Surging.
Immense power surged madly, rushing into the girl's body with far greater force than before.
Mikoto Misaka's face was filled with terror.
It was not merely because all her attacks had been reflected back at her. Starting from the hand Accelerator had used to block her fist, spasms spread to every corner of her body in an instant.
The girl's palm looked fair and delicate, but reinforced by her power, it was harder than steel.
Yet in Accelerator's grasp, the variables that power introduced were swiftly broken down and incorporated into his ability, like balloons bursting at a touch.
Even as Mikoto Misaka fought with all her strength, the blood throughout her body still rampaged in the opposite direction like tides drawn by an approaching moon, until she was riddled with wounds.
"You got me good. To think the strongest still had a weakness like that... Fighting the original really is the way to speed up the experiment."
Accelerator grinned and slowly rose from his half-crouch, revealing a crazed smile like a beast ready to devour its prey.
With her blood flowing backward, the girl's body could no longer hold out, even though her will had yet to surrender.
Although Accelerator's physical strength was negligible, Mikoto Misaka's legs still buckled helplessly.
"How is that possible..."
Mikoto Misaka gritted her teeth, disbelief filling her eyes.
She had anticipated that Accelerator might counterattack.
After all, her attacks were like cutting flesh with a dull knife, incapable of killing him in a single blow, so she had prepared for a prolonged battle.
With the Misaka Network supporting her, Accelerator should have been able to choose only one: resisting the Sisters God of War's attacks or launching a counterattack.
If her enemy tried to find a way through, she would make up the