Greetings! It is I, the author of this fanfic! The last chapter already got reviews the day after I posted it and I thought "Do you guys have better things to do other than reading this trash fanfic?". I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING. Thank you so much for reading this. Oh! Darkbetrayer posted a new chapter of A Certain Infinite Possibility and holy fuck! Shit's about to go down in that story! I really recommend you read that if you like the Toaru series.
Now on with the reviews! Well, some of them.
Wicked.A: Yeah, I'm not gonna risk my account nor my fanfic over a profile pic. I'll try writing in third person in the future, probably next chapter. Also, about the whole "magic circle thing", that was a mistake I forgot to edit. Only 8man and Bayloupe saw the magic circle and no one else. I apologize for that.
Giusseppe: Yes, I know that the spell is quite OP but it does have a weakness if you read the LN. That weakness is as simple as Accelerator's weakness of his reflection field which is why I want him to learn Spiritual Tripping because of that comparison.
RoachVit: Yeah, I said a few chapters ago that I will label this as a crossover when this gets a good amount of attention. Not gonna lie, I forgot about that :D
I don't know if I'm gonna label this as crossover or not because I thought that would be sending this fanfic on a graveyard if I do. Meh, It's just me being stupid and sort of scared so sorry about that. Maybe after the New GREMLIN arc, I will label this as a crossover.
Most of the reviews are just saying "Good Chapter" and I can only say a simple thank you to all from the bottom of my heart. It looks like some of you don't like the idea of 8man having a one-on-one conversation with each Oregairu characters so maybe I'll scratch that idea but some of you want more Kawasaki appearance so I'll grant your wish oh great reviewers.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Toaru series and Oregairu. Some of the elements of the story are inspired by Darkbetrayer's popular fanfic, A Certain Infinite Possibility.
Rated M for strong language and sexual content.
Slight OOC Alert
Chapter 8: A Certain Attack From All Sides.
Sides.
It is the left and right. The position, interest or attitude of one person or group, especially when regarded as being in opposition to another or others. A small organized group that is joined together due to common beliefs and would not let anyone join in if their beliefs are different. I mentioned a while back (A.K.A. Chapter 2) that if you are not in society's standards or common ground then you would be considered as an outcast. That doesn't mean that the outcast will be gone for good. No, that outcast will go to another society that will accept him/her and then live there. Happy ending for everyone, right? Yes and No. There is a reason why the world is divided into seven continents and each of them (except Antarctica) are separated into different nations. Yes, because they can live as themselves in a place with comfort and acceptance of others. No, because all of them oppose one another. Despite being united, not declaring wars, and forming good relationships between leaders, in the modern era, we are now fighting against each other in the competition of economic value. A country that becomes poor will be conquered by a more powerful country, A country will form an agreement with another to gain resources in exchange for cash, being dominated in the process. This is called Neocolonialism, instead of using military strength to conquer, it is the practice of using capitalism, globalization, and cultural imperialism to influence a country rather than straight-up attacking it.
Going back to society, it has the same aspect, conquering people by influencing them, but there would also be violence involved should such situations lead to that. Cliques are the same as taking sides. Schools are like the world itself, groups are formed and will fight each other for popularity and good school life. The higher the status, the stronger the clique. In this case, Golden Boy is the strongest leader of a nation in the entire world of Sobu High as he gained the highest status as the Prince of Sobu. Together with his clique, They can change the atmosphere of the entire school with just one conversation. However, that doesn't mean that they can control everyone. There are still students who are jealous of Golden Boy's looks and skills and some girls are still competing against Fire Bitch for his affection. All it takes is just one problem and cracks will start to appear in their little world. Like all it takes is one order and the clones would betray and kill the Order (1). Ah, when you look at it that way, The Jedi Order and Golden Boy's clique do have some similarities. I guess that's why I prefer the Grey Jedi and Sith more. Anyway, the only way for his clique to get hurt is either they will hurt themselves or everyone is against them. Where not even a single weak spot is ignored and all angles are covered.
Like it's an attack from all sides. For example, what we're about to deal with right now.
Only a day has passed since that incident. No one got hurt besides me and those two assholes, very minor casualties, still a shit ton of questions unanswered, and the media is going insane right now. No matter what channel you go to, it would always be about me and Academy City. It's not surprising, but it's already boring as shit when that's all talked about. We hid those two magicians somewhere underground and waited for them to wake up by watching them with cheap surveillance cameras and a magical sentry ward.
*BZZZT*
"I'm telling you if we don't do something about this Academy City will become the most dangerous cit-"
*BZZZT*
"We should praise their efforts for taking a quick action to exterminate GREMLIN rather than scorning them fo-"
*BZZZT*
"Chiba should increase security since Academy City just announced that the remaining members of GREMLIN are hiding there. I suggest we put Chiba on lockdown so that-"
*BZZZT*
Komachi looked bored as she is just lying on the couch flipping channels on TV until she turned it off.
"*SIIIIGH~* I'm so boooored~" She said in a tired tone.
"Just play video games or something so you won't get bored." I said.
I ordered the brats and Floris (Oh, I got it right again) to stay indoors for a full week while Bayloupe and I will do the groceries and patrolling the city. It's only 8 am and I'm currently sitting at the dining table that consists of mixed rice with ikura, eggs with furikake, pickled vegetable salad, grilled fish, and miso soup. I'm eating with Bayloupe, Fauna, and Worst and Last Order is playing with her big Gekota plushie.
"Lastie-chan, let's play video games!" Komachi said to Last Order. Yeah, that's the nickname she gave to the little brat.
" 'Okay! I want to play a fighting game!' says Misaka as Misaka shouts excitedly to play with Koma-nee!" And that's what the little brat called Komachi now.
"Hey, rather than talking to them one by one, how about calling them here and explain it to everyone. That should save some time for us." Flower who sat across the table in front of me, suggested while eating.
"I don't know, too many factors that would make them hate me more. Like Ice Queen might convince them to turn them against me or too much chaos would happen from an argument." I said indifferently but I was hiding this shaky feeling I am having.
"But you said you want to talk to them even if they might hate you in the end. What happened about that?" Bayloupe who sat beside me asked in confusion.
"..."
"...So you don't want them to hate you, huh?" She said. "I'm sure it's better to call everyone here than just going one by one. It would put less stress on you than this."
"...fine." We ended the conversation there and I changed the topic. "So, are those two assholes awake now?"
"Not yet. You hit them too hard that's why they're still unconscious. We'll check on them after doing our night patrol" She answered seriously.
"Too hard? More like I hit them just right. The Ainu kid got a smack on the head and the bearded asshole gets punctured by arrows."
"What part of that is 'just right'?" Forest asked in a deadpan tone.
"Well, let's think about groceries before we ran out of stock." Bayloupe said
"Okay then, do you brats want anything? Bayloupe and I are going to do some groceries."
"I want ice cream!" Komachi propped her head up on the couch and screamed.
" 'Misaka also want ice cream. Rocky road, please! says Misaka as Misaka drools from thinking about it!" She said while also propping her head up on the couch.
"I'm having what the administrator is having." Worst said with a bored tone.
"Cookies and creams for me. And hold on a sec." Floor List stood up and walked towards a drawer. She opened it and took out a paper and pen and wrote something on it. She handed me the paper that consists of a list of crafting items, plants and herbs, and a bunch of other weird shit.
"It's for making some magic tools and sharpening my steel glove." She said.
"*SIGH* Fine, Bayloupe and I will be leaving in five minutes. You brats have time to think of what else you want us to buy before we get out." I said to them and they both agreed. Bayloupe and I went to our bedroom to wear some outdoor clothes and some things like a wallet, and her magic tools, just in case. We finished changing as we went downstairs to the front door. I am basically wearing a black version of my winter outfit with my jacket unzipped, revealing my signature white shirt with V pattern design while Bayloupe is wearing a black blazer over a white plain T-shirt with a denim miniskirt, black tights, and over-the-knee boots. I didn't use the Loki powder to hide my choker since the cat was out of the bag.
"We're going now!" She said to the brats.
"Take care!" Komachi responded.
" 'Avoid the stalkers!' orders Misaka as Misaka wears a worried expression."
"I should be the one saying that you brat. If there's anyone retarded enough to do that," I said and then turn to Worst and Far West. "You know what to do."
They both nodded with smirks on their faces. I opened the door and went outside. The two of us are walking side-by-side while holding hands. She suddenly spoke.
"I'm surprised that Academy City would use your cover-up."
"Well, they would try to cover it up anyway. I just gave them a handicap."
"But the mayor of Chiba and a diet member also vouched for you. Did Academy City negotiated with them in secret?"
"Yeah, that's the weird part." I said while holding my chin up until my cellphone vibrated. A phone call from...
"Granny?" I answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"It's good that you sound okay there, Accel-. No, Hachiman." She said it warmly and I smiled. This granny I'm talking about is Oyafune Monaka, An old lady who is one of the Board of Directors. Despite being one of the gatherings of shitty bastards, she is the only one who genuinely cares for students of Academy City, and the only member I can trust the most. It was around the time that Skill-Out was going berserk over the leaked information of the Parameter List. The majority of the people were skeptical and then decided to shrug it off as some scam or something until Skill-Out announced it publicly what the Parameter List was. Skill-Out groups immediately figured out what the Parameter List was and they were planning on killing all of the Board of Directors and that included Granny but failed in the end. However, they did so much damage to the Board of Directors' assets, properties, and relationships with other evil bastards around the world that they have little to no power left to control most of us. One Skill-Out group planned on kidnapping her daughter who was also our teacher, to force Granny to do their bidding until I stopped them. It literally took just the three of us to stop all of them by negotiating to help us destroy the darkness in exchange for the rights in the city that they've been wishing for. Most of the directors hired the Dark Side's organizations either to deal with Skill-Out's rampage or act as bodyguards, and it was the perfect opportunity as they all showed themselves on the surface. We completely eradicated the darkness such as MEMBER, BLOCK, Hound Dog. The only one left is ITEM just so we can observe those corrupt assholes from afar. In the end, though, there was still chaos among espers with lower levels about the existence of that list and how Academy City has been lying to them all this time. If that keeps up, then a new Dark Side organization would be formed and all that effort would be for nothing so we came up with a solution; have the fifth-rate erase their memories of the Parameter List and anything related to it.
The hero opposed the idea at first but reluctantly agreed to it. Even if we fulfilled Skill-Out's wish, there were still bound to be people who won't get over from that list and some might grow even more distrust towards Academy City and it would take a turn for the worst there. The plan was simple; have as many people gathered in one area and fifth-rate will do the work. It wasn't easy to do that so we asked the Board of Directors to do the gathering in an organized matter. I'll never forget those faces when they begged us for help. I should've taken a picture to savor that moment. Even though we erase their memories and act as if nothing happened, that didn't mean we ignored Skill-Out's wish. Under Granny's lead, who is currently the most powerful director out of all of them, she implemented a new system to develop espers by using Jason's method that made that Saten girl a level 2. It wasn't the full version since that bastard almost destroyed the data just to piss us off, and it didn't end well for him. The progress is still slow but now it is unpredictable how high espers can achieve. Right now, hard work and determination are REALLY at play here. Success and failure are 50/50 unless you work hard for it. As of now, there are many espers who were supposed to be only level 0s have been ranked up to level 1 or 2.
Anyway during that whole fiasco, Granny and I've been talking to each other though it's just her leading the conversation and me just giving small responses. I told her a little about myself like my past, friends, and even the level 6 project. After destroying the Dark Side, she became quite fond of me as if I'm her grandson or whatever. She even visited my apartment many times already.
"Yeah, sorry for making you worry." I said.
"It's fine. Aside from knowing how your day is, I called you because of the incident yesterday."
"Okay?" Bayloupe and I looked at each other confused.
"You heard that the Mayor over there and a diet member supported your claim, right?"
"Yeah, and you guys already made negotiations to make that happen, right?" I asked.
"No."
"No?"
"The moment we called the mayor, he already knew what we wanted from him and agreed to it rather quickly. He already has a diet member aid him on your cover-up. That was really strange." She explained and now I'm even more confused. If they are that willing to help me, then there must be someone who convinced them to do it before Granny could reach them.
"Hmmm, I think I know who they are."
"What do you mean?"
"I know who convinced them." I said with a bored tone. If I am right, which I'm definitely sure of this, then those TWO might come home soon.
"...it was your parents, wasn't it?" She asked in a deadpan tone.
"Yeah." I answered with the same tone as her.
"Well, that answers that question. Now for the next one; How was the school over there!? Did you make new friends?! How did they feel when they found out about you?! Oh, is their education any good? I hope-" And now she's blabbering like an overprotective grandma.
"Okay, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I'm busy doing something important so I'll call you later." I said with an irritated tone.
"Okay then. Oh, but before we end the call, do you still have second thoughts on-" I didn't make her finish as I abruptly ended the call. I look at Bayloupe who was staring at me blankly for a while now.
"Let's go." I started walking and she followed beside me.
"Was that Oyafune-san?" She asked.
"Yeah. She told me about the mayor and we both came to the conclusion that my parents were involved in this."
"What is your parents' job anyway?" She asked.
"It's best if my parents themselves explained it to you instead of me." I ended the topic there and we walked silently to the shopping district.
"Hmmm...Did Oyafune-san pestered you about THAT arrangement again?"
"...Yes." I said with a tired expression. The arrangement she was talking about was Granny's proposal of me having an arranged marriage with her daughter, and I bluntly refused. It wasn't just me, but the fucking hero was also asked by Granny to marry that teacher but he also refused. His reason was that he already had someone else in mind which resulted in fifth-rate's harem plan ended in a not-so-sweet note. She should've made her hair color pink and wear a demon cosplay so that it won't end that way and instead have a pathetic fucking manga ending with no conclusion whatsoever. (2). While my reason is the same as his but also because her beauty obsession is sort of weird. Even now the old hag still won't give up on that and I doubt saying to her that I have a girlfriend won't bring her down.
"*SIGH* She just won't give up. Just why does she see you as a grandchild? Shouldn't Kamijou-san be better suited?" Bayloupe asked with an annoyed expression.
"I agree that I don't want to be her grandkid but the way you said that pisses me off."
"What do you mean? Kamijou-san has better qualities of being a good child to parents."
"And I don't?" I asked a little annoyed by that.
"Are you saying you like being her grandchild?" Bayloupe teased and I closed my eyes.
"Don't be stupid. It's just that you're implying that the damn hero is better than me."
"Isn't he?" She said that which made me stopped walking.
"Hah?" Okay, now I'm pissed.
"Well, what makes YOU think he's not better than you?" She teased.
"Besides his bad luck? He's a fucking idiot in school."
"You know what they say, 'school isn't everything' so your point doesn't change much. He's still a good cook, and oh! He has a way with words."
"...Yeah, can't deny that."
"Eh?" Bayloupe looked surprised by that. What? Is it that shocking that I praised the damn hero for something? Just because I talk shit all the time doesn't mean that's all I am.
"What?"
"Hmmm. I don't know if I should be happy that you accepted that easily or be worried."
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
We are currently in a grocery store and a lot of people are staring at us. We're not bothered by them and just continued to do some shopping like normal. Although what bothered me was that I noticed some of them were taking their phone out to either taking a picture or a video of us or texting in their social media account about us.
"It's your turn to make dinner, right?" Bayloupe asked.
"Yeah, I'm making my signature curry. You haven't tried one, right?"
"Well, I did eat Komachi-chan's curry and it was amazing. You think you can top her on that?"
"Heh. Wait and find out." I smirked. We only picked ingredients for dinner and for tomorrow since there are still leftovers last night as their lunch. We picked up onions, cabbages, tomatoes, beef, pork, and some seasoning. As we picked up the ice creams those brats wanted, Bayloupe accidentally bumped into a guy.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She apologized while bowing slightly.
"Tch, damn espers." He scowled and walked away. I looked at him in anger until she pinched my ear.
"Don't get mad over something so trivial."
"Yeah, yeah. But if they try something on us, I'll give them a fucking nightmare."
"Please don't. The reason we're doing the groceries and patrol duty is so they can watch us how we act our daily routine here. It's not like there would be major consequences if you screw it up but the public would get even more annoying if that happens." She explained while grabbing the ice cream container on the floor.
"Fine, but if they went too far, I'll really murder them."
"Fair enough."
The problem isn't people hating us, it's how far are they would be willing to go to make us go away. I've seen enough darkness to know that there are people who can be almost just as terrifying as a supernatural threat. Going back to Skill-Out's rampage, the fact that they were so many of them and many other students joined their side, as well as how intricate their plans were impressive enough that even a level 5 might have a hard time stopping them. It was as if Komaba Ritoku was leading them except more evil and chaotic. The people here in Chiba aren't espers besides the Gemstones living here, but they can do things their own way and it's possible that it could be way worse than Skill-Out's rampage.
We finished picking up the things needed for dinner and the ice creams, and we approached the cashier, who is staring at us for a while now.
"D-do you have a membership card?" The female cashier stuttered.
"No." Bayloupe said it calmly with a smile. The cashier told us the total price but not without stuttering and blushing hard. We paid with my money and about to go out until the cashier stopped us.
"W-wait!" We both looked at the stuttering cashier.
"C-c-c-c-can I g-g-g-g-g."
"Please, speak more clearly." I said it while trying my best to sound polite. She breathed deeply and suddenly shouted.
"CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH, ACCELERATOR-SAN!"
"...Excuse me?" I asked in the most deadpanned way possible.
"Eh!? W-well I-" She was interrupted by a male employee.
"Hey, no fair! We had a deal that I would get his autograph first if we saw him!"
"S-sorry, but he was right in front of me s-so I-"
"Eh? Accelerator is giving autographs?"
"I don't have a paper!"
"Can I take a picture with him, I wonder?"
"A-ah where is the camera app on my phone?"
A crowd is gathering around us, both inside and outside of the store. I just stood there flabbergasted to this. They're treating me like I'm a celebrity or something! I look at Bayloupe who was just as shocked but recovered quickly as she formed a teasing smile staring at me.
"Well, aren't you popular?" She said while holding back her laughter by covering her mouth with her hand.
"Shut up." I said with an annoyed tone and then looked at the crowd. "Sorry, we're busy with something so no autographs or anything." They have a disappointed look on their faces while some did the puppy eyes to make me feel guilty. I don't care, I want to get the fuck out of here and so I did. I grabbed Bayloupe's hand, flipped my choker on and jumped high as far away from the crowd as possible until we landed on the roof of a building. We waited for a few seconds until we saw the crowd at that store dispersed and we jumped down into an alley.
"Hahahahahaha." Bayloupe couldn't help but giggle at what happened and I think a vein popped on my head.
"Tch, stop laughing or I'll rip out your vocal chord."
"Hahaha...That's a very light punishment coming from you so I'll take what I can get." She continued to laugh at me. Goddamnit, how the hell did that Golden boy get used to this shit? All those morons who keep going near me and begging for attention without considering how I felt, What insensitive assholes. If this is going to be my lifestyle, then I'd rather be a poor, loser being who can't be seen by others and even go as far as to live with only 5 yens if I have to! (3) I should wear a disguise. Should I ask the fourth-rate for that special make-up? She might laugh at me and fucking talk shit on the phone until she said no, just to hear me squirm.
"God fucking damn it." I mumbled in a dejected tone and sighed. If I did wear a disguise or wear special make-up to hide, that would make my image even more suspicious to the public since I will never be seen by people unless it involves those magicians. I gotta live this through then.
"Well, don't be so down about it. it's like the same as school with all the students staring at you." She said while holding my hand.
"Except these guys would come at me begging for my attention."
"Just tell them off, or just give them your autograph."
" *SIGH* Let's just go already, there's still Forest's stupid list." I said as I walked out of the alley.
We finished buying her list of whatever the fuck these things are used for. Sometimes the magic side can be strange with its rituals and ways of using spells. As they followed laws different from us espers, I doubt I could understand the mindset of a magician's preference of methods aside from their so-called 'faith' in their religion or whatever they believed in. Despite magic being more versatile than esper abilities, there are still a variety of types that magicians preferred to use as their specialty; Norse, Aztec, Christian, Western, Eastern, etcetera, etcetera. Magicians use magic based on religion, mythologies, and folklores so there are different kinds of methods used to create a single spell based on one religion alone. I don't give a damn about religion unless it's necessary to know, and I want to learn more magic from different angles rather than focusing on one. Anyway, the stuff we bought from her list is just...
"What the hell is this dumbass gonna do with these?" I said as I look at the contents inside a plastic bag.
"To sharpen and clean her tools." Bayloupe answered.
"Really?"
"It's magic, common sense doesn't apply to this side."
"...But cleaning her tools with lizard flesh and manure?" I said while staring at her in a blank expression. Bayloupe stopped walking and scratched her cheek with a forced smile.
"Well...she is creative with her methods." She answered hesitantly. Yeah, sometimes magic can be weird. Like that Amakusa girl who follows the hero all the time. She has great combat skills and magic, but some of her rituals were strange. I mean, using her panties for a leyline damaging spell? Just what kind of fucking creep came up with that?
My thoughts were interrupted by shouts coming from a crowd. We looked at them and they looked angry for the most part and are holding signs.
"Down with Academy City!"
"No more superpowers!"
"Science is not perfect!"
Ah, so they are protesters. Well, there were protesters during that time when they thought World War 3 was about to occur but didn't happen in the end as Mr. Right Seat told the Catholic Church to not invade Academy City. The look on everyone's faces when we heard that someone like Fiamma of the Right became our ally was just hilarious, especially that red princess fucktard. Never have I seen that look on her since we first met and it was priceless. The damn hero really knows how to make friends. Anyway, it looks like these people are not happy with what happened yesterday and they didn't calm down after Academy City's announcement of terrorists and my "job" here. I saw a guy standing on a bench and he held a megaphone. He put the megaphone near his mouth and spoke to the large crowd of protesters.
"Everyone! Thank you for coming here. We gathered here today because we learned a horrifying revelation. Yesterday evening, two espers who were suspected to be from the terrorist organization GREMLIN, attacked an elite school called Sobu High School. They want to kidnap a poor high school girl for ransom but they were ultimately stopped by an esper of Academy City. That esper is Accelerator, The Number 1 level 5. We should be glad that someone like him is here to protect us, right?... WRONG!" He shouted that last part and everyone shouted in agreement. The man continued to speak.
"We were deceived! Accelerator has apparently been hiding here for many months now, disguising himself as a normal high school student in Sobu High. Now, people thought that it was just because he was on an undercover mission to exterminate what remains of GREMLIN, but is that really the case? Why did he take so long to act?! How many innocents have been involved when we weren't looking!?"
"Yeah! That's right!"
"They're hiding something, that's why!" Everyone shouted once again as they conveyed their hatred and anger.
"We already heard rumors of level 5s roaming around other countries and some mysterious flying entity that flew around Japan. Those are all actions that Academy City will put us in danger! They are planning for world domination! The UN and our government may turn a blind eye on them but we don't! We are not idiots nor their tools for propaganda or their selfish goals! We are humans, Japanese citizens who are living peacefully that might one day be ruined by their terrifying act of dictatorship. If our government that we oh-so trusted won't do anything, we will! Down with Academy City!" He finished his speech and everyone roared and chanting "Down with Academy City". The speech wasn't bad, I'll give it a 7 out of 10. I heard Bayloupe speak.
"Well, there are bound to be people like them. It's not like it matters to us unless they did something stupid."
"Uhuh, let's go-" I didn't finish what I said because I saw a girl receiving a poster from a protester.
"Join the protest, miss! This situation will get worse if we don't act now!" The male protester said.
"T-thank you, I'll keep this in mind."
"Hurry up, miss! Who knows when their dictatorship would spread on our country!" He shouted and the woman bowed and walked away from them. This girl is tall and slender with purple eyes and blueish hair tied to a ponytail with a scrunchy. She is wearing an unbuttoned short-sleeve over a greenish shirt with a pair of jeans. The most distinct trait other than her hair is her signature beauty spot under her right eye. She read the poster while walking towards us unknowingly until she looked up.
"...Hikigaya."
"Kawa...uh."
"It's Kawasaki, you moron!" She shouted. Yeah, this is Kawasaki Saki, a classmate of mine, and the girl who brought back our school bag yesterday. Very calm and serious, and wore black lace when we first met. We didn't talk much but we do consider close to each other in terms of our social status as loners. The students thought she's a delinquent since she was always late in class, didn't wore her uniform properly, and doesn't have manners when talking to others (well it's not as bad as mine though). The truth was that she is very hardworking and kind to others ( just has a hard time to show it properly). She worked part-time jobs and do night shifts just so she could afford to enroll in a tutoring class to improve her grades, even though her grades are passable to above average. After fulfilling her little brother's request, she seemed to open up to me when we first talked. She's a total brocon as she acts overprotective to that bug. We both are similar in some ways and that's why we feel comfortable with each other, although I don't know if it's the same right now. Also, I don't know why but I sometimes forgot her name.
"Oh, Kawasaki. Right, sorry." I look at her for a few seconds and then turn towards Bayloupe.
"Sorry, can you go ahead? Me and Kawa..."
"Ka-wa-sa-ki!" the blue-haired girl said it angrily.
"...need to talk with just the two of us." I said and Bayloupe hesitated before letting out a sigh.
"Fine, give me those, they're not that heavy anyway and the ice creams will melt. " I complied and she left. Kawasaki and I were silent for a few seconds, staring at each other. I have a serious look with a bit of guilt in there while Kawasaki looked pissed and it's not because I forgot her name, probably. I decided to speak first.
"Hey-"
"Hey-"
We both said it in sync and paused. I made a hand gesture for her to go first and she nodded. Just as she opened her mouth to say something, a shout from a protester interrupted her.
"Hey, it's him!"
"Yeah! That's Accelerator! Hey, Get the fuck out of here!"
"We don't want espers ruining our lives!"
"No more espers! No more espers!"
They started throwing papers and rocks at me while chanting. We just stood still, staring at each other indifferently as if they are just an annoyance and we couldn't take them seriously. I guess we loners are immune to even something like this. I break the silence by speaking.
"Do you wanna go somewhere far from here?" I said in a deadpan tone.
"Yeah, I know a good cafe here so let's go there." She said in the same tone and we walked to the direction away from the protesters while they were still throwing things at me. After walking a mile away from them, I spoke.
"You were kinda relaxed back there. Aren't you afraid of what they think of you?"
" Oh, well I don't care about that as long as they don't mess with me any further. Although I am worried that my sibling might get bullied if their classmates knew that I was hanging out with you."
"Then you shouldn't even bother trying to talk to me."
"Then I won't be able to get answers from you. The sooner the better." We ended the conversation and now there's just silence aside from the sounds our footsteps and the bustling crowd. I remembered something important from one conversation with the Orange Airhead. Isn't it almost her..?
" Hey, about your-" I tried to talk to her but she interrupted.
"Look, can we just talk about this serious matter when we get to the cafe? I...want to have some thinking here."
"I was about to ask if you're birthday is coming up since it's mid-October," I said and she stopped and looked at me. She's staring at me with eyes widened and mouth agape while blushing. Okay, just how many girls did I... whatever.
"H-how did you know that?"
"The orange airhead told me."
"Yuigahama? W-well, yeah my birthday is close so..." She said in a very shy tone. She was fidgeting and looking everywhere to avoid my eyes. She coughed and regained her composure.
"Y-yeah my birthday is close so what of it?" She tried to repeat her sentence nonchalantly but failed miserably. Kawasaki-san, you don't need to act cool to fit your character. It's best if you stay true to yourself and just deal with it and to be honest, you acting all hajidere (characters who are very nervous around their crush) is kinda cute. It's just not right to be someone that you're not, y'knoowww? But for your sake, I'll just play along.
"I just wanna ask what you want as a birthday gift. It doesn't have to be specific, maybe just your preference and whatnot?"
"I-I see..." She looked down and have that small smile on her face. That's actually kinda cute. Her eyes widened as if she realized something and looked at me. Then turned around to breathe deeply and turn back.
"Well, figure that out. Don't expect me to tell you since you're not telling me everything about you." She said it while pretending to be angry and folded her arms. Uwaaah... she's trying so hard to act like the cool character. She reminded me of that Literature Girl from a comedy anime who tries to act cool and say stupid cheesy romance lines at the most cliche river location, only to end up failing one way or another (4). We were silent for a few seconds, Kawasaki closed her eyes while blushing, her lips shaking and I just looked bored for the most part. I heard a female voice calling me from afar and we both looked who it was.
"...Fuck."
"Mou~! Seriously, what's with that dirty mouth? Is it some sort of phase that espers go through or something?" The she-devil said in her usual devilish teasing tone. What's odd is that she's wearing a hooded jacket that covered her head along with a cap and black jeans. It's like she's trying to hide from the public for some reason.
"What's up with that getup?"
"What about it? Were you hoping to see something sexy? Hikigaya-kun, you pervert~."
"Whatever, what do you want this time?" I asked with an annoyed expression. I could already guess what she wants from me and it's answers. Of course, Yukinoshita Haruno heard the news, since she was one of the victims, after all. I guess she found me here by looking through the internet since there would be someone creepy enough to take a picture or video of me without permission or she was following the crowd earlier. In either case, she wants to talk to me about yesterday and I can't waste this opportunity. As one of the main targets of magicians, and was close to being kidnapped, she has the right to know as well. Although, I am worried about how she would explain to Yukinoshita after hearing mine. She might try to twist some words to make her hate me even more. Meh, I'll think about it when that time comes.
"You already know why I'm here." She said it in a serious tone, revealing her devilish side.
"Okay...Let's talk somewhere else. There's a cafe here that Kawasaki was talking about and-"
*BAM*
Before I could finish my sentence, I felt a strong punch in the face and fell to the ground.
"Gah!" I grunted in pain while Kawasaki helped sit up straight. I held my nose and looked at my hand and it's covered in blood. I looked back on Yukinoshita-san and her fist is covered in blood as well. Her face is full of rage. Her eyes formed the deadliest glare that reminded me of Ice Queen except even colder than her little sister. I guess that trait runs in the family, huh? And a punch? I expected more of a hard slap but fuck! Did she learn that punch from Hiratsuka-sensei during her high school? Damn Christmas cake with her unladylike attitude. I noticed Kawasaki scowling at her.
"What was that for?!" She said angrily.
"It's called discipline. Or maybe enlightenment, yeah let's go with that." Yukinoshita-san said it with an emotionless tone, it's as if she's dead inside.
"Yeah, I'm enlightened alright." I struggled to stand up but I got back on my feet anyway and stare at her for a while. I noticed also a lot of people are looking at us but I sensed something off about them.
"You don't have to do that!" Kawasaki shouted at her.
"You're acquainted with him, are you? Surely you want to enact punishment on him."
"Yeah, I want to beat him up but after I hear him explain." She said. I seriously hope you were joking on that one. Even I have limits of wanting to get punched.
"Really? Well, I'm glad. You know, Hikigaya-kun, as much as I hate you hiding your identity, I still like your intellect."
"I see, well you already sent a message with that punch, but I still want to talk." I said as I scratch my neck near the switch of my choker, just in case. Something's not right here, those aren't the stares of curiosity or any kind. Some are just faking it while others have a look of hatred.
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No... Bloodlust?
"Is that right? I thought you're on another date with a different girl. What a playboy. How can I trust those words when you're doing stuff like this, Accelerator-kun~." She said it with a chilling tone. It sounds like she's teasing but her facial expression made it even more terrifying than ever. I continued to stare at her without flinching while Kawasaki flinched back in terror but gained the courage to speak.
"W-we aren't dating. I have the same reason as yours. I want answers so we're going to a cafe to have that discussion. You and I both can't trust him unless we understand what's going on so won't you join us?"
"Ara? You're asking for a three-way? I'd rather not with this scumbag." All traces of the teasing She-devil on her voice is gone. There is only pure anger that can almost rival Eve's. As expected of her descendant.
"I just came here to tell you to stay away from Yukino-chan. Is that clear?"
"No." I answered bluntly.
"What? It seems you don't get it so I think I need to repeat myself. Stay away from my little sister. Don't talk to her, don't get her involved in your problems, and don't you DARE touch her."
"No, Yukinoshita is my friend and she has the right to understand my circumstances..." I said it in a serious tone and glared at her. I looked around once more and noticed a few more details; all of the people in the crowd looked like the same age as me, there are no people inside the stores nor anywhere in the next block, and some of them have their hands in their pockets or underneath their clothes. They were pretending to talk like they were just a normal crowd but they couldn't hide the deadly atmosphere since I noticed the details. Yukinoshita-san also looked at the crowd in suspicion. Judging from her expression, she initially thought that nothing was wrong until her eyes twitched for only a second that no one would notice and then turn back towards me, maintaining her glare and saw my hand that was on my neck near the switch with sweat dripping down her cheek. Not bad, Ms. She-devil. Her smarts aren't for nothing. Kawasaki, on the other hand, looked confused but maintained her glare towards Yukinoshita-san. A genuine friendship between me and her.
"...And that is why I can't just abandon her nor anyone else close to me here, and not gonna lie, that includes you." I reached my other hand out, signaling her to hold my hand to help her get away from this unknown threat. This could be the work of one of the Board of Directors, and that means that there is either a new organization of the Dark Side or it's his/her own group.
"Let's just talk this out, alright?" I said it while hiding my intent from the crowd. All it needs is for this She-Devil to hold my hand and they would be safe. Kawasaki is close to me so there's no problem grabbing her in a second. Yukinoshita-san contemplated for a second until she complied.
"Alright." She answered as she held my hand. The moment she did that, I flipped the switch on and grabbed Kawasaki's hand.
"Eh?"
She gasped and I jumped high towards the building while blue light projectiles are flying towards us.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
The sounds of gunshots echoed throughout the district as I got shot in the leg, and I suddenly got a massive headache. I quickly landed on the nearest rooftop of a building in a not-so-great landing as we both tumbled while I clutched my head.
"GGhhh! kah!" The pain disappeared and I managed to stand up. That was strange, I did feel something on my leg but the pain went inside my head. What kind of gun is that? I observed the assailants and looked at their guns; it is a light-greenish pistol and the weird thing about is that the barrel looks thinner than a normal pistol and the muzzle is like a very thin rectangular shape. It kinda looks like Silver Horn Trident in that one anime (5). A weird-looking pistol that shoots a bluish blast. I looked around and there were no people from away, just us and these assholes down there. What the hell did they do to turn this into an empty district? I turned around towards the two girls who were just sitting there, trying to make sense of all this.
"Stay here, I'll take care of them."
"Wait-"
Before any of them could respond, I already jumped down. It seems no one noticed me, good. The moment I landed...
*DING*
An explosion of air burst underneath the assailants and they were sent airborne. I formed my tornado-like wings and flew towards them. Some of the assailants saw me and started shooting but I dodged all of those bluish projectiles. I start tapping their heads one by one at tremendous speed and rendered them unconscious, all while they were airborne. As I grabbed the last one, I landed back on the ground as the unconscious assailants fell down. The fucker that I grabbed was struggling to break free from my hold but to no avail. He aimed his gun at my head but I broke his hand before he could shoot.
*CRACK*
"AAAAHH!-" He screamed and I clutched his mouth to lift him up.
"Shut up, answer my questions and I promise you'll get back home with your limbs still in one piece, understood?" I said it menacingly and I grabbed his throat.
"Y-yes..." He struggled to breathe as he said that.
"Good. Now, who the fuck are you people? And what do you want?"
"W-we are...FRESHMEN. We were sent by... a client to retrieve... you back to Academy City..."
"FRESHMEN? Is this a new organization in the Dark Side? And who is this client of yours?"
"We were newly founded...a week ago to...kill someone like you...and H-Hamazura Shiage... We can't accept that you 'graduated' from the darkness while we were still deemed inferior. You can't just go and l-live a normal life...while we were just starting to adapt into the underworld..."
"Tch, petty jealousy. So? Who is the client that sent you here."
"I-it was one of the...Board of Directors...We don't know who it is...the leader didn't tell us." He said. Great, those bastards didn't learn their lesson. I hope Hamazura or Kakine would handle them. I look at the top of the building to see Kawasaki and Yukinoshita-san staring down at me and the unconscious assailants. I looked down at the gun that was on the ground and grabbed it.
"What is this gun?" I asked as I choked him harder.
" Ack! Ggghah! I...d-don't know...the details... It is used against...espers...specifically against you...Just one hit at any part of the body and you'll feel a painful headache. O-one headshot and you're down for the count."
"I see." I put the gun behind my pants and knocked him out by punching his head. I destroyed the rest of the guns and after that, I went back to check on the two women.
"Hey,"
"W-what did they want?" Yukinoshita-san stuttered. This is the first time I saw this expression from her. It kinda amused me but I don't want to make it worse for her.
"They want me back to Academy City."
"Huh? But do they have to go that far? And you were here to stop GREMLIN so why?" Kawasaki asked.
"That's exactly why. I'm here and not in Academy City. Here, I have even more freedom than back home so one of the Board of Directors was afraid of that. Most likely, he/she doesn't approve of me being here for terrorist extermination, and also wants revenge on me due to losing his/her influence and power as a director." I explained and they both stared at me with eyes widened. Suddenly, the roof we were standing on collapsed and I reacted quickly by forming tornado-like wings and carried the women over my shoulders and flew high.
'Uwaaaaaah! What the hell!?" Kawasaki screamed and we landed into a nearby roof. I looked back at the collapsed rooftop to see what happened. There was smoke but it was just from the cement and not from a bomb explosion.
"Hikigaya!" Kawasaki called out to me as I sensed danger from behind. I quickly dashed towards them and reflected an attack made of air with one hand. An esper? But where?
*BZZZZZZT*
I heard the sound of bees coming from below. We all looked at the floor and I quickly realized those aren't bees, they're chainsaws! I grabbed the women and jumped away just in time for the roof to fall, having a giant hole at the center. While we were still in airborne, another air attack came and aimed towards Yukinoshita-san. I dragged her back and kicked the attack back towards the direction it came from. We landed again on another rooftop but just as I landed on the floor, it collapsed again as we fell.
*BAM*
I suddenly got punch on the chin by a fist coming from below and it was painful enough to let go of their hands. I quickly recovered and manipulating the air to flew Kawasaki and Yukinoshita-san away from here. If I am right there is a port close to this area so if my calculations were right, they should fall into the water. A second after that, I tried punching the attacker's face but she dodged mid-air and punched me again in the gut. I felt like there were hundreds of fists on that punch.
"Gah!" I fell inside the building and into the first floor. I stomped the ground and it emitted an earthquake that collapsed the entire five-story building. I looked up and saw the attacker, who appears to be a 12-year old goth girl, got hit by the debris of the rooftop and fell. I jumped high to hit the girl but she responded by dodging again and punched me out of the collapsing building. I tumbled on the road and quickly got back on my feet. The goth girl stood in front of me and spoke.
"Y'know, this city ain't that bad. I can see why you want to live here, Number 1. Big nice parks, pretty sceneries, good schools, Mt. Nokogiri, it makes me want to wreak havoc and kill everyone here." She said it with a menacing grin. She has black hair and yellow dye on the ends of her bangs, wearing a white coat over her head, a small black tank top that reveals her belly, leather black pants, and leather arm sleeves. I noticed that there are tiny arms attached to her upper body.
"Are you a cyborg?"
"DING! DING! DING! That's ten points, Mr. Number 1! Now try and guess another thing about me, fucking smartass."
"...You were part of the Dark May Project." I answered with a scowl. I felt something weird on her like we were connected or related in some way. It's the same with the Offense Armor brat since she was also part of that project. The Dark May Project was an experiment that aimed to replicate my esper ability by implementing my cognitive patterns to optimize the subjects' personal realities. I heard that it was destroyed due to one of the subjects killing all of the researchers. Kinuhata said it wasn't her who did that and looking back now, I could see she was telling the truth.
"Are you the one who killed those researchers?" I asked.
"Heh, well it was pretty boring and full of bullshit there. It was fun when they screamed in agony and not ogling at Kinuhata Saiai. That damn bitch, she was like a teacher's pet there. The way they treated her like some honor student pissed me the fuck off."
"So you resort to cyborg enhancements to beat her? How pathetic," I said.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Pathetic? I say it's revolutionary! With these robotic arms, I can go toe-to-toe with a level 5!"
"You think you can beat me with those fucking toys?" I smirked.
"Well, it did work. After all, I got passed your reflection field and punched you. Hah! I almost climaxed when I saw you were in pain from that." She fidgeted her legs and gives me the middle finger. One of her robotic hands created a spear made of air and blew the road up, creating a smokescreen for her. I heard some wind from above and approaching fast. I dodged her fist but I got hit by some of her robotic arms all over my body. Despite looking as tiny as a baby's limbs, they sure hit hard as fuck! I responded by grabbing ten of them and ripped them out of her body.
"OUCH!" She created lances from her normal hands and jumped high and went to a rooftop. It was like she was floating using air. So that's her esper ability but that doesn't explain how she passed my reflection field.
"Your power is to create spears made up of nitrogen and can use them to control air currents, allowing you to float in the air."
"Damn, you guessed that just by looking?" She asked.
"You're pretty much Kinuhata's junior so that's why I figured that out." I said with a confident smirk and she glared.
"I'm not inferior to her! I'm stronger now!" She said it angrily and she ran away.
"Get back here!" I screamed and now we're playing a game of "hide and seek".
"AAAAAAAHHHH!" We both screamed as we were floating in the air. My vision is all blurry as I kept spinning around and can't move well while in airborne. I tried to grab Kawasaki's hand but to no avail as we were about to fall into the waters at the Port.
*SPLASH*
We plunged into the water and I tried my best to swim back up and made it to the surface. I breathed deeply to get some air, and then looked around while swimming to find that blue-haired girl. I noticed something rising up in the water and swam towards it. I saw her as she floated back up and breathing heavily.
"W-where are we?" She asked.
"At the Port. Hikigaya-kun must've flown us here for us to escape while he deals with those guys."
"Alright, let's go find a police station so we can ask for their help." She said and I nodded in agreement. We swam to a nearby dock and ran as fast as we could. I should've seen this coming. Corrupt directors trying to attack the city by doing this. I knew he would be dangerous to us. Talk? We don't need to talk anymore as I already got the answers from that. Academy City needs to be put in check or else things could get even worse. This girl, Kawasaki is it? I could tell she has feelings for him. Poor girl, being swayed by a dangerous man like that would surely make her suffer. Yukino made the right call on locking herself in her apartment but I am worried it would affect her health since she won't go outside for a week. As we ran in the streets, I don't see a single person here. It's so empty that the only thing I could hear is our footsteps and a light wind blowing. I checked my phone and there is no signal. Is this their doing?
"Where is everyone?" I said my thoughts out loud as we stopped running and catching our breath.
"I don't know. Maybe it's the work of an esper?"
"An esper that can make such a massive and busy place like Chiba's shopping district into a deserted area? Someone as high as a level 5 could do that."
"You think it's that Mental Out?"
"Possibly, but there could've been better ways to manipulate the citizens to increase their advantage against Accelerator so maybe not."
"Let's just get out of this district and get help before he gets hurt from those bastards." She suggested.
"Hikigaya? Why are you worried about him? He's the strongest esper, it's not like he would have a hard ti-" I stopped mid-sentence. Looking back, when he got shot by that weird gun, he was clutching his head hard. I actually got hit on the arm by that gun when we jumped but I didn't felt anything. Then was that an anti-esper gun and someone like Accelerator was affected by that? One of the Board of Directors is that desperate to control espers and he/she wants revenge against him. Just what exactly did he do for that director to lose his power in the position? If they would go that far just to control espers then Academy City has an even bigger problem other than GREMLIN.
"You saw how he was in pain, right?" Kawasaki said. "How he grabbed his head so hard I thought his head might explode. If I remember right, his power involves redirection."
"Yes, and he has a passive ability that unconsciously creates a field around him that reflects anything that comes at him, but he got shot which means-"
"They have a way to kill him?" She asked in a scared tone.
"I doubt they would kill him. You remember what he said, they were forcing him to go back to Academy City. Plus, the level 5s are like their greatest assets so killing him would be a waste and it would be ashamed if they couldn't use him anymore for their goals." I said it while holding my chin.
"You made it sound like they are nothing but tools."
"Aren't they? level 5s can destroy an entire military army singlehandedly. They are considered the strongest humans in the world that could make most countries bow to Academy City. If I was that director who sent those assailants, I would too be desperate to have something so valuable in my grasp and lock it in a treasure chest so no one else can have it except me. If my treasure expired, I would throw it awa- No, I would burn it in the incinerator so I won't see such trash in my sight." I said in a menacing tone. My eyes looked probably lifeless as I said all that since Kawasaki trembled. She held her ground and stopped shaking, looking at me with those determined eyes filled with anger as well.
"I think I didn't catch your name. Who the hell are you? And how are you related to Yukinoshita?"
"Oh, how rude of me! My name is Yukinoshita Haruno~! Nice to meet you, Kawasaki-san~."
"Then you're her older sister?"
"Mhm! Yukino-chan is my adorable little sister. You could already tell the TERRIFYING similarities. Like how we can scare people with these icy glares."
"Don't lump Yukinoshita together with someone like you because she's different. Unlike her, there's clearly something wrong with you. I can tell you treat people like toys playing whatever screwed up games you wanted."
"Is that so? Well, you are right on the 'treating people like toys' part."
"Just what the hell is wrong with you? Is messing with people's heads really that fun?"
"Of course. The human mind is very interesting. It is vast and there are so many things that scientists and philosophers can't fully understand its complexity, depth, and perhaps its entirety. I'm a woman of curiosity, after all. Even if you're not as smart as me or Yukino-chan, you should at least be curious about something like this, right? Wondering the unknown, wanting to get a glimpse of something that is outside of common sense?" I said with a chilling smile and she didn't even flinch. Instead, her anger grew as she gritted her teeth and her eyes narrowed.
"Ahahah. You look like a scary delinquent with that face. It's sooo~ adorable~."
"Shut up. Of course, I'm curious about it, every person has that trait. But that doesn't justify your methods."
"Why? Because it's wrong? Who decided that? Morals? Society? If we want to discover the unknown, we should think outside of the box. Common sense may be at play, but it couldn't be the top main factor. Manipulating people to test their behavior and true colors, seeing things at a different angle, it's all part of being human. We measure ourselves and I want to measure people's potential."
"Just why? I doubt curiosity is the only reason." She asked and I responded by twirling around like a ballerina.
"Weeell~ because I want to find ways for us to get stronger! Other than growing muscles of course. And I want to give it to someone when I found it." I kinda realized something during this whole conversation. I'm starting to sound like a Kihara. It's disgusting but...
"What the hell do you-" She stopped talking as we both heard the sound of bees behind us. I turn around and it wasn't bees but strange, circular halos coming towards us.
"Get down!" I grabbed her head to crouch with me and dodged two of those weird things going for our heads. Then I was pushed by her and evaded another one as it grazed the skin on her wrist. We both fell with our asses and looked around to see that we were surrounded by these... drones? Looking closely, it seems to be a drone that contains two sets of propellers that look like shampoo hats inside of their metal border. It has a chainsaw surrounding the circular border and there is an English name printed on top of the border.
"Edge...Bee?"
I'm currently patrolling at an area after putting the groceries back home. I felt relief that nothing bad happened there while we were away, like people throwing stuff at the windows or interviewers and paparazzi standing in front of the house. I'm wearing my standard New Light uniform and brought my steel glove and some magic items and now I'm jumping from rooftop to rooftop. My thoughts are still wondering about Hachiman and Kawasaki-san. I hope they talked things out. After that, he should gather everyone tomorrow or maybe the day after, as long as it's within this week so that they have time to have a smooth discussion and thinking about it. Going back to those two, honestly, I saw some chemistry between them that it's kinda worrisome. Those two have some similarities like being loners and loving their siblings way too much. It'll be fine, it's not like he would cheat on me for someone so inferior to me, but I get a little jealous when they interact with each other. Is he trying to get me jealous? Well, it did work as I kept thinking of ways to get him in the mood in bed. We haven't done it in a while now ever since our first time. Plus, he needs some stress relief from all of these situations with magicians and his friends.
As I jumped to get to another rooftop, I sensed an attack coming from my side and I dodged it midair. I landed on the nearest rooftop and check my surroundings to see who it was, only to sense another attack from behind. It was so fast that I couldn't hold my ground when I guarded that which resulted in getting knocked away and tumbled down into the road.
"Ggghh!" I grunted in pain as I tried to stand up. I noticed there are no people around except a person wearing a hooded robe and holding a double-edged sword. I noticed a certain bracelet on that person's wrist.
"You're from that magic cabal." I said with a scowl.
"We call ourselves New GREMLIN. Remember that mongrel." A female voice came from the hooded person. It sounds rough and low like she was trying to imitate a man's voice. New GREMLIN? Then they really are terrorists. Huh, Did Hachiman knew that or was it just a fluke that he used terrorism as an excuse? Well, either way, she's here for me.
Something is moving underneath the ground in front of her and various katana blades popped up. The katana swords suddenly launched towards me at a speed of bullets and I responded by evading and blocking with my steel glove. Some grazed my right side and left leg. The female magician dashed towards me with a piercing attack at inhuman speed. I redirected her attack to the right with my weapon and I suddenly felt a strong pain on my stomach as she swung a left kick. I was sent flying and crashed inside a third-floor window building and into a wall, forming a crack behind me.
"GAH! *COUGH* *COUGH* COUGH*" I covered my mouth with my hand and looked at it.
"Blood..." I struggled to stand up as blood dripped on my forehead down to my cheek, balancing myself with my weapon while clutching my stomach. I felt a gust of wind and noticed there is snow on the floor and then trace it back to looking in front of me to see the female magician without the robe. She is wearing a silver helm with a T-shaped opening, revealing only her blue glowing eyes, and a silver, full-body female armor with its shoulder pads and chest plate have a design of a moon inside a spinning wheel carved on them along with runes carved everywhere on the armor. There are a pair of wings behind her that looked like they were made of gold metal. She flashed towards me with the same inhuman speed and I jumped away to evade, the wall that was once behind me exploded and now has a giant hole. She was about to swing her sword and every fiber of my body was screaming to get out of here so I jumped and rode my steel glove to fly out of the broken window as the room exploded. I landed on the ground and looked back, the entire third floor was destroyed as if someone slashed it with a giant blade and now the building collapsed. My thoughts wondered what the basis of her magic. I know it's Norse mythology so based on her armor it could be...
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No, it can't be! If I'm right then I'm as good as dead!
"Impressive." The woman spoke and I looked at her who is flying with her wings flapping slowly.
"Your movements are not wasted and your instincts are refined."
"Well, I did have my fair share of fighting monsters like you." I said with a grin while wiping the blood on the corner of my mouth.
"Indeed, as expected of the leader of New Light and 'Lady of the One Who Wields the Power Of God'." She praised me as she slowly descends to the ground as it froze beneath her feet.
"What is with that last title? I didn't know about that until now." I said while holding my steel glove firmly and pose my fighting stance.
"Well, you are the 'Lady' are you not? The lover of the strongest esper? You are quite well-known among magicians" She asked. Oh, so that's what that means.
"Yes. Did you come to fight me just for that?"
"Perhaps, I am curious what made Accelerator chose you. So fight me, warrior!" She posed a fighting stance with her sword and a strong gust of cold wind emitted from her. I covered my eyes with my arm and sweat dripped down on my other cheek.
"Of all things...Why a valkyrie?"
References
1. Star Wars
2. To Love-Ru (Seriously, what a terrible ending)
3. Noragami
4. Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
5. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Speaking of shit going down looks like 8man and friends can't catch a break! The ambush from FRESHMEN (Science Side), Protesters appearing and two normal ladies got caught up in his situation (Social Side), and Bayloupe facing a valkyrie (Magic Side). I guess that counts as an attack from all sides. Also, the female characters are finally getting some action. Of course, ladies first so I'll write their separate battles on separate chapters. I'm still thinking on which one should go first so I'll ask you guys! Which one do you guys want first?;
A. A Certain Struggle Against Advanced Technology (Kawasaki and Haruno vs. ?)
B. A Certain Battle Between Maidens of Magic (Bayloupe vs Valkyrie)
Let me know in the reviews along with your opinions of this chapter! They will help me make this story better.