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"You really dare to say that, you puppet."
Using "vector manipulation" to attack at close range reduces the leakage of ability data. If it is discovered that "Singularity Reversal" has the potential to advance, close combat will be his best option.
Moreover, Accelerator, who is aware of part of his own "fate," has another plan... a plan that can only be executed in close combat.
The vector of his footsteps landing on the ground increased dozens of times in direction, giving him a speed that surpassed that of over 95% of the ability users in the city. In less than half a second, he traversed a distance of over a hundred meters between them and appeared in front of Lin Yi. From his clenched fist, it was not difficult to tell what the No. 1 of Academy City was going to do next.
Staring at the ever-growing fist in front of him, Lin Yi also stretched out his right hand and swung it in a slightly awkward direction toward Yi Fangtongxing's face.
Upon discovering this, the superpowered individual revealed a twisted smile, swiftly retracting his outstretched fist while simultaneously concentrating all his vector manipulation and calculation abilities in front of the oncoming palm.
"You think the same tricks will work on me—"
"boom"
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 581 Organization
Even with Lin Yi's composure, he was somewhat stunned after witnessing the No. 1 of Academy City being dealt with so easily.
I glanced at my right hand instinctively; it wasn't the "Spark," but rather something with an intensity similar to the basic structure of a carbon-based organism.
Feel the power of "Singularity Reversal," it is indeed at the level of LV3—no, it has now become LV2.
So, why did it turn out this way?
A group of headless corpses fell to the ground. The "Singularity Reversal" ability struck the superpowered person's brain without any hindrance, which was even easier than dealing with those level 4 superpowered people before. After all, when Lin Yi attacked other superpowered people, they would subconsciously use a small part of their abilities to defend themselves. The collision of personal reality could not directly interfere with the internal organs.
However, Lin Yi couldn't quite understand the reaction that Academy City No.0.1 had just made: Would there be an ability user who would focus all their attention on the opponent's fist during a battle?
If Lin Yi knew what had defeated Accelerator in his only two defeats, he would probably understand why he was so sensitive to his opponent's "fists." But he obviously didn't know, and it seemed there was no need for him to know.
After all, he's dead.
"This is starting to cause some trouble..."
Because Accelerator died so abruptly, the data needed for his ability upgrade was not collected as expected, leaving Lin Yi in a rather awkward situation.
Xiang Qian is the first absolute power user on the scientific side. Although he may not be able to crush the whole world, he can at least maintain a stable position in the subsequent "process".
The environment behind him is extremely harsh. Having killed yet another important character, his power level has been reduced from LV3 to the minimum of LV2. Not only that, the forces from Academy City will not allow this "transmigrator," who is impossible to join their side, to move freely in their territory. The transmigrators are eyeing his abilities covetously. As for the magic side... the Avengers are probably on their way.
"I must say, you died at the worst possible time."
With a sigh, Lin Yi turned and looked at the top of a tall building to one side: "If you need to contact me, this is probably the last chance."
The person hiding on the roof was probably quite confident in her concealment skills. After her location was revealed, she remained motionless for a full minute until she finally couldn't hold her breath any longer and reluctantly revealed herself and came downstairs.
She glanced at the corpse next to Lin Yi and curled her lip, seemingly already used to such scenes. Just as she was about to speak...
"mercenary?"
The girl, who was about to introduce herself, looked surprised: "You know about mercenaries?"
"I know a little about it."
That's true. Most of it came from the mouths of those "time travelers," like the descriptions of "Kugimiya cancer," "twin tails," and "opening holes"...
"That makes things much simpler."
As she said this, the girl put on a serious expression: "My name is Kanzaki H. Aria, from the world of 'Aria the Scarlet Ammo,' and I am currently hired by members of the 'Alliance' to arrest 'Singularity Reversal,' transmigrators who disrupt the plot of 'A Certain Magical Index'—"
Lin Yi remained expressionless.
"Ahem, give me some response... This is my public persona, but I'm actually here to help you."
This time, Lin Yi's expression changed: "Oh?"
"Anyway, you wouldn't believe me even if I said it now, so take a look at this first..."
As he spoke, he pulled a box-like object from his pocket and explained to Lin Yi under his curious gaze, "Your ability 'Singularity Reversal' has the potential to evolve further, but the prerequisite is having a sufficiently large amount of experimental data. This is the initial investment our organization is giving you, and you will need to pay an equivalent exchange afterwards... Huh?"
The second half of the syllable was uttered after seeing the contents of the box that Lin Yi had opened.
"Can I understand that the 'organization' you're referring to is planning to exchange a damaged hard drive for something of equal value with me?"
"Wait, everything was fine just now!"
The "mercenary" who called himself Kanzaki H. Aria snatched the large-capacity hard drive from Lin Yi's hand, which was clearly unusable, and looked completely bewildered.
He glanced knowingly at the corpse beside him that was walking through the air.
"Let's go somewhere else. I'm quite interested in the 'organization' you mentioned."
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Twenty minutes later, in the Seventh School District.
For most students in Academy City, life in the city is no different from usual. There is no so-called "Ability Power Project," nor are there any messy "magicians" or "saints" around, so they are naturally not affected in any way.
Sitting on a park bench in a peaceful atmosphere, Lin Yi gestured to the "mercenary" in front of her that she could begin her performance.
“I feel like you’re thinking something strange… We don’t have much time. Although Reki has already guided the other trackers to other places, she can’t hold them off for long with her abilities, so I’ll try to make things as simple as possible for you.”
"First of all, I am Kanzaki H. Aria. I come from the world of Aria the Scarlet Ammo along with Reki. I exist as a 'story character'. If you don't believe me, you can find out through the 'Alliance' channels."
When the girl spoke of "plot characters," her tone was somewhat disgusted, but she managed to control her expression well: "Regarding the 'organization,' you can think of it as an organization formed within the 'otherworld mercenaries.' However, unlike other organizations registered in the alliance, our organization does not exist openly. At least, you can't find out about our existence from those transmigrators."
"Can I ask a question?"
"Ask away, and I will decide whether to answer your question based on your 'permissions'."
That's what she said, but Aria was already prepared to recite the "answer" she had memorized long ago, since every member she recruited into the organization would ask this question after learning about these things—
"You intend to overthrow the alliance?"
"That's right, you and those time travelers—huh?"
"With those time travelers?"
"No, no, aren't you wondering why I'm telling you these things, as a time traveler?!"
"I am quite curious, but I am more interested in your purpose. An organization that was established by relying on the Transmigrator Alliance, but does not want the transmigrators to know of its existence, should generally be involved in a 'huge' conspiracy."
The mercenary from another world hesitated, but under Lin Yi's curious gaze, he still spoke up: "No, the organization's goal is not to overthrow the existence of the Alliance, nor is it to awaken the so-called 'Main God Space' like those Restoration Cults. We simply want to gain freedom."
—The Apocalypse Church.
Here's another piece of new information, but we still need to keep an eye on this.
"free?"
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 582 Fantasy Master - Modified (1)
“We are neither robots, nor puppets, nor ‘plot characters’ who only know how to act according to the ‘plot’ as those ‘time travelers’ say, nor puppets whose fate can be decided at will by them, but humans with their own thoughts and souls.”
Her petite frame belies a powerful will that rivals any opponent: "We want freedom, the freedom to decide our own future!"
The expected answer.
It would be even stranger to act as if "fate" had instructed them, knowing they were merely fictional beings. Wouldn't the first thing the created beings did after appearing in the creator's world in the recent RE;CREATOR world have been to force the creator to change their fate?
If they knew nothing, then all would be lost. But once they learned of the existence of "fate," the subconscious human instinct to resist meant that "fate" was no longer "fate," but rather a "plot" that could be changed.
A single "plot character" may not change anything, but if the number of them reaches a certain level, then it's a different story. Clearly, the "organization" that Aria is talking about right now is a product of this concept.
After learning of the existence of the "plot", the "plot characters" began to fight back. However, for the entire Transmigrator Alliance, the few plot characters in each world are far from enough to resist the existence of the "plot" and the alliance. Therefore, they have to rely on the power of the Transmigrator Alliance to seek more partners as "interdimensional mercenaries".
Now, they've found Lin Yi.
"Both the Transmigrator Alliance and Academy City have abandoned you, and the magicians on the magic side are even less likely to let you go. Apart from the 'Organization,' you can't get help from anyone else in this world!"
After presenting her final conclusion, Aria stared intently into Lin Yi's eyes: "What's your decision?"
"Because of my abilities?"
The mercenary from another world tensed up, gritted his teeth, and nodded: "That's right, your ability will be of great help to the organization's future operations. As long as you can successfully advance, you will definitely be able to play a huge role."
Lin Yi was certain that the reason was definitely more than that, but seeing that the pawn in front of him, who had been thrown out as bait and sold off without even realizing it, clearly didn't know much either, he readily agreed: "Okay."
"Great! Time is short. Let's upgrade your abilities now and leave this world. After that, all you have to do is—"
"I regret to inform you that my abilities probably won't allow me to be promoted."
Meeting the gaze of the girl whose identity had changed from enemy to ally, Lin Yi said calmly, "If you don't believe me, you can take out the other copy of data you made and take a look."
"how do you know!"
The girl, looking wary, distanced herself, a few seconds later.
"how come……"
Looking at the chip in Aria's hand, which was only the size of a fingernail and had been broken in two, Lin Yi didn't have any strange thoughts.
This trend was already evident from the appearance and conflict of the saints. Then came the sudden acceleration of the "Absolute Ability User Project," the relentless pressure from the magic side, and finally, when Accelerator appeared before him but failed to kill him in a short time, and died completely in an extremely bizarre way, Lin Yi finally confirmed the truth.
"Although I don't know who did it, at least it's certain that 'it' doesn't allow me to advance my abilities in this world."
To this end, they went so far as to force Accelerator out of the game, making a complete mess of the entire plot.
It should be noted that Lin Yi's initial plan did not require any contact with the Sage, and even if there was contact, there was no need for a life-or-death situation. However, given the Sage's attitude at the time, it was very likely that he would lose his temper and go berserk if he could not find out the whereabouts of the "Forbidden Book Catalogue".
Or is it that Lin Yi is to rely on her self-control, which others may not even know if she still exists?
Rather than doing that, it would be better to just kill her and be done with it.
The troublesome thing is that this forces Lin Yi's actions in this world to deviate from the rhythm. He originally thought that he could rely on the last link of the "Absolute Ability User Project"—Accelerator's combat data—to complete his ability upgrade and then take action to deal with him. However, he did not expect that after determining that Accelerator could not succeed, the other party simply took action to eliminate this last link themselves.
A truly rational opponent is one who doesn't know if they exist on the inner side of this world.
"What do we do? Both data points are corrupted..."
After the backup chip also failed, the girl, who was not good at thinking and planning, fell into chaos. Before her chaotic mind could come up with an even more chaotic plan, Lin Yi offered a suggestion.
"If you had maintained good relations with the local people of this world, you might have been able to rely on them to get things done."
"Local figures? You mean the haters and the like?"
"Ability is not the only factor that determines victory or defeat, at least not at the current stage of ability in this world."
Lin Yi paused slightly: "I believe you've noticed the anomalies in this city since you entered this world. Transmigrators who haven't made any contributions yet are high and mighty, and ability users whose rights are ignored because of the Council's plan..."
Aria did notice these things, but in her eyes they were nothing to worry about, since similar scenes were far too common in other worlds.
With the support of a broken main god and a large number of "veteran" transmigrators forming an alliance, the transmigrators were not afraid of any resistance from any plot forces. In comparison, the situation faced by the "plot characters" in this world was not bad, at least much better than her original world, which had been completely destroyed...
Lin Yi smiled, having roughly deduced what her teammate was thinking from her facial expressions: "Just because we know doesn't mean they know."
The gaze shifted to the students playing in the park.
"In their eyes, the so-called 'Transmigrator Alliance' is nothing more than an outside organization that has not only seized a large amount of resources that belong to them for no reason, but has also provoked and harmed them, the 'masters' of this city, in every way. Because of the silence of the Academy Council, they can only suppress their anger. Under such circumstances, what do you think would happen if a few people took the lead in the rebellion—and they were powerful ability users?"
"But where did this powerful ability user come from?"
He took the cassette tape out of his pocket and placed it on the chair.
"They call this thing 'Imagine Mage'."
The stronger something is, the easier it is to collapse from the inside.
Information Integration Thought Entity: Chapter 583 Fantasy Master - Modified (2)
In this city of 230 million people, not everyone has superpowers. On the contrary, compared to the few who have gained abilities, there are more people who do not have abilities, or whose abilities are only at LV1—objects with no practical value.
In Academy City, where ability is the standard for value judgment, ability can be said to represent everything to some extent. Powerful ability users not only receive development resources and priority, but also receive more favorable treatment in all aspects of daily life. For those without ability or with weak ability, this city is no different from a prison.
Faced with this situation, some people without abilities band together to vent their frustrations by attacking other people with abilities, while others with abilities constantly seek ways to improve their abilities, no matter how outlandish these methods may be or how unreliable the means of obtaining them may be...
Jie Lu Chu Shi is an ability user who falls between the two extremes: Qun Wu and Qi Ba Ba Long Qi Liu Yin.
Having only reached level 2, he obviously couldn't gain enough attention in this city, but he managed to escape the group of powerless individuals. However, this did not improve his situation much; instead, he was attacked by the powerless group because he lost his "powerless" status.
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