REVIEWER RESPONSE:
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And now guys I present to you, the final chapter of the NEGATIVE arc which may or may not answer all of your questions.
...And oh yeah! Index Season 3 is apparently confirmed so that's awesome!
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Disorder and Determination [7] NEGATIVE ARC FINALE
"So… we're gonna do this now or…?" Touma started awkwardly.
After being told that the hideout for NEGATIVE was found, everyone grew tense but none were sure about what course of action they should take.
"We-we shouldn't talk about this here. Come to Judgment tomorrow and we'll make plans." Kuroko decided as she left the café without making much of a dent in her food.
"Well… I guess there's that to look forward to tomorrow." Touma muttered sarcastically.
"What? Are you not looking forward to some more fighting Kami-yan?" Tsuchimikado asked jokingly.
"I'm still tired from what happened at school. I'd rather not fight anymore than I have to." Touma sighed and he continued to delve into the meandering conversation.
Unbeknownst to him however, the leader of ITEM was glaring at him with a blazing fire in her eyes.
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ITEM including Hamazura and the remnants of the Railgun crew left soon after.
"Hey Osamu, want to leave together?" Touma asked Osamu who didn't really want to go home.
"H-huh? Oh, uh sure I guess." Osamu reluctantly accepted. After everyone paid for their bills, Touma, Itsuwa, Index, Tsuchimikado and Osamu left together.
"Are you one of Touma's friends?" Index suddenly asked Osamu as they left the restaurant.
"Y-yeah I suppose I am." Osamu answered.
"I'm Index! Nice to meet you!" Index introduced herself with a bright smile.
"Likewise. I'm Osamu Yuki." Osamu said as well.
Itsuwa did the same act and the group walked together.
"So Osamu…" Touma started. "How's school life for you?"
"School? Uh, normal I guess. Nothing special."
Conversation was rather difficult to make due to Osamu's extremely inadequate social skills.
This awkwardly painful exchange continued until they parted ways.
As Osamu was back to being alone, he leaned against the wall of a nearby alley and tried to relax.
"That was definitely the most uncomfortable situation I've been in, in a while."
"Yeah, I never realized how shitty you are at talking to people Osamu." A familiar male voice remarked from behind.
Osamu turned around to see a group of people that didn't look familiar to him.
"Am I supposed to know who you guys are?" Osamu asked.
"Aw come on Osamu, can't you tell who I am based on my voice?" The male up front mocked.
"Wait… Naki?! Is that you?!" Osamu exclaimed in unbridled shock.
"Yep. It's a shock to see all of our faces huh?" Naki pointed out. Behind him stood the other members of NEGATIVE who didn't have their iconic masks on.
Naki's face was somewhat normal. He had black eyes and hair that was half black and half white.
"I think we should introduce ourselves to you. Not knowing our names is just going to make things more of a hassle in the future." Naki advised, cueing the other members to state who they are.
One of the other males stepped up.
"Hey there Osamu! Glad to finally meet you in non-threatening terms! My name is Kirito Haruyuki." Kirito introduced himself. His mask is the one that has a half full hourglass painted on it. His face was rather normal.
"I'm Asuna." Asuna stated coldly. Her mask is the one that has a camellia painted on it. Her face was that of a model's.
"Hello, I'm Poo Moo. It's a pleasure to meet you Osamu." Poo Moo said happily. He had a monocle on his left eye and his mask is the one that has a censored penis painted on it.
"I'm Zack. You better not screw with us." Zack stated menacingly. His mask is the one that has the painting of a STOP sign being stabbed by a knife. He had a rather gruff and brusque face.
"…" Osamu was taken aback by their sudden revelations.
"You're that surprised huh? Well I guess I can't really blame you. We did come out of nowhere after all." Naki admitted.
"No no, I'm just surprised that you would show me your faces at all. Shouldn't you keep your identity hidden to those not involved with your group?" Osamu mentioned.
"Hah? What are you talking about Osamu? You're one of us now aren't you?" Naki questioned with a merry smile on his usual stoic face.
"What makes you think that? Do you really want someone like me in NEGATIVE?"
Naki moved forward and put a hand on Osamu's shoulder.
"Of course we do Osamu. After what happened at the factory, I think that we were all fated to meet."
"Fated huh? Maybe you're right…" Osamu muttered.
"So what do you say? You're going to join us right?" Naki asked once more.
Osamu sighed.
'What are you going to do 'me'?'
'I don't have a choice do I?'
'Choice? You always have a choice. You can just reject their offer and continue to wallow in self pity on your own.'
'…Well… when you put it like that…'
"Yeah sure I'll join NEGATIVE." Osamu determined aloud much to Naki's delight.
"Hey you hear that guys? We got a new member!"
No one cheered and they looked like they didn't give a shit.
Kirito was busy picking his nose while Asuna scolded him.
Zack had his eyes closed while holding an intimidating pose and Poo Moo was fantasizing about naughty thoughts.
"Wow, friendly crowd you've got here." Osamu noted.
"Ah don't worry about it. You'll get used to our shenanigans in time."
Osamu, now an official member of NEGATIVE, followed the others to their new makeshift base.
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In the dead of the night, a certain unknown group of individuals were having a vital meeting.
"Hey Robert, was it right to give those Espers those masks?"
"Are you joking Elizabeth? It was ordered to by father. Of course it was right." Robert responded callously.
"But… aren't a lot of people going to die? A lot of innocent people…" Elizabeth muttered sadly.
"That's life Elizabeth. Everyone in this city should know the consequences of living somewhere so corrupt."
"Y-yes you're right but-"
"Have no fear Elizabeth. Better times shall come soon I promise. Academy City just has to fall first. Their ignorance is a horrifying tool that they can't afford to lean onto anymore. If they continue to disregard the incidents happening around them and live in the light… then they must perish. It's that simple." Robert explained arrogantly.
"I hope you're right…" Elizabeth said meekly.
"I AM right Elizabeth my dear sister. It's the will of the Swallow family after all."
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"H-huh? Where am I?"
Touma awoke in an unfamiliar area in Academy City.
"Oh Kami-yan, you're finally up!" Tsuchimikado exclaimed from behind.
"Tsuchimikado? What's going on?"
"What, you didn't hear? That amazing anime is getting a third season!" Tsuchimikado shouted in delight.
"Amazing anime? Which one are you talking about? Touma asked in pure curiosity.
"A Certain Magical Dildex." Tsuchimikado answered.
"….What kind of stupid ass title is that?" Touma blurted out.
"What?! Stupid?!" Tsuchimikado clenched his fists. "You call this record-breaking anime stupid?!"
"Woah woah woah!" Touma backed up. "Calm down Tsuchimikado…"
"How can I calm down Kami-yan! Fans have wanted this third season for years and you just shit on it like it doesn't matter to you!"
"Well, it really doesn't matter right? It's just anime after all." Touma retorted calmly.
"Surely you jest Kami-yan. This is anime about you after all…"
"…What?"
"It's the third season of your sexual escapades! In the third season, you're going to be seducing Academy City's opposition in World War III! Why do you think it's called 'A Certain Magical Dildex'?!"
Touma sunk to the ground.
"No…no… there can't be an anime about me…! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Ah!" Touma yelled in alarm as he woke up in his usual bathtub.
"Man that dream was… disturbing. I'm just going to pretend that never happened…" Touma decided as he got up.
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Touma eventually arrived at school with Itsuwa in tow and things weren't going as he would regularly expect.
At the school gates, Touma was jumped by a huge crowd.
"Yo Touma bro! I never knew you were such a huge badass!"
"K-Kamijou… can I get your autograph?"
"Hey man, wanna hang out after school?"
Voices upon voices of schoolmates surrounded Touma as he neared the front doors. Itsuwa was forcefully parted from Touma due to the sheer size of the crowd.
'Just what the hell is going on?!' Touma thought in shock.
As Touma was constantly being pushed around by his fans, someone determinedly grabbed his arm and dragged him into the school. No one seemed to notice since the crowd was so huge and they kept tripping on each other.
When Touma was inside, he finally got a good look at his savior.
"Awaki! Thanks so much! You have no idea how helpful that was…." Touma thanked as he tried to catch his breath.
"No problem. I just got tired of watching that situation is all." Awaki answered neutrally.
"But anyway, enough about that." Awaki's tone shifted to a more serious one. "Are you prepared for the battle today?"
"Battle? Wait, how do you know about that?"
"I… have my own sources of information is all." Awaki responded vaguely.
"I see…"
"So… are you prepared?"
"No I'm never prepared for stuff like this but it's not like I have much of a choice do I? It's not that I don't want to right their wrongs, it's just that I don't like fighting…" Touma admitted with an unusually sorrowful gaze.
"…Huh. You're a much deeper person than I thought." Awaki said.
"Am I? Heh, maybe I am. I don't really know myself all that well to be honest with you."
"…" Awaki didn't say anything to that.
"Ah Kamijou there you are!" Fukiyose's voice rang from across the hallway.
"Fukiyose? What's up?" Touma asked.
"N-nothing. I just wanted to thank you for what happened the other day."
"For that whole dramatic incident? Don't worry about it." Touma waved off casually.
"I can't just dismiss it!" Fukiyose yelled immediately.
Touma backed up a bit while Awaki raised an eyebrow.
"If it wasn't for you then I don't even know if I'd be standing here…"
"Fukiyose-"
"Never mind! Forget I said anything!" Fukiyose interrupted and quickly walked away.
"Well that was… random." Touma blurted out.
"Random? Is that what you would really call it?" Awaki questioned.
"Yeah, that isn't like Fukiyose at all…"
"*Sigh* So the rumors about you are true huh? That's somewhat aggravating."
"Rumors? What rumors?"
"Nothing! Nothing important! Well I think I'm going to leave now. Be prepared for the battle later today." Awaki then walked off while trying to hide her face.
"I really don't understand girls…" Touma muttered depressingly.
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The school day ended and everyone went to meet up at the iconic Judgment base.
"Ah ape there you are." Kuroko remarked as Touma entered the room.
When Touma walked in, he saw a bunch of familiar faces.
Mugino, Kinuhata and Takitsubo were standing at the corner of the room.
Osamu and Tsuchimikado were standing near the entrance.
"Huh, I was expecting Misaka to be here but I guess she couldn't make it."
As Touma said that, a series of frowns could be seen across the room.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Touma immediately noticed the change in mood.
"About Onee-sama… she's…. she's…-"
"She's crazy." Mugino interrupted the stuttering Kuroko.
"Yeah, I never thought I'd ever see the Railgun act like that." Tsuchimikado agreed.
"What did… she do?" Touma was almost afraid to ask.
"She attacked us." Mugino answered simply.
"W-what?!"
"I know that it sounds unbelievable Kami-yan but that's exactly what happened. She attacked all of us here without as much as a warning. It was almost as if she lost all rationale. Awaki was here but she took the liberty of taking Misaka away for our safety." Tsuchimikado explained.
"That's-"
"Listen. We don't have time for this crap alright?! We have a mission to do. It's shitty enough that we have to work with you guys so you better not hold us back!" Mugino interrupted as she, Kinuhata and Takitsubo brusquely walked out of the door.
"She… has a point…" Kuroko admitted. "Let's go. The rogue's hideout is in another abandoned factory but this time it's at the opposite end of Academy City."
"You ready Kami-yan?"
"Yeah…" Touma said weakly.
"Hey." Osamu walked up to Touma with a friendly and sympathetic smile. "If we handle this situation properly, the Railgun's gonna go back to normal."
"Really? What makes you say that?" Touma raised an eyebrow.
"It's just a feeling I have." Osamu responded vaguely as he too left.
'These guys don't know about the truth of the masks yet. If I were to tell them now, it would only cast suspicion on me. Hopefully this works out well.' Osamu thought.
Tsuchimikado gave a brief knowing smile to Osamu's direction without him knowing before he too left the building.
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"We're here." Kuroko confirmed.
The group was in front the abandoned factory that was supposedly the hideout for the rogue members of NEGATIVE. It was as desolate as any other in the area and nothing remarkable stood out.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Touma asked.
"Yeah, at least according to Uiharu it is."
"Let's look around. If you're so certain they're here then they either must be out or there's something here we're not seeing." Mugino advised.
"She's right. Let's split up and look around guys!" Tsuchimikado agreed.
The group walked in the factory at each of their own paces. They were each examining anything that seemed remotely suspicious.
"I should probably make some preparations here. Something here just doesn't seem right…" Touma muttered to himself as he made two quick phone calls which thankfully no seemed to question. That might've been due to the fact that no one was paying much attention to him.
"Hey Osamu, are you sure you're up for this?" Touma asked Osamu who stayed near the front of the factory. "I mean no offense but are you strong enough to handle yourself in case things go wrong?"
"I… don't know honestly." Osamu admitted. "I was only forced to come along because I 'dealt' with NEGATIVE before. Kuroko thinks I might be withholding some information so that's why I'm here. I can't fight though so I'm screwed if that comes up."
"I see… well don't worry. There's a bunch of strong fighters here." Touma reminded.
"Yeah, I'm sure."
"Hey, what's this symbol supposed to mean?" Kinuhata voiced loudly, prompting everyone to come and investigate.
"That's…!" Touma's breath hitched.
At the back of the factory on the floor, there was a symbol that looked as if it belonged to the Magic Side.
'It definitely seems like it's from the Magic Side but this pattern specifically isn't familiar to me…' Touma thought.
The symbol on the ground was glowing. It consisted of a serpent's mouth in the center with eight clouds surrounding it in an octagon shape.
Touma quickly glanced at Tsuchimikado who surprisingly had a look of shock and confusion.
"I-I think I know what to do…" Touma said with a voice crack.
No one said anything due to the abruptness of his realization.
Touma leaned down to the ground and placed his right hand on the symbol.
Then suddenly the ground began to shake and the tiles surrounding the magic symbol vanished as if they never existed. A staircase leading underground presented itself.
"Huh…?" Takitsubo gasped in surprise which was completely unlike her.
"I'm suspicious of you but we have bigger fish to fry." Mugino warned as she headed down with the other members of ITEM. Kuroko followed suit as well.
"Tsuchimikado, why-"
"I don't know Kami-yan. I'm gonna have to look more into this. This was the last thing I was expecting." Tsuchimikado admitted as he went down the stairs.
'That symbol… why is it so…familiar to me…?' Osamu thought with a troubled expression as he forced himself to follow the others.
Touma went along as well but little did he know that someone was watching from behind a pile of debris.
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"This place… it's so ordinary." Osamu remarked.
When the group finished walking down the stairs, the scenery they were greeted with was a factory that looked like an exact copy of the one above ground.
"This is bizarre." Kuroko agreed. "It's almost like it's magic or something."
Touma almost said something about that but he decided to hold his tongue.
"Intruders!" A male voice from beyond yelled.
"Shit!" Touma cursed.
"We got company!" Tsuchimikado alerted.
"No shit!" Mugino mocked as she readied her Meltdowner. "Takitsubo, I want you to scan for any of these guys coming from up above. This could've been a premeditated ambush!"
Takitsubo nodded and activated AIM Stalker.
Dozens of masked individuals were charging at Touma and the others with guns and the like.
"Kami-yan, you have to go on ahead!" Tsuchimikado advised much to Touma's bewilderment.
"What? Why?"
"We have things handled here! You have to put your right hand to use! I'm willing to bet that the leader has an Esper power which is meant to act as a makeshift trump card for holding the Level Downer!" Tsuchimikado elaborated.
"Ape! He's right!" Kuroko backed up. "I don't exactly know what that arm of yours is capable of but if you can bring this incident to a close more swiftly then go for it!"
"You guys…"
The group of rogues neared and fired their guns as if they had nothing left to lose. Some even had several daggers on their person.
"Here we go!" Mugino shouted.
"Go Kami-yan!"
"Ri-"
"That won't be necessary." A voice from the top of the staircase interrupted.
"What?" Touma's voice let out.
"Touma look out!" Osamu pushed Touma out of the way from the being that came from above. A female masked rogue jumped down from above with a sword that was aimed to cleave Touma in half.
All of the other rogue's in the room halted as soon as she made her presence.
"Who the hell are you?!" Mugino spouted furiously. "And Takitsubo, why didn't you alert us about someone coming from above the stairs?!"
"I-I couldn't! They have no AIM field and they cloaked themselves somehow." Takitsubo immediately responded back.
"But that's-"
"Impossible? My my my, I've forgotten how ignorant you regular science kids are." The female rogue spat out in disgust.
"Shut the hell up you rogue fucker!" Mugino screamed as she fired her Meltdowner at the female rogue who instead of fleeing, deftly held her blade and sliced through the shot as it cracked the wall behind her.
Mugino stood there baffled.
"You're wrong about one thing." The female rogue mocked. "I'm no Esper and I'm no rogue either. In fact, I'm not even a denizen of Academy City."
"What are you talking about?" Kuroko spoke up. "If you're not a rogue then why are you wearing that mask?"
"I'm a test subject like everyone else here. Besides, I am the leader after all."
"So it's you huh?" Touma started. "You're the leader of these rogue members of NEGATIVE?! Why the hell did you involve so many innocent people?!"
"Because I was assigned here."
"Assigned…?" Kuroko said quietly.
"Don't bother thinking about it girl. I assure you that it's beyond your comprehension." The female rogue mocked further.
"Quiet." Touma said under his breath. His dark tone caused everyone in the vicinity to stare at him in shocked interest. "If you think that you can just ruin people's lives for the sake of experimentation and obligation, then let me just destroy that illusion of yours!
"Hmph." The female rogue grunted. "You can try but I can't guarantee your success."
She went into her pocket and pulled out a Level Downer.
"Damn it, didn't you say that we prepared for this?!" Touma asked Kuroko who had a snarky grin.
"I did. You were the preparation." Kuroko said simply before the leader activated the Level Downer.
"What?"
Touma's question was answered however as his companions collapsed to the ground and he was the only one left standing.
"H-huh? How is it that you're still standing?" The leader asked in astonishment.
"I see… so this was your plan Shirai? To bet everything on me? Touma realized.
There was no response due to everyone suffering on the floor.
"Well no matter." The leader remarked. "I saw you disable the veil spell but I had no idea that you'd negate this too. But I doubt that you can handle theses many foes at once."
She snapped her fingers, beckoning the other masked rogues to her side.
"If you just give in now, you won't have to needlessly suffer against a losing battle."
'Shit! I can't fight that many people at once!' Touma thought.
"Boss!" A voice from above echoed towards the bottom of the stairs.
"That voice…did they manage to arrive in time?" Touma noticed.
"We're here to-AAAHHH!" Hamazura started before collapsing and falling down the stairs due to the effects of the Level Downer.
"Wow, you're a fucking dumbass Hamazura. Didn't the Hero explain the situation over the phone? Why the hell would you just walk in like that?" A familiar annoyed voice scorned.
"Accelerator! Hamazura! You guys made it!" Touma remarked with contentment.
"It-It can't be! The Number One?!" The leader exclaimed in extreme fright.
"Huh, are you the leader for these masked assholes? About time. I was getting tired of your shitty subordinates using those tacky game controllers on me." Accelerator spat out with derision.
"You-you fools! What are you doing?! Attack them!" The leader ordered in a panicked tone as she ran past everyone towards the deeper recesses of the building.
"Hero! You take care of that bitch! I've already got more than enough fun here." Accelerator said with a devious smile.
"Right!" Touma agreed as he ran after the leader.
"Just give up!" The leader yelled from ahead of Touma. "Do you really expect him to take out all of those Espers on his own?!"
"Accelerator? Pfft. Those guys are screwed." Touma said without any concern.
"Shit shit shit!" The leader ran to a branching left in the long hallway and entered a nearby room. Touma kept chase and cornered her in the plain room.
"There's no more running. It's over for you rogue NEGATIVE leader." Touma said threateningly.
"Ha…hahahaha!" Instead of cowering in fear, the leader grasped the Level Downer tightly in her hand and laughed hysterically.
"…" Touma stayed silent.
"The end? This is the beginning! This was just an incidental step! All of you Espers are do-AGH!" The leader's egotistical speech stopped mid-rant as she grasped her head with both of her hands, dropping the Level Downer on the ground.
"H-hey, what's wrong?" Touma asked feeling a bit unnerved.
His question went unanswered however as shortly after her outburst, the leader's mask exploded.
At the same time, several horrified screams could be heard from the entrance of the staircase.
"Did the same thing happen to them too?" Touma ran back to where everyone was and he was greeted by a horrifying sight.
All of the rogue's masks exploded as well and their faces were beyond any sort of human recognition.
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10 minutes later, the initial shock started to die down.
In the midst of that, Touma went back to the leader and turned off the Level Downer, prompting everyone else to get back up.
"Hama…zura?" Takitsubo muttered from the fatigue of being suppressed by the Level Downer.
"I-I'm sorry Takitsubo. I know you didn't want me to come along but Boss needed my help and all of you were in trouble. I couldn't just sit back and let this all roll over." Hamazura explained mournfully.
"It's okay…" Takitsubo gave a slight smile despite the present situation causing Hamazura to blush.
"Naki…you guys better have completed your end of the plan." Osamu said under his breath.
Mugino and Kinuhata were slightly shocked by the scene surrounding them but they quickly shrugged it off and walked towards Hamazura and Takitsubo.
Tsuchimikado said that he was going up to for some fresh air but Touma suspected that there was more to his story than that.
Accelerator stood around, waiting for something interesting to happen.
"Ape. I examined her body." Kuroko's face was still pale but she stood strong. She went upstairs to make an emergency call to Judgment and inform them of the situation. Shortly after, she went back downstairs to at least try to make sense of the horrifying scene that occurred there.
"Um, before that Shirai. What do you make of this?" Touma gestured towards the outside of the room that housed the deceased leader.
Near the left end of the hallway was some sort of contraption. It had a huge rectangular shape and several touch pads were on it along with many plug-ins that connected towards the wall behind it. The touch pads featured science and math jargon that Touma couldn't comprehend.
"It's a new type of power generator. Where did they get their hands on this?" Kuroko asked mostly herself.
Before Touma could ask what makes it unique, Kuroko took the preemptive and answered for him, expecting him to be ignorant.
"To be honest, I don't understand the specifics but the general concept is that it's supposed to house 30 times the power a normal generator is supposed to hold. It's also able to connect with another unit of its kind from thousands of meters away."
"Th-thirty times?!" Touma exclaimed.
"Yeah, it sounds pretty ridiculous and bare bones but that was the explanation that we were given. It was featured to Judgment and Anti-Skill but never shown to the public. Moreover, it's in its beta phase so how did these guys manage to get one, let alone one that functions?" Kuroko asked mostly to herself again.
"A-anyway," Touma said, wanting to get away from a topic he didn't have the knowledge to contribute to. "did you find anything of note on the leader's body?"
"…Oh right." Kuroko snapped back to reality and walked back towards the room with the deceased leader.
They both tried their best to avoid looking at her face.
"The only thing she had on her person was a letter but it's torn and there are only a couple of words I can make out from it."
"Alright, what can you make out?" Touma asked.
"Here." Kuroko showed Touma the letter. "In the middle of the paper is the name Robert and at the end of the letter, it says 'Love, Cynthia Swallow.'"
"I have no idea who those people are." Touma admitted.
"Yeah me neither. I plan to run some searches once I get back to base though." Kuroko said.
"Hey, are you guys alright?" Konori ran towards their direction.
"Oh Judgment and Anti-Skill already came?" Touma voiced in surprise.
"Yeah, it sounded like a real emergency. The bodies in front of the stairs told us as much." Konori gagged a bit. "A-anyway, you guys should head back home for now. I'm sure you're all exhausted and we have a lot of cleaning up to do here."
"…Yeah you're right." Kuroko agreed after some contemplation.
Eventually, everyone left and went their own separate ways.
Touma decided to walk with Osamu and Accelerator felt like joining them.
"So Osamu, aren't you glad that this is all over?" Touma asked.
"Yeah, I guess. But aren't there still a bunch of questions left unanswered?"
"There are but… at least no one's in danger now."
"Are you sure about that Hero?" Accelerator asked seriously.
Touma gave Accelerator a curious glance.
"From what I've heard, those guys were a pretty big organization. If they're gone then it's gonna cause some pretty fucking big rippling effects in the dark side."
"Yeah, you're right I guess."
"So… you're the Number One?" Osamu asked.
"So what? You got a problem?" Accelerator threatened menacingly.
"N-no. I'm just… surprised is all. It's not every day you see a Level 5 interacting so casually with lower levels like this." Osamu responded reasonably.
"I don't give a shit about crap like that." Accelerator admitted. "There's a bunch of annoying assholes that are higher levels too. Your level doesn't change if you're a dick or not."
"Yeah, that's true. I've dealt with my fair share of those types of people…" Osamu agreed.
The three continued on their meandering trek until a couple stopped them the three guys in their tracks.
"Well, well, well… if it isn't the disgrace Osamu Yuki." The male scorned with a disgusted expression.
The male was really plain looking. He wore a casual buttoned down shirt and jeans. Nothing about his appearance was that appealing. He was ordinary.
Next to him stood a girl that could be considered incredibly attractive. She was somewhat short, had blue wavy hair and a moderate yet likeable figure. Her eyes were blue like her hair and she wore a white dress, short red skirt and black stockings.
"Makoto, Adagaki… to what do I owe the pleasure?" Osamu spat out annoyed. [1] [2]
"Why are you so sour Osamu? You see your old friends for the first time in months and THAT'S how you act?" Makoto laughed. "Sorry sorry just kidding. Seeing you for the first time in months made me want to cringe. I'm so glad you dropped out."
"Yeah honestly, you should be a bit more kind you jackass. Especially after what you did to us." Adagaki said while trying to hold back laughter.
"…" Osamu stayed silent.
"Hey, what the hell's your problem?" Touma said aggressively to Adagaki and Makoto.
"Oh? Who the hell are you to talk to me like that?!" Makoto shouted with venom.
"Me? I'm just your everyday Level 0."
"L-level 0?...Hahahhahahahahaahaha!" Makoto laughed hysterically, clutching his sides.
"Oh man, that got me. A Level 0 shit talking me…hahaha!"
Makoto stopped laughing after a little while and he gave Touma humored grin.
"Hey you Level 0, we should have a duel." Makoto demanded.
"…What?"
"What? Are you scared? Pfft. I just believe that if you think you can talk to me like that, you should have the strength to back it up."
"Wow, you really are a dumbass…" Touma sighed in exhaustion.
"Then let's fight it out. Prove how stupid I am. I'm a Level 4 so I'm free to embrace whatever I want. After all, there's barely anybody in this city who can handle me in a fight. If you beat me, then I'll consider the validity of your existence. Makoto declared.
'Uh… this is probably the straight up most shittiest guy I ever met.' Touma thought humorously. 'And well, I tend to avoid stuff like this but maybe he'll come to senses with reality if I fight him.'
"Alright fine. When? Where?" Touma agreed much to Accelerator's and Osamu's surprise.
"Now we're talking. Next week at your school. I'm going to humiliate you in front of those you're around every day. Wait, what's your name and school? I'm probably going to forget it after I beat the shit out of you but I can't help that now can I?"
"…My name is Touma Kamijou and I go to A Certain High School."
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"S-Shirai!" Uiharu called over Kuroko who was busy dealing with numerous reports about the recent incident.
"What is it Uiharu?"
"The masks! They were rigged with controllable explosives!"
"….What?!"
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] And [2[ reference two characters from different series. Makoto references the protagonist of School Days while Adagaki references one of the main characters in Masamune-kun no Revenge.
