No, It's the End... (1)

"Hahaha, heaven really is helping me," Kakine Teitoku said, throwing his head back and laughing wildly after hearing that Luo Yifang was the First One. "Just when my abilities have greatly improved, I run into you, NO.1. Looks like the throne of 'strongest' is about to change hands today."

"Hm?" Luo Yifang raised a brow. He hadn't expected Kakine Teitoku to say something like that. As he remembered, Kakine Teitoku hadn't been this arrogantly overconfident.

Paqi, however, noticed something and warned Luo Yifang, "He... seems a little off. Be careful."

"I could tell without you saying it. Did this guy take the wrong meds or something..." After catching sight of Misaka 9982 moving far away from the battlefield from the corner of his eye, Luo Yifang lost any interest in wasting words on Kakine Teitoku and casually waved a hand—

"Huh?"

Luo Yifang frowned. Nothing happened? That shouldn't have been possible.

"Oh, did you discover that your ability doesn't work anymore?" Kakine Teitoku grinned with an utterly punchable expression. "How unfortunate. Maybe your calculations went wrong?"

After trying Vector Manipulation again and finding that it still had no effect, Luo Yifang grew curious. How had this guy done it? He had clearly activated his ability, and the feedback had indeed indicated that it had worked...

This loser did have some skill after all, managing to create a fake Imagine Breaker like this. But...

"Can you still use your own ability?" Luo Yifang asked with a smile.

Kakine Teitoku stopped laughing and began clapping. "As expected of Academy City's number one mind. That's right, I can't use my ability right now either... but that doesn't mean I can't bring in things I made beforehand!"

With that, Kakine Teitoku drew a pure-white longsword made of Uncreated Substance from the scabbard at his waist.

"I've long known everything about you," Kakine Teitoku said, stroking the blade with an intoxicated look on his face. "The so-called NO.1 is really just someone who abuses his own ability."

"And now that you've lost your greatest—and only—support, how could you possibly be a match for me?!"

Kakine Teitoku flicked the blade, its tip pointing directly at Luo Yifang's nose. "Are you ready to roll down from your position?"

Luo Yifang narrowed his eyes—interesting. An ability like Uncreated Substance... it really was interesting!

If he had truly been the original Accelerator, then he would indeed have been in trouble now. Unfortunately, Kakine Teitoku didn't understand that his opponent was no longer that "guy who abused his ability"—

Though if using Vector Manipulation as an air conditioner counted as abuse, then Luo Yifang really was a guy who abused his ability...

Luo Yifang looked up at the sky, ignoring Kakine Teitoku charging at him with his blade, and said calmly, "By spreading extremely tiny particles of Uncreated Substance everywhere, you forcibly disrupt other people's 'personal reality,' thereby affecting their ability usage..."

"If it were another esper, that would indeed be quite troublesome. Unfortunately..."

A bad feeling flashed through Kakine Teitoku's heart. Luo Yifang's calmness made him feel that his opponent might have another trick up his sleeve. After thinking for a moment, Kakine Teitoku still stopped, gripping his sword as he watched Luo Yifang warily.

"Oh? You stopped?" Luo Yifang smiled even more happily. "Why do you think this move would definitely work on me?"

What?!

Kakine Teitoku's heart jolted. An inexplicable sense of danger enveloped him, sending a bone-chilling cold through his entire body. He immediately withdrew the Eerie Domain formed from Uncreated Substance at top speed and activated his ability with all his strength.

Countless terrifying shockwaves swept in and instantly submerged the white Uncreated Substance. Even the ground shattered apart like fragile glass, while countless chunks of dirt and massive rocks were blasted everywhere by invisible force.

A moment later, the shockwaves subsided. Luo Yifang looked at the giant white cocoon in the distance with interest. "Hm, the same move? Come to think of it, this really is a little troublesome."

Then let's see how long your "Absolute Defense" can hold up... or rather, how long can you hold up?

Unceasing attacks rained down densely upon the Uncreated Substance created by Kakine Teitoku. Within the vector field spread by Luo Yifang, everything was under his control.

Whether it was gravity generated by the Earth itself or microscopic forces at the particle level, all of it became a weapon for Luo Yifang to attack with. Right now, he wanted to find out exactly how much Uncreated Substance could withstand.

High temperature, high pressure, intensified gravity; then low temperature, low pressure, Atom Collapse caused by particle compression, electricity, magnetism...

Yet what Luo Yifang failed to notice was that on an overpass not far away, Misaka Mikoto leaned against the railing, staring in shock at the chaotic scene below that looked like a meteor strike.

So this is... that guy's true strength?! Misaka Mikoto questioned herself inwardly. Against him, how many moves could I even last?

Misaka Mikoto shook her head. "Wait, now isn't the time to despair. I have to figure out what exactly happened. And Luo Yifang, you bastard, why did you lie to me?!"

But with the battle below so intense, how was she supposed to get down there? Misaka Mikoto glanced around, then simply flipped herself over and used magnetism to drop directly beneath the bridge, circling around behind Luo Yifang.

"Luo Yifang!"

Huh? That voice was... Misaka Mikoto? Luo Yifang turned around in surprise. "Why are you here?"

"If I hadn't come, I'd still be in the dark!" Electricity flickered around Misaka Mikoto's body. "What do you take me for? Someone you can deceive whenever you want?!"

"Wait, wait, when did I ever lie to you?" Luo Yifang scratched his head in confusion. When had he ever lied to this girl?

Misaka Mikoto pointed at the ground before Luo Yifang, which looked as though it had been plowed by high-yield explosives. "Then explain what's going on here! And that damn Absolute Ability User Project!"

"Oh... you found out?" Luo Yifang froze for a moment before shaking his head helplessly. "I was planning to tell you after this was completely over..."

"So you really did know about this!" Misaka Mikoto forcefully held back her anger. "Why? Why didn't you tell me?!"

Luo Yifang fell silent for a while. He turned his head and gazed slantwise at the sky. After a long time, he sighed. "Because in the end... I was still planning to handle it myself."

"You... were going to handle it?" Misaka Mikoto rushed two steps forward, grabbed Luo Yifang by the collar, and shouted, "But what happened in the end? They still died! They still died because of that damned project!"

Luo Yifang let Misaka Mikoto vent her rage and resentment. After all, everything before them had been caused by his selfishness. Now, as Misaka Mikoto would put it, he had to resolve the consequences he had created himself. That was probably why Misaka Mikoto had come here to question him today...

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