On a highway leading to District 7, a heavily armored vehicle sped along.
In the driver's seat sat a boy wearing special goggles. The rings around the goggles were packed with plugs, countless cables running down to his waist, giving him a bizarre appearance.
"Um, where are you taking me?" Kazakiri Hyouka asked timidly, still having no idea what was happening.
"Don't worry, we won't hurt you. But for your own safety, please cooperate and behave yourself." A blonde girl lounged lazily in the seat to Kazakiri Hyouka's right, idly fiddling with her phone as she answered.
The girl appeared to be around fourteen years old. Small in stature, she wore an extravagant backless dress.
A girl sat on Kazakiri Hyouka's other side as well. She had long dark hair tied into two braids and wore a black, opaque bodysuit with lining beneath a white shirt and black skirt. A waist pouch and matching straps hung at her waist.
The dark-haired girl suddenly reached out and began feeling around Kazakiri Hyouka's body, making her pretty face flush slightly. Confused, she asked,
"Um, what are you doing?"
The girl removed a small tracking device from inside Kazakiri Hyouka's collar, then reported to the brown-haired boy in the front seat, who had been deep in thought.
"Boss, I found a tracking device. Should I destroy it?"
Hearing that, the brown-haired boy raised his eyes toward the device in her hand and replied with a mocking smile.
"No need. It doesn't matter if he catches up. Defeat the Number One? Tch, trash like Accelerator should have stepped down long ago."
The brown-haired boy looked arrogant and overbearing, as though he had no regard whatsoever for Academy City's Number One.
The brown-haired boy was Academy City's Number Two—Kakine Teitoku. His ability was Dark Matter,