"Manipulating iron sand to attack—is this the power of the clone that escaped yesterday, or the original?"
Accelerator's expression changed drastically when he saw Misaka Mikoto easily split the container in two.
Misaka Mikoto dispersed her electromagnetic chainsaw, transforming it into Accelerator high-speed vibrating storm of iron sand that enveloped Accelerator from all 360 degrees. At the same time, she took out a coin and fired it at three times the speed of sound, forming the most powerful Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
"Does it matter whether I'm a clone or the original? Why did you participate in such an experiment and kill so many people? Don't you think you're being too cruel?"
"You are not a clone. Even the clone that escaped yesterday did not have your strength. You are the original."
Accelerator his hand to forcibly disperse the energy on the iron sand, and at the same time activated his surface reflection ability, forcibly blocking Misaka Mikoto's full-force Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
After confirming that the other party was not a clone, he felt relieved.
"Don't make me sound so cruel. I was just dealing with some counterfeit products that would appear with the push of a button."
"Even if they are replicas, they are still living, breathing beings!"
Knowing Accelerator's abilities in advance, Misaka Mikoto was shocked that her special move hadn't worked, but she didn't give up and continued to use the next move.
"Come forth, Thunder Giant!"
A violent electromagnetic force erupted from her body, forcibly drawing out the iron sand mixed with dust from the ground, gradually forming a terrifying lightning Giant a hundred meters tall.
Iron sand and dust rubbed against each other inside the Thunder Giant Giant's body, causing terrifying lightning to run rampant within it.
"My move will destroy even mountains. Prepare to be judged!"
Misaka Mikoto stood atop the Thunder Giant's head, embracing Misaka 9982, and pointed downwards towards Accelerator.
Upon seeing this, Accelerator covered his face and burst into maniacal laughter:
"Judging me is fine, this boring experiment is progressing too slowly, I'm getting impatient. Defeating you, the original, should greatly shorten the time!"
He slowly rose into the Ride the Wind, spreading his arms wide:
"Let me see the power of your attack!"
Go!
Misaka Mikoto unleashed all her electromagnetic power, and terrifying electricity erupted from the Thunder Giant's hand, drawing countless iron pellets toward Accelerator.
This is an enlarged version of Super Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
"You've got something!"
At this moment, George, who was already close to Accelerator in stealth mode, looked at Misaka Mikoto's Thunder Giant and couldn't help but marvel.
According to Misaka 9981's information, Misaka Mikoto has never used this move. This should be a new move that Misaka Mikoto developed based on her own abilities.
In terms of power, George felt it was quite effective.
After this incident, she decided to learn this move from Misaka Mikoto.
The Super Super Electromagnetic Cannon, several meters in diameter, struck Accelerator perfectly, but unfortunately, it was unable to break through Accelerator's defenses and could only remain stationary.
Clearly, Accelerator's defenses are far stronger than Misaka Mikoto had imagined.
Meanwhile, on the bridge next to the dock, a van screeched to a halt in the middle of the bridge, and four girls got out of the vehicle.
"This is the Super Electromagnetic Cannon. It doesn't seem that impressive."
The tallest girl with long brown hair looked at Misaka Mikoto, who was standing atop the Thunder Giant's head, and a contemptuous smile appeared on her face:
"It's just a pretty face."
As a fellow Level 5 Esper, Mugino Shizuri is known as "Atom Breaker." Her ability is to prevent electrons from being converted into particles or waveforms, and to maintain them in a pure electronic form.
Because she and Misaka Mikoto both belong to the Electronic Control type, she is often compared to each other, and her ranking is one place lower, which makes her very unhappy with Misaka Mikoto, whom she has never met.
"How could she possibly compare to the Queen, who possesses the most powerful props!"
At this moment, the blonde little girl next to her chuckled.
The hooded girl on the other side shook her head:
"She's facing Fang Tongxing, who's ranked number one. It's best not to underestimate her."
"Alright, our target this time is Clone #9981, Takitsubo, is that the injured guy she's hugging?"
Mugino, who was leading the group, looked at the black-haired girl who hadn't spoken.
The black-haired girl shook her head weakly.
"According to intelligence, that should be clone Clone #9982. Clone No. 9981 seems to have the ability to become invisible. I am searching for other force fields in the vicinity."
"Found it! There's an additional force field reaction there!"
She pointed to the empty space behind Accelerator.
Just then, Misaka Mikoto's power was running low, and the continuous Super Super Electromagnetic Cannon ended. Just as Accelerator was relaxing and preparing to taunt him, George appeared and activated True Magic.
"Soul Departure!"
The True Magic fluctuations of the Imperius Curse pierced through the defenses and Accelerator, who immediately broke into a blissful smile.
"Disarm."
George landed on the ground, pressing down on Accelerator.
Due to the effects of the Imperius Curse, Accelerator readily and proactively deactivated his defensive reflexes.
"Condense!"
George activated his ability to condense the nearby iron sand into thin Iron Wire, and manipulated the Iron Wire to continuously pierce through Accelerator's body, binding him tightly.
At that moment, Accelerator's eyes regained their clarity.
The Imperius Curse is inherently less effective on people with strong wills, and even less effective on Level 5 esper psychic like Accelerator with exceptional mental processing abilities.
However, George didn't intend to rely on the Imperius Curse to control Accelerator indefinitely.
"You'd better not activate your ability. The Iron Wire are already pierced through several of your vital organs. If you use your ability to pull them out, you may die on the spot."
"You're not the original; you're a copy too?"
Accelerator coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his pupils contracted as he looked at George in front of him.
The original Thunder Giant had just dissipated and was being supported by the clone it had just fought, so the one that broke its defensive reflection was naturally also a clone.
"That's right, I'm Misaka 9981, the one who almost died at your hands last night."
George shrugged and asked the original Misaka Mikoto:
"How are you? Are you alright?"
"The power is critically low, but it will be restored after a night's rest."
Misaka Mikoto nodded weakly. She hadn't expected Misaka 9981 to be so powerful, actually managing to Accelerator using an unknown method.
"How could this be? You're just a clone, why are you like a normal human?"
Accelerator looked at George's vivid expression and his body began to tremble.
He wasn't trembling because George had broken through his defensive reflexes, but because this clone of George was just like a normal human being.
Does that mean that the clones he killed before were also like that?