Just as Luo Yifang was taking Frenda and Busu Dixin away, the Vector Field covering the nearby area suddenly reacted. He stopped what he was doing and said to Busu Dixin beside him, "Huh, looks like we'll have to wait a bit..."
Busu Dixin had just been about to ask a question when the metal door suddenly turned orange-red—the sign of metal about to melt, even vaporize, under extreme heat! She immediately tried to evade, but Luo Yifang moved before she could, directly covering the red-hot area with his hand.
The molten metal immediately wrapped around Luo Yifang's hand. At the same time, a green beam slammed into his body—then went straight back where it had come from.
Mugino Shizuri, who had launched the attack from afar, saw that it had hit its target and had no time to celebrate before that destructive energy came flying back at her. She immediately raised a shield and blocked the beam.
What kind of ability was that?! Mugino Shizuri was caught completely off guard by the sudden turn of events. She paused for a moment, unable to act.
Meanwhile, Kinuhata Saiai had already rushed in front of Luo Yifang and was about to strike. But the moment she got close enough to see his face clearly, horror and fear flooded her mind. Ignoring the strain tearing through her body, she forcibly stopped her fist just before it landed on him.
"Ac... Accelerator?!"
As someone who had participated in the dark May Project, Kinuhata Saiai had never actually met Academy City's No. 1. But having seen his files and photographs, she recognized Luo Yifang almost instantly. Though his face did not carry the disappointment and disdain shown in Accelerator's photos, that snow-white hair, those blood-red pupils, and that ability could not lie!
The instant