The wings are not black, but white.

As their fists pressed against each other, the dozens of meters long, blade-like white wings slashed at Kamijou Touma one after another.

Kamijou slid aside and barely used his right hand to block the wings that kept falling from above. He did not block and destroy the wings head-on, but instead blocked the attack from the side.

Accelerator said while repeating his fierce attack:

“It doesn’t matter whether I kill her or not, I will kill her first anyway.”

The sound was harsher than the sound of the earth being cut, and it pierced directly into Kamijou’s chest.

Perhaps the reason why this statement is so sharp is because the first place is also a monster himself.

He was not trying to guess the monster’s state of mind, nor was he expressing sympathy for it. Perhaps it was precisely because he was treated as “the same thing” that this sentence seemed so bitter to Othinus, who could destroy the world.

“…If doing this can definitely, absolutely, and stably guarantee the safety of those brats, then ‘anyway’ they should be killed. I don’t want to be stabbed in the back because of my meaningless sympathy. And if it’s someone else who’s being stabbed, then I should do it even more, right?”

Yeah, Kamijou thought.

Although the other party’s inconsideration was outrageous, the boy did not hate the first place. This was not just because he did not explain it clearly, did not have time to explain… and so on.

Kamijou Touma himself had walked that path.

Accelerator’s idea is similar to Kamijou’s taking advantage of the situation to consider himself a hero when Tokyo’s 23rd Ward turned into a battlefield. No, in essence, Accelerator is much smarter and more responsible than Kamijou in that he understands “what it means” to defeat the enemy before resorting to violence.

“Hey, what’s the matter? This is what I stand for. If you still want to argue after hearing this, then you should at least have some ‘reasons’ to overturn my stand!”

“The reason…”

Kamijou couldn’t hold up the huge amount of white wings with just his right hand. He managed to hold on by letting the wings collide with each other.

“Indeed, for the vast majority of people in the world, Othinus should be a person who doesn’t care whether he helps or not. In that case, perhaps it is logical not to help. Perhaps this is the way to ensure your own safety ‘in any case’! But!”

Clang! He used his fist to flick a white wing to the side.

The boy simply shouted out his “reasons” directly.

“If it doesn’t matter if she exists or not, then it’s definitely more fun to have her in the circle! Even if it’s illogical, even if it’s inefficient, life will still be more fun than excluding her! That’s my ‘reason’!”

Dozens of wings suddenly stopped.

Accelerator said this in a calm but unmistakable tone:

“…You don’t intend to gain recognition from others, do you?”

“‘Truth’ is something like this.”

Kamijou replied with a smile.

“I think that the ‘reason’ that everyone can accept at once is already armed with a lot of theories before it is spoken out.”

In the end, what Kamijou Touma gained from that almost infinite hell was just a theory that even elementary school students could understand, “Everyone gets along well.” To turn “something you think you understand” into “something you can really understand”, you need this much experience. That’s all.

Kamijou was no different when it came to “not having any great purpose.”

Who cares about the fate of the world? Who wants to fight for that?

“But.”

Making countless wings rub against each other, the first one said.

“You want people to stop just because of this. You trust the conscience of humans too much, don’t you?”

“I wasn’t expecting that.”

Kamijou answered immediately.

“That’s why we have to fight. Until you get the answer ‘accept’.”

Accelerator was silent for a moment.

Then came action.

boom!

Academy City’s number one spread his white wings and instantly reached a height of 5,000 meters.

The pure white light drew a huge arc in the distance and approached the surface again. Kamijou didn’t know that the top-speed attack launched by the pair of white wings had saved many people from the out-of-control “Star of Bethlehem” at the last moment of World War III.

(…If you want to fight, you have to time your punches and counterattacks.)

Kamijou moved slowly.

(No matter what, I can’t hit him without my right fist. But he’s more durable than before. If I can’t defeat him with one blow, I’m afraid my body will be turned into minced meat…)

Just before the conflict came, Kamijou crouched down.

He picked up a stone about the size of a baby’s head at his feet with his left hand.

The only way to deal with Accelerator’s “reflection” is to attack with his right hand. Even if he throws it out as a sleight of hand, Accelerator doesn’t even need to close his eyes while the “reflection” is in effect.

That being the case.

That being said.

Then, a conflict broke out between heaven and earth.

At this time.

Accelerator had accurately captured his target. He also clearly grasped the subsequent series of actions of Kamijou Touma who raised his right fist towards him.

then.

The monster didn’t even think about avoiding it. He wasn’t too confident in his “reflection” power, and he also knew the peculiarity of his right hand. But even though his extremely solid shield was pierced, he was still determined to rush forward.

As long as he is conscious and keeps calculating, he will eventually be able to crush the boy.

He also knew the power of that right hand.

(……?)

That’s how it should be.

But Kamijou Touma’s actions were a little different.

First, it was a scripted cross-punch counter punch. The right fist was not aimed at the face but at the chest… Aiming at the heart was indeed special, but it was still within the range of the “fist” choice.

The problem comes after that.

Kamijou raised the large rock in his left hand as if he was about to put his left hand on top of his right hand.

Just after he used his right hand to disable the “reflex”.

Even if his fist was destroyed, doing so would still deliver a powerful blow to Accelerator’s heart that his bare hands could not.

(ah.)

A brief window of blank thoughts.

With a startling “BOOM!”, the consciousness that was integrating the calculations was instantly cut off.

The picture spun around and then turned into pitch black.

The only thing that could be heard was Othinus’s heart-wrenching cry.

Who wins… who loses…

Watching this scene in the video, the titanium glass of the TV reflected the expression of the blonde girl in front of the screen.

Othinus’s expression was more complicated than ever before.

It was a situation that she herself couldn’t describe.

Chapter 207: The Obstruction of the Roman Orthodox Church

The battle is over.

But that doesn’t mean the pain will go away.

Kamijou Touma groaned as he walked across the glass plain and stepped onto the white snow.

“Woo…”

There are two culprits who tortured Kamijou.

The first is the shoulder. He raised his fist to fight against the number one from the sky, but the arm was subjected to a huge force and his shoulder was almost dislocated.

The second is the wrist, because the big stone he used to attack put a strong burden on that hand.

“Ahhhh!”

Anyway, scream first. Although it seems meaningless, it should have a very short-term pain-relieving effect. It’s the same as the hammer thrower deliberately screaming to make the body secrete endorphins.

Besides, now is not the time to stop and heal your wounds leisurely.

Kamijou screamed with all his might, enduring the pain. This was not the end. Accelerator’s arrival here meant that the “multinational coalition” had probably discovered Kamijou and Othinus were in Denmark. The next wave of pursuers could appear at any time, and Accelerator might come back to his senses and attack again.

“Use snow to ice the injured area.”

As he spoke, Othinus, who was walking beside the boy, scooped up the white snow at his feet with both hands.

“Although paralyzing the nerves is dangerous, it can relieve pain without any special drugs. However, you have to be careful not to get frostbite.”

Kamijou, who was in extreme pain, felt no surprise at first as he pushed the pile of snow.

But, he noticed along the way.

Unlike Kamijou, Othinus did not appear to have any serious injuries, and she did not seem to be trembling when she held the snow in her hands.

But, that’s strange.

It’s natural that you’d feel cold if you grabbed the snow without gloves.

It would seem wrong if your fingertips didn’t shake.

“Othinus…?”

Kamijou looked at the girl walking beside him, but the girl herself didn’t notice anything wrong.

Seeing her dazed look, Kamijou’s inner uneasiness turned into certainty.

“Othinus! When did you ‘lose your sense of pain and cold and heat’?!”

Ignoring his own pain, the boy grabbed the girl’s shoulders and shouted in her ear. But Othinus, as usual, did not even have the reflex to shrink back in surprise. She gave Kamijou the impression of being slow rather than calm.

“Uh… when is it…?”

Perhaps I should have discovered it earlier. The girl could walk calmly in the extreme environment near the Arctic Circle, and she could clamp the throat with the force of a vice. After all, she still had a little bit of the power of the “Demon God”, so she couldn’t be regarded as a human being – I thought so naively. However, what if it wasn’t so?

If she had lost her senses, causing her body’s self-limiting function to fail…

The abnormal cold resistance and the amazing arm strength for a young girl can also be explained in this direction. Speaking of which, didn’t Othinus say it at the beginning? Using the “bone ship” is really her last strength, don’t count on her anymore.

The special qualities of being a “demon god”.

There is not even a trace left.

“Damn it!”

Although he didn’t know what the point of doing this was, Kamijou still reached out his hand to support Othinus. The girl’s body was very heavy, and it was obvious that she was not holding up her body with her will. Most importantly, her body was cold, as cold as an icicle. The extent of her physical function restrictions was beyond the scope of judgment of an amateur high school student.

“……fine.”

Othinus said so.

“I can walk on my own, no problem. You don’t have to do this.”

“Idiot! Who knows what parts of your body you might damage by being so stubborn?”

The most frightening thing is that Othinus herself had no sense of crisis. She couldn’t even do something so obvious.

simply.

Just like a soldier who suffered a fatal gunshot wound in the abdomen, but in the very end he forgot the pain and smiled.

“It’s no use staying here. We can solve everything in Iesco Castle, right? Then let’s go, Othinus.”

The road stretched endlessly, and the snow-white scenery seemed to refuse to allow any living thing to survive.

Even so, we must move forward. Kamijou Touma looked ahead and said:

“No matter who’s waiting next, I’ll save you. I will.”

…

With a resolute voice, Kamijou Touma expressed his determination.