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At the headquarters of the underground organization "Item," Mugino Shizuri, Academy City's fourth-ranked Level 5 esper, was being relentlessly suppressed by the second-ranked Level 5, Kakine Teitoku.
The other members were also under assault, attacked by Kakine Teitoku's organization, "School."
The situation was on the verge of collapse.
"Just a mere fourth, and you dare provoke me? Today I'll completely wipe you out!"
Behind Kakine Teitoku spread six pairs of white wings, sharp like blades. Wherever they passed, everything was sliced apart into fragments.
Mugino Shizuri desperately dodged the attacks while countering with beams of white light strong enough to melt walls.
However, every time her Meltdowner beams were about to hit him, the white wings would intercept them effortlessly, emerging completely unharmed.
"How… how is this possible?!"
Fear was already written across Mugino Shizuri's face.
She had believed that the gap between the fourth and the second ranked wasn't too wide. She didn't even think she would lose, since her strength was comparable to the third-ranked Misaka Mikoto.
But only now did she realize—she wasn't a match at all.
If his attacks touched her, she would be killed instantly, while her own attacks couldn't hurt him in the slightest.
"Run!"
Her fighting spirit completely crumbled. She prepared to find a chance to escape first, and only later think of how to exact revenge.
But just then, a familiar voice suddenly echoed in the room.
"Well, things are looking pretty intense."
The sudden voice made Kakine Teitoku pause his assault, giving Mugino Shizuri a chance to catch her breath. She quickly turned toward the source.
"It's Misaka Mikoto—no… it's her, that terrifying clone!"
At first glance she thought it was the third-ranked Misaka Mikoto, but soon realized something was off from the girl's outfit and aura.
This wasn't the real Misaka, whose power rivaled her own. It was the clone—Misaka 9981, the one who had shown strength far beyond normal, even managing to corner the first-ranked Accelerator.
"If it's her, maybe I don't need to run just yet."
Mugino, who had been about to smash a window and escape, reconsidered and stayed.
"Misaka Mikoto, this has nothing to do with you. Leave now, or I'll take care of you as well!"
Kakine Teitoku, mistaking the newcomer for Misaka Mikoto because of her resemblance, arrogantly waved his hand.
Whether it was Mugino Shizuri, the fourth-ranked, or Misaka Mikoto, the third-ranked, both of their abilities were completely countered by his.
His ability was the creation of "Dark Matter," materials that didn't exist in this world at all.
Not "undiscovered" or "theoretically possible," but truly nonexistent—unbound by the laws of physics.
Light waves, electron beams—anything that passed through the minuscule gaps of his white wings would have its nature altered, twisted into impossible vectors, and forced to follow his own unique laws.
Thus, the powers of Mugino and Misaka would be distorted and nullified upon contact, incapable of harming him.
Even against the first-ranked Accelerator, Kakine believed he wouldn't lose—though they had never fought.
The only one in Academy City he truly feared was the mysterious Board Chairman, Aleister Crowley.
So, when Academy City had diverted the Hound Dog unit to France to suppress riots, leaving internal defenses weakened, and other forces began invading as well…
Kakine seized the chance to break away from Aleister's control. He led "School" to attack the District 18 Basic Particle Engineering Laboratory.
There, he seized the "Tweezers," an adsorption manipulator capable of extracting information from the "Imaginary Number District."
With the Tweezers, he planned to force negotiations directly with Aleister.
And since "Item" had intervened, he decided to eliminate them as well—especially Takitsubo Rikou, whose tracking ability could cause trouble if she remained alive.
"I've come on Aleister's orders—to arrest you."
George gazed at the white wings of Dark Matter with interest and spoke calmly.
Kakine burst into wild laughter.
"Aleister sent you to arrest me? With just you? Hahaha! Looks like he's finally getting desperate!"
Mocking, he flicked one white wing toward George, intending to cleave him in two on the spot. He had no concept of showing mercy.
But in that instant, George's body was shrouded in golden light. He casually raised a hand—and caught the wing barehanded.
"So this is Dark Matter? From the looks of it, much of my own power could be considered the same."
Scanning the wing with his spirit sense, George quickly reached a conclusion.
Dark Matter was simply power that lay outside the world's normal system of forces.
The powers he had obtained from other worlds—within this one—were essentially Dark Matter too.
Like the golden energy he was using now.
"Catching my White Wing barehanded?!"
Seeing George effortlessly seize the wing that could slice through anything, and noticing he showed no signs of the Railgun's signature lightning, Kakine frowned.
This didn't match the intel he had.
"You've got some skill. But the power I command isn't something a mere mortal like you can compare to!"
With a sudden flap of his other five wings, a terrifying shockwave surged straight at George.
"You little brat—if you won't behave, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
George released the wing he had caught. A black magic circle materialized before him.
To him, Kakine, still just a teenager, was nothing more than a "little brat."
"God-Slaying Lightning Magic—Raijin's Subatomic Particle Cannon!"
A pillar of black lightning burst forth from the magic circle, shattering the massive shockwave and continuing straight toward Kakine.
Kakine hadn't expected George's lightning to be so overwhelming. Yet his face showed no fear—he simply drew all six wings together, forming a shield.
His wings completely nullified electricity; no matter how strong, it would be twisted away harmlessly.
"Misaka Mikoto, your attacks can't hurt me—ahhhhhh!"
His taunt cut short. The black lightning pierced through the six white wings with ease and struck his body directly, electrocuting him so badly he lost all control over himself.
"Take him to Anti-Skill. Someone will come to pick him up."
Watching Kakine collapse into unconsciousness, badly injured, George said this to a stunned Mugino before vanishing in an instant.
Scientific lightning couldn't hurt Kakine Teitoku—but George's was magic, from another world, designed specifically to strike gods.
The difference in energy scale wasn't even comparable.
(End of Chapter)