Yukari was the most influential of the three but now she was only human, Aleister was back on top since he had all his technology near himself. Erich was now the strongest because of his body augmentations. –Will their plan work? –Aleister nodded –But you will stay human for a while, the building will partly block the aim fields. You are stuck in here for a while Miss Yakumo –Erich smirked –We can have a shortcut, remember VIVIT works on cactus energy –Yukari turned to him –So you plan to use that to reactivate who? Accelerator has another type of aim field… And we don't know their full plan yet, our communication with them is limited –they only knew what they could spy on Sumireko and Komoe, only the most basic part of their plan was seen, get Last Order near a powerful magnet and reboot the Misaka Network.
All of Aleister's defenses were focused on keeping the city safe, so his assault units would be unable to participate. Meanwhile the only one whose asset was unaffected was Erich, a robot was not something supernatural, so VIVIT was still fully operational, VIVIT-r was capable of moving too, but her orders were to keep Muse safe. Accelerator along with the two Misakas and the two guardians were hidden inside of a room in the apartment, from what they could see from VIVIT, she was keeping the home safe which was easy for a robot with her skills.
Soon they would meet Komoe and Sumireko, he was going to send direct orders for VIVIT not to engage on them, their plan was indeed something they had to do. –You say Fantasy gets a boost from flowers doesn't she? Would a plant work? –Yukari was sitting down on the ground –I don't know if it will work if she's powerless –Aleister was more familiar with deductions of that nature –If the energy she gets from it is high enough… You do have a reactor with those capabilities –Erich smiled –VIVIT, she would have to get close enough to Fantasy with her core open –Yukari groaned –Her name is Kazami Yuuka, stop the Fantasy business! You have to be careful, if you overdo it Erich, she will die before she is reactivated… And it has to be quick, we have company already –Yukari pointed at one monitor, Yuuka's fear was true, a god came trying to finish Academy City before it had the time to start a war.
–The god of the sea… Interesting –Yukari still held her knowledge at least –Is he strong? –Aleister was worried about him –Not really, he could easily destroy a city in this state but he is only a real threat when close to the sea –Erich looked at him –Why did he come alone? –He is hot headed old man… –Yukari covered her bosom, Erich was staring at it too much –The gods are still too diplomatic to start a war like this, he came solo to try and defeat us like this. –You said he is weak? –Compared to other gods he is… The god of war is far beyond him, the goddess of the sun too, Yama the judge of hell is stronger than him too. He took the sea because its power can feed him and turn him into a real threat. If Accelerator is reactivated quickly he could easily get rid of him, the same with Yuuka and even Hyouka. –The threat they found in him was the fact that none of them were truly themselves, just their minds in a human body.
Yuuka was not getting close, he knew she was in the city, and knew the more chaos he generated the quickest she will find him. He wanted to end this as fast as possible, and he didn't want to be there if Yuuka got her power back. She would kill him without a hesitation, even if he was an important god, if he was going to kill her he had to leave no evidence, if Amaterasu found out about that murder he would be dead anyway. Tangaroa, the god of the sea, the warrior who relied on intimidation was still afraid of Yuuka, he knew she was as powerless as a human but she still knew spells that could make a human fearsome. Yuuka knew the gods thought that way, they didn't know even those spells were not in her reach at the moment.
He just had to kill the ESPer leader, who for his luck was along with the western science leader too, Yukari was a political figure indeed but her death would not calm Gensokyo, their feudal system made it too hard to conquer, one body with many heads leading it, if Yukari died, another mediator would come. Though with the eastern and western science blocks away the god army could easily win in a war against Gensokyo, even if Yuuka was on their side, even if Amaterasu denied to play a role on the war. This was an opportunity he could not waste, any other god knew that failure was certain death in many ways, he was the only one of them brave enough to do that.
The chaos around the city was no bother to him, many tried to attack the maori warrior but no weapon was a match for a taiaha made out of steel and magic ore, hihi'irokane, orichalcum. He looked around trying to find out where the center of the city was, probably one of those buildings in the center was going to be the place where their leader was located. He remembered that fool, a human who rejected the title of a god, he wanted more than that.
Komoe and Sumireko were walking in the sewer system right below the sea god, they were going to meet a friend of the small teacher, she was trusted by Last Order and Accelerator. Their plan could be carried out with the least amount of pain, maybe just a little discomfort for Last Order, a magnet of the power they wanted was indeed enough to give that feeling, though to kill a human you need a thousand times what they were going to use. They walked out of of the drainage wishing there was an easier way to travel without being seen. Komoe wore a small pink raincoat and rubber boots which made her trip a bit cleaner than Sumireko's.
They walked into the building along a floor covered with bodies, not dead just knocked out, in front of the door there was a red haired maid who smiled and waved at them –Miss Komoe, Miss Usami nice meeting you! Erich told me about you, are we putting the girl in an MRI machine? –… I told you he could see us even down there –Komoe sighed, her friend was right about the security Aleister still held Academy City under. –Not really we want at least 5 Tesla, so the network reboots fast –Then you will need access to one of the research labs… Let me make some calls while you get the girl, I think you should get Accelerator to a hospital soon. I tried to bypass his transmitter signal through me but it didn't work. –We are still pawns in his game Sumi… At least he is making this easy for us –Because he can't do it his way –They walked into the house.
In the living room Accelerator was babbling worried about what he heard, those two wanted to do something to Last Order –I won't let them if you don't want to –Yomikawa trusted her friend, but didn't want to hurt Accelerator –Hello everyone –Sumireko didn't know these people, she had to be polite We have a plan to get everything back to normal… Though we will need your help –Komoe spoke directly to Last Order –Wait can I get this mess fixed? How? –By rebooting the Misaka network, we need to get you near a magnetic field strong enough to get you back to normal –Sumireko was calm, they were asking for a favor –… You promise it will only be that? –I give my word, Aiho knows I dislike doing painful things to students –I trust Dr. Usami… She tried to sabotage the project where we… –Yoshikawa gulped and looked at Last Order, they knew what she meant.
–So you say your friend is trustful then? –Komoe nodded at the P.E. teacher –We designed this plan to be as painless as possible, though it will be slow, the Misaka network will take about a month to reboot. Last Order though would be back to normal in a few hours –And everything will be back to normal when? –Yomikawa was starting to be interested –A month and a half… By other methods we could get her to reboot the network in around 2 hours, but we would need to use some drugs and electric currents –How do I know you won't do such a thing? –Because you will come with us… I recommend though someone stays here to take care of Accelerator –Sumireko patted the boy's shoulder, he was starting to trust those two as well. Misaka worst spoke up –I will stay… Most likely the magnetic field will get the metal in my body to high temperatures –Are we sure you can take care of him alone? –She nodded –VIVIT made sure everyone understood that this place was far from defenseless… We can hide too…
–Not enough, VIVIT will stay with you, we will go alone. I'm sure four adults are enough to take care of her –Nobody liked the idea, but it was the best plan they could come up with –Don't worry about us… We came here unharmed you see? –Misaka worst sighed and sat down –Alright I will… Please take care of the brat or you will pay –They all bowed to her and held Last Order's hand as she agreed to go with them, if the network rebooted Accelerator would be back to normal.