One-way traffic

I don't care what happens to this damned Academy City, but... that brat's place absolutely cannot be polluted.

Control all vectors—!

then.

—Something that doesn't belong to this world has arrived.

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"Hey... what's that?"

The three of them, Kihara Awaki, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Kaihara Mitsuki, have now reunited.

Although she encountered too many difficulties along the way, especially Kihara Awaki, who had to face a driving machine that could constantly move and manipulate space, she fought while forcibly overcoming her mental obstacles.

It's amazing that she managed to win like that.

Boom! ...

A huge sound erupted a second time, and the three members of the "Group" quickly looked ahead, only to be met with wide-eyed disbelief.

"Then, what happened?"

They saw the reality.

The location of the research institute where Accelerator used to be has become a pitch-black world.

It was as if the entire space was like that.

One-way is not there.

He disappeared.

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"……interesting."

In unseen places, humans who have survived in ways that defy normal logic have opened their eyes.

He was hanging upside down in the yellow liquid, and his voice was indistinguishable as male or female as he spoke.

"The first one has encountered something that is very concerning to me."

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"Something unexpected."

A blonde girl wearing a witch's hat and with only one bright green eye stood there.

She spoke as if she were a deity.

"Has something invaded this world?"

Apocalypse Zombies

Chapter Six: Things That Are Neither Alive nor Inanimate

When a person's consciousness falls into a deep coma, their body will instinctively move due to the danger around them.

This is the situation for this being at this moment.

“————!!”

He opened his eyes.

The number one esper in Academy City, he saw everything around him clearly.

"What's wrong?"

He looked around and tried hard to recall the last fragments of his memory.

He remembered desperately using his abilities to suppress the storm created by the time machine, and then—

And even he himself had no recollection of it.

Was he dead? Or had he survived? In any case, Accelerator was certain that he was standing in a place where he could stand.

Very good. It seems that neither heaven nor hell should be able to escape the law of gravity discovered by Newton.

But he soon realized he was wrong.

"…ah?"

Accelerator stood up, leaning on his cane on his right, and looked around.

—This place looks like a ruin that has been decaying for years.

The sky was a dark, gloomy red, and not only that, the surrounding buildings, streets, and everything within his field of vision could basically be described with only one word.

Dilapidated and beyond repair.

It's like a city that's been abandoned for who knows how many years.

"What happened? Could it be because of that storm that Academy City is now—?!"

That's not a good thing.

For Accelerator, Academy City was irrelevant; he thought it would be better if this damn place were destroyed as soon as possible. However, there were still people in Academy City that he cared deeply about.

My final work.

If this kind of rampaging event affects her, then Accelerator will not be able to accept this reality.

The more he thought about it, the more agitated he became.

"No... there's no need to panic. First of all, my calculations are still correct, which proves that the kid is at least still alive."

If even Last Order dies, the Misaka Network, which connects his electrodes, will also be affected. This would also affect Accelerator, making him a paralyzed person who can't even speak or walk normally.

He is perfectly healthy now.

More importantly, he should have been in the research institute deep in the lake before, so how did he end up back on the surface?

Furthermore, when did Academy City become so dilapidated? Even if it was caused by that accident, it would have taken several years for this phenomenon to occur.

The first one is finding things increasingly troublesome.

"It doesn't matter, let's see if there are any survivors first."

Accelerator, leaning on his cane, walked towards the other side of the road.

Along the way, not only the streets, but also convenience stores, clothing stores, and restaurants were all left in a mess.

It looked as if a world war had just ended.

"Seriously, are there even any people in this godforsaken place...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he noticed several shadows appearing in front of him.

There were about three or four shadows, wandering along the street step by step. Although Accelerator couldn't see their faces clearly, they were undoubtedly human.

He also quickened his pace.

At least ask a passerby what's going on. The fact that they're able to wander around in this area suggests the situation isn't that serious yet.

Click.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks.

The first person, leaning on a cane, slightly widened his eyes. Under his gaze, the three or four figures opposite him turned around.

They were missing arms and legs.

Not all of them are like that. Some people have only arms, some have only legs, and some even have only half of their heads missing. Even so, they can still walk on the streets.

More importantly, these guys didn't even care about their own injuries.

What on earth happened?!

Even the strongest monster created by this scientific method was astonished, for no other reason than that all of this was too abnormal.

Then one of them walked up to him and slightly raised his head.

—Those were lifeless, completely empty eye sockets.

"Roar! Awoooo ...

That wasn't a human cry, but a terrifying sound more horrifying than that of a wild beast!

Thud! The first person stepped back without hesitation, and the spot where he had been standing was now a huge hole created by the other person's footsteps.

That was just a simple kick, yet it achieved such a feat.

What kind of bullshit joke is this?

More importantly, Accelerator's ability is to manipulate the direction of all energy, including vectors.

Vectors are completely different for living people and dead people.

Even without turning on the electrodes to confirm, he could rely on his sensitivity to direction to tell whether the other person was a living person or a corpse.

So what is the actual reality?

"This thing... isn't human?!"

As Accelerator said that again, the inhuman monster lunged at him.

But this time it won't make any sense.

Bang! A loud gunshot rang out all around, and with that shot, the figure that was about to pounce on Accelerator was sent flying.

Accelerator leaned against his cane, watching everything with a gun in his left hand.

The monster shook for about two seconds, then started moving again.

"The gun is useless?"

No, that's not right, it shouldn't be that simple.

Accelerator seemed to have guessed a possibility, and without hesitation, he pointed his gun at the monster's head.

He pulled the trigger.

Boom! This time, the powerful explosion instantly took away the opponent's head, and the air-enhancing bullet specially made by Academy City affected its upper body in an instant.

The monster stopped moving completely and collapsed to the ground, motionless like a normal corpse.

However, this shot attracted even more monsters.

Accelerator's pistol wasn't silenced, so this shot immediately alerted the others, and even more of these monster-like individuals, to his presence.

He suddenly understood what all of this meant.

"Zombies..."

That's right.

Although it was a possibility that was hard for people to accept, Accelerator made that judgment without hesitation at this moment.

These guys aren't human at all; they're zombies.

It's the same kind of zombie monster from movies and games, the kind that won't die unless you hit its head.

The first person swallowed hard, unable to believe it; he had to accept this stark reality.

Because of that shot, more zombies approached. Originally, there were only three or four, but now there are at least fifteen or more surrounding them.

Even if we take care of them with a pistol, the gunfire will only attract more.

He made the next decision without hesitation.

drop--!

The first ability user pulled the switch on his neck.

The most ferocious and strongest ultimate power has been activated.

boom----! ! !

He stomped his right foot on the ground, controlling the direction of his force, and instantly tore the ground apart across a radius of three kilometers.

Almost all the zombies in front of him were violently thrown away by this attack. The powerful force even shattered the glass of the high-rise building, and most of the zombies' bodies disintegrated in mid-air as a result.

but.

"This is fucking ridiculous!"

Accelerator looked straight ahead in disbelief.