"Aaaaaaah!"
In the silent night, blood dripped in a steady rhythm.
It added a sinister air to the scorched earth, which already looked as though it had been bombed.
Accompanied by those shrill, agonized screams, it left even more to the imagination.
But to anyone witnessing the scene firsthand, the horror conjured by the surroundings was hardly worth mentioning, because the reality before their eyes could not have been clearer.
-This was a one-sided beating.
Covered in blood, Accelerator stamped forward, leaving visible cracks in the ground beneath his foot.
Although Vector Control required contact with his skin before he could control something, when its scope encompassed everything in the world, that restriction was hardly stringent; at least it was better than nothing.
Gravity, the atmosphere, even the electrical currents in the human body-even if he focused his ability solely on himself, its power would not diminish in the slightest.
Simply changing the direction of force with his feet allowed him to propel himself with the impact, moving faster than even Mikoto Misaka, who possessed Magnetic Field Rotation, could react.
But more terrifying than that astonishing burst of raw power was the almost deranged expression on Accelerator's face.
As Academy City's Number One, his obsession and malice far exceeded those of Mikoto Misaka and Mugino Shizuri.
Even as his insides churned, he forced his brain to construct calculations, using his ability to control his body and keep fighting, like a beast whose ferocity had been unleashed.
Whether anger had robbed him of reason or arrogance drove him to reclaim his dignity, he did not use his customary shock waves or air currents to attack from a distance. Instead, he followed Mikoto Misaka's example and committed himself to close combat.
He threw a jab, his fist moving so quickly that it