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Chapter 169 An Early Accident

"Well, why are you here too!"

Misaka Mikoto frowned, glanced at the empty counter, and asked, "W-Where's that guy?" There was a dangerous belligerence in her eyes, and the eager look of the hedgehog-headed boy was so familiar. But that's all.

Is it because "Electric! That enemy looks worth fighting" that's why you came here?Kamijou Touma mourned for the owner for a long second in his heart, and then he said honestly:
"I'm working here to pay off my debts... As for the store manager, I just went out and may not come back at night."

But maybe because of the delicate mood that someone would help him share some of the pressure, he hesitated for a moment, and added: "But I will definitely come back tomorrow, it should be, I heard from him that he took a long vacation, and he didn't even have school. go……"

"Didn't you go to school?" The light flashing on the forehead of the tea-haired girl jumped a few times before calming down, "Is it like this all this time? That's strange, NO. There will be another ability test... Could it be that he is preparing for promotion to Level 20? It makes sense..."

"Wait, my lord, are you here just for a suspicious strange man?" The twin-tailed loli next to her looked terrified, "No, Heizi will never admit it, please let Heizi kill that ape... "

"No!" Misaka Mikoto pinched the head of the twin-tailed Lolita under her armpit angrily, and then strengthened her wrist, "Heizi, can you pay attention to the influence, since he was only discharged from the hospital this morning Don’t you know what a lesson is?!”

"Ah, ah, I can feel... the softness of my sister..."

Shirai Kuroko was struggling while waving his hands and kicking his legs indiscriminately, but he cried out that it hurts and showed a happy look.

"Hey! What's with this suffocating perverted breath..." Kamijou Touma took a step back subconsciously, startled by such a sudden occurrence.But next to Saten Reniko and Uiharu Shiri, they could only laugh in embarrassment, looking at a loss.

Heizi, who had regained his freedom, breathed in the fresh air, and his face slowly returned to normal, but Misaka Mikoto looked at the young man with the hedgehog angrily: "What do you mean by the look in your eyes just now? Why did you look at Heizi?" Look at me that way, I'm not a pervert..."

"My sis just said something very rude to Heizi!"

Kamijou took a step back, feeling a familiar danger signal running up his back: "Can't I just take a look?"

"You clearly look down on me!"

"How dare I—wait!"

Speechlessly watching the two people chasing each other through the bookshelves in the store, in the inexplicably awkward atmosphere, Saten Ruiko broke the silence first, and she looked at her friend: "Chuchun, let's go in and find a place to sit." !"

"Well, yes, Saten-san." Chuharu Shiri nodded, and then subconsciously looked at the computer behind the counter.

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School District [-], a building without windows.

There are no doors, no stairs, no elevators, and no walkways.

As far as buildings are concerned, this room is not functional at all.

But the room is filled with star-like light, because countless screens and buttons are set up on the walls around the room, emitting light.Extending from tens of thousands of instruments, large and small, tens of thousands of cables and pipes, like blood vessels extending on the ground, are all concentrated in the center of the room.

There is a huge test tube with a diameter of four meters and a total length of more than ten meters.

A cylindrical container made of tempered glass filled with a red liquid.

In this calm and steady running life support device, a human wearing a green surgical suit was floating head to foot.

"That little guy has already come over directly, so, are you still planning to do something, Aleister?" From nowhere, a female voice mixed with strange noises sounded, and an actual attack was launched in this space. Real conversation.

The human being suspended in the test tube opened its eyes and did not speak, but it has already answered the question——

"The ultimate goal of ability development is to "become a person who descended into the mortal world just like the will of the gods."In order to get closer to God, it is necessary to create an existence beyond human beings—to understand the will of God through existence beyond human beings.Because human beings cannot achieve calculations at the same level as gods, they first need to have a body that surpasses human beings before they can get answers from gods. "

Then, he showed a faint smile.

"Our purpose is bigger than creating a Level 5 superpower. For now, this situation does not belong to any "abnormality". If he has such abilities, it's okay to let him go. "

"Obviously shouldn't have a "talent", but now suddenly has such a powerful potential, this incalculable and terrifying potential...isn't it also an "abnormal"? "A female voice with a murmur asked.

"Of course not. Our ability development courses, in theory, as long as a certain number of sessions are completed, anyone can have superpowers. But some people still don't have any abilities from the beginning to the end, which means that there are still some of them. We haven't found the law..."

Aleister said in a calm tone, without any cadence in his voice.

"Even apart from "Fantasy Killer", there are still many superpowers whose truth is unknown.Some superpowers even have too much power, so no one has seen their serious appearance... The quality judgment is dead, and the possibility of the superpower itself is constantly changing. nothing special. "

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and finally a disinterested expression appeared on his face for the first time.

"Just wait and see, I'm looking forward to his reaction when he discovers the "that" plan that governs the council. With his ability type, maybe I'm not allowed to guide and interfere, and he will realize the importance of those puppets to him. Sex... But the premise is that he can survive this reckless challenge first. "

Aleister showed some curiosity, wanting to see the possibility of the newly emerging "variable", but he didn't have the slightest feeling of cherishing or valuing it in his words and deeds.

It's like hitting hot steel with a heavy mallet just to forge a sharp sword.

After all, it is just a rough embryo that may become a sword that can cut iron like mud, but it is still being polished, and it is more likely to be scrapped due to accidents during the casting process, or the final result is mediocre.

In any case, the result is the most important thing. Simply having the possibility but no breakthrough significance is nothing at all, and it is indeed not worthy of being valued.

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"...There is an inexplicable feeling of discomfort."

The orange sky has become more and more gloomy. Walking on the road in the seventh school district, Mu Xiu showed a troubled look.

The seventh school district is a school district mainly for high school and junior high school students. Whether it is the school and dormitory of Kamijo Touma, or the Tokiwadai Middle School where Sister Pao is located, and Saten Ruiko and others are located in this school district. By the way, even Academy City's biggest mastermind lives in this area.

But the boy didn't care at all. After all, he was only here to trouble Accelerator, not to provoke Aleister directly. Anyway, all he had to do was pretend to be ignorant.

No one can fully foresee the future, and no one can deduce all parameters, otherwise everything is already doomed, and any effort will be futile to add sorrow.

So as long as I am not so high-profile that I seem to know everything from the beginning, with a clear goal and go in a direction that I should not know, then even Aleister cannot be inexplicably without any evidence and tendency. , I suspect that I have a problem.

This is really a very simple truth.

For example, let’s say there was a burglary case. The thief found the hidden treasure house of the owner’s house in a huge house in a short period of time, with the precision of a prophet, and stole the most valuable things in it... like this In some cases, it can even be directly suspected that an acquaintance committed the crime, and the possibility is still the highest.

But right now, I just want to grab all the valuable things in the house, and if the especially valuable ones are also taken away together, it will naturally make people feel that acquaintances have goals and plans The possibility of committing crimes has been greatly reduced, at least not immediately suspected of this aspect.

"Ten minutes left."

Taking a deep breath, Mu Xiu approached straight in a certain direction without any stagnation and with a clear goal.

——His target is Accelerator, and all the information he searched is centered on this target. From the beginning to the end, he just wants to obtain the detailed information of the other party, so as to increase the chance of defeating the other party. , no other ideas.

As long as it behaves like this, everything is normal.

And such things are not uncommon. Yifang Accelerator is often attacked by low-level ability users, and many people have the same intentions as Mu Xiu's thoughts on the surface.

It's just that Mu Xiu has enough confidence, but those guys who have intelligence but no IQ simply think that "the strongest" is a title that adds attributes. As long as they defeat the previous owner, they can become the strongest , its own strength is not important.

Therefore, Mu Xiu seriously thought about whether to spread a few Hong Kong comics that did not exist in this world, so that they could understand a truth.

...Only the strong can beat the strong.

The flow of people around became less and less, until finally it slowly turned into a strange no-man's land.

Empty high-rise buildings appeared in front of them, as if they were a construction site under construction. The many buildings basically only built an empty frame, and there was no time for decoration.Tools and construction materials were everywhere on the construction site, and cranes and scaffolding were erected step by step.

Mu Xiu's expressions and movements were very natural and he pulled away at will, blocking the sign that said "No Entry" in front of him, then paused for a moment, glanced in a certain direction, and then continued to walk forward.

In a hidden observation point in the distance, a man in a white coat who just raised his binoculars frowned just now, intending to notify his companions.But as the trespasser on the opposite side looked back from a distance, a huge pressure turned into a giant hand that strangled his throat, causing his breathing and heartbeat to stop suddenly.

As if the animal was being targeted by a natural enemy, he felt that if he moved a little, he would attract the attention of a wild monster and lead to a tragic death, so he couldn't even speak.

Can't speak, can't move.

He didn't know how long it took before he woke up with a start, panting heavily, his face turning purple from lack of oxygen.

The time is 4:[-], [-] minutes before the official start of the experiment.

Among the empty, birdcage-like buildings, the white boy standing alone seems to have assimilated with the surrounding darkness, giving people an illusion that this is not some undecorated empty space Building, but in the huge organ of some creature.

Suddenly, clear footsteps came from the darkness nearby, from far to near.

Turning his gaze away from the distant sky, Accelerator was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to grin happily: "Is it finally here? It's a lot earlier today... and you don't plan to use a sneak attack? Interesting, Then I will make an exception and let you die without pain—"

He turned his head to look at the person coming, and then stopped talking.

After a long while, Accelerator squinted his eyes slightly, staring at the person standing within his line of sight like a poisonous snake, and frowned in dissatisfaction.

"--Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)