Because, this is a one-on-ten thousand duel.
Kamijo Touma knew it very well.
No matter how strong his physical strength was, he couldn't do this.
In front of him, the pursuit and interception of the ability users did not decrease at all.
One of the ability users who released fire even brushed against his cheek.
The burning marks made Mr. Kamijou frown.
The retreat was blocked.
The roads that could be chosen were all blocked.
"Is this... a dead end?"
On the screen, it was pitch black in vain.
The depressing atmosphere created suddenly expanded.
The audience in front of the screen felt a shudder in their hearts, and couldn't help cursing, why did the editing deliberately play tricks at such a critical moment?
"What's going on! Can't we see the end of this duel immediately!" In the world of hunters, the boy named Killua helplessly put his hands on his waist and frowned at this scene.
This represents the psychology of most viewers. They are usually busy people and only have a little time to break into this editing live broadcast room. Because they are too busy with their work, they just run in at this time when they have some free time. It is natural that they are not happy to witness this kind of technique.
But——
This is just them.
The people who really stay in this live broadcast room for a long time.
Seeing this scene, I can't help but start laughing.
"The decorative technique with guiding nature looks like it is deliberately influencing the audience's judgment, but this technique is better to be placed at the beginning of the story, on this kind of content that is already in the later stage, just to let the audience know that the protagonist will start to show off, that's all... There is no other use." This is the evaluation made by Dr. Romani Akiman from Chaldea. At this moment, he is holding a cup of coffee, staring at the screen in the video with a look of seeing through everything, without any expression change.
"New viewers are still lamenting that the editing is deliberately messed up, while old viewers have prepared their oxygen tanks and figured out how to praise the protagonist." In stark contrast to these viewers, in the Kasuga world, the young daily life boy Hikigaya, who has recovered from his injury, stared with dead fish eyes, and said in a calm and mature manner, knowing that all this had already had a destined ending:
"Sorry, the protagonist can't be killed! Especially this kind of upright protagonist, why do you think that this kind of person who has accumulated connections everywhere and has so many hidden identities will lose here?"
Such statements and comments are not only in the worlds, but also in the Magic Index.
Even though many people were worried about Kamijou Touma's safety at the beginning, seeing the comments of the world audience, all the anxious and panicked emotions will gradually fade away.
"Is what they said true?" Misaka Mikoto couldn't make a judgment, because as far as her own emotions were concerned, seeing this idiot being dragged into this troubled abyss again, her heart was only anxious and irritable.
It's Academy City again.
Another internal fight.
This helpless and tedious situation made the girl feel a little exhausted.
Even though they were one of the seven superpowers that the city was proud of.
They were forced to accept and recognize the deeper dark side of the city.
And at this moment, these dark sides even couldn't wait to reach out to Kamijou Touma.
This guy obviously has a thousand connections with the president of this academy city, Aleister. Could it be that they don't know about this at all?
The girl didn't know, and didn't want to go into it. She just watched this idiot who saved her time and time again foolishly break into the trap laid by others, and she felt distressed in her heart.
How will everything go next?
Will he continue to rush forward alone without hesitation?
Or will someone help him?
The girl Misaka Mikoto didn't know about this.
But——
She suddenly saw the annoying Shokuhou Misaki beside her suddenly smiling at her. It was a sweet smile, but it made people feel uncomfortable at first glance.
This is a woman full of mysteries, and her unknown past seems to have a certain connection with the idiot Kamijou. No matter from which level, Misaka Mikoto didn't want to be looked down upon by this guy.
However, what she didn't expect was that it was this angry state that made Shokuhou Misaki see her heart.
"I seem to be able to know what you are thinking, although I don't have the ability, so I can only see a little bit of it."
The queen who controls everything with her mental power suddenly smiled and said.
"You are worried about Touma, right?"
This is the truth that even a pig can see clearly, but the reality is that the moment this news was said, Misaka Mikoto's face suddenly blushed.
This guy, why is she so talkative! !
"You...what are you talking about? Who would worry about this guy? I'm just worried that this matter will not affect the future of this Academy City in the end!"
Misaka, who was in a panic, told the most false lie, but she never thought that this kind of double-talk was what Shokuhou Misaki wanted to see.
The queen, who was as sweet as honey, hummed when she heard the voice, poked her left index finger wearing a snow-white glove at her mouth, and said intriguingly: "That's it."
"That's it? What do you mean?" Misaka Mikoto frowned, always feeling that this guy was hinting at something.
Unexpectedly, Shokuhou Misaki was too lazy to pretend, or she had already anticipated that the story of herself and Kamijou Touma would definitely be told in the future, so there was no need to evade and be vague as before.
So, she smiled confidently and said, "I mean, that's right. If this happens, no one can compete with me for Touma, right?"
This tone and confident look made it seem as if the boy was already in her pocket.
Misaka Mikoto's eyelids twitched, and she controlled her temper and smiled maliciously, "You are talking too much. By the way, why do you think I would want to compete with you for a fool? Besides, you haven't even shown your face in front of this fool yet, so why do you always look like you have won? When I asked you who you are, you refused to say it clearly. Do you have to play such a trick?"
The information between the two was not equal from the beginning, which was the thing that Misaka Mikoto cared about the most.
Shokuhou Misaki seemed to know everything, as if she was involved with Kamijou from the beginning, but she never officially appeared in the plot to meet Touma, which made her feel even more weird.
And she, whose appearances in the plot are second only to Touma, even more than that perverted killer Accelerator, how could such a thing happen! ?
"You still can't tell me your identity?" she continued to ask.
Shokuhou Misaki smiled intriguingly, just blinked and made a scissors hand gesture, making an idol gesture, and pretended to be mysterious again:
"We will know about this kind of thing later, don't worry, just be patient~ Or is it that our lovely princess has already had a strong sense of crisis and thought of the reality that she will be defeated by me again in terms of femininity?☆"
"And the most important thing is not who I am, but who can save Touma at this moment, right?"
Such a sentence is full of the meaning of changing the subject.
But it is very real, because it really hits Misaka Mikoto's heart.
That's right... In this case, who will be the hero who finally saves Kamijou Touma?
With this curiosity, the two gradually stopped arguing and stared at the video in astonishment.
After a long time, when the black curtain was lifted again and the heroes who saved everything appeared, they all smiled happily.
.....
In the edited video screen.
When sonic attacks, flame attacks, and various thrown objects.
These things came one after another.
Kamijo Touma's heart was filled with coldness, and he watched all this with a pale face.
But even so, these ability users would not give up the fight at this critical moment, so the boy had to solve all this by himself.
That's right... All this must be solved as soon as possible!!!
Kamijo, with his eyes wide open, knew that doing so was too reluctant, but he still lowered his upper body to try to avoid the flames. At this moment——
Boom——!
Several flashes of light blew away all the advertising trucks that were spreading the deafening noise.
Kamijo didn't know what happened.
Anyway, the shockwave disappeared, so he focused on dealing with the flame ability user, and used his right hand to disperse the wall-like attack.
He thought the enemy had also come, but things were beyond his expectations.
The ones who came were not cyborgs with red and purple metal bodies.
But several figures that no one had expected.
Including several characters who had appeared before... or had never appeared in this story.
Several psychics with replicated abilities... arrived as expected.
"I say--"
The other party seemed to not take Kamijou and others seriously.
The fourth girl in a knitted dress and a girl in a pink sportswear appeared. She pushed her bangs up with one hand and said as if no one was around:
"Where did Fremea go? Damn it, Hamazura, that bastard, should have given me some more useful information since he contacted me."
"Oh, as long as we defeat them all and investigate them all, we will find it sooner or later, right?"
"... A signal came from the south-southwest."
As if to say that this level was still within the scope of daily life, they stepped directly into the commotion without hesitation.
In contrast, the girl who lost the megaphone threw the megaphone-shaped microphone casually and tried to dominate the space with her voice while laughing.
"Ha, haha. Hahahahahaha! Thank you for this sudden impromptu request! That's why I say live performances are fun...!"
"Shut up, idiot."
"Boom!" An explosion sounded.
At least ten people flew into the sky strangely.
This was not caused by the conflict between the fourth person and the microphone girl. It was from the botanical garden that was burning in the distance. (What happened...?)
Kamijo looked around in surprise.
Who was there...
"This is really tragic."
The red flames and heat waves, different from the strong white light of night lighting, dominated everything. A boy stood in the fiery forest. He was wearing a pure white school uniform and a headscarf on his head, looking at the burning trees with a look of regret from the bottom of his heart.
"They also rely on perseverance to survive to this day? Some of them even live much longer than humans. Of course, humans sometimes have to cut down trees to make a living. But you don't have any respect for their perseverance, I really can't stand it."
Seventh place in Academy City.
Sogiita Gunha.
The reason he appeared here was simple-he encountered a commotion while walking on the street. To put it bluntly, the real thing, unlike man-made things, does not need any opportunity to participate in the incident.
"Hey, hey--"
He made a stupid cry and thrust his clenched fist forward.
That was all.
Swoosh!
In the face of the overwhelming wind, the flames of the forest fire were extinguished like candles.
The dozen or so students surrounding him took two or three steps back. In contrast, Sogiita didn't care about the actions of the "heroes". The only thing he cared about was the remaining flames.
"Oh, there's still some left? I can't finish it in one shot, which means my perseverance is not enough."
Sogiita lowered his body and raised his fist.
"I'll say this first. If you want to escape, run away quickly. Although I don't intend to drag you down with me, those who don't have the willpower can't stand my "rescue."
"Damn it! What's going on!"
"Follow him! As long as we surround him, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
"That's what I said...!"
As the boom was heard, several boys fell to the ground. At this moment, there was still a boy standing in the middle of a place surrounded by dozens of boys and girls. Although he was alone in a black leather jacket, he was still unharmed.
Relatively speaking, the surrounding party had lost more than half of its combat power. Perhaps because this group had no centripetal force, some people in it even left in the middle to pursue other targets.
Someone said:
"What a joke..."
Another person said:Is this the sixth one? Even though he's a level 5 esper, he's still a human after all!"
Hearing this, the young man in black laughed.
His upturned mouth was curved like a crescent moon.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop it."
The scary thing is that this boy has yet to use anything resembling an ability.
This was just the result of his bare hands. If that was the case, what would happen if he used the power of the sixth place...
"My name is not 'Sixth in Academy City', nor is it 'One of the only seven people with level 5 esper'. My name is Lan Huayue!"
The slender arms unleashed a punch as powerful as a piece of heavy construction machinery.
An attack without any ability, sweeping the surrounding area.
And Academy City's fifth-ranked student, Shokuhou Misaki, placed one hand over her eyes and stared into the distance with a surprised expression.
"…Strange? It seems like someone deceived the sixth place with his acting skills."
She tracks down Kamijou Touma on her own.
Kamijou did not explain much after confirming the "death" of Tsuchimikado Maika in the "Garden of the School", and even put aside the previous secret operation, forced his way through the door and left without taking Shokuhou and the others seriously, which made her very upset. Although she didn't know what kind of trouble the boy was involved in, Tokiwadai Junior High School and the "Garden of the School" were the fifth-ranked "Garden of the School". Shokuhou could not accept that he broke in without permission and made trouble, but asked her to leave without any explanation.
"Forget it. No matter who cheated that guy, it has nothing to do with me. I am only responsible for solving what needs to be done."
The girl had a TV remote in her other hand, and she spun it around like a baton. "Impression Manipulation (Type 109)/Shokuhou Misaki is a friendly. Those who attack her should be eliminated first."
"Mistaken Target (Type 081)/Target of Attack) Shokuhou Misaki is the boy next to you."
"Likes and Dislikes (Type 220) / You are afraid of sailor suits. You will want to avoid them if you get close to them."
She pressed buttons at various places, controlling the nearby "heroes". Although cutting-edge weapons and highly lethal abilities were flying at her from all directions, Shokuhou remained unscathed as if she were in the eye of a typhoon. She was just pushing others to kill each other.
However, one person couldn't stand it.
That was Misaka Mikoto beside her.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing? All your deflected attacks are coming towards me! Wow!"
"Oh, sorry, Misaka-san. Because the order was 'prioritize those who attack me', they automatically went after those with high savage power."
"You must have known this would happen! Otherwise... ah, damn it, get out of my way! Are you trying to assassinate me?" Mikoto fired a lightning spear with her bangs, knocking out the dreadlocked boy who was pestering her. Shokuhou frowned slightly at the loss of a useful automatic turret. She looked as if she had seen an impolite guest.
"But to be honest, there is absolutely no need for Misaka-san to be here. I just don't like people intervening halfway through things."
"The following is omitted!"
In other words, Mikoto came here because she was chasing after Kamijou.
"So, where is that idiot...?"
The "Encyclopedia" was already very large, and with thousands of students fighting in disorder, the situation was a mess. In addition, some places were difficult to enter, so it must have been quite difficult to find a specific person here.
Shokuhou turned the remote control with a whoosh.
The psychic level 5 esper whose ability was so broad that he had to set up "divisions" to keep himself under control, smiled and suggested:
"So, what do you think of the idea of 'letting it be dealt with by whoever finds it first'?"
"Pfft? What do you mean by leaving it to me?"
With a "boom!", a shadow passed over the sky of "Encyclopedia" at high speed.
After instantly grasping the distribution of forces within the facility, the invader made a big circle and invaded the sky above "Encyclopedia" again.
The goal has been set.
The scope isn't "who" but "where".
Without any hesitation, he rushed at top speed to the square in front of the huge complex building where the self-proclaimed "heroes" were most concentrated, and attacked a position slightly away from the fourth person's battle.
Behind this level 5 esper, there are four tornadoes that look like wings.
He is the number one in Academy City, Accelerator.
Even the sound disappeared.
The place was like being hit directly by a meteorite, and thousands of people present fell down.
He simply landed.
Just this alone was enough to wipe out the enemy's fighting force. The scale of destruction was so large, but there was not even a single death.
A man-made product that transcends miracles. His energy direction control technology has reached this level.
Among the crowd of people who had suffered severe blows to the brain and were unable to stand up, the white level 5 superpower looked down on everyone.
"...Gah, pu, wuah! H-h-h-h-what...?"
"Hello."
Accelerator said with a look of disappointment that the enemy fell too easily:
"...You don't think I won't take action just because that brat has nothing to do with me? As I am now, I won't let go of any action taken by this level of 'darkness'."
But, get to the bottom of it.
It cannot be said that this has nothing to do with "after eavesdropping on the 'course' of the Tsuchimikado Motoharu incident, he thought the fire might burn himself and decided to take the initiative."
Accelerator looked around and saw a familiar face.
The spiky-haired boy, Kamijou Touma, hid behind the artwork pedestal and lay down at the moment of his attack, thus avoiding the shock wave.
"Do you know what you should do?"
"Um."
"Then go quickly. I'm not the protagonist here."
Kamijou did not run away... but opened the square manhole cover at his feet. He stepped onto the ladder leading underground and said:
"There are countless so-called 'heroes' here who are being manipulated by the 'human resources' plan. Be careful."
"Who are you talking to?"
Kamijou Touma's head completely disappeared into the ground.
New enemies appeared one after another as if responding to him, and their number increased suddenly. Let alone "heroes" who could exert special powers individually, the scene looked like a swarm of insects.
"Underground. Yes, underground passages."
"If you just follow him, I can save Fremea Severon!"
"Stop getting in the way and move aside. I'll chop you down!"
In contrast, Accelerator laughed.
However, there was still mockery in his smile.
"...Interesting. Let me give you a question, hero. I will use my bloodstained and most filthy hands to see if you are qualified to bear this title!"
The so-called opportunity——
Indeed, perhaps it was arranged or guided by someone.
However, those with particularly strong personalities will not stop here.
The real monsters destroyed the delicate stage as if they were trying to tear the strings of a puppet with brute force and dominated the place.
Chapter 171. Kakine Teito's goal is to kidnap the final work
Can anyone believe it?
The young man who was being chased and driven to death just a moment ago.
Just a blink of an eye.
Break through numerous obstacles!
And save him.
Without a doubt.
They are all monsters that have been accumulated and cultivated over a long period of time in this Academy City.
The audience was shocked and cheered wildly.
Immediately, there was a wave of excitement.
Old viewers are all very clear that the boy will be saved.
However, who could have thought that this change of ending would ignite the fire in vain.
Rows and rows, faces.
They are all people who have had some connection with Kamijou Touma.
They are all people with super powers who have either been saved or worked together to fight against powerful enemies and have become acquainted with each other through fighting.
"Oh oh, I'm getting excited, Killua!" In the Hunter World, Gon, who was participating in the Sky Tower, clenched his fists and stared at the scenery in the picture with anger and excitement.
On the other hand, the swordsman Reinhardt from the RE0 world was also moved by the good fortune of Kamijou Touma saving his life from danger. This noble swordsman watched the video with a smile of admiration and longing: "Sure enough, no matter what kind of world it is, as long as there are people with such a sincere heart, they will not be affected by any difficult and bad things. Even if they encounter a story full of blood and tears, in the end... everything will have the right ending."
"The first one is vector manipulation, the third one is super electron cannon, the fifth one is mind control, and the seventh one is rough stone. These esper users are all people who have formed a bond or connection with Kamijou Touma for various reasons, or in other words, their true relationship with each other has not been revealed yet."
The person who made the evaluation this time is Sosuke Aizen from the world of Bleach. This audience critic, who can be regarded as a top wise man, can always look at the pictures in the video and give his unique answers and analysis.
Just when he was about to make subsequent comments and speculations, a middle-aged man in a flowery robe walked in. It was his old friend Kyoraku Shunsui, the man with the greatest hope of inheriting the position of captain of the first team from Captain-General Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.
He jokingly dismissed the guards, then smiled and sat on the ground, spreading out a bowl of strong liquor and drinking it, and then sighed:
"You really are enjoying this, Aizen. If you're still enjoying watching videos so happily even though you're sealed, then it all seems meaningless, doesn't it?"
These were words that went against one's conscience, because not long ago, Aizen Sosuke led a raid on Karakura Town, which resulted in the deaths of many Shinigami, and even two captains of the squad that followed Aizen were sacrificed.
Their circle of friends are all big names in the Bleach world. Seeing that Aizen is now imprisoned and is always interested in entering the live broadcast room to comment on this and that, they are all very angry.
"I say, you know that Captain Dong Shilang has a deep grudge against you, and he has been looking for an opportunity to tear you into pieces. Even in such an environment, can you still maintain such a cheerful attitude?"
Kyoraku Shunsui really couldn't understand why this partner, who could be considered a Shinigami of the same level as him, this guy who was wise and shrewd, chose to create a disaster spanning a hundred years for some insignificant things. What was his purpose?
Unfortunately, all of this is unknown. If there is a chance to find out, it will not be from the mouth of Aizen Sosuke, but from the video editing. But by then... who is the protagonist of their world? The answer must be obvious. Even if Kyoraku Shunsui doesn't think about it, only a figure with short orange hair can emerge from the depths of his mind.
And Aizen's answer was exactly what he had imagined.
"It doesn't make any sense... You mean your condemnation of me and your meaningless comments are meaningless and will make people who feel they have lost something in this war feel unfair?"
Aizen Sosuke didn't seem to be in the mood to talk about the causes and effects of the past. Even though he was tied up, his mentality was still very calm. He watched Kamijou Touma who was running wildly in the video.
Tu Ran moved his face with difficulty, motioning Kyoraku Shunsui to look at the video, looking at the group of superpowers who were constantly taking action, especially the first vector operator, and Tu Ran said, "Do you think that the plan of artificially creating a strongest superpower is particularly interesting? By killing 20,000 clones and using such a cramming calculation method to allow a superpower who is far superior to these clones to advance, all of this... is more admirable than the research content that our researchers in the Death God Supervision Bureau can imagine."
Kyoraku Shunsui couldn't help but be stunned by such a topic. He never expected that his old colleague would say such a thing.
The smile could not help but fall away, and frowned: "I can't pretend I didn't hear that. I thought you would say something insightful, but what you said is really nonsense."
He has no idea.
Aizen's words clearly stated his own ideas, why he carefully designed this war, and how much he hoped that the young man who had traveled to other countries would be able to successfully achieve his ideas.
However, it seems that it is unlikely to make Kyoraku Shunsui understand his thoughts.
So, Aizen Sosuke just smiled slightly, and seeing that he was slightly more alert, he couldn't help but change the subject and shift the conversation to another place: "Let's talk about something else. I think the topic I'm talking about is still too heavy for you. Let's start with the content of the editing. It's actually very interesting. In every previous battle, the people who joined hands with Kamijou Touma were a group of people he called partners, but this time it's a little different."
"The fourth one, Atomic Disaster, and the sixth one, the man whose face cannot be seen, are both people who have never met Kamijou Touma in person."
"What do you think is the reason for this phenomenon?" As he said this, the calmest Grim Reaper looked at his old friend next to him.
The latter rubbed his head awkwardly. Despite his age, Kyoraku Shunsui was never good at pondering things. Looking at the theories proposed by Aizen Sosuke, after a while of thinking, he couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that they are angry because they see their abilities being replicated?"
This is a completely wrong answer...
Aizen Sosuke shook his head, glanced at Kyoraku Shunsui, and said, "That's not the case. It's probably because of the young man named Hamazura who Touma saved earlier. This young man completely fills the gap between Kamijou Touma and the only person he hasn't been able to form a bond with in this Academy City. He is the fourth person who knows the dark side of this Academy City just like the first person."
"That is to say, the reason they are so angry is still because of emotions, or the so-called bond."
"Just like the boy named Tsuchimikado Motoharu, who would rather deceive his best friend Kamijou Touma and go alone to find the murderer who killed his sister, they are the same, people bound by emotions."
"It's just like Hinamori back then, completely dominated by emotions, but the results for both sides were different. This also indirectly shows how important it is to have the right emotions."
Aizen spoke fluently and casually about the past. This carefree attitude caused Kyoraku Shunsui to frown and said, "Ah~ It's really difficult to deal with these messy relationships. Can't we just not mention the past?"
"Of course that's not possible, Captain Kyoraku. You have to know that it is precisely because of these emotions that this world is filled with so many pleasant stories to read."
"Just like when he dealt with the Water in the Back and the Fire in the Right before, these were already completely beyond Kamijou Touma's control, and they were powerful beings that he could never defeat alone... But in the end, they all failed, failed because of Kamijou Touma's willpower, and also failed because of the bond between Kamijou Touma and his companions."