Accelerator and the others headed through District 7 in the RV.
Tsuchimikado looked worriedly at his watch.
"…It'll be another 10 minutes before we reach District 13."
The west terminal hadn't been cut off, but they could cut off access by going there and physically disconnecting the cables. Strict officials that dealt with the budget didn't like that kind of method, but there wasn't much of a choice left.
But the electronic alarm began ringing again.
Tsuchimikado shouted in response.
"What is it this time!?"
"Cracking in District 23 confirmed! A satellite control center belonging to an aerospace engineering laboratory is undergoing an electronic attack!!"
(Satellite?) thought Accelerator as he frowned.
The only satellite launched by Academy City up there was a spy satellite officially referred to as a weather satellite. Using that, one could observe Academy City and the surrounding area in excellent detail, but…
"This just keeps getting more and more interesting. Hikoboshi II has a large caliber ground-attack laser installed on it, right?"
"This is bad. The cracking on the Virus Isolation Center is still going, isn't it?" added Musujime.
"They're trying to split up the counter-measure team. The Virus Isolation Center is just a decoy to prevent us from going full force, but that doesn't mean we can just ignore it either. Being a decoy doesn't change how much damage it could do."
"Do you think this is School, too?"
"I have no idea. It could be some other organization."
"Wh-what are you going to do!? Where do you want me to take you!?"
"Ha ha. Isn't that obvious?"
As he spoke, Accelerator kicked the RV's side door with the bottom of his foot.
He must have already flipped the electrode's switch, because his vector transformation power caused the metal door to fly out onto the street.
Tsuchimikado yelled out at him.
"Accelerator!!"
"I don't like dealing with some bastard's decoy. I'm headed to District 23. I'll stop the cracking by destroying the huge antenna that's used to contact the satellite. You can deal with the odd jobs without me."
After saying what he wanted to say, Accelerator jumped out of the car without hesitating.
His jump took him in an unnatural trajectory. He passed over the center divider and landed in the passenger seat of a convertible driving the other direction. A normal person would have been crushed by the difference in speed, but it was no problem with the aid of some vectors.
The most flustered person was the driver of the convertible.
"Wah wah!? Wh-what? What!?"
"I'll pay you for the gas and labor."
The driver heard a small noise.
He could feel something pressed up against his cheek, but he couldn't move his neck. However, he could see a black piece of metal that looked like a handgun in the rear-view mirror.
"Take me to District 23. And keep your eyes on the road."