The soldiers and espers pursuing Su Xiao withdrew, while Su Xiao walked on foot toward the farthest edge of Academy City, leaving two bloody footprints behind him.
Su Xiao dug a bullet out of his shoulder with his fingers. Given his physical defenses, the bullet had not penetrated deeply.
Su Xiao had just fought a fierce battle with Accelerator, and now he had encountered an encirclement by the Science Side forces. Although Counter Shield could easily block bullets, once the number of bullets reached a certain threshold, they would undergo a qualitative change. Besides, the firearms developed by Academy City were astonishingly powerful, far beyond the cutting-edge standards of the outside world.
He casually tossed the bloodstained, slightly twisted bullet head aside and headed straight for the checkpoint at the edge of Academy City.
To Aleister, Su Xiao was now a jinx. He would not let him remain in Academy City for even a moment longer.
This gave Su Xiao a headache. Who knew whether he would enter the A Certain Magical Index world again in the future? The odds were low, but the possibility still existed.
If he came here again with a Main Quest, he and Aleister might very well have to fight to the death. The grudge over Zone 2 was nearly impossible to resolve.
With Su Xiao's current strength, he was still not qualified to challenge Aleister. He had known this from the beginning, so he would not provoke the other party on his own. But if the other party came looking for him, Su Xiao would not surrender without a fight.
With only 153 points of Mana remaining, 19% health, and all his recovery items depleted, it was best for him to leave the A Certain Magical Index world as soon as possible.
He had