Oriana Townsend, Wind of the Front, God’s Right Seat, Kumokawa Maria, and maybe even someone Kamijou Touma doesn’t know. Everyone has been redeemed in this world without incidents, debts, or broken hearts.

No matter how twisted its roots may be.

No matter how unnatural it may seem to the person watching from beginning to end.

Kamijou still couldn’t conclude that their smiles were fake.

I don’t think I can create better happiness.

That picture.

It shouldn’t be ruined by the willfulness of a mere high school student.

but–

All of this absurdity is based on something very obvious.

And this obvious point, the reality that has already appeared in front of the editing, has been spoken out through the mouths of the parties involved.

[This is a distorted world, everything inside it is completely twisted and distorted. ]

[The people here don’t even have the memory of what they’ve experienced]

“That’s why Touma in the video didn’t even consider how important his existence was to the people he saved.”

“From his perspective, the motivation for his previous actions was just ‘I can’t let these guys in my world be taken away’. It was just stupid behavior without any consideration for himself!”

Index is so smart that she seems a little unlike Index, or rather, she always suddenly becomes serious and focused in some areas where she should protect Kamijou Touma.

Just like now——

The demon in front of him no longer had the good expression he had at the beginning.

Even though the two parties may be thousands of miles apart in reality.

But at this moment, everyone in the editing virtual space could still feel the coldness and chill coming from her even in Academy City.

However;

Whether it’s Index or Misaka Mikoto.

Even the hostile Accelerator and others did not retreat or show any cowardice when faced with these warnings.

“Index…”

Kamijou Touma’s heart beat fast as he looked at the girl who was desperately refuting him.

Soon, a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

The young man, who had been troubled by various factors for a long time, was finally relieved.

This is in stark contrast to the person who is being educated in the video.

That’s right…there’s no need to be so sentimental, and there’s no need to get too emotionally stressed about these things in the future.

And the reality is indeed the same as they said, the editing proves everything——

These are definitely not just words.

The “troublemakers” led by Othinus always take human nature into consideration when taking action.

Hawaiian Islands, Bagage City, and downtown Tokyo.

In order to prevent their opponents from exerting their due strength, they chose to “disperse the interests”, which not only awakened the dark side of people’s hearts, but also made people who were supposed to fight side by side lose trust in each other.

They will never underestimate the little power that people have.

On a sinking ship, people will kill each other for life jackets and lifeboats. When people encounter disasters on snowy mountains, they will kill each other for a little food in a shelter they find. Although these tragedies often appear in TV dramas and movies, in fact, such complicated things will not happen under extreme conditions.

Kamijou and his colleagues actually proved this with clear results.

…They ended World War III.

No matter how desperate the situation, people can still work together.

Kamijou Touma wasn’t the only one who thought of this.

The Misaka integrated consciousness in the video also thought of…

“if. “

She said.

“If you list all the conditions and tell everyone that you can get back the dead in exchange for ‘making Kamijou Touma disappear’, not everyone will easily accept it. I think not only will some people be annoyed and compare the two on the scale, but some people will refuse the redemption that is right in front of them. It is because of this fear, because she is afraid from the bottom of her heart that everyone will gather to help Kamijou Touma, that Othinus concealed this matter. For personal reasons, she completely concealed the possibility that should have been there, and forced others to accept it with the reason of ‘You are already very happy, so don’t think too much’. Let me be frank, this is unfair. It’s a foul. “

Even when people are in extreme situations, they may not necessarily make extreme choices.

If Othinus said that she would take back the lost life unconditionally, everyone would respect her.

but.

What if she said that doing so required a specific sacrifice?

What if she said that she wanted to exile the boy named Kamijou Touma and cut him into pieces alive?

them–

Can you accept this fact and live in the “happy world”? Can you live every day without any worries and smile without any shadow of a shadow?

“They will collapse. “

“Overall,” he said decisively.

It was as if she could see what other people were thinking.

“If they knew that their current happiness was built on ‘killing an innocent boy’, their hearts would collapse. This is only natural. Isn’t it because you can’t tolerate this that you stand up to all kinds of unreasonable things regardless of good or evil? Are you going to put on a nonchalant expression and push things that you absolutely cannot accept onto others? This doesn’t make sense either.”

Kamijou Touma had no idea how much importance he held in the hearts of others.

Witnessing everyone laughing and merrily in a world without Kamijou Touma like this, honestly, made him think that he shouldn’t be that important.

No matter where I go, I am still an ordinary high school student.

There are six billion people in the world, so it’s not surprising that there are countless people who are “as capable as him” and “more capable than him”.

“That has nothing to do with it.”

“Overall,” he said softly at this time.

It was as if it was going to cut off Kamijou’s thoughts.

“Even if they are small things that anyone can do. Even if the person at the scene is just a coincidence, as long as they are in the moment, even if it is someone else, they will make exactly the same choice. Even if those A and B can be combined in any way, if it is someone else who lends a hand, maybe that person will join the circle instead of you. “

What she said were really just little things.

A trivial fact that has nothing to do with the “future of the world” or anything like that.

“In fact, at that moment, in that scene, the person who rushed out to help them regardless of everything was you. Even if those things could be done by anyone, everyone is still very grateful to you for actually coming.”

Kamijou Touma—

The whole person froze.

The General went on slowly:

“You will definitely get help. The word ‘karma’ is not only used for bad things. The path you have walked will definitely help you. Even if everyone hesitates and worries, sheds tears, or even quarrels with important people, they will still choose to help you in the end… After all, they are not bad guys. Even if they have lost control because of taking the wrong path, they are not crazy people who can’t find any chance to understand. So, in the end, everyone will still come. If they know that you are about to be crushed by the smiles of the whole world, they would rather give up everything and stand by your side. Just like you have always done.”

“…”

“So, Othinus sealed that part. She changed the settings so that karma doesn’t work properly. This is called distortion. It’s completely unreasonable. If you can freely manipulate people’s good and evil, then there is no need to resurrect people. You can just let everyone think that a world full of corpses is a happy place from the beginning. What that guy did was just this kind of low-level cheating.”

The boy did not reject the discourse of “overall”.

He listened carefully and thought with his head.

but.

Therefore.

“If that’s the case, it’s even worse…”

“Um? “

“If her arrangement is so perfect that I am at a dead end, and there won’t be even a tiny flaw, then maybe it won’t hurt to try to make a scene. I’m bound to fail anyway. However, if it’s really as you said, that this perfect world has contradictions and can become an opportunity for a breakthrough, then it’s even more impossible to ask them for help! Because, they might give up, right? They might give up the happiness that will never come back according to common sense, right? Absolutely not!”

“Overall” simply responded with a “hmm”.

The girl was still sitting on the bed, swinging her feet back and forth.

She said:

“…You, once it comes to troublesome things like human life, you become very stubborn. “

“What did you say?”

“So, think about the situation in a simple way. In short, put aside the inexplicable things about the ethics and mysteries of life. “

At this point, “The Whole” suddenly approached Kamijou who was sitting on the ground.

She got so close that her lips would touch if she wasn’t careful.

As if in a provocation.

“Everything we have built up so far has been taken away by this sudden behind-the-scenes mastermind, Othinus. Are you really not bothered at all?”

Simple questioning.

A very simple question.

So there was no packaging for the words, and they pierced Kamijou’s chest directly and sharply.

Kamijou fell silent.

The sun had completely set and the stars were shining brightly in the sky.

Time is not passing any faster.

It was because Kamijou remained frozen in place.

that’s it.

that’s it.

that’s it.

Kamijou Touma slowly opened his trembling lips.

It was like tears flowing from frozen tear glands.

Chapter 196. She will say goodbye silently

A long-lost acquaintance.

It’s been a long time since I last heard someone listen to the voice of his heart.

Long time no see…someone breaks the cocoon woven by Othinus.

Overcome thousands of difficulties and obstacles.

From the farthest end, he trampled the three extremely heavy words “impossible” under his feet and completely rescued Kamijou Touma who was trapped in this birdcage called despair.

–turn out to be;

I have always thought that this behavior of meddling in other people’s lives is willful and reckless.

It’s not just a form of self-satisfaction.

It also helps these desperate companions get what they need.

This is not just a one-way salvation.

It is a warmth that comes from both sides.

That’s right—

This is something the boy should have known.

However, due to the pain created by Euthinus, it was natural that these things were completely forgotten.

No…it’s not so much forgotten.

It is more accurate to say that he was completely lost in this world where “no one needs Kamijou Touma”.

This is not a parallel time and space, nor is it another possibility of the world.

It was a hoax perpetrated by Euthinus.