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- This had originally been a secret technique meant to take on every last Magic God at once.
- Even if the one taking the damage had a limit to their imagination, her enemy’s mind
- would be mercilessly blown away by enough energy to create the universe ten times over.
- Down on all fours, Karasuma Fran...no, the red jewel demon borrowing that poor victim’s
- body forgot all about charging toward Hamazura in his Processor Suit and tensed up when
- she thought about what this meant.
- Why was she alone unharmed?
- That was not Coronzon’s doing. Aleister had called her a touchstone. She was practice for
- saving a possessed avatar. That was why Aleister had not killed her. She had been
- intentionally removed from the list of targets and spared.
- Aleister had control of the scene.
- There was no overturning things with trickery at this point.
- “Now, then.”
- “...”
- “Oh, don’t pretend to be a mere beast, Coronzon. You were always a whisperer. Although
- I will admit it is more frightening when the demon-possessed shout unintelligible
- nonsense instead of just making pathetic threats.”
- “...You can’t.”
- This was a new voice.
- It did not belong to the short bikini girl, but it also did not belong to Lola Stuart. It may
- have been an unprovable voice that sounded different to everyone who heard it.
- “You can’t possibly do it. All you know is failure and defeat, so how can you save some—?”
- “X-rays.”
- Aleister cut her off while holding the baby to her chest with one arm.
- She sounded like she was trying to decide what to cook for dinner.
- “CT scans, MRIs, blood tests, gas chromatography, ultrasound, centrifuges, transmission
- electron microscopes, polymerase chain reaction DNA tests, and...yes, how about I
- prepare a cyclotron particle accelerator as well? With all that, slicing up Karasuma Fran’s
- body and inspecting the contents would be a simple task. ...From head to toe, I can inspect
- every last molecule of her body. And that will tell me where your filthy traces have taken
- root and what I must attack to eliminate your influence.”
- Spiritual Tripping only used the spell user’s gesture to paint a picture of the “weapon” in
- the target’s brain and create a foothold for influencing them.
- Could it really go this far?
- Did a forcibly implanted imagination really have such a wide range?
- “It’s no Imagine Breaker, but I suppose I will reveal a little trick of mine. Do you know
- what this is?”
- Aleister’s right hand moved. As soon as her fingers seemed to mime holding a pencil, the
- target’s scenery was entirely changed. The illusion danced like a spinning pen. It
- resembled a pencil, but it was not one. It resembled a highlighter, but it was not one. It
- resembled a tablet stylus, but it could not be one of those either. The target desperately
- tried to picture some other image to muddy the implanted one, but she could not keep up.
- As much as she wished otherwise, she could tell the color, shape, weight, texture, and
- sheen all accurately narrowed in on a specific “weapon”.
- And once she knew what it was, there was no escaping the image.
- Just like someone trying to forget the phrase “purple mirror” and only focusing on it all
- the more. She knew she was only restraining herself, but she could not control her own
- thoughts.
- “Are you trying to bind me...human?”
- “A single visual fixes the image in your mind, captures you in its grasp, and robs you of all
- freedom. Using this sort of exchange to seal off your opponent’s options and guide their
- thoughts into a dead end is a fundamental part of magical combat. And real experts place
- a great emphasis on the fundamentals. A true chef will train their skill to the point that
- they can surprise a guest with a simple fried egg.”
- There was clear mockery in that smile.
- It was the look of someone who had already secured their method of killing.
- “That big bang...well, it was technically ten times that, but it created a great many things.
- Radiation was one of those and it is a powerful medicine that can be used for good or bad.
- As a powerful medicine, it cannot be taken lightly, but when used right, it can become a
- ‘weapon’ that saves the life of someone who cannot be saved by any other method.”
- That grim reaper who had taken the form of a girl had robbed his opponent of her foolish
- hostage strategy that used her own body as a shield.
- After all...
- “A gamma knife. When a brain tumor is surrounded by the delicate organ and is thus
- inoperable, this medical tool can pass through their body and accurately burn through
- just the miniscule target. Oh, my apologies. Was that explanation unnecessary? I am sure
- someone as wise and knowledgeable as you was already well aware of all that.”
- “...”
- “And don’t worry. No matter how much Karasuma Fran struggles, 'I will accurately excise
- you and only you. Until not a speck of you remains. So rest easy and struggle all you like.”
- -Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 19 Chapter 4 Part 9
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