One-way traffic

"My own safety? Insufficient power? Or the threat of the enemy? Don't make me laugh. I'm doing this entirely based on my own will. I don't care what you're thinking, how desperate you feel about this, or whether you're crying your eyes out like a tragic heroine. I don't care about those things."

"Listen carefully, once I decided to save you, nothing could stop me."

He was so domineering, crushing all despair with an absolute, supreme presence.

"I don't care what you're thinking, but from now on, I'll decide your fate. No amount of despair can stop me from here. Despair or tragedy, that kind of garbage will be kicked to pieces without mercy!"

"Whether as a first-rate villain or as a group, I will not allow you to die in such a shitty tragedy."

"Got it? Hatsune Miku, I'm going to decide your life right here, decide your ending. I won't let it end like this. You say I can't even protect myself? Screw that! Such a lame excuse can't stop this piece of shit villain!"

That might be due to Accelerator's villainous aesthetics, or it might be because of reasons within the team that Accelerator didn't intend for Hatsune Miku to die, which is why he chose to save her.

But it's different.

This girl is very clear about one thing.

The strongest superpowered individual with white hair and red eyes came here solely to save himself.

We arrived at an altitude of several hundred meters or more.

From the very beginning, the first person never even considered things like his own electrodes.

A truly evil party will do everything in its power to protect the innocent... and that's not all, it's not just for that reason alone.

Accelerator and Hatsune Miku, among others, did indeed develop something called bonds during this period.

Perhaps this is the reason why he was willing to expend his last bit of power to save Hatsune Miku.

The number one monster in Academy City, once upon a time, was also a human being with blood, flesh, and the ability to speak and laugh.

"Did you understand? Hatsune Miku."

The first monster, in this way, arbitrarily decided the girl's life and arbitrarily tore apart the despair and tragedy that belonged to the girl.

This is the absolute strongest.

"I don't care what you really feel inside, but I'm going to rescue you from this shitty tragedy, understand?!"

"Yes...yes! I understand!!"

The girl with twin ponytails hugged the first-place girl tightly and burst into tears.

That was an incredibly domineering and vulgar language.

However, she experienced it.

This ruthless domineering force tore apart the girl's despair and tragedy, completely saving her.

He descended to the ground.

The terrifying power instantly tore apart the roof of the entire building, and the first monster was backed by wings formed by four tornadoes, making it look like a fallen angel tearing the world apart from the heavens.

He swiftly placed Hatsune Miku on the ground, his gaze immediately fixed on another spot.

—The scent is nearby.

"You think you can escape?!"

Boom! The first one flew away from here at lightning speed, instantly leaving the rooftop at Mach-level speed, only creating a hurricane in the process.

Only the girl with twin ponytails remained, sitting alone in the same spot.

“…Really.”

Hatsune Miku gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"He rescued them without permission, and then left them here without permission. He's really... such a terrible person."

In the end, it wasn't Prince Charming, nor a hero, nor a god who saved her.

It is not a political party, but an evil one.

A villainous group that degrades itself to a monster, yet considers itself the strongest.

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The first one had no interest in anything else.

All he wanted to do was quickly rescue Hatsune Miku and Takibayashi, and then immediately kill that bastard.

It's that simple.

Boom! The air seemed to explode because of him, and the sound didn't erupt until ten seconds after he left.

He spotted it; not far from the city, there was a shadow like that.

He controlled the zombies, dragging himself along, trying to move forward and dodge them as much as possible.

There are only about fifteen seconds left to use the ability.

Anyway, as long as we catch this guy, knock him out, and then return to normal mode, everything will be fine.

No matter what, this guy's fate will be worse than death.

The first one's body exceeded the speed of sound, and in an instant, it grabbed towards the enemy.

"Bastard...! You bastard, you bastard, you bastard!!"

The phantom has already been seen; the demon's shadow has appeared behind them.

Without hesitation, he ordered the zombies to block his way; their massive numbers surged forward like a tidal wave.

But that's meaningless.

He should know that.

Boom—!!! The monster landed on the ground in one breath, plunging his right hand into the ground and tearing open an enormous crack.

The hundreds-of-meters-long fissure swallowed all the zombies, and the first one got up again and rushed over without hesitation at supersonic speed.

In short, no matter what.

Once we catch this guy, everything will be over!

You bastard, get ready to go to hell!

"Damn it... Is this the end?!"

The phantom's eyes widened as it stared intently at the monster in front of it as it lunged towards it.

The first one looked at him coldly and extended his right hand towards him.

He only needed the simplest of blows to knock him unconscious, without any hesitation.

ended.

--Then.

The voice rang out.

drop----!!!

Everything seemed to stand still, whether it was the Phantom or Accelerator.

Under their watchful eyes, the white-haired, red-eyed monster underwent a transformation.

He collapsed to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut, his expression blank.

In other words, the battery is dead.

Chapter Twenty-One: What is the End of Despair?

There's no way to figure out the situation.

It doesn't mean anything complicated; it's just the literal meaning. He can't understand it because he simply doesn't know how.

The strongest esper in Academy City is now lying face down on the ground.

Just like a patient with severe paralysis.

Who am I? What is a person? What am I? Where am I? What do I need to do? What is one plus one? How do I swallow my saliva? How do I focus my eyes?

We can't get any results.

Even if Accelerator had the relevant knowledge, understood who he was, knew that one plus one equals two, and knew how to focus attention, he still wouldn't be able to take the next step.

Because he has even lost the ability to understand.

Now, he can't even overcome the most basic blinking action, let alone use the most vicious and evil superpowers in Academy City.

Even instincts and subconsciousness were affected.

"Gah, goo ga?" He tried to say something, but it was too difficult; it was simply beyond Accelerator's capabilities.

Ultimately, he simply couldn't possibly think about anything successfully.

"……what?"

Originally, he thought he was going to die for sure, or at least suffer a fate worse than death. He stood there dumbfounded.

"But you don't have a good hot pot restaurant in London where I'm a math whiz, do you?"

This doesn't constitute a human sentence at all, nor does it constitute any discourse within human civilization.

Everything the Phantom said sounded like noise to Accelerator; he couldn't understand a thing, he couldn't make heads or tails of it. All he could hear were the sounds, but he couldn't grasp their meaning at all.

If you try to understand it, it's impossible to form a sentence in human language.

"So it's just hazardous waste? But what about chronic illnesses caused by resentment? They didn't even stop the raid, ha, ha? The cable car, I really like to take it all at night."

Accelerator listened to the Phantom's incomprehensible words, raising his eyebrows as much as he could. He wanted to do something, but he couldn't do anything.

From Phantom's perspective, this guy was already like a paralyzed patient.

The reason is simple: the electrodes on his neck made a popping sound and then the power went out completely.

"That's all there is to it? Ha, ha?!"

The Phantom burst into uncontrollable laughter, as if possessed.

That's why he cares so much about the charge on the electrodes.

That's why he was desperately trying to conserve his power.

"Because without electricity, you're no different from someone with cerebral palsy! Isn't that right? That's exactly it, isn't it?!"

The Phantom stood up laughing, of course, with the help of the zombies.

Although he was completely unable to move, he was fortunate to still have the Judgment Eye, which allowed him to control all the zombies to serve him.

The monster in front of them had become a completely useless person.

He laughed.

"One, one side!"

Takibayashi and Hatsune Miku, who had rushed over from a distance, immediately widened their eyes.

Accelerator, who was dragged up by the zombies and beaten like a punching bag, collapsed to the ground without any resistance.

It can't even do the most basic reflection.

The injury to the prefrontal cortex was that serious for the first patient.

"Stop...please stop!"

Surprisingly, Hatsune Miku was the most emotional.

"Um, Hatsune-chan...?"

"Taki, Mr. Takibayashi! Quickly think of a way to save Accelerator! We can't just watch him get beaten like that!"

Even the way they address each other has changed...

But Takibayashi didn't have time to complain. He pulled out his pistol without hesitation and handed the small dagger from his back to Hatsune Miku.

"Be careful, Hatsune-chan, there are just too many zombies on the other side, we can't just leave like this—"

*Pfft—Pfft pfft—*

Before Takibayashi could finish speaking, the girl had already grabbed the dagger and rushed towards the zombies at lightning speed.

Although it wasn't to the point of killing one by one, the way she was so skilled... were you really just an ordinary girl before that?

What could possibly drive such a weak and submissive girl to transform like this?

"You can't do it, this guy is hopeless!"