"Asahi, I'm sorry for being late. I hope you didn't wait for too long!"
Mikoto said with a slightly flushed face after they met, leaving Asahi completely speechless.
First, the way she addressed him was a bit problematic, and second, she asked if he had been waiting, forgetting that the current Asahi is not the main body, but just a clone. Of course, even the clone possessed formidable abilities.
However, after Mikoto's words, the clone immediately connected with his main body. The main body had been in the middle of a training session, but shifted his consciousness to the clone after learning of this.
The clone created by Asahi condenses could indeed possess its own consciousness, but Asahi wasn't accustomed to having conscious clones.
Therefore, the consciousness of the clone is just equivalent to a program. If it encountered any significant events, it would immediately communicate with the main body. Then, the main body's consciousness would take over from the program consciousness of the clone.
While it was still a clone, this particular clone of Asahi possessed incredible power, making it more than capable of handling most issues in the world as long as the Magic God or extraordinary existence does not come out.
Of course, he is now the second-use Isshin, which is equivalent to opening two windows in computer. One side was handling Mikoto's situation, and the other side was focused on his training.
Moreover, their consciousness was divided separately, ensuring that the flow of time wouldn't affect it. It was as if one part of their consciousness was accelerated many times while the other part proceeded normally. For the current Asahi, such thing posed no problem.
"I see. You want me to pretend to be your boyfriend to fend off that guy outside, right?"
When Asahi's main consciousness came out, he naturally understood what is going on. When Asahi said that, Mikoto's face became even redder. She felt that when she was in front of Asahi, it's as if she had no secrets, and he could see through everything.
Even the other party knows what she intends to do, making her a little helpless while also shy.
"Alright, there's no need to make it so complicated. After all, that guy outside, if there's no surprise, isn't primarily targeting you. You're just secondary, even though secondary means you've become the primary target as well."
Asahi shook his head. The guy outside, Unabara Mitsuki, was actually the magician Etzali. In the original work, he accepted the mission to investigate Touma's force. After all, Touma is really confusing, as he built a very messy powerful organization, which included Level 5 Espers, the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, and even the Saint, Kanzaki Kaori. There's also a lot of other people, which made this organization extensive and had an enormous influence throughout the world.
Although Touma himself was somewhat bewildered by it all, he had indeed created a significant force. And whenever he needed help, these people would come to his aid without a second thought.
The Return of the Winged One, which Etzali is from, sent him to investigate this matter. But in the process, Etzali developed feelings for Mikoto due to her charm.
In the original story, after Etzali had a fight with Kamijou Touma, he left the magic side and joined the dark side of Academy City. This shows that Etzali was a talented individual who was willing to sacrifice himself for a greater cause.
If Asahi is Etzali, he would certainly find a way to win over Mikoto. Although by that time, Mikoto had already been mostly charmed by Touma, the problem was that Touma wasn't aware of her feelings, and he was quite oblivious.
Of course, for Asahi, who knows the plot and Mikoto's character well, there might still be a way.
But Etzali couldn't do it. He simply didn't understand these things, only knowing how to watch from the shadows, so tragedy was natural. However, this guy also joined the Academy City in order to protect Mikoto secretly.
Thinking about it carefully, this guy is quite talented. He can get himself caught with feelings in a mission. It is unknown if he's too naive or it's because Mikoto's charm is too strong.
Of course, this time, Asahi felt that it had nothing to do with Touma, as the lineup around him was huge, well, much larger than Touma, so if there's no surprise, the target of this guy should be himself.
Asahi knows what this guy is planning, and he doesn't plan to kill this guy, but he does intend to erase this guy's memory.
Otherwise, it would be psychologically unbearable!
"What do you mean?"
Mikoto asked with some confusion, unable to understand what 'from secondary to primary' meant.
"You will know soon. That guy outside, it's about time you came in too!"
Asahi said cryptically, and then yelled to the outside. Afterwards, Etzali, who was disguised as Unabara Mitsuki, walked in directly, though he appeared somewhat cautious.
"No need to be so vigilant. If I want to do something to you, you'd be long gone, right, Etzali?"
Asahi shook his head after seeing this scene, and directly revealed Etzali's real identity, causing Etzali's pupils to shrink.
As for Mikoto, countless question marks appeared on her head.
"How do you know?"
With the question marks written all over his head, Etzali asked in doubts. His own magic shouldn't be so easy to be seen through, but the other party has said his own name, so it was clear he wasn't just getting a reaction out of him, which left him perplexed.
"Etzali from the Return of the Winged One, I know about you. But this time, your nosy magic organization wants you to come and investigate the so-called Asahi Faction, right? If that's the case, then there is no need."
Asahi said indifferently. As for Etzali, at this time, he quietly drew his weapon.
"There is no need to take out your Tlahuis or something, the name is quite a mouthful, forget it, I'm too lazy to say it. Such thing is useless against me."
With a snap of his fingers, the weapon in Etzali's hand instantly disintegrate into nothing but dust, leaving Etzali utterly dumbfounded.
"Impossible, the records state that your strength isn't this high at all, what is going on?!"
Since hardly not many people know when Asahi takes action, even if he has a little bit of strength, Etzali didn't consider it a big deal, but now, the other party had caused the weapon in his hand to disintegrate so easily.
This was beyond belief, and Etzali's worldview was completely shaken. At this moment, he was left utterly confused.
"You can't even get your information right, and yet you come here to investigate. I really admire you guys. Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk to you anymore. You can go back now, goodbye!"
Without giving Etzali a chance to continue speaking, Asahi directly wiped his memory and sent him back to the headquarters of the Return of the Winged One.