Clip exposure, the savior Kamijou Touma

This time, he really rushed to Levinia Birdway.

“You! You who have shown everyone that hard work can lead to the top! You can’t come up with such a boring answer as ‘Sacrifice Florent Cloidune’! Absolutely not!”

He has only one weapon.

But that weapon always reaches out for the intangible, touches something that is called impossible, grabs something that does not exist here.

That hand, the hand that can change into a thousand shapes with its five fingers, turns into a certain shape.

The shape of a fist.

The result is produced in the next second.

Kamijou Touma and Levinia Birdway intertwined.

As the screen suddenly went dark...

This symbolizes that Kamijou Touma has indeed won the final victory in this perseverance competition.

but...

Is everything really going to end?

Looking at the flickering screen and the dubbing filled with fragmented whispers.

Both the other viewers and Kamijou Touma had certain doubts about this.

Everything was filled with confusion and suspicion until a famous spy named Motoharu Tsuchimikado, who thought he could see through everything and looked like a gangster but actually had an extraordinary physical strength, spoke.

However, Tsuchimikado was unable to give an answer that would make Kamijou happy, even though upon closer inspection this answer was probably the closest to the truth.

"Absolutely impossible. The battle with Bai Dewei so far is just to resolve the past relationship and grudges, A Shang."

"Now that you have finished fighting the two, the opponent you are facing has changed. Doesn't that mean it's time for you to rest? Think carefully, why did you come here? Why did you come to this building to fight with Bai Dewei?"

"Have you and your ally not done what you were supposed to do? Have you not achieved anything yet?"

During this questioning, a light suddenly flashed in the video.

...Then, it became bright again.

The time reset, and it seemed to be the early morning of the next day.

The figure that appeared in the picture also changed.

There is not only Kamijou Touma, but also the young man named Thor.

"Yo."

Thor, the god of thunder, spoke up.

This is the 11th District of Academy City, a land logistics base. It is already dusk, and the large containers piled up everywhere are dyed orange.

"I'm sorry, I asked you to send me off."

The person he was talking to was Kamijou Touma. After Kamijou was shot in the abdomen and fought with Levinia Birdway, he should have gone back to the hospital to rest in bed. However, the boy had a reason to continue his activities after solving the current problem.

That is to say-

"…How can I sleep well if I haven't confirmed that you guys are really going 'outside'?"

"Haha, that's right."

"Marian Slingenaia and 『Throwing Hammer』 have already slipped out. At times like this, people with direct combat abilities usually cover the rear. That's why I can take a detour like this."

"Is this the kind of place you come in and out of?"

"No matter what, the basics are important. This is where things come in and out most frequently, so it's easy to sneak in. Although buying a first-class ticket and flying into District 23 by air can make for a pleasant flight, the risk of an accident is too high."

He shrugged.

"In addition, this school district aims to optimize and speed up logistics. Except for a few engineers, everything is automated. It seems that the drivers coming from the "outside" of the Academy City only need to rent equipment and connect it to the electronic system of the truck. Then they can drink coffee and read newspapers in the lounge at the edge of the school district while waiting for unloading. The drivers inside the Academy City are also omitted below. Anyway, because of this mechanism, there are no living guards here. This single nature is most suitable for magicians to sneak in."

It is located in a country surrounded by the sea, and it is also a city surrounded by walls.

This alone should have made it one of the most difficult places to sneak into in the world. I think it was easy to do this because these "troublemakers" were used to crossing various borders and wandering around the world.

This may be a very powerful technology.

However, that kind of thing can only keep them away from all peace.

"Let's keep Florentine Cloidune in Academy City. She ate something strange that distorted her constitution, conditions, or attributes... Anyway, it distorted her. So she is no longer valuable to the 'troublemakers'. I don't know how this affects Academy City, but since we don't have to worry about 'metamorphosis', she won't be a problem for those guys. So there's no need to lock her up."

“What if they still want to execute it despite this?”

"Although we damaged the 'Windowless Building', it was Froland Cloidune herself who actually did the damage. And she has already developed an interest in the outside world. Even if we lock her up, she will obey the desires that surge within and escape. Repeating such meaningless things and making the case attract attention will only bring trouble. We should... uh: how should I put it? We should let her move freely around that Last Order or Fremea."

"After all," Thor continued in a low voice:

"…Rather than forcibly taking her to the end of the world, this would be more like 'redemption', and this ending should be more suitable for her."

"That's it."

Kamijou breathed a sigh of relief.

Then ask again:

“You don’t mind? Completing the ‘Lance’ is the wish of the ‘Troublemaker’ leader, the demon god Othinus, right? There is no guarantee that these things can be kept secret forever. And even if they are kept secret, there is no way to predict what Othinus will do if he deviates from the established plan.”

“There’s always a way.”

Thor said simply.

He should have known that the problem couldn't be solved easily, but he still didn't hesitate at all.

The boy smiled, and then said as if to change the subject:

"Okay, now that's it, almost all the problems related to Flora Croidune have been solved. The monster groups of the Troublemakers and Orelus have withdrawn, and the Academy City Anbu... to be honest, I don't know, but as I said just now, they probably won't want to make a big deal out of it. So all the problems that were piled up like a jigsaw puzzle have been solved."

"Thor? What are you talking about..."

"so--"

Thor smiled.

A brilliant smile that had never appeared before.

“It’s almost time to get down to business, Kamijou Touma.”

"Bang!" A loud noise burst out.

The arc knife shot out from Thor's right hand, from his five fingers, with unstoppable force.

"Thor! What's going on!?"

"Nothing. I've said this before, haven't I? Your surroundings are miserable, and everyone wants to manipulate that right hand for their own benefit, so they drag you into various events... So I said from the beginning that I would betray you, right? I want to fight you for my own reasons, and this battle has nothing to do with the 'Troublemaker'!"

Kamijou thought there was something wrong with his language function after hearing this.

But not so.

To be honest, I misunderstood it from the very beginning.

Thor did not throw himself into battle to solve problems. He was willing to solve those troublesome problems because he could gain benefits from fighting with his life at the risk of his life.

Kamijou finally understood this.

But he shook his head.

"I have no reason to fight you. If you weren't there, Flora Croiduni would never have been saved! If nothing had happened, you would have been a benefactor. Why did it turn out like this!"

“That won’t do, Kamijou-kun. Anger and hatred aren’t the only triggers for fighting, and people don’t just punch bad people. Even if you, who understands this the most, were to speak, you wouldn’t be able to stop me. Most importantly, I was already full of passion the moment I heard your story.”

Swish!

Thor raised his right hand, pointed the tip of the arc knife at Kamijou and smiled.

He looked very happy.

“When powerful forces collide, they almost always cause serious damage to the surroundings, just like my fights are described as wars. But Kamijou-kun, what is ‘that’ you have? As a mere high school student, you saved so many people! In the end, you even ended World War III! You even won the battle against the ‘troublemakers’ and survived! The true face of that powerful force is ‘elimination’! Ah, it’s really exciting. Finally, I can finally see the ‘next stage’! I can have a battle with an unpredictable outcome in a strong sense of tension, and there is no need to worry about the spread of damage when the powerful force and the power of elimination collide! Are there other battles that are more convenient for earning experience points, Kamijou-kun!”

So that's why?

Is this why Thor angrily beat Kamijou in the fast food restaurant?

The opponent who had always been gentle in battle was actually unable to answer on the spot whether to save a girl, which would cause him to lose his mind?

That's why he said that.

When did my enemies become so insignificant?

Chapter 172. Explosion-level combat power

Human beings are creatures that can easily repay kindness with enmity due to a change of stance. This has been verified countless times in human history and is an absolutely infallible truth.

"It's obvious, just like what's written in the textbook. This is a typical tragic real-life drama that ends with ingratitude." In the world of Date A Live, inside Rastatok's spaceship, the fifth elf Gokawa Kotori held a lollipop in her mouth and sighed indifferently, shaking her black ribbon, as if she had already made this guess a long time ago.

The same situation also occurs in various areas of the heavens and myriad worlds.

Of course, this doesn't mean that other people have no way of figuring out this matter, nor does it mean that it is normal for Kamijou Touma to be repaid with ingratitude.

It is because this situation illustrates the inferior nature of human beings.

but--

"What are you doing? Isn't this a very equal match? Hehe..."

Such a voice suddenly resounded in the live broadcast room, causing many viewers who were watching Touma's experience to look over with dissatisfaction, wanting to see who this ID was;

Soon, they discovered that this ID came from the same world as Aizen Sosuke, and his name was [Kenpachi Zaraki]. Judging from the bar with a special color frame, it seemed that he was a very impressive guy in the local world?

But ah! ! With such a network of heavens between us, even if this guy is the king of heaven, what does it matter? He is full of nonsense!

"I'm here to save people, why would I want to fight just because of a weird idea of ​​this guy called Thor?!"

This sentence is straightforward, without any sarcasm - and the person who said this is none other than the protagonist of a previous story, Natsuki Subaru... At this moment, he has already become a fan of Kamijou Touma.

Looking at this boy who was hurt every time but still gritted his teeth and continued to move forward in pursuit of the justice and happiness he needed, and who kept sacrificing to save the imperfect ending, I had an unprecedented sense of identification.

That's right, Kamijou Touma went into the battle only to save the magician's partner!

Why do I have to fight this monster who suddenly wants to fight at the end?

For a time, the pressure of public opinion seemed to be collapsing.

Everyone agreed that Kamijou Touma should not be hurt again, and that the boy who started this war on his own should apologize. That's right! He should do so.

I guess when he saw himself being so willful in the video, he must have felt the same entanglement and shame from a God's perspective, so much so that he didn't dare to come out...

"No, why should I feel ashamed about this?"

What no one could have imagined was that at this critical juncture, the young man who had shown a strong fighting spirit in the video without caring about details would appear in front of everyone so openly.

With a playful and cheerful mood, the characters spoken all have a condescending and perfunctory attitude, as if saying to a puppy on the street, "Ah, you can bark as you like."

"Well, we are all just ordinary people, so I don't mind your misunderstanding. You don't think about chasing victory like us all the time. This kind of thing is still too difficult for everyone."

This was not the end of it. He continued typing a message, using an academic tone to speak in words that no one could understand.

"Strong men can start a duel with just a glance... Why~!? Ha!! What a low-level, lame, and inferior joke. In this cruel world, as long as there is any situation that is about to break out, the flames of war should be ignited thoroughly!"

"It is because of fighting and the pursuit of power that humans continue to evolve. And because they can continue to evolve, humans can taste the limits without a limit."

Every line and every sentence is his true feelings.

It is exactly the same as the deafening cry in the video.

Faced with Kamijou Touma's roar of incomprehension after he discovered that he was deceived, Thor in the edited footage did not show any emotion at all.

Guilt?

Feel sorry?

We should be grateful to those who help us.

To hell with all that, nothing is more important at this moment than having a real battle with Kamijou Touma!

That’s right, not only does it have to be a battle, but it has to be a battle between evenly matched forces. Isn’t this the style of a strong man?

so...

When the young Thor saw himself in the video picking up a gun and pulling the trigger at himself with an expressionless face, he felt unprecedented joy in his heart!

"To be honest, I was really disappointed when I first met you. If you hadn't fought back at the critical moment, I might have turned you and the hamburger into charcoal. But, your eyes are great now. You have regained your best eyes, and now you are worthy of being my enemy. Now I can finally have a fight that will satisfy me regardless of the win or loss. If not, I would have lost more than I gained."

"To tarnish the interests of saving people for the sake of fighting? I'm not such a great person. I'm also a 'troublemaker'."