At first, Touma thought he was talking too loudly and attracted everyone's attention.
"It doesn't look good... Is this the first level?"
So, even after hearing Stiyl's serious tone of voice, he still couldn't react.
"Ah? Huh?"
"You're still confused, huh? The people on the 'front' of the coin shouldn't be able to see us on the 'back' of the coin. So, there's an automatic alarm device around the secret room?"
Steele thought he had made himself clear enough.
"..."
Touma looked around.
Nearly eighty students were indeed looking at Kamijou and the other two. Their originally human movements had disappeared, and they all stood there in a daze, their eyes like inorganic glass.
"Could it be--"
Touma turned around and looked around.
That's right, eighty students are now on the "back side of the coin". The meaning of being on the "back side of the coin" is:
They are enemies too!!
"--Magician!"
As Touma let out a meaningless cry,
Stiyl had already jumped back a step.
In a blink of an eye.
The students sang together.
The students who spoke magic aloud gathered their magic power.
This is also the moment.
Index in front of the screen was shocked. "Gregorian Anthem! Touma, this is the Gregorian Anthem!"
Even though it's a replica.
But it is extremely dense.
It's like a barrage game.
If you want to survive, you have to dodge and try not to be hit by these magic balls.
This scene.
This canteen.
The glass-colored light effect is eye-catching, and the roaring magic power condenses again and again.
Form a sphere.
Thousands of spheres.
This kind of scene has nothing to do with the quality of magic.
With this amount, the only way out is to escape!!
But Steele still questioned him with an unhappy look on his face.
Doesn't this guy have any basic common sense?!
Until now.
The Stiyl in the video understood.
I underestimated Oreos.
Touma didn't care and just wanted to ask Stiyl how to break this situation.
However..
The other party did something that still made Touma in front of the screen feel uncomfortable.
This guy...
Yes, the Fire Mage abandoned Kamijou Touma like trash.
He reached out and pushed him to the bottom of the stairs.
Go to a higher place by yourself.
By eliminating magic marks, he can reduce the frequency of being tracked by magic.
And Kamijou Touma...will become a living target.
Yes, his plan may have included this provision from the very beginning.
In the video, Kamijou Touma was too busy dodging the magic to think about it, but from the audience's perspective, when they noticed Stiyl walking leisurely towards a higher place, it was hard not to think of this possibility.
Without a doubt, this is exploitation.
He took advantage of Kamijou Touma's feelings for Index, and also took advantage of Kamijou Touma's kind nature.
"He actually abandoned that bastard!? This magician with no bottom line, could it be that the reason he brought this bastard in was to let him run around like a headless fly!?" When Misaka Mikoto saw this, her blood pressure rose. She really couldn't tolerate such behavior of betraying her partner.
"Could it be that the reason Stiyl did this is that he still wants to kill Kamijou Touma so that he can justifiably bring Index back to the sect and continue such a cruel recycling process?!" Seeing this, Subaru Natsuki hated the fire mage's behavior.
Although planning pursues efficiency.
But this pursuit of efficiency is really...
"At least, it ended well, didn't it?"
There was no way that Steele, who was watching the video, would repent for such a trivial matter.
Mission accomplished, matter concluded, simple as that.
"..." Looking at his partner with such an expression, Kanzaki's expression was slightly complicated.
It's unclear whether to criticize his cold and straightforwardness or to question why he treats Index's benefactor like this.
Maybe... in Stiyl's opinion, Touma, who has the magic-canceling move, is still the enemy who took away Index...
Think so.
Pope Amakusa felt particularly apologetic.
When I watched the video, I was even more moved.
Because even if you are abandoned by your partner and left alone at the grassroots level, you will be chased by thousands of magic balls.
Kamijou Touma still did not abandon his principles.
【Kind】
It's more of a sense of responsibility than kindness. It's the sense of self-mission that makes you unable to just ignore the dying kittens and puppies on the street.
This is what happened to Touma next in the video.
Let the audience feel hatred and anger towards this enemy named Oreos who is hiding behind the scenes.
...
This process is on the road to escape.
When Kamijou Touma passed a staircase, a controlled female student stood at the front of the staircase.
She spoke in a mechanical and cold voice, and her words were stiff and described the words that chanted the magic.
It was obvious that he was also a member of the group that performed the magic known as the hymn.
As he chanted, the water ball between his eyebrows grew bigger and bigger.
However, if there are enough of these, it will be easy to deal with.
The most she could muster was one, and Touma reached out and prepared to scatter it.
But at this moment...
【Snapped--】
A horrific scene, accompanied by blood and flesh splattering, unfolded in front of Kamijou Touma's door.
The girl's cheeks exploded as if firecrackers were set off within her skin.
"What......?"
While Kamijou was surprised, the girl's fingers, nose, and the inside of her clothes...
Small explosions continued to occur. Although the scale of each explosion was very small, at most it only injured the skin within a few centimeters.
but...
"Violence is... the affirmation of death, affirmation is... the recognition... of... the recognition—"
Every time the girl spoke a word, her body exploded. Her lips also split as she spoke, and perhaps her body was injured as well, blood flowed from the corners of her mouth. Even so, the girl still did not stop talking.
No, it should be said that it cannot be stopped. It is as if the body is controlled by a machine. It is also like a frog receiving an electric shock.
The muscles in its legs kept shaking, completely unrelated to the frog's will.
This situation...
Touma's anxiety rose up from his stomach in one breath.
"Knowledge" is telling myself.
I don’t know where I got it from, but this inexplicable “knowledge” is telling me.
People with super powers cannot use magic.
Although superpowers are very similar to magic and both belong to the category of "supernatural powers", the concepts are completely different.
The "circuitry" in the body of a superpower is different from that of a normal person. Even if they imitate a magician and do the same thing, they cannot use magic.
However, this is Academy City.
All students in this city, no matter who they are, should have received training in super power development courses.
So, suppose...
What will be the consequences if a person with super powers who cannot use magic insists on using magic?
The answer is self-destruction.
Just like falling dust.
It is a purely one-time use item.
Used, then broken, and then the same thing again.
I'm afraid it's not just me now, but all the other candidates in this school, and every science student who casts magic, are also experiencing this kind of pain!!
This indifferent attitude of not treating life as life completely angered countless viewers in front of the screen.
“What do these guys think of students!” With a snap, Doctor Guatai stood up with an extremely ugly expression. This usually kind and gentle old man tried his best to suppress his rising anger and said, “Knowing this situation would happen, this alchemist still did this!?”
"A group of students who just wanted to improve their test scores were actually used like this... This guy named Oreos..." Shirou Emiya's face suddenly became solemn, and the anger in his heart soared to the highest point in an instant... This creature called a magician, who would do anything to achieve his goals, was indeed the same thing as the magician he knew.
The students who were persecuted by religious brainwashing became accomplices of the alchemist and even suffered such a fate.
Everything is so tragic that it is difficult to attach.
Even at this moment.
Touma, who had already experienced this, was shaking violently when he witnessed this scene.
The uncontrollable anger and the desire to punch Oreos again were playing tricks on him.
This is the case.
Obviously, ignoring the student and running away is the best option.
but..
Kamijou Touma was certain.
Even if I choose again.
Go back to that place.
He would still choose to carry the weak and dying girl on his back and move forward.
