Not long after, the vehicles drove into the plaza in front of the concert venue before turning into the underground parking lot.
The members of "Group" were already waiting there.
Led by Fang Li, the group got out of their vehicles one after another and met up with Group.
Seeing the Group members hurrying toward them, the faces of the Item members changed slightly.
That was because among them, they saw someone whose presence was impossible to ignore.
"Accelerator...!?"
Mugino Shizuri's eyes turned sinister.
"T-The Number One...!?"
Kinuhata Saiai, Frenda, Takitsubo Rikou, Hamazura Shiage, and the others cried out as well.
Having only recently witnessed the terrifying power of The Second, they naturally could not remain unfazed upon seeing the legendary Number One.
"Huh?"
Accelerator, on the other hand, frowned before speaking with disdain.
"Aren't these Item people? Why did you bring these guys here?"
The person he was addressing was naturally Fang Li.
However, before Fang Li could speak, Tsuchimikado Motoharu spoke first.
"Now isn't the time to worry about that. There's no conflict between Group and Item in terms of our objectives anyway. What we need to deal with is the crisis facing the venue. Everything else can wait."
Tsuchimikado Motoharu, who had cut straight to the heart of the matter, gave Fang Li a wry smile.
"Good thing you came. If you'd been any later, we might have entered the venue and had Chibune Misono stop the concert."
There was no helping it.
Even if stopping the concert would cause considerable losses and ruin Chibune Misono's earlier plans, the lives of fifteen thousand audience members were obviously more important.
Moreover, the people Tsuchimikado Motoharu and the others cared about most were all inside the venue. No wonder they were so anxious.
Yet Fang Li said decisively.
"The