always runs around as a world-class idol, occasionally fighting with some idiot who flaunts his wings, or traveling to other worlds like now... That's about it."

The other party shook his head and flicked his hand, causing Yan Ming and the others to disappear from the spot.

"...Seriously, why am I telling this guy all this?"

Accelerator shook his head. At this moment—

A specially made phone in his arms rang.

The first person impatiently took out his phone and then answered it.

"…What's the matter?"

"That one, Last Order, well... it seems she's gotten into trouble at school again."

"Why don't you just handle that kind of thing? And isn't Aleister the boss of Academy City? Just have him put in a good word for you and you can get away with it, right?"

"That's true, but that child seems desperate for you to come back to her..."

"Okay, I understand. I'll go back when I have time."

"Yay! And I've missed you so much! I've been doing concerts all over the world lately, and I haven't seen you in ages. Waaah, I really miss you!"

"...Let's talk about it when we get back, Hatsune."

Click—he hung up the phone.

Recalling the things that had happened in the past, Accelerator couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"But before that... I need to help my junior here with his follow-up tasks first."

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In the blink of an eye, Yan Ming and the others returned to the ground with the help of Accelerator's power.

"Huh? What just happened? Weren't we still in the underground research institute?!"

"We left that place together later, don't you remember?"

Huh? Is there? But…

Misaka Mikoto suddenly felt very strange. Could it be that... she really forgot the process in between?

Just at this time.

The phone in Yan Ming's arms suddenly rang.

He immediately opened his Faiz phone X, and only then did he realize... it was Gates calling.

"…What's wrong?"

"Tsk... I've run into a bit of trouble. If you and Woz can handle it, come and help me out!"

"trouble?"

Just as he was about to ask for more details, Gates seemed to hang up the phone in a hurry.

Something doesn't look right.

However, by using the coordinates from Gates' location, we can directly find him using the Faiz phone X.

Looks like there's work to do again.

“Let’s go, Woz.”

Where are you going this time?

Woz followed Yan Ming respectfully, while Misaka Mikoto and the others looked at him with surprise.

"Go find where Gates is."

"Hey! Wait a minute! What's going on with you guys? I'm the only one who's been kept in the dark!!"

Ignoring Misaka Mikoto's somewhat disgruntled cries, Yan Ming and Woz headed towards Gates' direction.

Volume 5 of A Certain Magical Index: Chapter 139 The Magician Aureolus

"What are all these things?!"

Gates and Touma Kamijou are running away together.

However, they did not flee because they encountered an enemy they could not defeat.

Behind them, countless students were following closely.

These students, both boys and girls, had vacant eyes, and their current actions clearly did not stem from their own will.

Moreover, they kept raising their hands as they chased after the two people.

They were chanting some kind of mysterious incantation.

After the incantation was finished, one pure white orb after another formed in their hands, and in the form of homing light bullets, they continuously attacked Gates and Touma.

If that were all, it would be fine.

However, whenever a student releases a ball of light, his body explodes instantly in an unpredictable location, then collapses to the ground and is eventually soaked in a pool of blood.

This phenomenon has been going on for a long time.

Gates and Touma Kamijou couldn't just stop, because if they did, they would be hit by the light bullets without any warning.

But they also had no way to fight back, because these students were innocent bystanders. They couldn't very well use their powers to attack these people after transforming, could they?

"Go over there!"

In an instant, Gates found a good spot to hide from his pursuers.

At the corner, he quickly grabbed Touma Kamijou, and the two walked together to the stairs leading to the third floor. Then, taking advantage of the corner, Gates quickly pulled out his Faiz phone X from his pocket.

"Burst Mode!"

After switching the Faiz phone X to burst mode, Gates immediately raised the phone, which had transformed into a pistol, and aimed it at the upper level of the stairs behind him.

A deep red light shone on the ceiling behind, causing countless piles of rubble to fall.

Boom—!

The pile of fallen rubble blocked the entrance to the stairs behind them, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the two of them climbed several floors in one go.

In this way, the students behind will not only be unable to get up, but will also stay in place because they have lost their goal.

"That was incredibly dangerous..."

The two walked for a while and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no more students around the new floor.

"Damn it! That red-haired priest actually dared to leave us behind and run away alone!"

Stiyl was originally with them, but he abandoned Geiz and Touma Kamijou and left on his own, which led to the situation just now.

Gates angrily slammed his fist on the stair railing.

"If I ever run into that kid again, I'll definitely not let him get away with it!"

"It's no use saying all this now."

On the contrary, Touma Kamijou seemed quite content that they had survived safely.

"Our top priority now is to get to the top floor of this building, find the magician who caused all this riot, and stop him."

"A magician?"

Previously, due to the urgency of the situation, Gates hadn't inquired much about Stiyl and Touma's condition, but now he was finally realizing what was happening.

"Speaking of which, you two seem to know exactly what happened... And a magician? Aren't there superpowered people everywhere here? Why would there be someone with magical abilities?"

Gates had heard some information from Wozniak before, so he also knew some basic knowledge about this world.

This place is divided into science and magic, and Academy City is obviously on the science side. So why would magicians on the magic side cause trouble in their science side territory?

This is the question in Gates' mind.

However, Touma Kamijou only showed a look of not quite understanding when asked about his doubts.

"I don't know the specifics. All I know is that there's a magician causing trouble here."

"I see... By the way, why are you hanging out with that annoying red-haired priest? Are you two comrades?"

"No, well... it's not exactly like being companions, is it?"

In fact, Touma Kamijou himself wasn't quite sure what the relationship between him and Stiyl was really like.

At first, he saw Stiyl greet him warmly, but unexpectedly, Stiyl threw a fireball at him. However, based on the information he had received, they should have had a life-or-death experience together; calling them partners would be more accurate…

"How should I put it? Hmm... I'm not really sure what kind of person that is."

"What? This is someone you know, and you don't know anything about him?"