"… Fine." Passage of One Party sighed helplessly, "So now you believe that it's true, right?"

Hapatsuki nodded pitifully, hoping that Passage of One Party would be magnanimous and let her off the hook.

"Then, accept his confession."

"…" Hapatsuki shook her head frantically.

"Why not? Didn't you admit that he's quite handsome? What's wrong with that?"

"But … he's a paranoid psychopath …"

"Then don't let him bother me!!!" Passage of One Party was going crazy, "You don't want to be bothered by him, so you pushed him to bother me?

Why!! "

Passage of One Party's ferocious tone scared Hapatsuki so much that she shrank her neck and answered with a trembling voice, "… But, you're the strongest Lv 5 in Academy City …"

"What does that have to do with me being Lv 5!?"

"You just have to let him understand that it's impossible for him to defeat you …" Hapatsuki explained weakly, "Just like you've always done to all the challengers …"

"…" Passage of One Party frowned in displeasure.

She really was dreaming, wasn't she?

Logically speaking … there was nothing wrong with it. Generally speaking, making such a request would undoubtedly be an impossible task, and the rejection would be obvious. After all, Passage of One Party was undoubtedly the strongest existence in Academy City, and there were only a handful of people who had the courage and ability to challenge him.

Normally, if the girl they liked asked them to fulfill this condition before they could be together, basically … no, almost everyone would not even try and give up.

After all, challenging Passage of One Party was something that everyone knew they had no chance of winning, and it was even very dangerous.

If this was the norm, Passage of One Party wouldn't mind his name being used by girls, but this situation was different from the norm.

The girl in front of him tilted her head in confusion after he didn't reply for a long time, "… Is it not possible?"

"…" Passage of One Party's frown deepened.

"Defeating him — for you, isn't that a simple matter?"

"…" Passage of One Party's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Rheinharut smiled and shook his head, "No, he can't do it."

"Huh?" Hapatsuki slowly turned to Rheinharut in shock, "What did you say?"

"He can't defeat me.

Rheinharut's voice was full of certainty and confidence, and he repeated himself, "He can't defeat me with an overwhelming advantage."

"Tsk!" Passage of One Party turned around and clicked his tongue in displeasure.

Looking at Accelerator's unhappy expression, Ye Yue was completely convinced that Reinharut was telling the truth.

But she still refused to admit it, "… How is that possible?

You're the strongest Lv 5 Passage of One Party?

How could you possibly lose? "

Before she finished her sentence, Passage of One Party quickly retorted, "I didn't lose!!!"

"… Huh?" Ye Yue was dumbfounded. She did not understand what was going on. "Wait a minute. Didn't you say you couldn't defeat him?

Then why did you say you didn't lose? "

"It's a bit complicated …" Rheinharut smiled and shrugged.

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For Reinhardt Van Astrea, the Sword Saint of another world, the Son of Heaven who was favored by the will of the world, "defeating someone" had always been a simple request.

So when Hapatsuki made this request to him, he felt that he was only one step away from completing the request, which was to find that person.

But what he didn't expect was that the boy named Passage of One Party was far more difficult to deal with than he thought.

For Passage of One Party, he also thought that the guy in front of him who dressed like an actor in a Takarazuka opera was the same as the previous challengers, a third-rate esper with no ability.

At first, both of them thought that the battle would end quickly and cleanly, so they didn't mind fighting in the alley.

But after more than ten rounds of sparring, both of them realized a shocking fact — for some reason, their attacks couldn't hit their opponent.

How was that possible?

Rheinharut had never met such an existence. After all, his [Impeccable Protection] was an existence that could affect the law of causality. The target that he couldn't hit didn't exist at all. His sword energy must have hit Passage of One Party.

Indeed, if it was a normal esper facing Rheinharut, he would have easily defeated them. But Passage of One Party was different.

His ability [Vector Manipulation] was an attack based on the premise that he would be hit. What Accelerator used to face the attack was just the most basic of reflexes.

If the attack didn't hit, it wouldn't be a big deal. But if the attack hit, the power would be reflected back the moment it touched Passage of One Party's skin, causing damage.

At this time, Passage of One Party was very confused. Why didn't the reflection hit the target?

It was impossible — this person didn't dodge!

Before the reflected Sword Qi hit the opponent, they all inexplicably changed their trajectories. After turning, they all hit the ground or the wall. The hard concrete wall was easily pierced through like cheese, leaving behind a series of terrifyingly sharp marks.

Was his ability space distortion?

No, if it was space distortion, he didn't need to use cold weapons to fight. He could directly use his ability to cause terrible damage. But if there was no space distortion, then what kind of power made the sword energy change direction?

Passage of One Party frowned and tried to figure out his ability. But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't find a reasonable explanation for everything that happened in front of him.

What he didn't know was that what happened to Rheinharut couldn't be explained by science. It was a protection called [Ward of Arrows]. Like [Ward of Sure Hit], it was also a heaven-defying existence that could change the law of causality. Long-range attacks couldn't hit Rheinharut at all.

In Passage of One Party's concept, this kind of possibility didn't exist.

After the test, the two of them came to the same conclusion — to defeat the opponent, they needed to use some real power.

"… Let's move to another place." Passage of One Party suggested.

It was an ordinary residential area outside. If he used his real power, the consequences would be very troublesome.

"Okay."

Rheinharut accepted his suggestion and followed him to the junkyard. In this relatively spacious area, they continued their battle.

Rheinharut had never met anyone who fought like Passage of One Party.

In the world he used to live in, most of the time, the rules of power weren't complicated. Except for Rheinharut, who was blessed by the world, who could have a protection that was beyond the common sense of the world, the others only had ordinary force and magic power that followed the elemental rules. The existence that could use the power of the law was rare in the whole world.

However, the young man in front of him looked just like an ordinary person in this world. Rheinharut felt the interference of the law in his fighting style.

Incredible, it was really incredible.

Even if he didn't control the law, it was very impressive to be able to interfere.

However, [Interference] was always limited. As long as the upper limit of the power that he could interfere with was exceeded, his interference would collapse!

Rheinharut, who came to the open area, raised his sword again and slashed at Passage of One Party!

No, he still couldn't do it. His slashes were getting stronger and stronger, but Accelerator looked more relaxed than Rhineharut had imagined. He didn't seem to be struggling at all.

It's really troublesome if this continues … Rheinharut couldn't help but frown.

At this moment, Passage of One Party's phone suddenly rang.

He clicked his tongue impatiently and took out his phone. He saw an unknown number on the screen. It was really troublesome. His phone number wouldn't be easily known by others. Those who could get his phone number were never insignificant people.

Passage of One Party frowned.

Should I answer this call?

Fighting and answering the phone at the same time is really … No, that's not right. Passage of One Party suddenly realized that in the current situation, it wasn't a problem. His and his opponent's attacks were all useless.

No matter how strong his opponent's attacks were, or how he threw all kinds of huge objects at his opponent, it didn't cause any damage.

Since attacking or defending wouldn't change the situation, Passage of One Party chose to answer the phone without any pressure, "Who are you?

What do you want from me? "

A gentle male voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hello, Passage of One Party. I'm the chairman of Academy City, Aleister Crowley."

Hey, hey, hey, this person is a bit too powerful … Passage of One Party complained in his heart while replying, "Oh, it's the chairman. What's the matter?"

"Passage of One Party, you've caused quite a commotion …"

"Hmm?"

Passage of One Party didn't quite understand. Didn't he already bring this person to the junkyard to fight?

Even if the commotion was big, it didn't matter at all.

The chairman on the other end of the phone understood his confusion and patiently explained, "The aftermath of your fight with the unknown person has spread beyond the junkyard.

Satellite observations have confirmed that the unknown person's attack range is up to 3.7 kilometers, and this data will change according to his control. According to the calculations of the tree diagram designer, this shouldn't be his upper limit.

So far, there are a total of 14 aftershocks from your fight with him that have caused varying degrees of damage to more than 121 buildings in Academy City. The initial estimate of the repair cost should be about 400 million yen. "

"…"

At this time, Rheinharut had stopped attacking.

Although Passage of One Party didn't turn off the reflection function, he had diverted his attention elsewhere. Taking advantage of others in a battle didn't conform to Rheinharut's chivalry, so he had taken the initiative to stop attacking after Passage of One Party picked up the phone.

At first, Passage of One Party thought that this person was a bit boring to the point of being a gentleman, but when he heard the amount of compensation the chairman reported, he actually rejoiced for a moment …

"Of course, I'm not here to ask for compensation." As if he could read minds, the chairman immediately explained, "From your past experience, we can completely deduce that this fight wasn't initiated by you. Objectively speaking, by fighting this unknown person who might be an intruder, you are protecting Academy City, so you don't have to worry about compensation."

That's more like it … No, it should be like this.

Although he was secretly relieved that he didn't need to pay compensation, for the chairman to personally come looking for him, it must be something serious. Passage of One Party couldn't completely relax, "You didn't call me just to inform me of such a small matter, if there's anything else, just say it all at once!???

Gong Rumo?

Taking advantage of my laziness?

The chairman on the other end of the phone didn't care about his attitude and replied with a gentle tone, "Yes, now it's time to talk business.

Passage of One Party, do you have the confidence to quickly defeat this unknown person? "

"…" Passage of One Party frowned unhappily.

If he could do it, he would've done it a long time ago, why would he need someone to call him?