The surging pressure struck like a massive hammer.
Pale knuckles slowly closed, like the sky descending inch by inch.
Before that matchless force, Teitoku Kakine's facial bones deformed as Roland lifted him bodily into the air.
Boom!
As though he could not even be bothered to mock him, Roland flung Teitoku Kakine backhanded, sending him shooting from his fingertips like a cannonball.
With a thunderous crash, spiderweb cracks spread across the ground.
Dust and rubble rippled outward like water, swallowing the surrounding metal and buildings in great gulps.
Teitoku Kakine's body lay firmly embedded at the very bottom of the crater in a twisted posture.
Because he had been thrown so fast, the tremendous impact left his body wreathed in a scorched smell from the heat of friction.
Wisps of white smoke mingled with steaming blood mist, creating a scene straight out of hell.
"He defeated the Number Two in an instant?"
Fuhuko Nunotaba stood rooted to the spot, murmuring to herself.
Teitoku Kakine, who had been throwing his weight around a moment ago, had been knocked down in the next instant.
For ordinary people, this would at most provide another topic for idle conversation, since they had no access to detailed information about Espers.
But for Fuhuko Nunotaba, a researcher, it was different.
She knew very well that Espers were ranked according to their research value. For example, Atomix surpassed Railgun in offensive power; its chances of winning were simply a little lower.
But that statement was relative, too. The greater an ability's research value, the fewer flaws it would have, provided it was developed properly.
Those who surpassed even Railgun, which covered almost every general application of electromagnetism, a fundamental force, were usually genuine monsters.
As Number Two, Teitoku Kakine stood an absolute gulf below Accelerator, but compared