As the Number Two in Academy City, Kakine Teitoku possessed strength that was excessively powerful.
To say nothing else, Mugino Shizuri, who was also a Dark Department leader and commanded "ITEM," was completely no match for Kakine Teitoku.
Number Four, who could fight Misaka Mikoto on equal footing and even held a faint advantage over her due to combat experience, would have no chance of winning whatsoever if she faced Kakine Teitoku.
In Kakine Teitoku's own words...
"Once only Number Four and I remain among the Lv.5s, it'll just be a one-sided cleanup."
That was not merely confidence in his own ability, but an inevitable conclusion.
In fact, according to the Tree Diagram Designer's calculations, Number Four's chance of defeating The Second was zero—not even one in ten million.
Thus, Kakine Teitoku's strength belonged to an entirely different tier, fundamentally distinct from the other Lv.5s.
But compared to Accelerator, Kakine Teitoku still fell far short.
It had been said before: if Lv.6 were not god's domain, Accelerator would not even have been classified as an Lv.5 alongside the others.
If Kakine Teitoku stood at the pinnacle of Lv.5, then Accelerator truly stood above Lv.5, merely not having reached Lv.6 yet. There was likewise a fundamental difference between them.
Under such circumstances, logically speaking, Accelerator should have needed less than half a minute to knock Kakine Teitoku down.
Yet reality was vastly different.
"Thud..."
Amid a dull impact, Accelerator slowly collapsed onto the ground.
"Cough..."
Blood spilled from his mouth.
Looking closely, Accelerator was already covered in wounds. His entire body was battered, with hardly an uninjured spot left.
Around him, the asphalt road looked as though it had been ripped apart, reduced to a shattered mess. The surrounding buildings had been smashed until less than half remained. Everything within a