If it made it through, everyone would die.
Accelerator, Misaka Worst, Last Order…everyone.
“…Fuck that.”
Immediately after he muttered those words, there was a sound like an explosion
and wings that were black like ink erupted from Accelerator’s back. Those black
wings were the symbol of his anger. That tremendous power was full of
mysteries. He doubted it was created simply with the help of the Misaka
Network and he had no idea if Last Order could forcibly shut it down. Whenever
those wings had appeared, Accelerator had been in a state where he had pretty
much completely lost his mental balance. They appeared when he simply wished
to kill the enemy before his eyes even if it meant casting aside everything he
believed in. The killer intent erupting from his chest had trampled over the world
in the form of those black wings. That was the kind of power it was.
It was as if the wings had been squeezed from his body by the pressure from the
fortress in the heavens.
It was just like when he had confronted Aiwass.
However…
“…Misaka Worst.” Accelerator’s words were as quiet as a whisper. “I am going
to stop that. Can you protect that brat?”
“From the Russians? Or from Academy City?”
“From everything.”
Misaka Worst sighed at that ridiculous order. Making an enemy of both sides
was essentially the same as telling her to fight every single force taking part in
World War III.
However, she pulled a metal nail out of her pocket with a malice-filled smile on
her face.
“Well, Misaka was going to bring them to tears anyway, so this does not change
what she must do. And if we can analyze the information from the song within
Last Order and the Misaka Network, we might be blessed with a chance to
obtain technology that Academy City does not have.”
Last Order may have felt uneasy at the confusing situation that was developing
around her. Her small hands grabbed onto Accelerator’s clothes.
“Where are you going? says Misaka as Misaka asks a question.”
Her eyes wavered as she looked up from within his arms.
Most likely, she understood what Accelerator was about to do. And because she
understood, she was trying to stop him.
“You’re not going anywhere, right? says Misaka as Misaka checks to be sure.”
“Don’t worry. It’ll all be over soon.”
Accelerator did not say that he would be back or that he would be returning.
The monster with the black wings gently removed the small hands from his
clothes one finger at a time. It was as if he were shaking off the final bonds that
kept him anchored to the surface.
“No,” said Last Order in a small voice. “I want to always be with you, says
Misaka as Misaka begs you.”
“...Yes."
Accelerator admitted it.
In the very, very end, he responded with a childlike smile on his face.
“I wanted to always be with you, too.”
With a sound like cracks spreading across ice, the monster’s wings changed
color. The ink-like pitch black changed to a snow-like pure white. Starting from
the base and spreading to the tips, the outer color and the inner essence all
changed in an instant.
Just above his head, a small ring of the same color appeared.
That was his transformation.
With that mental change, he became a source that spewed forth a unique power
into the real world.
Accelerator put his hands on Last Order’s small shoulders, lightly pushed, and
floated up into the sky due to the recoil like an astronaut in zero gravity.
Last Order’s small hands stretched up into the sky toward Accelerator.
But she could not reach him.
- Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 22, Chapter 12 Part 1