Academy City's Puppet Master

"Don't be nervous, this is just a common use of spells to expel idlers." A frivolous and lazy voice came from the shadow of the roadside buildings.

Kamijou Touma is no stranger to this voice—three days ago, the owner of this voice was chasing and killing himself and Index, and even burned the entire apartment building to the ground!

Walking out of the shadows were two people, a man and a woman.

In addition to the male non-mainstream priest whom Kamijou Touma knew and the culprit who set fire to the building—Stiier, there was also a tall and graceful girl.

The girl was wearing a T-shirt and jeans with no leg at all on her left foot, which was barely considered normal clothing.But there was also a two-meter-long sword on her waist, which was particularly eye-catching.

"In order to disperse the crowd, people who pass by here will have a feeling of 'I don't want to come here for some reason'." The girl continued to explain, "So Stiyl used the rune engraving to drive away idlers."

Kamijou Touma gasped, his attention was completely drawn to the long knife in the scabbard.The jet-black scabbard, which is imprinted with history like the pillars of an ancient Japanese-style house, exudes a strong sense of presence at this moment.

It seems that if you don't pay attention, you will be killed by it.

"...Who are you?" Kamijou Touma swallowed and asked dryly.

"Kanzaki Kaori," the girl said her name generously, "If possible, I don't want to say another name of myself."

"Another name?"

"Magic name."

The scene of deja vu immediately awakened the memory of Kamijou Touma not long ago.

Magic name—the name given by the flame magician Steele before casting the magic.

Kamijou Touma didn't know if this was a special custom, and it would be pedantic to declare his name before the real battle.

But thinking about it the other way around, the girl who reported her magic name under such circumstances definitely has the determination to kill the enemy in front of her.

Kamijou Touma subconsciously raised his right hand to block in front of him.

"It seems that you already know what this means." Kanzaki said in a dull tone with dull eyes, "Then I will speak directly..."

She paused: "Please entrust that girl to me for protection."

Kamijou Touma was silent for a moment: "...What if I say no?"

"Then, I'll just have to say my magic name and take her away."

Stiyl next to him also snorted coldly, and the raging flames suddenly rose.

Kamijou Touma's nerves were tense, and he overreacted and looked over there.

However, at this second, in an instant, Kanzaki's slash has struck!

There was still a distance of ten meters between the two, but the girl's slash ignored the distance of space, like a majestic laser beam shot out, closely tearing the air above Kamijou Touma's head.

Because there was no time to react, Kamijou Touma froze for a moment, and after a second of sluggishness, he heard a loud bang behind him.

Behind him to his right, the spiral blades of a wind turbine split smoothly in half like a heated knife through butter.

"Please don't do this kind of thing again." Kanzaki lowered his eyelids, "Once you take your attention away from me, you will die."

The cut leaves fell behind Kamijou Touma, and plunged obliquely into the asphalt road...

But Kamijou Touma didn't dare to make any more distracting actions, and fixed his eyes on the girl ten meters away.

The only reason why he was able to stand under the blow just now was that the opponent did not aim at him.

Not only the body movement, but also the blow that was completely unnoticed by the eyes.

Damn it, wouldn't my right hand be completely useless now... Kamijou Touma's heart tightened.

Kamijou Touma was convinced that the slashing attack by Kanzaki was a magical effect—otherwise, how could it be possible to reach a range of tens of meters away with a normal sword attack, and how could it have such an exaggerated power!

Kamijou Touma's right hand can eliminate all powers that "should not exist" such as supernatural powers and magic.So in theory, this kind of slash can also be eliminated-as long as it can touch the blade.

But it's meaningless... because apart from this right hand, Kamijou Touma himself is just an ordinary high school student.

He was completely unable to react to Kanzaki's attack.

"I'll ask you again," Kanzaki's voice was very clear, "Before I say the magic name, please entrust that girl to me for protection!"

Kamijou Touma tried his best to straighten his body, and gritted his teeth: "This... how... is it possible!"

"How could I hand her over to you killers!"

A strong will prompted Kamijou Touma to rush forward.

"How could it be possible to surrender to you!"

At this moment, Kamijou Touma felt that he had exploded at an unprecedented speed.

===Chapter 19 Misunderstanding 2===

Kamijou Touma, holding his full consciousness, felt that he had never run so fast.

However, he heard Kanzaki sigh leisurely.

At the same time, the right hand of the female swordsman became inexplicably blurred, and then disappeared as an afterimage.

Then, just like before, the fierce slash like a laser beam struck again!

The difference from before was that the slashes appeared from all directions at the same time.

The swift Iai slash just now was not at Kanzaki's limit, she unleashed multiple slashes at this instant.