Under Accelerator's deliberate control, the entire U.A. Hero Course team was also affected by the giant fist, and even the mere shockwave of the collision was astonishingly powerful.
However, their points still remained.
The students from other teams weren't so fortunate, only Shokuhou Misaki, whom he had intentionally spared, could still stand in the arena.
And the little rats from other schools, as determined by vector sensing, still retained their points.
Accelerator felt a bit troubled.
Because Shokuhou Misaki, with a face that screamed "I'm looking forward to you asking me," was pressing towards him.
He asked first, as if resigning himself to fate.
"Shokuhou Misaki, you didn't start this match with the idea you have now, did you?"
(Referring to controlling the students in this area to concentrate all their points at once)
Shokuhou, hearing the person she liked reveal her true intentions, responded with a charming smile.
"Eh heh heh? Not at all☆"
Unlike her full-on acting in front of her subordinates, facing Accelerator, Shokuhou Misaki couldn't maintain her previous ease.
"I was simply defeated by my dear Accelerator-kun."
"There weren't any complex calculations involved☆"
[She wouldn't let him know easily even if there were!]
[Graceful! Fragile! Cute! Charming! Elegant! Seductive! These are a woman's weapons!]
This blonde, big-eyed girl, even on the important stage of the Great Tyrant Star Festival, still exuded the strongest level of cuteness.
"Besides, in the face of absolute power, all strategies and calculations are just paper tigers☆"
"Annoying, right? I've indeed played all my cards☆"
"It's you, Accelerator-kun, who's too terrifying☆"
Shokuhou Misaki calmly explained, while not forgetting to blink her exceptionally enchanting, sparkling eyes at someone.
In fact, during Ketsubutsu's team and their servant army's confrontation with Accelerator, aside from the last command that seemed like an automatic surrender, all other commands were genuinely aimed at trying to take down Accelerator-kun.
Shokuhou Misaki didn't go easy on Accelerator in this melee.
Rather, she was quite earnest.
Accelerator guessed that even if this person issued ambiguous commands for some strange reason, it was still possible.
But without evidence, accusing her would only entangle him, and he would end up in an even more troublesome situation in the verbal skirmish.
(PS: The biggest difference between the Ketsubutsu team and other schools is that they don't rely on voice communication built into the hero combat suits but instead seamlessly analyze and transmit information through telepathy with Shokuhou as the command tower.)
Accelerator shrugged his shoulders, quickly shifting his attention away from Shokuhou's super attractive, love-filled smile, and said with slight annoyance.
"—Tsk."
"Don't you find it bothersome to always do this?"
"You clearly know that no matter whether you've made preparations in advance, the outcome won't change."
Shokuhou Misaki made her signature gesture at him, drawing a V for victory at the corner of her eye with a honey-sweet voice adding,
"No matter how much Accelerator-kun questions me, you won't get the answer you want from me☆"
[After all, he doesn't have mind-reading abilities, and even if he did, I wouldn't admit it☆]
"Rest assured, I won't grow tired or bothered by your matters, Accelerator-kun, okay?"
One of Shokuhou Misaki's true objectives was indeed to understand the state of her subordinates when facing an enemy with unimaginable power, but her goals were not one.
They were multiple.
Another reason was to help vindicate Accelerator.
In the superhero society of that other world, even the top professional heroes could be hindered by public opinion .
Accelerator is so pure that he could completely ignore these verbal obstacles and carry out what's called "hypocrisy to the extreme" despite the heavy resistance from public opinion.
But Shokuhou Misaki didn't want him to face any of that.
She stubbornly believed that even if it couldn't harm the powerful him, the nature of the harm would still not change.
Malice was the same.
In fact, in this grand melee of various schools, those negative public opinions had already begun to ferment.
The so-called U.A. Demon Lord, who suppressed the entire new generation, rightfully bore more criticism and doubt than any of his peers, not just from competitors of the same age or the general public's attitude, but even from the infinite malice lurking in dark corners.
Just as Accelerator didn't want to give evil any chance.
The girl named Shokuhou Misaki considered more about protecting everything about him with her own hands.
Accelerator might not care, but Shokuhou believed she must care.
It was an extremely important matter.
From the moment they met, it's been almost a year since Shokuhou encountered Accelerator.
Just as Accelerator himself predicted, this strange woman he usually described in inexplicable terms.
It wasn't just him changing her; Shokuhou Misaki's actions were also invisibly changing Accelerator.
Shokuhou Misaki was well aware that the original Accelerator was the type to avoid "destruction" by locking his true "emotions" deep within his heart, not showing them to anyone, setting his bottom line early, and extremely averse to getting familiar with others—a person with emotional deficiencies.
Just like Accelerator often appeared, whether it was his extremely sharp way of speaking or always seeming to throw other people's affairs and lives behind his mind.
Ultimately, Accelerator's attitude of complete disinterest in other people's lives was, to some extent, a passive way of wanting to protect others.
This was also one of the biggest reasons why Shokuhou Misaki was devoted to him.
She knew deep down that the person before her, unlike his external appearance of overwhelming power or a state of madness, Accelerator might be much more fragile than she imagined.
He, who styled himself as a Villain, although he always spoke many seemingly contradictory words.
Yet, everything he has done in that other world so far has been extremely gentle.
To the extent that he unconsciously longed for warmth.
Shokuhou Misaki was well aware that deep within Accelerator's heart, there still existed a past that was bleeding, lonely, and silently crying.
"One day, I will save you completely, just as you have saved me,"
The blonde with the starry eyes and ample figure smiled as she thought this.
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