Samuel (in his mechanical body) eyed Accelerator, his gaze sweeping top to bottom as usual.
Snow-white hair, blood-red eyes, pale skin untouched by sunlight, clad in oversized sportswear, with a strikingly beautiful face—a textbook "sickly beauty."
"Well! From photos, I thought you were androgynous, but you're a real beauty! I'll have to be careful not to ruin that pretty face. It'd break my heart."
"What did you say?!"
Accelerator's brows furrowed at Samuel's teasing words, a murderous glint flashing in her eyes.
"Let's see if your strength matches your big talk! Don't end up like her, groveling on the ground, begging for mercy like a fish out of water!"
"Your metaphors suck. Beating you? Easy as pissing into the wind and soaking your pants—inevitable!"
Samuel's lips curled into a mocking smirk.
"Don't let the wind blow too hard and strain your… equipment."
"Keep your equipment in your mouth, not out here!"
Samuel stepped forward.
"Hmph~ Rude little thief, you dare approach me? Don't you know my ability? One touch, and you'll splatter like a tomato under a steamroller!"
"If I don't get close, how can I pin you down and give you a good spanking?"
"…Hah! Come closer then!"
Tap, tap, tap, tap~
Their footsteps closed the gap. When they were two meters apart—
Boom~
Blazing lightning clashed with invisible vectors, dazzling light and a terrifying gust erupting between them.
Crack~
One of Samuel's legs shattered into pieces.
"A cripple? Hah~ I was gonna see how much stronger I am, but no need now. I'll just finish you!"
Accelerator crossed her arms, sneering.
"You call that a test? Just a light caress of my leg? Too bad for my $20,000 prosthetic!"
Samuel glanced at the scattered parts. With a thought, electromagnetic forces reconnected them, reassembling his leg.
"Hmph~ Let's see how long you can keep that tough talk! My Vector Manipulation will crush you! Hahaha~!"
"Looks like we've got similar abilities. Seemingly basic, but insanely versatile and powerful!"
"Go to hell!"
Invisible ripples surged from Accelerator's hand as she reached for Samuel, aiming to reverse his blood flow and make him implode!
"Zawadaru!"
A monstrous computational surge burst from Samuel's mechanical body. Mimicking Vector Manipulation, he halted every atom around them, freezing everything.
"I… I can't move?"
Accelerator struggled with her ability, but Samuel's overwhelming calculations suppressed her completely.
"One second's up, Accelerator! This is a one-way street now! I could end you in less than a second!"
"Damn… you bastard…"
Unnoticed, Samuel had slipped behind her. The creeping danger from behind sent panic surging through Accelerator's heart.
"Oh~ You went easy on her, huh? Just a few broken bones. You wanted her to beg, then let her go, right?"
Samuel scooped up Misaka 10001 from the ground, quickly checking her condition.
If Accelerator wanted her dead, a touch would've turned her into a pile of flesh.
"Nonsense… I didn't! I just wanted to hear her screams. Even if she begged, I'd kill her…"
"Liar~"
"That smell! The stench of a lie! You're lying, Accelerator!"
A tongue, slightly wet with saliva, extended from the mechanical body—don't misunderstand, it was spatial manipulation.
It left a mark on Accelerator's face.
"You… you bastard… I'll kill you!"
"Ohh~ I'm so scared! But you can't move, and you're wide open. Hm… such a sickly beauty! What could I do to you?"
"Ugh~ Bastard, let me go! Let me go! I'll kill you!"
When Samuel's hands landed on her waist, Accelerator reacted like a normal girl spotting a cockroach—her scalp prickled, goosebumps erupted, and her sense of danger hit its peak.
"Ehe! Just messing with you~ Alright, I'm out. Don't worry, the time-stop will lift once I'm gone."
This was just a mechanical body—Samuel was limited in what he could do. If his real body were here, he might've actually taken a shot at Accelerator. But as it was, never mind!
Snap~
The sudden release caught Accelerator off-guard, and she faceplanted onto the ground.
"Bastard… I'll remember you…"
Humiliation from the encounter mixed with the added insult of Samuel not even bothering to take advantage of her beauty before leaving.
"Aaagh!"
With a wave, vectors swept atoms into a hurricane, reducing the buildings on either side to rubble.
One person against a nation, unscathed even at the epicenter of a nuclear blast—Accelerator, a Level 5!
Though hidden powerhouses existed, she was undeniably among the top tier on the surface, a dangerous figure capable of destroying a country in a rampage.
Even against the world's superpowers, she could shake them single-handedly.
Especially a certain superpower with a short history and weak mystical forces.
"Bastard! Bastard!"
Her tantrum alone could level a vast area.
"Accelerator! Stop this at once! What just happened?"
"Tch…"
Accelerator ripped off her earpiece, tossing it aside with a sneer.
"A bunch of idiots who don't even know what happened? That guy… who was he? The fourth, fifth, and sixth are girls, the third and eighth clearly aren't… The seventh? No, the first? They say the first is just a researcher, ranked for a rare ability… but maybe… Could it be a new Level 5? Damn it… when I find you, I'll tear you apart!"
Her blood-red eyes glinted coldly, her slender fingers clenching into fists.
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