Clip exposure, the savior Kamijou Touma

The two had only twenty minutes to advance.

It's just like the story that once moved everyone - The Shawshank Redemption.

Kamijou Touma and Sol had to cross this block within twenty minutes and break into the Pentagon.

With the help of the information provided to Thor by Kihara Kagun in advance)——

Everything is going well...

Thor has assembled the power tool in his backpack. It is similar in shape to a machine gun, but the muzzle is replaced by a huge stake. This should be a tool that destroys walls by "hitting" hundreds of times instead of one "thrust" to make a hole.

After grabbing the excavator, Kamijou took the lithium battery thrown by Thor and inserted it under the drive unit like a magazine.

Thor, who was also holding an excavator, spoke:

"Place the stake along the line you drew and pull the trigger. The excavator will start. Don't stop even if there are cracks. Once you get to the bottom, pull out the excavator and then stab it again at another point along the line at a distance. Do you understand?"

Simply put, Kamijou and Thor pressed the tip of the excavator to the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions on the clock face, and then used their index fingers to pull the trigger with a slightly stiff spring.

As he felt the dull pain spreading through his shoulders from the countless blows from the machine, the tip of the giant stake pierced into the so-called indestructible armor of the "windowless building".

It is no exaggeration to call this moment a historic moment.

After all, it was a level of destruction that even Academy City's strongest Level 5 esper, Accelerator, couldn't accomplish.

...

"It actually succeeded?" This is indeed a somewhat unexpected answer.

But there are traces to follow.

Every building has its blind spots.

This is true no matter how solid the building.

"I just didn't expect that even in a building like this where Academy City's chairman Aleister lives, there would be this kind of problem of withholding wages. I really~~"

Tsuchimikado Motoharu couldn't help but sigh and complain.

But in fact.

No one at the scene could be as open-minded as he was, still willing to make a joke.

"This is really the beginning of an adventure," said Stiyl, frowning.

This sentence aroused Kamiya Kaori's interest:

"Come to think of it, Stiyl, didn't you once have the experience of being invited in by the other party?"

Speaking of which, that day is not far away from now, in fact, if we exclude the two days of editing and broadcasting.

Apart from normal sleeping time, the audience actually remembers a lot of recent events.

It was three months ago that Stiyl and Kamijou Kaori first entered Academy City, and now, three months later, the case of the three private schools has just been concluded.

Everyone knew that Stiyl had met Aleister.

Speaking of which...

Kamijou Touma couldn't help but complain: "Stiyl, why can't you recognize the legend of your magic world?"

Before he could finish his words, he heard Stiyl's speechless rebuttal:

"You're an idiot, you layman. Who would have known that a guy with tubes in his mouth and lying in a glass tank full of water could be such a famous person?"

The person soaking in a glass tank full of tubes... It should be said that he is lying in a glass container and soaking in nutrient solution to meet the standard...

This series of farces made Touma couldn't help but sigh as he watched the video.

However, Touma and Thor, who were still doing things like blowing up a corner of the building in the video, continued to yell.

By the way...

"With such a loud noise, we're not expecting some guards to come."

I am not immune to this. I have never considered myself the strongest unlucky man who can be independent of any misfortune just because I am in the middle of it. I can't help but complain.

As the video continued to progress, the uneasiness that was brewing in my heart finally became a reality...

"I knew it! It will turn out like this in the end!"

Watching the situation where trouble was caused by constant noise and disturbance.

Seeing the arresting personnel finally appear in the video, Mr. Kamijou, knowing that he was in great danger, couldn't help but feel pity for himself in the video.

.....

The scene in the video clip is still advancing.

"It went in!"

"But the speed is too slow! We have no idea whether we can drill the hole within the scheduled time!"

Moreover, the sound was louder than expected.

Because Thor had just detonated several refrigerated vehicles to collect information not long ago, the firefighters should still be working nearby.

"This will attract attention! If we are interrupted by firefighters who don't know what's going on, ten or twenty minutes will slip away in the blink of an eye!"

"The firefighters are so blinded by their own sirens that they won't notice it so easily! The real problem is that this armor is harder than expected. Damn it, I've calculated the theoretical value, but it's still this hard...!"

Clang! There was a sound similar to the cracking of gears.

Thor smacked his lips, stopped the excavator, and pulled it out of the armor. The huge pile was bent.

"I'll go change the stakes! You continue, no further loss of progress can be tolerated!"

"Are there any spare parts?"

"I built an extra machine so I wouldn't have to worry about either side breaking. But on the other hand, there are no spare poles. You'd better not break it!"

Things didn't go according to plan, and unexpected accidents occurred. These two things combined made Kamijou's inner anxiety grow rapidly.

Will it end like this?

The residence of the head of Academy City and the chairman of the board. It might be a mistake for just two people to challenge the armor plate "Calculation-type Impact Diffusion Composite Material" that protects him?

However, even if I stop and run away because of this thought, it won't make the situation better.

It was obvious that the only way to get out of this predicament was to charge forward in one go.

Although this theory is similar to that of people who lose in gambling, even if you think about it wisely, you can't get any other answer.

Kamijou suppressed his inner anxiety and continued to drive the excavator into the wall.

If the huge circle he drew was regarded as a clock face, then holes had already been dug out at 3 and 4 o'clock. Just as he drove the front end of the excavator towards the 5 o'clock position -

"……What's wrong?"

Kamijou initially suspected that something was wrong with the excavator in his hands, because amidst the loud noises of "boom, bang, bang, bang, bang!", there was also some strange sound.

"Thor! Something's wrong. Mine might be broken too! Hasn't your excavator been fixed yet?"

Thor did not respond.

Kamijou shouted once more at the “algorithmic impact diffusion composite material”.

"Thor!"

Kamijou turned around, feeling something was wrong.

Thor, who was supposed to be replacing a pile on the road, was now kneeling on the ground holding a broken excavator and looking up at the sky. His mouth was slightly open and his eyes were wide open. It was as if he was trying to stare at "something" on the other side of the dark night sky.

No.

Not trying.

Thor was really on guard against "something" coming from the night sky. He had abandoned the original premise and even forgot the purpose of breaking through the "computational impact diffusion composite material".

"……Oops."

"What's wrong? My excavator seems to be making strange noises! I'm a layman in the construction of excavators. If you have replaced the pile, give it to me! Please check the drive unit of my excavator...!"

"No! It's not the excavator that's having problems! That's the sound of the air being slapped. Academy City's unmanned weapons are approaching!"

Kamijou involuntarily removed his finger from the trigger of the excavator.

The impact on my shoulder stopped, and the loud noise caused by the excavator also disappeared.

Even so, they could still hear a roar no less powerful than that of an excavator approaching. It was clearly from a different source than the excavator.

There were red and green flashes in the night sky, and Thor seemed to know "some details" about the visitor besides the light spots.

"I was discovered after all. There's nothing I can do. I'm a complete amateur in this area." Thor outside the video couldn't help but spread his hands when he saw this scene. From his point of view, he really couldn't find any way to make up for it.

This is Academy City's unmanned combat armor. Once it starts moving, it will crush all enemies. If you want to escape in this situation, it would be like dreaming.

The change in the situation and Thor's insistence on continuing made Touma unable to help but scold, and then he increased the output of the digging tool in his hand.

Immediately afterwards——

All I heard was a loud creaking sound.

This time, the excavator in Kamijou's hand really made a strange sound, which was the sound of hard metal cracking.

I originally thought that the same damage happened to the pile as the one on Thor.

But not so.

Clap!

Huge cracks appeared on the wall of the "windowless building".

It is larger and outside the large circle drawn with a thick red pen.

Destruction spread across the walls.

It was a square with a side length of more than ten meters.

As the cracks, which were clearly caused by human intervention, spread, the indestructible wall of the "computational impact diffusion composite material" was destroyed. Without support, the huge wall fell towards Kamijou.

"..."

Thor stared into the depths of the dust.

The hole opened by the "Algorithmic Impact Diffusive Composite Material" and the dark interior of the "windowless building".

There's someone in there.

who is it?

Someone's footsteps could be heard in front of Kamijou and Thor. It wasn't the hard sound of leather shoes or boots. It was more like the sound of pressing a palm against a glass table. The other person might be barefoot.

Someone's skin touched the dusty outside air.

The man walked outside.

She was very tall for a woman, almost two meters tall. Her ankle-length silver hair and her head lowered made it hard to see her expression. She was wearing a dress-like outfit made of thin synthetic fibers, but she didn't seem to care much about her appearance, because even though her underwear was clearly visible, her eyes didn't seem to care. Her white skin was similar to that of a teenage girl, but it was hard to tell what she was like.

There are always some fundamental differences between us and humans.

It's not that she has obvious horns or wings. Even if you ask her what's different, there's no clear answer. But there's something different that's hard to explain. If you see a teenage girl with that kind of shiny skin in a sauna, no one would find it weird, but if you find such a girl in an ancient pyramid, it would be a big problem. She doesn't look special, but you can feel that there is a clear gap with the atmosphere around her.

(Who is…?)

Kamijou pondered inwardly.

Then he wondered why he couldn't speak.

Later, he realized that this was like coming face to face with a carnivorous beast that had left its cage. Or, he didn't want to provoke the other party in an unknown situation...

(This person actually walked out of the "building without windows". Could this guy be... the leader of Academy City? Is he the chairman of the board...?)

However, Kamijou Touma's prediction came to nothing.

Thor forgot all about the ten to twenty minute time limit or the unmanned attack helicopter that was about to attack him. He just whispered blankly:

"F...Laurent Crowe...Iduni...?"

Followed by.

The person being addressed like this looked indifferently at Thor through the gap in his silver hair.

She tilted her head slightly, as if she was trying to digest some question.

then.

cough!