this is a true villain

“Right, sure. That means a lot, coming from you,” replied Kakine Teitoku, sounding
uninterested. He went on, “I’m not going after civilians because I like it or something. If
I’m in a good mood, I’ll even let lower villains go free. But not if it’s a threat to my life.
How many random onlookers and pedestrians have you crushed in this battle so far?
You just sent pieces of asphalt flying faster than the speed of sound. The shock wave
leveled everything. It was our battle.”

“...”
“That’s why I went after Last Order—and that brat who looked like her guardian. Don’t
lecture me from on high, murderer. You’ve got no right to tell me shit when you’ve let
those onlookers die just to kill me. You think you’re an exception or something?”
“Hah. Let onlookers die just to kill you, eh?” But Accelerator, denounced, laughed. “You
really are third-rate. You don’t have the aesthetic, and that’s why you can only spout
bullshit like that.”
“Eh?”
“Do you even know why I’m #1 and you’re #2?”
Laughing, Accelerator slowly spread his hands.
“It’s because there’s a wall between us you can never get past.”
Kakine Teitoku felt his head nearly explode with anger, but then he noticed something.
What it was like around them.
True, Accelerator and Dark Matter’s clash had messed up the city streets. High-rise
building windows had been shattered, broken traffic lights were strewn about the roads,
and roadside trees had been whipped around so hard they were now stuck in concrete
walls.
But something was missing.
The tragedy.
Despite the glass fragments pouring down like rain, nobody was injured. The raging
winds had diverted their course and the signboards had shielded people late to escape,
miraculously protecting the crowds. The rest was the same. Not a single person hurt. He
couldn’t check every single one, but he knew if he went back along the course of their
battle, there would be many who had been defended by invisible hands.
(Are...are you...)
Kakine’s throat dried up.
“Are you telling me you protected them...?”

He thought back to the first shots. Accelerator had fired a gale at Kakine Teitoku, but he
could have done a more powerful surprise attack as well. But if he had, the aftermath
would have blown away Last Order’s acquaintance, but...
In short, that was his way of life.
Even embroiled in a Level 5 death match, #1 in the city vs. #2, even though the slightest
diversion of his attention would have created a fatal opening, Accelerator had continued
to protect innocent people.
“You’ve...gotta be shitting me. How much can you fucking control?”
Accelerator looked bored. He just grinned scornfully, as if this much was only natural—-
why couldn’t Kakine Teitoku do it?
“You angry now, small-timer?” said Accelerator, as though this were all absurd, to
Kakine Teitoku, awash with shock. “This is a true villain.”

- Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 15, Chapter 5 Part 3