Comprehensive: Beginning with the Killer Queen

Chapter 449 The End of the Battle is to Shake People
“Sizzle, sizzle—”

The shining thunder suddenly spread out in a serpentine manner, and the harsh sound of electricity covered all noises.

In an instant, the thunder struck Kimura Haruo and covered her entire body.

The lightning rose rhythmically like breathing, and rose and fell like the tide. As the electric shock became more and more intense, even the surrounding air burst into wisps of white smoke.

Because the matter was of great importance, Misaka Mikoto did not give in.

Not to mention that Kimura Haruo is just an ordinary woman, even a fighter would not be able to resist the attack just now.

However, the first one to retreat was Misaka Mikoto with a frown on her face.

The next second, the compressed storm formed an invisible giant blade, dispersing the electric current and splitting the entire room in half, causing broken stones and twisted steel to fly everywhere.

"sister!"

Shirai Kuroko growled, gritted his teeth, and decided to use his ability to teleport away with Saten Ruiko next to him.

The whistling storm blade destroyed several surrounding rooms, but its residual force was not enough to stop until it smashed the outer corridors and walls into pieces.

"Kuroko, be careful, she has multiple abilities!"

It was not until this time that Misaka Mikoto's heroic low voice was heard.

"what?"

Shirai Kuroko exclaimed, and looked at the electric current dissipating in front of Kiyama Haruo in confusion.

Rather than dispersing, the lightning seemed to be gathered in the same direction, like a diverging river channel.

The electric shock just now was not ineffective, but while resisting the electric current, Haruo Kimura manipulated the atmosphere to form a storm.

"The ability to induce electric fields and manipulate the atmosphere... I didn't expect that the doctor's speculation was actually true."

Shirai Kuroko frowned slightly as she looked at Kiyama Haruo's indifferent look, who didn't even take his hands out of his pockets.

"It's just as Dr. Quata speculated," Ruiko Saten picked up the report with a nervous look on her face.

"Ms. Mushan is the hub of the shared network of the Fantasy Hand. In other words, the computing power and abilities of those who are now unconscious due to the Fantasy Hand are at her disposal!"

"To be precise, the title of multi-talented person is what belongs to me. After all, it is essentially just a borrowed title."

Ignoring the three girls who looked alert, Kimura Haruo calmly walked out of the smoke.

"But even if it's only this degree, it's enough to let you know that I'm not joking."

Shirai Kuroko suddenly became a little cautious.

There is no student in Academy City who is unaware of the value of compound abilities.

Abilities that are not worth mentioning when used separately can often produce surprising results when combined in multiple ways.

The number of people affected by the Fantasy Hand has already reached tens of thousands. Even if we put aside the duplicate abilities and those that have no use value, with such a huge base, it is inevitable that many valuable abilities will be combined.

The computing power formed by this level of network may not necessarily surpass that of people with super powers, but it is more than enough to be comparable to them to some extent.

She clenched the steel nail in her hand, but did not use her flexibility to take action as usual.

She has learned a profound lesson in this regard. Facing unknown abilities, attacking on her own will only trap herself and make her unable to move.

If I become a burden to my elder sister because of my mistake, it will be useless even if I regret it.

"Tsk!"

Misaka Mikoto wrinkled her small nose and paused slightly.

It was as if she had not heard Kimura Haruo's warning, allowing the brilliant arcs of electricity to take root in the atmosphere again, forming a chaotic network.

In an instant, cold black iron sand emerged from the ruins continuously, along the feet of her feet, blocking the retreat routes around her, and continuously climbing upwards.

Mushan Haruo looked carefully and saw that she was surrounded by sharp black swords.

Although it doesn't have the same sound as the brilliant electric current, in many cases, this kind of physical threat is often more likely to make people feel frightened.

Seeing that Misaka Mikoto seemed to really have the intention to kill, she subconsciously frowned, took a step back slightly, pulled out her hand and waved it lightly.

"Boom boom boom——!"

The messy ruins, with the concrete ground underfoot, turned up to both sides like soft soil, piled up and formed a natural barrier.

The iron sand swords that fell like rain were all blocked outside this barrier.

Seeing that her attack did not hit, Misaka Mikoto was not angry.

She knew the strength of the Iron Sand Sword, and this move was originally developed as a general-purpose move to adapt to various situations.

Next comes the final move that will determine the outcome.

Misaka Mikoto flicked her finger, and the coin mixed with orange-red electric current began to flip spontaneously in the magnetic field.

“A super-electromagnetic gun…”

A hint of surprise finally flashed across Kimura Haruo's tired face.

With the help of the fantasy network, she can easily increase her abilities to a level that would terrify even those with greater abilities.

But because of this, no one can understand the value of Misaka Mikoto's attack better than her.

This is not a move that can be easily solved by simply piling up abilities.

In the face of such an accelerated electromagnetic pulse, let alone a wall built with such ruins, even if there was a building in between, it would probably be penetrated.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kimura Haruo's mind moved, and white ripples instantly bloomed under her feet, spreading out and violently shaking her away.

Almost in the blink of an eye as she left her original position, a flash of blazing light split the rapidly sweeping air waves under her feet and continued to rush towards the distance.

This attack with undiminished momentum made Kimura Haruo's face change.

"It was a mistake..."

Even though she possesses many talents, she has always been just an ordinary researcher.

It was a simple truth that if you jumped into the air without being prepared during a fight, you would just be a sitting duck. She only now clearly realized this.

"Successful!"

As if to prove her idea, she flashed in the air, her twin ponytails fluttering in the wind, and Shirai Kuroko said with a smile.

The girl, who has some spatial movement abilities and is used to viewing the world from a three-dimensional perspective, is confident that she will not lose in an aerial battle even if her elder sister takes action.

She had been watching the battlefield and finally waited for the critical moment to move out.

"In the name of the Discipline Committee, you are under arrest!"

Shirai Kuroko declared loudly, reaching out to Kiyama Haruki's shoulder, ready to knock her out.

However, she didn't touch anything except the blast of air.

"Bam—!"

Kimura Haruo's figure instantly appeared on the pile of rubble.

Looking at Shirai Kuroko who looked shocked, she chuckled.

"Ms. Shirai, the ability to move through space is rare, but it is not a privilege for anyone. If you forget this, you will probably suffer a lot in the future."

Not everyone who has the ability to move through space can reach the level of being able to use their abilities freely.

Compared to other low-ability people, the despair they feel when they have a treasure mountain but cannot take it out is even greater.

When constructing the Fantasy Hand Network, Haruo Kiyama specifically included people with this type of ability in the list, just for this moment.

But now is not the time for her to relax, because a galloping thunder is rushing towards her like a sharp arrow.

Without any time to hesitate, Kimura Haruo subconsciously controlled the ruins beneath his feet to wriggle and shape again, and finally arched high like a hand, protecting her while soaring upwards.

Just when she wanted to press on with the victory and take down Misaka Mikoto at her feet in one fell swoop, the heavy limbs and strange numbness made Kimura Haruki involuntarily look at her hands.

What came into her sight was iron sand as black as shackles and lightning that swirled like flowers.

The electromagnetic field that had been guiding the electric current to prevent herself from being hit began to shift direction little by little in the electric light between the iron sand around her, like a derailed train that lost control. Kimura opened his mouth, speechless.

“Oops… Ugh!”

Then, a violent stabbing pain and dizziness as if the world was spinning flooded into her brain.

"call……"

Seeing Kiyama Haruo sitting on the ground, tightly entangled by the iron sand, Misaka Mikoto breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

"A person with multiple talents is a very difficult enemy."

After discovering that Kiyama Haruo was surrounded by a magnetic field of the level of a powerful person, Misaka Mikoto gave up the idea of ​​defeating the enemy head-on.

This ability is too incompatible with her as an electromagnetic manipulation system.

Fortunately, although he expressed disdain, Kimura Haruo was still wary of people with super powers and always kept his abilities running.

But this actually gave Misaka Mikoto an opportunity. In addition to the indispensable computing power, the operating formula of the ability is also an indispensable part of the strength of the ability user.

However, the ability gained by using the Fantasy Hand to force things to grow has naturally irreparable flaws in this regard.

Misaka Mikoto seized upon this point and used several consecutive feints to calculate the range of Kiyama Haruo's formula, then temporarily constructed a new electromagnetic force field to counter in that direction, thus defeating the enemy with one blow.

If her opponent was not the inexperienced Kimura Haruo, but a person with great abilities who possessed multiple sets of formulas and could adjust them spontaneously according to the situation, with this ability, she would probably still be in a troublesome fight.

"As expected of onee-sama!"

Shirai Kuroko also landed and blinked.

But when she saw Haruo Kiyama, who was tied up tightly with iron sand and had electric lights flashing on his body, she still frowned.

"But, is it okay if we don't knock her out directly?"

"Eh? Didn't she faint?"

This inexplicable question made Misaka Mikoto stunned for a moment. Although it was not zero distance, the electric shock directed by the iron sand was powerful enough to immobilize large animals.

She had just seen with her own eyes that Kimura Haruo was dying and was on the verge of death.

Wait…wasn’t the familiar feeling she felt when she first used her ability an illusion?

As if she had thought of something, Misaka Mikoto's pupils shrank.

Just as lightning flashed again between her hair, it spread along the iron sand under her feet and appeared at her elbows and armpits.

A white and slender fist shadow suddenly enlarged in front of her eyes!
She didn't even have time to think as a figure rushed over with the speed of thunder.

That was the figure of Haruo Kiyama.

She was like a blurry phantom, as if she had crossed space, and in an instant she appeared in front of Misaka Mikoto.

Then, at the moment when both of them were in the same position, her right arm, which had been pulled back, suddenly bounced back like a bow with a full string.

"boom--!"

Facing this fist that was faster than the blowing gale, Misaka Mikoto took the blow hard, drew a thrilling arc in the air, flew backwards, and crashed straight into the ruins behind her.

"Misaka-senpai!"

Riri Saotome looked at this horrifying scene, looking at a loss as to what to do.

But before she could make any move, Shirai Kuroko's figure unexpectedly followed in Misaka Mikoto's footsteps.

"It's really exaggerated... A superpower, even if you want to save my life, you can defeat me with such ease when I use the Fantasy Hand Network. No wonder this city is chasing you so crazily."

Kimura Haruo walked out slowly. His eyes, which had turned red due to the concentration of a large number of AIM's stances, now looked even deeper, with blood even dripping from the corners of his eyes.

"But I said it at the beginning, the era of super powers is over."

Deeply embedded in the ruins, with no strength left in her body, Misaka Mikoto glared at Kiyama Haruo, and while holding back the pain, she uttered words that helped the other party turn defeat into victory.

"Magnetism, magnetic field power... Why, as an ordinary person, you shouldn't be able to use Dream Maker..."

"Oh, you actually knew that," Kiyama Haruki looked at Misaka Mikoto in surprise, but soon he was relieved. "That's right, although it doesn't look like it at all, but you are here under the name of Blue Dream Company after all."

"You are right. As an ordinary person, I cannot use Dream Maker. But just like the difference between multi-talented people and multi-ability people, what this sentence really means is that ordinary people cannot use the function of converting AIM's stance into magnetic field power."

Kiyama Haruo shrugged.

"But the function of simply improving computing power still exists. With this computing power, I can better refine the functions of the Fantasy Hand network and even output certain functions."

"For example, concentrate all computing power on the person who has installed the Dream Creator, and then have them transmit the converted magnetic field power to me, using me as the interface for output."

"Although it takes an extra loading process compared to directly converting using AIM, and there are also many disadvantages, in short, with the computing power of the Dream Creator, I succeeded. Speaking of which, it seems that Blue Dream Company has been very concerned about the suitability of the Dream Creator for ordinary people from the beginning. Is it preparing for the second generation later?"

"Are you...crazy?"

Misaka Mikoto exclaimed, not caring about her miserable appearance.

"Even so, if an ordinary person's body were to withstand the force of the magnetic field, you would die!"

As someone who Roland evaluated as being only one step away from magnetic field rotation, Misaka Mikoto understood many properties of this ability.

Although this power will continue to strengthen the body, its nature is extremely violent, and if it cannot be controlled, it will destroy the user.

It would be fine if one has the ability already, but if one borrows it by force like Haruo Kiyama did, even if one can maintain it for a while, the end will inevitably end in collapse.

“I guessed that.”

Kimura Haruo grunted and covered his head with a look of pain.

"Don't worry. Apart from the experiment, with the remaining body of mine, I can probably burn through this power twice more before I die."

"Although it's not much, it's more than enough for my purpose."

"Now that you, the last obstacle, have been dealt with, after fully activating the Fantasy Hand, I can use this power to fulfill my wish."

Kimura Haruo looked relaxed, as if the person facing death was not himself.

"But before that—"

Kiyama Haruo glanced at Saten Ruiko who was standing in front of Misaka Mikoto and waved his hand.

"We still have to deal with Saten-san. You've been sneaking around under her skirt since a while ago. Did you prepare some props?"

As a researcher, Haruo Kiyama doesn't want anything to go wrong at the last minute of his plan.

Although Riri Saotome's power is not that strong, it is still necessary to be on guard.

"Eh?"

When the thing that Saten Ruiko secretly hid was held in the hands of Kiyama Haruo, it was she who screamed.

Because the girl regarded it as a trump card for her to continue struggling after Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko were defeated, which was not a weapon but an ordinary mobile phone.

Its screen was slightly lit up, as if it was in the process of a call.

"Tear? What do you want from me?"

From the other end of the line came the cheerful voice of a young man.

Because the situation was so unexpected, Kimura Haruo didn't know how to answer for a moment and could only remain silent.

"Tear? Tear?"

The boy on the other end of the phone called Saten Ruiko affectionately several times, and then his tone suddenly sounded as if he had realized something.

"I see. You can't talk anymore. The person holding the phone should be Ms. Kiyama Haruo. I'm Roland, the leader of Lanmeng Company. I want to talk to you about something."

"You have been exposed for using Dream Maker to damage our company's reputation without permission, so I will now give you two choices."

"First, give up struggling and come to Lanmeng Company to surrender and become a dog."

In the silent ruins, Roland's voice remained gentle and calm, unwavering.

"Second, keep resisting, and then I'll come over and beat you half to death, and then force you to work as a dog for the Blue Dream Company. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)