I'm sure you can tell from this chapter what I'm going to be focusing on for a bit. I thought about it and decided I can't swap between Australia and Academy City during the level 5 fights. They are all happening at once and occur in stages. Switching to Australia will mess with the impact. There were also a lot of comments about the Mikoto vs Juliet being short and rushed. I can assure you, nothing ends that easily, as most of you probably guessed. What occurs next, you will have to wait and see. For now, let's see how the others are faring. New Index light novel will be out soon too. I can't wait to see how Touma likes to be on the receiving end of a harem out for blood. It's sure to give him a newfound appreciation for the girls he knows. Just something you to think about, now on to the comments.

general ironox: Of course she's the BDSM type. Just seeing what she wears is more than enough evidence. Carissa's reaction would be great to that rumor.

Brosephg: Touma is definitely into S&M. I bet he will enjoy being stepped on. No explanation needed for loving Eve. Sogiita Gunha was one of the best options to fight crazy unexplainable powers. After all, fight fire with fire, am I right? Juliet's fight is just a basic scrabble. I'm sure they will all be friends when it is over.

naruhinasakufan1: Touma evolves into Jesus Touma. Mikoto killed someone. You don't just recover from your first kill. You see it forever.

Seiker: You would think without a body she can't be crushed, but does magic follow normal physic rules like that? I also never said Carissa/Touma interactions were done for the night. Hehehe.

Whwsms: The Queen does seem like she was a wild youth. I wouldn't be surprised if she has a special whip to pass down to Carissa. Sogiita has super speed and strength, so he could be considered a science side Saint. It is a perfect match up with a science side Saint.

Handsomistic1: I can assure you Oriana and Ruiko are not finished yet in Australia. They will all have their day in the sun.

KaguTsumi: Eve might be more accepting of the impossible, but imagining Kaori Kanzaki losing it would be hilarious.

Guest: It was outside the scope of this story. No, that didn't happen yet. He discovered the reflect from the phoenix feather by accident and then actually applied it to Cain's magic. They heard about it, but that was early on in England and they had plenty of time to get over it. It was one of those things that Eve used it to read his mind so it wasn't romantic. She's a knight so she is from the UK.

Yakutsu Zaishiro: People die. All the sin mark guys died. He's been off secretly training. Swimming in lava, meditating underwater, pushing bolder to the top of mountains, you know, the usual stuff. Push up, sit ups, and plenty of juice.

Salishious: The fights will be over long before Jason leaves Uiharu. As for what Touma knows, you will have to wait until Australia returns. There may be more Amelia. We will have to see how important she becomes. Fluffy, through a lot of debate, may not be part of the IB. There are signs it could be something else.

Generation Zero: There is a very strict entrance exam to join the Fallen. You have to meet their qualifications. You know, spoiler alert, I was going to bring out the hydra, but one does not simply summon dragons. Dragons are synonymous with fallen angels and demons. You can't just make them out of paper. Spiders are cute, so she makes them, it's that simple. You have some interesting speculation and you maybe on to something.

FrodoFighter: You actually hit the nose on the head with the Fallen. They were betrayed and fell, but they refuse to quit. Betrayal leaves deep scares that are not easily healed. The knights don't want Touma dead, they just like to mess with him. Everyone knows teasing him is really fun. Don't expect an awakened Sogiita anytime soon. His ability is rather unique and awakening may be out of reach for him now. Mikoto vs Juliet (?) round two needs to happen? I'll let the writer know.

wildarms13: Don't worry, eventually, all will know Touma and Carissa are together.

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"Bayloupe," Accelerator mumbled quietly. "Estelle. Take Last Order and Worst and get the hell out of here."

"Misaka would normally argue," Worst replied instantly. "But Misaka doesn't like that man's presence and will listen this one time." She may not have been able to feel mana, but even she could feel Cain was not someone to be trifled with. There was a nagging feeling in the back of her mind, like she subconsciously knew this guy was dangerous.

"You can't honestly be thinking of trying to take that monster on by yourself?" Bayloupe asked incredulously. "I know you don't understand who he is. What it means to face a vampire's magic. Even if we all attacked at once, we probably couldn't win."

"Last Order," Accelerator said, his words indicated he was ignoring Bayloupe's warning. "Go with them and don't leave their side."

"Okay MISAKA agrees as MISAKA looks at you with worry." Last Order let go of him and scooted over by Bayloupe. "You will return to MISAKA afterwards right? MISAKA asks slowly." She didn't realize Cain's presence caused her to disconnect from the Misaka Network accidently, and now her thoughts were focused on Accelerator.

"Who do you think I am?" Accelerator replied haughtily. "I'm the number one." He sounded a lot more confident than he actually felt. He would always act confident in front of her. For the first time in ages, he wasn't sure what the outcome would be. He remembered how effortlessly Cain used fear to freeze him up during their first encounter. I don't know anything about him, but I have to assume his strength is equal to Aqua's. There's a chance he could be even stronger, if what everyone else says is true.

"Don't worry Last Order," Estelle reassured her. "Master is strong. I'm sure he won't lose." Accelerator glanced back at her for a moment and noticed the fear on her face. It was obviously she was worried too, but she prioritized keeping Last Order calm. She always worried about others before herself.

"I'll trust your judgement," Bayloupe sighed. "But after they are safe, I'm going to come back and help." She glared at him and he shrugged.

"Do what you have to," he replied. Accelerator's eyes turned back to Cain, who had stopped and was only watching them passively. "It will probably be over by then anyways." He knew if he was going to have trouble with Cain, Bayloupe wouldn't stand a chance. Normally, he would have told someone weaker than him to stop getting involved in his fights but, this time, he couldn't. He wanted to, but there was something pleasant about someone willing to help him, especially against a monster. Her knowledge of magic might be useful too, he mentally told himself to justify his actions. "Why are you just standing there?" Accelerator asked Cain angrily. "I thought you were planning to try to kill me?"

"Not planned," Cain answered mildly. "I will. That is not optional. I was merely giving you the opportunity to say your final words to each other." He smiled slightly and a vein in Accelerator's head started to throb.

That cocky bastard, Accelerator thought. He was getting even angrier, but forced himself to remain calm, for the girl's sake. "On three," Accelerator muttered, his lips barely moved. "I'll distract him so you four can escape." The girls nodded. "One… two…THREE!" He stomped his foot down hard and the ground between him and Cain exploded. The earth flipped over as he tried to crush Cain. "Move!" The girls turned around and bolted, with Estelle holding tightly to Last Order's hand.

"That just won't do," Cain's voice called out, a second before the ground Accelerator threw exploded into dust. Cain had only taken a step forward and flicked his hand. "I can't have that little girl escaping now. Lady Eve would be most unhappy." His next step caused the earth under all of them to shake. Stalagmites burst from the ground in front of the girls and forced them to stop. Accelerator didn't take the response lying down and retaliated with his own version of earth manipulation. Cracks emerged from under him and circled around the girls.

"Hang on," Estelle told the others. She had seen him use this trick before and everyone grabbed anything they could on the ground. The earth beneath them lifted up and flew forward. The force knocked the stalagmites out of the way, but the earth under them protected the girls from the impact. They landed on the far side was a boom and dust flew everywhere, which caused them to temporarily be blinded. The good news was Cain couldn't see them either. "Let's move."

"Misaka feels like we got out of there too easily," Worst said. Bayloupe didn't say anything but, judging by the fact she tightened her grip on her steel glove, she agreed completely.

"Looks like it's just us," Accelerator said, as he turned his back to the dust cloud. "If you want them, you will have to go through me."

"That's true," Cain agreed. "Though, if I wished, I could easily pass you to capture the girl and kill the others."

"Then why don't you?" Accelerator asked mockingly.

"Because I have pawns that will do it for me," Cain answered and Accelerator's blood froze. He turned around and was able to see everything, now that the dust had cleared.

"WHY ARE YOU FOUR STILL HERE?!" Accelerator roared, but his question was answered before they could respond. There were five people on the other side of the girls, but they looked unusual. They were dressed in normal enough clothes. Two were Anti-Skill officers, one male and one female, the other three were civilians. One was a man in a business suit, the second one was a lady in a nurse's outfit, and the third might have been a young man in college. The unusual part was their complexion. They were unusually pale and, because of the distance, he couldn't be sure, but their eyes seemed to be pitch black. What he did see was the dark reddish-brown stains on their clothes. He recognized the substance. It was dried blood. His eyes flickered back to Cain. "Who are they?"

"You could say they are my minions," Cain answered. "They were humans who I have fed on, but did not believe worthy of being vampires, yet more useful to be considered purely food."

"What?!" Accelerator spat out. "So you really are a fucking vampire?!"

"The first vampire to be precise," Cain corrected him. "They are thralls, almost completely mindless drones that carry out my orders. They drink blood like me and are physically strong, even if they lack the ability for cognitive thought, so your companions might be in trouble. Don't worry though." A dark smile appeared on his face and Accelerator felt something he didn't normally experience. Fear. "They won't attack the little girl." His smile widened. "I want to be the one to personally drain her blo-."

He never finished that sentence.

Accelerator had let out a wild yell as the ground beneath him exploded. He flew directly at Cain, with his arm outstretched. Accelerator's attack wasn't a surprise, not to someone like Cain, but Accelerator didn't know that. If he had been paying attention, or had more combat experience like Touma, he would have noticed Cain's eyes following his movement as he talked. Accelerator's outstretched hand grabbed Cain's face and Accelerator manipulated all the vectors in Cain's body. Cain flew backwards at breakneck speed, crashed through a tree, shattered it, and created a deep crevice in the ground, as his body was pushed through the earth. Accelerator knew that couldn't be enough to defeat a minion of Eve, but he had more pressing matters to attend to. He turned around and was about to rush over to the girls' side. He saw they had begun fighting the thralls, but before he could help them, a voice whispered into his ear.

"Turning your back to an enemy is a sure way to get yourself killed."

Accelerator was only able to turn his head fast enough, but his body could not react. Cain was already standing right next to him and reached up toward Accelerator's face with his hand at inhuman speed. Cain's hand made contact and Accelerator's automatic reflection was not going to work this time. The sheer mass of magic vectors Cain wielded was overpowering Accelerator's calculation ability. He had no choice but to force his own body backwards to avoid being destroyed. Accelerator was blown back harder than he had planned because, not only did he force his vector backwards, the force of Cain's magical might pushed him too. His foot left an indention in the dirt and a park bench stuck in the ground was blown away when his body collided with it. "Bastard," Accelerator growled. I can't afford to waste time on this guy. "Get out of my way."

"No," Cain replied simply. "You and I will settle our fight here. My thralls will attack, kill, and most likely eat all your friends except for the small one. She will be my food. Lady Eve was very specific about that."

"You really want to die," Accelerator hissed and he felt his anger welling up from deep within him. He never allowed someone to threaten Last Order in front of him. He was okay with people threatening Worst sometimes in jest, because she annoyed him a lot, but he would still protect her. His fury was more complete this time, as two other people he was close to were also threatened. Estelle may be a little annoying, with calling him master all the time, but she was a kind and caring person, someone Last Order could look up to. Bayloupe was more serious, but she was still someone Accelerator actually enjoyed talking to. "The last bastard who threatened them was torn into pieces by my hands."

"You mean Pride?" Cain asked. Accelerator must have had a look of surprise on his face, because Cain elaborated for him. "Yes, I did hear about your fight with him. You seemed to have a little trouble with his curse mark. Immortality and high speed regeneration can be challenging for the unprepared, especially if you don't have a way to interrupt it."

"Yet I still killed him!" Accelerator roared, as he flew forward. The explosion behind him blew away the remains of the bench he had hit. Each step he took was over ten meters in length and he reached out a hand toward Cain. "I'll tear you apart until you die like him!"

"Admirable," Cain responded without any sort of fear. "But useless all the same." He stepped forward to meet Accelerator, his arm outstretched and his fingers together, like a blade, and he jabbed them at Accelerator's outstretched hand. Accelerator was ready this time and he focused nearly all of his processing power on manipulating the magic vectors. Cain was also prepared and concentrated the magical strength only a vampire possessed. In their own worlds, both of them would be considered unstoppable forces. One was the pinnacle of science abilities and the other was a magical creature from the dawn of this world. Two forces who should have never met collided with each other.

The ground exploded and they created a crater around them, over thirty meters wide.

A moment later, Accelerator found himself laying on the ground outside the crater. He blinked in surprise, because he didn't have time to process what had happened. His memory returned and he pushed himself up with his arms. He looked around and then glanced down at the center of the crater, where Cain stood motionless. Accelerator could not deny it this time. He could not tell himself he only lost because he was unprepared. I was overpowered, ME! He stood up, but kept his eyes on Cain. I couldn't deflect all of his power or even redirect it. His hand was a pure focused mass of those damn magic vectors. Even if I was at full strength, I doubt I could have calculated all of them. Even after being overpowered, his anger wasn't sated and he refused to surrender. "Fucker," Accelerator growled. "Get out of my sight before I rip you apart."

"Bold words coming from an injured person," Cain pointed out. "But I suppose a cornered beast would be considered the most frightening."

"What are you blabbing about?" Accelerator snapped, when he felt it. It was so slight, he almost missed it. A warm liquid was slowly trickling down his face from his forehead and past his nose. He reached up with his hand and wiped it away. He might have thought it was a bead of sweat, if he didn't notice the dark red liquid in his hand or its stench.

It was blood.

It was his blood.

He was injured while his ability was fully functional without being able to injure his opponent. Cain had done the impossible. This wasn't like when he fought Touma and the ability that defied all rationality. Cain had used pure force to break through Accelerator's defense. Vector manipulation was supposed to allow him to stand against the world's military, but magic was in an entirely different world. He finally, truly, understood that now. Acqua managed to injure him in their fight, but that was when he was using the black wings, and those interfered with his concentration. However, Accelerator wasn't one to feel sorry for himself, instead he felt anger. Anger at himself for being unable to stop the person in front of him from threatening those he actually cared about. "How?" Accelerator asked. "I thought immortals relied too much on their regeneration and not their combat prowess."

"Pride was only immortal because of his sin mark," Cain explained with a short laugh. "He did not have power. His only strength lied in his determination." He shook his head and corrected himself. "Determination is actually one of the most powerful things n this world. Without it, nothing can change, but it also leads countless to their deaths. Determination can become obsession. You may not know this, being born on the science side, immortal is a word many throw around but few can truly call it theirs. Pride died when his mark was stolen, so he was not truly immortal. I am one of the few who can claim true immortality. Let me put it this way, you could tear out my heart and I would live. You could burn me, cut me into pieces, and even throw me into the deepest crevice of the ocean, but I would survive. It is my curse."

"I heard about it," Accelerator snapped. "You got it for killing your brother and God punished you." He could hear the girls fighting in the distance, but Cain was not going to let him help them. He actually had to think of a plan, rather than relying on brute force. It was an unusual concept for him, but his opponent was not human, he could not be human. It was time for a change in strategy.

"Exactly," Cain answered. "I was punished by God for my moment of anger. Cursed to inhabit this world for eternity. God will not let me die and he branded me with my own mark." He pointed to the red backwards F with three prongs instead of two on his face. "Pride's mark was only an imitation of mine. It was probably what allowed you to steal it in the first place. Your pride overshadowed his. You will not be able to steal mine the same way. This mark is bound to me deeper than you could comprehend."

I hate to admit it, but I might actually need Bayloupe and Estelle's help in finding a way to reduce his magic. His eyes darted briefly toward the distance where smoke and an occasional yell came from. Damn it. I'm the number one. I shouldn't be asking for help, I should BE the help. He blinked. When did I think like that? I don't go out of my way to help people. Damn hero, you are influencing me again. The face of Last Order flashed to the front of his mind and he grimaced. That girl has gone through enough. She deserves a peaceful life. He paused when something occurred to him. I don't have to defeat Cain right this second, I only need to get past him. Guess I'll take a page out of the third rate's book. He started walking slowly toward Cain.

"You still haven't learned?" Cain asked. He rubbed the side of his head. "I was told you were smart. Surely you recognized the difference in power. If you surrender now, I could make it painless. I don't like torturing helpless individuals."

"Heh," Accelerator laughed mockingly. "I have fought someone much stronger than you."

"Oh?"

"That bastard wouldn't go down no matter how much damage I did to him," Accelerator reminisced. "He didn't even have regenerative powers, yet he continued to stand up, blood soaked and battered, but never broken. That was the first time I tasted true fear in the face of the unknown. I was too afraid to even show my back to that monster. You don't even compare."

"Interesting," Cain mused. "An individual who was able to shake someone with your confidence? I would like to meet him sometime."

"You already have," Accelerator sneered. "But you could never win." He stuck his hands out to his side and the wind began to gather around him at high speeds. The air was forced circularly behind him until four vortexes of wind formed on his back, like makeshift wings. Accelerator flicked his hand and a cyclone of the 120 meter per second tornado flew directly at Cain. Cain separated his feat slightly and braced for the impact. The wind not only hit him with the enough force to rip a roof off a building, but also pummel him with dirt, debris, and rocks. A normal human would have been torn apart, but Cain barely noticed. The only noticeable effect from Accelerator's attack was Cain's hoody and pants started getting torn up.

"It feels like a kid is throwing a tantrum," Cain yawned.

Accelerator only grinned. He knew an attack of that caliber would not work, and he never planned for it to. He flew up into the air by forcing the air vectors downwards and took one last glance at Cain, before diving at high speeds. Cain grinned and raised his hand to intercept Accelerator. Cain obviously thought Accelerator was going to strike at him directly, possibly hoping to use the momentum from the dive to augment his attack. Everything Eve had told him about Accelerator would suggest that, but that wasn't the case this time. Cain didn't believe Accelerator would change his strategy, as he was used to being able to use his ability to overpower people with pure strength. It seemed as if Accelerator's fights in England had an effect on him.

Accelerator didn't strike at Cain, he struck at the ground in front of Cain.

An earthquake rocked the area as huge segments of the earth broke and rose into the air. The rotated on their axes and formed a barricade all around Cain. Accelerator jumped back and tapped the ground once more with his foot. A large crack circled around Cain and the ground beneath him rose into the air too. Like someone flipping a giant coin, the ground spun in midair and slammed back down, with Cain underneath. Accelerator didn't stop and observe the effect of his attack, he knew that wouldn't be enough to stop Cain. As long as it delays him, that's enough. The ground exploded around him, as he turned and shot off in the direction of the girls. Bayloupe, you better have kept the others safe. He saw two of the girls being cornered by a couple of Cain's thralls but, before he could get to them, his view was blocked.

A wall of dark green vines erupted from the ground and formed a solid wall between him and the others. Accelerator was going to barrel right through it, when a sudden movement to his right caught his eye. He barely managed to put up a defense as another massive strike of magic vectors collided with him. Cain had emerged from the tomb, jumped into the air, and struck Accelerator in the chest. Accelerator was blown backwards from the strike, as he couldn't get his defense completely up. The vortexes of air behind him broke apart and disappeared. Accelerator grimaced when he hit the ground with full force. The explosion of dust and dirt flew into the air and obstructed his view. "Fuck," he muttered, as he got to his feet. His chest hurt from where Cain had hit him. He reflected most of the blow, but some damage still got through.

"I see," Cain's voice came clearly through the dust. Accelerator watched him emerge as the air cleared. "You can learn. Knowing you were unable to defeat me by yourself, you tried to save your friends to acquire their assistance."

"You were faster on the uptake than I anticipated," Accelerated answered. He rubbed his jaw. This is getting annoying. His eyes darted to the wall of green plant like vines surrounding them. They were as thick as a large tree trunk and covered in thorns.

"It was pure stupidity to think you could bury me in the earth. I would have sworn your friends have the intelligence to tell you about my power."

"They did," Accelerator snorted and then he smirked. "Something about your being Eve's first child, which is kind of creepy in its own way, and then you got upset because God, like most people, prefer meat over vegetables. You then killed your brother in a fit of rage because of your ego." Cain's face became stony. "God cursed you to wander the earth forever." Accelerator's smirk turned to a scowl. "Get over yourself. We all have gone through crap. The difference between us is that I rose above it, you keep living in the past."

"That's rich," Cain replied and he actually laughed. "I know all about your past too. How you killed all those clones while telling yourself they weren't human. Isn't that why you watch two of them? To redeem yourself?" It took Accelerator a moment to find his words. He did not expect Cain to know that.

"I thought I was beyond redemption once," Accelerator said and then rubbed his jaw. He still remembered the punch. "Someone set me straight. I nearly died saving someone after that, which was completely out of character for me. I may have been forgiven, but I'm still a monster. I still kill, but now I do it so others don't have to. They can live their lives in the sun, while I taint my hands."

"You are still lying to yourself," Cain pointed out. "But you could hardly be considered a monster. Let me show you what I became." He looked to his left and spat. When his spit hit the ground, a plant began to grow. It was a tree and was growing at an extraordinary pace. Within ten seconds, it had become a fully developed apply tree, complete with ripe fruit. "As punishment, I can never eat the bounty given by the earth." He reached up toward an apple hanging on a branch. When Cain's hand wrapped around it, the bright red apple withered into a black husk. "Such is my fate. Everything from the earth turns to ash."

"So you can't eat salads," Accelerator scoffed. "Big fucking deal."

"You understand nothing," Cain snapped and made a slashing motion with his hand. The tree was severed in half instantly and crashed loudly against the ground. His eyes flashed dangerously and Accelerator frowned. "I can't even eat meat. Animals gather their energy from the earth and their muscles are created from it. The only thing I can eat or drink is their blood, an accursed reminder of what I did. When his blood poisoned my field, it became the only thing I could consume. I am unable to die and thus live this cursed life. I can try to ignore my hunger, but it will eventually consume me. Now, I have a chance to get revenge. When God dies, so does this mark. I can find peace at last with his death." The around him started to shimmer.

"I could care less about your plight," Accelerator replied coldly. "All I care about is you attacking someone I protect. That is a death sentence."

"If you had the power to kill me," Cain told him. "I would let you." His eyes flashed again. "Your lack of understanding is angering me. You will die here and the girl will be turned." The air shimmered again and rocks at his feet begun to shake. Accelerator was about to insult Cain and say something witty, when he noticed something important. His eyes widened in recognition.

The very world was warping around Cain.

The ground was beginning to rise and twist in unnatural shapes. The shimmering was caused by an overpowering force crushing and warping the surrounding air. Grass and small shrubs, still in the ground around Cain, began to wither and die. It was as if the earth was being corrupted by Cain's very presence. Accelerator's hands curled into fists when he realized this. Is this warping caused by that bastard's mana leaking out when he's angry? Even I can't do something as insane as that. I guess he's really a monster after all. I'll have to settle with being a first class villain. "Why do you want that brat anyways? How could she possibly help you?"

"She's a valuable piece of the puzzle," Cain answered. "If we can't enter the Imaginary Distract, we shall bring it here." Before Accelerator could say anything, the weight of Cain's presence doubled. A second later, Cain's hand was going for his throat.

"Stay behind me," Bayloupe told Last Order. She held her Steel Glove out in front of her with one hand and pushed Last Order behind her, as the five bloody humans approached them. She heard Accelerator yell something about them still being here, but it wasn't like she had a choice. "I think they are Cain's thralls. Estelle, Worst, can you two fight?"

"Misaka can fight," Worst answered and a small amount of electricity surrounded her. "Misaka may not be as strong as onee-tama, but Misaka can still emit two hundred million volts." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a couple of steel nails. "It's been awhile, but this will be entertaining at least. Those guys have no idea what's coming to them. Misaka was feeling frisky all day with how the moderator was feeling."

"I don't really like violence," Estelle admitted, while she pulled a small ornate dagger out of robes. "But seeing these thralls… it's horrible what he did to those people."

"What are thralls? MISAKA asks as MISAKA looks around at the people who appear to be from a murder scene."

"Thralls are humans who have been bitten and drained by a vampire," Estelle explained.

"Vampire MISAKA asks in shock!? They exist?"

"They should have only been legends," Bayloupe added, as she eyed the thralls approaching them. "Everything we know about them are only found in myths. We can't be sure what's true and what's not."

"They are obviously real," Worst mocked. "Now finish what you were saying about them. What is the best way to kill them?"

"There are several different theories on if they are alive or dead," Estelle continued. "The two most popular ones are they are alive and considered weaker vampires. They don't have the magical power as a real vampire, but they are strong, lack complex thought, and have a thirst for blood. The other theory is they are killed by having their blood drained and then a vampire's magic brings them back to life. They don't receive a new soul. Instead, part of the vampire's will is added to them to make the thralls extremely loyal servants. I really hope it's not the second one. Desecrating the dead is a terrible thing to do, but I might be able to do something about it."

"Anything would be-," Bayloupe started to say when the female in the blood stained nurse's outfit charged. She ran at speeds above what most humans could achieve but, at this distance, it was a speed Bayloupe could react to easily enough. The female closed in on them and opened her mouth, revealed long white fangs, and tried to bite at Bayloupe. Bayloupe responded by swinging her Steel Glove. The hand at the end grabbed the leg of the nurse thrall, less than a meter away from her, and threw the thrall over twenty meters into a tree. The thrall screamed in pain as she hit the tree, perpendicular to the trunk, and then fell onto the ground. Her body twitched and then her arms and legs moved in odd directions. Her neck turned with an odd cracking sound and she slowly stood up. "They are durable," Bayloupe commented and she noticed the thrall ripped a chunk of the tree off with her bare hand. "And strong. Don't let them touch you."

"Misaka doesn't like to be touched except by tou-san," Worst said with a laugh as she turned to the male Anti-Skill officer thrall. "Besides, Misaka always wanted to beat up a cop." She fired a blue-white electrical discharged at the man. His body shook and he let out an animalistic scream. When the attack was over, the man jerked slightly, but appeared to be unhurt, though his body was smoking a little bit. His mouth fell opened slightly, revealing his fangs, and then he charged. "Stubborn huh? Sorry, Misaka prefers people she can control." She raised her right hand and held a nail firmly in it. She took aim and fired.

Worst was not anywhere near Mikoto's level, even though she was stronger than the normal Sisters. She did not have the power to fire a railgun. Her output was much lower because Worst couldn't use Fleming Left Hand Rule. It is found that whenever a current carrying conductor is placed inside a magnetic field, a force acts on the conductor, in a direction perpendicular to both the directions of the current and the magnetic field. Fleming's Left Hand rule is mainly applicable for electric motors and allows people to determine the direction of the relation between magnetic fields, current and force. Because of this, her attack was closer to a magnetic rifle than a railgun.

It still packed quite a punch.

Worst fired the nail at roughly the speed of sound directly between the thrall's eyes. His helmet visor exploded and the nail went straight into his head. The thrall let out a piercing scream and the other three near it stopped moving to look at him. The man grabbed his head and thrashed around, before suddenly stopping. He turned his head slowly and his eyes looked murderous. Bayloupe and Estelle noticed this too, along with its reaction. "They seem to be alive," Worst commented. "But don't bleed. The wound is also healing, so this could be troublesome and Misaka doesn't like troublesome things."

"How long do you two think you can hold them back?" Estelle asked.

"Do you have a plan?" Bayloupe asked, aware the thralls were gathering together.

"I can't guarantee it will work," Estelle admitted, as she got down onto her knees and pulled out a piece of paper. "It all depends on if they are truly dead or not." She started drawing a design on the piece of paper.

"Okay," Bayloupe agreed. "I don't think there's much else we can do. We will cover you."

"It doesn't look like Misaka has much of a choice."

"Should MISAKA do anything? MISAKA asks as MISAKA feels she's not contributing."

"You might be the last line of defense for her," Bayloupe said, as she and Worst stepped forward, away from the other two. She had no idea of Last Order's power, except that she could generate a little electricity.

"If that happens," Worst added. "We are all doomed."

"MISAKA will do her best MISAKA replies as MISAKA gives a snappy salute."

A series of animalistic screams came from the five thralls. It seemed as if they had grown tired of waiting for the girls to move. All five of them charged at once, running forward with their arms outstretched and their teeth bared. They ran like a pack of wolves, each one looked like they wanted to get a piece of their next meal. Worst was about to fire her nails like a magnetic rifle again, but stopped when Bayloupe spoke up. "Use your electricity," Bayloupe recommended, as she reached up and touched the hearing aid like device on her head. Worst didn't have time to argue and raised her hand. Instead of firing a focused attack at one, she fired a chain to intercept them all. Bayloupe, on the other hand, used her Steel Glove to pick up a large decorative rock. Worst felt a sudden charge, a moment before Bayloupe threw it. The rock collided with Worst's attack, a meter in front of the thralls.

A flash of light almost blinded them, followed by a loud explosion, and then screams of pain.

"Sounds like it worked," Worst laughed. "Why did you want Misaka to use electricity instead of steel?"

"I noticed they seemed to be stunned from your electrical attack for a moment," Bayloupe explained. "I just added my own electricity into the mix to increase the power."

"Misaka liked the effect," Worst said. "If after this you would be willing to play a prank on-." A scream interrupted her as the female thrall in Anti-Skill armor jumped out of the smoke at them. Her speed was greater than either Worst's or Bayloupe's and her attack was a surprise. The thrall tackled Bayloupe and knocked her to the ground.

"Shit!" Bayloupe yelled. She had to use her Steel Glove to block the thrall. The stench of death was thick on the female thrall's breath and it made Bayloupe's eyes water. Teeth snapped at her neck and she struggled against the creature's strength. Even with the Steel Glove augmenting Bayloupe's strength, she was losing. "A little help?!"

"Misaka is busy," Worst replied anxiously, as she fired two more nails. Three of the thralls had charged at her. Using her nails, she managed to stop the thrall who looked like a college male for now. He fell to the ground as Worst hit his knee and shoulder. The problem was she couldn't fire them fast enough. The male thrall in the tattered stained business suit and the female thrall in a nurse's outfit continued to charge at her. They almost reached her, but Worst grinned, before detonating the oxygen around herself with electricity. Using the force from the explosion, she propelled herself forward and into the air, which allowed her to maneuver above the thralls. "Hah, too slow."

She regretted her words an instant later. The thrall she had shot with her nails had recovered. Without realizing it, Worst had landed closer to the college male thrall. He saw her and licked his lips, before he jumped at her. Worst grimaced in pain as his iron vice like hand grabbed her arm. She turned and saw him opening his mouth. Instinct took over and electricity surged from Worst into the thrall. The electricity caused the thrall to lose controls of its muscles for a moment and Worst slipped her arm out. She exploded the oxygen around herself again and propelled her body forward away from him. "Misaka doesn't like to be touched like that. Misaka prefers to be the one doing the teasing." She saw something fly at her and ducked. The female Anti-Skill thrall Bayloupe had been fighting flew over Worst's head and crashed into the other two thralls sneaking up on Worst. "Thanks for the assist."

"It's not going to last," Bayloupe pointed out. "They regenerate too fast." She ran up next to Worst and held her Steel Glove out in front of her. "We have to keep them occupied until Estelle finishes whatever she's planning." She shifted to the side as the four thralls surrounded them. Worst and Bayloupe were too skilled for the thralls to attack randomly and it seemed as if they were becoming more pack like.

"Weren't there five of these things?" Worst asked Bayloupe.

"There was-," Bayloupe started to say and counted them. "Oh no!" Her eyes darted toward Estelle and Last Order after hearing a roar. "One's approaching Last Order!" Neither she nor Worst were in any position to help, as the other four thralls begun to charge at them.

Back with Estelle, Last Order was watching Worst and Bayloupe fight. "Will drawing on a piece of paper really be able to help stop those guys? MISAKA asks as MISAKA tilts her head in confusion at the plan."

"Cain messing with corpses is unforgivable," Estelle replied, but did not look up from her work. "They aren't completely dead, but we can't consider them living either. They really exemplify the phrase 'undead'. His magic must have done something to the corpse's spiritual circuit. I need to fix the circuit and input the wandering residual memory of the corpses back in to allow them to find peace." She stopped for a second and made a small change to the complex magic circle on the piece of paper.

"MISAKA has no idea what you are saying MISAKA admits, so MISAKA will trust you." Last Order turned around and her eyes widened. "One of them is approaching. What should MISAKA do MISAKA asks nervously."

"Don't get hurt," Estelle answered, as she glanced up for a fraction of a second. "If it's possible to distract him, I only need a few more seconds. Please don't get hurt or master will be furious."

"Err, okay, MISAKA says hesitantly." She started taking steps away from Estelle until she was about five meters out. "Stop MISAKA orders as MISAKA holds out a hand!" She thought that was a good idea, but was greatly disappointed when it didn't work. The male thrall in Anti-Skill armor still approached her, while it bared its teeth. Last Order froze as it drew near her. It leaned towards her and roared right in her face. "MISAKA may need new underwear now MISAKA mutters embarr-" She grew silent when the thrall leaned right next to her head, teeth still bared. She stared into the soulless black eyes for a moment before she wanted to run, but couldn't move from fear. The thrall opened his mouth wider, but suddenly stopped. He closed his mouth and then sniffed her, stood up straight, and walked past her toward Estelle. "Estelle, look out MISAKA yells in panic!" The thrall started running at Estelle, as if it sensed the threat.

"Done," Estelle mumbled and wiped sweat off her brow. At Last Order's words, she looked up, just in time to roll out of the way when the thrall tried to bite her in the neck. She rolled twice before springing up to her feet. "I'm sorry for any pain you may feel, but this is the only way for you to move on to the afterlife." She smiled sadly as the thrall turned to face her. He lunged at her and she ducked under his outstretched hands, simultaneously attaching the piece of paper to his chest. She dove to the side as the thrall stopped in its tracks.

"What did you do MISAKA asks? As MISAKA is completely lost at the situation."

"I repaired his spiritual circuit," Estelle explained. "It's having an effect, but I'm waiting to see if it will work. Stay behind me until we know for sure." She put her hand out and Last Order hid behind it, but kept peeking out to see what was happening. The thrall turned his head to look at them and opened his mouth, as if it wanted to scream, but no sound came out. A vibrant burst of green light erupted from the talisman and the thrall fell down to the ground. He was twitching madly for a minute, but then stopped. Estelle watched the residual memory flow from the thrall's body and converge above him. It slowly shaped itself into a translucent brain. Last Order's eyes were the size of dinner plates. The brain only lasted a moment, before disappearing back into the body. The thrall twitched one last time before going silent.

"Is it over? MISAKA asks in amazement as MISAKA looks around your cloak."

"It worked," Estelle sighed and took a couple steps over to the thrall. She crouched down next to it to perform a more thorough examination, when a sudden movement made her jump back. The thrall stirred slightly and the head turned to look at her. The face was no longer pale and his eyes had changed from black to brown. It looked like it took most of his strength to look at her. "C-can you recognize me?" Estelle asked surprised. The man blinked and then opened his mouth.

"Thank you." His voice was barely a whisper and he coughed. All the color faded from his body and he started to turn into dust. In seconds, there was only a pile of ashes and his clothes.

"Did… did you kill him? Misaka asks worriedly because MISAKA didn't think you were the kind of person to do something like that."

"He was too far gone," Estelle answered dejectedly and then her face grew slightly angry. She crouched down and started creating another magical circle on a piece of paper. "Four more to go and then we can stop Cain." Last Order leaned over Estelle's shoulder to watch her work. "You see, what Cain did was kill them, but then locked enough memories in their body to allow them to remember basic motor functions. Their memories of their life as a human were scattered. I recollected them and forced them back into their brain. When the mind reformed, the circuit was repaired, and Cain's magic was broken. However," Estelle made a fist for a moment, "his magic was the only thing keeping their body together. This man knew what happened to him and was relieved to be free. A prisoner in his own body..."

"MISAKA believes you did the right-. AHHH!"

The ground behind them exploded as rocks and large chunks of dirt began to lift up into the air. The fight between Accelerator and Cain had obviously intensified. A huge barricade of earth blocked any hope of seeing what was happening, but Estelle and Bayloupe were magicians. They could feel the overwhelming magic originating from Cain. The sudden shift in Cain's mana caused even the thralls to freeze. The earth shook as a wall of dark green thorny vines erupted from the ground between the girls and Accelerator fighting Cain. The vines were easily ten stories high and there was no way any of them could jump over it. Estelle realized they needed to help Accelerator and started scribbling the remaining four magical circles as fast as she could. It took all her focus to ignore the magical energy rising from behind the vine wall.

Even though the thralls were physically strong and virtually immortal with their regenerative power, they were not smart. They seemed to rely on movement. So what appeared to be pack tactics were them just moving around each other to get a better view of their targets. Once Bayloupe and Worst got use to their attack patterns, they were able to stand their ground against the thralls. Their biggest advantage was their electricity caused the thralls to lose control of their muscles for a moment. This allowed the two girls to keep out maneuvering them. Bayloupe was the first one to notice Estelle defeated one of the thralls, so she switched to a more conservative fight, even with Cain's immense magical presence so close. One fight at a time. Estelle eventually finished her circles and they managed to take down the remaining thralls.

"Finally," Bayloupe sighed, pushing the end of her Steel Glove into the ground and leaning up against it. She watched the final thrall decay into a pile of dust. "A little longer and they would have overpowered us. Their stamina was endless."

"They were too persistent," Worst muttered. "But why did they attack us? Misaka doesn't think she did anything to them or the Cain guy. It had to be tou-san's fault."

"Why is Cain even here?" Estelle asked.

"MISAKA believes it's because Eve is finally trying to complete her plan MISAKA answers seriously. Accelerator always knew Eve was waiting for the opportunity to strike. She must have chosen it when the savior left the city Misaka adds as MISAKA explains what she knows."

"Eve?" Estelle asked. "As in the first Eve?" She finally understood why Cain was here.

"Yes," Bayloupe confirmed seriously. "She's a young girl with the magic of someone who has had contact with the divine. She faced England's knights and the Anglican Church, and almost won. The only good news is she's still mortal."

"Misaka doesn't care so much about the history lesson," Worst interrupted. "But do you have any idea what to do about that wall of plants?" She shot a bolt of electricity at the wall and all that occurred was a small burnt mark, which quickly disappeared as the plant regenerated. "It's as resilient as those other guys."

"Don't approach it," Bayloupe ordered. "We don't know if it's designed to attack us."

"MISAKA has never seen an ability like that MISAKA says in amazement as MISAKA suppresses the desire to touch it." Bayloupe's hand twitched for a moment because she thought she was going to have to grab Last Order to stop her from touching the plants.

"We need to help master," Estelle said to Bayloupe. "How do you think we should proceed? You have more experience with these people."

"I don't know," Bayloupe said honestly. "Cain said he's after Last Order, so we need to get her out of here. If we want to help Accelerator, we need to get her to someone else who can protect her while we fight." She pulled out a rune from her pocket and whispered into it. "Floris, Lancis? We are under attack and I have someone who needs to be protected. Where are you two?"

"We are a little preoccupied." Floris's voice came though clearly, but it sounded like she was panting slightly.

"It's not just one person," Lancis added. "Eve's forces are over the entire city. There are not enough of us! We need-," The line suddenly cut off.

"Lanics!?" Bayloupe cried urgently. "Floris!? Are you there!? Shit." She shoved the rune back into her pocket. "Eve's forces are all over the city."

"What about MISAKA's friends? MISAKA asks urgently." Last Order tugged on Bayloupe's shirt.

"I don't know," Bayloupe admitted impatiently. "But I'm sure they are fine. There are a lot of strong people in this city focused on stopping Eve. For now, I think you should go with Worst and Estelle. I'll stay here and find a way to help Accelerator against Cain."

"I want to stay and help too," Estelle interjected. "But I know I can't do much against a vampire. Even if he is corrupting the dead, he's not dead himself, so I can't do the same thing to him." She made a fist. "I'll go with them."

"No way," Worst argued. "Misaka is staying too." This caused the rest of the girls to stare at her in stunned silence. None of them would have believed Worst would do something so noble. She confirmed her true motives a second later. "Tou-san would never be able to live it down if we helped him." She gave a short laugh and smirked deviously.

"This isn't a game!" snapped Bayloupe angrily and she rounded on Worst. "You have no idea what Cain is or what he is capable of! I don't know if even Accelerator can handle him."

"Master is strong," Estelle pointed out.

"He wouldn't want our help anyways," Worst added, as she put her hands behind her head. "But Misaka is still not going to flee."

"I know he's strong," Bayloupe acknowledged. "But this is Cain!" She turned to Estelle. "You should know what this means! Can't you feel that monster's power!?" Estelle shivered and gave a reluctant nod. "This isn't something we can charge into unprepared. Shit, I don't know if there are any preparations we could make to stand against him." She turned her head to look at the vines. "And his mana is only rising! It's like he doesn't have a limit." She was fighting the desire to run herself. The sheer weight of Cain's magical force was beginning to make it hard to breath, and they were even away from the battle. Last Order and Worst couldn't feel it, but the weight would hit them soon enough.

"Accelerator has always told MISAKA he would never lose MISAKA brags as MISAKA shares the secrets she knows to the newer members." All three girls turned to her in confusion. "He will win and then he will-."

The vine wall in front of them parted in half as something burst from it. It flew past them at high speeds to their right and hit the ground with a resounding crash. Dust and dirt flew into the air, which obscured it from view. Last Order stumbled backwards in surprise, while Estelle moved instinctively in front of her. Bayloupe moved forward to investigate and Worst raised her hand, which held another nail. "Careful," Bayloupe warned. She wanted to say it was Cain, but there was no magical energy coming from the crater formed by the impact. It was possible it was only a thrown object like a rock, but Bayloupe could have sworn it was in the shape of a person. She was about to get close enough to look in it, when something moved in the smoke. The dust was blown away with a gust of wind and Bayloupe gasped.

It was Accelerator.

His sudden appearance wasn't what shocked Bayloupe. She actually reasoned it had to be him. No, it was his physical appearance that caused her to freeze. Bayloupe had fought Accelerator before and had seen the power he wielded effortlessly. To see him in this state was unbelievable and it frightened her. His clothes were in tatters, with large chunks ripped out. The revealed parts of his arms were bruised. Even worse, blood was beginning to flow from his nose and a little blood trickled from his forehead. It was obvious he was in bad shape. He took a step forward and Bayloupe could tell he was in pain, but was trying to act normally. Accelerator shook his head and wiped some of the blood from his nose with his hand. His eyes darted to Bayloupe, who was still standing motionless, and he processed their presence. "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL HERE?!" he bellowed, which caused her to jump.

"We just took care of his thralls," Bayloupe explained quickly, after she found her voice. "We were trying to figure out how to get to you."

"I told you to take Last Order and run!" Accelerator yelled back. "I know Worst won't fucking listen, but you could have dragged her by force!"

"I was just about to take Last Order away," Estelle said, as she moved up closer to them with Last Order and Worst behind her.

"MISAKA was worried about you MISAKA adds but MISAKA is slightly worried you are mad at her."

"You all need to get out of here, NOW!" Accelerator turned around toward the wall of vines, as they began to recede into the ground. Accelerator moved in front of the girls and his brow furrowed in frustration. This bastard is too powerful. I can't fully deflect all his magic infused blows and the damage is stacking up. My head's pounding.

"You are being rather rude," Cain called out in a calm, sturdy voice. "These young ladies were only worried about you and wanted to help." Everyone turned to him now. Cain was walking towards them with his hands at his side. Besides his clothes being slightly torn, he looked unusually well off for someone who fought Accelerator. There was no visible damage to his actual body. "I mean, it is foolish, but it's still noble. Since they are nowhere as strong as you, they would be mere baggage at best."

"Shut up monster," Bayloupe told him. She raised her Steel Glove in front of herself menacingly. "You're going to regret attacking us."

"Misaka is pissed you ruined her afternoon of bothering tou-san," Worst added. "Be prepared for utter humiliation."

"You two idiots need to get out of here," Accelerator said again. "His attacks are overwhelming my defenses and I can barely stop them." He spat out a tiny bit of blood that ran into his mouth. "You two won't stand a chance."

"An impressive feat," Cain acknowledged. "Even though I have not been going all out, not many people could have survived this long against me."

"What?!" everyone asked in shock. Accelerator was the most surprised and he was beginning to feel angry again.

"If I went all out," explained Cain. "This city would become a wasteland. Eve wanted me to limit my destruction." He continued to walk forward. "However, your deaths are required, so escape is an impossibility." His very presence increased and Bayloupe choked. She glanced over at Estelle, who didn't seem to be fairing any better. Last Order and Worst had even begun to feel the pressure.

"Get out of here," Accelerator said for the last time. "I'll find a way to take care of it. Brats, listen to Bayloupe."

"You better keep your promise MISAKA demands as MISAKA indicates her selfish desires." Bayloupe grabbed her hand.

"Come on," she whispered. "Good luck Accelerator." He gave her only a brief nod. Before Worst could say something sarcastic or Estelle could say goodbye, Cain interrupted.

"I'm afraid I can't let them leave," he told them.

"Over my dead body!" Accelerator snarled.

"All things in good time." Cain said with a smirk, a cold sinister one that sent shivers down their spines. Before any of them could react, they were hit by his attack.

Accelerator's body froze as pure terror overcame him. It was the same attack he had been hit with the first time he had met Cain, Hunter's Presence. Even though he had encountered it once before, he didn't have any defense against it. His brain was screaming to run and hide, but his body wouldn't move. His brain was telling his body to move or he was going to die, but his body refused to listen under the terrifying force. The conflicting signals between his brain and body were preventing a lot of his rational thought. It was hard enough for him to barely comprehend what was happening around him. Out of the corner of his eye, because he could not turn his head, he saw Bayloupe, who looked exactly like he was feeling. He wanted to shout, yell, or cuss, but there was nothing he could do against Cain's magic.

"Well," Cain commented. "I see you are all speechless, so let's finish this up so I can leave." He walked up toward Accelerator, who was still trying to free himself. Cain stopped in front of him, smiled, and then continued past him. Accelerator had no idea what was happening, he couldn't even turn his head. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest and he was now feeling rational fear.

What is he doing?

What felt like centuries to him, but was only a few seconds, Cain reappeared in Accelerator's line of sight. What Accelerator saw caused him to panic, even in his terrified state. Cain was carrying Last Order under his arm. "Eve was rather adamant about you becoming a vampire," Cain said to a frozen Last Order. "I hope you don't think badly of me. I am going to kill the others afterwards though." Accelerator was screaming on the inside for his body to move. Cain lifted Last Order's body up higher, pushed her hair aside, and revealed her neck, before opening his mouth and revealing his fangs. It was during this time Accelerator caught a glimpse of Last Order's face. It was frozen in terror, but there was more.

She was crying.

Tears were running down Last Order's face and were the only sign she was conscious of what was happening around her. She didn't want the important people around her to die. She was a kind, sweet, innocent girl who never wanted to hurt anyone, yet she had always been put into the center of the most horrible events. The level six shift, kidnappings, and now being bitten by a vampire. At the sight of these tears, something rose up from deep within Accelerator. It was terrifyingly powerful, and dark. It was an emotion he was more accustomed to than fear and much more destructive.

Anger.

Hatred.

Malice.

His body started to move as a familiar darkness began to emerge.

Cain was about to sink his fangs into the paralyzed Last Order, when he stopped. He felt it. The dark, raw, twisting mass of power that had begun to form. Since science side abilities could not radiate mana or Telesma, this momentarily confused him. The other two magicians with Accelerator should not be able to create the power he felt. It resembled Telesma, but evil and warped. It was raw and untamed, which caused a sliver of interest. He lowered Last Order and begun to turn around.

Boom!

Something collided with Cain and threw him hundreds of meters backwards. He flew through the earth and rock, before he lowered his hand to grab the ground and slow himself down. He stood up and focused on what hit him. Accelerator was standing in front of the girls, with Last Order in his arms. Impressive, he actually broke my Hunter's Presence with sheer force. The other girls had fallen down onto the ground. When Accelerator had struck Cain, his hold had been broken. After he noted this, Cain's eyes traveled to the source of the power.

Pitch black wings had emerged from Accelerator's back and were tens of meters long. This pair of wings contained something which could blow away the mind, anger that shattered his last shred of humanity Accelerator possessed, and created their own brand of terror. While the wings resembled an angel, they could hardly be compared. They were wings of darkness and insanity, as if owned by a demon or even a fallen angel. The same darkness Cain and the other members of the Fallen understood all too well. Cain felt something, frowned, and looked down.

His right hand was gone and only a bloody stump remained.

I didn't even notice. Is this what Eve meant by evolution? That power is no joke, but I doubt he can control it. I guess I can go all out now. The blood from the stump began to flow outwards, but not fall to the ground. Instead, it formed the shape of a hand, like if Cain was wearing a red glove. The color changed to tan and Cain flexed his newly regenerated hand. It was as good as new and no one would be able to tell he had lost it. He took one last look at the creature before him and noted the blood red eyes, laced with black and full of hatred. He smiled. This was not a fake or mocking smiled, but genuine.

Cain did not often get a chance to fight a true monster like himself.

Shizuri stood before the man dressed as a relic from a forgotten era. If she had met this man before meeting Touma, she wouldn't have understood what this samurai would be capable of. After dealing with magical monsters like Eve and Carissa, she understood that underestimating this man because of his appearance would get her killed. Six green orbs appeared around her, two on each side and two in front of her. Based on his reaction, Shizuri immediately reached a conclusion. He doesn't seem surprise by my ability, so Eve must have told him about me. That means he has to be confident in his ability to defeat me. He wouldn't be the first, at least until they experience my attack first hand. She wiped the trickle of blood from her head and then fired all the beams at once. It was a surprised attack and normal people wouldn't have been able to react.

However, her opponent could not be considered normal.

"Is that all you can do?" the samurai laughed. He jumped backwards and to the side to avoid her attacks. His response time was much faster than a human, but it wasn't on the league of someone like Sogiita or Carissa. He jumped to the side again to avoid another barrage of green energy beams produced by Shizuri. "Not much of a talker, huh?"

"You need to super shut up!" Saiai yelled, as she appeared from his left. He had been distracted with Shizuri, so he did not notice her. The samurai turned toward Saiai, when she delivered a fist enhanced by her ability to control nitrogen. Her punch held enough power to blow a hole through a steel sheet and she connected her fist squarely with the side of the samurai's head. "Gotcha… huh? Oh shit!" Her attack did nothing to the man. The man only grinned and swung his hand holding his sword. Saiai was hit right in the middle of her chest with the hilt of the blade. "Gah…," she coughed as the blow broke through her Offense Armor. The force sent her small frame flying backwards and she bounced several times down the street.

"I almost felt that punch," the samurai told her. "But it looks like-" He was cut off as was forced to duck under another one of Shizuri's beams. He jumped and summersaulted through the air as she continued her barrage. Explosions engulfed the street and nearby buildings when every one of her attacks missed the target. The samurai didn't ever seem to be paying her much attention, except to dodge her attacks. His eyes were glued onto Saiai, who was beginning to shakily stand up. "Huh, I should have hit you with enough force to shatter all your ribs. I thought I felt more resistance than usual."

"Die already you bastard!" Shizuri yelled and fired another round of green beams. He once again moved gracefully between the attacks. Shizuri was getting frustrated. The samurai was fast, but not unreasonably so. She was only standing far away so she wasn't in range of his melee attacks. Judging by the way Saiai was blown away and their car being split in half, getting in range of his sword would be life threatening. Shizuri glanced at Saiai for a second. Damn it. She's supposed to be the close range specialist. Okay, plan B then. A joint attack should allow me to get close enough to hit him.

"I'm just super catching my breath," panted Saiai, with a hand on her chest. "Then I'll be back to kick your ass." She was putting up a false front because her body was screaming in pain. Owe. He hit me once and he almost broke all my bones. I can't get hit like that again. A direct hit didn't work either. His head should have super exploded from that blow. She caught Shizuri's eye and gave a slight nod. Saiai was no stranger to pain and could continue to fight. Their eyes turned back to the stranger, two seconds passed, and they charged.

"Oh," the samurai asked interestedly. "You can perform joint exercises." He raised his right hand with his sword and turned his attention to Saiai, who was slightly faster. He swung his blade at Saiai's neck, but she dove to the ground and grabbed the asphalt. She ripped a large piece off the ground, rolled to the side, and threw it at his face. He deflected it neatly with his sword, but now Shizuri was within firing range. She unleashed two large Meltdowner beams at the samurai's chest. She wasn't going to go easy on an opponent, especially one who was mocking her so openly. This time, by closing the distance between them, he couldn't completely dodge.

The samurai rolled backwards to avoid being hit directly, but one of his arm guards was blown off. It hit the ground with a clang and scraped the asphalt for about a meter.

"Tsk." Shizuri clicked her tongue in annoyance as she fired several more blasts. Shizuri was actually surprised the armor was still mostly intact. Only a small segment was destroyed, enough to cause the guard to fall onto the ground. The knight's armor in England was only strong enough to take one shot of her ability before being completely destroyed. His armor is actually better than theirs. The surrounding area was continuously being torn to pieces by the explosions left behind from her attacks. Small fires had started on some of the nearby buildings. If they kept this up, the entire street would be turned to ashes. "Will you just die already?"

"I will eventually," the samurai admitted. "We all will, but you won't be the cause of my death."

"You're a slippery eel," Shizuri admitted. "I'll give you that, but it only takes one hit to die."

"True," he admitted. "It's not always the weak who die on a battlefield. There is a lot of luck involved. A stray arrow, an explosion, or even being betrayed by someone you trusted." His face went dark for a second and Shizuri became curious.

I wonder what happened to him? Whatever it was, Eve must have exploited it. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Saiai slink around to the side. Guess I'll keep him distracted. "Sounds like a typical sob story. Aww, I lost to someone who was stronger than me or they cheated. In the end, the strong survive and the weak get devoured."

"Truer words have never been spoken." The samurai raised his blade and Shizuri felt a premonition of doom. She didn't have precognition or any other type of ability to sense danger. Instead, it was her experience in living in the underbelly of Academy City where she faced countless life and death situations. She instantly thrust out her hand and created a green orb. Light spiraled outwards into a shield a moment before the samurai swung his blade. Her shield broke apart, as if it had been cut in half. Both sides vanished and Shizuri could only stare in shock.

Her shield was made of the same electrons in the ambiguous state as her normal attacks. Physically cutting it should be impossible. Anything with mass, including a blade of air, would have been disintegrated when it came in contact with her ability. To forcefully cut pure energy in half required something beyond science. Fuck all this magic. It's all bullshit. That should have been impossible. I have begun to accept that magic could find a way to deflect my attack, but to actually cut through, bullshit! She was also pissed he attacked her when they were talking. It was okay for her to do it, but others should never do it to her. "Did you think I would let my guard down?"

"I would have been disappointed if you had," he admitted. "I figured if you would die that easily, Eve wouldn't have requested my assistance. Though, based on your current level of skill, there was a good chance that would have been enough." A vein throbbed in Shizuri's head at the insult.

He wants to die. She took a deep breath. Shizuri knew letting her anger get the better of her against one of Eve's minions would cost her life. "Your speed is a problem, but I know what to do. You aren't the first person with that skill."

"Speed isn't my power." Shizuri's eyes widened slightly. "It's just a normal side effect of physical strength." He grinned. "I think we have chatted long enough. It's time we continued. Though, I doubt this will be more than a mere warm up for me-."

"Try this for a warm up!" Saiai yelled. A large public mailbox flew down at the man. His only response was to sigh and sliced upwards. The mailbox was cut perfectly in half and started to fall to either side of him. The movement only took a fraction of a second, but it was long enough for Shizuri to take advantage of it. A single orb appeared in front of her and she fired. A large green beam traveled from the orb and hit the samurai square in the chest. An explosion engulfed him and he flew backwards from the force.

Shizuri expected him to survive, but it still shocked her.

Her attack should have turned him into a bloody mess all over the ground. Instead, his armor absorbed most of the force. He still hit the building directly behind him and crashed through the wall. This gave Shizuri a small amount of pleasure now that the man could no longer ignore her. Saiai backed up after her assault to avoid being in his range if he could retaliate. She knew magician could survive one or two hits and keep fighting. The samurai didn't stay down long and stood up, dusted himself off, and then stepped back out of the building. His chest armor was burnt and had several large cracks spreading from the impact point of Shizuri's last attack, but it was still relatively intact.

"You damaged my armor," the samurai told Shizuri, and there was actually a note of anger in his voice. "This was specially made for me and no one in this age will be able to fix it."

"You won't need it where you are going," Shizuri replied.

"Mugino is going to super turn you into food for the rats!" Saiai added.

"You really want me to be serious," he sighed. "Fine, let me show you." The very atmosphere seemed to change and the girls felt it. Saiai shut up and felt goosebumps on her arms. Shizuri subconsciously took a step back, but didn't know why. She could tell the samurai was getting serious. If she had been a magician, she would have understood why the air was suddenly thick. The man was releasing a large amount of magical power as he prepared himself. He swung his arm so fast, Shizuri could only see a blur. Suddenly, the silence was broken by numerous explosions and the sound of gravel being uplifted. The street had been cut into large square pieces and thrown high into the air.

"I'm too young to be a pancake!" Saiai cried, as she dived to the side and rolled to avoid being smashed. Each piece of the street thrown into the air looked like a perfect meter size cube. Shizuri's eyes darted at the rain of concrete, asphalt and dirt, more than capable of crushing her. That is, if they actually hit her. Over ten orbs appeared around here, fired beams, and started to obliterate the cubes. The beams of light went right through the cubes as if they weren't even there. The sky was completely filled with explosions like fireworks. She didn't stop there and her attention turned back to the samurai.

"Quit showing off," she seethed and fired a singled focused beam at him. By focusing only on the individual beam, it was larger than the ones used to destroy the rain of debris. The man's armor was broken and it looked like it would not be able to withstand a second attack. The samurai grinned and swung his blade vertically upwards.

The green beam was split apart like water.

Both ends of the attack flew past the samurai on either side, as he stood motionless between him. He lowered the sword as Shizuri and Saiai stared at him in shock. Again, he did the impossible in front of their eyes. He cut pure energy in half using only a blade. The first time had not been a fluke. Shizuri could only gawk for a moment as the man shook his head. "Your attack is strong, but you lack variety in your implementation. If you can only fire those beams in a straight line, it is easy to predict where they will come from."

"I don't care about that!" spat out Shizuri. "What I do care about is how the hell you use a chunk of metal to cut pure energy. Is that blade like Curtana?" Her eyes narrowed as she stared at his blade. From her point of view, it looked like a normal sword. It even appeared slightly worn from use. I can't tell if an item is magical or not, so this is problematic. If it's like the princess's blade, I could be in trouble. Though, if I could steal it, it might be a valuable weapon for future use.

"No," the samurai replied. "I do not rely on such things. Blades are just tools, but the one who wields them brings out their power." He shook his head. "My magic isn't as complex as creation like Lady Eve's, nor is it as showy as Cain's. I prefer simple, effective, and practical. Let me give you a demonstration and see if you can figure it out." He swiped his blade horizontally and a row of glass in the windows on the second floor of the building behind Shizuri shattered. They began to rain down like razor hail. Instead of trying to dodge, which Shizuri instantly realized was impossible, she created one of her green energy shields above her. This caught most of the glass raining down on her, but it couldn't protect her from a piece of glass that broke off and bounced when it hit the ground. She grimaced slightly as it scrapped her leg. The cut wasn't deep, but she felt a slight trickle of blood. "Do you understand now?"

Shizuri didn't answer him immediately, but glanced up at the windows behind her. The windows were gone, but there was a large gash several inches deep in the side of the building between the gaps where the windows had been. She blinked when she thought she had figured it out and turned back to the man. "I see, you can extend the range of your attacks. Making a slashing motion in front of you will extend all the way until it hits something. Do you create a blade of compressed air or something similar?"

"Do not try to rationalize magic with science," the samurai reprimanded. "You may get the same end result, but the process is completely different. I don't 'extend' the range of my attacks. Anything within my line of sight can be cut. That is my magic. Like this." He turned to Saiai and raised his hand.

"GET DOWN!" Shizuri roared at Saiai. Saiai dived into one of the holes created by the samurai's earlier attack and just managed to dodge the slash. The metal light pole behind her was severed and the top half slid off with a clang.

"That was close," Saiai muttered and stuck her head out. She ducked immediately when the ground in front of her exploded, as a grove suddenly appeared. "Magic is super stupid."

"I'm your opponent," Shizuri growled and fired another blast at the man. She fired as soon as the samurai was in mid swing against Saiai. The plan was he wouldn't be able to react fast enough to stop her attack. It seemed to have worked, as his right hand wasn't able to respond to her attack. She didn't realize, until it was too late, he had a second sword on his hip. The samurai grabbed this sword with his left hand and drew it at inhuman speeds. The direction of the slash targeted Shizuri's attack and, once again, the green beam of pure energy was split. "This bastard is no joke. Even when it looks like his guard is down, it never is."

"I do have to say your judgement in timing is first rate," the man conceded. "You definitely have experience, but it's not going to save you against a force you can't comprehend."

It's not the fact he's a magician that he's winning, Shizuri thought. I've dealt with them before. It's because his power is greater than mine. She hated to admit this to herself, as it made her feel weak and useless. Lying to others is a perfectly acceptable strategy to withhold information, but lying to yourself is a sure way to get killed. This was a painful lesson she learned long ago and continued to practice it, no matter how disgusted it made her feel. We really need Kamijou here. His hand should be able to negate this bastard's power, but he's out of the city with Frenda. Hamazura can't do squat against something like this and Takitsubo's ability doesn't work on magicians. This only leads Kinuhata and me, but we are being overwhelmed. A strategic retreat might be needed. This left a sour taste in her mouth and it was a tough call between her pride and her life. She saw Saiai crawl out of the hole and duck behind a parked car with a piece of metal in her hand, probably from the broken light post.

"I am disappointed," the man continued and he actually sounded that way. "Lady Eve said you would be a challenge, but it looks like she overestimated your power. I guess I should finish this and head back to meet the others."

"Others?" Shizuri couldn't resist asking.

"Did you think you were special?" the man asked and raised an eyebrow. "You are one of many in this city we are eliminating. I can make your death quick and painless, unless you insist on fighting back. Then you might lose an arm or a leg first."

"I would like to see you try," Shizuri snapped. Twenty orbs appeared all around her. If he can cut through my attacks, I just need to hit him with more than he can react too.

"If you insist." The samurai held out both swords at his sides and bent his knees, when a noise of an engine made him stop. He turned his head and frowned. Unable to resist themselves either, Saiai and Shizuri turned their heads toward the source. A large truck was barreling down the road at them. Shizuri and Saiai's mouth fell open when it got close enough for them to see who was driving.

It was Shiage Hamazura.

He was in the driver's seat of what looked like a large delivery truck and was planning to crash into the samurai. Shizuri, Saiai, and even the man looked surprised Shiage would do something like that. However, Shiage's plan was much too obvious and all of them knew it. The samurai would just cut the truck into pieces with Shiage in it. As if reading the girls' mind, the samurai turned and raised his swords. Shizuri took advantage of this and fired. The man was forced to turn his attention to her and slice all of her attacks to avoid being struck. As the truck continued picking up speed, the driver side door opened and Shiage jumped out. He tucked and rolled when he landed on the street and fell into one of the holes left by the samurai's overzealous attacks.

"Relying on cheap tricks?" the samurai muttered and swung his blade a second before the truck would hit him.

An enormous explosion engulfed him in fire and heat, while nearly reaching ten stories high.

"They aren't doing well," Shiage said. He and Rikou were hiding a couple streets down and watching the flashes of light from Shizuri's attacks. "For Mugino to fire that many blasts, that guy is either dodging them or worse…"

"We need to find a way to help them," Rikou said seriously.

"What do you expect us to do?" Shiage asked exasperatedly. "He's one of those magicians you told me about. He's fighting Mugino and Kinuhata, yet it doesn't look like he's losing. If he's able to survive a Meltdowner blast, cut a car in half, and break through Kinuhata's armor, this little pistol of mine isn't going to do anything. You can't track his AIM field either, right?"

"Magicians do not have an AIM field. So I cannot track them." Rikou stared at Shiage intently. She understood his feeling. Neither of them had any abilities that could rival a powerful magician. Rikou was a tracker, but her ability had other uses, some recently discovered, when dealing with ability users. Shiage was mostly a transporter, but she knew what he was capable of. Shiage may be a level 0, but that was part of his strength. He understood how stronger individuals looked down at him and, therefore, underestimated him. Shiage was capable of exploiting this and finding a way to interfere with them, usually allowing Shizuri to finish them off. He had saved her and Frenda before, so Rikou knew he could think of something.

"Don't stare at me like that," Shiage complained and looked away. "I know, I know," he finally relented, unable to resist her. He had fallen for her long ago, so he couldn't bear to disappoint her. He looked around the street for an idea. "Hmm, okay. There's a delivery truck over there. Since we lost our car, we can use this one. I can hotwire it easily enough. The issue is trying to get the other two away from that samurai guy. He's going to be able to just cut the vehicle in half again, with us in it, if we don't have a plan." He walked over to it and Rikou followed.

"…Uh," Rikou said. She had noticed the back of the truck was open and she glanced inside while he went to start the truck. "You really should take a look at this."

"Sure." He hopped out of the seat and went around the back of the truck. "What is it…? Holy shit." The back of the truck was half filled with large compressed canisters of gas. There were stickers on every one of them, warning the gas was explosive. "I definitely don't want to be driving this into a warzone. One wrong move and this will light up."

"There's more here," Rikou informed him and pointed to the building. The large delivery door was opened and a pile of the gas canisters had already been unloaded.

"It looks like everyone disappeared halfway through a delivery," Shiage commented, slightly puzzled. "The question is, why?"

"…If I remember correctly," Rikou explained. "Magicians use something called a 'People Clearing Field.' It gives normal people the overwhelming desire to leave the area, but they don't remember why. It's why this area is deserted. That man only wanted us here."

"That's…" Shiage was going to say insane, but stopped. He knew a strong mental user could do something like that, so it wasn't completely beyond his comprehension. Instead, an idea begun to form in his mind as he looked at what was available. He stepped into the dark building and looked around. There wasn't a lot besides the gas canisters in there, nor was there time for a thorough investigation. There was a small reprieve in the explosions, so either one of them had fallen or they had stopped fighting for a moment. "I have an idea," Shiage told Rikou. "Help me load these canisters back in the truck." Rikou nodded.

"What is it?" she asked. The canisters were heavy and they could only load one at a time.

"Based on the stories you told me about in England," Shiage explained, as he put one of the canisters back in the truck. "We can't treat these magicians like normal people. Anything we hit them with has to be overwhelming. Since Frenda isn't here to be our explosive experts, I'm going to have to improvise."

"You can't mean…" Rikou's gasped and her eyes widened. She had just realized what he was planning to do.

"We are going to turn this truck into a bomb," Shiage confirmed.

"But to get it close enough…"

"I'm going to have to drive it." Rikou's eyes widened even more. They continue to load the canisters in silence. They knew delays would only increase the risk of their teammates dying. Rikou wanted to say something, but the words kept getting stuck in her throat. Her stomach churned when she thought of Shiage risking his life in a situation where even Shizuri was having difficulties. Shiage was currently thinking of a way he could execute his plan without dying and wasn't sparing much time for other worries. It was going to take precision timing and nerves of steel.

Neither of which I'm good with!

His body was shaking slightly, but he tried to hide it from Rikou. He wanted to leave a good impression, but he also knew it was his duty as part of the team. As much as Saiai and Shizuri picked on him, they did introduce him to Rikou and protected him from the city's retribution after being part of Skill-Out. They finally managed to fill up the truck and Shiage shut the door and walked around to the driver's side seat. He leaned down and started to hotwire the engine, while Rikou peaked out into the street.

"The fighting is slowing down," she told Shiage. "I think this is the only chance you will get." She backed up and moved next to him.

"Got it," he said, standing up as the engine started to hum. "I really wish Frenda was here. We don't have a detonation switch, so we have to rely on that guy to strike the truck. Dang," he rubbed his head. "This is going to be dangerous. When did I start doing crazy stunts like this?"

"I think after you met Kamijou," Rikou pointed out.

"Yeah," Shiage admitted. "You're probably right." He stepped up into the truck and sat down. "Oh Takitsubo?" he asked.

"Yes?"

"If we get out of this alive," Shiage said slowly. "Would you like to go out, just us two?"

Rikou blinked.

"If you don't want…"

"I do," Rikou interrupted. "But concentrate on this first." She looked at him and then leaned close to him to put a light kiss on his cheek. "Good luck and make sure to come back." She stepped back so an embarrassed Shiage could close the door. She waved as Shiage began to pull out and watched him leave. Rikou wasn't the most emotional displaying person, but there was a slight pink tinge to her cheeks, she was slightly hot, and her heart was beating rapidly.

I did it! Shiage thought triumphantly. I'm going to make it out of this alive or at least make sure she does. He turned the corner, saw a glow of green light at the end of the street, and slammed his foot down as hard as he could on the accelerator. The wheels spun and Shiage was thrown back into his seat. The truck flew forward and he heard the canisters clang in the back. Please don't go off. Please don't go off. For all that is good, please don't go off. He made out the forms of the samurai and the green glow of Shizuri's ability. The samurai turned to him and raised his blades. Shit, I'm too far away, but I can't stop now! He kept his foot on the pedal and refused to take it off as the truck moved faster and faster.

Shizuri saved his life.

She fired a barrage of beams at the samurai and he was forced to block her attacks. The sight of him actually cutting the beams of pure energy caused Shiage's mouth to fall open. That's impossible! What kind of monster is he? He didn't have time to contemplate this because, if he waited, he would be caught up in the explosion. He threw the door open, which was difficult due to the wind resistance, and he rolled out of the truck. Argh! He hit the ground hard and, even though roiling reduces the damage, it still hurt a lot. He covered his head as best as he could and his arms got scraped up. He rolled a few meters before falling into a large hole. Luckily, the concreate and asphalt was removed, so there was softer dirt to land in. "Owe," he moaned and then a huge explosion overwhelmed everything.

All sound was nullified a moment after he heard the explosion. The force of it caused his ears to ring and he went temporarily deaf. His entire body hurt and it took him a moment to regain his senses. His head was pounding and it was hard to think. He stood up and climbed out of the hole. A large mass of flames was still engulfing the remains of the truck, with good portions of melted metal all across the street. He blinked and turned to his left. Saiai was emerging from a parked car and Shizuri was sitting down on the far side of the street looking at him. She had been the closest one of them to the blast, but seemed to have escaped relatively unscathed. Pillars of smoke was rising high into the air. We should probably get out of here before Anti-Skill sees this. I don't want to try to explain what happened. His hearing returned and he heard Saiai shouting.

"YOU IDIOT! Don't just stand there, run!"

"Huh?" Shiage asked confused, when he heard the screeching sound of metal being pushed aside. He turned slowly and saw the shadow of a man between the dancing flames. The man stepped out and brushed himself off. He was covered in black soot, but looked unscathed. In fact, his hair didn't even look burnt. Looking closer, Shiage saw the fringes of his pants seemed to have been slightly blackened. The samurai never dropped the swords in his hand, as he looked Shiage over. Instead of anger or irritation, there was a curious look of interest in his eyes.

"Normally," the man said. "I would have been mad at you from interrupting our fight, but I'm not."

"Why?" Shiage couldn't resist asking. Even though he felt the intense heat from the fire, his body was covered in cold sweat. This monster survived being hit be a truck full of explosives!

"The fight with her was boring," the man told him. "You managed to use a surprising tactic I did not expect. I was told the young man in this group was not a powerful science side ability user and therefore would not have been a threat. When you charged forward in that vehicle, I thought you were desperate, so I planning to end your life quickly. When the vehicle exploded, I realized you set up a trap and I walked right into it. Now, it wasn't enough to take me down, but it was enough to gain my respect. Tell me your name."

"Shiage Hamazura." A second alter, Shiage realized he should have not said anything, but it was too late.

"My name is Oda Nobunaga. I'm sure you have heard of me." Shiage's mouth fell open. There wasn't a single Japanese person who didn't know his name. Oda Nobunaga was a powerful daimyo of Japan in the late 16th century, who also attempted to unify Japan during the late Sengoku period. He was one of the most famous people in the country's history.

"Why tell me this?" Shiage asked. "You didn't tell Mugino."

"You have earned that courtesy," Oda told him. "She did not. You provided a much more interesting fight in the span of a few seconds than she did since I arrived." He paused. "I was supposed to kill her today, but I don't think Lady Eve will mind if I take a short intermission to play around with you."

"What do you mean by play around?" Shiage asked nervously and took a step backwards.

"Fighting you directly would be boring," Oda explained. "It would be a one sided massacre. Instead, I'm giving you a thirty second head start. Try to make this chase entertaining."

"What?!" Shiage gasped. "You can't be serious."

"Time's a ticking," Oda remarked with a smirk.

"Oh shit," Shiage muttered and turned around. He bolted with one last though in his mind. What did I do to deserve this?! Oda watched him run and turn a corner down a side street. He turned his eyes toward Saiai, who was frozen in shock, and then to Shizuri, who was standing up with a look of hatred in her eyes. He slowly counted backwards from thirty and then gave Shiage a little more time, before he started walking off in the direction Shiage ran. He knew he could come back and kill Shizuri anytime he wanted to, but he also had his secondary objective. Shizuri definitely would not take his rudeness to her lying down. By ignoring her, she was sure to be overcome by anger.

Shizuri watched him leave and made a fist. She hated to admit how powerless she had been against him, but it infuriated her the man considered Shiage a more worthy opponent. She took a couple shaky steps out into the middle of the street, her legs still slightly numb from the fight and the explosion. Saiai ran up to her with a serious look on her face. "What should we do now Mugino? Hamazura super won't be able to win, but he might distract him for a little bit."

"That bastard is going to pay for this humiliation!" Shizuri roared suddenly and caused Saiai to jump. "I'm going to rip him apart. How dare he make a fool at me?" She took a few deep breaths to calm herself and turned back to Saiai. "I need you to call Takitsubo and have her meet us while Hamazura distracts him."

"Takitsubo?" Saiai asked confused. "Why? She can't do anything against magicians."

"I have one last thing to try," Shizuri told her and her glare shut Saiai up. While Saiai pulled out her phone, Shizuri crossed her arms in frustration. Running away isn't going to do any good. He obviously has a way to track us. I have one last option available to me and it's a gamble. Without drugs, I don't know how Takitsubo's ability is going to affect me. At this point, she didn't have much of a choice. Her anger and pride refused to concede.

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Pierce: Looks like Accelerator has embraced the lolicon within. Cain made a mistake of making her cry.

Motoharu: How do you think his harem is going to react?

Kazari: What are those wings of his? I didn't know vector manipulation could do that.

Jason: It's just him throwing a temper tantrum. He hates to lose.

Pierce: Then Mugino-san got saved by Hamazura. Could a flag be raised and Mugino-san being torn between him and Kami-yan?

Motoharu: I don't think he has the power to face off against Kami-yan disease.

Kazari: Besides, it looks like he already has a girlfriend now.

Pierce: THAT LUCKY BASTARD! Why can't I get a girlfriend?!

Jason: Because you're a pervert. I thought I told you this before?

Frenda: Besides, Mugino would never fall for him. Basically, her standards are too high.

Motoharu: Frenda? When did you get here?

Frenda: You left the door unlocked. What are you four doing here?

Pierce: Commenting on the level 5's fight. Kagere has a new large screen plasma TV to watch them in high def. Want to join?

Frenda: Okay, but Mugino won't find out right?

Motoharu: Nope, this is all fourth wall stuff there. Popcorn?